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Book of the Week: Merry Measure by Lily Morton
By: Keira Soleore
Lily Morton was a wonderful bookish discovery for me this year. She writes generous-hearted characters with such heartwarming humor, that you’re transported into their stories from the first page.
Arlo Wright and Jack Cooper meet in the wintry environs of beautiful Amsterdam to celebrate Arlo’s brother’s proposal to his boyfriend. The cold days make for cozy times of discovery together. Arlo believes coffee is the nectar of gods and Jack believes green tea is very good because it gets rid of toxins. Their choice of drinks is emblematic of how vastly different the two men are. How is their romance to flourish?
Arlo is a self-professed, absentminded klutz, younger brother to the confident older brother whose best friend is the stuff of dreams. Jack has always known that Arlo hero-worshipped him in their young days, but he is convinced that Arlo has outgrown his puppy love as they both have embarked on relationships with other people.
However, to Arlo, Jack has retained his unattainable, incredible hotness through all the years he’s known him. He is also convinced that to Jack, he is nothing but an overgrown colt and perpetual younger brother. But he wants to be so much more. In fact, he thinks that he would be great for him. “Jack needs someone relaxed who can make him feel comfortable rather than trying to win him up even tighter.”
Arlo appreciates that Jack never shies away from uncomfortable situations and is honest at all times, because this makes him feel safe to be around him.
To Jack, Arlo is the one who unfailingly makes him smile every time he is in his company. And relax the rigid control he has habitually imposed on his life. His parents brought him up under unrelenting pressure to succeed and to be perfect. Dreamy Arlo shines light in his dreary, arid world. Arlo’s demonstrative affection and ready laughter are a balm to his soul after his parents’ standoffishness.
Jack loves Arlo’s honesty. With him, he always knows where he stands. Also, in vino, veritas is the case for Arlo — he is his most emotionally honest when he has imbibed a bit. That is how Jack knows that Arlo utterly dislikes his now-ex. Those eye-opening comments from Arlo, had made Jack sit up and examine his life more carefully a year ago, and in so doing, take second and third looks at Arlo. It’s always interesting how when the blinders fall from the eyes, you see clearly what was always in front of you.
What we have in Merry Measure is a lot of soul-deep pining. Just as Arlo yearns to be a permanent fixture in Jack’s life, Jack yearns for that, too. But Jacks is convinced that it is good that Arlo is no longer interested. Because if he had been, he was sure that he’d end up driving him away, the way he had all his other lovers with his obsession with details and tidiness and planning. He fears that if that were to happen, he would lose even Arlo’s friendship, the way he looked delighted every time they met.
Morton’s mastery of the emotional landscape between two individuals who are so different from each other contributes to a complex story. On the surface the novel is about how the two men reconnect after many months, discover they enjoy each other’s company, and fall in love. But in reality, the heart of the story is how they navigate the emotional territory of their past experiences, insecurities, future hopes, and fervent wishes. This is what makes for a riveting story.
If you are new to Lily Morton, I urge you to pick this book up.
Keira Soleore writes for the International Examiner and Cogitations & Meditations. She enjoys connecting with readers on Twitter (@keirasoleore) and through her website (www.keirasoleore.com). Her interests include medieval manuscripts, philosophy, poetry, picture books, choir, sunshine and beaches. Keira is a pseudonym.
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Green Bottom
Tibbs Cross
The Waterworks
Plump Hill School
St Anthony’s Well
Gunn Mills
The Millenium
Millenium Pond
Pond Fundraising
Street Party 2010
WELCOME TO GREEN BOTTOM
and Tibbs Cross
Our tiny hamlets, nestled in the valley the Romans named …… The Vale of Castiard.
The remains of their fort, perched high, governing the Severn Ports, are a mile away at Littledean. Closer to home, above us, are the earth work remains of an early Anglo-Saxon fort at Welshbury.
The Cistercians built a substantial Abbey at Flaxley, a mile downstream and brought wealth and welfare with them. The valley filled with mills, back up to the point at which the stream erupts from the hillside, crystal clear and chillingly cold. The monks built “St. Anthony’s Well” at this point and it has served unfailingly over the centuries. The “road” into the forest rose at this time over Welshbury and is marked by old Yew. The valley, full of mill ponds, was impassable except by foot.
The dissolution of the monasteries, brought the arrival of families with influence and wealth, providing expansion, industry and work. The “forest” and all belonged to the King. The deer herds, managed by Verderers and Charcoal Makers, moved throughout. The earliest iron foundry remains in the Forest is at Gunns Mill, using charcoal. The houses built in the area used the local stone quarried in Green Bottom and further south up the valley.
So we reach the point where archivists and families can begin to add their personal knowledge and information to this idyllic spot.
We hope you enjoy sharing it with us and perhaps you may like to add to it!
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Track by track of the smash hit album 1998 with Greg Gould
His new album has topped the charts in Australia and Europe and since his stint on Australia's Got Talent, Greg Gould has cemented his place within the Australian music scene, producing unique and thoughtful projects that have been at the forefront of LGBT equality, bullying and other issues that we deal with every day, his sultry vocals and kick-ass production has allowed a lot of other LGBT artists locally make the record labels wake up and pay attention to the massive talent base we have in our community for music and entertainment.
1998 is a 17 track behemoth that is all duets. He has collaborated with some of Australia's finest singers and identities and has delivered a unique and compelling album that is timeless, whilst delivering classic 'retro' (ARGH - how can they be retro lol) tracks to a totally new generation whilst still paying homage to the originals.
It is a well thought out project and one that tugs at the heartstrings. Its power to envoke memories whilst delivering a new take with a fresh vibe is just genius. Rob caught up with Greg during the COVID-19 lockdown to work on this feature, so we could showcase to you, the listener, what went into the production of the album, and the personal relationships that made this such an amazing hit - track by track.
Sit back, relax, grab and Stoli Ruski or a Bacardi Breezer and enjoy 1998 - a track by track with Greg Gould.
TRACK ONE - LOVE LIKE THIS
Duet with Inaya Day (Originally by Faith Evans)
This one is an extra special story...
I have always been a huge fan of Inaya, i have fond memories of dancing to her hit with Mr Timothy at my very first Mardi Gras. We already had followed each other on Instagram and had chatted a handful of times prior to me reaching out to her with the idea to collaborate on my new 90s duets album. I pitched the classic Faith Evans song ‘Love Like This’. She said “Oh I see someone has done their research” turns out Inaya’s beautiful late brother Schon Crawford had co-written the song with Faith! What are the odds!! It was really beautiful to be able to dedicate the song to her brother and honour the song in such a beautiful way. In terms of arrangement Michael Tan, the album's producer, and I came up with that funky bass line first, and the rest kind of wrote itself. The original hook is pretty recognisable and as with the rest of this album we wanted to make the versions unique and different and its probably my favourite arrangement on the album. Most people that only really know the track from the hook and the chorus don’t recognise it till it comes in with the chorus which is so cool. I also really love the A Capella intro and outro it's the perfect way to begin the album.
TRACK TWO - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE
Duet with Prinnie Stevens & Komiti Levai (Originally by Whitney Houston)
I have always loved this song and WHITNEY is my music GOD. This really is a heartfelt tribute to a voice and an artist that really means a lot to me and to have Prinnie on there with me who starred in The Bodyguard here in Australia just made it that much more special. Prinnie is such a soulful heartfelt vocalist and a dear friend. We had done several corporate gigs together in the past meeting at a Carol's back in 2014 and have been mates ever since. It was so special to have her come in the studio with her newborn bubba and daughter and it just had an energy to it of love which is what this song is all about. Having Komiti join us was a blessing and the icing on the cake we needed to complete this track and I love the gospel arrangement and the harmonies. It’s a standout and I’m really proud of it.
TRACK THREE - CRUSH
Duet with Zoe Badwi (Originally by Jennifer Paige)
Crush was the first song I ever demoed for the album and most of my original demo vocal is what you hear on the track. It was a 6 min version when we first demoed it and it wasn’t till adding Zoes gorgeous vocals that it made it clear how the song should be structured. I love Zoe, she’s one of my favourite performers to watch LIVE. I met her a handful of times and we were friends on Facebook but didn’t really know each other. She was such a pleasure to get to know and work with - very collaborative and just a total joy of a human being. The track turned out great - the intro reminded me of the piano into on Brian McKnight’s ‘Back At One’ and it's really gospel soulful version. Both Zoe and I did the BVs so there are hundreds of little Zoe and Greg vocal stacks there haha. Again, super proud of it and its been really well received.
TRACK FOUR - THE BOY IS MINE
Duet with Peyton (Originally by Brandy & Monica)
The obvious first single for me once completed. It’s probably the most commercial ballad on the album and I just love how gorgeous the piano and the arrangement and the vocals are. Peyton and I met in 2017 when we performed Freedom at the Mardi Gras Party at the RHI for the George Michael Tribute. I loved his voice and working with him and we have built such a gorgeous friendship. The music video is what really took this song to another level, flipping the narrative on its head from two women fighting over a man to a mother sending a message to bully’s to say you can't have him, you can't hurt him. It’s stunning and my favourite video I’ve done to date and to have gorgeous Lynne McGranger in the video is something I will pinch myself about for years to come. Peyton is a real storyteller with his stunning voice and I look forward to making more music with him int he future. The boy is mine, the boy is yours, this boy could be any of us...
TRACK FIVE - HOW DO I LIVE
Duet with Melanie Lewin (Originally by LeAnne Rimes)
This one probably means the most to me...
Given that Melanie and have been best friends for a long time, this track celebrates more than music - but a 20-year friendship, we have been singing together that long - and I think that really shows in the track. We have both loved this song growing up and it was Mel’s parent's favourite song she used to sing so along with being a well-loved hit from the 90’s it carries a lot of memories and nostalgia for both of us, me and my mum used to sing this together on the way to her dropping me to school. I really couldn’t live without my gorgeous friendship with Mel - she’s been my absolute rock through the tough times and we have been each other’s funny bone - we always laugh so much when we are together and we just really love singing together. It’s an honest arrangement stripped right back and because Mel and I know each other’s voice so well the blend and the vocal journeys are so together. It’s actually to date the highest streamed song on the album and I’m not surprised. It’s really special to both of us and I hope it can be just as special to those people who listen to it.
TRACK SIX - UNINVITED
Duet with Damien Leith (Originally by Alanis Morrisette)
Damien is such a gorgeous vocalist - his falsetto is stunning and its well showcased in our special version of this epic song from the City of Angels soundtrack. We met when I supported him on one of his tours and he is such a lovely guy and a real talent! This was a hard one to get right (and I believe we did) it was Damien's idea to do the octave when we sang together which made it feel more current and I added the harmonies to make it different from the other acoustic versions out there. Doing my entire verse A Capella was something that came to me when I stepped into the booth, I told my producer to just give me a crack without piano til the second verse where Damien comes in. I wanted it to be honest and for the melody of the lyrics to be sparse and vulnerable. I absolutely love the hauntingly beautiful piano solo Michael Tan has done here. Again, very proud of this track.
TRACK SEVEN - BABY ONE MORE TIME
Duet with Katie Underwood (Originally by Britney Spears)
This one was a lot of fun! Katie Underwood’s voice is so suited to jazz and it was her jazz album Ain’t Nobody’s Baby that led me to choose this track and style of this iconic Britney song. Katie and I met in Melbourne at the very first same-sex wedding - Ron & Antony and what a wedding it was! We perform “What The World Needs Now” together with Maria Mercedes (also on this album) and we had an instant connection. Musically I love our voices together and I loved playing with the harmonies - Katie really led this song as she recorded her vocals first. Michael Tubman’s trumpet solo is HEAVEN and he did a great job arranging all the horns on this album. The music video is fun and I love this Burlesque vibe for this track!
TRACK EIGHT - FROZEN
Duet with Maria Mercedes & Jacqui Dark (Originally by Madonna)
3 worlds combined! If there was ever a Madonna musical - this should be in it! Hahaha
Australian Broadway royalty Maria Mercedes and opera star Jacqui Dark both were incredible to work with on what I think is one of Madonna’s greatest songs. Such an important message in this song and we really dug deep to find the truth in the lyrics and tell the story within the song. “You’re frozen, when your hearts not open” what an important message in today's world. Maria and I as mentioned above met at the “wedding of the century” and we have become the most incredible friends. She has been my mentor in many ways and a true friend. Jacqui and I met on the set of All Together Now and was so funny and lovely and has so much heart in her gorgeous voice. I love that in the 2nd verse the tempo and the vibe change and the instrumental when Jacqui soars is like Mother Earth crying. It’s stunning!
TRACK NINE - MY ALL (MI TODO)
Duet with Emily Williams (Originally by Mariah Carey)
Idol, Young Divas, The Bodyguard - I have been on team Emily since I met her at the Australian Idol Season 3 auditions. I made it to the Final 40 and Em of course went on to the Grand Finale. What a voice! So much power and emotion. I have loved this song so much since I first watched Mariah perform it on VHS Divas Live (that gold dress!!) The arrangement is fairly simple as the melodies in the is song are so beautiful that I really didn’t want to change it too much - you can't mess with perfection right?! Haha, I love our voices belting together at the end. So powerful, I remember when I first heard Ems vocal I balled my eyes out. Adding the Spanish was a last-minute decision I had actually recorded the entire song in English first but I’m so glad I did it - I love singing in other languages and it adds something special to the track. This really is my thank you to Mariah for inspiring me vocally and being so fabulous!
TRACK TEN - I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFETIME LOVING YOU
Duet with Cosima De Vito (Originally by Tina Arena / Marc Anthony)
Don’t Ask was the first album I ever bought and was the soundtrack to my childhood. Tina Arena is such a huge inspiration to me so to record one of her many incredible songs is a dream come true - and who else could have sung this than the ONE + ONLY Cosima De Vito. What a freaking voice! Literally her vocal is ONE TAKE - she smashed it out of the park first go and that is what you hear on the record. Our voices together are really really special and I remember being really meticulous about having every not finish together, ever crescendo perfectly together and every breath takes the same time. It’s gotta be one of if my favourite tracks on the album and I’m so proud to call Cosima a friend now - she’s a darling human with so many gifts. I look forward to releasing this properly when we are allowed to tour and we are in the midst of planning the music video for it now! There will be DANCING! Hehe
TRACK ELEVEN - CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY
Duet with Rhonda Burchmore (Originally by Smash Mouth)
What an honour to do a duet with the incredible Rhonda Burchmore! Such a pro, such an icon, and such a lovely human. So talented, so wonderful and so SEXY! Her vocals were so good - there was so much to choose from when we were putting it all together. I arranged this song with Rhonda in mind - jazzy, sassy, and fabulous! So much history and heart in that voice and again - I love hearing us blend together! Double bass, grand piano, and horns with a gorgeous sax solo - YES PLEASE! Rhonda and I met at Broadbeach Jazz Festival initially and were both judges on All Together Now - and I have to admit I was a bit star-struck - shes got such a dazzling energy to her and I’m so honoured to be her friend.
TRACK TWELVE - BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY
Duet with Tania Doko & Eric Bazilian
Both LEGENDS! Tania and I have been mates for some time (absolutely love her) - we met a few years back online and I came to one of her gigs while she was here in Sydney and we actually had recorded another track together before this one - and this one just worked so beautifully. Raw, vulnerable. I took all of the tuning, reverb, and the delay off of my verse to start it - I wanted it to be really honest. Tania’s voice - I CAN'T EVEN - she has so much emotion it speaks to my inner soul. Eric really is an actual living legend - he wrote One Of Us for Joan Osbourne and played guitar on Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time & Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (cmon!?!) and I love his voice also - so much heart and grit! This song is my favourite arrangement on the album and means a lot to me as I was recording it when my step mum passed away from lung cancer. I dedicate it to her as she got to hear my solo raw demo just before she passed - she would be so proud of the finished product.
TRACK THIRTEEN - BUSES & TRAINS
Duet with Lynne McGranger (Originally by Bachelor Girl)
Who’ da thought Lynne had such a lovely singing voice!!! Irene and I met at the Perth Telethon 2 years ago at the bar - we were both comparing the wines of all things hahah! - not a bad conversation starter! Initially, I asked her to be in The Boy Is Mine music video (which she deserves an Oscar for) but when she told me she said she had been in Legally Blonde The Musical - a wine or two were had and I was pleasantly surprised by how she sang and how much she loved it! It was a really special recording experience as I was kind of her vocal coach through it- not that she needed it - LEGEND! I love Lynne and I’m very grateful for her friendship. To have James Roche (who wrote Buses & Trains) and Jack Jones (Southern Sons) play on the track is a complete honour and I love the first verse and the harmonies - having Tania on the previous track also who originally sung the song is really special. Having Lynne tell this story from a different perspective someone who has lived and had children of their own is a really interesting take on this classic Bachelor Girl tune!
TRACK FOURTEEN - MY HEART WILL GO ON
Duet with Amanda Harrison (Originally by Celine Dion)
Who doesn’t love TITANIC and its epic soundtrack! “Jack, Jack - I’m flying!”
Amanda Harrison’s vocals here are so stunning to come out of me singing my verse so soft and singing it mostly in falsetto to her so effortlessly building it further to the 3 part harmony finale at the end. I wasn’t sure whether to take on this song - but I’m so glad we did and can’t imagine anyone else singing it with me that - well, ELPHABA lol. Amanda is a great human, incredible performer, and singer. I was lucky enough to witness her as the Greenest Witch in town and I, like everyone else who saw it - was completely blown away. The arrangement is similar to the movie instrumental “Rose’s theme” without the Pan flute and I think it makes it a little more of a conversation version of the song. There will be no water used in the music video haha!
TRACK FIFTEEN - TOGETHER AGAIN
Duet with Joanne (Originally by Janet Jackson)
Joanne was my rock on this album. We have been close friends for a few years now meeting through mutual friends and falling in love instantly. What a voice! What a performer! What a human. So much heart in this track because we genuinely love and respect each other’s talents and our relationship. Joanne is such a pro and a joy to work with - this album would not be what it is without her! From the many hours on the phone talking about concepts, song ideas, who should sing what - Joanne was there from Day 1. Jo chose this song for us as shes a huge Janet fan and we worked really hard on this track - both going in several times to record more background vocals, and to make it the fun, soulful and the heartfelt track it is. I was lucky enough to perform it with her at the initial single launch for Mardi Gras 2020 and it was such a dream come true. It’s Joanne’s first release in 19 years and I’m so honoured to share this track and friendship with her.
TRACK SIXTEEN - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
Duet with Mark Gable (Originally by New Radicals)
Mark is a legend! Who hasn’t belted out Run To Paradise at the top of their lungs before!? I certainly have. I had the great pleasure of sitting next to Mark on the panel of All Together Now and he was hilarious and charming and we had the best time. I absolutely adore our track together. This ballad version showcases the tracks incredible lyrics and hearing Mark so beautiful and vulnerable - it is really special. This was one of the first songs I recorded for the album and it was going to be the last track and done as a solo but alas I recorded Closing Time - so I called up Mark and said hey come on a journey with me - he was great to work with and its a great track.
TRACK SEVENTEEN - CLOSING TIME
Duet with Mary Kiani, Danni Da Ros and Jordan Raskopolous (Originally by Semisonic)
The icing on the cake - the performing end to my album. It’s my Seasons Of Love final group number. 4 unique voices coming together to take it home. Danni and I have been friends for about 10 years - a great singer and very caring human - I've sung with her many times and its always a thrill - she sings her face off on this track - that last belt!? Phwoar!! Mary and I met at Fairday many years back and she was just fabulous - I love her conversations and she just loves music - she brought so much hear to this track. It’s a ballad version of a rock song so it needed heart. Jordan and I met at a gig and got chatting in the green room - the girl can sing rock like no one's business but it's so so lovely to hear her sing with such vulnerability and poise - we worked really hard on this track and it was, in fact, the last song we recorded. I remember when I’d finished the last session in the studio I didn’t want to leave - it felt like the end of an era - 2 years of collaboration and 1998 was born...
1998 really is a mash-up of incredible talent, all expertly steered by Greg to get the best performances out of some incredible talent and deliver a world-class album that reflects not only the era it is covering but a community that can come together and creates art and moments that we can all enjoy.
Do yourself a favour and go and grab the album on iTunes, or stream it on Spotify. You can also follow Greg on Guidetogay to check out his videos and get up to date news and project information.
Check out the photo gallery from the 1998 album launch at Sydney's Universal.
Britney Spears to receive GLAAD Vanguard Award
The global pop icon has influenced millions of people in the LGBTQ community, and she'll personally attend GLAAD's event on April 12 to receive an accolade recognizing so.
Previous GLAAD Vanguard Award honorees include Jennifer Lopez, Cher, Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Taylor, Whoopi Goldberg, Antonio Banderas, Drew Barrymore, Janet Jackson, Demi Lovato, Eric McCormack, Josh Hutcherson, and Patricia Arquette.
"She has consistently stood up for LGBTQ youth on GLAAD’s Spirit Day by going purple on social media to speak out against bullying," it reads. "In 2015, she released a Spirit Day video and promoted participation in the anti-bullying campaign by organizing a meet-and-greet for LGBTQ fans, washing her stage at Planet Hollywood purple, and providing anti-bullying materials to concertgoers."
"In 2016, she was among over 20 music artists to appear on GLAAD's song “Hands,” released with Interscope Records to remember the 49 lives taken in the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting. The musical tribute to the victims of Orlando, written by Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels and Blood Pop, benefited Equality Florida, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida and GLAAD."
"In 2017, Spears was among 140 leading entertainers including Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Laverne Cox, and Whoopi Goldberg to speak out in an open letter against two anti-LGBTQ bills, which targeted transgender youth in Texas and were later defeated. Most recently, Spears sparked global attention when she wore a t-shirt stating ‘We Are All Dreamers’ and called on Congress to pass the Dream Act via Instagram."
GLAAD also mentions her letter to a young gay man who considered suicide, and credited not going through with it to her music and lyrics – it gave him the courage to continue fighting. She wrote to him: “I was very happy to hear how courageous you’ve been about being openly gay. I’ve always been told as long as you know in your heart that’s what matters most.”
Most recently, for LGBTQ Pride Month in 2017, Queen B penned a heartwarming love letter to the LGBTQ community published in Billboard Pride, telling the community that their unwavering loyalty and acceptance uplift and inspire her. “I have a secret to share with you. You see it’s actually you that lifts me up. The unwavering loyalty. The lack of judgment. The unapologetic truth. Acceptance! Your stories are what inspire me, bring me joy, and make me and my sons strive to be better people.”
And here's something you may not know. After a gay couple who met at the opening of Piece of Me married, Brit surprised them with a touching video to send congratulations and show her support for marriage equality.
"Honored to be receiving the Vanguard Award at the @GLAAD Media Awards this year!," Britney wrote on Instagram. "The LGBTQ community means the absolute world to me and inspires me every day. I am proud to be an ally and I will continue to support equality and acceptance for all!!"
Britney will receive her honor at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at Beverly Hilton on April 12.
Britney is also booked to appear in the UK at Brighton Pride as the headliner this year, with the event selling out in seconds.
Source: www.poprepublic.tv | @POPrepublic | POPrepubic on FB | POPrepublic on Instagram
The 12 downloads for Christmas my true love gave to me...
Published in Lisa McMahon
Summer is all about falling in love, fun with your friends and parties. One thing you have to do is get your iPod in order so you have the perfect soundtrack. So I started thinking, what are my favorite 12 tracks for this summer?
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Canadian ice hockey players, Canadian ice hockey coaches, Sherwood Park Crusaders alumni,
Alberta Golden Bears players
Alberta Pandas coaches
Howie Draper
Howie Draper is the head coach of the Alberta Pandas women’s ice hockey program. He was named as the inaugural coach of the Pandas on September 1, 1997.[1]
1 Playing career
2.1 Coaching record
3 Awards and honors
Playing career[edit | edit source]
In 1984-85, Draper competed for the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior League. At season’s end, he was recognized as the Crusaders Best Defenceman and Rookie of the Year. From 1985 to 1990, Draper was a member of the Alberta Golden Bears men’s team. In his first season, he was part of the 1985-86 CIS National Championship team. Draper was the Golden Bears team captain in his fifth and final season (1989-90). He was the 1990 nominee for the Wilson Trophy and the Presidents Trophy Winner. After his university career, Draper played in the New South Wales Super League in Australia.
Coaching career[edit | edit source]
Draper’s first experience as head coach came in 1991-92 as the head coach for the MacQuarie Bears in New South Wales, Austrailia. As head coach of the Alberta Pandas women’s team, he was a six-time CIS National Champion: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007).
Coaching record[edit | edit source]
CIS Tournament champions Conference Champions Second place finish
Season Coach Conf. Record Overall Standings Postseason
1997-98 Howie Draper None 3-1-0 Does not apply Fifth, CIS tournament
1998-99 Howie Draper 4-1-1 20-8-3 First Second, CIS tournament
1999-00 Howie Draper 15-1-1 26-3-1 First CIS tournament champions
2000-01 Howie Draper 13-1-2 20-6-2 Second Did not qualify
2004-05 Howie Draper 20-0-0 28-1-0 First Second, CIS tournament
2007-08 Howie Draper 21-2-1 29-5-1 First Fourth, CIS tournament
Awards and honors[edit | edit source]
1988-89 CIS Tournament All-Star Team
1992 League MVP; New South Wales Super League, Australia
Two-time CIS Coach of the Year: 2002, 2004
Four-time Canada West Coach of the Year: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
↑ http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2008/documents/Alberta-Whockey-07-08_PH_Guide.pdf
Retrieved from "https://icehockey.fandom.com/wiki/Howie_Draper?oldid=282064"
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Young and The Restless Rumor: Adam Pushed AJ Montalvo Out Of Loft And Blocked It Out?
SpoilersThe Young and The Restless
By Sean O'Brien On Apr 10, 2020
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The Young and The Restless spoilers tease that future episodes of the Young and The Restless may reveal that Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) himself could have pushed AJ Montalvo (uncredited actor) out of that hay loft to his death and blocked it out; remember when it looked like Connor Newman (Judah Mackey) might act out in a dangerous manner?
Connor Newman Terrorized Christian Newman, Beat Up Children At School, And Wished Sharon Newman To Go Away
Viewers of The Young and The Restless will recall that Connor terrorized Christian Newman, (Alex Wilson) locking him in the garage overnight with the lights off, beat up smaller children at school, and even after Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) and Connor moved in with his father, Adam Newman Connor still acted out and when Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) was brought in to counsel him, he made up a rhyme about “Sharon, Sharon, go away” and made another one he kept repeating about “one, two, three, Mommy, Daddy, Me” which seemed to be indicating he wanted only himself and Adam and Chelsea in his life.
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However, that could have been manipulation on his part since the bad behavior went away after Chelsea broke up with Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) and reunited with Adam for real. However, for a child his age, his behavior was still very distressing and borderline dangerous. He had also broken a lamp in his room when still living with Nick, and claimed he saw monsters. Viewers were even concerned that he could harm Sharon, say by pushing her down the stairs at Adam’s penthouse or tripping her or something similar that would cause her to fall down the stairs.
Could Adam have acted out in a dangerous manner when he was around Connor’s age, which he likely would have been when AJ fell out of that barn loft? His stepfather, who had been the only father he knew, had recently died as well and his mother was blind.
That would have been a lot of fear in young Adam’s life that he may have been acting out in response to, and if AJ had been hassling his mother for money, maybe he was trying to protect her and lured AJ into the barn loft to play hide and seek or told him he knew where a pile of money was and got behind him and pushed! And at that age, Adam may have blocked out the whole incident, since it could have been traumatic to see the results of someone falling from that height down on the ground!
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Victor Newman Likely Did Cover It Up, But To Protect Adam Newman And His Mother
Adam and Alyssa Montalvo (Maria DiDomenica) may have AJ’s killing all wrong. Even though Adam likely would not have been blamed for a murder if he were only around Connor’s age at the time, there is a reason that Victor had a bunch of newspaper clippings about the death of not only AJ, but Adam’s stepfather, Cliff Wilson (uncast character) and Victor went to Kansas at that time, it was probably to protect Adam and also his mother Hope Wilson (Signy Coleman) from the nosy actions of the police, or sheriff’s department as may be the case since Hope and Adam lived on a farm outside of Leavenworth, Kansas.
It would not be unreasonable for a boy around Connor’s age now to want to protect his mother and to lash out at a man who was harassing her and possibly physically hurting her, even if the man was bigger than he was at the time! Victor’s plan against Adam may be for him to find out the truth about how AJ died although at the time, Adam should have immediately gone into counseling.
Hope has been dead for years, and Adam is a grown man; and maybe since he has chosen to dig up things from the distant past that should have stayed dead and buried, Victor is going to let Adam have the Newman spotlight for a while and then expose the truth that it was Adam who killed a man as a child, and then again as an adult in Las Vegas, and let his own murderous deeds take him down when he’s on top!
Stay tuned to The Young and The Restless, and keep checking The Young and The Restless spoilers frequently for all the latest news, updates and developments!
Sean O'Brien
After earning a BA in Communications, Sean began his professional career in the Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Red Barons’ front office (the Philadelphia Phillies former Triple-A affiliate). He later worked as a print sports writer. During this millennium – Sean became a state licensed school teacher, the author of the children’s book Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile, and a credentialed sports columnist. He’s also been a longtime soap opera loyalist.
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Liquor Ties Wine as Second-Favorite Adult Beverage in U.S.
Liquor Ties Wine as Second-Favorite…
Beer still tops wine and liquor as drinkers’ favorite adult beverage
Percentage naming liquor rises to 29%, nearly tying wine at 30%
Percentage who drink at all holding steady at 65%
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Beer continues to be the alcoholic beverage U.S. drinkers say they drink most often; but, for the first time in Gallup trends, liquor essentially ties wine in second place.
The latest results are from Gallup’s July 1-12 Consumption Habits survey and are based on telephone interviews with U.S. national adults, aged 18 and older.
Twenty-nine percent of drinkers name liquor as their preferred drink. That is up from 19% a year ago although similar to the 26% who said so in 2017. Despite the lower percentage measured last year, the broad trend is one of increased preference for liquor. The average percentage preferring liquor has risen from 19% in the 1990s to 21% in the early 2000s to 23% over the past five years.
Thirty percent of drinkers now say they most often drink wine. That is on the low end of the range seen over the past two decades, with between 30% and 35% most years saying they prefer wine. However, wine drinking today is still more common than in the 1990s when just over a quarter of U.S. drinkers preferred it.
Preferred Drink Varies by Gender, Age and Region
Drinkers’ increased preference for liquor has occurred primarily among young and middle-aged adults, with little movement among those 50 and older. Offsetting this trend, young adults have grown less partial to wine while middle-aged adults are less likely to say they prefer beer.
Still, some enduring patterns continue to hold. The majority of men who drink (55%) say they most often drink beer, while women are more oriented toward wine (45%). A higher percentage of women drinkers this year cite liquor than beer, but this bears watching in subsequent readings to see if the change is meaningful.
Adults under 55 are the age groups most likely to prefer beer as well as liquor, while adults over 55 are the most likely to prefer wine.
Residents of the East and Midwest are most partial to beer. While no particular region is particularly oriented to wine or liquor, the Midwest lags behind the other regions in preferring wine.
There is also a socio-economic component to alcohol preferences, with higher education and high-income Americans being above par in preferring wine. By contrast, lower education and lower-income Americans are the most partial to beer.
Drinking Rate Steady at 65%
Despite slight changes in the type of alcoholic beverages drinkers favor, the proportion of Americans who report drinking alcohol has held steady over the past 20 years at just under two-thirds. Sixty-five percent of all U.S. adults, aged 18 and older, currently say they “have occasion to use alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer” while 34% describe themselves as a “total abstainer.”
The rate of drinkers is slightly higher among adults of legal drinking age, registering 68% among those 21 and older in the latest survey.
While there are too few adults aged 18 to 20 in a standard survey of 1,000 national adults to provide a reliable estimate of the percentage of drinkers in this age group, the rate is 36% in combined Gallup data from 2010-2019. Consistent with federal statistics showing a decline in teen drinking, that represents a significant decline compared with 2001 to 2009, when 51% of 18 to 20 year-olds reported drinking.
Average Drinks Consumed Weekly Holds Steady at 4.0
Gallup measures the amount that Americans drink by asking those who ever drink how many drinks they had in the past seven days. The average number today is 4.0, similar, to the figure most years since 2011. That includes the 30% of drinkers who say they had no alcoholic drink in the past seven days.
Gallup trends indicate that alcohol consumption is a bit more restrained today than it was from 2002 to 2010 when drinkers recorded consuming an average 4.6 drinks per week. Still, drinking is not as light as the five years earlier, from 1996 to 2001, when the average was 3.4 drinks.
Alcohol remains a popular beverage in the U.S., with nearly two in three Americans drinking it. However, Americans’ preferred type of alcoholic beverage has varied a bit over the years, possibly reflecting such industry trends as the rise of craft beers and more recently craft liquors. Health trends, such as the recent popularity of low carbohydrate diets — 28% of Americans recently told Gallup they try to avoid carbohydrates — may also explain why some people have gravitated toward liquor. Unlike wine and beer, straight liquor is carb-free.
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Popular and Public History Online
Before I dive into this week’s assignment, I’d like to revisit our discussion from last week, because I found a very interesting digital mapping project. Amnesty International’s Strike Tracker project uses sequences of aerial photos of Mosul to identify when and where airstrikes took place. And they’re actually crowd sourcing labor through a module they built that lets volunteers look through a series of photos in sequential order to identify when buildings took damage. In theory, and with enough volunteers, they could potentially learn the time, location, and consequence of every bomb dropped on Mosul. It’s such an original and important application of the tools we discussed in class, I had to share it.
Now on to Steve Dietz essay, “Telling Stories: Procedural Authorship and Extracting Meaning from Museum Databases.” I would like to touch on his ideas about storytelling before moving on to discuss the websites we were asked to look at. But first I should admit my suspicion towards storytelling, which I suspect to be a kind of snake oil, even though all of the humanities seems so confident in its ability to engage audiences, encourage empathy, and convey information. It strikes me as a kind of magical thinking. And before I join the crowd in assuming that storytelling is a preferable way to convey information, I would like it explained to me in concrete, scientific terms the magic that allegedly happens when people hear stories. Are stories really more effective at conveying information than analysis? Or are stories more effective at conveying information to certain audiences because the simplify complex phenomena and focalize our attention on only the most relevant information? Is story telling by itself more effective than placing stories within an analytical framework? Is storytelling believed to be more effective because stories render information perspectival? Are there built in cognitive structures in our brains that process stories more easily? These are just a few of the curiosities I have about how story telling works and what it can and can’t do.
So, when Dietz moves very quickly from wanting to find ways to make museum databases available and engaging for the public to discussing storytelling as a solution, a flag went up in my mind. I don’t even know how to begin assessing his arguments without knowing the details of specific collections, the audiences that might be interested in using them, their level of motivation to learn, and how they might use this information. For example, moving from an object-centered collection to one that gives stories more prominence makes sense, I suppose, whether you’re using “predetermined narratives” or “multi-vocal” or “hyper-linear” ones. But how could we possibly evaluate such a claim? And how can I evaluate the effectiveness of websites in a way more objective than just relying on my gut instinct?
The best I think I can do is come up with some criteria and try to justify that criteria. So, I think a website that is effective at conveying the past should do all these things:
The home page should immediately convey the topic, scope, and goals of the website. If there is any confusion in a visitors mind as to what a website is about after viewing the homepage for 30 seconds, then that website has failed.
The site should utilize multiple rhetorical means to convey information in a coherent, engaging, and accessible manner, such as narrative, analysis, description, explanation, images, graphs, charts, maps, video, and timelines.
Information should be organized in an intuitive manner and should be easily navigable.
I don’t know how to get more specific than this, unless I have a specific audience in mind. And of course, the big flaw in this criteria is that it doesn’t measure anything about the audience’s experience with a digital exhibit/database/whatever, and it can’t tell us whether or not a website has been effective.
So I’ve said all this just to express my anxiety with deciding which website is effective based on rhetorical factors that I’m only guessing are effective. And the winner is . . . the Raid on Deerfield. At first look, the subject of the website is clear enough: the raid on Deerfield in 1704. But its scope and goals aren’t. Otherwise the site is easily navigable and it does a good job of using multiple rhetorical tools to convey the past. The website could certainly be updated. The voice-over introduction sounds robotic and the images are very low resolution. But the conception and organization of the website are excellent. I have a good feeling that it could be a useful learning tool. If there is time in class, I’d be happy to discuss where I felt the other websites fell short.
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Gail Coughlin says:
You raised a lot of great questions concerning the role of storytelling in history. I think that many popular history websites need to find a better balance between presenting history as a serious subject that needs to be learned from, and as a form of interesting entertainment. I think that storytelling certainly has a place in history and the humanities but it cannot be used in place of analytical analysis. I also liked the Raid on Deerfield website but I agree that it needs a lot of updating.
I love your distrust of storytelling. I think I’ve mostly bought into it, but there’s so many parts or history and humanities, particularly the part that tries to appeal to the public. The best example I can think of is the now mostly derided concept of making everything “interactive.”
Your decision to brainstorm a list of the characteristics that make popular history websites effective is a great way to ensure that your assessment is being judged on common criteria and going beyond a cursory glance of a site. The three components that you identified are especially important aspects of popular history sites that should be evaluated regardless of the purpose, audience, and content. One other characteristic I would add (although certainly less important than the ones you named) is a clear introductory path. I agree that by the criteria you have created Raid on Deerfield appears the best, but its greatest fault appears to be the confusion created once you enter the site and must choose between several introductions to the content. Maybe making each window a connected series of text/multimedia (such as with connecting links) could improve this.
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Moment Speaker rebukes Boris Johnson for showing lack of respect during COVID row
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Watch: Speaker rebukes Boris Johnson for labelling Keir Starmer 'hypocritical'
This is the moment House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle rebukes Boris Johnson for labelling Sir Keir Starmer a hypocrite.
It came after Labour leader Starmer attacked Johnson over the latest free school meals row, in which the PM was forced to intervene after images of poor-quality food parcels were widely shared on social media.
Starmer, speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, said it “shouldn’t have taken social media to shame the PM into action”.
An angry Johnson responded: “[Starmer’s] words would be less hypocritical and absurd if it were not for the fact that…”
Boris Johnson was told by Sir Lindsay Hoyle: 'Please, let’s keep the discipline in this chamber.' (Parliamentlive.tv)
Hoyle then intervened: “I don’t think anybody’s a hypocrite in this chamber. I think we need to be a little bit careful about what we say to each other.”
He added: “Please, let’s keep the discipline in this chamber and the respect for each other.
“We’re tidying up how this Parliament behaves and I certainly expect the leadership of both parties to ensure that takes place.”
After calling for Johnson to withdraw his use of “hypocrisy”, the PM said he would be “delighted” to – but continued to accuse Starmer of “absurdity”, citing the free school meal policies put in place by his government during the coronavirus pandemic.
Johnson had earlier condemned some of the free school meal offerings being sent to families as “disgraceful”.
He said photos of meals delivered to parents during the latest lockdown were “appalling” and an “insult” to the families who had received them.
His comments came after Manchester United footballer and free school meals campaigner Marcus Rashford said he had spoken to Johnson about the issues, and that he was told “a full review of the supply chain” was under way.
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Wednesday’s rebuke, meanwhile, was not the first Johnson has received from Hoyle at PMQs.
In November last year, Hoyle made a veiled threat to mute the PM – who was appearing via video-link in self-isolation – after he asked questions of Starmer, rather than the other way round.
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Waterside Pointe homeowners fighting back against developer CalAtlantic
August 20, 2016 deborahgoonan Developer Control & Construction Defects, Hidden Costs of HOAs, HOA Community Association Disputes & Legal Matters, HOA consumer protection efforts, HOA litigation and case law, Regulatory Agencies Comments Off on Waterside Pointe homeowners fighting back against developer CalAtlantic
Waterside Pointe is the quintessential example of what it’s like to live in a homeowners’ association governed by its developer for many years, in a legal environment where owners have virtually no control over the fate of their own community.
Whenever trade group Community Associations Institute (CAI) starts spreading half-truths about HOA Board being “elected by” and composed of “neighbors,” it makes me cringe.
Newsflash: every new subdivision or condominium project starts off its life create of, by, and for the financial profit of a developer. And then said developer continues to control that “community” for years, perhaps even decades, until most of the units are built and sold to homeowners. Literally millions of homeowners are currently living in developer-controlled association governed housing.
They cannot “vote the bums” off the board. They cannot overcome their “apathy” and their options for being “engaged” and making a difference in their communities are severely limited.
In Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel, turnover of control to owners doesn’t start until 90% of units have been sold. But other states have similar laws that protect the interests of developers, without too much thought for the interests of home buying consumers and taxpaying homeowners.
In Waterside Pointe, homeowners have been battling CalAtlantic for more than two years – even protesting in public near the entry to the subdivision. According to homeowners suing the developer, their “lake” resembles a swamp, the roads are in poor condition, recreational amenities that had been promised were never delivered, and the security gates are frequently malfunctioning. Yet they each still pay thousands of dollars in assessments each year. Where does the money go?
Why isn’t the state Attorney General’s Office assisting these homeowners? Weren’t they deceived by false advertising?
Well, it’s because the AG, and state government in general, insists that HOA disputes over poor maintenance and alleged deceptive business practices are purely “civil matters.”
So the homeowners’ only legal recourse is to file an expensive civil suit against a well-funded developer.
That’s hardly the American Dream – more like a nightmare.
Waterside Watchdogs sue builder over neglect
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Lake County’s perennial protesters at Waterside Pointe recently kicked up the festivities a notch when they filed a class-action lawsuit against the developers of the subdivision where they’ve been protesting for nearly two years.
Perhaps you’ve seen the Waterside Watchdogs. The crew has moved from a location in front of the developer’s office inside the Groveland subdivision to frontage on State Road 50 during the weekend protests. (Hey, the developer sued to have them moved and won that point, so they went to an even more visible spot, thus illustrating for developer CalAtlantic Group Inc. the irony in the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for — you might get it.”)
The lawsuit filed by Eustis lawyer Derek Schroth is just beginning, but its complaints are familiar: It asks a judge to declare the developer in violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and force CalAtlantic to clean up the community, where the amenities “are in a constant state of neglect,” despite advertising to the contrary.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-lk-lauren-ritchie-waterside-pointe-watchdogs-sue-20160722-column.html
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Yamaha R6 – Out to Dominate the Road, Track, or Street
After being displayed at the InsideRACING Bike Festival and Trade Show in 2015, in a simple ceremony at the Yamaha YZone, Yamaha Motor Philippines brought the bike that would complete the R-Series line-up, the YZF-R6.
The R6 is a middleweight supersport bike that has been much awaited to be finally sold here. “We have officially launched one of the R-Series bikes of Yamaha which is the R6. Same as the R1, it is equipped with racing features and city driving modes,” Yamaha YZone OIC Manager Mr. Adrian Duran shared during the event. “It is still equipped with Traction Control, ABS, Drive Modes and in-line 4-cylinder with 16 Titanium Valves in which the bike is both for city driving and track racing,” he added.
Hosted by resident emcee Rico Robles, the crowd consisted mostly of Yamaha big bikers who have been eagerly waiting for the official arrival of the YZF wonder. Most of the event-goers took home raffle prizes courtesy of Yamaha Motor Philippines.
Getting into the technical features of this technologically advanced beast, this is the bike you are definitely dreaming of. You can feel the race-bred soul with its powerful 599cc in-line 4-cylinder, 16 titanium valves DOHC F.I. engine for a refined and smooth high-revving power. Featuring the Aerodynamic style with the next generation control, its YZF-R1 design style cowling with LED position lights and hidden headlights, race style analog tachometer with digital screen appeal to be sportier than ever. This beast also comes with a remarkable high-tech electronic system such as Yamaha’s Chip Controlled Intake (YCC-I) for a broader and more tractable powerband, a 6-mode Traction Control System (TCS) as well as a Quick Shifter System (QSS), ABS and D-Mode Adjustable engine power that will give you the ability to push even harder and have ultimate control. The 2017 YZF-R6 users are given full flexibility to choose the ideal engine character for various riding situations. It is equipped with Yamaha’s D-Mode system which offers three throttle valve control maps (Standard Mode, “A-Mode, and “BMode”) with different throttle response settings for absolute adaptability in just one click. All these while having the fully adjustable YZF-R1 type 43mm upside down front forks combined with rear shock and dual front discs for sharper handling and stronger braking.
The fact that the first batch that the YZone has brought in has already sold out even before the official launch is the best way to describe the appeal and the demand that the R6 brings to the local big bike market.
Current Yamaha owners, media partners, and executives from Yamaha Motor Philippines led by Sales and Marketing Director Mr. Akihiro Maruo were present to witness the unveiling. Yamaha’s celebrity endorser, Gab Valenciano, was also there during the event.
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New York Times 7/16 Story: “The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t”
“How one scientist and his inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of wireless technology.” – NY Times
A New York Times story that ran Tuesday took a rare stance that is seldom seen by the tower community: a look at the hysteria surrounding RF radiation. (Ed: The Times piece featured similar artwork as you see above recreated in the same style by the Inside Towers art department). The story stated that, back in 2000, the negative effects of EMF exposure may have been completely wrong. The Times says results were both “misinterpreted and failed to take crucial facts into account” like the extraordinary shielding power of skin. Radio frequencies, like sunlight, do not penetrate beyond this protective barrier.
A chart accompanying the article places the 5G emissions within the radio wave spectrum, falling well below airport scanners but higher than broadcast television. Worries about cell phones causing brain cancer are not supported by these later findings and re-evaluation of the data. While the 5G signal is slightly higher than older cell phones, the lack of danger remains the same.
How did the original report come to its conclusion, and how did that spread with such ferocity? The author of the initial investigation, Dr. Bill P. Curry, placed his findings on a graph and extrapolated that with higher frequencies came higher dangers. Higher frequencies are actually safer than lower EMF frequencies, conclude today’s experts on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation. Scientists like NYU professor Christopher Collins confirm that 5G transmission “doesn’t penetrate” the skin, which provides a “shielding effect.”
Other scientists, like Dr. Marvin P. Ziskin at the Temple University School of Medicine, have spent years researching the effects of high-frequency waves on the body and agree that they do not cause human illnesses. This research, however, runs counter to alarmist websites that continue to provoke readers and repeat falsehoods.
Reports detailing the horrors of EMF exposure continue to circulate despite their authors’ inability to substantiate their claims. As evidence of the safety of cell phone usage, David Robert Grimes, a cancer researcher at the University of Oxford stated, “If phones are linked to cancer, we’d expect to see a marked uptick. Yet we do not.”
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Careful reading of these Conditions of Sale is recommended before proceeding with the order of products, which will, in any case, also be available through the link enclosed in the order confirmation email. Together with our privacy policy and our Terms and Conditions of use, these Conditions of Sale govern the offer and the purchase of the Products made through the e-commerce site https://ioboscovivo.com.
These Conditions of Sale do not affect the rights recognized by law and in particular pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 206/2006 ("Consumer Code") and the Legislative Decree n. 70/2003 ("Electronic Commerce Code"). The Conditions of Sale may be integrated and / or modified at any time by IoBoscoVivo Srl.
Any changes will come into force from the date of publication in the "General Conditions of Sale" area on the website https://ioboscovivo.com.
Before proceeding to purchase on line, Customers are invited to carefully read the version of the General Conditions of Sale that is in force at the time of the transmission of the Product Purchase Order.
By placing the order, the conditions of sale in force are understood to be fully known and accepted.
It is specified that these General Conditions of Sale do not regulate the sale of products made by subjects other than IoBoscoVivo Srl, which can be traced through links and / or hyperlinks.
Before proceeding with the purchase through these subjects, we invite you to check their general conditions of sale.
IoBoscoVivo Srl is not responsible for any omissions or violations of the law committed by other sellers.
The language for the conclusion and execution of the contract is Italian.
In case of doubts concerning these Conditions of Sale, please contact us through the following email address: [email protected].
Seller identification
The goods covered by these General Conditions of Sale are offered and sold by:
Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl (hereinafter also only the "Seller") with registered office in 21029
Vergiate (VA), Via Sempione, 26
registered with the Varese Chamber of Commerce REA n. VA - 344314 of the Business Register,
tax code 03351490127
PEC address: [email protected]
IoBoscoVivo Srl is the owner of the site https://ioboscovivo.com as well as of the relative brand.
Definition and Object of the Contract
The contract stipulated between the parties has the nature of a "distance contract".
In the case of sale to a Consumer customer not operating in the merchandise sector treated by IoBoscoVivo Srl, for all that is not provided for by these General Conditions, the provisions of Legislative Decree 6 September 2005, n. 206 ("Consumer Code").
The buyer who, acting as a professional, intends to obtain the issue of the invoice, must indicate, when completing the order form, his VAT number and tick the box relating to the request. For them, the Consumer Code will not apply.
The General Conditions in force on the date of the relative order are an integral part of any proposal, purchase order and purchase order confirmation of the products marketed by Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl on its website.
It is necessary that the buyer has read and accepted them.
Contractual formalization
In accordance with the Electronic Commerce Decree, contracts are concluded exclusively through the access by the Customer to the Site, on which the electronic catalog of products can be consulted.
All purchase orders must be sent in electronic format to Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl by completing the Order Form, which must be completed in every part and must contain the elements necessary for the exact identification of the Products ordered, of the Customer, the place of delivery of the Products and the data necessary for billing.
At the end of the purchase procedure, the Customer will see a summary of his Order with which he can verify the selected Products, the Price, the type of shipment chosen, the cost of shipping, the payment method and the billing data.
Before confirming the purchase, the customer can change the order placed in the cart.
The transmitted purchase order constitutes acceptance of the seller's offer.
Before proceeding with the forwarding of the order, the Customer is therefore invited to read these General Conditions of Sale and the privacy policy, by ticking the relevant acceptance box.
By affixing the "flag", the buyer expressly declares to have read, understood and accepted these General Conditions of Sale and the privacy policy, thus giving consent to the processing of their personal data for the purposes related to the sale of the Products.
The order confirmation by Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl, sent to the Customer to the e-mail address indicated by the same, is valid as acceptance of the proposal and determines the formation of the contractual bond.
Following receipt of the Order Confirmation, the Seller is expressly authorized to receive payment.
Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl reserves the right to screen orders and not accept those that are considered incomplete, not duly completed or not suitable for its availability, communicating it to the customer within the next 24 hours.
The Order Form, the Order Confirmation, the General Conditions of Sale and the Privacy form applied to the relationship will be stored electronically by the Seller in its computer systems.
Minimum amount
The purchase of products may be subject to compliance with a minimum order.
Validity of Offers
The articles visible on the site are available while stocks last.
If a part of the ordered Products is not available and there are no other causes that could legitimize the non-acceptance of the Proposal, the Seller will confirm the order only for the part of available products.
In the event of payment of an item that should become unavailable for concurrent orders or out of stock, Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl undertakes to offer a purchase voucher or to reimburse the Customer within 15 days by informing the Customer by e-mail.
The Customer placing the order on line will receive, at the end of the procedure, a communication confirming the insertion in the information system of the Seller.
The confirmation of the acceptance of the order or the refusal of the same will take place with a separate subsequent communication sent by e-mail.
At the time of placing the First Order, you will be asked to fill in some mandatory fields.
Once the first registration has taken place, it will be sufficient to enter UserID and Password to view your Account data and modify them if necessary.
The responsibility for the management of UserID and Password lies exclusively with the Customer, who undertakes, in any case, to immediately notify the Seller of any unauthorized use of the relevant Account as well as any other violation of the security rules of which he / she becomes aware.
Presentation of the Products
The Customer is required to verify the full correspondence between the information indicated on line relating to the purchased product and the label affixed to the package received before using the product.
The images of the products published on the site are purely indicative and illustrative.
Before opening the package and using the product, the customer is also invited to carefully check the expiry date of the purchased product, promptly reporting any anomalies.
During the summer period (June-September) any proposals for fresh references could be subject to a more rapid deterioration and it is advisable to take this aspect into consideration before placing the order.
Technical, Scientific and Medical Information
The technical and scientific information included in the website is obtained from the information published by universities, research centers, accredited researchers and medical specialists.
The source of origin for each information described will always be present.
The Price of the Products is that indicated on the Site at the time the Order is sent.
Prices are expressed in Euros, including VAT.
In the event that the Product is offered at a discounted price, the full reference price, the discount percentage applied, the discounted price and the duration of the offer will be indicated in the information sheet, indicating the date on which it will end. the same.
The prices indicated for each of the goods offered to the public are valid until the date indicated in the catalog.
Prices can be changed at any time, without notice, except for orders already accepted.
For customers who qualify as "consumers", the sales prices include VAT and any other tax while they do not include shipping costs, which will be calculated at the end of the order procedure, depending on the type delivery chosen by the customer among the different available.
The same goes for VAT holders.
In any case, the shipping costs will be payable by the Customer in addition to the price of the products and the same will have to pay the total sum indicated in the order summary to the Seller.
For shipments to countries outside the European Union, please refer to clause no. 12 of these General Conditions of Sale.
Obligations of the Buyer
The customer undertakes to pay the price of the purchased goods within the times and methods indicated in the contract.
The Customer undertakes to pay the total amount indicated in the Order in the following ways:
Stripe / Paypal
By choosing this payment method, the Customer will be directed to the PayPal site and the terms and conditions of the contract agreed by the same with Stripe / PayPal will apply.
The data entered on the PayPal website will be processed directly and exclusively by that company.
The re-credit times on the payment instrument connected to the PayPal account depend only on the banking system connected to PayPal.
The Seller cannot be held responsible for any delays and / or omissions in the crediting of any refunds, for which the Customer must contact PayPal directly;
Advance bank transfer.
In the case of payment by bank transfer, the latter must be issued in favor of:
Agricultural Company IoBoscoVivo srl
Bank: UBI Banca - Corso della Repubblica, 1 21019 Somma Lombardo (VA)
IBAN: IT34L0311150560000000008503
Using the payment by bank transfer, the order will be processed after verification within and no later than 3 working days from the date of acceptance of the order, by the Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl, of the credit.
To speed up the order fulfillment operations, the customer must indicate in the reason for the transfer, the name of the customer and the order number.
After 7 days have elapsed, the order will be considered automatically canceled
Cash on delivery with a surcharge of € 6.00 for the service.
Any refunds will be made by the Seller with the same payment method used by the Customer to make the purchase, according to the timing of the managing body of the payment instrument.
Società Agricola Ioboscovivo srl will issue an electronic invoice for both consumers and holders of VAT numbers.
To this end, the Consumer must specify his tax code in the Order Form, while the Professional must request an invoice when placing the Order, by filling in the appropriate box "Electronic invoice request", indicating the number of VAT number and the SDI code
Product Availability and Shipping Methods
The computer system confirms the registration of the order within 12 hours by sending the User a confirmation by e-mail.
If an order exceeds the quantity existing in the warehouse, the Seller, by e-mail, will inform the customer if the good is no longer bookable or what are the waiting times to obtain the chosen good, asking if he intends to confirm the order. or less.
The Seller ensures through the electronic system used the processing and fulfillment of orders without delay.
The delivery terms, in any case, are as follows:
In Italy: within 3 working days from the Order Confirmation;
for European Union countries: within 10 working days from the Order Confirmation;
for countries outside the European Union (Switzerland): within 5 working days from the Order Confirmation.
for countries outside the European Union: within 20 working days from the Order Confirmation.
In the event of delays not dependent on the fact and fault of the Seller, the Consumer will be promptly informed by the Customer Service.
All products will be packaged in such a way as to guarantee their integrity until the moment of delivery to the carrier.
IoBoscoVivo Srl will not be liable for damage to the Products depending on the fact and fault of the Carrier.
Shipments to non-EU countries
Any order placed on the site and delivered to non-EU countries could be subject to any taxes, customs duties or documentation required by the legislation in force in the country where the delivery takes place.
These additional charges will be charged to the customer.
In the event that the Products must be delivered in a country not belonging to the European Union, the total indicated in the Order and in the Order Confirmation will therefore include the Price of the Products and delivery costs, net of any customs duties and any other different sales tax that the Customer undertakes, from now on, to pay in accordance with the provisions of the law where the products will be delivered.
The Customer is therefore invited to inquire with the competent bodies of their country of residence and / or destination of the Products to obtain information relating to local taxes applied.
It is understood that any lack of knowledge of the aforementioned legislation at the time the Order is forwarded cannot constitute grounds for termination of the contract stipulated with IoBoscoVivo Srl nor the liability of the selling company for any disbursements relating to duties, taxes and charges.
Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl declines all responsibility for the aforementioned documentation and taxation if the same is not duly reported by the buyer.
By ordering on the Site, the end customer is to all effects considered the importer and, as such, is required to comply with all the laws and rules of the country in which you receive the goods.
Cross-border deliveries may be subject to an opening and inspection procedure by customs.
The Customer who wishes to cancel the order sent, can contact the Customer Service by e-mail to: [email protected] and / or by registered mail to the address:
Via Sempione 26H
21029 Vergiate (VA) Italy
The request will be accepted if the order has not yet been processed.
The Customer who holds the status of "Consumer" pursuant to the Consumer Code has the right to withdraw from the contract, without specifying reason and without penalty, within fourteen days from the day of Delivery to the Consumer or by a third party designated by the same , other than the carrier. The consumer has fourteen days from the notice of withdrawal to return the products.
For the purposes of calculating the fourteen days, the date indicated in the transport document signed by the Consumer or by the person designated by him will be taken into account or, in the case of purchase with a single order of several products delivered separately, from the day of delivery of the last product. to the Consumer or to a third party designated by the same, other than the carrier.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, the Customer who holds the title of "Consumer" pursuant to the Consumer Code must make an explicit declaration, by filling in the appropriate "withdrawal form" which can be downloaded from the website and forward the same in the appropriate section of the website https://ioboscovivo.com.
In any case, the aforementioned form must also be sent by registered letter with return receipt within 14 days from the delivery of the Products to the address of the registered office of IoBoscoVivo srl
The Consumer will receive from the Seller an e-mail confirming the withdrawal request, containing the form for the return procedure of the products that will take place through the carrier indicated by the selling company.
The products must be returned in the same packaging in which they were contained.
Pursuant to art. 59 of Legislative Decree 21/14, the right of withdrawal is expressly excluded for the following Products:
tailor-made and / or customized products;
products that risk deteriorating and / or expiring rapidly;
sealed products that cannot be returned for hygienic and / or health-related reasons or products that have been opened after delivery
For the aforementioned hypotheses, the consumer accepts that the products that risk deteriorating and expiring rapidly include food products (including mushrooms) and cosmetics. For these products, the Consumer who wishes to cancel the order sent, can contact Customer Service by e-mail and request cancellation: the request will be accepted only if the order has not yet been processed.
The right of withdrawal is only applicable for products that can be marketed following the return without risk to health (for example, books).
The risks and costs for returning the Products, as a result of the exercise of the Right of Withdrawal, will be borne exclusively by the Consumer.
For the purposes of the validity of the withdrawal, it is necessary that the returned Products are intact and it is not possible to exercise this right in relation to only one part of the product purchased.
IoBoscoVivo srl will return the full amount of the returned goods to the consumer, including shipping costs, within 14 working days of receiving the goods.
The refund will be made with the same payment method, unless the Consumer has expressly requested a different method with the "withdrawal form" downloadable at the following link
Warranty and Defects of Conformity
In case of lack of conformity for the Customer who holds the status of Consumer, the protections provided for by art. 128-135 of the Consumer Code.
Therefore, the Seller is liable to the Consumer for any lack of conformity of the product which occurs within 2 years of delivery.
Defects must be promptly reported to IoBoscoVivo.it, under penalty of forfeiture, according to the two-month term provided by the Consumer Code, unless the defect is related to a perishable and / or subject to expiry product (for example, food) in a shorter term, using the appropriate form on the website.
The Consumer has the right, at his choice and if the type of product allows it, to restore the conformity of the product at the Seller's expense by replacement or to reduce the Price or to terminate the contract.
The Seller, within 48 hours of receiving the defect report form, will communicate whether he authorizes the return of the products to the e-mail address indicated therein.
The authorization to return the products will in no way constitute recognition of the existence of the complained defects and faults, which must be ascertained after the return.
In the case of purchases made by users who hold the qualification of professional, the relevant legislation applies.
The Seller assumes no responsibility for disservices attributable to force majeure if he fails to execute the order within the time stipulated in the contract.
The Seller cannot be held liable to the customer, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence, for disservices or malfunctions connected to the use of the Internet outside of its own control or that of its sub-suppliers.
Furthermore, the Seller will not be liable for damages, losses and costs incurred by the customer as a result of the non-execution of the contract for reasons not attributable to him, as the customer is only entitled to the full refund of the price paid and any additional charges incurred.
The Seller assumes no responsibility for any fraudulent and / or illegal activities carried out by third parties connected to the use of the means of payment for its products.
The Seller assumes no responsibility for the use that the customer intends to make of the purchased goods.
Promotions and Gifts
The Promotions proposed by the Agricultural Company IoBoscoVivo srl are valid until the stocks of the Products are exhausted and within the purchase limits indicated on the Site.
Promotions cannot be combined.
If the Special Offer promoted by Società Agricola IoBoscoVivo srl provides for the sending of a free Product together with one or more Products purchased, the Customer will be entitled to receive the Product for free only upon explicit acceptance of the same, manifested with the insertion of the same in your virtual "cart".
The offer of the free Product is valid while stocks last.
No replacement or return is possible in relation to any products received as a gift from the Customer.
Promotional codes can only be redeemed using the "promotional code" coupon in the shopping cart (the amount cannot be split between multiple purchases)
Risk and Property
Pursuant to art. 63 of the Consumer Code, the shipping risk remains with the IoBoscoVivo Srl Agricultural Company until the time of delivery of the goods to the consumer customer. Eventually, the risk of damage and perishing of the products is transferred to the consumer customer already at the time of delivery to the carrier only in the event that the carrier has been chosen by the customer outside those proposed during the purchase.
Upon receipt of the goods, even in the presence of intact packaging, the customer is required to immediately ascertain the conformity of the goods with the purchase order made.
In particular, he must verify the integrity of the goods and the quantitative and qualitative correspondence with what is indicated in the order and in the accompanying document (DDT).
In case of discrepancies or apparent defects, these must be reported under penalty of forfeiture, on the same accompanying document and confirmed, within eight days of delivery of the goods, via PEC to [email protected] or registered letter with return receipt to the Agricultural Company IoBoscoVivo srl, Via Sempione, 26 - 21029 Vergiate (VA). Any report made after this deadline or in different ways will not be taken into consideration.
The customer will be liable for any damage resulting from false reports and declarations.
Complaints must be sent to the Seller by registered letter with return receipt to be sent to the following address:
registered office in 21029 Vergiate (VA), Via Sempione, 26
or via PEC a [email protected]
IoBoscoVivo srl undertakes to find complaints received within 7 working days.
Consumer declaration
Proceeding with the forwarding of the Product Order, the Consumer expressly declares:
to be over 18 years old;
that the personal data provided to the Seller during registration on the Website and at the time of placing the Order are correct and updated;
not to allow third parties to use their personal account and to use it in compliance with the law and the General Conditions of Sale.
The Seller reserves the right, in case of false information, to suspend and close the personal account of the Consumer.
Any dispute relating to the application, execution, interpretation and violation of the stipulated contract on line by the customer with the Agricultural Company IoBoscoVivo srl is subject to Italian jurisdiction.
For Customers who qualify as "Consumers", any dispute between the parties will be the responsibility of the judge of the place of residence or domicile of the same if located in the Italian territory.
In all other cases, for any dispute between the parties, the jurisdiction lies with the Court of Busto Arsizio, being the place of conclusion of the agreement to be identified with the headquarters of the selling company, current in Vergiate, as well as the one in which the obligation payment assumed by the customer must be fulfilled.
The user is informed that, pursuant to art. 14 of Regulation 524/13, in the event of a dispute with the Seller, you may submit a complaint via the ODR platform of the European Union, which can be reached at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
This platform represents a tool for resolving disputes arising from online sales contracts out of court.
Valid from 1 December 2020 (for Switzerland)
Careful reading of these Conditions of Sale is recommended before proceeding with the order of products, which will, in any case, also be available through the link enclosed in the order confirmation email. Together with our privacy policy and our Terms and Conditions of Use, these Conditions of Sale govern the offer and purchase of the Products made through the ecommerce site https://ioboscovivo.com.
Before proceeding with the online purchase, Customers are invited to carefully read the version of the General Conditions of Sale that is in force at the time of the transmission of the Product Purchase Order.
It is specified that these General Conditions of Sale do not regulate the sale of products made by subjects other than IoBoscoVivo Sagl traceable through links and / or hyperlinks.
Before proceeding with the purchase through these subjects, we invite you to check their general conditions of sale. IoBoscoVivo Sagl is not responsible for any omissions or violations of the law committed by other sellers. The language for the conclusion and execution of the contract is Italian.
In case of doubts concerning these Conditions of Sale, please contact us through the following email address: [email protected]
IoBoscoVivo Sagl (hereinafter also "Seller") with registered office in 6850 Mendrisio,
Piazzale Roncaa 4
VAT number CHE-183.361.016
IoBoscoVivo Sagl is the owner of the website https://ioboscovivo.com as well as of the relative brand.
In the case of sale to a Consumer customer not operating in the commodity sector dealt with by IoBoscoVivo Sagl, for anything not provided for by these General Conditions, the rules of the Swiss Code of Obligations will apply.
The buyer will be able to download the regular invoice once the order has been completed directly from our website.
The General Conditions in force on the date of the relative order constitute an integral part of any proposal, purchase order and purchase order confirmation of the products marketed by IoBoscoVivo Sagl on its website. It is necessary that the buyer has read and accepted them.
The contracts are concluded exclusively through the access by the Customer to the Site, on which the electronic catalog of the products can be consulted.
All purchase orders must be sent in electronic format to IoBoscoVivo Sagl by completing the Order Form, which must be completed in every part and must contain the elements necessary for the exact identification of the Products ordered, the Customer, the place delivery of Products and data necessary for billing.
The order confirmation by IoBoscoVivo Sagl, sent to the Customer to the e-mail address indicated by the same, is valid as acceptance of the proposal and determines the formation of the contractual bond.
IoBoscoVivo Sagl reserves the right to examine orders and not accept those that are considered incomplete, not duly completed or not suitable for its availability, communicating it to the customer within the next 24 hours.
In the event of payment of an item that should become unavailable for concurrent orders or out of stock, IoBoscoVivo Sagl undertakes to offer a voucher or refund the Customer within 15 days by informing the Customer by e-mail.
Prices are subject to change.
The Customer who places the order online will receive, at the end of the procedure, a communication confirming the insertion in the information system of the Seller.
The Customer is required to verify the full correspondence between the information indicated online relating to the purchased product and the label affixed to the package received before using the product.
The images of the products published on the site are purely indicative and illustrative and the seller assumes no responsibility.
Prices are expressed in CHF including VAT.
Prices can be changed at any time, without notice, with the exception of contracts already concluded.
1) Paypal / Stripe: By choosing this payment method, the Customer will be directed to the PayPal / Stripe site and the terms and conditions of the contract agreed by the same with PayPal will apply.
2) Advance bank transfer.
IoBoscoVivo Sagl
Bank: Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG
Using the payment by bank transfer, the order will be processed after verification no later than 3 working days from the date of acceptance of the order, by IoBoscoVivo Sagl, of the credit.
After 7 days from the conclusion of the contract unsuccessfully, the order will be considered automatically canceled
Product Availability and Shipping
Should an order exceed the quantity existing in the warehouse, the Seller, by e-mail, will inform the customer if the good is no longer bookable or what are the waiting times to obtain the chosen good, asking if he intends to confirm the order. or less.
• In Switzerland: within 3 working days from the Order Confirmation;
In the event of delays not dependent on the fact and fault of the Seller, the Customer will be promptly informed by the Customer Service.
IoBoscoVivo Sagl will not be liable for damage to the Products during transport.
The Customer who wishes to cancel the order sent, can contact Customer Service by e-mail and request cancellation via the "Withdrawal Form" available on the website: the request will be accepted if the order has not yet been escaped.
The Customer who holds the status of "Consumer" pursuant to the Consumer Code has the right to withdraw from the contract, without specifying reason and without penalty, within fourteen working days starting from the day of Delivery to the Customer or by a third party from the same designated, other than the vector.
For the purposes of calculating the fourteen days, the date indicated in the transport document signed by the Customer or by the person designated by him will be taken into account or, in the case of purchase with a single order of several products delivered separately, from the day of delivery of the last product. to the Customer or to a third party designated by the same, other than the carrier.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, the Customer who holds the title of "Consumer" pursuant to the Consumer Code must make an explicit declaration, by filling in the appropriate "withdrawal form" which can be downloaded from the website and forward the same in the appropriate section of the website www.ioboscovivo.ch
In any case, the aforementioned form must also be sent by e-mail within 14 days from the delivery of the Products to the address of the registered office of IoBoscoVivo Sagl.
The Customer will receive from the Seller an e-mail confirming the withdrawal request, containing the form for the return procedure of the products that will take place through the carrier indicated by the selling company.
the right of withdrawal is expressly excluded for the following Products:
• tailor-made and / or personalized products;
• products that risk deteriorating and / or expiring rapidly;
• sealed products that cannot be returned for hygienic and / or health-related reasons or products that have been opened after delivery
For the aforementioned hypotheses, the customer accepts that the products that risk deteriorating and expiring rapidly include food products (including mushrooms) and cosmetics. For these products, the Customer who wishes to cancel the order sent can contact Customer Service by e-mail and request cancellation: the request will be accepted only if the order has not yet been processed.
The risks and costs for returning the Products, as a consequence of the exercise of the Right of Withdrawal, will be borne exclusively by the Customer.
IoBoscoVivo Sagl will return the customer the full amount of the returned goods, including shipping costs, within 14 working days of receipt of the goods.
The refund will be made with the same payment method, unless the Customer has expressly requested a different method with the "withdrawal form".
Guarantees and Defects of Conformity
Defects must be promptly reported to IoBoscoVivo Sagl, in accordance with art. 201 CO by e-mail to [email protected]
The Customer has the right, at his choice and if the type of product allows it, to restore the conformity of the product at the Seller's expense by means of replacement or to reduce the Price or terminate the contract.
The Seller will also not be liable for damages, losses and costs incurred by the customer as a result of the non-execution of the contract for reasons not attributable to him.
The promotional codes offered by IoBoscoVivo Sagl are valid until the stocks of the Products are exhausted and within the purchase limits indicated on the Site.
Promotional codes cannot be combined.
If the Special Offer promoted by IoBoscoVivo Sagl provides for the sending of a free Product together with one or more Products purchased, the Customer will be entitled to receive the Product for free only upon explicit acceptance of the same, manifested by inserting it. in your virtual "cart".
Promotional codes can only be redeemed by using the "promotional code" field in the cart (the amount cannot be divided between multiple purchases).
The goods are shipped carriage paid.
In the event that the goods were shipped carriage forward, upon indication of the customer, the risk is to be considered borne by the same from delivery of the goods to the carrier.
Complaints must be sent to the Seller by priority mail to be sent to the following address:
Piazzale Roncaa 4, 6850 Mendrisio
or by e-mail to [email protected]
IoBoscoVivo Sagl undertakes to find complaints received within 7 working days.
Proceeding with the forwarding of the Product Order, the Customer expressly declares:
• to be over 18 years old;
• that the personal data provided to the Seller during registration on the Website and at the time of placing the Order are correct and updated;
• not to allow third parties to use their personal account and to use it in compliance with the law and the General Conditions of Sale.
The Seller reserves the right, in the event of false information, to suspend and close the customer's personal account.
The contract is governed by Swiss law, with the exception of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
The competent court is Mendrisio Nord.
6850 Mendrisio (CH)
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Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers
The ER Stress/UPR Axis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Mahmoud Aghaei, University of Manitoba, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Sanaz Dastghaib, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Sajjad Aftabi, University of Manitoba
Mohamad-Reza Aghanoori, University of Manitoba
Javad Alizadeh, University of Manitoba
Pooneh Mokarram, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Parvaneh Mehrbod, Pasteur Institute of Iran
Milad Ashrafizadeh, Üniversite Caddesi No. 27, Orhanlı, Tuzla, Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Ali Zarrabi, Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Kielan Darcy McAlinden, University of Tasmania,
Mathew Suji Eapen, University of Tasmania,
Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, University of Tasmania,
Pawan Sharma, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Amir A Zeki, University of California, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mather, CA
Saeid Ghavami, University of Manitoba, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
This is the final published version of the article from Life, 2020 Dec 22;11(1):E1.
The article can also be found on the journal's webpage: https://doi:org/10.3390/life11010001
Copyright. The Authors.
Cellular protein homeostasis in the lungs is constantly disrupted by recurrent exposure to various external and internal stressors, which may cause considerable protein secretion pressure on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), resulting in the survival and differentiation of these cell types to meet the increased functional demands. Cells are able to induce a highly conserved adaptive mechanism, known as the unfolded protein response (UPR), to manage such stresses. UPR dysregulation and ER stress are involved in numerous human illnesses, such as metabolic syndrome, fibrotic diseases, and neurodegeneration, and cancer. Therefore, effective and specific compounds targeting the UPR pathway are being considered as potential therapies. This review focuses on the impact of both external and internal stressors on the ER in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and discusses the role of the UPR signaling pathway activation in the control of cellular damage and specifically highlights the potential involvement of non-coding RNAs in COPD. Summaries of pathogenic mechanisms associated with the ER stress/UPR axis contributing to IPF and COPD, and promising pharmacological intervention strategies, are also presented.
Aghaei, Mahmoud; Dastghaib, Sanaz; Aftabi, Sajjad; Aghanoori, Mohamad-Reza; Alizadeh, Javad; Mokarram, Pooneh; Mehrbod, Parvaneh; Ashrafizadeh, Milad; Zarrabi, Ali; McAlinden, Kielan Darcy; Eapen, Mathew Suji; Sohal, Sukhwinder Singh; Sharma, Pawan; Zeki, Amir A; and Ghavami, Saeid, "The ER Stress/UPR Axis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis." (2020). Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 78.
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Who Will Be the 2017 Broadway.com Star of the Year? Vote Now!
December 7th, 2017 | By Beth Stevens
The tree is trimmed, the holiday party hangovers are coming fast and furiously and the Secret Santa (re)gift is ready. This means there’s ony one thing left to cross off your holiday to-do list: select Broadway.com’s 2017 Star of the Year! From fabulous debuts to Tony-winning turns, you have 10 talented performers all deserving of your vote. Choose wisely!
Cast your vote by 11:59 PM (EST) on December 12 and crown one of the following nominees with the coveted title of Broadway.com Star of the Year! Vote below!
CHRISTY ALTOMARE
For starring in Anastasia, for making each episode of Royal Misfits (her Broadway.com vlog) a joyously wacky short film, for being honored with a Theatre World Award and for her ability to make cronuts.
For finishing a performance of Groundhog Day after suffering an onstage injury, for triumphantly opening the show despite said injury, for his Tony nomination and his Olivier Award win and for jumping for joy about it.
KATRINA LENK
For her stunning performance in Indecent, for winning the Clarence Derwent Award, for her acclaimed performance in The Band’s Visit and for her ability to harmonize with vacuum cleaners and car alarms.
For a breathtaking Broadway debut in Once On This Island, for always having clean underwear and making good decisions, for vlogging with passion and for bringing us to tears every time she opens her mouth to sing.
PATTI LUPONE
For earning her seventh Tony nomination for War Paint, for blessing Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, for always speaking her mind, for being a relentless theater etiquette warrior and for not making good on her declaration that she’s done with musicals.
For her tour de force performance in A Doll's House, Part 2 and Tony win, for her commitment to the New York stage despite being in demand in Hollywood with her upcoming Roseanne revival and Oscar buzzworthy performance in Lady Bird.
For winning a Tony Award for her return to Broadway in Hello, Dolly!, for her amazing acceptance speech, for celebrating her birthday with a Grammy nom, for her Twitter presence and her peerless Halloween party.
EVA NOBLEZADA
For wowing audiences with her Tony-nominated performance in Miss Saigon, for keeping it real with her Broadway.com vlog, for giving great advice to aspiring performers and for tying the knot.
For being the toast of the Tony Awards and the youngest actor to win the Drama League Award, for welcoming his replacements in Dear Evan Hansen, for announcing his debut album and for his ultimate wish coming true.
ETHAN SLATER
For making a splash in his Broadway debut as the title character in SpongeBob SquarePants, for giving us a much-needed cartoon tutorial and for that amazing thing he can do with his eyes.
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Cardigan Castle, Equinox, Gareth Wardell, Terry Matthews
On 22/09/2015 23/09/2015 By JacIn Corruption, Labour Party, Planning, Public Funding, Swansea
CARDIGAN CASTLE
Not a lot to report from the Gang of Five and I probably won’t do another post until I get something important to report. But if I am silent then you mustn’t think I’m ignoring Timms and the gels; no, siree, it’s because I’ve decided to approach the problem from a different angle.
Though one thing that does merit mention, something now obvious beyond any doubt, is the disturbing fact that those who have been sacked, forced out, or ‘encouraged to leave’, such as Director Cris Tomos, Eduction Officer Rhian Medi, and others, are all local and Welsh. Those taken on in this period, from Facilities Officer Sue Lewis to the caretaker and the gardener, are all English. The pattern in the employment policy of the Castle is now unmistakable – Welsh out, English in.
Of all the things going wrong at Castell Aberteifi this might be the ugliest and most reprehensible. And yet, local politicians will stay schtum, and the only criticism we’re likely to hear will be levelled against anyone complaining against this discrimination, as the Cambrian News cranks up the ‘outrage’ to direct its venom at the ‘racists’ asking for Welsh people to be treated fairly.
On a lighter note, while visiting the website of Equinox, the Castle’s PR outfit, I was surprised to see a photo containing David Phillips, the man overthrown last year from his position of leader of Swansea council. The Equinox picture is of one of the company’s clients, the Swansea Bay City region project, though it’s at least a year old (see below), as Phillips was also given the heave-ho from the board of the city region outfit. (He’s the one in the centre, under the England flag.)
Predictably, the board has among its members the leaders of the four local authorities involved, but strangely, in the case of Carmarthenshire, and only Carmarthenshire, we find a second representative. And who might that be? Meryl Gravell of course. Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why Carmarthenshire, but not Swansea (with its greater population) or any of the other councils, should have two representatives?
Ere his downfall I regularly chronicled Phillips’ deeds and utterances on this blog (just use the Search box atop the sidebar); indeed, I even gave him a nickname. In fact, I’m almost missing him, for he provided the citizenry of Swansea with hours of harmless fun. Such as going out in public, in daylight, in a red duffle coat? I repeat, a red duffle coat. Not even the Celtic scarf could save him from the fashion police.
In the duffle coat picture I’ve linked to, and on the extreme right, we can see acolyte and protégé Councillor John Charles Bayliss, one of the students Labour had to recruit to compensate for the party’s failure to find local candidates who could write their own name without biting off the tip of their tongue. After a few years of being a professional councillor Bayliss has at last found gainful employment, as an ‘account executive’ with PR outfit the Remarkable Group.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no objection to councillors earning an honest crust away from the council chamber. Indeed, it can be viewed as a good thing, otherwise we’d be lumbered with councils made up of the retired, the unemployable and the permanently sick (as has often been the case with Labour groups). No, the problem arises over the kind of work they do, and whether they might have been employed in the hope they can swing decisions to the advantage of their employers’ clients.
Not that I am for one minute suggesting that this is why the Remarkable Group recruited Councillor Bayliss – heaven forfend! – but I cannot help noticing that among his new employer’s clients we find many companies raking in the loot from wind farms, solar complexes and other activities that usually face local opposition and often struggle to gain planning consent. And as it says on John Boy’s Linkedin profile, his employer provides, “communications support for clients across England and Wales navigating the complex planning application process”.
Which is a load of old bollocks. Because the big companies that are Remarkable’s clients employ lawyers and planning experts who understand planning law better than most councillors; what they’re really looking for is an extra advantage from having ‘someone on the inside’. So, without downplaying his undoubted abilities, I think it’s reasonable to assume that John Charles Bayliss would never have landed the job with the Remarkable Group had he not been a member of the party controlling Swansea council. Moving on, but not far, in any sense . . .
GARETH LODWIG WARDELL
To save you scratching your head, or Googling, he was the Labour MP for the Swansea constituency of Gower from 1982 until 1997.
Wardell is the son of legendary Gwendraeth barber Jack Wardell, but he himself resisted the temptation to offer customers ‘Something for the weekend’ and took himself off to the London School of Economics before getting a gullible electorate to vote for him. Curiously, I could only find four photographs of Wardell online, and all are marked ‘Copyright Victor Patterson’, a Belfast photographer! So that’s why you’re not getting a mugshot. (Though you’re not missing much!) In fact, there’s little information of any kind about Wardell on the internet, unless you’re prepared to dig. Which I enjoy!
So what is he doing nowadays? Well, here’s an example. Swansea council’s planning committee recently considered an application for 14,970 solar panels in the Cockett Valley. The application had been made in the name of Renewable Developments (Wales) Ltd, run by one Huw Davies, a former fixer for the late Bryn Llewellyn, of Abergelli Farm, Felindre, on the outskirts of Swansea, who was a self-made multi-millionaire in haulage and small coal mines.
(Having mentioned Abergelli Farm, it’s probably worth adding that Davies is planning a 299Mw gas-fired power station there that will – it’s argued – complement the Swansea tidal lagoon. This is being promoted by Abergelli Power, which seems to be acting in concert with Millbrook Power, which is in turn a subsidiary of Watt Power Ltd of Edinburgh.)
As you might expect, the local residents objected to the solar scam scheme, partly because the Cockett Valley is a ‘green wedge’ in an increasingly built up area. Their councillor, Ann Cook, who sat on the planning committee, conscientiously represented the wishes of her constituents by objecting to the planning application. In fact, at the July 14th planning committee meeting most Labour councillors on the planning committee voted against the application.
But by the time the planning application was reconsidered on August 11th the situation had changed dramatically. The Labour councillors trooped into the meeting holding each other’s hands and all bar one voted for the solar rip-off, while Ann Cook, the local councillor, was allowed / instructed to feign sickness rather than turn up and risk losing her (and Labour’s) seat by voting in favour of something her ward was vehemently against.
At this second meeting applicant Huw Davies was allowed to address the committee. Sitting alongside him, glaring at the assembled councillors, was Gareth Wardell, even though he had no obvious connection with the application. He certainly doesn’t seem to be on the company’s books.
I’ve already mentioned the lack of photographs of Wardell, and then there’s his Wikipedia entry, which is skeletal. Though a little digging did put flesh on the bones. For example, I found this on a Bloomberg page, which lists Wardell as “Energy Advisor – Planning” to an outfit called the Camborne Energy Group Ltd. When I checked Camborne Energy on Company Check I was confronted with about a dozen companies of that name, at the same Cardiff address, and all marked “dissolved”. Though there is a company in Bridgend called Camborne Energy Investments (10) Ltd, described as “active”, but does no trading! Who starts up so many companies, to do nothing? And why?
Another company with which Wardell is, or was, linked is 3C Energy. Now this may or may not be an Irish company, it certainly had an address in Dublin. The panel below (click to enlarge) is taken from a cached version of the site because all links to 3C websites are broken. Note again, Wardell’s usefulness is made clear – his ability to get planning permission.
As with Camborne Energy Investments Ltd, we find multiple identities for 3C Energy. The only one of which that appears to be trading, 3C Renewable Energy Investments Ltd, is based in Cardiff and has a net worth of £-86,195. At 11 Oaklands Road, Bridgend, the same address as one of the Camborne companies, we find 3C Energy Developments (1) Ltd. And you will not be surprised to learn that we find the same man mentioned as director of both, Jonathan David Townend. But since June 26th, we also find Wardell as a director. The companies Townend has been involved with deserve a post on their own, but who is he?
I have argued for many years that the ‘Welsh’ Labour Party is corrupt to its core. It’s members as venal and selfish as those of any party the bruvvers and sissters condemn. What you have just read is, perhaps, another example of that venality.
Without wishing to unduly excite his lawyers it’s pretty clear that Gareth Wardell advertises himself as a kind of gun for hire. A man who, for a price, will use his influence within the Labour Party to get planning permission for the rogues inhabiting the renewables sector, parasites feeding off the public purse who, in truth, have no more concern for the environment than I have for the well-being of the Labour Party.
What Wardell does may be legal, then again it may not. Perhaps it depends where the line is drawn between lobbying and exerting undue pressure in order to influence planning and other decisions for the material gain of those exerting the pressure. Where Wardell appears to be clever is in having few if any direct involvements with the projects for which he’s lobbying. Take the Cockett Valley solar farm, he seems to have no official or registered connection with the applicant, so why was he ‘phoning and in other ways applying pressure on Labour councillors, especially the ward councillor?
Wardell’s influence can obviously swing things in Swansea, but how far does that influence reach? Can he affect decisions made by the Notional Assembly and the ‘Welsh’ Government? Whatever the answers, this little tale, this potted biography, is an indictment of the planning system, the political system, and the ‘Welsh’ Labour Party.
TERRY MATTHEWS
When the unlamented David Phillips was overthrown in Swansea he also lost his role as chairman of the Swansea Bay City Region consortium, though at the time he seemed to think he could carry on with the city region role. Others clearly had different ideas. He was replaced by Sir Terry Matthews, usually described as ‘Wales’ richest man’ or ‘Wales’ most successful entrepreneur’. (‘Entrepreneur’, a word for which there is no Welsh equivalent, by the way.)
I’ve never been too sure who exactly appointed Matthews, was it the members of the consortium, or the ‘Welsh’ Government? Recent statements by Matthews only add to my confusion.
Speaking last week at a question and answer session held at Trinity St. David University’s Carmarthen campus Matthews declared that he is “in favour of Carmarthenshire branding itself as region of Cardiff to boost the area’s economy”! Carmarthenshire, remember, is to the west of Swansea, and at the nearest point is over 50 miles from Cardiff, the county council is a member of the Swansea Bay city region, yet Matthews is telling Carmarthenshire to link itself with Cardiff! Then, when asked by a student how Carmarthenshire could compete with big cities, Matthews’ response was “You can cheat”!
And Matthews has form when it comes to advising people to lie, and be “shifty”. Around the same time he told business leaders in Gwent to tell people they’re based in Cardiff. Here’s a response to that suggestion in the form of a letter published in the South Wales Guardian.
Matthews is supposed to be heading the Swansea Bay City Region project, yet seems more concerned with promoting Cardiff, which makes me even more suspicious of his appointment. For I have regularly argued that the Swansea Bay City Region was added as an afterthought in order to disguise the fact that the Cardiff City region was all that really mattered to the ‘Welsh’ Government. Which makes me suspect that it was the ‘Welsh’ Government that appointed Matthews, perhaps to ensure that the Swansea Bay City Region isn’t too successful, and doesn’t interfere with Cardiff’s ambitions. Certainly, that’s the only interpretation to draw from the man’s bizarre statements.
But, for a minute, let’s listen to Matthews, let’s take his advice ad absurdum. If what he advises for Carmarthenshire, Swansea and the Valleys is credible, then why doesn’t he suggest that Cardiff brand itself as part of Bristol, after all, Bristol is a much more attractive and famous city? Why stop there – why shouldn’t every city from Plymouth to Inverness pretend to be part of London? ‘But wait!’ I hear you cry, Cardiff’s on the up, getting a lot of positive publicity from major sporting events being held in the city, such as the 2017 Champions League final.
OK . . . let’s consider that for a minute. It is generally agreed that the greatest final of all time was in 1960, when the great Real Madrid team of Puskas, di Stefano, Ghento and the rest beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7 – 3 before 127,621 fans. That game was played at Hampden Park, Glasgow. How much did Glasgow really benefit from that in hard, economic terms? The same could be asked of more recent venues, cities such as Athens (1983), Seville (1986), Istanbul (2005), Lisbon (2014). Like Glasgow, all great cities, but I think someone’s over-egging it to suggest that a few hours of television exposure will have investors rushing, and ‘swarms’ of people wanting to settle in any city hosting a major sporting event.
Though if there is some truth in this, then Swansea is obviously getting more regular and wholly positive global exposure from the Swans playing in the Premier League. All Swans’ games are televised around the world, with massive audiences when they play one of the ‘big’ clubs. And what’s more, the name ‘Swansea’ is inescapable, it’s visible from the score to the players’ shirts. By comparison, when people view the 2017 Champions League final they’ll only be interested in the two teams, not that it’s taking place in Cardiff.
Clearly, a lot of nonsense is spouted by the Cardiff propaganda machine (otherwise known as the ‘Welsh media’) which tries to justify the disproportionate investment and expenditure in Cardiff. Yet this, as the letter-writer to the South Wales Guardian pointed out, is the real problem. It is a dangerous and anti-national strategy that risks alienating other parts of the country, and poses the very real danger that large parts, especially in the north, will identify even more strongly with coterminous areas of England.
Devolution should mean nation building, not favouring one city over all other parts of the country. It’s about time those clowns down Cardiff docks, and the civil servants who manipulate them, realised that the strategies pursued since 1999 are dividing not uniting us. (Though from the perspective of the civil servants, answering to London, maybe this is the strategy.) The areas that were poor in 1999 are relatively poorer today, compared with Cardiff, and almost all other parts of Europe.
Wales needs a strategy to bring us together; the south east, the north, the Green Desert, and of course the Swansea Bay area, where those involved in the city region project might start asking themselves whether Terry “region of Cardiff” Matthews is the right man for the job.
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Don’t know who you are or what you’re about but Gareth Wardell is an individual with no morals, loyalty or conviction. I have known him for decades . Do not trust him with anything that may be of any importance. he is what other people have made him.
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Going back to my earlier comment (No.5 in this list) we should note that the Student Prince John Boy of Swansea Council has a photograph album on this TWITTER columns of 138 photos. On going tediously through the boring lot it is notable to see that now not one single one contains any hint of the GLBT pink items that used to fill his Tweets and Profile and list of causes. There has been a complete and REMARKABLE purge. How REMARKABLE! What disloyalty to his once upon a time celebrated cause.
Mentioning Swansea Council – how about an up date on the CLAYS of Swansea who glorify Corbyn’s cause.
erineirin (@erineirin)
Jac, nothing to do with CC although I’m visiting it next week but have you noticed how the English press gets everything wrong about Wales? Last week, in the ‘I’, Harlech Castle had moved to Anglesey!
Have you got a link for that?
Wheezy does it
On the right of the picture is an interesting character: David Pugh, the disgraced former Cabinet member from Pembrokeshire’s County Council.
Mr Pugh moved heaven and earth to prevent examination of documents in a grants scandal affecting Pembroke and Pembroke Dock (at the very least!), including accusing a councillor who was active in demanding scrutiny of lying during a council debate on the matter. He even claimed to have personally inspected the locus in quo.
Sadly for Dave it all went south when it emerged that what he claimed to have examined could not be accessed in the way he alleged and also that he had detected the existence of a side elevation to a property which did not exist. To make matters worse, the Chair of the Council’s own Audit Committee used his standing to force a reluctant Council to examine key documents. Once that process started it emerged that officers had signed off on works that had never been done, had permitted one builder to gain a competitive advantage by tendering on an entirely different specification than other tendering builders, and had changed the minutes of meetings to erase evidence of their (at best) negligent conduct.
The Police investigation into exactly who knew what where and when is ongoing.
Interestingly, the Chair of the Audit Committee who forced the Council’s hand, John Evans MBE was forced out a few months later and he was replaced by Peter EM Jones – late of one of the Council’s own solicitors and closely associated with the Swansea Bay Futures project.
Thank you for that. I am familiar with the case of Cathal McCosker. His name cropped up in another post I did back in May, on housing benefit. He is the largest recipient of housing benefit in Pembrokeshire, and by some distance. One thing I’ve never understood about this business is that (I assume) McCosker is not local, so how did he get such favourable treatment, presumably over local contractors? Or is it explained by him being favoured further east?
dafis
I suspect that John Evans really pissed off the in-house mafia at Pembs C.C because he publicly indicated that there wasn’t enough for them all to do, that pay could be slashed dramatically for their overblown jobs, and that there was scant if any regard for “value for money” as the service end of the machine had insufficient priority in their ( the bureaucrats) vision. Subsequent events, with the departure of the Chief Exec, have vindicated Evans’ stance but since his departure in 2014 the surviving rump of Pembs coucillors and executives have succeeded thus far in sweeping much of their mess under assorted carpets.
rob morgan
I agree with what you have written, when SIR Terry was first introduced by Scc I thought that NEWPORT is a tip why can’t he sort his own back yard. As for solar parks etc I couldn’t believe why they are so blinded by rubbish facts, until now.
Rhydypandy
Brychan
When Tony Blair foisted the ‘city regions’ on the north of England, due to the North East rejecting devolution, the exemplar for such a construct was then Detroit Metro. Although one of the downsides of this was social cleansing of the city centre by moving poor people out into the periphery and a real estate boom in the city centre, it had temporary success. The Detroit County Area attracted over $15 billion of inward investment. It was set up by federal legislation to allow enhanced civic taxation. However, this was just an artificial bubble, and by 2013, the city region filed chapter 9 bankruptcy. The property boom (artificially created) crashed, and the poor people in the satellite counties were plunged into poverty. Essentially, the City Region concept is to socially cleanse poor people from the urban centre and launch a temporary speculative real estate boom, stimulated by public money, in the civic centre. Whilst large amounts of new money is ploughed into transport infrastructure by selling dodgy bonds to the banks, that debt comes back to haunt. The people of Genesee, Monroe and Washtenaw have nice new trams into Detroit Central, but no jobs to go to, their perceived purpose. The property speculators, Terry Matthews types, have run off to Florida. Strange that these ‘city region gurus’ don’t quote Detroit anymore.
A Black
Yes , from left Dave Gilbert, Phillips, Steven Philips NPT, don’t know who’s on the right, can anyone help. It is taken at the Tower Hotel in Jersey Marine.
Looking at the venues where the meetings are held, the number of informal dinners they arrange, I wonder what’s their budget, and who provides it.
My initial assumption was that those four represent the four local authorities involved. Phillips, Swansea; Gilbert, Carmarthenshire; the other two NPT and Pembs.
Your right, who he reports to , and who they speak to, most of the comrades dont know him, they started after he finished, or are not from the area.
Would anyone regularly attend planning committee meetings in the public glarry, for the love of it.
Dave Gilbert is the on the left in your photo, an economic development officer with West Glamorgan moving on to NPT then Carmarthenshire, a Hereford United supporter he lives near Hay on Wye, was chief executive for a while, , when James had his problems. Don’t know who Wendy Walters or Helen Morgan are.
Gareth Wardell turns up regularly at planning committee meetings of Swansea and NPT, always with agenda and making notes, no one knows him, he stated he’s a consultant? someone said he works for celtic energy?
The board must have been set up by those down at Cardiff docks, to achieve what, apart from organising informal dinners, as you rightly state, worth of further investigation.
So Gilbert took over as chief executive when “James had his problems”. It’s really amazing, and worrying, that people we know nothing about, from God knows where, are able to exercise so much power with not a single vote to their name.
If all Wardell did was turn up for planning committee meetings to take notes there’d be no problem. But to get the results he and his clients want Wardell does a lot more work behind the scenes. It’s this that should concern us.
Do you mean that Gilbert is on the left of the photo containing David Phillips? And on the left as we look at it?
You mentioned the Student Prince of Swansea otherwise known as John Boy. The Link to his career history and CV was quite impressive – even his school record. Surprisingly he had omitted all references to his great activities in the Gay Liberation Lesbian Transgender Group. This really came as a mega surprise from John Boy. Has he reorientated himself? Or does he not wish to embarrass his new colleagues at the Remarkable Group? Maybe his boss is homophobic. If you read this John Boy you should rewrite your CV and do not be shy to state what you been involved so deeply in for most of your adult life especially in college and Council. Don’t abandon your Gay friends especially those in the Dubai sunshine.
I hadn’t really noticed that, but you’re right. On his Linkedin profile, if you scroll down to ‘Causes John cares about’. there’s no mention of Gay issues yet, as you say, he’s been banging on (no pun intended) about Gay rights for years, and now there’s no mention of it.
What a fucking hypocrite! How typically Labour. This used to be his Twitter account https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/John-Bayliss-Twitter.png
Fancy coming on here and tipping out the contents of someone’s closet. What a wicked thing to do. You’ll be showing pictures of him being intimate with a piece of pork ( or even a sheep ) next !
Anyone in possession of such a picture should contact me immediately!
Who appointed or removes the representative? just as confused as you Jac.Looking at the boards minutes it seems its run by Stephen Philips the chief executive of Neath Port Talbot, the phone number is in the council offices, he appears to be organising everything including 2 informal dinners, Sept and Nov. Carmarthenshire have four representatives listed in the last board minutes.
The WalesOnline piece I linked to in the post, refers to his appointment, but not who appointed him, and says, in relation to the Swansea Bay City Region “the board of which currently operates in an advisory capacity to the Welsh Government as well as the Cardiff Capital City Region which covers 10 local authority areas in South Wales.” So what does “an advisory capacity” mean. Is the SBCR a quango? If so, then I would guess that Matthews was appointed by the ‘Welsh’ Government.
As for the composition of the Board, going by this the chief executive of each of the four councils serves on the Board, but I can only one other council representative and that’s Meryl Gravell. This is why I ask why Carmarthenshire has two representatives.
I’ve now found the Minutes you refer to. As you say, it suggests that Carmarthenshire has four representatives. So again, why? The Secretariat is obviously based in NPT with the ‘Welsh’ Government’s representative being Arthur Emyr, who is presumably the former Swansea and Wales rugby player. His presence strengthens the suspicion that this is a quango of some kind.
But who is Dave Gilbert, Advisor? I also note a ‘ Simon Gibson of Wesley Clover Wales’ which is Matthews’ company. But does the company have a presence in the region? And it’s very disappointing to see that the four council leaders couldn’t be bothered to turn up!
The Swansea Bay City Region project merits further investigation.
Arthur Emyr has worked ( may still do so ? ) for Assembly, majoring on attracting major events, mostly sporting but maybe conferences and other “gatherings” so falls generally into the Inward investment and/or hospitality sectors. Probably takes this SBCR task on as part of his wider brief, and helps reinforce that Assembly “owns it”.
Mr Gilbert is/was employed by 1 or more of the local authorities in Econ development/planning or similar. His name turns up from time to time. Probably climbed the greasy pole maybe to Director level, secured a tidy pension then buggered off to “do a Wardell” Nice work if you can get it !
Cymrobach
Always look forward to your articles Jac and you don’t disappoint this time either. It’s time to get rid of this corrupt rabble and ensure the whole of our country is treated equitably bit I fear Plaid is no longer fit for purpose to accomplish the eradication of corruption from public life.Many thanks,once again for your exposures( are you sure you weren’t involved with”Rebecca”)
most of the Plaid “leadership” is busting its chops waiting to jump on to this bandwagon. Some of them have already “transitioned” into “meaningful leadership roles”, mostly 3rd sector or fringe public sector bodies/ agencies etc where no doubt their networking abilities will be of some use in the conduct of “business”. It certainly helped them get those jobs anyway. Duw a’n helpo !!!!!
Garth Wardell is just a small part of a much bigger malaise which somehow thinks it’s “alright” for retired or defeated M.P’s to secure nice earners by deploying their residue of influence in a profitable manner. Most of these jokers leave the Commons with a pension far in excess of the “common” man’s expectations, or, if dumped at election, get a tidy severance pitched at “market leading” rates. Had Mr Wardell or any of the others ( including no doubt our most recent elevated Lord) secured work under a contract of employment then the only question would be about the process of selection, but most of these wide boys prefer to go the “contract for services” or fees route, which effectively means they do little or nothing other than lobbying or bending decision making processes for the benefit of their paymasters.
As for Matthews, well he’s a proven business success story, but he’s done most of it in the wide open spaces of Canada and has little or no surviving empathy with Wales other than being raised in Newbridge and educated at Swansea ! Bit of emotion shows there ! He sees South Wales like one big parish, hell thereare ranches bigger than that in parts of the world, and accordingly he wants to centre it all around the biggest town ( Kairdiff ) with a couple of smaller towns ( Swansea, Newport ) as outer suburbs. The rural bits ? well they for leisure and mineral exploitation ( done in the best possible taste, of course ) So anyone expecting his appointment to bring a fresh wave of support for real economic revival and an upsurge in our identity and culture were really asking too much of a man who is so evidently a globalist. Sad thing is that he is far more likely to get some sort of positive result even by accident than that bunch of introspective muppets that reside in the Bay and in the H.Q’s of our local authorities who will argue at length about sharing cake but be utterly clueless regarding making and baking it !
I’m told that Wardell is in receipt of three hefty pensions. His MP’s pension and a couple of others he picked up from quango positions after leaving the Commons in 1997.
And given the growth in the market for advice and influence, recently blessed by that perverse Parliamentary watchdog decision, he can probably look forward to a few more assorted fees, retainers as a “Professional man” before he starts dribbling down his shirt, pissing his pants or whatever else retired politicians do in their dotage. Bet he keeps a picture of Osborne on his bedside shelf and thanks God for a regime that looks after “hard working people”.
Dai Dom Da
Perhaps it’s fortunate that the “Celtic Manor” 5 star concrete bunker is closer to Cardiff than it is to Swindon, or Tel would be advising Cardiff to rebrand itself as a suburb of the Wiltshire metropolis.
Here he is in 2013 arguing in the pages of the Swindon Advertiser that Newport should declare itself to be a district of Cardiff:
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10297996.Newport_should_be_district_of_Cardiff___Sir_Terry_Matthews/?ref=rc
There is a certain sort of logic to his latest musings about Carmarthenshire because the west of the county is as far from Cardiff as Cardiff is from Swindon.
It surely can’t be long before Terry Matthews pops up in Welshpool, Aberystwyth or even Machynlleth giving them the same advice.
In fact why not ditch the whole Welsh business and rebrand ourselves as Cardiffland?
Readers with long memories may just about recall last year’s Nato summit at the Celtic Manor. Yes, it really was only just a year ago, with the BBC roped in to hype things up. It “put Wales on the map”, would have a lasting legacy and give an enormous boost to the economy, Lucy Owen told us.
I suspect that the only lasting legacy would have been a very healthy boost to Terry’s profits.
About twenty or so years ago there was a guy who used to write to newspapers arguing that city states such as Singapore were the future, they were the model to follow. I can’t remember his name (I think it had a German ring to it) but he represented some Cardiff business group. The same thing was being talked by others, one I remember was Vincent Kane (of BBC fame) in his Wales on Sunday column. Now what these two Kerdiff boys had in mind was of course a Cardiff city state, with all investment concentrated in Cardiff. That idea offended many people, but it never went away, it was simply modified, disguised, and we’ve seen it operate since 1999.
That said, very often urban areas linking up, merging their identities, is simply an acceptance of the reality on the ground. Buda with Pest; Manchester with Salford and now the other towns in Greater Manchester; Govan (once an independent burgh and one of the largest in Scotland) with Glasgow; nearer home, Mumbles and Morriston with Swansea.
But the point is that these and others are examples of normal urban growth and then accepting its results. But Ebbw Vale is not in any sense part of Cardiff, so what’s being promoted now is closer to a city state along medieval lines. And it’s not going to work. Just imagine . . . a bunch of spielers has been abroad and persuaded some investor to locate in Ebbw Vale, which is part of Cardiff, they tell him. The investor lands at Cardiff airport (if it’s still open) and is then driven the 30 miles to Ebbw Vale, through a February snowstorm. Is he really going to accept that Ebbw Vale is part of Cardiff?
The best hope for Ebbw Vale is to go ahead with the Circuit of Wales, which will give the area its own international profile on which it can capitalise. If, as is argued, this works for Cardiff, then it can work for other towns and cities without them having to give up their identities by falling for the con trick of a Cardiff city region that will be of no benefit to the Heads of the Valleys.
Dai, you” suspect that the only lasting legacy would have been a very healthy boost to Terry’s profits”.
Too true, but that was the core of the plan, any other benefits arising would have been coincidental. As things stand Wales is deemed “too small” to have too many global players creaming directly off its flow of revenue. So Matthews probably got picked out of the hat and henceforth he can do no wrong, unless of course he publishes tales about friends in high political office who have dubious proclivities. Others to be elevated in due course include the boss of Admiral Insurance who gets a seriously positive endorsement from the “Welsh” media. Nice guy, but he can’t be that much of an all round good guy ! To his ( Admiral ) credit he has managed to create a major employer of talent thus absorbing what might have been an embarrassing slack in the S.E.Welsh labour market.
Does anyone know any more likely contenders for elevation to the preferred local robber baron list as managed by the global corporate daisy chain and their lackeys in government ?
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Posted by Ken Trimber - February 21, 2020
Expendable and Recyclable Abrasives – Pros and Cons
The purpose of expendable and recyclable abrasives as used in this article is to prepare surfaces for the subsequent application of protective coatings. The SSPC glossary defines expendable and recyclable abrasives as follows:
Expendable Abrasive – An abrasive that usually is discarded after one use.
Recyclable Abrasive – Abrasive blasting material such as steel shot and grit that can be cleaned and reused to reduce the total amount of abrasives consumed.
SSPC Abrasive Standard No. 1, “Mineral and Slag Abrasives” establishes 2 categories for abrasives that are expendable: Type I – Natural Mineral Abrasives (“…naturally occurring minerals, including, but not limited to, quartz sands, flint garnet, staurolite, and olivine…) and Type II – By-Product or Manufactured Abrasives (“Slag, manufactured, or by-product materials…”).
SSPC Abrasive Standard No. 3, Ferrous Metallic Abrasive establishes two classes of abrasives that are recyclable: Class 1 – Steel Abrasive, and Class 2 – Iron Abrasive.
The abrasives are propelled against a surface at high velocity (typically 300 miles per hour or greater) to clean and roughen it. Cleaning removes surface material such as paint, and in the case of steel, rust and mill scale. The abrasive also creates a surface profile or roughness on the surface to improve the adhesion of the subsequently applied coatings.
The abrasives are propelled against the surface by compressed air (open nozzle blast cleaning), centrifugal force (rotary wheel blast cleaning), or water (water jetting with abrasive injection). Water can also be incorporated into open nozzle blast cleaning to control dust. Compressed air still propels the abrasive, but water is used to create a slurry that is pushed through the blast hose, or the water is added to the abrasive at the nozzle. When selecting an abrasive, the method of cleaning that will be used must be taken into consideration.
While there are specific advantages and limitations with each abrasive type, all abrasives can achieve the various degrees of cleaning (e.g., white metal, near-white metal, etc.). Each abrasive type can also provide a range of profile depths, based on the various sizes of abrasive that are available.
Recyclable Abrasives
Recyclable abrasives are the abrasives of choice for rotary wheel blast cleaning because they can be recycled many times, often 100 or more, reducing both waste and abrasive costs. The spent abrasive is automatically collected, cleaned, and returned for reuse. The number of recycles achieved depends on the quality of the abrasive recycling system and how quickly the abrasive breaks down or changes shape, which is a function of abrasive type and hardness, and the hardness of the material being cleaned.
Shops using rotary wheel blast cleaning equipment prefer to use steel shot rather than steel grit because the angularity and sharpness of the grit causes more wear and tear on the equipment. While steel shot is fine for most coatings, the angular profile created by steel grit is required for materials like metallizing and preferred for inorganic zinc rich primers. A compromise that is often acceptable for inorganic zinc rich primers is to create and maintain an operating mix of steel shot and steel grit, which reduces some of the wear, but still provides a surface profile with adequate angularity. For metallizing, though, the cleaning should be done with steel grit alone. Even then, the abrasive must be inspected and maintained because steel grit can round during repeated use, reducing the angularity of the profile, even though the depth of the profile may not change.
Figure 1 – Comparison of the 3.0 mil profile leaves of the Keane-Tator Surface Profile Comparator showing the difference between the rounded or peened texture created by steel shot (SH leaf on the right) and the angular profile created by steel grit or slag (G/S leaf on the left)
KTA conducted a study for a client to determine the effect that recycling of steel grit had on the shape of the abrasive, the shape and depth of the surface profile, peak count (the number of peaks in a unit area), and adhesion of a metallized coating. Metallizing was applied to steel test panels blast cleaned with new steel grit (which served as the baseline) and to steel panels blast cleaned with the same steel grit after multiple recycles. Each time metallizing was applied, the shape of the recycled grit used for surface preparation was examined microscopically and classified according to a pictorial standard for grain shapes developed by the American Geological Institute (AGI). The AGI categories are very angular, angular, sub-angular, sub-rounded, rounded, and well rounded. The shape of the abrasive, which was classified as very angular when new, changed as follows: 6 recycles (angular), 11 recycles (sub-angular), 30 recycles (sub-rounded), and 200 recycles (rounded). Although the surface profile and peak count measurements after recycling remained relatively constant when evaluated with Testex Press-O-Film Tape and a surface profilometer (stylus-type instrument), the angularity of the profile decreased as the shape of the abrasive became less angular during recycling. The effect of this physical change in the profile shape was a reduction of the adhesion of the metallized coating to the substrate. Although the adhesion was still acceptable on panels metallized after multiple recycles, it dropped measurably the more the abrasive was recycled. It is important to note that this change in profile was not detected through the traditional methods of measuring profile depth. It was only discovered by examining the topography of the profile using images produced from Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The changes in topography should have no effect on the performance of liquid-applied coatings, but if the adhesion of a metallized coating is unacceptable, or the adhesion drops the more the steel grit is recycled, changes in the topography of the profile would be worth investigating.
Recyclable abrasives are used with open nozzle blast cleaning in blast rooms where the abrasive is automatically reclaimed and recycled, as well as in closed blast cleaning systems like vacuum blasting. Recyclable abrasives are also used with open nozzle blast cleaning in the field when containments are constructed to contain the abrasive and paint debris. The spent abrasive is transferred, typically by vacuuming, to an on-site recovery system that separates the waste and fines and returns the good abrasive for reuse. When using recycled abrasives in the field, a tight containment system with ample ventilation is required for three reasons: (1) to keep project emissions and waste from contaminating surrounding property, (2) to minimize abrasive loss to optimize the number of recycles achieved, and (3) to prevent unsightly spots of rust on surrounding surfaces caused by abrasive or metallic fines that escape containment and rust. These attributes of the containment are an added benefit of using recyclable abrasives for the removal of lead paint. The abrasive itself helps to police the quality of the containment and the measures being taken to control lead emissions. If the property surrounding the project does not exhibit rust stains from the escape of abrasive or abrasive fines, it is a good indication that the lead has been controlled just as well.
While there are many advantages to using recyclable abrasives, if the surfaces are contaminated with grease, oil, or soluble salts, it is possible in extreme cases for the abrasives to become contaminated and spread the contaminant across the surface as the recycled abrasive continues to be used. The SSPC blast cleaning specifications require the removal of visible deposits of grease and oil before blast cleaning, but this is not always done, and the standards do not mandate prewashing the entire surface to remove salts. Because of this, it is critical that the tests required in SSPC-AB 2, Cleanliness of Recycled Ferrous Metallic Abrasive be conducted to assure that the abrasive is not contaminated. Tests for grease, oil, and water-soluble contaminants are conducted at 12-hour intervals, or every shift, whichever is shorter. The surface profile is also be measured to assure that it remains constant.
Another issue to consider is the method of salt removal that will be employed. Soluble salts are frequently removed by wet methods such as pressure washing, with or without a salt removal additive. The obvious concern when using recycled abrasives is the introduction of water into a containment that is designed to keep water out to prevent the abrasive from rusting.
Expendable Abrasives
Expendable abrasives, rather than recyclable, are used with wet methods of preparation (water jetting or wet abrasive blast cleaning), and very commonly for dry nozzle blast cleaning. They are not used in vacuum blast systems or rotary wheel systems because of the lack of recyclability. The advantages of expendable abrasives include the low initial cost of the abrasive and the equipment needed to use it. The equipment required for expendable abrasives is also much more portable and flexible for use on small projects and for use at scattered locations across a plant site. Although the cost of the abrasive is less, since it is a one-time use, more of it is required and the volume of waste increases.
Although the blast cleaning specifications require removal of visible oil and grease before blast cleaning, when expendable abrasives are used, there is less concern with the abrasive becoming contaminated and spreading the grease, oil, or salt across the surface There is also no concern with the abrasive rounding, fracturing, or changing the shape, peak count, and depth of the resulting profile. It will remain constant since the abrasive impacting the surface is always new. The effect of moisture on the abrasive is also much less of an issue and abrasive that may escape does not rust on the surrounding property.
Considerations when Selecting an Abrasive
When deciding whether expendable or recyclable abrasives should be used for a given job, the total cost must be considered. Items to assess include the size of the job, size and proximity of staging areas, costs of the abrasive, costs of the equipment needed to use it, differences in productivity, the volume of waste generated, costs of disposal, and the costs to erect and maintain the quality of containment needed for the work.
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July 12, 2020 August 13, 2020 Kate on Conservation
HS2 and the UK’s post-lockdown challenges
Celebrities, Chris Packham, Conservationists, United Kingdom
This morning I woke to the gentle, repetitive sound of thud, thud, thudding. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I sat up as the noise accelerated to an aggressive pounding – no surprise then, when I padded across the room and peeled back the curtains to find a fierce shower of raindrops beating against the glass.
They say ‘After every storm, comes a rainbow’; or at least that’s the motto that has become firmly attached to the UK’s experience of lockdown. As I looked out across the rain soaked lawn I could see our daughter’s own coloured pencil rainbow blowing backwards and forwards on the railings that it remains tied to, in front of our house.
I can’t recall a time in my life where I’ve really experienced feeling so utterly on the cusp of something, only to feel as though I’m watching it disappear entirely from view – if this rain has come to wash away our rainbow; it may just be doing a perfect job.
A Green New Deal?
After weeks of social media feeds filled with our nationwide quarantine remedy of ‘Vitamin Nature’ [#VitaminN]—concluding with a bright and natureful month of ‘30 Days Wild’ this June – it would seem that many of us had gained a newfound love of the natural world and green spaces during our toughest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
So when the month ended; taking with it a large portion of our remaining lockdown regulations, it felt as though maybe that rainbow was in sight as many people geared up (quite literally) for July 4’s ‘Super Saturday’.
For many in the nature sector; however, on the 30th June the clouds came rolling in. To the mantra of ‘Build, Build, Build!’, the Government pledged that billions of pounds would be used to rebuild the economy in a New Deal putting ‘jobs and infrastructure’ at the centre of the Government’s economic growth strategy.
Read as: building new roads, houses, rail tracks; everything and anything that can be built fast.
Commenting on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech, Craig Bennett, chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts called for nature to be at the heart of economic recovery – not simply an ‘add-on’.
“Nature has provided people with much solace during this crisis – and we know that we need nature not just for health and wellbeing, but also because restored natural habitats can capture carbon,” he explained. “The Government has announced billions [of pounds] for road building projects and just £40 million for nature.”
In his speech on that final day of June, the Prime Minister made specific reference to building fast and removing wildlife that presents an obstacle – a move that wildlife organisations and conservationists are concerned would jeopardise species such as dolphins and newts.
To clarify, Mr Johnson singled out that “Newt-counting delays are a massive drag on the prosperity of this country”.
A Green Economy
Little over a week later, on the 8th July, the Prime Minister gave a further announcement, of £3 billion in green schemes to help the UK “Build Back Greener”.
Essentially, ‘building back greener’ would incorporate energy efficiency, to boost jobs across the UK, cut consumer bills and reduce carbon emissions as part of the coronavirus recovery plan.
But for many campaigners, Wednesday’s economic update was welcome as simply “down payment”, but does not measure up to what is needed for the UK to meet its 2050 net-zero carbon target and restore nature.
If the Government is serious about keeping its manifesto pledge to develop [quote] “the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth”, it must step up its ambition and lead the world in delivering a green economic recovery,” The Wildlife Trusts’s Craig Bennett explains.
Without being supported by long-term funding for nature’s recovery and restoration projects on land and sea across the UK, it would seem this initial investment will do little to help the natural spaces we leaned on so readily in recent times.
A Green Recovery
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity calls for at least 30% of land and seas to be covered by wildlife-rich habitat to tackle the climate and ecological emergency – and while the eyes of the world will be on the UK next year as it takes the presidency of the G7 and hosts the COP26 climate conference – it’s important to remember that caring for nature and wild spaces is AS VITAL a part of ‘Building Back Better’ as green energy is.
That’s pretty much where we, so-called ‘Team Nature’, come in. Putting nature at the heart of our economic recovery is falling at the wayside as the Government pushes to meet its legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
Of course, this target is incredibly important in the fight against climate change, but to reach it at the expense of wildlife and natural spaces, such as ancient woodlands, simply feels like a case of giving with the left hand and taking back with the right. This certainly feels like the case when £106 billion is to be spent on the controversial HS2 rail.
As The Wildlife Trusts’s Craig Bennett, explains, “Serious investment in nature could provide a green recovery which addresses the twin crises of our age – climate change and loss of the natural world…Instead, the Government have chosen to spend billions of pounds on roads which will take us in precisely the wrong direction and mean that we keep lurching from one crisis to another.”
Call to action for nature
A number of influential conservationists have called for action among other environmentalists, nature enthusiasts and members of the public to petition and write to the Government to demand more for wildlife.
I chatted to BBC Springwatch digital presenter, Hannah Stitfall, about her reaction to the announcements of the last couple of weeks.
Hannah Stitfall, credit: instagram.com/hannahstitfall/
“It is not new news that we are currently in an ecological emergency. An emergency that we created, and one only we can solve,” she explained
“The Government’s new deal of ‘Build, Build, Build’ looks solely towards the continued destruction of our precious habitats, which will in turn lead to the displacement and then certain death of our already suffering wildlife. This is not how we move forward.”
Her reaction was to immediately set to work by rallying several well-known campaigners to make the following video:
A post shared by Hannah Stitfall (@hannahstitfall) on Jul 5, 2020 at 12:06pm PDT
Hannah explained to me; “Our Government has in no fewer words proposed that our wildlife and environmental protection [i.e. ‘newt surveys’] pose some sort of threat to economic growth. This is fundamentally wrong.”
“Thoughts, actions and attitudes like this are the driving force behind this ecological crisis in the first place. Have we learnt nothing? Conserving our environment and the processes that the natural world provide us should be top of our priorities, but tragically they are not.”
“We must change our relationship with the natural world before it is too late, not only for our wildlife, but also for ourselves,” she added.
As multiple threads tie together into one inseparable knot, this week we also saw a timely presence from activists concerned about the environmental scar that High Speed rail construction threatens to leave on the UK’s irreplaceable meadows, designated ancient woodlands and internationally important wetlands.
To rewind slightly, I’m referring to HS2; the new high speed railway linking up London, the Midlands and the North; that’s construction aims to shave mere minutes off of journey time and presents great risks to wildlife such as barn owls, badgers, and precious plants like the endangered lizard orchid.
‘Team Nature’ rallies against HS2 rail
On the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his mediocre spending plans for a ‘Green New Deal’ that not only dismisses wildlife, but directly implicates wildlife surveys as economic obstacles; naturalist Chris Packham CBE took his fight against the controversial HS2 rail scheme to the Court of Appeal.
Chris Packham and Kate on Conservation
Chris heeded the call to try to stop the irreversible destruction and biodiversity loss to 50 ancient woodland sites, 10 sites of special scientific interest, and 130 wildlife sites that the HS2 construction plan threatens to leave in its wake.
On 4th February, after months of a “Stop and Rethink” campaign, a letter from The Wildlife Trusts was delivered to 10 Downing Street containing over 66,000 signatures from people asking the Prime Minister to stop and re-think HS2 plans. It highlighted the huge environmental risks that HS2 poses, and asked that the impact on nature be properly assessed as a matter of urgency.
My dear friend Duke Ingram and Peter Egan join HS2 protestors in summer 2019
In spite of this; and a further 42,000 comments handed over by The Woodland Trust — including 7,000 handwritten responses condemning the potential loss of ancient woodlands and thousands of trees which will be impacted or felled to make way for the line – the Government gave the green light to the High Speed 2 rail project just a week later, on February 11th.
The move prompted instant calls for a redesign of the plan, referencing a report published by The Wildlife Trusts (and including data from the Woodland Trust) titled; ‘What’s the damage? Why HS2 will cost nature too much’), which presented the most comprehensive assessment of potential environmental damage to date.
[A full timeline of HS2 can be seen here.]
Nikki Williams, The Wildlife Trusts’ director of campaigns and policy, expressed her concern at the time that the HS2 works were given the go-ahead without acknowledging the devastating impact on the hundreds of precious wild places and the wildlife that depends on them – that lie in the path of the route.
“Nature is paying too high a price for HS2… Green and sustainable transport is vital, but the climate emergency will not be solved by making the nature crisis worse,” she said.
HS2 issues and legal battles
Early March – in a move described by the Woodland Trust as “smacking of a cowboy operation, not a Government infrastructure project” – HS2 Ltd (the company behind the construction) was caught using pest controllers to scare birds away from nesting.
It seems as though we barely had a chance to react before the Covid-19 lockdown took hold, to find out why HS2 had employed a pest control contractor to fly hawks over the Warwickshire’s Broadwells Wood to deter birds from nesting when A) it is illegal for anyone to intentionally damage or destroy a nest whilst it is being built or in use, and B) work was not due to take place on the site before late autumn, when the wood becomes dormant.
Lockdown brought with it its own set of controversies – while most of the nation’s workforce stepped down and stayed home to protect the NHS, many expressed shock that HS2’s construction was categorised alongside the duties of keyworkers by also being deemed ‘essential’.
It’s no exaggeration to suggest that that shock became heart-break to nature lovers witnessing the destruction of 400-year-old woodlands full of nature – including nesting birds, active badger setts and swathes of bluebells – at a time when they should have been protected.
Another blow would come in those early days of UK quarantine, this time when Chris Packham issued proceedings to challenge the decision by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Prime Minister to go ahead with Phase 1 of HS2.
HS2 Hearing
The TV presenter went to the High Court in April seeking an emergency injunction to stop works he claimed would cause destruction or “irreversible and irreparable loss” to ancient woodland sites.
A response to my own letter to my local MP. Click to expand.
The court sat as a two-judge Divisional Court with the hearing conducted via Skype.
Evidence was submitted to the High Court in support of the case from the RSPB and the Woodland Trust explaining that all active nests and eggs are fully protected by law from intentional damage or destruction, and that some of the trees due to be felled would contain nesting birds of conservation concern, such as the lesser spotted woodpecker.
Lesser spotted woodpecker. Photo credit: Kurt Bouda
The Woodland Trust also noted that HS2 Ltd’s plans to translocate ancient woodland soils to other sites presented a flawed attempt to mitigate the loss of vital habitat when there is very little evidence that actually it works – especially during such an ecologically active time as spring.
Chris said ahead of the hearing: “Unbelievably in the midst of a human tragedy we are still orchestrating an environmental one. It beggars belief why construction work is continuing on the HS2 project, putting the safety of contractors, the police and protesters at risk. The contractors and protesters would be better off at home and the police focusing on their demanding duties at this very difficult time.”
“Post Covid-19 we will want to get back to normal – a new normal where we seriously address our biodiversity loss and climate change. Projects like HS2 must be left behind, we need new ideas that will be healthy for everyone and everything,” he added.
HS2 contractors stop for lunch during the early days of UK Lockdown
Although, just a day before the hearing, conservationists were delighted to learn that HS2 Ltd suspended all bat mitigation works at the ancient woodlands in response a letter from Natural England; the optimism was short-lived when the two senior judges refused Packham permission to bring a claim against the Government’s decision and did not grant the injunction to halt ongoing and proposed clearance works relating to HS2, for the duration of the legal proceedings.
Announcing the court’s decision, Lord Justice Coulson said: “This application has no realistic prospect of success, so we do not grant permission to bring judicial review proceedings”. He added that, even if the court had thought the application had a realistic chance of success, they “would not have favoured granting the injunction”.
Following this week’s case (8th July) at the Court of Appeal, many of us are now waiting with baited breath, and (sadly) low optimism, at what the result may be.
Nonetheless, to see someone of Chris Packham’s position putting ‘their money where their mouth is’ so to speak – is one good reason to believe in Team Nature.
Carol Day, solicitor at Leigh Day representing Mr Packham, said: “Emergency injunction applications of this nature are very rare because the claimant can be required to make a financial undertaking to the Court, but our client felt he had no option but to try given the scale and significance of the loss and damage to irreplaceable wildlife habitats arising from HS2.”
HS2 – AN UPDATE Massive thanks to the brilliant team at @LeighDay_Law for collating the case for a Judicial Review so superbly presented by David Wolfe QC from @matrixchambers at the RCJ today . Articulate , eloquent , considered & convincing . He did everyone proud – thank you pic.twitter.com/acbYrWPiJd
— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) July 8, 2020
It seems a far cry from Boris Johnson’s declaration back in February, at the afore-mentioned COP26 launch [a climate conference that the UK will host next year], where the Prime Minister encouragingly stated: “It’s only by repairing the damage to the natural world and restoring the balance between humanity and nature – which is now so grotesquely out of kilter – that we can address the problem of climate change.”
A Recovery Network is needed
It’s hard not to reflect back bitterly on the betrayal that followed just a week on from that statement, when the Prime Minister approved HS2.
His giving permission to destroy almost 700 wildlife sites to emit excess carbon emissions for over 120 years, when we have just 30 years to achieve Net Zero, would appear to be utter madness in the face of the Climate and Ecological Emergencies that our Parliament declared just a year ago.
Considering also the massive airport expansion that HS2 is designed to enable; it would certainly seem as though the UK Government will look like hypocrites in front of world leaders at this next global climate summit which they are co-chairing.
Whether or not Chris Packham’s latest legal battle to bring HS2 to a halt is successful, Team Nature must continue to mobilise its efforts in a multitude of ongoing small and large challenges; from Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) affected by Covid-19 closures and funding issues, to continually evolving data around biodiversity loss and new rewilding projects and land-purchase organisations springing up almost weekly. There is much to be done, and the time is now.
On the same day as both Boris Johnson’s disappointing Green Economy funding announcement and Chris Packham’s day in court, it would have been easy to miss The Wildlife Trusts’ call for a Recovery Network for insects.
Following a new report, Reversing the Decline of Insects, written by Professor Dave Goulson. The Trusts are calling on the Government to introduce an ambitious pesticide reduction target that’s as good as, if not better than, the EU’s target to reduce chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030.
The report is a response to ongoing evidence that insect populations are declining due to habitat loss and pesticide use – at a time when trade deals threaten to increase the use of insect-harming chemicals.
The Wildlife Trust explains that to properly look after insects and other wildlife there needs to be more places where they can thrive – i.e. rich habitats that are free of pesticides and, crucially, linked up so that insect populations are not cut off and can move as the climate changes. Thus proving once more, why dividing the countryside for a rail line is so utterly out of touch with nature.
Conservation organisations cannot buy and manage the necessary tracts of land, so a recovery network for nature that encompasses our homes, highways, villages, cities and the wider countryside, will make a vital contribution towards reversing insect declines The Wildlife Trusts explain.
Sophie Pavelle, credit: instagram.com/sophiepavs/
Zoologist, Wildlife Trusts ambassador and renowned voice for the Beaver Trust, Sophie Pavelle, managed to sum up so perfectly the situation of current times in our recent chat:
“We are in a time when our relationship with the natural world is under intense scrutiny. Huge crises like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, biodiversity loss and proposition of colossal infrastructure projects like HS2, seem to be a succession of red flags that should be waking us up to the fact that our attitude towards nature and the environment is not right.”
“The last few months have made us realise how valuable nature, wildlife and time spent outdoors can make us feel healthier and happier – and this is supported by a wealth of scientific research. This is our ‘natural capital’. Saving nature, wildlife and improving our relationship with it, will future-proof us economically as the world encounters more challenges.”
We cannot succeed in economic recovery without prioritising a ‘green recovery’. It’s for our survival as much as nature’s – we need to accept this before it is too late.”
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By Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 6, 2020) – Austin McCarl is two for two in 360 features at Knoxville Raceway this season. Thursday’s win was definitely his biggest, as it came on Night #1 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank. Kerry Madsen emerged as the high point driver, followed by Shane Golobic, Tim Shaffer and McCarl (full points at the bottom).
Calvin Landis led early from his pole position in the 20-lap main event, ahead of Dominic Scelzi, Austin McCarl, Tim Shaffer and Aaron Reutzel. McCarl found his way by Scelzi for second, and Reutzel cruised into fourth on lap five.
McCarl shot by Landis on lap six, but that move was negated when Ryan Leavitt slowed in turn two, bringing the only caution of the event. Landis led McCarl, Scelzi, Reutzel and Shaffer back to green, while Tim Kaeding had climbed from 23rd to 13th.
McCarl followed Landis for a lap before surging to the point on lap eight. Meanwhile, Kerry Madsen worked his way into the top five. At the halfway point, Scelzi and Reutzel moved into second and third. Madsen was quickly into the fourth spot, and Shane Golobic entered the top five on lap twelve.
A rosy point total was dashed for Reutzel when he slowed and went pitside on lap 13. Up front, McCarl entered lapped traffic by himself, while Madsen shot by Scelzi for the runner-up spot.
McCarl pulled away to the win by a straightaway ahead of Madsen, Scelzi, Golobic and Shaffer. Joe Beaver, Roger Crockett, hard-charger Cory Eliason, Landis and Tim Kaeding rounded out the top ten. Heat winners included Leavitt, Ricky Montgomery, Landis, Shaffer and Nate Mills. Cody Hansen won the C main and Eliason claimed the B. There was plenty of mumbling in turn two in the fifth heat, as Tasker Phillips and Lee Grosz tangled and crashed, ending both their nights. AJ Moeller’s night ended in the turn three wall in heat two. Brady Bacon could not avoid a lapped car and crashed in the feature. No one was hurt.
“I just had to stay solid and keep doing what I was doing,” said McCarl of his misfortune with the yellow flag negating his lap six pass for the lead. “Calvin was kind of moving around there. I just had to stay patient. He was setting a good pace. The bottom was really good and threw up a bunch of juice through the middle. When I got to those first lap cars, they were running the top. I didn’t know what to do, so I blew it through the middle and it stuck. I didn’t know how close those guys were behind him. Aaron and Kerry…those guys are World of Outlaws winners, and the best in the world. I guess in the end, I was lucky there wasn’t a yellow.”
“This deal is all about points,” said Madsen. “It was pretty hectic back there. They did a good job with the racetrack tonight. It was fun. They gave me a great car, and we had to battle to get to second. By that time, Austin was long gone. It was a solid day for good points. I’m not a very experienced 360 driver so these guys gave me that good a car.”
“It’s a good thing to be upset with third,” said Scelzi. “We’ve had a lot of speed over the last month. We’ve been knocking on the door of a win. I felt really good the first six or seven laps. I felt like we had something for first and second, then we faded a bit. We’ve got to some work, but all in all, we’re really fast. We’re in the show for Saturday, but we want to be on top of the podium, not the bottom.”
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MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals Night #1 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (2), 16.203; 2. 17WX, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (21), 16.229; 3. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (32), 16.247; 4. 14, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (14), 16.318; 5. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (35), 16.334; 6. 69, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (17), 16.339; 7. 83M, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (5), 16.349; 8. 35M, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (27), 16.436; 9. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (41), 16.447; 10. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (10), 16.450; 11. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (9), 16.486; 12. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (40), 16.497; 13. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (45), 16.534; 14. 63, JJ Hickle, Quilcene, WA (13), 16.551; 15. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (33), 16.560; 16. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (34), 16.572; 17. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (1), 16.594; 18. 11, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (44), 16.607; 19. 88, Kyle Offill, Tracy, CA (6), 16.671; 20. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4), 16.677; 21. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (16), 16.685; 22. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Denver, CO (36), 16.698; 23. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.701; 24. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (15), 16.702; 25. 23, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (19), 16.705; 26. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (8), 16.726; 27. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (7), 16.731; 28. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (3), 16.737; 29. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (25), 16.772; 30. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (29), 16.772; 31. 115, Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ (23), 16.782; 32. 24, Garret Williamson, Columbia, MO (39), 16.799; 33. 5H, Michael Faccinto, Hanford, CA (30), 16.814; 34. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (38), 16.870; 35. 33H, Colton Heath, Marysville, WA (20), 16.883; 36. 14B, Bailey Sucich, Granite Falls, WA (26), 16.926; 37. 66D, Chase Dunham, Leipsic, OH (24), 16.945; 38. 4H, Cody Hansen, Nunda, SD (46), 16.961; 39. 23M, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (28), 17.017; 40. 22X, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (31), 17.030; 41. 1B, Chelsea Blevins, Janesville, CA (18), 17.046; 42. 51A, Elliot Amdahl, Flandreau, SD (37), 17.094; 43. 75X, JT Imperial, Mesa, AZ (22), 17.110; 44. 50Z, Zach Chappell, Talala, OK (43), 17.117; 45. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (42), 17.498; 46. 6, Jett Carney, El Paso, TX (47), 17.566; 47. 6X, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (48), 17.748; 48. 4S, Adam Speckman, Rapid City, SD (11), 18.126.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.6: 1. Ryan Leavitt (2); 2. Matt Moro (1); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Dominic Scelzi (4) / 5. Brady Bacon (5); 6. Rob Kubli (3); 7. Nick Parker (7); 8. Jett Carney (10) / 9. Bailey Sucich (8); 10. Chelsea Blevins (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.5: 1. Ricky Montgomery (2); 2. Austin McCarl (4); 3. Shane Golobic (6); 4. Garret Williamson (7) / 5. Justin Henderson (5); 6. Eric Bridger (1); 7. Chase Dunham (8); 8. Elliot Amdahl (9) / 9. Frank Rodgers III (10); 10. AJ Moeller (3)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.5: 1. Calvin Landis (4); 2. Aaron Reutzel (6); 3. Joe Beaver (2); 4. Roger Crockett (3) / 5. Matt Covington (1); 6. Michael Faccinto (7); 7. Tim Kaeding (5); 8. JT Imperial (9) / 9. Cody Hansen (8) DNS – 10. Adam Speckman
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.9: 1. Tim Shaffer (6); 2. Kaleb Johnson (2); 3. Harli White (1); 4. JJ Hickle (4); 5. Cory Eliason (5); 6. Kyle Offill (3); 7. Jamie Ball (7); 8. Zach Chappell (9); 9. Lance Moss (8)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.9: 1. Nathan Mills (1); 2. Ayrton Gennetten (5); 3. Colton Heath (7); 4. Devon Dobie (2); 5. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6); 6. John Anderson (9); 7. Riley Goodno (8); 8. Tasker Phillips (3); 9. Lee Grosz (4)
C main (started), 6 Laps, 1:46.6: 1. Cody Hansen (2); 2. Bailey Sucich (1); 3. Lance Moss (3); 4. Chelsea Blevins (4) / 5. Frank Rodgers III (5) DNS – 6. Lee Grosz; 7. AJ Moeller; 8. Adam Speckman
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Cory Eliason (5); 2. Justin Henderson (3); 3. Tim Kaeding (4); 4. Kyle Offill (7) / 5. Michael Faccinto (10); 6. Matt Covington (8); 7. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1); 8. Jamie Ball (13); 9. Rob Kubli (6); 10. Chase Dunham (12); 11. Zach Chappell (16); 12. Riley Goodno (15); 13. Elliot Amdahl (14); 14. Nick Parker (11); 15. Cody Hansen (21); 16. Eric Bridger (9); 17. Bailey Sucich (20); 18. JT Imperial (17); 19. Chelsea Blevins (22); 20. Lance Moss (23); 21. Jett Carney (18); 22. John Anderson (19); 23. Brady Bacon (2) DNS – 24. Tasker Phillips
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Austin McCarl (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (8); 3. Dominic Scelzi (3); 4. Shane Golobic (7); 5. Tim Shaffer (5); 6. Joe Beaver (13); 7. Roger Crockett (10); 8. Cory Eliason (21); 9. Calvin Landis (1); 10. Tim Kaeding (23); 11. Justin Henderson (22); 12. JJ Hickle (9); 13. Garret Williamson (19); 14. Ayrton Gennetten (4); 15. Harli White (17); 16. Kaleb Johnson (14); 17. Ricky Montgomery (12); 18. Colton Heath (20); 19. Kyle Offill (24); 20. Matt Moro (16); 21. Nathan Mills (18); 22. Devon Dobie (15); 23. Aaron Reutzel (6); 24. Ryan Leavitt (11). Lap Leaders: Landis 1-7, A. McCarl 8-20. Hard-charger: Eliason.
Point Standings After Night #1
1 2 Kerry Madsen 492
2 17WX Shane Golobic 486
3 14 Tim Shaffer 486
4 17A Austin McCarl 475
5 41S Dominic Scelzi 467
6 70 Calvin Landis 460
7 26 Cory Eliason 458
8 83M Justin Henderson 456
9 3 Ayrton Gennetten 453
10 35M Tim Kaeding 450
11 87 Aaron Reutzel 449
12 11 Roger Crockett 445
13 63 JJ Hickle 443
14 53 Joe Beaver 440
15 66 Ricky Montgomery 426
16 22K Kaleb Johnson 421
17 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 418
18 22 Ryan Leavitt 414
19 88 Kyle Offill 413
20 17W Harli White 410
21 2M Matt Moro 409
22 24 Garret Williamson 405
23 24N Nathan Mills 402
24 23 Devon Dobie 401
25 33H Colton Heath 392
26 83 Rob Kubli 389
27 69 Brady Bacon 384
28 95 Matt Covington 374
29 5H Michael Faccinto 363
30 81E Eric Bridger 353
31 5J Jamie Ball 352
32 115 Nick Parker 346
33 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 345
34 66D Chase Dunham 342
35 4J Lee Grosz 338
36 22X Riley Goodno 332
37 20 AJ Moeller 329
38 4H Cody Hansen 324
39 14B Bailey Sucich 324
40 50Z Zach Chappell 323
41 51A Elliot Amdahl 323
42 23M Lance Moss 312
43 75X JT Imperial 311
44 1B Chelsea Blevins 307
45 1A John Anderson 305
46 6 Jett Carney 299
47 6X Frank Rodgers III 276
48 4S Adam Speckman 265
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THE CHOLERA RIOTS OF 1832
May 29, 2015 By Steven Horton
Behind the church building now known as St James in the City on the corner of Upper Parliament Street and St James Place, once stood a building where the Liverpool Cholera Riots of 1832 began. After a major outbreak in eastern Europe, cholera arrived in England in October 1831 when a ship from the Baltic […]
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One of Liverpool’s most famous nightclubs is situated in a building that was the birthplace of a man who became the first Medical Officer for Health, saving thousands of lives with his analysis of where problems occurred. William Henry Duncan was born to Scottish parents at what is now the Blue Angel nightclub in Seel […]
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The physicist who dreamed of other universes wanted us to save the one we’ve already got.
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The famous Stephen Hawking died early Wednesday in his Cambridge house.
Later on in his life, Hawking transported his popular intelligence into avoiding Armageddon. “We deal with incredible ecological obstacles: environment modification, food production, overpopulation, the decimation of other types, epidemic illness, acidification of the oceans,” he wrote in an op-ed in2016 “Together, they are a pointer that we are at the most hazardous minute in the advancement of humankind.”
While he forecasted people would have to find a new home on another planet to endure, he also wrote that “today we just have one world, and we have to collaborate to secure it.”
Hawking apparently desired his tombstone engraved with the famous equation for great void entropy that he established with associate Jacob Bekenstein. “Things can leave a great void, both to the outdoors, and potentially, to another universe,”he said in a 2016 lecture “So, if you feel you remain in a great void, do not quit. There’s an escape.”
Medical Professionals didn’t expect Hawking to live past 25 after he was detected with ALS as a boy. He exceeded their expectations by 51 years. So if he beat the chances on his own, possibly the rest people can take motivation from him. As Hawking as soon as stated, “Environment modification is among the terrific risks we deal with, and it’s one we can avoid if we act now.”
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Ryerson University’s Newest Building: putting students at the centre
Posted on March 22, 2017 by Schuster Gindin Leave a comment
Last time I stood at the intersection of Yonge St. and Gould, where Sam the Record Man’s neon discs used to swirl hypnotically, the site was a deep hole at the bottom of a crane. That was in 2013, and as we all are frustratingly aware, you still can’t go anywhere in this city without having to maneuver around new buildings in process. Construction cranes sprout here in Toronto in greater numbers by far than anywhere else in North America. And with all these new additions, the consensus is that there is design deficiency. Our streetscape and skyline are crammed with boring grey boxes and glass curtains of banality.
An exciting exception has risen up and now holds this corner – the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre.
Eight stories, with a slight bulge rather than straight lines, its glass façade is printed in irregular patterns that obscure the rectangularity of the panes. The structure itself clearly denotes the entrance with a large blue metal canopy that’s folded partly up one exterior wall. Its triangular vertical section suggests a conventional roof shape, covering the wide stairway and ramp underneath it while extending into the atrium. This creates a sort of front porch, a spot to meet up or to sit on the steps and watch the downtown sidewalk scene – engaged with the street, connecting with the city. It feels welcoming, inviting.
Inside is where it gets truly innovative. The Student Learning Centre was designed by Snøhetta and Zeidler Partnership Architects, who describe their inspiration as “the historical gathering spaces of the Stoas and Agoras in ancient Greece where learning was inherently social.” I recently walked through the building with Dr. Melanie Panitch, the John C. Eaton Chair in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University. She observed of the new student centre:
I have to say that when this building was opened it was like it had been submerged in water and when it came up there were students everywhere. It’s always crowded, not too crowded but always well-used. I don’t know where they all were before this building was here!
The atrium sets the tone for the entire interior – spacious with irregular heights and angles, folded metal ceilings and glimpses through coloured glass walls into rooms on higher floors. An info screen just inside the door offers a user-friendly digital way to orient yourself.
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Each floor is named and colour-coded according to its function and theme with an explanatory key at the elevator bank.
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Each is associated with a natural environment designed to create a distinct ambiance and foster a corresponding mode of use, from extremely social to absolutely silent study spaces. Top to bottom they are: The Sky, The Forest, The Beach, The Sun, The Garden, The Bluff, The Bridge, The Valley.
My favourite spot in the building, as in life, is the beach. The entire floor is open, expansive and bright with scattered, moveable furniture for spontaneous, flexible groupings. Warm, sand-coloured wood floors edged with aqua slope down toward a sea-blue carpet, where students lie on loungers as if floating, but without water worries for their open laptops.
It’s obvious from the occupied desks, chairs, lounges, floors and the lively interactions that this building is working for students. Its enormous, lofty spaces do not feel cavernous. The angular shapes, high ceilings, intriguing corners and alcoves accommodate the variety of uses necessary for a long day on campus. It is active, buzzing. The noise level is stimulating but not cacophonous and nooks abound for quiet conversations or even naps. The design facilitates a variety of study modes – collaborative engagement, quiet contemplative thought, collective and individual workspaces. The Digital Media Zone is a room full of every kind of tech equipment, staffed with facilitators to help everyone use it. Small study rooms for groups of four to eight students can be booked online. Plugs are everywhere since no one can study without electronic devices, and you can’t be constantly connected without occasionally connecting. It’s beautifully integrated with the library in the building next door via a bridge. It is entirely a student space.
And how does it work as instructional space? Dr. Panitch describes her experience teaching a new course in the LaunchZone.
“The LaunchZone is supposed to be a meeting place for people who are interested in social enterprise, social enterpreneurs, new ideas…it’s a creative space that is meant to foster their coming together. The coordinator of the space wrote to me and said that they were getting a lot of students in there from the business school and from engineering, cooking up entrepreneurial schemes, but they were not getting much traction from students in the faculty of Community Services. So they looked around for the coolest course on campus and came across mine, Foundations in Social Innovation. I’ll remember that forever,” she laughs as she recalls anticipating that within five minutes of their meeting he would perceive her un-coolness. “He said they thought one way of attracting students from that faculty would be to offer me this space for my class.”
That was in September, about two hours before her first class was to start in a dingy room in a different building with no lighting and no presentation technology. In that introductory class she told her 25 students that they’d been offered a space in the new building and suggested they go have a look and choose which classroom they preferred. “We all walked over and they were speechless. You know, they’re all students working with under-privileged kids, abused kids, disabled kids, and in professions that are poorly paid and low-regarded. Somehow walking into this space was amazing. It was clear that yeah, we’re going to take this!”
For the first couple classes a few of them lay on the big blue mountain, but in the end came back to where they could sit at a table and have their screens in front of them. The space is big and you could feel too distant. “It was pretty cute how they got themselves perched up there. The lack of intimacy was a bit of a downside that we had to talk about, but we continued to meet there.”
They were there but they also explored. This was the first time that Foundations in Social Innovation was being offered and Dr. Panitch was conscious of organizing it well, which included moving out into the city. “In social innovation literature wicked problems is a term used to describe those huge, can’t-get-our-head-around-them problems such as poverty, climate change, accessibility, youth unemployment. These are big and complex issues – if we knew how to solve them we would have done it already. One of the things that is talked about in looking for solutions or approaches is that you need to work with people you don’t usually have a conversation with – non-traditional partners such as corporations, businesses, communities, the police.”
She had made contact with the Downtown BIA on another project and found that they were aware of issues on Yonge St., so in week two she invited them in to talk. Because they work with 51 Division, they brought with them the community policing officer. This made her apprehensive because her students are child and youth workers, and in work situations with their clients, encounters with the police are often fraught. “But they took us on a walk up and down the laneways all within ten minutes of Ryerson, looking at inadequate lighting, what you see on the ground, drugs, where you feel safe, bags of garbage with needles sticking out of them because there are no safe injection sites and the kits that they get don’t have needle covers on them, where people pee, where a guy sleeps on the sidewalk because the doorway where he used to sleep got blocked up to avoid liability. And I’d never seen any of this even while working here for years and walking every day from the College Park subway!”
In the following weeks she took her students up to the garden on the rooftop for a discussion with the people who work there about food security and affordability. She brought in disability advocate David Lepovsky to talk about accessibility and had them Tweeting Queen’s Park. She arranged an artist talk at Tangled Art Gallery by Gloria Swain, whose exhibition there was on the theme of mental health. Many of them participated in Social Justice Week and went on the student demonstration around fees, and they had never been on a demonstration before. “And the course kind of got organized that way. It isn’t how I had designed the syllabus originally, but the idea of understanding the different ‘wicked problems’ intrigued me and caught the students’ imaginations.”
There was staff and infrastructure at the LaunchZone, so she didn’t have to stress about the technology. “For example, when someone suggested a relevant episode of an old TV show, I just asked and they had it up on the screen right away – it didn’t have to be planned. It was really kind of fabulous.” And other students began to notice or hear about the class. “So the students got to talk about where it was and what they were doing. It was amazing.”
“Of course nobody is going to solve these ‘wicked problems’ in a twelve week course, but the students could really become conscious of how complicated these are, get riled up and say something should be done and see themselves, in a way. They could think critically about the work that they do.”
In the end-of-term wrap up the students said that they’d never seen a space like this before. “They felt so valued. You know, the students live all the way from Mississauga to Oshawa; they have to really want to come to class. And a couple of them said you know, I don’t always go to every class, but this one…. So whether it was the space or the course or it was me, I don’t know. But I think that the LaunchZone space added to how I ran the course. It allowed me to be a bit more adventurous.”
– Schuster Gindin
Photos by Schuster Gindin, building exterior photo by Alex Guibord
WOW! A spectacularly creative space, a constellation of light and colour and sound and language and form – and narrated so vividly that I feel I have actually had the tour. Can’t wait to visit.
Catherine Frazee, Nova Scotia
Great article. Thanks for “showing” us the city!
Mariella Bertelli, Toronto
What a beautiful building. A lot of thought must have gone into making it attractive and useful for students. The Big Blue Mountain is a very clever design. This building recreates the original idea of a university (as the word itself demonstrates) as a place where many disciplines can mix and enrich each other.
The class tour of the neighbourhood was most enlightening and shocking. This is the reality social workers, police and mental health workers face daily. They are indeed unsung heroes.
This was an excellent article and the photos, as usual, first rate.
Robert L. Fisher, Toronto
Planning to visit asap. Thanks for the wonderful photos and of course the article.
Pat Saul, Toronto
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Unfamiliar territory: Print journalist tries radio
Louis Schuler
‘Three…two…one, and we’re live.’
About 47 days ago, I decided to host my first podcast on campus. My first experience can be loosely equated to that of a foreigner visiting a new country with no connections, while containing little to no knowledge of the host language. Hearing the countdown to go live on air was both an exhilarating yet incredibly tense moment that had me scrambling for my notes after forgetting that I even had notes for the show. Sure enough, there I was: hunched over the table as the blood in my veins rushed to my face—making the fact that I was stressed beyond imagination all the more obvious.
After about 15 minutes into the episode – and struggling to simply put words together – my friend and fellow speaker on the show, Caleb Daniels, elected for a quick break. He simply told me that I was doing way too much talking, even for a host and suggested I should begin more of a dialogue with him and my other friend, Giancarlo Gomez. It was in this moment the show dramatically improved. In this instant, the show became more natural and conversational rather than artificial and forced.
This attribute is seemingly apparent in most successful podcasts. People don’t want to feel like they are being told information. In a very tangential sense, this concept can be applied to the classroom setting. Students don’t want to hear professors creating a dialogue with themselves while neglecting to interact with the rest of the class. The same can be said for hosting a radio show: the listeners want to interact and feel like they are a part of the conversation.
Unfortunately, however, there are limitations on what you can and cannot say depending on the parameters set by the station. For example, hosts are not allowed to utter swear words on the air at most universities, including PLNU. On the other end of the spectrum, linguistic freedom is reliant upon either the level of independence of the podcast or the host’s notoriety. For example, renowned talk-show host and comedian Bill Maher built his reputation by obtaining contracts from Comedy Central and “Politically Incorrect.” Eventually, he gained so much respect and fame that he was able to start his own talk show, “Real Talk” on HBO where he is allowed to say virtually anything he wants in front of a live audience. These types of podcasts complete the relationship between interaction and the next most important variable for a successful talk show: preparation.
As mentioned, my first episode was a little rough, and there are two reasons for this. First, I had no prior experience. And second, there was little to no preparation done on my end. With hardly any notes to use at all, I relied solely on my firsthand knowledge of what I know of the video game and entertainment market – the main discussion point of my podcast. Suffice to say, the subsequent episodes afterwards have been much easier and smoother.
This is not to assume that I have everything figured out, or have become some ‘podcast’ guru, but the process is becoming more innate with every passing episode. And most importantly, it’s becoming more and more of a fun venture. Hosting this podcast has been a pleasure and a great learning experience; initially, I did it as working toward a career goal to become comfortable behind the microphone. In retrospect, however, I find myself doing it for the sheer excitement and encountering something new every episode.
Louis Schuler is a senior journalism major. He is an avid sports and video game aficionado. You can find him ranting about all things Nintendo related on his podcast on Point Radio.
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Home Blogs the end of Soho? city centre grit under threat
the end of Soho? city centre grit under threat
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Soho or bust- gentrification or fun?
Interesting piece in the Independent about the gentrification of Soho, this has been an on going battle for years.
I remember being in new York when they had the Tompkins Park Riot when the bohemian types in Manhatten’s Alphabet City roses up against the developers rose up against the corporate cleansing. the are is now caught between the two- with all the chain shops and cafes sneaking in whilst retaining scrubbed up version of its past.
This is happening in Soho now, whilst the area is till the best place to run around in london with nooks and crannies of damp madness, there are also the kind of darkened window expensive look places where so called celebrities disappear into. In balance this is what gives the area certain charm, that whiff of danger mixed with the big money, but with the big money beginning to take over there is danger that what made the area so attractive will disappear.
Manchester’s Northern Quarter faces the same problem, for years it was derelict and forgotten and then the art bars and hip venues moved in and then the gradual invasion from Deansgate with the super bars encroaching it follows these strange rules of progress.
What do we want from our city centres? do we want steel and glass scrubbed blandness or are we still in love with the sweat and the grime of the underground?
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Boo Long. April 22, 2012 At 12:01
Grime every time. I nearly cry every time I visit Manchester and see all the soulless regeneration.
When the character has gone there’s no getting it back.
Stu April 22, 2012 At 14:00
the marquee or the vortex or the roxy – would they exist now?
Peter April 22, 2012 At 16:26
No, Stu, they’re all long gone. The last time I looked the Vortex was called something like ‘Stringfellows 2’.
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Posted tagged ‘gay marriage jokes’
Girls just wanna have fun?
Caitlyn Jenner is interested in dating a man to help her feel like a “normal woman.” Have news for her, in the Kardashian-Jenner clan, there are no normal women.
So will all those in the GOP trying to defund Planned Parenthood also sign a waiver that in case of illness they refuse to be treated with any vaccines or medicines that have come about as a result of fetal tissue research?
Josh Duggar will now apparently spend six months in a Christian rehab treatment program. Because that worked so well when he was a teenager?
“Butt dial” has been added to the OED. Some of us are old enough to remember that phrase might just have been an awkward synonym for “booty call.”
Chris Christie today said we can curb illegal immigration by tracking anyone who enters the country from the time they receive their visa, like a FedEx package.
Spoken like someone who’s never tried to track a lost FedEx package.
In Chatham, NJ, Jets center Nick Mangold quickly called 911 when he Iheard his car alarm and saw his garage door open. Police were able to get there in time to apprehend suspects thought to be responsible for almost 50 burglaries.
Posting this mostly because it’s nice to see an NFL player featured on the “good” side of an arrest story.
Sarah Palin and Donald Trump had a love fest interview. Makes sense. Each of them probably thinks the other makes them look a little less crazy.
A California couple got married in Oregon and had a smoke tent at their wedding, where a “budtender” offered guests a choice of 13 kinds of marijuana. Wonder if the wedding cake was topped with Doritos?
Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis has been refusing to issuing marriage licenses to gay couples and says she objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons. Now she wants the U.S. Supreme Court to grant her “asylum for her conscience.”
So, okay, if she’s that religious about marriage presume Ms. Clark also refuses licenses to couples sharing the same address (living in sin), those who have been married before, and those won’t swear an oath attesting to virginity?
The Raiders waived safety Jonathan Dowling today, for what they say were “maturity issues.’ Over-under on how long until Dowling gets offered a contract by the Redskins?
Tags: #Caitlyn Jenner jokes, Duggars jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Kardashian jokes, marijuana jokes, Planned Parenthood jokes, Redskins jokes, Trump jokes
Goal (s)!
The US beat Germany and is going to the Women’s World Cup final. Many Americans are so excited they might actually watch part of the game. #USAUSAUSA
Just wondering, am I allowed to start a business and refuse clients who don’t believe in the Church of Baseball? #religiousfreedom
The Justice Department is investigating possible airline collusion on airfares. When they wrap up the investigation the DOJ’s next project will no doubt be determining if water is wet.
Wednesday was the first day that recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon. It was also the first day NBA free agents can sign with teams? #Coincidence? #Trailblazers
It was 87 degrees with 34% humidity and everyone is complaining about how unbearably hot it is. Yes, Northern Californians are weather wimps.
Recently released emails show that Hillary Clinton didn’t know how to work the office fax machine. Said everyone under 30, “what’s a fax machine?”
The Boston Globe is reporting that Tom Brady and his wife Gisele Bundche, have apparently hit a snag in their efforts to o join The Country Club (TCC) in Brookline, Mass. It may be because the couple are too famous. Or maybe members don’t trust Tom around their inflatable water toys.
#SFGiants just DFA’ed #McGehee, MLB leader in GIDP’s. Now #Casilla is one away from MLB lead in blown saves. Not titles you want to win.
Jim Carrey called California Gov. Jerry Brown a ‘corporate fascist who must be stopped” and said the CDC was “corrupt” after Brown signed a mandatory vaccine bill. Maybe Carrey took that “Bruce Almighty” role a little too seriously?
Now Macy’s is the latest to end their relationship with Donald Trump over his comments from referring to immigrants from Mexico as “killers and rapists.” Well, maybe this is another part of Presidential candidate Trump’s jobs program – creating a lot of new job opportunities as his own company gets fired.
A Tennessee hardware store owner put up a sign saying, “No Gays Allowed.” because he says homosexuality is against his religion and that if LGBT’s can stand up for what they believe in so should Christians.
Okay, fine, what about the “No Fornicators Allowed” sign? You know, adulterers, people having premarital sex, remarried divorced people….
Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 2, Toronto batters rapped out 16 hits. Maybe Boston pitchers didn’t realize that Canada Day, while a holiday, does not generally require the giving of gifts.
Tags: airliine jokes, baseball jokes, Brady jokes, church of baseball, gay marriage jokes, marijuana jokes, Trump jokes, women's world cup jokes, World Cup jokes
Fast times.
Some may be shocked at the speed at which gay marriage became mainstream. For perhaps a bigger shock in terms of a fast change, yes, this week’s Astros Royals series really could be a preview of the American League Championship Series.
Regarding this religious objection stuff to judges, clerks and gay marriage…. While I respect people’s right to their religion, what if you are a man whose religion teaches that women are subservient to men? Does that give you a right to disobey or refuse to work for a female boss?
Donald Trump said that if he is elected President he will change his hair style, because it takes too much time to maintain. Well, that’s good news….. for the furry thing that lives on his head. #goingtoliveforever
NBCUniversal says the the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants will no longer air on the network. Both pageants have been jointly owned by NBC and Donald Trump. This may be in response to Trump’s recent anti-immigrant comments. Or maybe those pageant ratings were a lot lower than we thought.
Donald Trump’s ranting statement today included this – “If NBC is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States….” Speaking of serious problems, could Trump not afford a ghostwriter who learned in school not to split an infinitive?
There’s still talk about how disappointed some NY Knicks fans (and Carmelo Anthony) were with the team’s #1 pick, Kristaps Porzingis. How about a little discussion of how disappointed Pozingis might be to have been drafted by the Knicks?
Veteran MLB executive Andy MacPhail apparently will join the Philadelphia front office and be introduced as part of “new Phillies’ leadership” today. Except isn’t “Phillies leadership” an oxymoron?
Police say alcohol was involved in the death of a Michigan man who died when a firework he was holding to his head exploded. #Darwin #Ifonlyhewasarmed
Oscar De La Hoya, announcing he is NOT coming back out of retirement. “My wife was all for it. But my kids didn’t want to see old Papa get hurt.” Hmm, does that mean his wife did want to see him get hurt…?
Jimmy Fallon is saying he injured his left hand when he “tripped and caught my fall (good thing)! Ring caught on side of table almost ripped my finger off (bad thing).” And a whole lot of men who lost their marriage excuse because gays can now get married just got another reprieve – “I’d love to honey, but those rings are DANGEROUS.”
Just wondering, where wasusually very outspoken Darth Vader, excuse me, #DickCheney, on subject of #SupremeCourt upholding gay marriage?
All of these stories and photos of Caitlyn Jenner, 65, in skimpy, and/or really tight clothes. How long before the transgender stuff fades and people start just telling her to dress her age?
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 today to stay a recent lower court ruling that would have shuttered all but nine Texas abortion clinics. The state already has some of the toughest restrictions in the U.S, half have closed in the last two years.
Just for starters, maybe they could at least have an equivalent waiting period in Texas for having abortions and buying guns.
BS detector post of the day: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, unhappy with the Supreme Court’s decision to keep abortion clinics open in face of new regulations requiring them to be constructed like surgical centers. “It unnecessarily puts lives in danger by allowing unsafe facilities to continue to perform abortions.”
Uh, if it’s about women’s health, Texas could a) drop “abstinence only” sex education, and cut down on unwanted pregnancies AND STDs, b) fund clinics for low-income women to prescribe and dispense birth control, and c) make it easier to get the “morning-after pill,” which is safer than any medical abortion.
Tags: baseball jokes, Donald Trump jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Phillies jokes, Supreme Court jokes, Trump jokes
All choked up.
Cleaning out the chokes of large steamed artichokes for dinner and thinking that light-colored fuzzy stuff in the center bears a striking resemblance to Donald Trump’s “hair.” #Coincidence?
Sunday was the Gay Pride parade in S.F. And no doubt the requisite number of tourists will have proclaimed themselves shocked and appalled. So much so that they had to stay until the bitter end to see just how shocking and appalling the event is…..
Two shows lasting over four hours each total for the Grateful Dead at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. With more fans staying until the end each night than will probably be there in the 4th quarter of this year’s 49er games.
On the Peninsula south of San Francisco today, Caltrain had plenty of Orange and Black and Rainbows going north for the Giants and Pride Day, then later all the Tie-Dye going south for the Grateful Dead. Not sure if the train set ridership records, but they sure did probably break all existing records for total colors.
Bristol Palin today “I made a mistake but not the mistake all these giddy a$$holes have loved to assume. This pregnancy was actually planned.” Hmm.. does Bristol think she’s only 17 more children away from her own reality show?
And let’s give her every benefit of the doubt and assume this “planned” pregnancy is from her former fiance. So the message is, “children need to be conceived within a tradtional marriage. But as soon as you have the engagement ring, it’s open season?”
So is Bristol counting on her children not knowing how to count to 9? Or not having enough sex ed to know gestation times?
Madison Bumgarner has more home runs this year than Duane Kuiper had in his whole career. #SFGiants
Maybe Madbum is the reason behind the SFGiants hitting renaissance. Who wants to be shown up by your own pitcher?
Lindsey Graham was the first Republican candidate to say that the GOP would be making a mistake to propose a Constitutional amendment against gay marriage. “I’m shocked,” said nobody.
Kobe Bryant said in an interview that he’s made some of his teammates cry.. Thought Kobe’s last two-year $48.5 million contract extension has made a LOT of Lakers’ fans cry.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther told ESPN that Johnny Manziel should emulate Drew Brees. Well, sure, Manziel is only missing two things – temperament and talent.
In Texas, the state attorney general said that clerks, judges and justices of the peace opposed to SCOTUS’s “lawless’ opinion still could refuse to issue licenses and perform weddings based on their religious beliefs. Hmm, wonder if those Texans would be more likely to support gay weddings if both participants requested conceal carry licenses at the same time?
Or if the happy couple showed up with firearms. Talk about a shotgun wedding.
Tags: Bristol jokes, gay marriage jokes, Gay Pride jokes, GOP jokes, Grateful dead jokes, Janice Hough, madbum jokes, Palin jokes, Pride jokes
Rainbow warriors
The SF Giants posted this temporary change in their logo today. Clearly not aiming to have more games televised this season on Fox.
Think some of these GOP Presidential candidates might be thinking carefully about going off on the Supreme Court today. They never know when they might need #SCOTUS to deliver them an election.
Scott Walker is upset about today’s Supreme Court gay marriage decision, lambasting “five unelected judges.” Right, it’s “five unelected judges,” when he doesn’t like the decision, and “defenders of our freedom” for things like Citizens United and Hobby Lobby.
Mike Huckabee “The Supreme Court can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than it can the law of gravity.” – Wait a minute, Huckabee believes in gravity?
So trying to think how this gay marriage decision really can hurt any heterosexual couples. Well, except for those procrastinators who were interested in planning last minute summer weddings at popular venues. #competition
The latest public figure comment on the Confederate flag “I think it’s offensive to an entire race. It does nothing for anybody to be there flying, so I don’t see any reason. It belongs in the history books and that’s about it.”- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Forget governors and senators, now we’re talking a man Southerners really respect.
Anheuser-Busch lost a class-action lawsuit over Beck’s beer, and will have to pay customers up to $50 each. The company allegedly tricked customers into paying more for an actual import beer, because the Beck’s label says “originated in Bremen, Germany,” and only in the small print does it say brewed in the US.
Wonder how much Anheuser-Busch will have to pay when some one sues them for selling Bud Light as actual beer.
Donald Trump will finally report for jury duty in August, after being fined for ignoring five summonses in nine years. Only the little people serve on juries?
A a news conference, Philadelphia Phillies’ manager, Ryne Sandberg announced he is resigning and leaving the team. And Phillies’ season ticket holders are thinking “you can do that?”
From T.C. Ballot stuffing has resulted in 8 Kansas City starters voted onto the AL All Star team. As the winner of the event gets World Series home games advantage, wouldn’t it be wiser for KC fans to vote in the entire Phillies team instead?
Scott Walker on Wednesday signed two bills, one eliminating a 48 hour waiting period for buying a gun, allowing off-duty or retired police officers to carry concealed weapons at public schools.
Alas, while Google now allows you “un-send” an email sent in anger, they haven’t figured out how to “un-fire” a bullet.
And guess Walker never heard, for one example, of the retired officer in Florida who shot and killed a man for texting in the theater?
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Hawk-ey nigt.
The Stanley Cup was late in arriving after the Blackhawks win tonight due to “weather issues.”. Rather appropriate for a team that plays in Chicago’s United Center.
But yeah, nothing says it’s time for the NHL’s Stanley Cup Final like summer thunderstorms.
You know you’re in San Francisco when…the best part of a really bad #SFGiants game is the gay marriage proposal. #hesaidyes
As the last sections of #Candlestickpark come down, the #SFGiants are in the midst of one of their worst home losing streaks. Coincidence?
One of Aaron Hernandez’s lawyers says he has evidence that one of the jurors was “untruthful” during jury selection. Translation, Hernandez isn’t out of money yet.
It’s June 15. And if it seems like you can’t remember the NBA regular season…..well, that might be because it ended TWO MONTHS AGO today. #stillnosignoflandhowlongisit
Considering how competitive Lebron James is making the NBA finals almost all by himself, it does make the Spurs’ 2014 performance all the more amazing since they beat James when he actually had a team, and two other stars, playing with him.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled not to see an AL All-Star team full of Yankees and Red Sox Players. But seven Royals starting? And fans can vote a maximum of 35 times per email address. Great to have World Series home advantage decided in part by a process with all the integrity of American Idol.
Pope Francis apparently will be issuing an encyclical on the environment saying that climate change is the Earth’s way of protesting “irresponsible use and abuse of the goods that God placed in her.” Waiting for some religious conservatives to respond “Yeah, well what does HE know?”
Jeb Bush’s campaign logo is going to read simply “Jeb!” Amazing, politicians come to power mostly because of their last names, and then do everything they can to hope we forget it.
So how long until Jeb Bush starts campaigning on avoiding a return to what he says are the failed policies of the Clinton era?
So regarding that Waldorf-Astoria wedding, apparently after the shooting hotel security cancelled the “million dollar” reception because the gun had not been found, and because two of their employees had been injured. And the bride was livid. Okay, so maybe the NYPD can save money by not charging this idiot with a crime: Just put him -unarmed – and the bride in a locked room for about an hour.
San Diego has fired manager Bud Black. Maybe a new manager will make a difference. Or maybe the Padres are just a newer Southern California version of the Cubs.
Gap is going to close 25% of their stores, 175 in total, which will leave the company with operate about 500 specialty locations and 300 outlet stores. Uh, not that I really know retail, but maybe if you have 60% as many “outlets” as you have regular retail, you just MIGHT be diluting and damaging your brand
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Anthony Davis, 25, retired today, the fourth SF 49er to quit football this offseason. And 49ers season ticket holders are thinking – you can do that?
One of the Republicans supporting President Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba is South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford, who has filed a bill to remove all travel restrictions to the island for Americans. Hmm…. because maybe Sanford thinks some day he might to need to hike there?
Brittney Griner filed for an annulment after only being married for 28 days to fellow WNBA star Glory Johnson. As if anyone had any doubt that gay celebrity marriages weren’t really that different from straight ones.
God Bless Texas. As Hillary Clinton pointed out, a student ID is not sufficient proof of identity to vote…. but a gun permit qualifies.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials are saying that Chinese hackers have hacked into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and may have personal information on over 4 million people. Maybe Hillary Clinton’s use of private email server was a lot smarter than we gave her credit for.
Rick Perry in his Presidential race announcement “We must do right, and risk the consequences.” Anyone but me hear “do right” in connection with Rick Perry and think of “Dudley?”
And we thought he had crazy talk about Cuba: Here’s Marco Rubio on Fox News, talking about Iraq, and insisting he doesn’t advocate “nation-building.” “It’s not nation-building. We are assisting them in building their nation.”
Yahoo says it is shutting down Yahoo maps. Shocking. Yahoo still had maps?
This might be my favorite story of the week. With all the millions we are spending on trying to track ISIS, the US was able to destroy one of their buildings after Florida airmen noticed one of the terrorists had posted a selfie from a recognizable location. Even those 72 virgins will be telling this guy he’s an idiot.
Hunter Pence was out for tonight’s SF Giants game with tendinitis in his wrist. Let’s hope he didn’t hurt it trying to figure out how to put on a suit for the White House. #IblameObama
But really, anyone but me kind of hope the Secret Service doesn’t notice this picture of Hunter Pence before the #SFGiants play in Washington, D.C. on July 4th weekend? #stillcrazyafteralltheseyears
With all the hype over Caitlyn Jenner, who looks like a beautiful movie star, have to wonder, what would be the reaction if the star she looked like was say, the late Phyllis Diller?
Jessa Duggar, now married, defended her brother’s alleged sexual abuse as “mild, inappropriate touching.” Uh, if you were allowed only side-hugs and no kisses until marriage, how the heck would you know what “mild. inappropriate touching” was?
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Irish “Ayes” are smiling.
Ireland is mostly a Catholic country. And the Irish Constitution contains this phrase: “We, the people of Éire, Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial.” And with over 62 % voting in favor of gay marriage, they’ve decided Jesus was indeed a tolerant guy. #Fabulous
Patriots fans are planning a “Free Tom Brady” rally tomorrow from 11a to1p at Gillette Stadium. It’s described on FB as “a peaceful rally to protest the unjust football arrest of half God half man Tom Brady.” Wow. There must really not be much to do in Foxborough on Memorial Day weekend.
So on what would have been Bristol’s wedding day, the Palins and her ex-fiance’s family said they are still gathering for a barbecue at the Meyer’s farm in Kentucky. “‘On the year anniversary of our families meeting each other, this weekend is to appreciate both our families’ unconventional, unexpected chapters in exciting lives, with pages turning to more opportunities to live life vibrantly.” Possible translation – both families are thinking “We dodged a bullet.”
(Either that or no one wants to waste food when it’s too late to cancel the caterer?)
As a make-up doubleheader at Coors Field between Colorado and San Francisco had the first game delayed over two hours and the second game delayed and almost rained out, MLB has to be thinking what a good thing it is that the Rockies are almost never season contenders. Add fall and real snow potential and it might take a month to play the World Series.
Unlikely sporting event: The Houston Rockets making it to the NBA Western Conference Finals. Even more unlikely sporting event: Houston fans saying “It’s okay when we lose, we still have the Astros.”
The minor-league Florida Stone Crabs planned “A-Rod Juice Box Night” tonight, where the first 500 fans got a free juice box, and any fans bringing A-Rod T-shirts, hats or other merchandise to be donated to the Salvation Army could get a free ticket. Alas it was cancelled after protests from the Yankees, whose spokesman said “We have taken many steps in last few hours to get them to cease and desist.” No doubt many many $tep$.
Atlanta’s Kent Bazemore, whose Hawks team is down 2-0 to the Cleveland Cavaliers – “I still think we’re the better team.” Thinking there were a lot of teams who were “better” than the SF Giants last year too.
In Cleveland, a white police officer was acquitted of manslaughter in a 2012 case where two unarmed black suspects whose car backfired while speeding past police headquarters were fatally shot in a 137-shot barrage. Because 140 or 150 shots would have been excessive force?
This would be funny if it weren’t so awful. An Arkansas state judge told police on Thursday to destroy the 2006 offense report on Josh Duggar. Mike Huckabee, who is publicly defending the family says the “victims wanted this left in the past,” so the destruction was “not to protect Josh, but the innocent victims.” #JesusREALLYwept
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Immortality and other options.
Still so impressed by Mo’ne Davis’s gracious response to the baseball playing idiot who posted an offensive tweet about her. And my sense is we will be hearing about Mo’ne and what she accomplishes in her life for a long time. As opposed to what’s his name.
Remember “Jon and Kate Plus 8?” Now former reality star Jon Gosselin says he is considering running for the state legislature in Pennsylvania. Gosselin hasn’t said what party, which will no doubt set up a heated battle between Dems and the GOP. “You take him, no YOU take him.”
GOP Rep. Peter King just referred to Ted Cruz as a “carnival barker.” Prompting calls for an apology. From carnival barkers.
A Detroit TV reporter who asked Jim Harbaugh if he is worth the 7-year $38 million contract he signed. And the new Michigan coach responded “No.” You start seeing why Harbaugh is back at the college level. He’s too honest to be an NFL coach.
Indiana Senator Dan Coats retired in 1998. Evan Bayh ran for and won his seat. Then Bayh retired in 2010 and Coats came back and won the seat again. Now Coats is retiring once more. All eyes are on Bayh. If Evan runs will he offer a job as a special consultant to Brett Favre?
At Miller Park this year, the Milwaukee Brewers will sell “Deep Fried Nachos” – beef and beans, rolled in crushed Doritos, fried on a stick and topped with sour cream and cheese. Fans can presumably buy a package including Nacho sticks, a beer, and a turn at the defibrillator.
You cannot make this “stuff” up. Ted Cruz, who in announcing his candidacy for the Presidency said Monday that he would work to repeat Obamacare, said Tuesday that because his wife is leaving her Goldman Sachs job and losing her insurance that he will sign up for Obamacare.
(as my friend Ian reminds us “You do not like them. SO you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may I say.)
Wisconsin men’s basketball forward Sam Dekker on coach Bo Ryan’s game plan. “We try not to do dumb stuff.” So if the Badgers win it all this year, maybe Ryan could retire and run for Congress?
Miss Universe Japan, who was apparently born and raised in Nagasaki, is being criticized by some as not Japanese enough because she is biracial. (Mom is Japanese, dad is African-American.) Out of habit, Donald Trump is demanding to see her birth certificate.
The NFL has announced they are planning a “golden” celebration all year for the upcoming 50th Super Bowl. And of course to attend the game, SERIOUS gold will be required.
Jason Collins testified today against a bill in Indiana that would allow business owners in the state to deny service to same-sex couples for religious reasons. So will the bill also allow hotel owners to demand to see marriage licenses for couples booking a room? Or proof of being a married couple of childbearing age for Viagra prescriptions? For starters?
Sad news about Germanwings (4U) 9525. These airline crashes provoke such different reactions: Friends and families are devastated, the travel industry tries to reassure other travelers, and CNN and media are trying not to appear thankful for the ratings boost.
Tags: baseball jokes, gay marriage jokes, Harbaugh jokes, Janice Hough, Ted Cruz jokes, Wisconsin jokes
Down to the wire
This just in. ESPN experts predict winner of Wednesday’s SF Giants KC Royals game will win the World Series.
SF Giants game 7 strategy? Wear out KC Royals bats in game 6?
So ESPN wanted Derek Jeter to matter in the postseason. And who knows, the SF Giants, baseball’s most consistent unkillable cockroaches, may well win tomorrow. But home field advantage for this World Series was probably decided by Wainwright deciding to groove that farewell All-Star pitch….
Only fun San Francisco fans are having tonight with #WorldSeries so far is thinking how dismal the ratings must be for #FOX at this point in Game 6. .#SFGiants
Saddest story of this MLB postseason is of course Oscar Tavares. But his death apparently inspired two friends, Juan Perez and Yordano Ventura, to have the games of their lives. #WorldSeries
Bus to hell time. TMZ is reporting that Jose Canseco blew his middle finger off his right hand while cleaning his handgun at home in Las Vegas. Well, not like he used it for fielding or anything.
Taking time out from the World Series, send good wishes to Gordie Howe. Mr. Hockey, who at 86 is apparently recovering from a “serious stroke.” He was a dominant player in his sport longer than almost anyone. Yes, including Derek Jeter.-
First NCAA playoff rankings out. 3 #SEC teams out of 4. Shocking to many. They expected 4 #SEC teams. #Collegefootballplayoff
If NY & NJ really want to beat #Ebola, forget quarantine. Have folks returning from Africa join the #NYJets. None of them can catch anything.
Dunkin’ Donuts is introducing a croissant-donut. But the chain maintains it is NOT a “Cronut.” Why? Because their lawyers said so.
Sarah Palin “Those haters out there, they don’t understand that it invigorates me…. the more they’re pouring on the more I’m going to bug the crap out of them by being out there with a voice, with the message, hopefully running for office in the future, too.” Palin “haters” and comedy writers alike heard the last part and are thinking, “Promise?”
At a Southern Baptist conference titled “The Gospel, Homosexuality and the Future of Marriage,” some speakers talked about being the voice of a moral minority because gay marriage is a “rejection of God’s law.” Wonder why some of these folks don’t also have conferences against heterosexual adultery and divorce?
The #NBA season started Tuesday night. The Philadelphia #76ers will be eliminated from playoff contention tomorrow.
Michael Jordan, majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, says he is “dreaming” of a seventh NBA ring. Yep, “dreaming” is absolutely the correct word.
Dwight Howard said today “I didn’t leave L.A. because I was afraid of Kobe Bryant.” More like Dwight was afraid of not making the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Lakers rookie Julius Randle, the team’s #1 pick, broke his right tibia during an opening night loss. Meaning alas Randle will likely be as helpful to this year’s team as Steve Nash.
RG III might be ready to go back in as Washington’s quarterback for their next game as the team has a bye week coming up. And fans are now thinking, take a little more time to heal your ankle. A year or two to be safe.
Dolly Parton, on her support of gay rights: “But as far as the Christians, if people want to pass judgment, they’re already sinning. The sin of judging is just as bad as any other sin they might say somebody else is committing. I try to love everybody.” As Dolly has also said, “I know I’m not dumb, and I know I’m not blonde.”
Tags: cronut jokes, Ebola jokes, Game 7 jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Jeter jokes, NBA jokes, Royals jokes, SEC jokes, SF Giants jokes, World Series jokes
Gay marriage is now legal in Nevada. Which means that gays can now get drunk in Las Vegas and make the same quickie marriage mistakes that straights do.
#FOX talking about how bad the #SFGiants are without Angel #Pagan. Kinda makes you wonder how they got into the #NLCS doesn’t it?
So how did anyone ever beat the #KCRoyals during the regular season? And are the #Royals ever going to lose again? #ALCS
Mike #Moustakas, #9 hitter in #kcroyals lineup has 4 postseason home runs. #SFGiants #Madbum is going to take that as a challenge.
National TV ratings for #ALCS #NLCS would be better if ESPN & FOX paid attention to 4 remaining teams during regular season. #nottheyankees
More than two dozen teenagers were arrested at opening night of the Arizona State Fair after a brawl broke out. If only they had been armed.
How has #Royals Lorenzo Cain not been on ESPN’s Top 10 plays and Web Gems every single night of the season?
Bit of trivia from the Royals’ 10th inning win over the Orioles Friday night – the time of game. Four hours and 37 minutes. If Kansas City ever plays an 18 inning game like the SF Giants did the concession stands better have morning coffee ready.
Stanford’s Red Zone offense for the football season is 679, which ranks 115th out of 125 FBS (D-1) teams. Shocking. There are 10 teams who are worse?
FSU just notified Jameis Winston that he will face a disciplinary hearing into sexual assault charges from December 2012. Presume this hearing will take place 3-4 days after the BCS national championship game?
Yep, it is all Obama’s fault. This from Phyllis Schafly , “Out of all the things he’s done, I think this thing of letting these diseased people into this country to infect our own people is just the most outrageous of all. Obama doesn’t want America to believe that we’re exceptional. He wants us to be just like everybody else, and if Africa is suffering from Ebola, we ought to join the group and be suffering from it, too. #whythereisnosatire
One reason people are so scared about Ebola is not just that it is usually fatal but also how horrible the disease’s symptoms are in its final stages. Uh, have people read about the last days of smokers who die of lung cancer?
Tags: ALCS jokes, Ebola jokes, FSU jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, KC Royals jokes, Royals jokes
The Selig era is almost basically over.
Bud Selig is actually supposed to retire in six months. He and baseball owners want former MLB deputy commissioner Steve Greenberg to be his replacement. But Greenberg says he doesn’t want the job, though he would be honored to follow Selig, who he calls “easily baseball’s greatest commissioner since Judge Landis.” Well, wishes aside, shouldn’t that statement disqualify Greenberg by reason of insanity?
Only 30% of Los Angeles area residents can see Dodgers games on TV due to a cable dispute. And David Rone, president of Time Warner Cable Sports, which distributes the games, says “It is unlikely that we are going to get a deal done. Suffering Midwest fans are thinking “why couldn’t this happen with the Cubs?”
Anyone else think Vladimir Putin is more likely to officiate at a gay wedding than he is to determine that MH17 was shot down by pro Russian-separatists?
The Federal Government has charged FedEx with drug trafficking for delivering illegal prescription drugs, allegedly for over a decade. What took the Government this long? Maybe they figured FedEx is taking profitable business from the post office?
Lebron James announced his return to Cleveland last week, but still hasn’t chosen if he will wear #6 or #23. How long until ESPN dedicates a special edition of Sports Center to the decision?
For all those who think the SFGiants have a problem at 2nd base, it could be worse. Dan Uggla, released by the Atlanta Braves, hit .162 with 2 home runs and is still owed over $18 million.
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington says the last-place team is not giving up on 2014 yet. And even Cubs fans are thinking “I want some of what you’re smoking.”
CNN had Michele Bachmann commented that Hillary Clinton “should be worried” about Elizabeth Warren in 2016. Michele Bachmann as a political prognosticator? Well, maybe since Paul the Octopus is no longer with us.
From Jim Barach ” Downtown Los Angeles is at its driest since record-keeping began in 1877. Which means at least there is something in L.A. with a longer dry spell than the one that takes the Dodgers back to 1988.”
A Supreme Court injunction means that Utah has won at least a temporary delay in recognizing same-sex marriages. Guess the state figures if a man isn’t happy marrying a woman, he should just marry more women.
In Los Angeles, a man robbing a liquor store apparently accidentally shot and killed his accomplice. So sometimes the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is another bad guy with a gun.
The NY Yankees announced there will be a Derek Jeter retirement ceremony on Sept 7. #FarewellCaptain Except that I thought the whole 2014 season was a Jeter retirement ceremony.
And finally. Aldon Smith, after a D.A. decided not to press charges for alleged LAX bomb threats, was sentenced Friday for possessing illegal fire arms. Along with a separate case of DUI and marijuana possession after driving and hitting a tree.
Smith got 3 years of probation, and 12 days of work crew on Mondays. Which will end before the 49ers first Monday night game.
So let this be a lesson to the youth of America. Behave yourselves. Unless you are SURE you have NFL level talent.
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Until something do us part.
Apparently costumed employees at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s pre-wedding party at Versailles were instructed not to talk to the guests. Wonder if they did allow them to eat leftover cake.
Kanye West said Kim Kardashian is “more beautiful than I am talented.” And those of us who aren’t fans of either are thinking “Well, that could be right.” #damningwithfaintpraise
The wedding ceremony presumably went smoothly, after all Kim should have those vows memorized by now.
Got to wonder, where are all those “sanctity of marriage” types complaining about the “Kimye” wedding? (It is her third.)
Ah, Memorial Day weekend. The beginning of summer, when women can wear white and Cubs fans can put up the white flag.
At this point the only U.S. state where anti-gay marriage laws are not being challenged is North Dakota. Guess the state’s not too worried about losing potential tourism from gay weddings?
The Univ. of Tennessee’s chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has been suspended after students admitted to hazing pledges by pouring hot sauce on their genitals. Once again, proving that one of the all-time oxymoron phrases is “Fraternity Men.”
ESPN asks the question “Do the Heat really have another gear they reserve for the playoffs?”. Sounds better than “Do they lollygag through the regular season?”
Former Cubs pitcher Andrew Cashner, now with the San Diego Padres, says that Wrigley Field may be great for the fans, but for players “it’s a dump.” Well, at least Cubs players don’t have to play in the dump when it gets cold in October.
Thursday’s suspended Giants Rockies game, game 47 on the schedule, will be made up in September, starting in the 6th inning, tied 2-2. Wonder if Santiago Casilla, who injured his hamstring Wednesday, will be the first pitcher to spend 4 weeks on the DL, and play, in the same season, in his team’s very next game….
Asian TSA agent cheerfully pushing a big cart of tubs back up to the front of the line at SFO. Calls out “Careful, Asian driver coming through.” A lot of people – including me – look to see his ethnicity before laughing.
Could be worse, #SFGiants fans, Sergio Romo has looked a bit shaky lately. But then there’s the White Sox closer Ronald Belisario, who has allowed a run during each of his last three outings, and blew a 3-0 lead with two out in the 9th inning.
Matt Cain may or may not make his next start for the San Francisco Giants after he strained his hamstring Wednesday. Bummer as Cain finally seemed recovered after he sliced his finger while trying to cut a sandwich. As Hartley Miller said “Presumably when he returns to the lineup Cain started using his forkball.”
So how long until the NRA issues a statement on the mass shooting near UC Santa Barbara saying “if only the students had all been armed.”
Tags: Cubs jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Kardashian wedding jokes, Kasdashian jokes, Kimye wedding jokes, SF Giants jokes
Cold comfort?
The NFL has awarded the 2018 Super Bowl to… Minneapolis. For all those who thought spending the first week in February in New York wasn’t cold enough.
Jon Bon Jovi is apparently part of a group that wants to buy the Buffalo Bills. Well, if any franchise knows about “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
California golfer Lucy Li, 11, has qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open. Quite an achievement. It gives all those Chinese women gymnasts a goal to shoot for when they grow up.
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has pleaded guilty to running “an illegal cross-border banking business” to help thousands of Americans conceal their income from the IRS. The bank will pay a $2.6 billion fine, but will not have to provide names of their U.S. clients who they helped cheat on taxes. So wonder how many of those clients will be subsidizing the “settlement” with a silence fee?
Halle Berry on “Ellen” today talking about getting pregnant at 47, which is considered a “geriatric pregnancy.” If Berry thinks it was a “geriatric” pregnancy, wait until she gets to applying for Medicare at the same time her son is applying to college.
Judge just declared PA’s #gaymarriage ban unconstitutional. Will last state to keep gay marriage banned please keep the lights turned off?
Cleveland has the top NBA lottery pick for the second straight years. Who says the Cavaliers will never win anything?
As far as Cleveland getting the top pick in 2015? Probably at least as good a chance as a Miami Heat “three-peat”
NBA playoffs are down to San Antonio, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City and Miami. Three team from cities most Americans can’t find on a map and one they can’t stand.
A 19 year old Texas man in facing five years to life in prison for allegedly baking and selling pot brownies made with hash oil. If he’d only shot and killed someone he’d be facing 10 years max.
At Allen High School, near Dallas, they will have to close their new $60 million new football stadium this fall due to cracking concrete. This is the biggest disappointment in North Texas since the Cowboys.
On a brighter note, the stadium is a $48 million cheaper disappointment than Tony Romo.
The NY Racing Stewards have approved California Chrome to race with a nasal strip. If he wins will Roger Goodell add nasal strips to the NFL’s list of banned performance enhancers?
Congrats to Meryl Davis, who with her partner won Dancing with the Stars tonight. With that kind of dancing talent maybe she could do something big on an international stage…. .Oops, never mind.
Tags: Cleveland jokes, Cowboys jokes, DWTS jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, NBA draft jokes, NFL jokes, Romo jokes, Super Bowl Jokes
Sunday IS the most religious day..
The NFL reportedly was considering moving the 2015 Super Bowl from Glendale, Ariz., in the event SB 1062 became law. But Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the bill, which would have allowed residents to cite religious beliefs as a reason to deny services to anybody. Good to know that in this case, religious intolerance bowed to the greater God of football.
A Texas judge today struck down the state’s gay marriage ban, saying it had no “rational relation to a legitimate government purpose.” So where are all the “small government” conservatives cheering this one?
An ESPN poll of the 128 FBS head college football coaches found only 25 who were in favor of changing the rules to slow down the game. Translation, Nick Saban and 24 other coaches who don’t think their teams can run the hurry-up offense.
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that Larry King will host a series for the team’s 24/7 television network called “Larry King at Bat.” Presumably Larry hopes to get as a regular guest that nice young man Vin Scully.
Not the Onion. One of the Dodgers’ giveaways this year will be a Babe Ruth bobblehead in September. (After retiring the Babe spent a year in Brooklyn as a first base coach.) So is L.A. that worried about playing meaningful games to draw in fans in September?
Dallas owner Jerry Jones says it’s his fault, not Tony Romo’s, that the Cowboys haven’t gotten to the Super Bowl. What, because Jones didn’t trade Romo?
Raymond Felton, arrested on felony gun charges and for allegedly waving a loaded at his estranged wife during an argument, stated “This is not a distraction to this team.” Forget the “gay teammate” question, where’s the poll asking players how comfortable they are with this kind of idiot in the locker room?
From Marc Ragovin: “One day after being charged with illegal gun possession, Raymond Felton of the NY Knicks briefly addressed the matter with reporters, then shifted the discussion to the team’s playoff push. Ahhh, so I see he’s laying the groundwork for an insanity defense.”
Jim Lange, former California radio icon, and host of “Name that Tune” and “The Dating Game”, passed away this week. At his service, mourners will be invited to name that hymn in only five, four, three notes…..
Apparenlty the world’s largest exchange for trading bitcoin currency shut down today, triggering a massive sell-off. So maybe the bitcoin era is ending before I even had to figure out what it was?
Ohio is ending early voting on Sundays and weekday evenings, leaving early voting only by absentee ballot, or in person for four weeks from 8a-5pm M-F, and two Saturdays. Secretary of State Jon Husted said – with a straight face – “Our goal is to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat and to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity in the voting process.” Right, because cheaters only come out at night and on Sundays. And no one ever mails in someone else’s absentee ballot….
From my friend Jim Barach: “Colorado is cracking down on DUIs from people driving while stoned. Recently a police officer was involved in a chase with a suspected pot smoker that reached speeds up to 7 mph.”
(Just thinking, if California ever legalizes marijuana, it ought to get real interesting with all our Priuses. (Prii?)
Tags: Arizona jokes, bitcoin jokes, Dodger jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, NFL jokes, Raymond Felton jokes, SB 1062
Not so dearly departed.
The Minneapolis Metrodome was deflated for the last time today, as a precursor to being demolished next week. “I’m really going to miss that place,” said absolutely nobody.
Meanwhile, Candlestick Park awaits its own demolition, probably later this year. But if they really want to give the place a fitting sendoff, perhaps the NHL might schedule there the Summer version of the Winter Classic?
Houston’s mayor Annise Parker, has wedded her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard, in California. Texas law still prohibits gay marriage. But it’s okay to shoot each other.
Some talk that the French are becoming less tolerant because there is a fair bit of controversy over President Hollande’s relationship issues. My sense, not exactly…. but the French understand that their leaders are supposed to have affairs, not leave the First Lady over them….
“The Bachelor”, Juan Pablo Galavais, is apologizing for saying he didn’t like the idea of a gay or bisexual Bachelor because it would set a “bad example for children to watch” and that homosexuals are “pervert(ed).” He attributed the comments to a English as a 2nd language issue. But Juan Pablo was half-right, the Bachelor is a bad example for children to watch.
New Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason says he wants the Commodores to someday play for the Southeastern Conference championship. Making me think that he left Stanford with a prescription for medical marijuana.
For the first time in 28 years the Jamaican bobsled team has qualified for the Winter Olympics. Standby for fun, and for sled driver Winston Watt, 46, screaming “You punks get off my run.”
Geno Smith was involved in a dispute with a Virgin America flight attendant, allegedly over cellphones, and kicked off the plane. So much for all those who said the New York Jets wouldn’t be relevant in the postseason.
(My friend Jon N says “Looks like Geno’s got to focus on his ground game.”)
CNN reported that 66 out of more than 2,500 passengers on a four day Royal Caribbean Cruise to the Bahamas and Key West became sick with gastrointestinal issues- vomiting and diarrhea. Norovirus is suspected. But okay, 66 out of 2,500? Have to wonder how many of those folks have symptoms due to oversampling of the local beverages
Tags: gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Metrodome jokes, NY Jets jokes, The Bachelor jokes
Oh not quite baby.
One reason that so many people are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the royal baby? How often do we get a real celebrity baby born in wedlock?
So little offense in Tuesday night’s All-Star game you had to wonder if all the batters knew they might be asked to provide a urine sample after the game?
Governor Rick Perry, in an Illinois radio ad trying to lure business to his state – “The escape route leads straight to Texas.” Uh, aren’t they talking about a fence for that?
Matt Harvey said in a Men’s Journal article that he hopes to have the kind of love life Derek Jeter has had, not just the beautiful women, but the privacy. Apparently Harvey, 24, hasn’t thought about Jeter being lucky enough to be in HIS 20s before everyone from age 7 to 70 had their own camera phone.
Gay marriages will now be legal in England, Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal assent to a bill passed in Parliament. Of course, watching her own four children couldn’t have given the Queen any sense that “traditional” marriage needed to be defended….
An interesting sidelight to the legalization of gay marriage in Britain…. it was Prime Minister David Cameron, a leader of the Conservatives, who first proposed the legislation.
San Francisco now has its own Applebee’s on Fisherman’s Wharf. For all those locals and tourists who haven’t known where to get a good pomegranate martini made with Sprite. (No joke, was in an Applebee’s in Kansas, only place open late, and had to have them hold the Sprite.)
Asiana Airlines is dropping plans to sue KTVU, the TV station that mistakenly read the four fake pilot names on air. Presumably at least in part because the airline realized such a suit would lead to about four million fake lawyer name jokes.
Despite the most recent controversy swirling around him after his early departure from the Manning QB camp, Johnny Manziel says “I’m still going to live my life to the fullest.” Is it too soon to start a pool on his next possible arrest date?
Texas A & M QB Johnny Manziel said he ended up leaving the Manning QB camp simply because he missed a meeting when he overslept. Yo, Johnny, they’re called alarm clocks. (And there’s an app for that.)
Meanwhile in San Francisco, LB NaVorro Bowman is talking about the “huge mistake” by QB Colin Kaepernick – being seen wearing a Miami Dolphins hat. Is it just me, or should “huge mistake” be reserved for situations where the police are involved. Or maybe butt fumbles.
If Russia gives Snowden asylum South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is now suggesting the U.S. consider a boycott the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi. Yeah, that 1980 boycott turned out so well with Afghanistan….
Tags: All-Star Game jokes, Asiana airlines jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, John Manziel jokes, NFL jokes, royal baby jokes
Oh Canada Day, Eh?
Happy Canada Day – July 1. Our neighbors to the north have universal healthcare, strict gun control laws and legalized gay marriage about a decade ago. And they seem to be surviving just fine.
This week, (July 1-3) is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Which means in the Senate, they’re bracing for yet another retelling of John McCain’s first hand experiences.
This “Stunning Upset at Wimbledon” headline is turning into tennis’s version of “Groundhog Day.”
Open note to future Bachelorettes: In a time when “reality show star” is not an oxymoron, and you have 24 men who supposedly are interested in romance on national tv, you are a fool if you don’t figure up front at least several of them in it for the “wrong reasons.”
Two defensive starters on Texas A&M’s football team were charged with misdemeanor assault over the weekend. And Roger Goodell is thinking “Thank God they weren’t already drafted.
Apparently 5 NBA teams are vying to sign Greg Oden. Easier to offer free-agent contract when healthcare costs will be covered by Medicare.
Edward Snowden is now blaming the Obama administration for making him a “stateless person.” Uh, and Snowden’s running away and refusing to stay in (or return to) the U.S. had nothing to do with it…. Right.
Tough few weeks for #SFGiants. But finally good news: The #LADodgers are reportedly getting Carlos Marmol from the Chicago Cubs.
Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp introduced legislation late Friday to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage. In these tough times, isn’t it great to know that Congress is really focused on the issues that matter most to Americans?
So with the “new” Yahoo Mail there are regular error messages saying a message cannot be sent, and a draft cannot be saved. Today the function to search old emails is down. Now I see why Marisa Mayer didn’t want people working from home…. using internal mail isn’t a reliable way to communicate.
Rick Perry is decrying “mob rule” that kept his abortion bill from passing. Now Wendy Davis is saying that’s she’s considering a run for Governor in 2014. Will it be “mob rule” when Texans vote her in and him out?
Of course as my friend Tom Dodd says -” If they support you, they’re “The People”. If they oppose you, they’re a “Mob”.”
The latest Vegas odds have the Chicago Cubs as 500-1 to win the 2013 World Series. Have to figure whoever decided that was an idealistic Cubs fan.
Pierce Brosnan’s daughter, 41, just died from ovarian cancer. Her mother and grandmother died of the same disease. Would Melissa Ethridge still like to criticize Angelina Jolie’s decision?
This whole Dwight Howard circus is a lot of ado about a guy with the free throw skills of Shaquille O’Neal and the decision-making ability of Brett Favre.
Tags: Bachelorette jokes, Canada jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, SF Giants jokes, Snowden jokes, Wimbledon jokes
Who does it hurt?
When they say the gay marriage ruling doesn’t hurt ANYONE in a straight relationship suppose this is not strictly speaking true. Think of those guys who have said “Of course I’d marry you, honey, but we have to show solidarity with our LGBT friends…”
AMA is going to have a knitting-themed river cruise next December, featuring a man named Barry Klein, considered “one of the top 10 most influential men in the world of knitting.” Wow. There ARE 10 men in the world of knitting?
So at Wimbledon, Nadal is out, Federer is out, and Sharapova is out. Television executives must feel like they do about major golf tournaments when Tiger misses the cut.
Understated opening line of the week from Wikipedia “Aaron Michael Hernandez (born November 6, 1989) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the New England Patriots.”
Matt Krook, the Miami Marlins’ 1st round pick, will instead attend the University of Oregon. Maybe Krook wants to play in front of bigger crowds?
Now the police may charge Aaron Hernandez with more murders. Scary. While the NFL is limiting purses and backpacks after the Boston bombings, it might be that the guys on the field are more dangerous than the terrorists.
From Marc Ragovin: ” Cleveland Browns rookie Ausar Walcott has been charged with attempted murder and has been cut by the team. I think I know where he’s gonna end up next. The Patriots’ practice squad.”
What if they had an #NBA draft and nobody cared? #Whoaretheseguys
Former Warriors and Wizards star Gilbert Arenas was arrested in Los Angeles after officers stopped him for speeding, and allegedly found 20 boxes of illegal fireworks. And NBA officials are just relieved he didn’t shoot somebody.
Wow. Now Rick Perry is going after Wendy Davis by saying he is glad her single mother didn’t choose an abortion: “What if her mom had said, “I just can’t do this. I don’t want to do this. At that particular point in time I think it becomes very personal.” Yes, Governor, these choices are always VERY personal. Would call him a douchebag but that is an insult to douchebags.
35 NFL players arrested so far this year . How long until NFL playbooks start including Miranda rights?
Prosecutors may allege Aaron Hernandez killed a man who knew too much about two other men the former Patriots TE may have killed next year. Does this mean it wouldn’t have been long until he shot his alleged accomplices for knowing too much about the latest murder?
Tweet from Chick-Fil A President on DOMA decision “Sad day for our nation; founding fathers would be ashamed of our gen. to abandon wisdom of the ages re: cornerstone of strong societies.” Right, founding fathers like Jefferson with Sally Hemmings and Franklin who had common-law wife raise his illegitimate son by another woman..
Not a bad day for #NFL, okay, so #NBAdraft got headlines, but no additional players arrested.
Tags: Aaron Hernandez jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, NBA draft jokes, NFL jokes
Conservatives may be disheartened over DOMA being overturned today, and gay marriages being allowed again in California. But hey, from a business standpoint, think of all the economic stimulus from gay weddings! #Expensivechampagne
Is the New England Patriots’ season as dead as DOMA?
Apparently Aaron Hernandez is the 29th NFL player arrested since this year’s Super Bowl. This is clearly what comes of allowing too many heterosexuals in the league.
The prosecution’s evidence against Hernandez allegedly includes some used bubble gum found in a car seen near the site of the murder. Gum that he may have been seen buying. So does this mean, if he chewed, then he is through?
Cleveland rookie LB Ausar Walcott was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly punched a man in the head last weekend. Gosh, the Browns can’t even get the major headlines on the NFL police blotter.
Rough week for Paula Deen. Who knew it was possible to make Walmart look politically correct?
Paula Deen in a teary television interview today complained of “horrible, horrible lies” about her. Uh, in Celebrity 101 class shouldn’t there be a session featuring Hugh Grant’s interview with Leno? Admit, say you were stupid, and move on. (Then if necessary find God and beg forgiveness.)
Just wondering, how would Justice Clarence Thomas have ruled on “Loving v. Virginia” in 1967….
(if that’s too “inside baseball,” “Loving v. Virginia” was the ruling that struck down inter-racial marriage laws. And Thomas is married to a white woman.)
Best comedy line of the week goes to coach Chip Kelly: “As I have I stated before, the NCAA investigation and subsequent ruling had no impact on my decision to leave Oregon for Philadelphia.”
From Bill Littlejohn: “Former Cub Kerry Wood found a body floating in a harbor. I hear he strained his shoulder calling 911.”
In Justice Scalia’s angry dissent today he once again railed against “homosexual sodomy.” So does he have a position on heterosexual sodomy. (Technically defined as anything but vaginal intercourse…?.)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry just called a new special session to take up the abortion bill that was filibustered last night. What happened to that “small government” philosophy?
You can’t make this stuff up… Gov. Perry says he is calling a special session on that abortion bill because “Texans value life.” On the same day that the state has executed its 500th inmate since they reinstated the death penalty in 1982.
Somewhere both #MollyIvins and #AnnRichards are together looking down on #WendyDavis. And smiling.
Tags: #Standwithwendy jokes, Aaron Hernandez jokes, DOMA jokes, gay marriage jokes, Janice Hough, Rick Perry jokes, Texas jokes
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Websites: American History
History Sites by Area
American Memory: Library of Congress site providing free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Archives of Irish Americans A site maintained by NYU
Black History: List of online resources.
Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets
Exploring U.S. History: Housed by the University of Oklahoma, this site provides a list of primary sources from 1600 to present prepared for their history courses.
Library of Congress: Gateway to historic American documents.
National Archive: National Archives and Records Administration preserves the records of our Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage.
National Museum of American History: The NMAH dedicates its collections and scholarship to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples.
Native American Studies: Provides access to home pages of Native American Nations, organizations and other sites that provide solid information about American Indians.
Our Documents: 100 milestone documents of American history.
Picturing U.S. History: An Interactive Resource for Teaching with Visual Evidence.
U. S. Army Heritage and Education Collection: Texts and images from 1899 to present of army personal.
Voice of the Shuttle: Useful list of online resources for U.S. History.
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MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT BUT THE DRUMMER NEVER DID
It’s close to a year since I started drumming. I’m happy to say I love it now more than ever. I still have weekly lessons with Sensei Simon, and the songs I have been writing for Lulu and the Tantrums, and now The Ill Feathers – my funk duo with Fossil Rabbit, push me to play increasingly challenging parts.
For me, guitar is a means to an end – I learnt guitar so I could write songs, not because I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix. But drums is the first instrument I’ve ever wanted to be good at. Drums is the instrument that’s made me want to study the greats and see how they approached it, their techniques and idiosyncrasies. I am a drum nerd now! I want to talk about Gadson’s right hand, or Stubblefield’s left, about how Bill Ward’s jazz background informed the heavy grooves he brought to Black Sabbath. Hell, can we just talk about triplets – like, how good are triplets??? And where else can I put them?
Developing the small muscles used in drumming – wrists and ankles – takes time and discipline. I have some stamina and coordination now but it’s like going to the gym – you won’t see results overnight, or in a week or month. You gotta keep showing up, doing your reps, and from time to time you can look back and see the progress you’ve made. There are things I attempted to learn when I first set out and found inconceivable – now I can do them!
But drums are humbling, and this desire to try something I have no immediate aptitude for, to go into it knowing how long it might take, well, Nick has plenty of things to say about that kinda quest in Single Leg, too.
I have the same goal as when I started – to be Russell Simins, and bring hard-hitting soul and funk beats into a garage rock context. But as I progress, I hope to build enough vocabulary to play along to most things. Drums is not an instrument people learn so they can just play alone – it’s communal, and largely only makes sense when accompanying others. Being a hired gun and playing in someone else’s band is a milestone I want to achieve, but unlike most, it’s not my primary motivation.
Instead, while Nick’s talked about his increasing willingness to delegate and collaborate – some unnameable drive keeps pushing me in the other direction. Others – Lou, for instance – have suggested it’s the pursuit of complete creative control. But the more I reflect on it, I think it comes from a different place. I think learning drums is part of my yen to understand popular music from the inside out. I am obsessed with the nuts and bolts of creative practice, I enjoy learning how things are made, frequently as much as I enjoy the finished product. I love ‘inside baseball’ – I’ve read nearly every interview on The Paris Review, listened to every Song Exploder – but you never truly know something until you do it. And done remains the engine of more.
I figure it’ll take two more years to feel comfortable. I tend to do these autodidactic sprints in three year bursts – screenwriting, film directing and editing, music production, you could even consider Faux Faux Amis to be one as well, a challenge to myself to be perform lead vocals and guitar in a quote unquote proper rock band. At some point I reach a stage I’m happy with, and then find myself hooking into something else with the same slavish devotion. But I have a feeling I will be working on (and loving) the drums for some time.
And clock the bass drum! It’s not Purdie’s banners, but it’s a nice flourish. I know from Chris Gleeson – one of my oldest friends and musical collaborators – that being a drummer frequently means not rating a mention in a review or being obscured by everyone else in a gig photo, so I guess in this way at least my trap set will get noticed! The image is by the brilliant pop-culture-obsessed Jess Dudfield – I asked her to do a stylised cartoon version of the cover of Faux Faux Amis’ X. A sloth in a bowtie – slow but fancy – speaks to me a lot!
Photos by Louise McGrath.
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GSK Applies for Approval of Benlysta, as IV and Injection, as Lupus Treatment in Japan
by Joana Fernandes, PhD
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it has filed a New Drug Application with Japan’s regulatory health agency requesting that belimumab — widely known under the brand name Benlysta — be approved to treat adults with active, autoantibody-positive, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, lupus) who do not respond to standard therapy. GSK seeks approval for Benlysta both as an intravenous (IV) infusion and as a subcutaneous injection.
Benlysta is a human antibody that selectively targets the B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), which promotes the survival of immune system B-cells, including those involved in the development of lupus. Benlysta is approved both in Europe and the U.S. as an IV one-hour infusion therapy, to be taken every 28 days, by lupus patients who are under standard care. The subcutaneous injection formulation is currently not approved anywhere, but GSK announced the submission of regulatory applications for its use in the U.S. and Europe in September.
The regulatory application, made to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), is supported by results from two Phase 3 studies (Northeast Asia and BLISS-SC), pointing toward a beneficial effect of treatment.
The Northeast Asia study (NCT01345253) was carried out in Japan, China, and South Korea, and investigated the efficacy and safety profile of combining monthly IV belimumab (10 mg/kg) and standard of care, compared to placebo and standard of care, for 52 weeks.
The BLISS-SC study (NCT01484496) investigated the effect of weekly subcutaneous injection of belimumab (200 mg, for 52 weeks) plus standard of care, in comparison to placebo and standard of care, in 836 patients with active, autoantibody-positive lupus.
Both studies found belimumab worked to ease disease activity in patients, measured by the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Responder Index (SRI, a measure of clinical improvement and lack of worsening in patients) at 52 weeks.
“Lupus is a chronic and incurable inflammatory disease, which can affect almost any organ in the body,” said David Roth, project lead for belimumab at GSK, in a press release. “Current treatment options for lupus in Japan are very limited and there is no biologic medicine available that reduces active disease, so this regulatory submission for belimumab is very important progress. If approved, belimumab could address a great unmet medical need for lupus patients in Japan.”
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A-Force Presents
Marvel's most amazing heroes step into the spotlight in this all-action book packed with adventure, danger, drama...and fun! Black Widow seeks redemption for her past - in ways the Avengers wouldn't approve! Carol Danvers takes on the legacy of Captain Marvel and lives her dream of traveling to the stars! Teenager Kamala Khan fights crime as Ms. Marvel - but is she ready for this dangerous new li
Spinning directly out of AVX! This issue: Wolverine teams up with the Hulk, and Captain America meets up with Cable!
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At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Written by critically-acclaimed YA novelist Gabby Rivera (Juliet Takes A Breath) and drawn by all-star artist Joe Quinones (HOWARD THE DUCK), Marvel Comics' brand new AMERICA series shines a solo spotlight on the high-octane and hard-hitting adventures of the one and only America Chavez!America has always bee
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Bridging the gap between seasons 2 and 3 of the hit TV series, Arrow: Season 2.5 follows Oliver Queen’s story as he battles the Church of Blood, with the fate of Starling City hanging in the balance. Featuring an all-star cast of Oliver’s greatest allies and enemies including the Huntress, the Canary, Deathstroke and the Suicide Squad!
Avenging Spider-Man (2011-2013)
Spider-Man and Red Hulk take on a Moloid army during the New York Marathon!
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Born into affluence, Bruce Wayne was fundamentally changed the night his parents were murdered before his eyes. From that day on, Bruce trained his mind and body beyond peak human perfection to become Batman--a symbol of terror, striking at the hearts of criminals and villains across the globe.
Batman: Arkham Unhinged
Go deeper into the world of ARKHAM CITY with BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED! A weekly, original digital series based on the video games BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, each 10-page chapter ties directly in to the continuity of the game and follows your favorite characters through the bedlam!
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
A rotating roster of the world's top comic book creators deliver unique tales starring Batman in this acclaimed anthology series! Spanning the career of the Dark Knight, these stories celebrate all aspects of the World's Greatest Detective.
Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #12: Dazzler - The Movie; Beauty & The Beast (1984) #1-4 and material From Marvel Heartbreakers #1. After Alison Blaire is outed as a mutant and her musical career comes to a screeching halt, Dazzler ends up associating with an experimental underground theater group that serves as a front for a gladiatorial arena in which mutants battle to the death! Fortunately, H
Birds of Prey (1999-2009)
When citizens are in trouble, they call on the Super Heroes. But when Super Heroes are in trouble, they call on the Birds of Prey! An elite group of operatives willing to work in the world's darkest places, the Birds enforce swift justice in a style all their own.
Black Widow: Widowmaker
Collects Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2009) #1-4, Black Widow (2010) #1-8, Widowmaker (2010) #1-4, Fear Itself: Black Widow (2011) #1, Black Widow Saga (2010) #1; material from Enter the Heroic Age (2010) #1, Iron Man: Kiss and Kill (2010) #1. Thrilling adventures of Marvel’s deadliest superspy! Natasha’s shadowy past once again threatens all she holds dear in a globe-hopping thriller! As th
The reimagining of Joss Whedon's groundbreaking series continues as Drusilla, the self-proclaimed Mistress and her pet, Spike, make their debut with their sights set on Buffy! Meanwhile, Giles is determined to teach Buffy about her destiny, responsibility, blah blah...can someone tell him to chill? How bad can it get?
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Hero! Pilot! Avenger! Captain Marvel, Earth's Mightiest Hero with death-defying powers and an attitude to match, is back and launching headfirst into her own ongoing series!
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Get ready to go futher, faster and farther with Captain Marvel! Learn all you need to know about former-pilot-turned-super-hero Carol Danvers and what are the essential comic stories of Captain Marvel! If you want the best of the best, start here!
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Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero
Collects Captain Marvel (2012) #1-12. Carol Danvers has a new codename and is determined to prove shes the best of the best! She's forging a new future for herself as Captain Marvel, but finds she still can't walk away from a challenge from her past! It's a firefight in the sky as the Banshee Squadron makes its debut - but who are the Prowlers, and where has Carol seen them before? Witness her
Catwoman (2002-2008)
A serial killer is racking up bodies in Selina Kyle's old haunts, taking her back to a life she thought she'd left behind permanently. Witness her triumphant return as Catwoman, brought to you by Ed Brubaker (BATMAN) and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke (BATMAN: EGO) & Mike Allred (X-Force).
It begins with a death that sets off a chain reaction throughout the entirety of the DC Universe--and beyond! Featuring a rotating team of writers and artists including Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and more! The Countdown to the FINAL CRISIS begins here! Note: the issues of Countdown will be a countdown, going from 51 to 1.
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Back in black and on his home turf, Daredevil begins again in New York City as a new enemy emerges. Meanwhile his alter ego, Matt Murdock, is on a new side of the law in the District Attorney’s office. Fighting crime in the shadows, prosecuting bad guys in the light, it’s a whole new chapter for our man without fear.
Dark Reign: Accept Change
Collects Dark Reign: New Nation, Secret Invasion: Dark Reign, Dark Avengers #1, Uncanny X-Men Annual #2, Dark Reign Files And Marvel Spotlight: Dark Reign. The Invasion is over, and the shape of the world has changed, with new and returning players now center stage. Get the lowdown on what's going on across the Marvel Universe as we enter DARK REIGN. In DARK REIGN: NEW NATION, we meet the Secre
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Presenting some of the DC Universe's biggest and best stories--collected into single issue, easy-to-read formats! Written and drawn by comic book talent throughout the ages and featuring heroes such as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and more!
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Despicable Deadpool (2017-2018)
Collects Despicable Deadpool #287-300 and the second set of Deadpool Secret Comic Variants. His days as a hero are over — now Deadpool is despicable! And what could be more despicable than…killing Cable?! That's right, Wade Wilson is out to prove himself a merciless merc by offing his best friend! But that's not the only item on his evil agenda! Deadpool has a lot of unfinished business, an
Earth 2: Society (2015-2017)
The heroes of this new Earth battle over a mysterious device that could remake their old world or destroy the new one! Read this ALL-NEW 8-page preview and find out if disaster can be averted in EARTH 2: SOCIETY #1!
Enter the Heroic Age
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE! The Marvel Universe starts here as five killer creator teams present five all-new short stories spotlighting five HEROIC-AGE ongoing series! Avengers Academy by Christos Gage & Mike McKone! Thunderbolts by Jeff Parker & Kev Walker! Atlas by Jeff Parker & Gabriel Hardman! Black Widow by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Jamie McKelvie! Hawkeye & Mockingbird by Jim McCann & David Lopez!
Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn have a new agenda, ditching the men in their lives and striking out in their own unique ways. Tired of playing by other people's rules, they've banded together. For mischief, or maybe something more...?
Green Arrow (2016-2019)
As Oliver struggles with how he can fight "the man" when his huge fortune makes him the man, he and Black Canary uncover a deadly new threat to Seattle that cuts the Archer to the bone. THEY SAID IT: "My touchstones are [former GA writers] Dennis O'Neil and Mike Grell, while trying to make the series my own," says writer Benjamin Percy. "Green Arrow will be a politically and culturally relevant
Guardians of the Galaxy (2013-2015)
Marvel's cutting-edge Infinite Comics are back and this time it's the Guardians of the Galaxy that get the infinite digital treatment! Prepare to take to the spaceways with a reading experience like no other!
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Human hatchling by willtofish
Books » Harry Potter Rated: M, English, Supernatural & Fantasy, [Harry P., OC, Charlie W.], Words: 1k+, Favs: 71, Follows: 118, Published: 2/20/2016 Updated: 3/22/2016}
Hi everyone I'm back. Why was I got so long? Life.
This story has been floating in my head for 6 years, ever since I read "dragon child" on hpfanficarchive.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my own ideas
Little Harry Potter whimpered as he tried to snuggle deeper into the thin blanket surrounding him. It was just a few hours after Harry was dropped off on his aunts doorstep, when an unexpected cold snap hit London plunging the temperature into the lower 20s (Fahrenheit). Harry was cold, dangerously cold, so cold most one-year-olds would die, but most one-year-olds didn't have magic. Harry's magic was no where near stable due to the dark magic that had been cast on him and due to the obscure ritual his mother had performed. His magic was doing everything it could to keep the poor boy alive, but it was so unstable at this point that it could barely do anything. What I could do however was work with what was already in his blood, a creature inheritance. In almost an instant Harry vanished and shrank, but anyone looking in the basket he was placed in would of sworn they saw six emerald green eyes.
In the following weeks the rodent population in Little Whinging fell dramatically, much to the joy of the population, but shortly after cats and dogs started to vanish. The police were called into investigate after poor Arabella Figg found the mutilated corpses of 6 of her cats. Ministry workers who monitored muggle police cases instantly recognized the work of a very young dragon, maybe one or two years of age. The local populace were incredibly happy to see a large van pulled into the town with a large logo saying they were wild animal control, in actuality there were wizards inside the magically enlarged van that were attempting to find the young dragon with a magic detector. It took them the entire day and well into the night to locate the young dragon, which the magic detector said was in a forest not far from the Private Drive. Shortly after the muggle police had sectioned off the area while the 'experts' went in. Several hours later the slightly smaller group came out, though no one noticed as they gave their report about the creature was already gone. Experts speculated that what ever it was had fled to more rich hunting grounds, while in actuality the young dragon was subdued and portkeyed to the Romanian dragon preserve. The handlers gathered round the new dragon curiously, as no other species had been found like it. The lead handler shooed them all away, chuckling at their eagerness, before he went to feed the little dragon. He looked at it curiously as he reached into the cage it was in to put the meat down, only to laugh as the little creature tried to bite his hand, both of which had been replaced with magical prosthetics after some of the more aggressive dragons ripped his arms off.
... All Harry new was he couldn't hurt his new food source.
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Make This Work by Nova Raven
Books » Knights of the Silver Dragon Rated: T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, Words: 17k+, Favs: 1, Follows: 2, Published: 6/22/2016 Updated: 8/29/2016}
Things started going better after that.
At least, the best they had been before the whole nightmarish ordeal occurred. Kellach's nightmare's persisted, but the new presence sharing his bed helped to calm the night terrors much faster. The small of Moyra's hair, her soft body pressed against his when everything in his nightmare had been hard and cold brought him to the present, usually crying against her chest, much more rapidly.
Kellach also became privy to some of Moyra's night terrors. That was the harder switch for them to make, because as often as his presence calmed her mid terror, it also set off a whole new panic attack. It hurt Kellach every time he had to surrender the trembling girl to Driskoll to calm down, or every time she would be calming down, and then feel his body pressed against hers, and start up again.
He hated the men who had done this to his girl, hated that sometimes when he snuggled up to her, she'd tense and panic for a moment, hated that their kisses could only get so heated before something about his male anatomy would set her off, one time escalating into a full blown panic attack.
"I'm sorry," She would apologize through tears, and Kellach would stroke her hair and swear to her that it was okay, and that they would just take their time and make it work.
Their parents weren't thrilled about the two sharing a bed at first, Royma more so than Jourdain. Royma forced Moyra to come home for one night before returning with her daughter the next morning, asking if the arrangement really did help the two sleep.
Kellach definitely thought it did. In the week since he had started sharing a bed with Moyra, he had gotten the best sleep he had had since before his capture. The increased physical contact with Kellach seemed to be helping Moyra deal with her ordeal as well.
With the help of Jourdain's spell, Kellach was slowly regaining his independence. They discussed a sorting system that would make it easier for Kellach to find things in the house, and when Driskoll suggested extending it to Kellach's spell components so maybe he could continue his training.
It was an idea that actually started to work and be feasible. He was able to regain his some of his basic casting abilities, and his confidence at that. Moyra even commented on it during a walk through town one afternoon.
"It's nice to have you back," He could hear the smile in her voice. "I mean," she clarified, "Not just you physically, although that's amazing, but your personality is starting to come back too."
But as much progress as he was making, he and Jourdain had yet to talk about spells that could be used to launch a mental attack on someone. Kellach still couldn't bring himself to think about it, as one time Jourdain had brought it up pushed Kellach back into his mind, reliving his mental abuse until Driskoll, Moyra and Jourdain could pull him out of it.
"At some point," He promised, "Just… I can't right now."
Things with Torin were still rocky. The man left early for work and got home much too late for any conversation. Any exchanges he had with his son were brief and emotionless. "He'll come around," Jourdain assured him, but the tone of her voice told him that she really had no idea.
"Is… Is he mad that I lied to him?" Kellach asked Driskoll one night.
Driskoll shook his head, "I doubt it, but with Dad sometimes you never know. I feel like he just doesn't know how to handle this. He's never been here for any of your… flashbacks."
Kellach sighed, closing his eyes. "Did I do something wrong? I mean… he said he was proud of me before…"
"Kell," Driskoll's tone was sad when he gripped his brother's shoulder. It'll be okay. He'll come around."
It was an odd occasion when Kellach was left alone. He didn't like it, although he'd never admit it, and his family and Moyra didn't like leaving him to himself for too long. He had been lucky in the past in that he wasn't left home alone long, and when he was, he was usually able to avoid anything that would trigger a flashback.
But of course, it finally happened one afternoon. Moyra was helping her mother at the shop, Driskoll was shadowing member of the watch, and Jourdain and Torin were working, leaving him home alone for a few hours.
After practicing spells for a few hours, and finally exhausting the ones he knew, he decided to take a break. He had just been going to get himself a cup of water, when he knocked something loose in the cupboard. Something heavy fell on his fingers and then fell to shatter on the ground.
Kellach froze.
SLAMCRUNCH
A phantom pain caused him to cry out and clutch his fingers to his chest. He backpedaled rapidly, and his boots impacted the remains of the object on the ground.
"Are you ready to talk now?" The man's leering tone, the bite of the leather restraints into his wrists, ankles and the choking sensation that arose from the leather strap trapping his neck to the back of the chair he sat in.
Not exactly sure how, Kellach had mustered some kind of strength by this point, glaring at his assailant through bloodshot eyes sunken deep into his face. He didn't respond verbally, but the defiant look in his eyes seemed to be answer enough.
The man smirked. "The fingers are a very valuable asset to a spell caster such as yourself. Are you sure you're willing to sacrifice them?"
Through a throat dry and torn from screaming, Kellach managed, "Let me go. I'm not going to tell you anything." The words came out as more of a plea than the defiant tone he had intended.
The man grabbed his hair, pulling the strap around his neck tighter. Kellach choked and struggled to pull back, but the grip on his hair was too strong. "We'll see how you feel in a few minutes."
And then the hammer descended on his finger.
CRUNCH.
"Gods, please!" Kellach coiled on himself, hands pulled close to his chest. "Stop!"
"Stop, please!" Kellach screamed, not able to look at the crushed remains of his right hand. "Gods!"
"Are you ready to talk?" His tormenter asked, grinding the hammer into the remains of his thumb, wrenching another drawn out scream from Kellach's throat. This had been the routine since the first crushed finger. The man would crush a bit of the bone, and then give Kellach an out. And how badly he wanted to take it...
"No, no, no, no, please!" Kellach sobbed, and the hammer retreated for just a moment. Kellach was having a harder time keeping the strap around his throat from choking him, as his whole body just collapsed when the pain was removed.
"No, please! No, no more please!"
"Kellach? Kellach!"
"I still have a whole hand left," The man commented, pulling a strangled whimper from Kellach's throat as he stroked the remaining hand. "You going to give me what I want?"
"Kellach!"
He wanted to so badly. He just wanted everything to stop, the pain, the suffering, everything. The man gave a test swing at his fingers, pulling a cry of alarm that collapsed into a sob as the hammer pulled away after doing no damage.
"No!" Kellach flailed trying desperately to yank free of the thing trying to restrain him, "Gods, no, please!"
"Son!" That was the word that finally broke through the flashback. Kellach blinked, trying rapidly to accommodate to the sightless world he found himself in. There were hands tight around his upper arms, and broad, hard warmth against his back. "Kellach, you're safe, we're going to protect you, I'm going to protect you."
"Please don't hurt me anymore," He whimpered, his whole body trembling with the force of the flashback. "Please, please just let me go…"
Torin hadn't expected to get off early that day, and therefore hadn't told anyone else that he might be coming home. The men of the watch had forced the early day on him.
"You need to go home and be with your family," They had insisted. Upon hearing the news of Kellach's return, and the morbid news he had brought with him, the atmosphere at work had changed. Everyone was on edge, expecting enemies to come beating down their doors at any moment. But Torin, who should have been the most alert of everyone, was the most preoccupied.
Trillian had been the first to approach him about it. "Captain, permission to speak freely?" He asked Torin at lunch a few days after Kellach's return, and a few days since Kellach and Torin had spoken.
"Permission granted." Torin said shortly, wary of what might come out of his friend's mouth.
Trillian sighed. "Torin, why are you here?"
"I have a job to do," Torin replied. "We've been made aware of a new threat to our city-"
"I know," Trillian interrupted, "But if that were the whole reason you were here, we'd see the determined Torin we see during normal threats. But instead, I see a distracted and preoccupied Torin like we haven't seen since the Sundering. And that was when you were using work to try to avoid your family at home."
Torin tensed, and lowered his sandwich to the table. At his lack of response, Trillian continued, "It's just that, sir, we'd thought you'd want to be home with what your son went through-"
"You know nothing of what my son went through, nor do you have any right to comment on my choices as his father." Torin snapped, the tone of his voice causing a few other watchers to look over.
"Yes sir, but we… some of the other watchers and I," Trillian continued, only slightly put off by Torin's tone, "think that you may be blaming yourself for Kellach's… condition, and that it may be impacting your ability to handle what has happened and what could happen to our town." When Torin was silent, he continued, "We think you're not performing your best here because your mind is still at home with your son.
"And rightfully it should be, with what the boy went through… We don't think you should come back to work until you've sorted it out."
At Torin's continued silence, Trillian seemed to grow nervous. "Of course sir, it's up to you and we don't mean to…"
"No…" Torin finally spoke, "You're not wrong." Trillian seemed shocked to not have been chewed out. "I'll put in a few more hours work, and then I'll head home."
And that was what he had done. He hadn't expected the house to be empty when he walked in. He also didn't expect the screams, his son's screams. "Kellach!" He called in alarm, heart rate skyrocketing as he flew into the house, following the sound.
He expected to find Kellach under attack when he entered the kitchen. He didn't expect to find the boy pressed up against the wall, alone, with a broken glass on the ground next to him, begging for some nonexistent force to stop hurting him. His sightless eyes stared into nothing as he clutched his hands tightly against his chest, knees pulled up in a protective position.
Torin raced up to his son, his only instinct to protect the boy, but the instant he did Kellach let out a heartbreaking cry. "No, please! No, no more please!"
"Kellach," Torin knelt, grabbing his son and pulling the boy against his chest like he hadn't since he was little. Kellach was crying, sobbing, still begging his attacker to stop. Torin had never felt so helpless. He felt as though there was nothing he could do to get through this awful flashback his boy was having.
"Kellach, son! Listen to me, I'm here. It's your Dad…" Kellach seemed to still slightly at that, but Torin could see that he was still having trouble fulling pulling himself out of the memory. "Kellach, you're safe, we're going to protect you… I'm… going to protect you."
"Please don't hurt me anymore," Kellach whimpered, his whole body trembling in Torin's arms as the man wrapped his arms around his son. "Please, please just let me go…"
"Kellach, I'm never going to let you go again," Torin promised as Kellach's sobs and pleas began to die down. "You are my son and I will protect you this time, I swear."
Torin had not been present for any of Kellach's flashbacks prior to this one. This he was partly glad for, as he had not had to see his son in this state. On the other hand, he had no idea what to do for Kellach to bring him down.
Luckily, Kellach seemed to be working himself out of the panic attack on his own. He finally turned around to try to focus his gaze on Torin, and it almost broke the man's heart how his son's gaze didn't quite meet his. "Dad?" He asked, his voice scratchy and broken, the most vulnerable Torin had seen him in a long time.
"I'm here Kellach," Torin promised, "I'm here."
Kellach tended to be disoriented, coming out of his flashbacks, but this was a situation he hadn't encountered before. Coming out into a situation he was even less sure how to handle. "Where… I mean… why…" He tried to voice his thoughts.
"You don't need to talk," Torin said, in that deep, paternal voice that used to make Kellach feel so safe. And just like that, Kellach felt like crying again. But for a completely different reason this time. As he choked on a sob, Torin tensed. "Are you through…"
"Yeah, I… I'm back, I'm here, I just…" He couldn't continue because he didn't know what he was supposed to say, or what was wrong with him. "I thought… I thought you weren't supposed to be back until later?"
Kellach felt Torin sigh against his back. There was a silence, one almost so long that Kellach started to feel awkward just cradled against his father's chest. He shifted to move when Torin started to speak.
"Some of the men at work," He started falteringly, "Suggested that I may be working harder and for longer… because I was avoiding issues at home." Kellach stiffened, hands still pulled tight to his chest. He wished so much that he could turn around and see his father's face right now.
"I thought you were mad," Kellach said quietly, still feeling vulnerable in that moment, "Mad that I hadn't told you guys about… about being…" He had to pause, before he added softly, "Blind."
"I was mad," Torin admitted, and Kellach felt a brief moment of panic, but then his father continued. "But it was at myself. That I should have been able to protect you from all the suffering and pain that you had to go through… that you're still going though."
Kellach sighed, and let his head sag. "There was nothing you could have done. I didn't even know where I was."
"But I should have been able to find you!" Torin snapped, startling Kellach. "I should have known the right places to look, the people to look for. I shouldn't have just gotten you back out of sheer luck and chance. You shouldn't have to go through life with those memories and with…" He cut himself off, but Kellach could have sworn he heard tears in his father's voice.
"And with the blindness?" He asked. "You can say it Dad."
"And with… the blindness," Torin agreed sadly. "And now that you're back, there's still nothing I can do to help you see again, and the only thing I can think of is getting back at the people who did it to you, who hurt you in the first place. And how I can protect you from ever being hurt again."
That was the most Kellach had heard come out of his father's mouth in years. And the most emotional Kellach had heard him in a long time. He paused for a moment, thinking. "I don't blame you guys, you know that right?"
"We should have been able to protect you Kellach," Torin argued, "You were only fifteen!" There were definitely tears in his voice this time around.
"And I should have been more aware and I should have found a better way to escape and maybe I should have just killed myself to spare you guys the pain of seeing me like this…" Kellach's tone was bitter, "Maybe I…"
"No!" Torin yelled, cutting off any words Kellach might have continued with. "No…" He repeated, more softly, "I would rather have you here, broken as you are, than dead. That was my biggest fear. Losing you for good and never knowing what had happened to you."
There was silence between the two for a moment. Kellach didn't know what else to say. "Thanks Dad," He finally managed.
Torin just gripped him tightly and answered, "Thank you for coming home."
Just a touchy feely bit that struck me earlier today. I realized I never gave Kellach and Torin's strained relationship closure.
And, ya know, I kinda felt like writing some torture and delving into a really screwed up part of Kellach's ordeal.
More may or may not come based on inspiration.
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Mathew Larsen
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The koala fight between Gladys Berejiklian and John Barilaro was a show of force by a Premier tired of her deputy’s bad behaviour.
National leader's Angry texts pushed NSW Premier to the edge
by Linda Silmalis
A fed-up NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian brought on the koala showdown with her deputy John Barilaro as a sign of force and to shut down bad behaviour, including a history of "aggressive" texts.
Ms Berejiklian yesterday stared down her renegade Coalition partner in a move that improved her credentials as a leader and ultimately saved her government.
Gladys Berejiklian before yesterday’s high-stakes talks with John Barilaro. Picture: Julian Andrews
The Premier's standoff took the Nationals by surprise, given it was not the first time Mr Barilaro threatened to quit as leader or give up his title of deputy premier.
But, having to govern with the daily threat of another fatal virus outbreak, rogue behaviour was not something the Premier was prepared to continue to endure.
While the relationship between Ms Berejiklian and Mr Barilaro has been cordial for the most part, government insiders say the Premier had endured a history of "aggressive texts" from the Deputy Premier.
The text messages, described as having an aggressive tone, involved other issues as well as the dispute over koala conservation.
The Premier is understood to have told colleagues on different occasions that while she regarded Mr Barilaro as a friend, she was "tired" of his behaviour.
"She usually deletes them," one source said.
John Barilaro speaks to media on Friday. Picture: Julian Andrews
There were suggestions Ms Berejiklian took a hard line against Mr Barilaro at the urging of members of her cabinet, including Environment Minister Matt Kean and Planning Minister Rob Stokes, but sources close to the Premier said it was her decision.
Mr Barilaro's threats to move to the crossbench during a global pandemic particularly angered her.
Not only did the Premier issue an ultimatum for the Nationals to withdraw their threats or face being sacked, formal arrangements for the NSW Governor to be available to swear in the new ministry were also made.
"They text message all the time," one source said.
"And sometimes the messages are frank."
Mr Barilaro's office said it would not be commenting.
Warren Brown’s take on the saga.
Police Minister David Elliott, who described Mr Barilaro's behaviour as the "the greatest act of political bastardry in quite some time", said the Nationals leader's position had become untenable.
"The disloyalty that we've seen out of the Deputy Premier makes his position untenable and I also believe that what we've seen out of Gladys Berejiklian today is that 'don't bring a knife to a gunfight'.
"Those that want to take her on, need to be able to follow through. Don't make threats that you can't follow through."
While Mr Barilaro yesterday withdrew his threat to move his MPs to the crossbench, the tensions between the Nationals and Liberals have put into question how long the truce will last.
Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi
The backflip came after the Monaro MP declared his MPs would be effectively moving to the crossbench and refusing to vote for government legislation until changes were made to the koala State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP).
Mr Barilaro sent Ms Berejiklian a message late on Thursday night, informing her that the Nationals would be staying in the Coalition "for the next sitting fortnight" and attending a joint party room if the Cabinet meeting to discuss SEPP could be brought forward from its early October date.
The Premier is understood to have replied, declaring that the issue was not about the SEPP but "the provision of stability to govern" and agreeing to "being in Coalition until the election" as well as for National MPs to "support all Cabinet decisions".
Mr Barilaro allegedly replied that he would "reserve his right" before the Premier instructed that he let her know his decisions "by 9am" yesterday.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes. Picture: Jonathan Ng
As the Nationals began their 8am meeting at 52 Martin Place - Mr Barilaro and Mental Health Minister Bronnie Taylor in the office with others participating via Zoom - party sources were declaring that they would be "holding firm" on the threat.
During the meeting, MPs voted unanimously to back their leader in allowing the Premier to sack them if he did not get the result he wanted, one party source said.
Shortly after 9am, Mr Barilaro and Ms Taylor walked across the corridor to Ms Berejiklian's office where she was seated with Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.
Despite the high drama, sources close to those present said the mood was understood to be "civil".
A Liberal source claimed Mr Barilaro resumed the Zoom meeting to inform his party that MPs would not be required to head to the crossbench. He said he would not be revealing details of the meeting, although indicated there had been concessions on both sides - a claim the Liberals denied.
While The Sunday Telegraph flagged last week how Ms Berejiklian would bring the SEPP back to Cabinet, the Nationals argued there was now a commitment that this would occur "at the earliest possible date".
"It is a win for us," a source said.
"Barra expressed what he wanted to happen and we now have an iron-clad guarantee that discussions over this green Liberal policy will take place in cabinet and is now the number policy for consideration."
The policy is expected to be discussed at the October 5 cabinet meeting.
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satellite design
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Fusion reactions
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Event-related Potentials
Repeated Measures
spectral bands
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Image Encryption
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Influence of distributed generation penetration level on performance indices of unbalance radial feeder
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Conceptualization of design modifications in re-entry vehicles - Vectoring for redirection of plasma
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Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Insights from one minute electrocardiogram studies
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The Zheng family of merchants and militarists emerged from the tumultuous seventeenth century amid a severe economic depression, a harrowing dynastic transition from the ethnic Chinese Ming to the Manchu Qing, and the first wave of European expansion into East Asia. Under four generations of leaders over six decades, the Zheng had come to dominate trade across the China Seas. Their average annual earnings matched, and at times exceeded, those of their fiercest rivals: the Dutch East India Company. Although nominally loyal to the Ming in its doomed struggle against the Manchus, the Zheng eventually forged an autonomous territorial state based on Taiwan with the potential to encompass the family’s entire economic sphere of influence. Through the story of the Zheng, Xing Hang provides a fresh perspective on the economic divergence of early modern China from western Europe, its twenty-first-century resurgence, and the meaning of a Chinese identity outside China.
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Is Balancing Selection A Type Of Natural Selection?
What are the three types of natural selection on polygenic traits?
Does balancing selection reduce genetic variation?
What are the 5 types of natural selection?
What is positive selection in genetics?
How many types of natural selection are there?
What happens during disruptive selection?
What is frequency dependent?
Which type of selection is most common?
What is balancing natural selection?
What is the difference between directional selection and balancing selection?
What are three types of natural selection?
What are the three modes of natural selection?
What is neutral variation?
Is natural selection random?
What type of natural selection is sickle cell anemia?
What are examples of disruptive selection?
What is an example of stabilizing selection?
What is disruptive natural selection?
Is Sickle Cell polygenic?
What does negative selection mean?
Why is sickle cell more common in Africa?
Natural selection on polygenic traits can affect the distributions of phenotypes in three ways: directional selection, stabilizing selection, or disruptive selection.
Evolutionary fitness is the success in passing genes to the next generation..
However, balancing selection regimes in which different sets of alleles are maintained in different populations could increase population differentiation. … Natural selection is one of the forces shaping the genetic variation within and the differentiation between populations.
Stabilizing selection, directional selection, diversifying selection, frequency -dependent selection, and sexual selection all contribute to the way natural selection can affect variation within a population.
Positive natural selection, or the tendency of beneficial traits to increase in prevalence (frequency) in a population, is the driving force behind adaptive evolution. … At the molecular level, selection occurs when a particular DNA variant becomes more common because of its effect on the organisms that carry it.
Three typesThree types of natural selection, showing the effects of each on the distribution of phenotypes within a population.
Disruptive selection, also called diversifying selection, describes changes in population genetics in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values. In this case, the variance of the trait increases and the population is divided into two distinct groups.
Frequency-dependent selection is an evolutionary process by which the fitness of a phenotype or genotype depends on the phenotype or genotype composition of a given population. In positive frequency-dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype or genotype increases as it becomes more common.
stabilizing selectionBecause most traits change little over time, stabilizing selection is thought to be the most common type of selection in most populations.
Balancing selection refers to a number of selective processes by which multiple alleles (different versions of a gene) are actively maintained in the gene pool of a population at frequencies larger than expected from genetic drift alone. … In this way genetic polymorphism is conserved.
Selection may favor a certain allele unconditionally, regardless of its frequency. Such directional or “positive” selection, if continued, will sooner or later “fix” the favored allele (i.e., increase its frequency to 1.0). … Balancing selection keeps two or more alleles at intermediate frequencies and prevents fixation.
Directional selection, stabilizing selection and disruptive selection are three types of natural selection.
Natural selection can produce three different effects on the genetic variation of a population. These three modes, known as directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection, are demonstrated in the following activity.
Neutral genetic variation is described as that which is unaffected by natural selection. … Ohta (2002) suggested that slightly deleterious mutations can lead to nearly neutral variation, and today’s literature generally uses the descriptor “neutral or nearly neutral” when describing most types of molecular variation.
The genetic variation on which natural selection acts may occur randomly, but natural selection itself is not random at all. The survival and reproductive success of an individual is directly related to the ways its inherited traits function in the context of its local environment.
The allele (S) for sickle-cell anemia is a harmful autosomal recessive. It is caused by a mutation in the normal allele (A) for hemoglobin (a protein on red blood cells).
Disruptive Selection Examples: ColorPeppered moths: One of the most studied examples of disruptive selection is the case of London’s peppered moths. … Oysters: Light- and dark-colored oysters could also have a camouflage advantage as opposed to their medium-colored relatives.More items…•
Stabilizing selection in evolution is a type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population. … Classic examples of traits that resulted from stabilizing selection include human birth weight, number of offspring, camouflage coat color, and cactus spine density.
disruptive selection: (or diversifying selection) a mode of natural selection in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values. stabilizing selection: a type of natural selection in which genetic diversity decreases as the population stabilizes on a particular trait value.
Sickle-cell anemia is just one of many genetic disorders caused by the pairing of two recessive genes. … Most traits are polygenic: controlled by more than one gene. Height is one example of a polygenic trait, as are skin color and weight.
In natural selection, negative selection or purifying selection is the selective removal of alleles that are deleterious. This can result in stabilizing selection through the purging of deleterious genetic polymorphisms that arise through random mutations.
Sickle cell disease occurs more often among people from parts of the world where malaria is or was common. It is believed that people who carry the sickle cell trait are less likely to have severe forms of malaria.
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Then and Now: What Speaker Pelosi Said About Mitt Romney in 2012
Nancy Pelosi has been praising Mitt Romney ever since President Trump took office. In 2017 she joked “wouldn’t it be great if Mitt Romney was President?” However Speaker Pelosi has not always had such positive thoughts about Mitt Romney.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sen. Mitt Romney's vote to convict President Trump: "God bless him for his courage" https://t.co/UBqnFEyV34 pic.twitter.com/joxCGkGZjb
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 6, 2020
When Romney ran for President in 2012 Pelosi hammered Romney with smears and bold faced lies.
The congresswoman allied with then-Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in spreading the lie that Romney was a tax cheat. The claim was a total falsehood, which Reid all but admitted to later, but not before Pelosi jumped in to defend the senator from critics who questioned whether the story was bogus.
“Harry Reid made a statement that is true. Somebody told him. It is a fact,” the congresswoman told the Huffington Post. “Whether he did or not can easily be disposed of: Mitt Romney can release his tax returns and show whether he paid taxes.”
“Harry Reid is a person who is, as we know, A, is a fighter, B, he wouldn’t say this unless it was true that somebody told him that,” she added.
Neither Pelosi nor Reid ever apologized for the tax smear.
Pelosi also accused Romney of intentionally bombing his own address before speaking at the NAACP
In July 2012, the California congresswoman also accused Romney of intentionally bombing his address before the NAACP, theorizing that the former governor wanted to use the image of offended black people to boost his standing with white voters.
“I think it was a calculated move on his part to get booed at the NAACP convention,” she said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.
She claimed a Romney Presidency would end womens rights in America.
At the Democratic National Convention that year in Charlotte, N.C., the congresswoman warned that a Romney presidency would cause possibly irrevocable damage to women, minorities, and the American dream itself.
“[T]he character of our country [is on the ballot],” she said. “The hard-won rights of women are on the ballot. Democrats trust the judgment of women. We reject the Republican assault on women’s health. It’s just plain wrong.”
“The American dream is on the ballot. Ladders of opportunity for our middle class are on the ballot,” Pelosi added.
She also accused him of being sexist.
Later, in an Oct. 25, 2012, interview on “The Daily Show,” Pelosi accused Romney of being a sexist.
“Respect for women or not? That’s another ‘Mittology,’ that he’s a champion for women. Please,” she said, adding, “Women have just about the most to lose, whether you’re a woman of childbearing age or senior woman, in my case.”
Here Pelosi hysterically laughs at the odds of Romney ever becoming President.
So according to Pelosi, Romney who she has called a tax evading sexist pig is now an American hero.
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London’s Luxury New Home Slump Stings Asian Developers
On the edge of London’s Canary Wharf district, the tallest residential skyscraper in western Europe was due to open this year. The Spire London’s hype gushed about the possibility of drones delivering food to residents in between their visits to the tower’s cinema and swimming pool.
Instead, all that’s rising from the board-up site owned by Chinese developer Greenland Holdings Corp. is weeds.
It’s just one cautionary tale for Asian homebuilders who flocked to the city, expecting overseas investors to follow them and buy apartments that locals can’t afford or don’t want. After accounting for two-thirds of land sales by value as recently as 2017, developers from the region have been largely absent since. They failed to buy a single plot of land in the capital through July this year, according to data compiled by Real Capital Analytics Inc.
Weeds grow at The Spire London site next to the Canary Wharf district, Dec. 11.
In Greenland’s case, the developer reportedly paused the project in 2018 as the outlook for London property worsened and tall buildings came under increased scrutiny following the Grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people.
Tricky Market’
“From an international developer standpoint, London is a tricky market to crack,” said Martin Zdravkov, head of U.K. residential investment at LaSalle Investment Management. “The last four or five years have been difficult ones.”
Developers from Asia struggled to secure sales at some projects as the fallout from the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, changing rules around building design and more taxes on foreign buyers damped demand. Now, they face a new headwind: apartment values are falling as the pandemic leads many to reassess where they want to live.
The value of those homes across London fell 40,000 pounds ($54,400) in the year through September, despite a broader U.K. housing boom, as buyers prioritize larger homes with gardens. New home sales in central London are on track to fall to the lowest since 2011, a contrast to the wider city where purchases are up on last year, according to researcher Molior London.
The market for cheaper new homes is stronger because of a stamp duty sales tax holiday and the government’s Help to Buy program, which provides loans for purchasers who only have a small down payment on properties sold for as much as 600,000 pounds.
On Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair district, Indian developer Lodha has agreed the disposal of about half of the luxury apartments it’s building at the former Canadian embassy. The homes, replete with an on-site private spa and billiards room, were first offered for sale in 2017. Tax increases and Brexit have made future investment difficult, Gabriel York, co-head of the firm’s U.K. unit, said in an interview.
“It’s affected customers’ behaviors, appetites, desires,” he said in October. “Every time one of these changes is made it causes a six-month pause, as people reflect, ‘what does that now mean for what I want to do.’” The firm still believes in central London, he said.
Asian developers were drawn to the U.K. as the pound weakened following the Brexit vote, while land prices also fell slightly as the economic outlook worsened, according to James Barton, a partner at broker Knight Frank LLP, who traveled to the region at the time to source buyers for sites in the capital.
Even earlier, one of Hong Kong’s richest families took a bite. In west London, the second phase of the Earl’s Court Lillie Square project, part-owned by members of the Kwok family, has yet to sell out -- five years after the 186 homes were first offered for sale. South of the River Thames, the Malaysian developer of apartments and offices on the Battersea Power Station site recently took an impairment charge of 156 million pounds on the project, which is valued at about 9 billion pounds.
In St. John’s Wood, a district favored by American bankers, construction hasn’t even started at a site bought by Malaysian billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan in 2011 for a reported 250 million pounds. There are weeds growing at the front of the plot, a former barracks.
Larger developments like Lillie Square and Battersea are suffering because of the tax changes for overseas buyers, according to Camilla Dell, managing partner at buying agent Black Brick Property Solutions. “That part of the new development market in London is challenged and has the potential for price falls,” she said.
Greenland, which has almost sold out its Ram Quarter project in Wandsworth, did not reply to questions. Kwok’s flagship developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. declined to comment and Krishnan wasn’t reachable.
Hong Kong Boost
There is one big positive trend for Asian-based developers. The U.K. will introduce a new route to citizenship for almost 3 million people in Hong Kong in January, which may boost demand.
The number of new London homes sold overseas rose to 860 in the third quarter, a 40% increase on the fourth quarter of last year, the last period before the pandemic disrupted sales, according to Molior.
Read more: U.K. Grants Hongkongers 5 Passports a Minute as Exodus Looms
Still, missing out on the rush to purchase homes during the stamp duty tax holiday could prove damaging for some developers, given the outlook for sales next year is poor. An additional 2% levy on overseas buyers is due to be introduced in April, the same month the jobs furlough support programs that have kept millions in employment are due to end.
Brexit is also expected to hurt the economy after Britain formally leaves the EU’s single market on Jan. 1. Bloomberg Economics estimates the new frictions mean growth will be 0.5 percentage points lower a year for the next decade than if the U.K. had stayed in the bloc.
Some projects would have struggled regardless because developers read the market wrongly or didn’t pick the right location, according to Peter Rees, Professor of Places & City Planning at University College London.
“Brexit and Covid-19 are being used as convenient excuses for the failure of ill-conceived development projects,” he said.
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Development of a Selective Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Kir1.1, the Renal Outer Medullary Potassium Channel
Gautam Bhave, Brian A. Chauder, Wen Liu, Eric S. Dawson, Rishin Kadakia, Thuy T. Nguyen, L. Michelle Lewis, Jens Meiler, C. David Weaver, Lisa M. Satlin, Craig W. Lindsley and Jerod S. Denton
Molecular Pharmacology January 2011, 79 (1) 42-50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.110.066928
Gautam Bhave
Brian A. Chauder
Eric S. Dawson
Rishin Kadakia
Thuy T. Nguyen
L. Michelle Lewis
Jens Meiler
C. David Weaver
Lisa M. Satlin
Craig W. Lindsley
Jerod S. Denton
The renal outer medullary potassium (K+) channel, ROMK (Kir1.1), is a putative drug target for a novel class of loop diuretic that would lower blood volume and pressure without causing hypokalemia. However, the lack of selective ROMK inhibitors has hindered efforts to assess its therapeutic potential. In a high-throughput screen for small-molecule modulators of ROMK, we previously identified a potent and moderately selective ROMK antagonist, 7,13-bis(4-nitrobenzyl)-1,4,10-trioxa-7,13-diazacyclopentadecane (VU590), that also inhibits Kir7.1. Because ROMK and Kir7.1 are coexpressed in the nephron, VU590 is not a good probe of ROMK function in the kidney. Here we describe the development of the structurally related inhibitor 2,2′-oxybis(methylene)bis(5-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole) (VU591), which is as potent as VU590 but is selective for ROMK over Kir7.1 and more than 65 other potential off-targets. VU591 seems to block the intracellular pore of the channel. The development of VU591 may enable studies to explore the viability of ROMK as a diuretic target.
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [Grant 1R21-NS57041-1]; the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [Grants 1R01-DK082884, DK038470, P30-DK079307]; the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences [Grants R01-GM080403, T32-GM07628]; the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Mental Health [Grants U54MH074427, 1U54-MH084659]; the American Heart Association Southeast Affiliate [Beginning Grant-in-Aid 0865106E]; and the National Kidney Foundation [Postdoctoral Fellowhip].
The online version of this article (available at http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org) contains supplemental material.
ROMK
renal outer medullary potassium (K+) channel
thick ascending limb
hERG
human ether-à-go-go-related gene
human embryonic kidney
7-methyl guanosine-capped RNA
BNBI
1,3-bis(5-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)propane
collecting duct
inward rectifying potassium
large conductance K+ channels
TPNQ
tertiapin-Q
antenatal Bartter syndrome
7,13-bis(4-nitrobenzyl)-1,4,10-trioxa-7,13-diazacyclopentadecane
2,2′-oxybis(methylene)bis(5-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole.
Accepted October 6, 2010.
Copyright © 2011 The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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When stay-at-home measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID went into effect earlier this spring, something weird happened to our sense of geography. This had particularly brutal consequences for people who had been enjoying the giddy, touchy-feely early stages of a romance. But over the following weeks, as social-distancing protocols set in, the texting communication between Barcelo and his Bumble friend went from a steady stream of check-ins to a slow trickle of memes and occasional jokes. When the coronavirus arrived, many people involved in romances that were just starting to materialize found themselves thrown into what felt like an involuntary long-distance relationship—and then watched their promising new fling sputter and slow down, in many cases to a complete halt. The loss of physical togetherness, for one thing, can take away some of the foundational experiences that lasting relationships are built on. The first few weeks or months of a dating relationship are typically considered to be some of the most magical. The early stages of dating are also when new partners gather the context clues that help them understand and make sense of each other. How does this person talk to waiters, to children, to strangers who need help?
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Now, some couples are unexpectedly navigating long distance because of quarantine; other single folk are trying out virtual dates now that bars and restaurants are closed. Chicago dating coach Bela Gandhi said the disruption caused by COVID has made people seek out relationships and romantic encounters. Dating app data matches Gandhi’s observation. According to Tinder, there were more than 3 billion swipes on March 29th, the highest number of recorded swipes for a single day in the app’s history.
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Ever have one of those magical unicorn first dates? Where everything they say, everything you talk about, everything they seem to be… too good to be true? Even though you want to and you should! This is the stage where you are both feeling each other out to see if you make a good match. Before you get ahead of yourself, use these expert tips on how to manage your expectations and not put that horse before the ever-important carriage:.
It is important to realize that the only expectations you should set, should be with yourself.
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Relationships are hard work so one expert has revealed how often you should actually see your significant other to make it work. In the early stages of a relationship less is more. Samantha added that it is during the early stages of a relationship that you should be taking a step back. She explained that when you first meet someone emotions and sexual attraction are high, which she calls the infatuation phase. This is how regularly you should see someone. If you’ve been dating for one to three m onths.
You also want to ensure you’re asking the right questions to figure out if you have the same aligned values, needs and wants. If you’ve been dating for one to three months Samantha suggests you limit it to seeing each other once a fortnight or once a week and when you do see your partner you make sure it is special and memorable. If you’ve been dating for three to six month.
Although seeing them once a week is fine, if you want to see them more by month four you can scale it up to twice depending on your schedule. During this phase you should know how compatible you are together and if you want a future with this person.
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Last week, The Washington Post published an essay examining how common it has become I had been dating a guy for almost two months.
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Michael Willemse enrolled at Rhodes University after being inspired by his year-old friend who also registered at Rhodes for a Bachelors degree in social sciences back in Willemse explained:.
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If you’re like most of us, you’ve been out with several people but it didn’t quite work you’re potentially a good fit, be very careful in the first two weeks of dating.
Dating a guy for two weeks Your date a date. Is here and have spent time together. We spend weeks. Dating that thing where you first week. On her. We should leave. Like marriages, you meet eligible single day type stuff.
Skip navigation! Story from Relationships. Just short of a month ago, I went on a date with a guy from Hinge. Our first date lasted 22 hours as one drink turned into several, then several drinks into spending the next day together, eating breakfast and exploring our city. From the beginning, this relationship was a little unconventional. After two weeks of dating, he got a cough.
He said we have been dating someone else. When someone else: how to stop this is thinking about 2 weeks of your ex is no contact.
The coronavirus crisis is putting all our relationships to the test, from home-working couples juggling emails and childcare to unattached friends trying to offer mutual support remotely, at a time when many without partners feel more single than ever. Read on to hear some of their lockdown love stories, the psychology behind their relationships and insight on why people might be quick to reach for intimacy in these unsettling times.
Credit: Simone Lourens and Tom Cashen. After setting their Tinder profiles to a broad radius, Simone Lourens and Tom Cashen, who usually live a two-hour drive away from one another, matched three weeks before a month-long lockdown in New Zealand. They plan to stay together after the crisis, although that may involve returning to a long-distance romance. Credit: Rory Boggon and Carmen Adaja.
Backpackers Carmen Adaja, who is from the Netherlands, and Rory Boggon, a Brit, are just wrapping up two weeks in quarantine in a hotel room in Hong Kong, having previously only spent six days together. The pair originally met in Cambodia and continued their travels separately, but they both rushed to Hong Kong as other places in the region began closing borders. He arrived just before Hong Kong introduced a day quarantine period for tourists, but Adaja landed a day after, so they decided to wait things out together.
So far there have been no arguments, while Adaja credits Boggon with helping her handle a difficult period, during which her grandmother has passed away and her aunt has contracted the virus. Credit: Shadi Shekarrizi.
The begged question is extreme: Are you going to be totally apart or never leave each other? It feels like a Bachelor moment. What are couples deciding? We talked to four about how it went down…. Amaiha and Lee Dating for six months Decided not to quarantine together.
The best advice I ever got about relationships came when I was in my teens So, you really think that after two weeks of dating that person will give up all of.
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Horry County Plans To Sue Myrtle Beach Over Sale of Campground
Horry County is planning to sue the city of Myrtle Beach following a push by city officials to sell campground land, which directly benefits the Myrtle Beach International Airport.
A lis pendens was filed in court last week, which signals a “suit pending.” The court document highlights the 145 acres of contentious land inside the Lakewood Camping Resort and Pirateland Family Camping Resort that the city of Myrtle Beach plans on selling.
The Myrtle Beach City Council voted in November to sell the land. However, a second vote is needed and should occur in the next month or so.
Horry County officials directly oppose the sale of the land, citing its numerous benefits to the airport and the alleged overreach of legal obligations to the county.
“We’re going to do what we can do legally to protect that property so that we can protect the airport. The airport’s important to Horry County. The sole purpose of the money generated from [the properties] is to support the airport. If that is sold and that money goes somewhere else, it won’t be supporting the airport,” said Johnny Gardner, Horry County Council Chairman.
The court filings came as a shock to Myrtle Beach officials and it is unclear at this time how these actions may affect the next city council vote on the proposed sale of the land.
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Dad who threw his baby boy into river guilty of manslaughter
Jen MillsMonday 30 Nov 2020 4:02 pm
Zak Bennett-Eko has been cleared of murder (Picture: MEN Media)
A man who threw his 11-month-old son into a river causing him to die has been found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
Zak Bennett-Eko, 23, threw baby Zakari Bennett-Eko into the River Irwell in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
The little boy died after he was pulled out by emergency service crews at about 5.15pm on September 11 last year.
His father was seen throwing his son into the river before walking to the Lock Keeper pub nearby where he was later arrested.
A six-day trial at the Nightingale court sitting at the Lowry theatre in Salford heard Bennett-Eko, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, believed his child was turning into the devil.
His defence case was that because of his mental state, he did not know what he was doing was wrong by the standards of reasonable, ordinary people and he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Zak Eko, 23, suffers from schizophrenia (Picture: MEN Media)
But the prosecution argued Bennett-Eko, who was initially charged with murder before the prosecution decided not to seek a conviction, should be found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
The jury retired just after 12pm on Monday and returned its verdict of guilty of manslaughter shortly after 3pm.
There were some cries of ‘yes’ from the public gallery as the verdict was delivered.
The court heard Bennett-Eko, who was too unwell to attend the trial, had contacted the hospital and his doctor’s surgery a number of times in the days before the incident.
He asked to be sectioned at North Manchester General Hospital on September 8 but left before being seen to, the jury was told.
Bennett-Eko, who was diagnosed with psychosis related to cannabis at the age of 17, began to miss GP appointments following Zakari’s birth, the court heard.
In text messages heard in court, his girlfriend Emma Blood told friends he had kicked her door in, thrown things at her and claimed pop star Beyonce was his mother.
In one message, she said: ‘He’s saying Zakari isn’t our baby and stuff. One second he’s OK, the next minute he’s going mad saying he’s going to kill himself.’
On September 11, Bennett-Eko had taken his son out in his pushchair at about 4pm while Miss Blood, then eight months pregnant with the couple’s second child, was upstairs in their home in River Street.
Opening the case, Rob Hall, prosecuting, said Miss Blood had told Bennett-Eko he needed to start looking after himself because she would not be able to care for two babies and him.
He said: ‘It may be that exchange set the seed in Zak’s mind that they would be better off without Zakari.’
During his evidence, psychiatrist Dr Inti Qurashi said the defendant told him he hesitated before he threw Zakari into the river and thought: ‘What the f*** am I doing.’
Summing up the case, judge Mr Justice Fraser said: ‘Dr Qurashi said he considered the hesitation before the baby was thrown into the river an important point and said it showed the defendant knew what he was about to do was wrong.’
But Bennett-Eko’s treating clinician Dr John Crosby told the court the defendant believed he was throwing the devil into the river at the time.
Dr Melanie Higgins, clinical director at Ashworth high secure hospital, where the defendant is being held, agreed with Dr Crosby.
The case was adjourned until 9.45am on Tuesday when the defendant will be sentenced.
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“We have studied the polarization-electric-field hysteresis, the dielectric permittivity dispersion, the piezoelectric PXD101 in vivo properties, the electric-field-induced strain, and the interrelations between these properties for bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) ceramics. The results indicate that the domain-wall movement in BiFeO3 is strongly inhibited by charged defects, most probably acceptor-oxygen-vacancy defect pairs. The domain-wall find more mobility can be considerably increased by preventing the defects from migrating into their stable configuration; this can be achieved by thermal quenching from above the Curie temperature, which freezes the disordered defect state. Similarly, Bi2O3 loss during annealing at high temperatures contributes to depinning of the domain walls and an increase in the remanent polarization. The possible defects causing the pinning effect are analyzed and discussed. A weakening of the contacts between the grains in the ceramics and crack propagation were observed during poling with constant field at 100 kV/cm. This is probably caused by an electrically induced
strain associated with ferroelastic domain reversal. A relatively large piezoelectric d(33) constant of 44 pC/N was obtained by “”cyclic poling,”" in which the electric field was released after each applied cycle with the purpose to relax the mechanical
stresses and minimize the problem of cracking. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3490249]“
“The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical and functional outcomes of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy, in particular Nocodazole in vitro its effect on female sexual function.
A retrospective observational study of women undergoing laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy between February 2005 and March 2009 was undertaken. Pelvic organ support was assessed objectively using the pelvic organ prolapse quantification scale (POP-Q). Functional outcomes were assessed using the International Consultation on Incontinence questionnaire for vaginal symptoms (ICIQ-VS), both preoperatively and at 6-36 months postoperatively.
Eighty-four women with a mean age of 65 years (range, 49-78 years) were studied. At follow-up in clinic, all women had good vault support (mean point C, -8.9; range, 10 to -8). Subjective improvements in prolapse symptoms and sexual well-being were observed with significant reductions in the respective questionnaire scores.
Our results confirm previous findings that laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy is a safe and efficacious surgical treatment for post-hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse.
The first sample (S1) was collected after lesions were radiograph
The first sample (S1) was collected after lesions were radiographically visible, and the second sample (S2) was collected after SBE-β-CD solubility dmso apical negative pressure irrigation (group 1) or conventional irrigation/triantibiotic dressing (group 2). All samples were seeded in a culture medium for anaerobic bacteria. Colony-forming unit counts were analyzed statistically by the Mann-Whitney test (alpha = .05).
Results. Microorganisms were present in 100% of canals of both groups in S1. In S2, microorganisms were absent in 88.6% of group 1′s canals and 78.28% of group 2′s canals. There was no significant difference between the groups in either S1 (P = .0963) or
BIX 01294 datasheet S2 (P = .0566). There was significant (P < .05) bacterial reduction from S1 to S2 in both groups.
Conclusion. In immature teeth with apical periodontitis, use of the EndoVac system can be considered
to be a promising disinfection protocol, because it provided similar bacterial reduction to that of apical positive pressure irrigation (conventional irrigation) plus intracanal dressing with the triantibiotic paste, and the use of intracanal antibiotics might not be necessary. (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2010;109:e42-e46)”
“The Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) is an anadromous fish that is of conservation concern in North America and Asia. Data on Pacific lamprey population structure are scarce and conflicting, impeding conservation efforts. We optimized 12 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Pacific lamprey. Three to 13 alleles per locus were observed in a sample of 51 fish collected from the West Fork Illinois River, Oregon. Observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.235 to 0.902 and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.214 to 0.750. Cross-species
amplification produced 8 to 12 polymorphic loci in four other Entosphenus species and in the western brook lamprey NU7026 (Lampetra richardsoni). Two loci appear to be diagnostic for distinguishing Entosphenus from Lampetra. These markers will be valuable for evaluating population structure and making conservation decisions for E. tridentatus and other lamprey species.”
“Ferroelectric (FE)/semiconductor heterostructures are very promising for future electronic devices. This paper examined several kinds of devices based on heterostructures made from FE and GaN semiconductor. Results showed that although two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) density in GaN could be tuned by the polarization of FE, it was harsh to enhance the 2DEG greatly for a practical structure even in theory. We proposed that beside the device process, structure design of the device was also important to 2DEG characteristics. To keep or enhance the 2DEG density need novel materials and/or device structures.
It will be important to develop methods of addressing this potent
It will be important to develop methods of addressing this potential barrier Vadimezan ic50 (such as detailed explanation and supervised practice) if these methods are to be successfully implemented.”
“To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of grade-five students in Alberta,
Canada, and to assess how this correlates with sociodemographic and neighbourhood characteristics.
In 2008, we conducted a comprehensive population-based survey among 3,421 grade-five students aged primarily 10-11 years from 148 schools and their parents that included questions on sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors. The HRQOL of the students was assessed using the EQ-5D Canadian English child version (EQ-5D-Y). We applied multilevel multivariable linear regression to examine the independent importance of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors for the EQ-5D-Y index and EQ-5D-Y Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score.
In five EQ-5D-Y dimensions, problems with ‘walking’, ‘looking after myself’, ‘usual activities’, ‘pain or discomfort’ and ‘worried, sad or unhappy’ were reported by 8.1% (n = 288), 6.5% (n = 215), 11.8% (n = 431), 46.0% (n = 1600), and 37.7% (n = 1292) of students, respectively. Their mean EQ-5D-Y index was 0.86 and mean EQ-5D-Y VAS was 80.4. Children from families reporting
higher educational attainment reported selleck chemical higher HRQOL both in terms of a higher EQ-5D-Y index and in terms of a higher EQ-5D-Y VAS. Also, children residing in neighbourhood characterized as providing good satisfaction and facilities reported higher HRQOL.
Public health initiatives to improve HRQOL among children selleck kinase inhibitor are suggested to take into account the influence of different sociodemographic and neighbourhood characteristics such that priority is given to those residing in towns, rural areas and dissatisfying neighbourhoods with poor access to recreational facilities and stores for fresh products.”
objective of this study was to assess the factor structure of nine health-related quality of life (HRQOL) survey items among people with and without disabilities or functional limitations (FL) and determine whether factor loadings were similar for the two groups.
Data were from US states and territories in the 2001 and 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Confirmatory factor analyses assessed fit of the data to a previously found factor structure.
A two-factor structure was confirmed, conceptually representing physical and mental health. Although this structure fit data for both people with and without FL, factor loadings were significantly different for the two groups. In all but one instance, factor loadings were higher for people with FL than for people without FL.
Results suggest that people with and without FL conceptualize physical and mental HRQOL similarly. However, the nine items analyzed appear to be a better reflection of the latent constructs of physical and mental HRQOL in the population of people with FL than those without FL.
The electrical properties were determined by four-point-probe bul
The electrical properties were determined by four-point-probe bulk conductivity measurements. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym
Sci, 2012″
“We studied the atomic arrangements and phase diagrams of two-dimensional (2D) Bi-Pb binary films on a Rh(111) surface with low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and Auger electron spectroscopy. The 2D binary films exhibited incommensurate (4 x 4) LEED patterns with any compositional ratio of Bi:Pb. Atomically resolved STM images revealed that the binary films formed hexagonal, close-packed structures in a 2D solid solution alloy. We found that the 2D binary films followed the Hume-Rothery rule. The interatomic distance decreased linearly from 0.359 nm to 0.342nm with CDK inhibitor review increasing proportions of Pb. This indicated that the lattice constant of the 2D binary films followed Vegard’s law. (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3650883]“
“Cultural niche construction is a uniquely potent source of selection on human populations, and a major cause of recent human evolution. Previous theoretical analyses have not, however, explored the local effects of cultural niche construction. Here, we use spatially explicit coevolutionary models to investigate how cultural processes could drive selection on human genes by modifying
local resources. We show that cultural ISRIB in vitro learning, expressed in local niche construction, can trigger a process with dynamics
that resemble runaway sexual selection. Under a broad range of conditions, cultural niche-constructing practices this website generate selection for gene-based traits and hitchhike to fixation through the build up of statistical associations between practice and trait. This process can occur even when the cultural practice is costly, or is subject to counteracting transmission biases, or the genetic trait is selected against. Under some conditions a secondary hitchhiking occurs, through which genetic variants that enhance the capability for cultural learning are also favoured by similar dynamics. We suggest that runaway cultural niche construction could have played an important role in human evolution, helping to explain why humans are simultaneously the species with the largest relative brain size, the most potent capacity for niche construction and the greatest reliance on culture.”
“Background: Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between specific pneumococcal serotypes and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD).
Methods and Findings: In a nationwide population-based cohort study of IPD in Denmark during 1977-2007, 30-d mortality associated with pneumococcal serotypes was examined by multivariate logistic regression analysis after controlling for potential confounders. A total of 18,858 IPD patients were included.
3 mu m to 1 0 mu m: similar to 5 x 10(14) cm(-3)) even after anne
3 mu m to 1.0 mu m: similar to 5 x 10(14) cm(-3)) even after annealing at 1000 degrees C. The concentration of all these defects generated by RIE, except for the IP4 (HK0) center, remarkably decreases by thermal oxidation. In addition, the HK0 center can also be reduced significantly by a subsequent annealing
at 1400 degrees C in Ar. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3460636]“
“Infection with the hepatitis C virus commonly occurs in patient groups who have difficulty accessing conventional medical care, reducing their chance of successful antiviral therapy. Managed care networks (MCNs) have been suggested as a mechanism of improving access to care; however, there is little evidence to support their use in patients with hepatitis C. The aim of this study was Entinostat price to evaluate the impact of a MCN for patients with hepatitis C. This was a retrospective cohort study of all individuals in our area who had received a positive
hepatitis C antibody test between August 1994 and June 2008. The MCN introduced a new referral pathway, which included nonmedical referrals and outreach nurse-led clinics. These interventions were introduced in 2004 and evaluated in 2008. After the introduction of the MCN, the proportion of individuals who accessed care increased from 61% (280/430) to 82.4% (721/875). There was an increase in nonmedical referrals with 81 (18.3%) being directly GW786034 referred from Drug Problem Services and 75 (17%) from the Prison Service. The changes to referral did not have a negative impact GDC-0941 datasheet on treatment outcomes as the number who completed treatment increased from 66.1% (43/65) to 73.7% (98/133) and the sustained virological response increased from 50.7% (33/65) to 60.9% (81/133). This study provides
evidence that the collaboration of health care professionals within a network can have a radical effect in improving access to care in a traditionally hard to reach population. This has been achieved with little additional resource, but rather working smarter with existing staff.”
“We explore a new geometry allowing effective excitation of the lowest antisymmetric standing spin wave mode in ferromagnetic metallic films with symmetrical boundary conditions. The approach is based on the use of a coplanar waveguide with the ferromagnetic film, Permalloy (Py), playing the role of the signal line. In addition, we study a signal line which is a sandwich of Py inside two nonmagnetic metallic films. We find that the thickness and conductivity of the metal films can significantly alter the amount of absorption, at ferromagnetic resonance, between the symmetric and antisymmetric spin wave modes. The experimental results are supported by numerical calculations indicating the origin of the strength of the absorption. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.
Prevention efforts in France should focus on reducing not only fo
Prevention efforts in France should focus on reducing not only food-borne but also person-to-person transmission.”
The survival of patients returning to hemodialysis (HD) following kidney transplant failure is unfavorable. However, the factors responsible
for this poor outcome are largely unknown; chronic inflammation due to failed allograft and malnutrition may GM6001 clinical trial contribute to morbidity and mortality. We aimed to compare the nutritional status and its relation with inflammation in patients on HD with and without previous kidney transplantation.
Forty-three patients with failed renal allografts (27 males; mean age 36 +/- 9 yr) and 40 never transplanted HD patients (24 males; mean age 39 +/- 9 yr) were included GW4869 in the study. Body weight, triceps (TSF), biceps (BSF), subscapular (SSSF), and suprailiac skinfold thicknesses (SISF); mid-arm, mid-arm muscle, hip and waist circumferences; as well as body mass indices (BMIs) were determined as anthropometric
parameters. Moreover, biochemical markers of nutritional status, including serum cholesterol and albumin as well as high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), as a marker of inflammation, were measured. Associations among these variables were analyzed.
There were no significant differences considering age, gender or duration of renal replacement therapy between the two groups. The TSF (p < 0.0001), BSF (p = 0.005), SSSF (p = 0.001), SISF (p < 0.0001) skinfold thicknesses; mid-arm (p = 0.003) and mid-arm muscle circumferences (p = 0.037) and BMIs (p = 0.001) of the patients with failed renal allografts were significantly lower than those CDK inhibitor of the never transplanted HD patients. Waist circumference was significantly lower as well (p = 0.028). Patients with failed transplants were characterized by lower serum albumin (p < 0.0001) and higher hs-CRP levels (p = 0.001) as compared with never transplanted HD patients.
This study confirms the concept that
retained failed allografts may induce chronic inflammation in chronic HD patients which may result in a worse nutritional status.”
“Pain intensity may be high in the postoperative period after spinal vertebral surgery. The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness and cost of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with tramadol versus low dose tramadol-paracetamol on postoperative pain. A total of 60 patients were randomly divided into two groups. One group received 1.5 mg/kg tramadol (Group T) while the other group received 0.75 mg/kg tramadol plus 1 g of paracetamol (Group P) intravenously via a PCA device immediately after surgery and the patients were transferred to a recovery room, Tramadol was continuously infused at a rate of 0.
6%) consists of stem cells, which are not originated from primord
6%) consists of stem cells, which are not originated from primordial germ cells. Absence of Oct-4
gene expression in more than half of the cases means probably the end of the productive journey of these cells, towards the oocyte.”
“Background: Bystander CPR rates are lowest at home, where 85% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur. Z-VAD-FMK clinical trial We sought to identify barriers and facilitators to CPR training and performing CPR among older individuals most likely to witness cardiac arrest.
Methods: We selected independent-living Canadians aged >= 55 using random-digit-dial telephone calls. Respondents were randomly assigned to answer 1 of 2 surveys eliciting barriers and facilitators potentially influencing either CPR training or performance. We developed survey instruments using HSP990 the Theory of Planned Behavior, measuring salient attitudes, social influences, and control beliefs.
Results: Demographics for the 412 respondents (76.4% national response rate): Mean age 66, 58.7% female, 54.9% married, 58.0% CPR trained (half >10 years ago). Mean intentions to take CPR training in the next 6 months or to perform CPR on a victim were relatively high (3.6 and 4.1 out of 5). Attitudinal beliefs were most predictive of respondents’ intentions to receive training or perform CPR (Adjusted
OR; 95% CI were 1.81; 1.41-2.32 and 1.63; 1.26-2.04 respectively). Respondents who believed CPR could save a life, were employed, and had Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Library seen CPR advertised had the highest intention to receive CPR training. Those who believed CPR should be initiated before EMS arrival, were proactive in a group, and felt confident in their CPR skills had the highest intention to perform CPR.
Interpretation: Attitudinal beliefs were most predictive of respondents’ intention to complete CPR training or perform CPR on a real victim. Behavioral change techniques targeting these specific beliefs are most likely to make an impact. (C)
2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Exposure to cadmium has been established to be carcinogenic for humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, but this is mainly based on studies with occupational exposures. The substantial 100 year long emission of cadmium by three zinc smelters in the Kempen area across the Dutch-Belgian border might have affected the incidence of cancer in this region. Following a study of increased risks of lung cancer due to cadmium emission (hazard ratio was 4.2 for high vs. low cadmium exposure areas in that study), we used data from the three regional population-based cancer registries, covering an area with 2.9 million inhabitants. Analyses of observed incidence were carried out for all cancers and cancer of the lung, kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, and breast separately.
Elongated heads, when detected as predominant abnormal form in sp
Elongated heads, when detected as predominant abnormal form in sperm samples, may affect fertilization in ICSI.”
“This study is AZD1208 price about evaluating safety and potential risk factors for complications following pelvic organ prolapse repair with the GYNECARE PROLIFT
This is a prospective observational study (Canadian Task Force II-1) performed in a tertiary referral center. A total of 114 women with pelvic organ prolapse, POP-Q stage a parts per thousand yen2, underwent a pelvic floor repair that included Prolift.
During a mean follow-up time of 7 months there were six procedure failures (5.3%) and 14 mesh exposures (12.3%), more commonly on the anterior vaginal wall. Age was inversely related to the risk of having late mesh exposure (p = 0.02) with an odds ratio of 1.99 (95% confidence interval 1.10-3.59) for each decrease of 10 years in age. Late mesh exposure was significantly more common in sexually active patients (p = 0.016).
Prolift repair has a high anatomical success rate. Young age and sexual activity are risk factors for mesh exposure.”
“Study Design. This study was a retrospective cohort study.
Objective. To examine the criteria recommended in the literature for the school-based scoliosis screening program in Hong Kong.
Summary of Background Data. School-based Akt inhibitor screening for scoliosis has been a controversy. Objectors to the policy were
concerned about the high over-referral and false-positive rates. Recommendations were then made for improvement, but the feasibility of these recommendations has not been studied.
Methods. The cohort consisted of students in
Grade 5 in 1995/1996 or 1996/1997 who underwent scoliosis screening in Hong Kong. Participants who had an angle of trunk rotation (ATR) >= 15 degrees, 2 or more moire lines, or presented significant clinical signs were referred for radiography. Screening histories and radiography records before the age of 19 years were extracted. The accuracy measures for different combinations of screening tests were examined.
Results. There were 115,178 students in the cohort, of which 3228 (2.8%) were referred for radiography. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/napabucasin.html Among the 1406 students who displayed a curve >= 20 degrees during screening, 257 (18.3%) were boys and 336 (23.9%) were identified as 16 years or older, ruling out the suggestion of screening only 10-year-old girls. The sensitivity and positive predictive value for the current referral criteria were 88.1% and 43.6%, respectively. The sensitivity would drop substantially if the use of moire topography (39.8%) or clinical signs (55.5%) were discarded. With the inclusion of these 2 tests, the clinical effectiveness measures were robust to the cutoff for ATR, unless it was set below 10 degrees.
Conclusion. Selectively screening only premenarche girls was not feasible, as this screen would have missed a significant proportion of children with significant curvature.
Most of the normal human airway is lined by a pseudostratified ep
Most of the normal human airway is lined by a pseudostratified epithelium of ciliated cells, secretory cells and 6-30% basal cells, the proportion of which varies along
the proximal-distal axis. Epithelial abnormalities range from hypoplasia (failure to differentiate) to basal-and goblet-cell hyperplasia, squamous-and Fer-1 cell line goblet-cell metaplasia, dysplasia and malignant transformation. Mesenchymal alterations include thickening of the basal lamina, smooth muscle hyperplasia, fibrosis and inflammatory cell accumulation. Paradoxically, given the prevalence and importance of airway remodeling in lung disease, its etiology is poorly understood. This is due, in part, to a lack of basic knowledge of the mechanisms that regulate the differentiation, maintenance
and repair of the airway epithelium. Specifically, selleck inhibitor little is known about the proliferation and differentiation of basal cells, a multipotent stem cell population of the pseudostratified airway epithelium. This Perspective summarizes what we know, and what we need to know, about airway basal cells to evaluate their contributions to normal and abnormal airway remodeling. We contend that exploiting well-described model systems using both human airway epithelial cells and the pseudostratified epithelium of the genetically tractable mouse trachea will enable crucial discoveries regarding the pathogenesis of airway disease.”
“An environmental-friendly approach called high-shear mechanical milling was developed to de-crosslink ground tire rubber (GTR) and waste crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE). The realization of partial devulcanization of GTR and de-crosslinking of XLPE were confirmed by gel fraction measurements. Fourier transform ALK inhibitor cancer infrared spectral studies revealed that a new peak at 1723.3 cm(-1) corresponds to the carbonyl group (-C=O) absorption was appeared after milling. The rheological properties showed that the XLPE/GTR blends represent lower apparent viscosity after mechanical milling, which means that the milled blends
are easy to process. Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) could be prepared with these partially de-crosslinked XLPE/GTR composite powders through dynamic vulcanization. The mechanical properties of the XLPE/GTR composites increased with increasing cycles of milling. The raw XLPE/GTR blends could not be processed to a continuous sheet. After 20 cycles of milling, the tensile strength and elongation at break of XLPE/GTR (50/50) composites increased to 6.0 MPa and 185.3%, respectively. The tensile strength and elongation at break of the composites have been further improved to 9.1 MPa and 201.2% after dynamic vulcanization, respectively. Re-processability study confirmed the good thermoplastic processability of the TPVs prepared. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
magna than rac-metalaxyl according to the individual 24-h-LC(50)
magna than rac-metalaxyl according to the individual 24-h-LC(50) values, and sixfold toxic than rac-metalaxyl based on 24-h-EC(50) values. In the light of 48-h-LC(50) and EC(50), this difference in toxicity was more significant. As for adult zebrafish, there was no pronounced difference in acute toxicity, in addition, at sublethal level a different pattern in inducing Na(+),K(+)-ATPase LY2606368 cost activity between them was found. In general, R-metalaxyl seemed more toxic to aquatic organisms than rac-metalaxyl. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 24: 148-156, 2009.”
“A prospective, double-blind, randomized,
and placebo-controlled trial was conducted in patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder (TMD) to check the analgesic efficacy of infrared low-power GaAlAs diode laser applied to acupuncture points. Forty female subjects, ranging in age from 20 to 40 years, with diagnoses of chronic myofascial pain and arthralgia were randomly allocated to two groups: an experimental group (EG) who received the laser acupuncture as adjunct to reversible occlusal splint therapy and a control group (CG) who received a placebo laser associated with occlusal splint therapy. Both approaches were applied once a week for 3 months. Laser acupuncture was defined by the following parameters: 50-mW continuous radiation for 90 s to acupoints ST6, SI19, GB20, GB43, LI4, LR3, NT3, and EX-HN3; defining 4.5-J
energy; 1250-W/cm(2) density NU7026 nmr point; and 112.5-J/cm(2) total density. The outcome measurements included a symptom evolution assessment carried out by checking spontaneous and palpation pain intensity, which was indicated on a visual analog scale (VAS). All evaluations were made by an assessor who was blind to the treatment.
The symptom reduction was significant in both groups (EG: VAS = 0, n = 20; CG: VAS between 2 and 4, n = 18). The measurements showed significantly faster and lower pain intensity values in the EG (p a parts per thousand currency signaEuro parts per thousand 0.002), where there was a higher proportion of patients with remission of symptoms related to the action of laser acupuncture. For patients in whom conservative treatment was adopted, the laser acupuncture is a secure, click here noninvasive, and effective treatment modality because it improves the chronic pain associated with TMD and has no side effects.”
“This report describes the diagnosis and surgical management of a pulmonary valve cystic mass in a symptomatic 7-year-old boy. Cardiac valve cysts are extremely rare beyond the age of 6 months and typically not associated with symptoms. These lesions may grow, leading to progressive stenosis, regurgitation, or ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Therefore, these lesions should be monitored for change in size and/or, hemodynamic changes. Surgical intervention may be required for symptomatic patients.
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How to talk to your kids about mental health as the school year begins
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Parents should have honest conversations about the effects of COVID-19 as they check on the mental wellbeing of their kids, experts say. (Photo provided by Next Door)
As school reopens during an unprecedented year, experts urge parents to have conversations with their kids about their mental wellbeing.
Children’s Wisconsin, for example, is introducing a new campaign, called “Shine Through,” which is dedicated to facilitating difficult conversations about mental health for children.
The campaign is part of Children’s Wisconsin’s five-year, $150 million plan to improve mental health services in the state.
Lakiesha Russell, a child and family therapist with Children’s Wisconsin, said that children need to have a safe zone where they can express their emotions.
‘Everyone has mental health’
Parents might be tempted to say their kids are “too young” to have mental health issues or not take them seriously. But children of any age can experience stressors, and it’s important to address them when they do, Russell said
“Everyone has mental health,” Russell said. “Everyone needs a way to process it.”
Russell said it’s important for parents to check in every day with their kids to see how they’re doing during the pandemic.
Russell said she stresses providing coping skills for the students, which includes giving them an outlet to express their emotions. Russell said that outlet can include writing, journaling or even deep breathing.
In addition, Russell tries to expand the “emotional vocabulary” of the children she works with. Instead of them relying only on “sad, mad and glad,” she tries to teach students to go deeper and examine what they’re truly feeling.
Ultimately, Russell said, it’s important for parents to exhibit healthy behaviors and outlets themselves.
“Model what you want the children in your life to do,” Russell advised.
Advice for remote learning
Latasha Holt, the youth social development director at Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, recommends establishing a schedule to help students get back in the mindset for school.
Holt has been practicing this with her daughter, who is in the seventh grade. She recommends waking kids up early and making sure they eat breakfast before they log onto online classes.
Holt also suggests giving students “debriefers” and recreational time to help break up the day. A debriefer can be any break where students don’t have to focus on schoolwork.
This could include taking a walk or doing something outside. Holt said lunch breaks and recess are examples of debriefers.
Holt said students need a routine, even while learning from home.
Parents, she said, should hold honest conversations with children about COVID-19.
The conversations should stress the importance of following safety precautions, while also reassuring kids things will be OK, Holt said.
“It’s important to sit them down and say: ‘This is how we as a family are going to deal with it,’” Holt said.
Create a “safe zone” for your kids.
Give kids an outlet to express their emotions.
Check in regularly with your kids.
Expand their “emotional vocabulary.”
Give kids a routine.
Model the behavior you expect.
Make sure kids eat before they begin virtual instruction.
Make sure kids get breaks from virtual learning.
Have honest conversations with them.
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Hayden Cobra
The new leader of the pack
Farm / Rover
Hayden Cobra Origins: Chapter 4
In this chapter we explore the chassis design changes to suit larger and taller drivers, the decision to use an advanced resin for the body and other changes that have made the COBRA such a success with the discerning buyer.
The multi-tube chassis which Les developed for his new Cobra was enthusiastically received by the larger and taller drivers, who appreciated the much lower seating position which this new chassis offered. They no longer had to sit on top of a 100mm chassis member but could now fit properly into the car and instead of looking directly at the top of the windscreen frame, they now could look through the glass. With the multi-tube chassis it was easy to drop the seats by 100mm, and this has made a huge difference to the comfort of larger people.
Another advantage of this lower seating position was that Les could now rake the windscreen back more than the standard angle of rake, and this improved the aesthetics of the car, as many people feel that the standard Cobra windscreen is mounted in too upright a position and that it would look much better if slanted back a bit.
Another criticism from owners of early cars was that after some time there was a tendency for slight ripples to appear along the top surface of the front fenders. Les suspected that this might be caused by heat distortion of the body, as it was in the area directly opposite the engine and exhaust headers, which radiate off a lot of heat when the car is stopped after reaching normal operating temperature.He contacted his resin supplier who denied this possibility, saying that their General Purpose polyester resin could handle temperatures as high as 80 degrees Celsius. However, when Les spoke to the supplier of resins to the manufacturers of the Nissan Sani vehicles, he was told that their experience was that their body panels could reach temperatures of over 100 degrees C just from sun exposure when painted in dark colors. Les was advised to change to a more expensive vinyl-ester resin for his Cobra bodies, as this has a far greater heat distortion tolerance. He took this advice, and had no further problems with ripples on the front fenders.
COBRA assembly: Cape Town
His badge supplier offered to supply the round Cobra badges fitted to the front and rear of the car with a new type which was covered in clear resin. These looked good and were tried for a while, but dropped after it was noticed that the clear resin had a tendency to discolor in time. Les therefore reverted to the original badge design of slightly domed brass pressings, chrome plated and enameled.
The side louvers were improved by a re-design after two cars were shipped to the UK for SVA safety inspection, and all sharp edges had to be replaced with rounded ones. Although not a requirement in South Africa, Les decided to use these new louvers on his local cars anyway.
COBRA models sent to the UK for SVA inspection.
The next problem to be addressed was a further increase in interior space, as Les believes that we ignore larger customers at our peril. In a car as small as the Cobra, this is no easy task, as the designer has to cram so many big components, including a hefty V8 Engine and transmission, large brakes, large differential and huge wheels and tyres into a car with a wheelbase shorter than a VW Citi-Golf.
How this was accomplished will be related in the following chapter.....
Timour Hall 2020
AC Cobra? More Like DC Cobra!
Comfortable Cruising
Montague Gardens, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa
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Home Media When I Grow Up – nmcn Childrens Book
When I Grow Up – nmcn Childrens Book
As an industry we are facing our worst ever skills crisis, so it’s vital that we work hard now to inspire future generations of construction workers at every level.
As part of our Positive Impact Plan we have committed to engaging with at least 5,000 children by 2025. We will inspire young people around the world of work and encourage them to consider the construction industry. By pledging to educate school children about the industry, we can do our bit to ensure we continue to attract skilled workers to our industry.
As part of these efforts we have written our first ever children’s story book. “When I grow up” takes you through the journey of twins Harry and Amy, who are considering their future careers as part of their school careers day competition. The story covers a range of engineering activities and demonstrates to children that without the hard work of those in the construction industry, many other roles would not be made possible.
The book is aimed at Key Stage 1 (Ages 4-7) and aims to inspire young minds to consider a career in construction while increasing community engagement, raising money for Mind and building greater relationships with schools as part of our ongoing STEM efforts.
If you want to know more, would like a copy or would like to get involved in “When I Grow Up” in any way please email info@nmcn.com
We are making the book available for free in order to spread the message as widely as we can to the next generation.
Our corporate charity partner is Mind. If you wish to help us with our fundraising and make a donation, then please follow this link.
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Inspired by the book, we have created an animated version of When I Grow Up. This is designed to help make our message as easy as possible to spread and as accessible as it can be for all. There is also a signed version for those children with hearing impairments which has been signed by our own Adam Scattergood, Apprentice Estimator.
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We’d love to see photos of you enjoying the book so please share on social media and tag nmcn (don’t forget to use the hashtag #WhenIGrowUp #PositiveImpact) or send them over to us at info@nmcn.com
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The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected...
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Petty, Alek A.; Stroeve, Julienne C.; Holland, Paul R.; Boisvert, Linette N.; Bliss, Angela C.; Kimura, Noriaki; Meier, Walter N.
The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016 was highly noteworthy, as it featured record low monthly sea ice extents at the start of the year but a summer (September) extent that was higher than expected by most seasonal forecasts. Here we explore the 2016 Arctic sea ice state in terms of its monthly sea ice cover, placing this in the context of the sea ice conditions observed since 2000. We demonstrate the sensitivity of monthly Arctic sea ice extent and area estimates, in terms of their magnitude and annual rankings, to the ice concentration input data (using two widely used datasets) and to the averaging methodology used to convert concentration to extent (daily or monthly extent calculations). We use estimates of sea ice area over sea ice extent to analyse the relative “compactness” of the Arctic sea ice cover, highlighting anomalously low compactness in the summer of 2016 which contributed to the higher-than-expected September ice extent. Two cyclones that entered the Arctic Ocean during August appear to have driven this low-concentration/compactness ice cover but were not sufficient to cause more widespread melt-out and a new record-low September ice extent. We use concentration budgets to explore the regions and processes (thermodynamics/dynamics) contributing to the monthly 2016 extent/area estimates highlighting, amongst other things, rapid ice intensification across the central eastern Arctic through September. Two different products show significant early melt onset across the Arctic Ocean in 2016, including record-early melt onset in the North Atlantic sector of the Arctic. Our results also show record-late 2016 freeze-up in the central Arctic, North Atlantic and the Alaskan Arctic sector in particular, associated with strong sea surface temperature anomalies that appeared shortly after the 2016 minimum (October onwards). We explore the implications of this low summer ice compactness for seasonal forecasting, suggesting that sea ice area could be a more reliable metric to forecast in this more seasonal, “New Arctic”, sea ice regime.
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Petty, Alek A. / Stroeve, Julienne C. / Holland, Paul R. / et al: The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows. 2018. Copernicus Publications.
DOI (10.5194/tc-12-433-2018)
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-433-2018
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Home » Musicals » Othello: The Remix
Back to the 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals
Othello: The Remix
by The Q Brothers (GQ and JQ)
Developed with Rick Boynton
Jackson Doran, Postell Pringle, G Q and J Q
Number of Acts: 1
Number of Principals (Male): 4
Total Cast Size: 4
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Voice of Desdemona is recorded.
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This fresh take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is spun out and lyrically rewritten over original beats by The Q Brothers—America’s leading re-interpreters of Shakespeare through hip-hop. Whether you’re looking for a rockin’ night of rhythm and rhyme or a new way to think about Shakespeare, Othello: The Remix delivers an intense, high energy spin like no other.
Othello: The Remix is forging its own path in musical theatre, led by its creators The Q Brothers. With only four actors, Othello is updated and brought to life with a hip-hop beat in a way that respects the source material but isn’t afraid to take some parts and remix them.
- Festival Committee
Othello: The Remix was commissioned for the Globe to Globe Festival by Shakespeare’s Globe, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Richard Jordan Productions. Since its world premiere on May 5, 2013 as part of the London 2012 Cultural, it has toured widely, captivating audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Australia, Germany, South Korea, Poland, New Zealand, and United Arab Emirates. Over the years, it has garnered tremendous acclaim and honors, including Edinburgh’s Musical Theatre Matters Awards for Best New Musical Theatre Show and Best Lyrics, as well as a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Ensemble. The show is a past recipient of a Writers Residency Grant from NAMT’s National Fund for New Musicals.
Festival Successes
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (IL) production in April 2016. Off-Broadway production in November 2016 at the Westside Theatre (NY) produced by John Leguizamo.
5 Things You Should Know
Othello: The Remix was written by some hip hop freaks/
We rhyme our conversations while we flip hot beats/
Different from the norm, it's a whole new form/
When the Bomb-itty hit in '99 it was born/
And now it's catchin on and there's no stoppin it/
Shakespeare and Hip Hop? You thought they was opposites/
If lyrics get you geeked, we got some verbal treats/
Stealin from Shakespeare like he stole from the Greeks/
Good storytellers borrow, but great ones steal/
So believe me, the thievery is how we keep it real/
Othello: The Remix is performed entirely to track and is under 90 minutes at full length. It is a musical and an opera of sorts, because all scenes are over music and in verse. It requires a cast of four raptors (rapping actors) plus a DJ. However the cast could be made larger by "undoubling" roles. We are excited for alternative casting opportunities.
Audiences in 11 countries have experienced the joy of The Remix, but folks in the US have yet to discover it, except for those who caught our highly-acclaimed 6-month run at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
A water molecule is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, and the four actors in Othello: The Remix drink tons of them, as they rap, dance, and play over 25 characters combined!
We are open to and excited for a New York run, touring possibilities, regional productions, licensing opportunities and the show eventually making its way to the big screen.
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Home News School Pupils mark Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday with street walk
School Pupils mark Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday with street walk
Primary school pupils in four Private schools in Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday took to the streets of the state capital on mass protest in commemoration of Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday to express their disaffection over the continued hostage of Leah, a student of Girls Science Secondary School, Dapchi, kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists.
The Pupils displayed placards with different inscriptions while moving round the streets of Jos, making demands on government to expedite actions for the rescue and release of Leah from Boko Haram captivity.
National Daily learned that the pupils stretched out on solidarity mass procession for the teenager who is the only captor in the den of the Boko Haram terrorists after over one year of the kidnap of 112 female students of Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi, Yobe State, on 19th February, 2018.
ALSO READ: Leah Sharibu turns 16 today in Boko Haram captivity
The Federal Government on March 21, 2018, announced that the Boko Haram terrorists had returned 106 of the abducted school girls with the exception of Leah Sharibu who was said to be held back for resisting denouncing her Christian faith before the jihadists. About five of the victims were said to have died on the way while being taken away b y the terrorists.
Leah has since then become a global phenomenon, generating demands on the Nigerian government to ensure her safety and freedom from the Boko Haram captors.
Leah’s 16th birthday anniversary becomes significant with the participation of civil society groups.
National Daily also learned that the President of the Leah Sharibu Foundation, who also joined the peaceful procession, appealed to the wife of Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, to stand in the gap of all mothers to impress upon President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill the promise he made to Leah’s parents to bring her back home safe.
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Wrestling breaks five match losing streak
The Vantage Feb 11, 2019 0 Comments
By Kristian Gejac, Staff Writer
The Newman wrestling team picked up its first win after a five-dual losing streak.
The no. 22 ranked Jets defeated no.15 Maryville 24-18 on Jan. 26 in St. Louis, Mo.
The win improves the season record to 3-5.
The win comes only a day after losing to no. 6 ranked Lindenwood 36-7.
Head Wrestling Coach Ryan Smith was pleased with the result.
“It couldn’t have come at a better time.” Smith said. “We dropped some duals when we probably shouldn’t have… so picking up that win against a top 20 team is a big deal.”
The Jets had the opportunity to build on their win against Maryville but were beaten by conference opponents Nebraska-Kearney, who were ranked second in the nation at the start of the season, 35-9.
The team aims to keep pushing to be the best out there.
“As a team, we want to be the toughest in the country. Our aim is to take all 10 guys to the nationals and be the national champions,” sophomore Noah Perkins said.
It remains business as usual for the Jets as they get ready for their next challenge.
“Preparation is no different than it has been. The guys are in there doing what they need to do to be ready.” Smith said.
Due to the winter weather, yesterday’s dual against Pratt Community College was canceled.
Wrestling will conclude its regular season 7 p.m. Wednesday against Fort Hays State.
PHOTO: WRESTLING WILL CONCLUDE its regular season 7 p.m. Wednesday against Fort Hays State. Courtesy photo, Newman Athletics
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Home » Premier League » Inter poised to give loyal Man United servant new lease of life
Inter poised to give loyal Man United servant new lease of life
Despite David Moyes reportedly labelling Nemanja Vidic ‘the best defender I’ve ever worked with’ it appears the Scot and Manchester United are still happy to let his current contract expire this summer.
Heading the list of clubs more than grateful for United’s apparent lack of interest in resigning their defensive stalwart, are Inter Milan.
Some rumours doing the rounds even suggest that talks between 32-year-old Vidic and the Italian club have ended in an informal agreement for a transfer this summer.
However, given the stature of the player – who has helped the Red Devils to five Premier League titles and a Champions League during his time at Old Trafford – there are understandably others thought to be sniffing around his signature.
Among those are Serie A champions Juventus and the gazillionaires of Monaco, who are looking to build a side capable of challenging for the Champions League trophy.
Although Man United’s skipper has endured his fair share of injury problems in recent seasons, the fact he is still first choice when fit, renders the decision not to keep him at the club bewildering.
As it stands the champions are in a scrap just to make fourth this season, a tussle that Ladbrokes rate at 7/2 for them to win, with Liverpool currently seven points better off occupying the spot presently.
Granted, Vidic no longer strikes as much fear as he once used to into Premier League centre-forwards, but even as Moyes looks to reshape his own team for next season, having a player who has won so much about the place surely can’t hurt.
Meanwhile, Vidic is in line to return to the United starting line-up against Fulham after serving his three-match ban for being sent off against Chelsea in their 3-1 loss.
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Verity Named Interim Director for Study Abroad
The Office of Academic Affairs has announced that Hannah Verity, director of Global Program Development, has been named interim director of the Office of Study Abroad effective June 1. In this role, she will work with colleagues in Study Abroad and the WINS program to develop plans for an expanded and enhanced Study Abroad campaign for 2017-18.
Verity will continue in the role of director of Global Program Development while serving as interim director of Study Abroad.
“Key aspects of successful, meaningful study abroad include alignment with students’ academic programs and the support and encouragement of faculty and advisors,” said Nancy Hellerud, vice provost. “Hannah’s work on the faculty and academic program side, including oversight of faculty mobility programs, will be valuable in making the connections to academic units and enhancing the opportunities to imbed high-impact practices in our international education opportunities.”
Webster’s Office of Study Abroad and WINS (Webster International Network of Schools) Program offer a variety of international opportunities for students at Webster’s international campuses and through collaborative partnerships. Webster is a Generation Study Abroad Commitment Partner and a member of the Forum on Education Abroad.
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Newsfeed.org > Articles by: Martina Frascona 'Sochurkova
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Messenger launches a desktop application for group video calls
5. 6. 2020 | Martina Frascona 'Sochurkova
Recently, the number of online video calls has been growing significantly. Facebook is responding to this situation by introducing the Messenger desktop application, which will enable group video chats on a computer. You can use...
Instagram adds a direct messaging feature to desktop
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Here is a summary of recent news from Facebook and its other platforms related to the current coronavirus pandemic. Posts and events that encourage protests against quarantine measures will be deleted by Facebook. WhatsApp is...
Facebook will link brand loyalty programs with customer activity on the platform
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Facebook is testing the interconnection between company loyalty programs and their customers on the platform. Facebook has recently launched a new pilot program that effectively links a user's brand loyalty activities to their...
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Do you like 3D images, but don't have a smartphone that can create them? Facebook has come out with a new feature that will convert any static 2D image into a 3D photo simulation. So far, sharing 3D photos on Facebook has been...
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Facebook has released new crisis survival guides for retail and e-commerce
As the coronavirus situation continues, the buying behavior of users is changing. Businesses must keep pace with all this and adjust their processes to avoid losing customers or revenue. Facebook is trying to help businesses and...
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Facebook has begun providing location data to health authorities to help monitor human movements and the spread of COVID-19. Facebook also developed a set of tools for groups to better share important information about the...
5 Facebook tips on communicating with customers via Messenger
In recent months, Facebook has introduced many changes to the process of using Messenger for Business. Based on these changes, we have prepared a list of tips to help companies apply the new features to their business. All of...
Facebook has banned the use of device-level data for mobile advertisers
Facebook has updated their Advanced Mobile Measurement Terms and Conditions, which prohibit advertisers running mobile campaigns from receiving device-level (or post-view) data. This allows advertisers to measure campaign...
Facebook has seen a reduction in advertising spend during the COVID-19 pandemic
Facebook is experiencing many changes in the behavior of companies and users, which logically result from the pandemic situation. Businesses are investing less in advertising and regular users are spending more time on the...
Facebook introduces new Hobbi app
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Facebook Stories will be able to be shared on Instagram
Facebook has begun testing a new feature that will let you share Stories on Instagram from the Facebook platform. Stories are growing in popularity and Facebook wants to encourage cross-publishing in the opposite direction....
Facebook lowers video quality and introduces additional coronavirus-related measures
Currently, the quarantines and limitations that have come with the spread of COVID-19 mean that people are online more often, and the Internet is struggling with a lot of congestion. Facebook, therefore, decided to lighten and...
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Sedition charges possible in Capitol riots, Justice official says...
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Peter Weber’s mom Barbara reacts to his and Kelley Flanagan’s cut up
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In December, the couple decided to take their romance to a new level by moving into New York together.
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Pope Francis’ personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, dies from Covid-19
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Pope Francis named Soccorsi his personal physician in August 2015, after not renewing the term of papal doctor Patrizio Polisca, who was also head of the Vatican’s healthcare services.
Since the pontificate of St. Pope John Paul II, the two positions had been tied together, but Pope Francis diverged from this custom by choosing Soccorsi, a doctor from outside the Vatican.
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Soccorsi trained in medicine and surgery at Rome’s La Sapienza University. His career included both medical practice and teaching, especially in the areas of hepatology, the digestive system, and immunology.
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He’s baaaaaack: Leafs pull a stunner, hire Lamoriello as GM (Updated)
By Mike HalfordJul 23, 2015, 10:34 AM EDT
In a surprising move that few saw coming, the Toronto Maple Leafs filled their vacant general manager position by hiring longtime Devils GM Lou Lamoriello.
More, from the club:
Lamoriello has been named the 16th General Manager in the Club’s history. Lamoriello joins the Leafs after previously spending the last 28 years in the New Jersey Devils organization.
On May 4, 2015, Ray Shero was introduced as the Devils’ new General Manager while Lamoriello remained in his role as President of Hockey Operations. He finished as the longest serving General Manager of any one team in the history of the NHL at 28 years (1987-2015).
In conjunction with this announcement, the Devils announced that Lamoriello had stepped down as president, a role he retained after shifting GM duties to Shero.
UPDATE: Despite Lamoriello’s resignation, the Leafs will still be required to compensate New Jersey for the hire, per Sportsnet. According to NorthJersey.com, it’s a third-round pick.
Is it fair to say this hire came out of left field?
Yes. But it’s not hard to see the connection between Lamoriello and the Leafs organization.
Lamoriello was Toronto team president Brendan Shanahan’s first boss upon breaking into the NHL in 1987. In fact, Shanahan referenced Lamoriello this season while suspending Nazem Kadri for behavioral issues; Shanahan said he never forgot getting parked for three games during his rookie season with the Devils, and referenced it while discussing Kadri’s punishment.
A known disciplinarian, Lamoriello’s strict, no-nonsense approach fits with Toronto’s organizational overhaul. At the NHL draft in June, new head coach Mike Babcock explained exactly what that overhaul would look like.
“The number-one characteristic of a Toronto Maple Leaf is a good human being. Period.” Babcock said. “So if you don’t fit that, you’re not going to be here. Anything that’s been going on is going to get cleaned up.
“We’re going to be a fit, fit team. We’re going to be a team that comes to the media everyday, after a win, after a loss, after practice, and owns their own stuff. Period.”
As for the long term ramifications of this big hire — at 72, it’s fair to speculate that Lamoriello might not be long for the Toronto job. He could be in a similar “caretaker” position to the one ex-‘Canes GM Jim Rutherford took in Pittsburgh; Rutherford is mentoring assistant GMs Jason Botterill, Tom Fitzgerald and Bill Gueirn, and it’s likely that Lamoriello will do the same for Kyle Dubas and Mark Hunter.
The Leafs have scheduled a press conference with Shanahan and Lamoriello for 2 p.m. ET today. More to follow.
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Posted on September 12, 2014 by Roberta Estes
A G.W. Scott cabinet card photograph of Chief Big Head, a Sioux Indian, taken between 1880-1890 in North Dakota.
In the records of Indian Chiefs and Visitors to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, we find a listing for Big Headed, Dakota Chief. I cannot find any references to Big Headed, but there are two Chief Big Heads that are from the Dakota Territory. The school was open from 1879 to 1918, so Big Headed or Big Head would have visited or attended during that time.
Chief Big Head, Pahtanka or Nasula-Tanka was born about 1838 and died in 1889.
Big Head, the head chief of the Cut Head band of the Yanktonais, was born in the winter called Wičhapi Okhičamna, the Moving of the Stars and the time of the great smallpox year called Wičahaŋhaŋ. In this year the stars did not fall to the earth as they did in 1834 and ’37, but the movement of the stars went on in the heavens with flashes and great disturbances all during the night. This is said to have happened in 1830, according to the record of Little Dog, a Huŋkpapȟaya.
Big Head, commonly called Pažipa, was influential in his band. He had good judgment, was kind and truthful. He born in Minnesota. He had 25 families and lodges in his camp. The Yanktonais lived in the Dakota Territory east of the Missouri River, east to the Misapplies and North to the Apple Creek Valley which they considered their homeland.
Big Head (Pahtanka or Nasula-tanka, which means Big Head or Big Brain), son of a Yanktonais Chief with the same name and his wife Turns Back (ca. 1814), was born about 1838. The 1858 treaty with the Yanktons (they had agreed to a massive land cession of 11 million acres, nearly 23 percent of the present state of South Dakota) infuriated the Lakotas and Yanktonais. This land cession directly affected the Yanktonais, whose primary bison hunting grounds were east of the Missouri River. At Fort Pierre, Lakotas demanded that the federal government revoke the 1858 treaty and stop the Yankton treaty payments. Further up the river, Upper Yanktonai chief Big Head (father), who had a reserved attitude toward the whites, refused the treaty and to accept treaty annuities. He, accompanied by eighty warriors, sharply informed Indian Agent Alexander H. Redfield that the Yanktons had no authority to cede these lands, for they belonged to all Sioux.
In 1863, the older Big Head and the Yanktonais were involved in the punishment campaign following the Minnesota Uprising. He survived and was captured at the Massacre of White Stone Hill located near Kulm, North Dakota the following year. Chief Big Head and Chief Two Bears with other survivors were taken to Fort Randall, South Dakota and held prisoner for two years.
On 3 September 1864, they were engaged in the Battle of Whitestone Hill, where General Alfred Sully surrounded a Sioux hunting encampment, containing some 500 lodges, mainly Yanktonais under the leaders Two Bears, Little Soldier, and Big Head and Hunkpapa under their leader Black Moon. Some Santee were also present. Sully attacked the Sioux and massacred mostly women and children because the men were out hunting. Then Sully rounded up the friendly bands of Little Soldier and Big Head, about 30 men and 90 women and children in all, who were taken as prisoners of war to Crow Creek Agency, where many died from starvation. Some Winter Counts report the death of a Dakota called Big Head, who was taken prisoner by soldiers. This must have been the older Big Head.
After the death of his father, the son took the name Big Head. Big Head and his band were captured by General Sully at White Stone Hill. They were brought down to Old Fort Sully and, after the Treaty of 1868, he and part of the Cut Head bands were placed at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory. Remnants of the bands of Cut Heads can be found at Devil’s Lake, North Dakota; Poplar, Montana; and Crow Creek, South Dakota. During the battle of White Stone Hill, Big Head became separated from his wife and was reported killed. She had a small son. Later, she became the wife of Waanataŋ or Charger, a Mnikowožu chief. When a reunion of the nations took place, Mrs. Big Head saw her former husband alive and well at a dance. She told Waanataŋ she wished to return to her former husband. Waanataŋ felt pretty bad but acted the man. He loaded her horses with costly presents and leading a horse for a present to Big Head, he led the horse of his wife and returned her to Big Head. The chiefs shook hands and became loyal friends.
On October 20 and 28, 1865, the U.S. made treaties with Hunkpapa and Yanktonai at Fort Sully. The signers included Two Bears, Big Head, Little Soldier, and Black Catfish. In these treaties, the Indians agreed to cease all hostilities with U.S. citizens and with members of other tribes. They also agreed to withdraw from overland routes through their territory. They accepted annuity payments, and those who took up agriculture would receive implements and seed.
Three years later, in 1868, Big Head was a signatory to the “Fort Laramie Treaty,” which was actually signed at Fort Rice by the Yanktonais. In 1868, he was a signatory to the Fort Laramie Treaty. In the following year, the Grand River Agency (moved and renamed Standing Rock in 1874) was established.
According to Edward S. Curtis, more or less all Yanktonais lived on reservations by 1869. The 1874 Census revealed the following populations at Grand River Agency: Upper Yanktonai, 1,406; Lower Yanktonai, 2,607; Hunkpapa, 1,556; and Blackfeet, 871. But many Sioux, who were still living in the un-ceded lands as provided in the 1868 Treaty, were uncounted.
Big Head and his Cut Head band still roamed the upper Missouri and even the Milk River region in Montana in the 1870s. His band settled – at least for a time – at the Fort Peck/Poplar River Agency. In 1872, Big Head was one of the Yanktonais leaders who travelled to Washington.
The Yanktonais head chiefs – Medicine Bear, Black Eye, Two Bears, Big Head, and others – wanted to negotiate the acceptance of their wish to stay in Montana at the new Milk River Agency (later Fort Peck). In the end they failed.
In 1876, there were only a few Yanktonais in the battle of the Little Bighorn. It is known that a small group of Yanktonais from Fort Peck – Thunder Bear, Medicine Cloud, Iron Bear, Long Tree, and some women – joined Sitting Bull’s camp to hunt and trade. At that time, the Yanktonais skirmished a lot with tribes like the Gros Ventre, the Assiniboines, and the Crows.
In 1876, Big Head was in the Battle of Little Bighorn (Greasy-Grass). After the Battle; he took refuge in Grandmother’s country (Canada) with other chiefs and bands. According to oral history, Sitting Bull told the chiefs to scatter in their return to the United States so they would not be killed prior to his surrender. In the early 1880s, Big Head, who called himself Felix Big Head, moved to Standing Rock, where he had 17 lodges and 168 people under his care in the northern part of the reservation .
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In the 1885 Standing Rock Ration List, Chief Big Head is shown to have 17 lodges and 168 people:
Natan Hinape (Comes Out Attacking)
Wakua Mani (Walking Hunting)
Itoye Tate (Wind In His Face)
Waciyanpi (Trusting In)
Tutiyopa Maza Win (Her Iron Door)
Wakeya Win (Carries the Lodge)
Naicijin (Stands to Defend Himself)
Mato Witko (Fool Bear)
Tatanka Ohitika (Brave Bull)
Anpetu Wakan (Holy Day)
Anpetu Rota (Grey Day)
Mato Sabiciye (Bear Makes Himself Black)
Sunka Wakantuya (High Dog)
Nakpa Ogi (Brown Ears)
Tatanka Wakute (Shoot the Buffalo)
Nakpa Duta (Bed Ears)
Tatanka Wanbdi (Bull Eagle)
Tunka Iyotake (Sitting Boulder)
Horpi (Nest)
Cokab Iyaye (Goes In the Middle)
Takana Duta (Red Swift)
Maka Okyan (Flying In the Earth)
Ota Apapi (Struck Plenty)
Kangi Ciqana (Little Crow)
Rante Maza (Iron Cedar)
Maza Kutepi (Shoot the Iron)
Wanbdi Watakpe (Charging Eagle)
Ti Wakan (Holy House)
Atateya Mani (Walking Wind)
Iyutanyan (Mrs. Galpin)
Wakiyan Duta (Red Thunder)
Keze (Barb of Fish Hook)
To wan ota (His Many Arrows)
Wasu Rota Win (Grey Hail)
Upi Kdeska (Spotted Skirt)
Wahacanka Wakan (Holy Shield)
Toka Ole (Hunts the Enemy)
Kankeca Supa (Black Woodpecker)
Hitunkasan Cante (Weasel Heart)
Tokicuwa (Warrior)
Sioux Reservation in 1888, above – Standing Rock near the top right.
On the Standing Rock Reservation and under the tutelage of Agent McLaughlin, Big Head, who had evolved into one of the main Standing Rock leaders, belonged to the strong supporters of the Edmunds plan. Taking part in reservation politics, Big Head got his hair cut and, in 1888, he went to Washington, dressed in a suit, as part of the Sioux delegation to negotiate the cession of Sioux lands. On this occasion (and with the support of Agent McLaughlin) the Sioux successfully fought against the selling out of reservation land.
At the taking of their picture Chief Big Head’s hair was cut and he dressed in this suit as part of the delegation from Standing Rock that went to Washington D.C. in 1888.
That would change in 1889. When the new Crook commission convened its hearings at Standing Rock in July 1889, Gall, John Grass, Mad Bear, and Big Head were prepared to speak out against the second Sioux bill as they had in Washington. But Major McLaughlin had switched positions and, in private conversations, he turned over Grass, Mad Bear, and Big Head.
Grass, “with the facility of a statesman,” argued convincingly on behalf of the new position. Gall, Mad Bear, and Big Head gave shorter but likewise influential speeches on behalf of the 1889 Sioux bill, which enraged Sitting Bull. These leaders compelled many undecided agency Indians to vote for the new bill. Gall and Mad Bear later regretted their decision.
Major James McLaughlin, Indian Agent at Standing Rock for a time, thought very highly of him as a man. During the negotiation of the treaty of 1889, Big Head worked hard among his people to hold on to their land and not dispose of any more of it in treaties until the previous treaties were fulfilled.
The commissioners from Washington, consisting of Governor Foster of Ohio, Captain Pratt, and General Crook, all threatened war if the Indians did not consent. Big Head said:
“It is no use to talk about the old times. The Government has made treaties two or three times and the Commissioners never tell lies. They told us at Ft. Rice (1868) that they would give every family a yoke of oxen, a cow, a wagon and other things and said nothing about land being selected. The interpreter who explained the treaty to us never told us that way. The Commissioners who were here last fall were asked for the same things and for light wagons, too, and they said they would ask the Great Father for them. We would like to hear about this last treaty. The Government sends more annuities and provision to other Indians than it does to us because the others are mean and bad. At Cheyenne they have more goods and supplies. An Indian who came from there told me this. He may have fooled me, but he told me so. The Indians here did not get enough clothes. One blanket to each man and woman is not enough for the winter time. We don’t know yet which we would prefer—blankets or citizen’s clothes. I suppose we are going to get some working cattle but they are too slow. We ought to have mules and wagons. There is no use to ask for horses or ponies as the Government would think we intended to run away with them. One mule and a good cart would be good but we couldn’t haul logs or wood or hay. We ought to have a strong wagon and a pair of mules. They said all this land of the Indians could be taken by conquest if the Indians did not submit. I was there at that time, and had just returned from Hampton, Virginia the year before the treaty, so could understand both sides, the Indians’ and the whites’.” We have been farming down below (from some seven to fifteen miles south of the Agency on the east side of the river) for many years and we intend to farm there again, but we don’t to go to Cheyenne or Ft. Thompson (Crow Creek), though the Agents and Indians there are trying to get us to go. We have heard this for a long time. I like to hear you talk. I think you are going to help us. You don’t allow anyone to buy wood. That’s the way we want it. The whites below us cut our wood and when the Indians say anything they tell us the land there belongs to the Government. Parkins (in charge of Indian Trader’s Store) sells his wood to the Government too cheaply. He ought to charge a big price and then we could get a good price, too. We would like to have a Catholic Priest across the river and a school over there.”
They felt opposed to any more treaties. They trusted their chiefs to hold out and not give in to the threats being used in the arguments. Big Head further stated:
I heard General Crook say, “This country you want to keep so bad is not all good. About half of it is badlands.”
I heard the crowd murmuring, “Then why do they want it so badly?”
General Crook went on to say they could take this land by conquest and ship all the Indians down south as slaves. This was only eight years after the Indians had surrendered to the United States government. Their guns and horses had been confiscated. The reservation was a semi-arid country with hardly any rainfall and they were depending on the government for rations since all the game was gone. There was nothing left to subsist on, only a few yokes of oxen issued by the government with which to till the soil, but most of these were wild and unmanageable. It seemed to be one of the darkest hours for the Indians. How could there be a war? The Indians had been dispossessed of all their guns and horses and were hemmed in on a half desert reservation. John Grass and Gall, under McLaughlin’s advice, were the first to consent to the conditions of the new treaty. All the head chiefs were taken to Washington where they sullenly sighed away their last hunting grounds, the Badlands, where there was a natural game reserve and where there would always be game. After the return from Washington, the chiefs were down-hearted.
The Indians did not want to dispose of their land. Big Head only lived a month or two after returning and died of grief. Upon his death in 1889, he was buried in the Cannon Ball area.
Father: Big Head the older, (died 1863/64)
Mother: Turns Back (born 1814)
Chief Felix Big Head, Nasula Tanka, born 1838
Spouse: Owl Big Head, Hinhan, born 1838
Son: James Big Head, born 1854
Dau: Jane Big Head, born 1854
Son: Chase Big Head, born 1858
Son: George Big Head, born 1877
Chief Big Head has descendants in Canada and Standing Rock.
http://www.standingrocktourism.com/history/chiefView.asp?ID=12
http://www.primeau.org/1888/
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5 Responses to Chief Big Head, Standing Rock, Dakota Territory
txrose says:
Thank you for sharing your expert and insightful Native American genealogy reseach. I hope to one day get the complete lineage of my children’s paternal gg grandmother Meli. She is written about in my children’s great aunt’s book “On The Long Trail Home by Elizabeth J. Stewart. Other than what’s in the autographed book given to my daughter, the research information didn’t get passed on before or after her death.
got2bjb says:
Uskwa-lena, Bull Head or Big Head, who defeated the Creeks in a battle at Pine Island, Alabama, the present Guntersville, in 1714. Pine Island was thereafter a Cherokee settlement known as Creek Path, Kusanunnehi. Is this the same Man?
It’s very unlikely. Chief Big Head of the Sioux lived in the late 1800s and the Creek were removed in the 1830s to Oklahoma. So probably two men with the same name.
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Ben Wolf Necklace says:
chief Bighead was my grandfather on my great grandmother Laura’s side
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Structural Dynamics of Retinal Binding and Release
Farrens, David (PI)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of our research is to understand the molecular mechanisms through which G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are activated and attenuated. These receptors represent the largest family in the human genome, and most importantly, are the target of most pharmaceutical drugs. Our studies focus primarily on the GPCR rhodopsin and its affiliate proteins. Although knowledge of the proteins involved in visual signaling has been enormously advanced through recent crystallographic studies, the critical structural changes they undergo during activation and attenuation remain largely a matter of speculation. In particular, we lack even the most rudimentary information about the dynamic events that occur during the attenuation of rhodopsin signaling, namely, the mechanisms used to release retinal from the opsin-binding pocket, and how these processes affect arrestin binding and release. Understanding these processes is of fundamental importance for vision research, as the stability of the retinal linkage varies widely among different opsins and is a factor in some visual disease states. Furthermore, little is known regarding the mechanism and kinetics of arrestin release from activated rhodopsin. In Aim I of this proposal we will determine the mechanisms through which rhodopsin controls the hydrolysis of its retinal Schiff base linkage. In Aim II we will use our expertise in site-directed labeling methods to examine dynamic and structural changes occurring in the extracellular loop region of rhodopsin as it binds and releases retinal. Finally, in Aim III, we will utilize a new assay we have developed to study arrestin release from activated rhodopsin. Understanding what makes arrestin "let go" after binding rhodopsin is fundamentally important, since stable rhodopsin-arrestin complexes have been suggested to be a contributing factor in apoptosis and autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP). Furthermore, using our new assay, we find intriguing evidence that arrestin binds to and traps a post-Meta II photodecay product, possibly Meta III. Thus, arrestin may also serve to limit the release of free retinal under bright light conditions, and thus help limit the formation of oxidative retinal adducts that can contribute to diseases like atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Arrestin Medicine & Life Sciences
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Twitter has permanently banned President Trump
By Jessica Guynn
Published: Sat, January 9, 2021 1:05 AM Updated: Sat, January 9, 2021 1:32 AM
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington. [Julio Cortez/the associated press]
Twitter has permanently banned President Trump, citing the risk that he would incite further violence.
“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company said late Friday.
Twitter, which had locked Trump out of his account Wednesday for inflammatory posts after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, lifted the suspension the following day.
Late Thursday, Trump posted a short video in which he pledged to support a peaceful transition of power. The account, which had 88 million followers, has now vanished.
Joe Manchin, D-W.V., a key moderate Democrat who came out in support of Trump’s removal from office, thanked Twitter. “We must come together as a country to heal and find a common path forward,” he tweeted.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., called the suspension an overdue step.
“But it’s important to remember, this is much bigger than one person. It’s about an entire ecosystem that allows misinformation and hate to spread and fester unchecked,” he tweeted. Throughout his presidency, social media companies have wrestled with how to moderate one of their most popular and powerful users.
Time and again, Trump tested the boundaries of what he could say, violating the company’s rules against election misinformation, glorifying violence and falsehoods about COVID-19. But with Twitter’s broader deference to world leaders, Trump has had latitude not afforded ordinary citizens.
Even before Friday’s suspension, Trump faced a possible ban after he leaves office on Jan. 20 and loses his protected status as a world leader.
That kid-glove approach angered critics inside and outside the company who warned that Trump’s messaging could lead to real-world harm. Since the storming of the Capitol, calls to permanently suspend Trumpfrom civil rights groups, lawmakers and others have intensified.
Hundreds of Twitter employees demanded in a letter Friday that the company’s leaders permanently suspend Trump’s account, according to the Washington Post. Employees also asked for an investigation into Twitter’s role in the insurrection.
“Twitter encourages an open dialogue between our leadership and employees, and we welcome our employees expressing their thoughts and concerns in whichever manner feels right to them,” the company said in a statement.
Trump appears in danger of losing his most powerful social media megaphones. Facebook has banned the president for at least two weeks, and possibly indefinitely.
The Daily Beast reported Friday that Facebook “likely” would permanently ban Trump but the decision was “not definite.” Facebook could not be immediately reached for comment.
Earlier this week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company blocked Trump after the president incited supporters to storm the nation’s capital.
“We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” he wrote in a post. Instagram has also blocked Trump’s ability to post.
The decision to suspend Trump will likely escalate complaints from the political right that the nation’s leading social media companies silence conservatives.
“Silencing people, not to mention the President of the US, is what happens in China not our country,” tweeted former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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PyeongChang Paralympics TV, streaming schedule
By OlympicTalkMar 6, 2018, 7:17 PM EST
NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and the NBC Sports app will combine to air and stream more than 250 hours of coverage of the PyeongChang Paralympics, a record for a single Paralympics.
Coverage starts with the Opening Ceremony, live on NBCSN and streaming on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app on Friday at 6 a.m. ET.
The Paralympics run through the Closing Ceremony on March 18.
Coverage includes 94 hours on TV, with Carolyn Manno returning as host. On most days, NBCSN will air daytime programming from 2-5 p.m. ET.
Highlights include live coverage of the sled hockey gold-medal game on March 17 at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
All NBC and NBCSN TV coverage will also stream on NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app. All Olympic Channel TV coverage will also stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
MORE: Full U.S. roster for PyeongChang Paralympics
Date Time (ET) Event Network
March 9 6 a.m. Opening Ceremony NBCSN | STREAM
7:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing Olympic Chan. | STREAM
8 p.m. Biathlon (Sitting) STREAM
9:45 p.m. Biathlon (Standing) STREAM
10 p.m. Sled Hockey: Norway-Italy STREAM
11 p.m. Biathlon, Alpine Skiing NBCSN | STREAM
March 10 12:35 a.m. Curling: USA-South Korea STREAM
1:30 a.m. Hockey: South Korea-Japan STREAM
5 a.m. Hockey: Canada-Sweden STREAM
1 p.m. Biathlon, Alpine Skiing NBC | STREAM
7:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing STREAM
7:35 p.m. Curling: USA-Germany STREAM
8 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing STREAM
10 p.m. Hockey, Curling NBCSN | STREAM
10 p.m. Hockey: USA-Japan STREAM
March 11 1:30 a.m. Hockey: South Korea-Czech Republic STREAM
6 a.m. Hockey: Canada-Italy STREAM
6:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Sweden STREAM
9 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing Olympic Chan. | STREAM
9:30 p.m. Snowboard Cross STREAM
11 p.m. Hockey: USA-Czech Republic STREAM
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding, Hockey NBCSN | STREAM
March 12 1:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Finland STREAM
2:30 a.m. Hockey: Canada-Norway STREAM
6 a.m. Hockey: Italy-Sweden STREAM
6:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Neutral Athletes STREAM
Noon Hockey, Curling, Snowboarding NBCSN | STREAM
9 p.m. Alpine Skiing, Hockey NBCSN | STREAM
11 p.m. Hockey: USA-South Korea STREAM
11:30 p.m. Biathlon (Standing) STREAM
March 13 1:35 a.m. Curling: USA-China STREAM
2 a.m. Alpine Skiing STREAM
2:30 a.m. Hockey: Norway-Sweden STREAM
6 a.m. Hockey: Czech Republic-Japan STREAM
6:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Canada STREAM
2 p.m. Hockey, Curling NBCSN | STREAM
8:30 p.m. Curling Olympic Chan. | STREAM
8:35 p.m. Curling: USA-Switzerland STREAM
9 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Qualifying) STREAM
11 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Finals) STREAM
March 14 12 a.m. Alpine Skiing, Curling NBCSN | STREAM
1:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Great Britain STREAM
3 a.m. Hockey (5th-8th Playoffs) STREAM
2 p.m. Hockey Playoffs, Curling NBCSN | STREAM
8:35 p.m. Curling: USA-Norway STREAM
9 p.m. Curling Olympic Chan. | STREAM
11 p.m. Hockey Semifinal 1 NBCSN | STREAM
March 15 1 a.m. Alpine Skiing, Hockey NBCSN | STREAM
6:35 a.m. Curling: USA-Slovakia STREAM
7 a.m. Hockey Semifinal 2 STREAM
2 p.m. Hockey Semifinal (Encore) NBCSN | STREAM
8:35 p.m. Curling Tiebreak STREAM
9:30 p.m. Snowboarding STREAM
11 p.m. Biathlon (Standing) STREAM
March 16 1 a.m. Snowboarding, Biathlon NBCSN | STREAM
2:35 a.m. Curling Semifinal 1 STREAM
3 a.m. Hockey 7th Place Game STREAM
8:35 p.m. Curling Bronze-Medal Game STREAM
9 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Standing) STREAM
11 p.m. Hockey Bronze-Medal Game STREAM
11:40 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Sitting) STREAM
March 17 1 a.m. Alpine Skiing STREAM
2 a.m. Curling Final Olympic Chan. | STREAM
8:30 p.m. Hockey, Curling NBCSN | STREAM
9 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Mixed Relay) STREAM
10 p.m. Cross-Country Skiing (Open Relay) STREAM
11 p.m. Hockey Final NBCSN | STREAM
11:30 p.m. Alpine Skiing STREAM
March 18 7 a.m. Closing Ceremony STREAM
12 p.m. Alpine, Cross-Country Skiing Olympic Chan. | STREAM
4:30 p.m. Sled Hockey NBCSN | STREAM
11:30 p.m. Closing Ceremony NBCSN | STREAM
March 24 1 p.m. Highlight Show NBC | STREAM
*All dates and times subject to change
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Stepping Back In Time
Posted on December 16, 2020 by cbolsterNRO
When I first started doing my family history many years ago, I wasn’t surprised to find that most of my ancestors had gravitated to the heavily-industrialised area of Salford and then to the Bolton area of Lancashire where I was born. It was only many years later that I discovered I had links with largely rural Norfolk. The story of how I discovered this link reads like a detective story.
The Clues
Briefly, I had never been able to find a birth certificate for my maternal grandfather, William Morris, who had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915. The only clue I had to his origin was a reference to him in the 1891 census for Horwich, Lancashire. His father was listed as Jonathan Morris born in Abergele, Wales in 1845, his mother as Hannah Maria Morris born in Wymondham in 1843 and William himself born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1875. Like my search for William’s birth certificate, neither could I find a marriage of a Jonathan Morris to Hannah Maria. From the 1851 census records for Wymondham, I produced a list of about 15 Hannah/Anna Marias and either ‘married’ them off or ‘buried’ them. I was then left with about six about whom I knew nothing.
There my search stalled until a few years later when a photograph of my grandfather appeared in a family history magazine together with a brief outline of my quandary. Someone who’d read the article, emailed me with the news that she had found a marriage of an Anna Maria Buttolph to a James Palmer in Heigham, Norfolk, in 1869. I remembered then that Anna Maria Buttolph was one of those remaining unaccounted for, her father being a John Buttolph of The Lizard in Wymondham, an agricultural labourer. A wild card search enabled me to find a John Morris born Abergele 1845 living in Wymondham together with Anna Maria Palmer and young William, listed as Palmer. Yet still I could find no birth certificate for William under the name of Palmer.
A Sad Death
I knew that Jonathan/John was claiming to be a widower in the 1911 census so I searched for a death registration for Anna Maria prior to that date and found her back in Wymondham in 1891. The death certificate, when it came, proved beyond doubt that Anna Maria Morris/Palmer/Buttolph was my great-grandmother. The informant at her death was none other than Jonathan/John Morris of the same address as the 1891 census entry for Horwich. It would appear that she and Jonathan had gone to visit her family, still living at The Lizard, but had died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. I still do not know if Jonathan/John Morris was William’s real father.
Trawling further back
Will of Stephen Buttolph. ANF will register, 1676.
I have been able to trace back through the generations to a Stephen Buttolph who died in 1676. I have no idea of when he was born but he left a will so I was able to prove the line of descent. It seems that the original Buttolphs were all yeoman farmers with considerable acres of farmland and most of them left wills. And what a joy these have been from a historical point of view! Stephen Buttolph’s will (Ref: ANF will register, 1676, folio 276, no 153) for instance, mentions being written in ‘this three and twenty (year) of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles 1671’. His son Thomas mentions his will being drawn up in ‘the tenth year of the reign of our beloved Soverign Lady Queen Anne’ and, invaluably, gives the names of his grandchildren in his will, thus proving relationships.
As yeoman farmers, with considerable lands, they often left what would have been considerable sums of money. Their wills were quite specific about when and to whom the bequest should be given and what should happen in the event that the bequest was not paid. Much of it is written in legalese which does take some understanding but I soon became used to reading of ‘messuages, hereditaments, lands and tenements’. The writing too, particularly the earlier wills, was hard to decipher with ‘s’ and ‘f’ often looking the same.
A Glimpse into the Past
I loved reading of some of the everyday things that they left, such as ‘To my daughter Sarah, my largest brass kettle and to my son-in-law, Simon Bishop, my surtout coat and my pompadour coat.’ From my limited French I guessed that a surtout coat was a kind of overcoat but a ‘pompadour coat’ turned out to be one of those richly decorated heavily embroidered coats worn around the 1700s. That alone would have been an expensive item which is a clear indication that the Buttolphs weren’t ‘without a bob or two’ as they say in Lancashire! Which makes it all the harder to understand why my own great-great grandfather, Anna Maria’s father John Buttolph, (1808-1881) was listed as an agricultural labourer on various censuses yet his father, William Buttolph (1785-1871) listed in censuses as a farmer with 125 acres employing 6 men and 1 boy and who later was described in his will as a ‘gentleman’ Was John one of those 6 men? I do know that John was caught stealing a bushel of barley from his father, William Buttolph, much to the surprise of the arresting officer. He was discharged after ‘receiving a severe reprimand’. Yet John himself was left £50 pounds by his father William, which in 1871 was still a goodly sum of money.
It has been such a joy to discover so much about my Buttolph ancestors through the wills that they left and I couldn’t have done it without the excellent resources of the Norfolk Record Office. You can search through the online catalogue via the NRO website https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/
Written by Anne Harvey, NRO Research Blogger
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Gators softball clinches 2016 SEC Championship
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No. 1 Florida Gators softball (50-4, 18-4 SEC) has rolled through the season. It earned what it hopes to be its first of many pieces of hardware late Friday night as Florida officially won the 2016 SEC Championship for the regular season.
The Gators posted a 9-0 shut out the Arkansas Razorbacks (17-37) earlier in the evening – led by senior center fielder Kirsti Merritt (2/3, HR, 2 RBI, R, SB) and sophomore right-handed pitcher Aleshia Ocasio (19-1, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 5 K) – but it was some help they got later in the night that clinched the title for UF.
A Texas A&M victory over Auburn, which knocked the Tigers to 15-6 in league play, ensured Florida could not be topped with two regular-season games left to play.
The SEC regular-season title is the second straight for the Gators, which last hoisted back-to-back crowns in 2008-09. Overall, Florida softball has now won six SEC regular-season titles, five in the last nine years (1998, 2008-09, 2013, 2015-16).
Following the completion of the Arkansas series, UF will take the No. 1 seed in the 2016 SEC Tournament, where it will receive a bye before beginning second-round action.
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Discover (and save!) THE EXPEDITION was one of the most arduous any of us had ever been on. They climbed via the northeast ridge which, later on was eventually nicknamed the 'Knife Ridge.' Climbed before by Russell Brice & Comp., but only the purple-marked part of the ridge, without going to the summit; descent via standard route. Geordie Stewart became the youngest person to complete the True 7 … Do you have a subject that you like to take photos of? 2. A couple of hundred feet below us was the GPS waypoint that could solve one of the greatest mysteries of mountaineering. 3. We’re going to focus on the South Base Camp, in Nepal. This place, the saddle between Changtse and Mount Everest, is the North Col. Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge, by Bonington & Clarke Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke tell the story of their tragic attempt, along with Pete Boardman, Joe Tasker, Dick Renshaw, and Adrian Gordon, to scale the full Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest in Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge. Mar 10, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Andrea Dewey. There have now been four attempts, all British, to climb this last big problem on Ihe mountain. Complete northeast ridge with Three Pinnacles; Japanese route to the top. (See AAC, 1983, pages 22-29.) On August 31, Jornet, Montaz-Rosset, and Tosas tried a new line up Everest on the far right side of the north-northeast face, not far from the north ridge. Ever wonder what the famed Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest looks like close-up? The Northeast Face starts at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) and tops out around 8,000 meters, where it joins the normal North Ridge route. Partant avec une expédition non guidée de l’agence Climbalaya (Northeast Ridge Route ou Everest North Col selon le site), je serai accompagnée de Gyaluk Sherpa qui travaille pour Asian-Trekking afin d’effectuer le summit push. During that quake, Katmandu, the capital of Nepal, rose nearly three feet, and there was a horizontal shift of up to 7 ft. in the general area. We were sitting on a pile of rocks at 27,700 feet on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest—the Chinese side, away from the crowd in Nepal. Red line. Both base camps are used by climbers ascending Mount Everest, with the Nepal Base Camp used by climbers aiming for the southeast ridge of Everest and the North Base Camp in Nepal used when climbing the northeast ridge. What is your skill set like? Everest Northeast Route Camps: Everest Base Camp: 5,150 meters(16,700 feet) ... On 8 June 1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made an attempt on the summit via the North Col/North Ridge/Northeast Ridge route from which they never returned.The Swiss expedition of 1952, led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, was granted permission to attempt a climb from Nepal. The most compelling thing about a new route is it creates a direct relationship between climbers and the mountain. Il y a d‘abord une période d’acclimatation. They found this route to be 'immeasurably more intriguing' than most other climbs in the Elks. Situated on the border of Nepal and Tibet, Mount Everest’s North Side expedition has become more accessible in recent years, but offers a much harder climb. This website has reports on his summits of K2, Everest, the 7 Summits plus over 35 major expediitons plus all the Colorado 14ers all with essays, pictures, videos.. . If you’re curious about what it takes to climb Mount Everest, check out The Road to Everest. The north side of Everest is steeped in history with multiple attempts throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. Everest is now 2.5 cm lower than it was before the M7.8 in Nepal last year in April. Back in 2004 while I was climbing with my friends Dave Hahn, Tashi Sherpa, and Danuru Sherpa, I took a sunset panorama of the Northeast Ridge from Camp VI (27,300 feet) using my Nikon D100 camera. TD-EV-0814-0816 Panorama. Northeast Ridge Route. Everest’s Northeast Ridge MOTOMO OHMIYA, Sangaku Doshikai Club, Japan and VALERI KHRISHCHATY, Kazakhstan* N MAY 17, 1982, BRITISH CLIMB- ers Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman disappeared high on the northeast ridge of Mount Everest. It oscillates between a dead calm, solar oven and a frigid wind swept ridge. The first attempt was by a British team in 1921. Everest Northeast Ridge Route. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, standing proudly at 29,029ft (8,848m).
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However, it is similar to the straight point collar but it has a less width between the slightly larger tips and a slightly shorter collar point length. Cyber Specials! Shop top brands for Men's Dress Shirts and find the perfect fit today. The oxford button-down and the barrel cuff are the gold standard for some, while others gravitate toward the formality of French cuffs and the forward point collar. i always kind of thought the more traditional dress shirt worn as a business casual sport shirt looked odd. Think of a semi-spread collar as your go-to business casual shirt. It suits men with slim or long faces, or anyone who appreciates a modern twist to traditional attire. The distance between the collar points is smaller than a full spread, which makes it even more dynamic. Exact sleeve length. It is1 00% cotton and you can also machine wash and tumble dry this dress shirt. A spread collar seems more flattering to a long neck and a longish rectangular face. 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The forward point collar (or just ‘point collar’) dress shirt is one of the most classic and traditional pieces of formal and business menswear. 15. For a modern approach on professional wear, have your pick of spread collar styles. The shirt’s collar is one of the most important parts of a man’s outfit because it frames the face. A dress shirt is a collared shirt with long sleeves that can be worn beneath a blazer or suit jacket. It accommodates a larger and smaller tie with ease. Shop Dillard's selection of men's spread collar dress shirts from your favorite brands including Cremieux, Roundtree & Yorke, Perry Ellis, and more. Learn about collar construction and types such as cutaway, point, button-down, club, and semi-spread collars. While we consider the best way to bring life back to our brand, we will run a clearance on all styles. Hidden button-down collars are a similarly effective option for those who don’t like the look of a button-down collar. 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It’s perfect for a … It works great with a tie as well as an open collar, so you can very well dress the shirt up or down in accordance with the event you’re attending. The forward point collar has many attributes, including versatility and middle-of-the-road-ness. You can look on the website and see for yourself. Like most North American Gen X’ers I grew up thinking that the wing collar shirt was as essential with a tuxedo as a clip-on bow tie. "Spread" refers to the distance between the collar points; this style dress shirt has collar points that are set further apart than more traditional, forward point collars. At least with a BD collar, the collar symmetry is maintained to a better degree. The problem with spread collars, any spread collar, is when worn sans tie, the collar has a tendency to drape open too far and just looks plain sloppy. 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Key Difference – Oxford Shirt vs Dress Shirt Oxford shirts and dress shirt are two shirt types that confuse a lot of people. The semi spread collar. Yet it’s one that can be quite easily confused with a myriad of other collar … typically i try to pair a shirt with button down collar with chinos, but can it work with a classic collar? In actuality, collar spread is a continuum, and every collar in the world falls somewhere on that continuum. Hugh & Crye's guide to dress shirt collar styles. Dress shirts are anything but basic. A “Windsor” or cutaway collar is the opposite: a collar with so much spread that it forms an almost 180-degree angle. http://www.realmenrealstyle.com/free-... Click this link for a FREE 47 page eBook on men's style and fashion. "Spread" refers to the distance between the collar points. The spread or cutaway collar is known for having the spread wide apart (where the two points meet). In fact, some wide spread collar are so spread apart they've been named cutaway collars as it looks like the collar has been "cut away". 2. Spread Collar Dress Shirts for Men at Macy's come in a variety of styles and sizes. Maybe one day I will try a point for the hell of it and discover that it looks great. Spread Collar Dress Shirts. First, physically. A spread collar can be paired with a single button or double button barrel cuff or a French cuff. A spread collar has wider collar points that are angled outwards instead of pointing down. Team the spread collar with a full or half Windsor tie knot, among the easiest tie knots to master. Pair with tie knot: Four-in-Hand — this slim tie knot will fit the narrow point collar’s slender spread, and further counterbalance a wide face. An Oxford shirt is a type of dress shirt, but there is a difference between Oxford shirt and dress shirt. The collar spread adds a more casual appeal when worn with the top collar stand button undone. A very popular collar alternative to the point collar. So I was quite surprised to notice on The West Wing one evening that most of the presidential aides attending a black-tie event were sporting turndown collars. The semi-spread collar is a collar with a classic look, it is less upright/stiff than the straight point collar. The point collar is the most common collar style, where the collar is cut so that the “points” are reasonably close together, sometimes to the extent that they almost hide the top portion of a tie. In a Point Collar, the space between the collar points (tips of the collars) will be less, creating the illusion of a slimmer face. Show 8 more colors Show less colors; Size: Size Chart . One of the most common collars today is the spread collar, which comes in a variety of angles and points. The Pinpoint Collar 100% cotton. It’s seeing a welcomed resurgence of late with men taking the time to dress up a bit more.
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ORGAN: Five more recommended art shows with Dani Ploeger, Anne Pigalle and Never Mind The Jackson Bollocks, Sweet Toof and Rolfcarlwerner at BSMT Space, Two 7s Clash, Pam Glew at The Exhibitionist Hotel….
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This five art things then? Another five more recommended art events and such that you might like ot go check out, five art events, five things, mostly London things for that is where we dwell, five things that have been brought to our attention that we feel are worth sharing and bring to your attention, simple really… here, with out any opinionated editorial this time, you go. Never mind the Jacksons, Art excites….
Anne Pigalle
1: Anne Pigalle – Never Mind Jackson Bollocks Here’s Anne Pigalle! celebrates the 40th anniversary of Anne arriving in London as a punkette as well as the 40th anniversary of Punk. – “After her incredibly successful Cézanne centered performance in November, in the Road to Reform Room on the second floor of the National Portrait Gallery, where she sung in front of a House of Commons “ painting, with queues at the door that had to be turned away, counter culture icon, Anne Pigalle continues with a 3 day art and performance show at Hackney Wicks newest and most exciting arts venue Blasé House. Never Mind Jackson Bollocks Here’s Anne Pigalle! celebrates the 40th anniversary of Anne arriving in London as a punkette as well as the 40th anniversary of Punk. Since these early Punk days, Pigalle has departed to many adventurous horizons without forgetting her ethics. Having worked with Michael Nyman, Tevor Horn and Adrian Sherwood, Pigalle was the only French woman to have ever been signed to a Major UK Label. Recent projects have seen her work with Leonard Cohen and John Lee Hooker musicians for the music. She remains amidst a film project initially started with Donald Cammell in LA Pigalle has also managed highly successful exhibitions as an artist, with the Michael Hoppen Gallery in the King’s Road with her hugely influential erotic sophisticated self portrait polaroids that redefined the London art scene. She’s also completed fun and sexy cabaret related painting shows at the Aquarium Gallery teaming up with Jimmy Cauty, Jamie Reid and Billy Childish. She’s been called the modern Piaf for her music and the modern female Toulouse Lautrec by her compatriots. Crowned Queen Of Soho, Pigalle has been a fixture for 3 decades organising and enjoying Londons social hub and has recently campaigned vigorously against the gentrification of Soho Never Mind Jackson Bollocks Here’s Anne Pigalle! will combine many of her creative skills into a Christmas bazaar like no other! On Friday Anne will make a performance to include cover versions of punk songs On Saturday and Sunday she will be available for Tarot readings. You’ll also be able to commission her to sketch you or a friend, priced per hour or half hour. The perfect original Christmas gift! Throughout the weekend, a vast and wide range of hundreds of original artworks by Pigalle will be available to buy at wonderful prices to suit all pockets Never afraid to push the boundaries, and always offering a relevant discourse, Anne Pigalle remains as vibrant and relevant as ever!
Blase House is at 55 Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5LH The show opens on Friday 8th Dec, 8pm to 11pm, the show the nrunsa through the weekend until December 10th.
Pam Glew – Golden Nugget
2: Pam Glew – “Nocturnes” opens on the evening of December 12th at The Exhibitionist Hotel, 8-10 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EA – “This exhibition will reveal the new work by British artist Pam Glew. Focusing on alchemy and the maker, the exhibition is mystically titled ‘Nocturnes’. Each piece, delicately crafted within a Japanese Kimono, demonstrates Glew’s new, complex production techniques that challenge our notions of consumerism verses environmental governance. Famous for her unique bleaching technique on vintage flags and fabric, antique American quilts, brocade and old jeans that are dyed black and painted freehand with bleach, this show will explore works created in the artist studio over the past 5 years. Pam Glew’s portraits slowly develop in the layering bleaching process resulting in a ghostly image emerging from the fabric. This will be the first time the artist will be showing her Kimono works to the public.” Do rather like Pam’s work, really not sure how “unique” that bleaching technique is, any contemporary art inclined textile designer worth their rust resists will tell you about bleaching techniques, discharge printing, the delight of removing paint from canvas and the rest, it is an exciting process, she does use those techniques well. it makes for some beautiful marks, makes for some rather stylish Paw Glew pop art imagery colour and texture, not unique but stylish work that is rather recognisable as hers.. The show runs at the hotel until February 15th
Pam Glew – American Nocturne Kimono
The image up there is Pam Glew’s “American Nocturne Kimono” (2017) – 92 cm wide x 88 cm height. Bleaching techniques and dye on Vintage American flag – “The ‘Kimono’ is made from one vintage American flag by the artist. The original vintage flag is appliqué, with sewn stars and sewn stripes, made of linen/ cotton. The collar of the kimono is made from the side panel of the flag, with rivets from where the flag would have originally been tied. Displayed with a hanging pole”.
Dani Ploeger
3: Dani Ploeger: Fronterlebnis – The show opens tonight (assuming you are reading this on the day it was posted, if not will you missed the opening but it does run on into next year) – “Arebyte are pleased to present fronterlebnis by Dani Ploeger. In 2017, Ploeger made several journeys across Europe to examine the co-existence of conventional weapons and digital culture in everyday life. fronterlebnis – the title refers to Ernst Jünger’s proto-fascist concept of the ‘front experience’ – brings together work in different media that emerged from an encounter with soldiers on the frontline in the Donbass War in Ukraine.
[Now] we have the strict inhumanity of technological murder and the bureaucratic surveillance of all aspects of everyday life. […] Our task is to find a new heroic figure, which is neither the return of the old figure of religious or national sacrifice, nor the nihilistic figure of the last man. Alain Badiou – “The Figure of the Soldier” (2011)
Over the past two years, Ploeger has engaged with the recent (re-)militarization of civilian spaces across Europe in the context of omnipresent digital culture. Heavily armed police officers and soldiers are conspicuously deployed on the streets of Western European metropoles, while a growing number of volunteer militias equipped with Soviet-era weapons are training for – and participating in – conventional war scenarios in Central Europe. Meanwhile, experiences of the public spaces in which these developments take place are highly determined by advanced (mobile) consumer technologies. Starting from his own ambiguous relationship to firearms, which is driven by a paradoxical combination of childhood fascinations and critical theory, Ploeger’s solo show frontlerlebnis examines the ways in which mobile phones, action cameras and other gadgets now co-exist with seemingly old-fashioned weapon technologies and their associated symbolic cults of masculinity, strength and heroism.
The four works of fronterlebnis process two journeys through Ukraine, during which Ploeger was embedded with soldiers on the frontline in the Donbass War, and explored shopping malls, weapon stores, monuments and flea markets. An old wooden handguard of a Kalashinkov assault rifle is displayed like an archaeological artefact, next to a rotating projection of a slick, digitized model of the weapon; mobile phone footage transferred to 16mm film shows Ploeger amidst soldiers who simultaneously operate their guns and electronic gadgets during a firefight; a manually patched Soviet backpack from the Afghanistan War-era is repurposed to carry a tablet computer. Meanwhile, the centre of the exhibition is formed by a large, brightly lit installation. In the middle of the sterile white space, a VR headset shows a group of soldiers who appear stuck in an endless smoking break, while an encounter with the disturbed gaze of the artist hints at an ominous situation.
Dani Ploeger combines performance, video, computer programming and electronics hacking to investigate and subvert the spectacles of techno-consumer culture. Re-purposing, misusing, and at times destroying everyday devices, his work exposes seemingly banal and taken-for-granted aspects of digital culture as objects of both physical beauty and political power. Among others, he has worked with traditional metal workers in the old city of Cairo to encase tablet computers in plate steel, attended firearms training in Poland to shoot an iPad with an AK-47, made a VR installation while embedded with frontline troops in the Donbass War, and travelled to dump sites in Nigeria to collect electronic waste originating from Europe.
Arebyte for this event is at 117 Wallis Road, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN. The opening night December 7th. Facebook event page. Exhibition runs: 8 December 2017 – 13 January 2018 (closed between 22 December – 5 January).
4: Sweet Toof and Rolfcarlwerner at BSMT Space – BSMT Space is closing off 2017 “with a one of a kind collab show combining the futuristic styles of Swedish writer Rolfcarlwerner with the iconic gums and teeth of Hackney’s finest graffoholic Sweet Toof. ‘CUT AND RUN’ will welcome Sweet Toof back to Hackney- one of it’s long-time and most recognisable Street Artists who’s work has remained consistently synonymous with the industrial yards and canal sides of the borough during the past 15 years. We’ll also be introducing London to old-school Swedish Graffiti writer and painter Rolfcarlwerner, a self-taught artist who has been painting since the 80’s and is widely known for his colourful, futuristic imagery”
East London… Sweet Toof, PaulInsect…
“BSMT SPACE Dalston will be transformed with life-size Skull Humanoids, cans and hi-rollers, as well as a multivariate of beautiful objects created by the artists individually. CUT AND RUN will open Dec 14th, 6pm and run until Dec 23rd 7pm. The gallery will reopen in the New Year on Jan 3rd with the show closing on Jan 14th. You’ll also be treated to the sheer pleasure of Brewheadz – Tottenham’s finest micro-brewery, who are sponsoring the opening night” Looks likea busy satart to the year down in the Basement, 18th January see the opening of Intent, a group show at BSMT Space from Cultivat, more about that soon, for now, Cut and Run (nowhere to run, nowhere to hide..). BSMT Space can be found at 5d Stoke Newington Rd, Dalston, London, N16 8BH.
Two 7s Clash is a immersive, multi-media exhibition, combining an installation, 2 and 3 dimensional works, films and a series of performances in sound. “Two 7s Clash will seek to provide insights into cultural ethos of 1977. Its themic foci are local, national and international. The show also seeks to explore the continued relevance of this mileiu for today. The whole is curated by Soft Wax and features Otherworld Arts, Fret, Alex Pemberton and Ahmad Dayes. The Preview, on the 14th, will be an integral part of the whole and will feature various musical luminaries. The show will feature an in house Soundsystem appropriate to the era and new sonic development. Two 7s Clash will partially focus on the broader experiences and privations of the local working class community. Those suffered by the sections of that community who were of immigrant origin is a particular source of inspiration. As are specific local events in 1977, notably the Battle of Lewisham. This cultural ethos generated music and agit. prop., that mirrored its broader socio-economic setting
The music also reflected what was happening nationally, with the mounting social conflict and austerity that gave birth to Thatcherism. This show also seeks to highlight the culture of resistance that grew up around a coalition of roots reggae and punk sub-cultures – exemplified in the Rock Against Racism movement. This sought to combat racism and amplify social justice. The show facilitates reflection on the connections and disjunctions between the social milieu of 1977 and now. The number 7 has multi-various significances for Rastafarians. The clashing of two 7s is held to have almost paramount significance in the apocalyptic predictions of Marcus Garvey. These reflections on end times are directly referenced in the classic album and single “Two 7s Clash” by the Rastafarian reggae group Culture. Further more Rastafarian orthodoxy holds that there are 77 commandments from Kush/Kemet in “The Book of Divine Ordinances” that provide “The Code of Human Behaviour”, etc. etc..
All of these resonances are explored in the installation. The material installation flows fairly seamlessly into the performative dimension. The Preview/Club Night that will take place in the installation on Thursday 14th December will directly echo the events staged by Rock Against Racism locally, in the late 70s. It is hoped that this will be an immersive, multi-faceted installation, that is an involving experience. People who were there back in the day and part of the events will be on hand instead of conventional invigilators. The key events, cultural life and fashions of these communities of resistance may be best recalled through the reminiscences of participants. We value your responses too and there will be scope to contribute and select your own tunes!”
310 NXRd is at 310 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AF The show runs from the 12th Dec 2017 until the 17th Dec 2017 with a late night opening on 14th Dec 2017 (18:30pm – 22:30pm)
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Campaigner and cancer patient Dr Kate Granger dies
Andrew McConaghie
Kate Granger, the doctor who launched a campaign to make the NHS more patient-centric, and who inspired many patients and healthcare professionals, died on Saturday after a long struggle with cancer.
Dr Granger set about raising funds for local cancer centre in Yorkshire after being diagnosed in 2011 with a rare form of cancer, desmoplastic small-round-cell tumour (DSRCT), a type of sarcoma.
A geriatrician working in the NHS, Granger launched the #hellomynameis campaign to encourage healthcare professionals to introduce themselves properly to patients after having experienced this problem as a patient.
Addressing a major NHS conference on the subject, she implored healthcare professionals to “see me, not just my disease,” recounting a spell in hospital where she was referred to as “that girls with the rare cancer” and “bed seven”.
Launched in 2013 via Twitter, the #hellomynameis campaign caught the imagination of many doctors, nurses, receptionists and other NHS staff, and has been used to spearhead patient-centric initiatives across the health service.
Peacefully & surrounded by loved ones @grangerkate passed away yesterday. RIP my soul mate & TY. Love u 4ever… pic.twitter.com/2ZHrnlbJVn
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She also launched the Compassionate Care Awards, which is now in its third year, and highlights examples of outstanding patient care, with the aim of spreading ideas and best practice across the health service.
“We are all deeply saddened at the passing of Dr Kate Granger,” said Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, responding to the news yesterday.
“Kate was a truly remarkable and inspirational individual who openly shared her daily battles with cancer, providing a source of strength and inspiration to countless people.
“Kate used her experiences to pioneer the #hellomyNameis campaign to remind staff to see patients as people.
“The campaign has been adopted across the country, making a huge difference to patients. It will be a profound legacy of her work, along with the Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards and the countless people she has inspired with her example.
“She had humility, compassion and warmth in equal measure and will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with [her husband] Chris and her family at this difficult time.”
Writing in a blog shortly before her death, Kate Granger she said she hoped to be at the Compassionate Care Awards in Manchester in September, but added: “If I have died then I will be watching on from elsewhere feeling proud that of one of my legacies to the NHS is alive and well.”
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National Institutes of Health announce Biobanking Project
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SMi Reports: The National Institutes of Health announce one of the most ambitious medical projects in biobanking, which will commence this spring.
In the run up to SMi’s 8th Annual Biobanking Conference taking place this June in London, biobanking has been gaining publicity and making headlines. In recent news, The National Institutes of Health have announced they will begin recruiting participants for a medical project named the All of Us Research Program.
Their aim is to produce a collection of health information from participants, ideally a representative sample of the US population, in the hopes of gaining new insights into who is affected by disease and why, as well as how we can prevent and treat chronic diseases. Investment in the project is growing rapidly, with a confirmed budget of $230 million in 2017, and $1.455 billion authorised by Congress over 10 years*.
The growing popularity of biobanking proves a promising future that is to be discussed in detail at the Biobanking conference on the 13th and 14th June 2018 in London, UK. The event aims to strengthen current knowledge in biosample management and its research applications, regulations, the application of novel technologies associated with biobanking, as well as new data protection software and security.
The two-day conference’s packed agenda includes expert speakers from 9 internationally recognised biobanks, including:
Gareth Bicknell, Biobank Operations Manager, Human Biomaterials Resource Centre
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Kristian Spreckley, Business Development Director, UK Biobank/UK Biocentre
Shona Kerr, Project Manager, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Aarno Palotie, Research Director, Finland Institute for Molecular Medicine
Emma Snapes, Biobank Manager, Irish Centre for Foetal and Neonatal Translational Research
Paedar MacGabhann, Director, Biostor Ireland
Sofia Spyrou, Production Manager, UK Stem Cell Bank
Jennifer Cheeseman-Janes, Senior Director, Biobank and Translational Research Core, Duke University Department of Surgery
In addition to biobank representatives, the event will also feature presentations given by scientific pioneers from pharmaceutical companies and academics, who will be discussing biobanking applications in industry and translational research, guidelines, safety and regulation of biosamples, technology updates and sample management, and the impact of data protection regulations.
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In a statement, the IOC said that China assured "that the principles of the Olympic Charter will be respected in the context of the Games" and that the IOC "must remain neutral on all global political issues".
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Need for standardized due diligence procedures dominate conversations at inaugural Invest Caribbean Conference
May 25, 2016 - News Antigua and Barbuda
Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, stated that due diligence checks were the bedrock of sustainable Citizenship by Investment Programs (CIP) at Invest Caribbean, the very first major international citizenship investment conference of its kind to be held in the Caribbean region.
The conference, which is being held in Antigua and Barbuda from May 24-26, is organized by the Citizenship by Investment Unit of the country under the theme "Investing in Safety and Security and a New Vision for CIP".
Day one of the conference highlighted the critical need for strengthening and standardizing the due diligence procedures to ensure the programs of the different Caribbean jurisdictions offering legal second citizenship continue to remain robust and can stand up to international scrutiny.
The event has brought together key decision-makers from the global Citizenship by Investment industry and afforded delegates the opportunity to learn more about strategic policy updates to the regional CIP programs and understand key program benefits and differentiators from the heads of the participating CIP units. These included the man responsible for putting together the stimulating three-day program - Thomas Anthony of the Citizenship Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua and Barbuda - as well as invited participants including David Holukoff - Chairman of the Grenada CIP Committee, Deale Lee - Chairman of the St Lucia CIU and a representative of the Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skeritt, who made a striking comment on the need for regional CIP programs to "swim together in the Caribbean Sea or sink alone". The observation was made in reference to the underlining thread that ran through many of the sessions which focused on strengthening a common and universally high standard of due diligence and greater cooperation to avoid instances of "island shopping" - in which applicants who fail due diligence checks in one island manage to get through the system on another island by doctoring their applications.
The need to thoroughly vet agents and regularly scrub lists of partners who do not demonstrate high moral and ethical values was mentioned regularly throughout the day's proceedings which included a number of informative presentations, highlights of which included "A Regional Fiscal Perspective on the Economic Impact of CIPs" delivered by the Deputy Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCP), an academic look at "The Changing Concept of Citizenship" delivered by Dr. Marina Hrincu, Risk Assessment Officer Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship - Canada, and an overview of the processes that underpin strong due diligence presented by Kenneth 'Kim' Marsh, Executive Vice President International Operations - IPSA International.
Hon. Gaston Browne further commented that it was critical that the region avoid engaging in 'a race to the bottom' in terms of attracting applicants and ensure that existing policies and procedures of due diligence - many of which are already significantly more thorough than those required by several similar European programs - continue to be upheld and strengthened.
The reality that retaining visa-free access to a number of popular global business centres remained "pivotal" to the Caribbean CIP programs' success was stressed along with the need to ensure that one program's loss of face at an international level could potentially impact the reputation of the entire Caribbean region.
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COVID-19 cases confirmed at two Cornwall area schools this weekend
OTTAWA -- Two individuals at secondary schools in the Cornwall area have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Upper Canada District School Board announced an individual at Cornwall Collegiate Vocational School and an individual at Tagwi Secondary School in Avonmore tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.
The board did not say whether the individuals were students or staff members.
In a statement, the board said both schools will remain open, and there would be no change to the school schedule.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit is working with the school and is communicating with all individuals who have been identified as possible close contacts through high-risk exposure.
The board says COVID-19 testing is not recommended, unless you are experiencing symptoms or have been directed to be tested by public health.
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Owen Oakeshott
Tag: Robbie Sheehan
Posted on October 17, 2015 October 20, 2015 by Owen Oakeshott · 8 Comments
Wars of the Roses: The Roses Unfurl, Trilogy Day, Saturday 3rd October 2015
What follows is a running account of our big opening a couple of weeks ago. Apologies for the delay. There’s been a hangover to deal with.
7am: Engrossing dream, featuring five enormous pieces of cheese, one sink-plunger & Trevor Nunn in a leotard. Dream rudely interrupted by wife holding cup of coffee and blonde toddler. “Darling, your turn. Need to get in the shower.” Wife departs, leaving coffee on bedside table & blonde toddler on pillow. Am socked hard in face by blonde toddler. Rise & bloody shine.
8am: Skirting round kitchen attempting assembly of bacon sandwich whilst ducking porridge missiles from cackling blonde toddler in high chair = limbering up nicely for Richard/Somerset sword fight during show. Eventually give up on own breakfast and leg it out the door for train, swearing profusely & leaving blonde toddler to wife. I bet actual Earl of Somerset used a nanny.
9am: Sat on slow train to Clapham Junction, inhaling novelty of journey – aswell as drunk man opposite. Have decided not to tempt providence on today of all days by risking Kingston’s maze of despair. (See previous post: Round & round & round we go.) Also, have feeling I’m going to fancy a drink tonight. Hence public transport & therefore pungent gentleman. Man sings lustily whilst scratching groin. Floor of train carriage suddenly absorbing. Breathe sigh of relief as train pulls in to Clapham Junction. Prepare to run like hell for connecting train to Kingston. Just as doors open, drunk man leans across & bellows: “Now is the winter of our discontent!” … and then laughs like maniac. Hairs rise on back of neck. Leave carriage as if departing key scene in horror film.
10am: Pass various members of paying public in Rose theatre foyer looking faintly scared. Sign in at Stage Door laden with microwave meals & bottles of water. Curious ‘de-mob’ atmosphere throughout building amongst cast & staff, a breezy recklessness that seems vaguely familiar. A feeling that seems to descend on extra-special days. Like Christmas morning. Like last day of school. You remember, where everyone gets pelted with flour/allowed to take almighty piss out of headmaster with impunity. Dangerous. Our headmaster’s still on premises, tying knots in his pointy beard, presumably.
Trilogy Day
10:30am: Due to day’s insane schedule, have to practice sword fights for all three plays in the morning. Which is fine – it’s just that by 10:35 and end of second rehearsal of Richard/Somerset altercation, I finish up flat on my back, gasping for air, utterly knackered, sorely needing massage & snooze – & this absurd effing day hasn’t even started.
Knackered
11am: Beginning of Henry VI. Company drift onstage/begin pre-show ‘casual’ yet unbearably self-conscious natter with each other to sound of Classic FM monks & assembling audience. Completely full house. Excitement bleeding off punters, up onto stage & washing over company. A mild, middle-class form of mania. Simultaneous mass delusion. Religious cult. Should be in Sainsburys doing weekly shop, not shouting ancient text in big hot room in front of super-keen people. As for actors, I reckon only time any of them have performed for paying audience at 11 in the morning is probably panto in Frinton. Actually, atmosphere right now = more than a touch of panto. Or Saturday morning cinema for kids. Audience quietly boisterous. If that makes sense. Expect someone to start chucking orange-peel at any moment. Bell starts tolling/lights dim, summoning us to front of stage to read out Henry V’s will. Deep breath. Moment of truth, people, here we bloody go. Let’s do this for Peter. For John. For Trevor. (Aswell as God, England & St George, obviously, assuming they managed to get tickets.)
11:15am: Standing in wings alongside Mike Xavier in preparation for key Rose-garden scene. As usual, Earls of Somerset & Suffolk arguing about which entrance/exit they need. Scene comes immediately on heels of Joan of Arc giving Dauphin run for his money in day’s first sword fight. Very vocal fight today: much grunting/gasping/moaning from Joan & Charles. Suffolk & Somerset pause ongoing debate in wings to listen & ponder: was this what medieval porn sounded like? Look at each other, startled by resultant image in heads as we prepare to stride out in front of eight hundred earnest faces. Instantaneously double up in hysterics like two monkeys in fancy dress. Suddenly doors slide open/rose bushes trundle on. Recover just in time to stride on in character, looking stroppy as required. Professional to very fingertips.
Midday: Alex Waldemann (King Henry) going down a storm. Curious how a big day/big audience can hone a performance into even sharper relief. Just the fact of knowing there’s a substantial body of people seeing for the very first time a performance you’ve rehearsed to within an inch of its life can suddenly take it to the next level. Immensely gratifying when it happens to oneself. And lovely to watch in another actor. Alex initially plays Henry as a gauche young man utterly over-awed by his position – a wonderfully comic invention with the occasional nod to Mr Bean. Which slowly matures by way of the world’s cruel & merciless buffeting to meet his end in Edward IV with a monumental & tragic stoicism. A devout man utterly unsuited to a world populated by wolves. At the moment, in Henry VI, as the sweet-natured, clueless teenager: audience lapping him up.
1pm: Council board scene in the second half of Henry VI, round the great table of state, where the new Queen Margaret gate-crashes proceedings and a decision is made as to whether Somerset or York is to be made Regent in France: a moment of high politics & procedural drama overseen by a supremely uninterested King & where various undercurrents threaten to up-end the entire meeting. A House of Cards for the Middle Ages. Except that today, it seems to play as high comedy. And it works beautifully. How about that?? A happy combination of playing at a lick and an audience who redefine the phrase ‘up for it’, and you have, occasionally, an engrossing political satire. If Armando Iannucci had been an Elizabethan playwright, this is what he would have written. Loving it.
1:03pm Brief moment of ‘corpse’ terror where Andrew Woodall’s Duke Humphrey can’t quite pronounce my name, calling me the Earl of Shomershit, which was done once before in rehearsal and utterly destroyed everyone for most of the afternoon. Moment navigated successfully by heroically avoiding eye contact.
2pm Lights come down on Henry VI, and we all file onstage for curtain call. Oh dear, the bloody curtain call. Have you ever tried to fit too many knives and forks into your cutlery drawer? It all looks beautifully neat & elegant until a tipping point is reached & said knives and forks spill over the sides and begin harassing the spoons. The ongoing British obsession: too many bodies & not enough real estate. We have nearly forty actors & community chorus to parade on this stage, I’ll have you know. So, to avert chaos, you re-order everything by taking all the cutlery out & starting again – in our case: interminable & pointless curtain-call rehearsals where we fine-tune things for the optimum result. Which presumably is the polite expression the Japanese use when squeezing the umpteenth poor bastard onto the Tokyo metro every morning. Makes no difference: it’s still an unholy mess. But no-one seems to care. The audience go bananas. One down, two to go. Sainsbury’s microwaveable spaghetti carbonara here we come!!
3pm By the time we’ve Krypton-Factored our way through the set to our dressing rooms & climbed out of our sweaty togs, we have literally ten minutes to eat something before we need to climb back into them. And before you can say ‘infringed break’, here we are, onstage for the beginning of play number two, the bleeding meat in the sandwich, Edward IV. To kick things off, we greet onto the balcony for a royal kiss King Henry & Queen Margaret (& son), the most peculiar power couple since Liza Minelli & David Gest. Yet another botched smacker, and we’re off!!
War of the Noses
3:30pm And here we are, the actual beginning of the Wars of the Roses, where white & red rose finally fight it out for the first time onstage. And it’s as if someone’s emptied out a jar of man-sized safety pins into a great big wooden shed, switched on a strobe light & told them to get on with it. Swinging our swords & shouting “Raararrggghhh!!!!”, we fly at our opposing numbers. A little bit of slow-mo argy-bargy ensues, until out of the melée looms a familiar orthopaedic shoe. Hello Dicky – looks like someone’s got the hump. Time to die, Shomershit. Now, me & Robbie have done this fight countless times, adjusting a lunge here, tweaking a lurch there. But doing it in front of an audience? Like doing it for real. Like kicking a wheelchair down a hill & hoping the invalid’s still breathing at the bottom. By the time I hit the deck & Robbie’s got his shield on my windpipe, this particular invalid’s gasping like a beached whale in a pair of boots.
Mind you, I only have to do it the once: poor Robbie Sheehan has another two of these bastards and quite a few more lines & occasional skirmishes besides. Still, he’s built like a whippet. Survives on rabbit food. It’s the way they make ’em nowadays. Recent Brussels directive. New improved actor: hardly needs servicing – occasional change of oil & it goes forever.
4pm The Duke of York is hunted down like an old fox and hissed to death by the Queen. Oh tiger’s heart wrapped in a woman’s hide. And lo, Alex Hanson gives his mighty, jaw-dropping finale as York, where he weeps the death of his little boy at the hands of Young Clifford. I’ve covered parents & the death of their children in a previous post – how parenthood & offspring is a recurrent theme with Shakespeare – but this is where the meat-grinder of civil war properly kicks in & children and parents start dropping like flies. It’s also where young William’s poetry takes flight in a way that will become his delirious literary signature throughout the rest of the canon. A barnstorming speech that is recognisably by the same bloke who’ll go on to write Once more unto the breach or Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I (or indeed any of the Sonnets), in ways that some other passages aren’t quite, it’s the most famous in the entirety of the original Henry VI trilogy, & given an utterly shattering delivery here by Alex. You the man, Hanson. Audience in bits. I certainly am, every time.
“Have you SEEN these reviews??”
5pm: The ‘quondam’ King Henry (oh the joy we’ve had with that word – go on, look it up, we had to) gets discovered loitering behind a bush near Middlesborough by a couple of gamekeepers, myself & Andrew Woodall. Due to the combination of 1) our general attire; 2) Andrew’s decision to play his keeper as Bez from the Happy Mondays; and 3) Alex Waldemann’s now thoroughly chilled out, tree-hugging Henry, the three of us could well be mistaken for refugees from a particularly chemical rave in the early 1990s. I’m sure some assistant director at the RSC will one day do a version of the entire trilogy set on a New Age Travellers’ camp-site. The idea has a perverse merit.
Andrew Woodall
6pm: Lights down on Edward IV, and everyone’s dead that needs to be: Prince of Wales, Henry, couple of Cliffords, Duke of York, Earl of Shomershit. And noisy old Margaret put on the ferry to France. Edward and his unholy gang now sit on the throne, and frankly everyone’s looking rather damn smug. That bloke with the limp looks like he could be trouble though. Pizza anyone?
6:15pm: For the official opening of a landmark production, the ten cursory minutes between second and third show spent in a cold bare room at the top of the building, with community chorus and actors sat on a few plastic chairs nibbling on cold pizza, feels slightly the wrong, um, flavour. Still, I suppose this is how builders take their tea, and we are still in builders mode, erecting this monstrous day out of regurgitated lines, some music cues, lights and slightly damp costume. But oh sweet Mary, what I’d do for a drink right now. Indeed, what I’d do for a drink right now would probably demand its own show. And then get me arrested.
7pm: Just gone the half, & our dressing room is quiet. Somewhere a man is sobbing. Another man calls for his mother. A third blithely reads last month’s Times & chews on an apple. A clock ticks. Life on a submarine. Up periscope…
7:30pm: Oh my God, the tension is unbearable. The next couple of hours are going to be hell to get through – but get through them we must. At the end of proceedings, there’ll be only one winner: England or Australia. Still, there’s a sure-fire way of dealing with the rugby: slog through another three hour play by William Shakespeare. Once more into your breeches, my friends, and heads down for the finale, Richard III. The company gather again on the boards, peer into the audience (utterly blasé by now about the temporarily broken fourth wall), let the cold pizza repeat somewhat via a gentle belch; then the drums kick in, we’re into another kerrazy fifteenth century two-step, and suddenly Robbie Sheehan’s on his own with eight hundred people & absolutely nothing whatsoever to offer them except startling good looks, great stage charisma and one of the most famous speeches in the English language. God only knows how he’s gonna pull it off.
8pm: So, referee Romain Poite blows his whistle and Owen Farrell gets us underway. There have been some massive games of rugby at Twickenham over the years – few as important as this. Meanwhile, down the road, Lady Anne is buckling under the weight of Richard’s dark glamour beside the corpse of dead King Henry. And all of a sudden, the exquisite ironic confluence of a name, a flower and a brutal national sport hits home: a man called Lancaster lying dead & cold after leading England to ruin under the banner of a red rose. Now, if I were a superstitious type…
8:15pm: England becoming a little more composed now after a nervous start. Farrell offloads the ball nicely to Anthony Watson who slices through the middle. That’s a little more like it from Stuart Lancaster’s men. And here I come barrelling through the audience leading poor old Rivers (Rufus Hound) to his moment of truth beneath the blade of an axe. And, frankly, he’s a mess. A sprat in a lake of sharks, it’s as much as he can do to put one foot in front of another. A sobbing, blubbering, heaving vessel of terror letting it all fall to pieces in front of me. By the time the scene’s over, it’s like a gigantic snail’s crawled across my chainmail. Rufus: great stand-up comic, great raconteur, great big blobs of gob. Also, seriously cool Dalek tattoo. The boy loves his Dr Who. *Fistbumps* An honour to lead him to his death every night.
Cry me a Rivers
8:30pm: It’s been coming and finally Foley breaks through for Australia. He gives a little show-and-go and storms over as England run out of numbers at the back. Foley’s conversion is good and Australia’s patience has paid off. They lead by seven points. I stroll from stage left to stage right, scowling, saying nothing, accompanied by fellow-hoodlum Catesby & some soldier-types. Just the once. And that’s Ratcliffe’s entrance, right there. Now, a word about Ratcliffe: there happens to be a Lieutenant of the Tower towards the end of Edward IV who helps Richard, under duress, dispose of King Henry’s body. And then there’s Ratcliffe in Richard III, one of Richard’s henchmen. And Trevor had a devilishly good idea: why not make them one & the same person? So Lieutenant Ratcliffe is turned via a complicit act of accessory to regicide into a loyal attack dog that stays true to his master right to the bitter end. Which is great, and saves on costumes & that, but there’s a problem: the Lieutenant is written as a thoroughly decent cove doing a pig of a job; & Ratcliffe is basically Reggie Kray. I tell you, the acting prowess that goes into smoothing that monumental character wrinkle is worth its own website. It’s all done with the eyes, y’know. And some hair gel. Mmmm yah.
8:45pm: England have been sliced open by Foley again and they’re in big trouble now. What a 30 minutes for Australia. The conversion squeezes between the posts and Foley has 17 points in the match. Lancaster’s men have to turn this around otherwise England are dead & buried. Incidentally, Tim Walker plays Catesby, and he’s an evil looking sonofabitch & no mistake. (Catesby, that is. Not Tim. Tim’s a sweetheart.) Catesby resembles something foul-smelling with four legs you might find up a drain-pipe. Tim also plays Warwick the Kingmaker in the previous couple of plays, and he delivers him as a giant bear, flapping his jowls & growling at anyone who comes close. Warwick’s crest? Rampant bear chained to a ragged staff. See what he’s done there? Two weirdly brilliant/brilliantly weird performances. You know those visits to London Zoo that your drama school expected you to make for research? Well, that. Fabulous.
9pm: A brilliant first half for Bernard Foley and Australia. And it couldn’t have gone much worse for England. They’re an hour away from exiting the competition and sending Wales through to the quarter-finals.There are some sour faces in the Green Room during the interval, I can tell you. And, sweet Jesus, that’s Erin calling for beginners for the second half. For Chrissakes, does she not understand?
9:20pm England concede another penalty as Dan Cole and co are shoved backwards. And Foley bangs the ball straight between the posts. Bastard! Time for some girl-power therapy. A bunch of queens in Kingston slag each other off then fall to cursing everyone else. I adore this scene. Joely Richardson’s Queen Margaret starts her story in the first play as a biddable nervous coquette, becomes a smouldering thorn-bush in the next one, and finishes in Richard III a terrifying re-animated corpse yelling insults at all and sundry like someone you avoid on the High Street. Mad old Maggie: hell of a journey. Well, this scene is her finale, & it’s constructed like an opera, where soprano, mezzo soprano and contralto mourn their lost menfolk in counterpoint: Margaret mourning her husband & son; the newly widowed queen, Elizabeth (Alex Gilbreath), her husband, and two little boys in the tower; and old Mrs York (Sue Tracy), her husband and sons: little Rutland, Edward & George. Loss upon loss upon bleeding loss, and all spitting tacks at each other. Until Elizabeth does something quite extraordinary: she asks Margaret for advice on how best to curse. Which Margaret promptly gives. “See, you do it like this, stand like that, say this, and don’t eat much, got it?” I ask you, the mind of this young writer: already as sharp and precise as a pin, that he understands women that intuitively. Even at daggers drawn & clawing lumps out of each other, the girls get in a circle and work their shit out together. High five, sisters. You should play rugby.
9:45pm: And it’s all sliding downhill as Foley’s penalty kick puts another nail in the English coffin. Australia have a 10-point lead with eight minutes to play. The calipers are coming off for Richard too as rebellion stirs in the country at large and the Tudors prepare to make their grand entrance into history.
10:30pm So that’s it. The hosts, England, are out of their own tournament in the first round, the first team to suffer this ignominy in World Cup history. Meanwhile, in Kingston, England’s last purely English King is about to be given the heave-ho on his own turf by a Welshman. Poor old Dickie. Robbie’s Richard is a fantastically weird & malevolent creation, a shrill, slinking demon with the face of an angel, a “psychotic Peter Pan” as my friend Mary Roscoe perfectly put it. Playful, calculating, prone to terrifying rages & clearly pursued by the hounds of hell, he stalks around the stage like a gorgeous black tarantula, seducing & poisoning as he goes. He tries ever harder to stave off mental collapse as the play picks up momentum towards the end – all to no avail. On the eve of Bosworth, tormented by ghosts, he’s a fractured soul, as the ‘several tongues’ within him clamour for ascendancy. He has one more titanic scrap in him, before Richmond pins him to the floor & skewers him like a lamb shish kebab. It’s all over. The new King, Henry VII (awesome Larry Spellman: born to rule) finally unites the white rose & the red by tying the two banners behind him together and yelling at the audience: “You want chilli sauce with that???”
10:35pm And finally, the moment everyone’s been gagging for: the curtain-call to close the entire day. And boy, what a ride. There’s a standing ovation within seconds, whistling, roaring, hands held aloft. You sense they’re applauding themselves aswell as us – We did it! Three bloody shows!! I can’t feel my arse!!! – but even so, it’s like someone opening up your ego & pouring in rocket-fuel. Here’s Trevor bouncing onstage, keeping it simple, soulful: “Five words – Peter Hall and John Barton.” More cheering, more roaring. Half the cast don’t know whether to keep bowing or to stop and just wave at people, grinning like idiots. Some of us feel silly, some of us feel like bursting into tears (you just do when faced with this kind of reaction), some are looking forward to watching the rugby on catch-up. It’s mental. But of course, it has to come to an end. The cast manage to judge the moment to leave with unerring precision using a theatrical form of swarm intelligence, and we all begin to file off stage to enduring hollering, stamping and clapping. Eventually, the audience begin considering their own journey home & the clapping subsides. Sadly, amongst the gathering quiet, it quickly becomes apparent that half the cast are still onstage queuing patiently to get the f**k off. Bloody cutlery drawer jammed. Beyond embarrassing. *Sigh*
11pm Theatre bar, official opening drinks reception, wall-to-wall prosecco. Wearing paisley shirt bought specially for post-show knees-up. (Business expense.) I’m busy explaining the Wars of the Roses plot to a little old lady called Jean who fell asleep in the middle of Edward IV. She keeps calling me the Earl of Plymouth. Glimpse Caitlin & dressers standing at bar dolled up to the pins using selfie-stick. Clue’s in the title: ridiculous accessory to an absurdly narcissistic generation. Avuncular tut tut. Trevor walks past with two actors hanging off him like earrings. Attempt mid-air congratulatory embrace as the threesome pass, but miss and end up kissing bald patch of small man sitting at table by mistake. We both laugh, embarrassed. Small man moves away. Feel foolish. Turn back round: Jean still blithering away at chest-level about the Earl of Plymouth.
11:30pm Several glasses down & feeling altogether less foolish. Have been called over by professional photographer for statutory shot of cast-member holding glass of fizz. Paisley shirt: wise investment. Tatler editorial board will be pleased. See my friends, Jess & Alice, in distance. Jess played Joe Egg in production here at Rose two years ago, and now prospective babysitter as she lives just around the corner from me. Alice assistant director on Joe Egg. And here’s Stephen Unwin, who used to run the Rose. Back-slapping, hugs, silly faces. Oh, and his missus, Ginny Schiller, who cast Wars of the Roses. And there’s Samantha Bond. And the adorable Niall Buggy. Joely with her mum. And is that Jemma Redgrave aswell? And, blimey, that’s me! Oh no, just reflection in window. And finally I’m Trev’d: me, Trevor & Olly Cotton in big hairy hug. One gigantic happy family. Love them all. Love everyone in this room. Intensely. Also rather love this bubbly. Must get some more.
Midnight Attempting suitable angle to position head for group photo using Caitlin’s selfie-stick. Important to take this seriously & get right. For Twitter. For FaceBook. For my son: one day he’ll see photo of his father in paisley shirt looking sophisticated around young people & feel proud. Party going well – feeling remarkably charming & interesting. Everything I say appears to be an ingenious witticism. Frankly, not surprised so many people wish to take my photo. Yes, I will have another prosecco thankyou. *Hides glass* My glass? Haven’t seen it for a while. Tell you what, love, just pass us the bottle. Yes, I’m sure it’s fine – I’m the Earl of Shomershit, y’know. Or was it Plymouth? *Laughs, swigs*
Self self self
12:30am Room appears to be slowly thinning out. Difficult to tell at this angle. Under piano, for some reason. Am being shouted at by someone. Harry Egan, possibly? Something about the Viper Rooms. Remember blearily some arrangement made by Roger, our company manager, regarding post-post-show drinks at infamous Kingston flesh-pot. Nod assent at young man & dribble.
1pm So, the Viper Rooms. Kingston’s answer to a question that no-one in their right minds should have asked. If I was sober, then this might have been an objective description of a fairly run-of-the-mill provincial nightclub. But since I’m not, it won’t be. A more impressionistic account for you. Which begins with a long, low, dark corridor, enveloped with flashes of light, and throbbing away to a subterranean engine. Occasionally a very nearly naked young person will lurch into my vision, scowl contemptuously, then disappear. Subsequently, a big, bald, fleshy man will pop up & ask you rather scarily not to sit in a particular seat/manner/coat. At regular intervals, I observe a hand bringing up a glass of cheap white wine to my lips. My own hand, I assume. It’s rather like being in a video-game. Black-Out In Ebriated Evil Resident 5. Or something.
2pm After talking to the back of a cushion for 20 minutes, thinking it was Rufus’s wife, I look confusedly around. Nightclubs are such strangely alluring and yet deeply horrifying places. All glass, air-conditioning & tantalising suggestion of vomit on the wind. On top of a relentless throbbing. Like being caught inside a dying cyborg. Mmm, not a bad simile for someone this worse for wear. Still got it. Grunt with satisfaction. Then slowly topple off sofa onto floor. Pick myself up, hoping no-one’s noticed. Immy (Imogen Daines) gently leads me to a door, imagining it to be an exit to somewhere more tranquil. We open it & witness a vision of hell. Thousands of bodies writhing & gyrating like maggots in a tin. Like the Battle of Bosworth. Like one of our curtain calls. We join them. Soon, word gets out that the Earl of Plymouth has finally shed the last vestiges of his dignity and is giving his Leo Sayer. Various members of the community chorus get wind & come to watch. It’s like a bloodsport from a less enlightened time. People in a circle cheering on an individual clearly having some kind of disturbance. My friend Jess is the last to join, takes one look and rather brilliantly decides to call a taxi. Then, like the good & faithful babysitter that she is, she takes me home to my wife and child. It’s over. Our revels now are ended. And these, our actors, as I foretold you, are utterly out for the count & will probably need a couple of days to recover. A dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.
The Earl of Plymouth
Posted on September 30, 2015 October 20, 2015 by Owen Oakeshott · 5 Comments
Wars of the Roses: Round and round and round we go
Tea-break during never-ending technical rehearsal, urinals in the Gents, Rose Theatre, Kingston:
Robbie Sheehan, Karé Conradi & I stare blankly into the middle distance, emptying our bladders, yawning, minds a tired void, indulging an occasional fart. Suddenly Robbie grimaces, flicks a considerable corkscrew fringe and declares in his sweet Irish burr:
“It’s like one big f*****g wheel, isn’t it? And it’s like you can’t get off. Ever.”
I look down and, in my mind’s eye, ruminate on the horrific cycle of birth and death, creation and butchery, triumph and loss that these awesome plays express and describe, how the tumultuous century we’re chronicling can be seen as an epic example of humanity’s binding to the remorseless wheel of history. Karé and I nod sagely, dribbling away.
Then Robbie says: “I mean, just an extra fifteen minutes on the lunch-break would be f*****g something.” And with that, he shakes, zips and departs, harrassing that riotous fringe as he goes. I realise, with just the slightest twinge of inward social embarrassment, that Robbie is, in fact, referring to Trevor’s rehearsal schedule.
Nonetheless, as I follow him back to the dressing room, wiping my hands on the Earl of Somerset’s fabulous medieval tunic, I consider Robbie’s statement. And think: dammit, I’m snaffling that for the blog. Like the rest of the world’s relationship to the invention of any number of English ball-games, it’s sometimes necessary to take a manly hold of someone else’s metaphor and show it what it’s capable of.
For indeed, the whole experience of staging this pageant of poetry and simulated slaughter seems to resemble one damn metaphorical wheel after another, with metaphorical mice on Equity-minimum contracts scurrying round and round trying to find the metaphorical sodding exit. But I’ll address the design of the Rose theatre backstage area in a moment. *Grinds teeth*
Two weeks ago, we tech’d Henry VI, dress-rehearsed it, then ran it round the block in front of a paying audience a couple of times. We then tech’d the next one, Edward IV, without dress-rehearsing it (yes, I know, how cool are we???), before giving it a spin at the beginning of last week. And then, finally, it was Richard III‘s turn to be tech’d, dress-rehearsed & wheeled out into the sunlight last Friday & Saturday. It’s been a gruelling, exhausting, utterly momentous fortnight for the company, noses to the grindstone as the wheel turns. But, you know what, never mind all that. Before we even mention the production, we need to talk about Kingston’s bastard one-way system. Devised at first to keep the strong in awe, this cruel & unforgiving maze of despair simply has to have been dreamt up by the same comedy genius that designed the Rose theatre backstage area. But I’ll address that in a moment. *Screams into cushion*
Wheel of Doom # 1
It all starts rather splendidly on a bright Monday morning, joining the A3 at Wandsworth, sun shining, engine purring, John Humphrys & Sarah Montague wittering away about nothing on Radio 4, road ahead awash with promise and diesel particulates. I should take this opportunity to point out that my relationship with Angela, the disembodied American lady on my SatNav, is akin to the one Inspector Clouseau has with his terrifyingly unpredictable man-servant, Cato, in that she sees her job of getting me somewhere I haven’t visited in a while as a means of keeping me on my toes. Ultimately, this is achieved by profoundly challenging my road-worthiness, blood-pressure and sanity. By the time I hit Kingston, she has already sent me on a number of lunatic goose-chases in search of the perfect shortcut, one of which involves a startled gentleman in pink slacks, and all of which succeed in adding at least twenty minutes to my ETA.
Eventually, Angela relents after the atmosphere between us has deteriorated to a sour silence, and before you can say: “What’s wrong with an AA road map, for Pete’s sake?” she has me confidently shooting into Kingston with barely minutes to go before I’m due at the theatre. I soon begin to recognise landmarks from when I was last at the Rose two years ago performing in ‘A Day in the Death of Joe Egg’.
Yoga with Ralf Little, Rose Theatre, May 2013
However, at a critical roundabout, Angela is distracted by a handsome young traffic light, and I find myself on the road out of Kingston and over the bridge towards Teddington without even realising what’s amiss. I now have a substantial line of vehicles on my tail and nowhere to turn round. It is at this juncture that I start to give in to my inner Basil Fawlty by yelling profanities at micro-circuitry in the curious pretence that it a) has an autonomous consciousness; b) has knowingly underperformed and must therefore be punished; and c) remotely cares what you think even if a) and b) were true.
Suddenly, mid-rant, I spy a cheeky side-street and executing a manoeuvre that would make your mother blush, find myself quickly heading back in the opposite direction over the bridge into Kingston. I breathe a sigh of relief as once more I race like Noddy on drugs back along the A308 into the melée of retail. Unfortunately, my composure doesn’t last, as the road singularly refuses to play ball and allow me anywhere near the Rose. Chewing my cheek with mounting fury, I observe various signs for the theatre sail past, the ones with those irritating happy/sad Greek drama masks on them, one of them gutted at something, the other pissing himself laughing, the civic gods of acting taunting me on my road to nowhere. You’ll never make it, they seem to mock, either to the theatre, or in your wider career. You’ll be forever lost in a small market town wondering what might have been if you’d chosen a different turning.
“Bastard gods of acting!” I scream into the windscreen as I lurch past them.
Irritating bastards
Angela now chooses this moment to regain her poise and suggest, in her preposterous Californian drawl, that I bear left when every fibre in my being pleads for a right hand turn to bring me level with the theatre. I realise with mounting horror what Angela’s point is: that the theatre car-park can only be attained by another comprehensive pass all the way back round and through Kingston, the English highway equivalent of Hilary almost reaching the summit of Everest before having to head back down because he’d forgotten the bloody flag.
I am now officially late for my call by five minutes. “Damn you, Angela & Kingston!” I roar at the dashboard. “Damn you both to hell!”
Now in a cold sweat of impotent wrath, I stiffen my jaw and stamp my foot on the accelerator, meaning business and to hell with the consequences. Unfortunately, I miss and hit the brake instead, stalling the car and almost causing a double-decker bus to lie down on top of me. I grimace apologetically at the bus driver in the rear view mirror, Avenging Angel Of The Road reduced to Fool Attempting To Start Small Car In Traffic. I turn the key. Nothing. Now it’s the Fiesta’s turn to sit in sulky silence. In the middle of an A-road with a line of honking vehicles behind it. Sweet Jesus, but my staff choose their moments.
After trotting through my professional repertoire of contrite facial expressions, the engine finally starts – and I’m off like a hamster that’s been set alight. However, inevitably, as in the most godawful nightmare, I hurtle past the necessary turning near the theatre that might provide succour to my torment, and once again find myself falling back into the maw of the Royal Borough on a soul-sapping third pass. I am now nearly half an hour late for my call, and am becoming tearful. Oh, hapless little mouse. Oh holy Mary.
Swearing liberally, I hurl the car half on and half off the pavement, whack on the hazards and roll down the window. Surely a Kingston native might know a secret underground tunnel, perhaps involving code words and initiation ceremonies. Frankly, right now, I’d be happy to sacrifice a goat in a graveyard to save me from this bunch-backed toad of a one way system. Surprisingly, the good burghers of Kingston seem remarkably averse to helping a sweaty, wild-eyed man who’s leaning out of a sad little car on a busy highway and is babbling something about being late for the Wars of the Roses. They scurry past, as if avoiding illness.
Suddenly, I spy a no-through-road in the distance which seems to be vaguely in the direction of the Rose, and in a moment of clarity born out of a longing for mother, I slam the car into reverse, spin it round on the handbrake and storm towards freedom. To a rousing crescendo of saxophone and bass guitar, I drive at ninety miles an hour down a narrow, prohibited back-alley sending trash cans and the homeless flying like skittles. Bellowing in triumph, tyres smoking, I hurtle round the corner to the Rose, ultimately smashing through the glass doors and coming to rest in the bar.*
(*This is all bollocks, obviously.)
Wheel of Doom #2
So, like an occupying army with incredible diction, the acting company move into the Rose on a sunny Monday morning, taking up positions in their dressing rooms. (Some with more poise than others, needless to say.) One of the first obligations attendant on us all is to be shown round the theatre. We start with a tour of the set.
This is a model of the set as introduced to us on the first meet ‘n’ greet way back in July.
And here’s the real thing. In the flesh, as ’twere.
Truly a monumental achievement (congrats John Napier, Mark Friend & everyone else involved), it now feels very much like an indoor Globe but using a ‘lozenge’ as opposed to thrust stage. In the right light and in a suitably dramatic context, it makes for a befouled medieval street, an incense-laden throne room, a gloomy church or a murderous field of battle. And, keeping faith with fifteenth century standards of house-building, it’s also an utter death trap, as most of the stairs are at an unequal tread with occasional panels & balustrades missing, foxing the careless actor in unforgiving cloak.
After the guided tour of the set, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: ladies and gentlemen, I give you … the Rose theatre backstage area. (*punches self in face repeatedly*)
Now, before I get stuck in, it’s important to note that I love working at this theatre. The team who run it are a wonderfully warm & immensely committed body of people, from Robert O’Dowd & Jerry Gunn, chief exec & producer respectively; all the way down to our gorgeous & heroic dressers who keep us buttoned/laced/zipped/cocked/loaded, all within a maniac’s schedule and extremely limited space. None of these people are to blame for the, erm, quirk that I’m about to describe. No, I’m afraid responsibility for that lies at the door of Blundell, Thompson & Hargreaves, the Bromley-based architectural practice who were commissioned to design the Rose way back when, and who therefore must hang their heads in considerable shame for the following egregious fuck-up. So here goes:
There is no access backstage between stage left and stage right. (Or indeed vice versa.) Once more with feeling: there is no access backstage between stage left and stage right. Friends, if you’re an actor, and you are performing in a production at the Rose theatre, Kingston, and during said production you entertain the not entirely unreasonable desire to cross from stage left to stage right (or indeed vice versa) without being seen by the audience, then friends, the only conceivable way of doing so is to run like hell upstairs to the dressing-rooms, peg it the full length of the building, fly down a substantial staircase, hot-foot it through the bar and foyer, sprint past the box office, hop through both front & back (preferably open) doors of a lift (praying to God it’s not in use during your show), before finally skidding to a halt at the door for backstage right whilst enduring a brief attack of angina. And then do your scene.
Now, bearing in mind that the original Rose Theatre Trust (tasked with driving forward the proposition of building a new Rose theatre after the discovery of the foundations of the original Rose on Bankside in 1989), included two Olympian gods of the British stage, Laurence Olivier & Peter Hall, I am frankly mystified as to how this could have happened. Did someone spill coffee on the plans? Did someone in the architect’s office get dumped by an actor at some point in his or her life & thus tendered for the contract with a view to taking revenge on the whole profession? Did they forget that they were planning a building for actors at all?? Whatever the cause, the most accurs’d effect is the sight in 2015 of a number of the Wars of the Roses company, some of them well struck in years and in full medieval battle armour, going round and round the full circumference of the Rose, skidding and bouncing their way across every shiny, reflective surface like so much loose change in a washing machine. I haven’t had so much fun since watching It’s A Knock-Out in the 1970s.
Oh hapless, sweaty, heavily armoured mice.
Oscar Batterham, Freddie Carter, Harry Egan & James de Lauch Hay are four eager mice fresh to the wheel and far, far too young & unblemished. They must therefore be punished by being worked like dogs. Straight out of drama school, they all had their theatrical debut on Wednesday 16th September in Henry VI, venturing forth on their awfully big adventure to the enormous advantage of the rest of the company. Frankly, without the four of them doing a regular 200 metre sprint in chain mail round the building every night, being an occasional French king, English earl, Prince of Wales or messenger of your choice, the Wars of the Roses would probably never start. We salute you, boys, & wish you well as you join our gaudy charabanc.
Crickey, One Direction have let themselves go.
Kingston local, Caitlin Rose Webb, also made her bow in Richard III as Elizabeth of York (that’s Henry VIII’s mum to you), and is fresh (ish) out of the Rose youth theatre. Truth be told, she carries herself around the place with more self-possession than the rest of the company put together. Must be something in the water.
Holding hands across the generations, we have the father of the company, Olly Cotton, who regales his extraordinary stories of auditioning for Laurence Olivier at the fledgling National Theatre when it was housed at the Old Vic in the sixties, of working with John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, you name them – he’s shared the stage with them.
The most wonderful thing about our profession is the sense of its own living history. Olly’s entry into the profession was presumably accompanied by raucous tales from his senior colleagues of the venerable & mighty actors of their early years, from the early twentieth century & beyond. There’s a glorious thread that feels very tangible when performing Shakespeare which ties us all firmly to each other and to our forebears, and that keeps our gorgeous theatre striplings grasping the spectral hands of their ancestors in a chain of ghosts all the way back to Burbage, Keene et al, when these plays were first staged further up river over four hundred years ago.
One day, Oscar, Freddie, James, Harry & Caitlin will tell great theatrical yarns about an awesome production they happened to be in at the Rose in Kingston when they worked with the great Oliver Cotton and Trevor Nunn, and spent every performance sprinting from one end of the building to the other because of a hilarious & mystifying design fault.
One of them might even end up writing a blog.
Lest it be deduced from the strangulated tone earlier in this post that I’m in any way fed up with this gig, I should set the record straight forthwith. I am so not. Whenever I do a Shakespeare, in whatever context and whatever the part, it always feels like coming home. But, y’know, we’re also being directed by Trevor bloody Nunn. And I love these plays, always have. And I adore the company, who are not only an incredibly relaxed, sweet-natured & funny bunch, but some of the best verse-speakers I’ve had the pleasure to work with. And I’ve met Vanessa Redgrave. What’s. Not. To. Love. Yes, the last two weeks have felt like a fortnight shifting heavy furniture whilst reciting poetry down a coal-mine, topped off by a nightly shot of adrenaline to the heart under dazzling lights. But hell, that’s what I came into this profession for.
Oh contented little mouse.
To reinforce the point, here are some generally recognised milestones on the road to a town called Happy Actor, all of which I’ve passed at some point in the last couple of weeks:
The first time walking onto a phenomenal set.
The first time looking at yourself in the mirror in costume, in this instance, looking seriously kick-ass in sword, tunic & boots.
Settling in for the first proper pint with members of the company in the pub next door.
Part way through the first preview and the thrilling heart attack of not quite knowing what your next scene is, moments before your next scene.
The ‘click’ moment when the scene takes flight for the first time and you’re suddenly right inside the world as your character, not as the foggy-headed actor who can’t quite get the lines out.
The first moment of delicious sensory recall that occurs when stood in the hot, dark embrace of the wings, surrounded by fear and dry ice.
Falling into a gorgeous swoon with your fellow actors, which usually happens roundabout the tech.
You’d think I’d be blasé about all this stuff after nearly twenty years in the business, but you show me a middle-aged actor with back-ache and a mortgage who’s not secretly on fire every time he flicks his cloak and fondles the hilt of his sword before striding onstage like death on two legs, and I’ll show you an actor who seriously needs to consider a change of career.
Of course, you can get addicted to it. My year is generally now defined by two or three turns of the theatre roller, and if it doesn’t happen to turn, then I can be a pig to live with & no mistake.
Doing these specific plays more than usually pins me to the wheel though. There seems to be a generational need to stage the Wars of the Roses in some form or other over the last fifty odd years, and I happened to be in the first Michael Boyd rendering of the unexpurgated tetralogy at the RSC fifteen years ago.
(Nick Asbury played Somerset in that one. He kept a blog. Far superior to mine. It got turned into a book called Exit Pursued By A Badger. I understand that the bloke who played Somerset in the original production in 1591 kept a blog as well. It’s one of those impenetrable theatre traditions.)
Now, obviously the Rose & RSC productions are different from each other in a legion of ways. There’s the extensive editing & textual revising in ours courtesy of John Barton, for starters. Boyd’s was a labyrinthine, sprawling vision of hell, à la Hieronymous Bosch, ours more a cold-eyed study of power & legitimacy in a disintegrating society. But they share enough similarities – in costume and in atmospherics, principally – to occasionally bring me up short in the wings, as if I’m listening to ghosts.
After a backbreaking & interminable tech – some actors were reportedly seen with faces pressed up against the glass of the foyer doors, pleading for release – we are now in the thick of previews, and now surely have the measure of these magnificent beasts. We’re still rattling around like tacks in a tin getting to grips with the insane marriage of backstage area & multi-level set (seriously, one false move on this thing & you’re lost for life in an etching by M.C. Escher), but a few more runs & we’ll be doing it in our sleep. By which I mean recurrent nightmare.
But hey folks, we have a show. Or three shows, to be precise. And it’s gripping, dramatic, heartbreaking, occasionally funny. And the more we do it, the more it appears to speak directly to our own riven world, of backstairs politicking, collapsing institutions, the fragility of principles in a jungle of selfishness, fear & cynicism. All distilled through the finest language brought to bear on the vexed topic of power.
Oh, and the fights are jaw-dropping. Whisper it, but some of the swords have made it across the chasm of the years to end up in our version, courtesy of some vaguely fraternal transaction between the Rose, RSC & National Theatre. At some point over the course of the full nine hours, I’m probably holding exactly the same weapons I used back in 2001 & 2006.
Oh, happy mouse brandishing a sword.
For sword, read Shakespeare, for Shakespeare, read life. We actors see ourselves as sculptors of other people’s souls moulded roughly to the shape of our own at a given point in our life. Then, imperceptibly, the world turns and without really noticing, we’re in a new town under an autumn sky, soul-sculpting afresh on a mould that has subtly changed shape, wielding an old sword in a new fight. However, beneath our shifting lives and careers, always there is Shakespeare: a constant river flowing beneath, the unchanging text which seems forever changing, his meaning deepening and widening as we grow, not only as individuals but also as a culture. Our companion, our guide, our great interpreter of ourselves. Shakespeare rocks – and he’s yours for a fiver tonight in the cheap seats.
And if that doesn’t persuade you, maybe this lot can.
Phwoarr of the Roses
(From left to right: Sue Tracy, Imogen Daines, Alex Gilbreath, Joely Richardson.)
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„25 years of innocence” awarded in Genoa and Tallinn
Co-financed by the Polish Film Institute „25 years of innocence” received two awards at the Festival Nuovo Cinema Europain Genoa.Its director Jan Holoubek got also a First Feature Competition Special Jury Prize at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn.
Jan Holoubek’s film has already received two awards at the 45. Polish Film Festival, for directing debut and the main male role (Piotr Trojan). During the 39th Koszalin Festival of Young Film Debuts and Film „25 years of innocence” was awarded for the best director (Jan Holoubek), the best actor (Piotr Trojan), the best screenplay (Andrzej Gołda), the best cinematography (Bartłomiej Kaczmarek) and the Audience Award. Then it won the Director’s Debuts Competition and got a Special Mention in the Polish Films Competition during teh EnergaCAMERIMAGE.
In the film cast are Agata Kulesza, Jan Frycz, Andrzej Konopka, Magdalena Różczka, Dariusz Chojnacki and in the leading role – Piotr Trojan.
Plot of the movie
It is a moving thriller drama which is based on real events that lived throughout Poland. This is a story about Tomasz Komenda whose life was destroyed forever on a tragic night. A young man was arrested, accused and wrongly sentenced to 25 years in prison for rape and murder of a teenager. Subsequent expert opinions confirmed his participation in the crime, and any evidence was against him. Despite nearly two decades of humiliation, violence and injustice, Komenda kept his hope and humanity. Finally, after 18 years of imprisonment, prosecutors and a policeman appeared on his way, who decided to discover the truth behind the mysterious case of the detainee.
Jan Holoubek and the filmmakers try to find answers to the questions that the public asked while watching the process: how could a thing like that happen? Why did an innocent man have to wait 18 years in a cell for justice? It is also a moving story about the steadfastness of the human spirit, perseverance and the strength that lies in the family. Full of tension and strong, expressive characters – Komenda’s mother who not doubting her son’s guilt and supported him all those years.
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Partners in Growth
If there is a single phrase that best captures the motivation behind our current efforts — from our strategic plan Bold Aspirations to our comprehensive fundraising campaign Far Above — it is this one: flagship university.
The state of Kansas demands a flagship university in the top tier of public international research institutions. Such a university is a magnet for innovative minds, and innovation is the key to a flourishing and diverse economy.
Our Bold Aspirations goals will not only strengthen our research efforts, but just as importantly engage our scholarship for public impact. By investing our substantial intellectual capital and research infrastructure, KU can spur innovation, business partnerships, and economic prosperity.
Under the leadership of Julie Goonewardene, president of the KU Center for Technology Commercialization and associate vice chancellor for innovation & entrepreneurship, KUCTC has been reorganized with a goal as old as business itself — one-stop shopping for entrepreneurs and external business partners.
One exciting way KUCTC is pursuing its goal is the Strategic Partners Program. The program operates as a unique collaboration between the Office of Corporate Partnerships, led by director Julie Nagel, and Corporate and Foundation Development at KU Endowment, led by director Scott Zerger.
The Strategic Partners Program reinforces the more specific corporate programs already in existence, while also providing businesses the potential for broader involvement across the university — creating a synergistic relationship between a company and KU.
Companies often have broad interests spanning multiple units. KU will coordinate at the university level to address company desires and navigate institutional units and departments. A senior KU leader — such as a dean or vice provost — will serve as key administrator on behalf of all KU and work directly with the company’s designated key executive to help foster collaborative programs.
The Strategic Partners Program is nearing completion of its first master research agreement. Such agreements will simplify work for faculty and staff, help launch new projects quickly, and benefit students and research.
A data-centric approach
Making a connection begins with the challenge of tracking existing contacts and having the data needed to create new ones. The KUCTC is leading a concentrated effort to utilize information and IT infrastructure to support and enhance our strategic goals and our research.
Later in the spring, KUCTC will launch a new web presence to streamline the process of doing business with KUCTC and to highlight KU commercialization strengths on the national stage.
The site will provide potential partners a single point of entry to access the breadth of expertise and programs at KU. In coordination with the site’s launch, internal activities are being aligned to serve the goal of one-stop shopping.
KUCTC is also moving forward with a corporate Customer Relations Management system, a database to track external relationships and provide an enterprise-level analysis of KU’s relationship to any existing or potential partner. The business and industry CRM project is expected to have initial functionality available by April 2013.
The Bold Aspirations Visitor and Lecture Series returns for the spring semester with one lecture next week and two lectures the following week:
Nobel laureate and financial economist Robert Merton will present A Next-Generation Solution for Funding Retirement: A Case Study in Design and Implementation of Financial Innovation on Friday, February 15 at 1 p.m. at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Recently retired Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration H. George Frederickson will present Organization in Public Administration as part of the School of Public Affairs Valedictory Lecture Series on Monday, February 18, at 3:30 p.m. in the Alderson Room at the Kansas Union.
Chuanbin Mao, the Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma, will present Genetically Engineering BioNanostructures to Develop NanoBiotechnology and Nanomedicine, on Thursday, February 21, at 4 p.m. at The Commons in Spooner Hall.
I encourage you to attend one of the two public forums being held as the university begins the process of creating a new campus master plan. Each open forum will present an opportunity to visit with Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company and share your thoughts on the future of KU’s physical presence.
A campus open forum will be held on Wednesday, February 20, from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union.
A Lawrence community open forum will be held on Wednesday, February 20, from 5-7 p.m. in the Union Pacific Depot/Lawrence Visitor Information Center.
Finally, to recruit and retain high-quality staff, we must be competitive with current markets and ensure our position descriptions align with the work done on campus. The university has contracted with CBIZ to assist with a comprehensive classification and market study for all non-faculty positions. You can learn more at hrmarketstudy.ku.edu.
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This issue of Provost eNews as well as past ones can be found on the Provost eNews web page.
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24 May 2005 : Column 104W—continued
Tenants Rental Payments
Paul Holmes: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total revenue received by Chesterfield borough council in tenants' rent payments was in each year since 1997; and what proportion of this revenue was taken by central Government to fund housing benefit. [202]
Yvette Cooper: The rental income received by Chesterfield in each year from 1997 is as shown in the following table, the figures are taken from the audited subsidy claim forms provided by the local authority. Government receipts from rental income are not hypothecated to the benefit system.
Before April 2004 the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) comprised two elements: a housing element and a rent rebate element. Where an authority's housing element generated an assumed surplus, it was offset against the rent rebate element simply as an accounting convenience to ensure simplicity of administration. It did not fund the costs of housing benefit to central Government.
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Chesterfield borough council rental income since 1997
1997–98 18,333,096
1999–2000 19,518,000
Thames Gateway Bridge
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to make a statement on the commencement date for the full public inquiry into the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge. [114]
Mr. Woolas: My right hon. Friends the Deputy Prime Minister, First Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State for Transport announced the commencement date for the public inquiry into the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge on 25 February 2005 and reaffirmed it in a further letter on 17 May. The inquiry will open on Tuesday 7 June, 2005 with the initial inquiry sessions held at Charlton Athletic Football Club. Upon conclusion of those first sessions, there will be an adjournment until 13 September, 2005 when the inquiry will reconvene at Woolwich Town Hall, Greenwich.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received about the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge; and if he will make a statement. [115]
Mr. Woolas: My right hon. Friends the Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport, the Planning Inspectorate and the London boroughs of Greenwich and Newham received in the region of 3,000 representations about the Thames Gateway Bridge. The representations came from a wide range of sources including businesses, community organisations and local residents. Of those objecting to the proposal, the issues most frequently raised were:
Lack of choice for different crossing schemes e.g. rail.
Concerns about the information provided in the traffic and transport assessment.
Adverse environmental impacts, that the scheme undermines national and local transport policies.
Traffic will not be local.
Impact on air quality is unclear.
Job creation figures are questionable.
Traffic forecasts are unreliable and the regeneration case for the bridge not proven.
Air pollution, noise pollution and congestion of the existing road network.
Noise impacts, flight paths, flood plain, the future of the Woolwich ferry and community isolation.
Impact on the existing highway network.
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Government have to change planning (a) regulations, (b) legislation and (c) guidelines relating to Travellers. [280]
Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister issued a draft for consultation of a new planning circular for Gypsy and Traveller sites in December 2004. We have received over 300 responses and will announce our conclusions when we have considered the representations made on the draft circular. New planning regulations relating to the use of temporary stop notices came into effect on 7 March. Work is under way on new guidance to local authorities and police on enforcement plans.
Mr. Fallon: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to announce the conclusions of his review of Travellers and planning law. [532]
Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister issued a draft for consultation of a new planning circular for Gypsy and Traveller sites in December 2004. We have received over 300 responses and will announce our conclusions when we have considered the representations made on the draft circular.
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Television Channel Grants
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list (a) how many and (b) which regional development agencies have given grants towards promoting, setting up or sustaining a television channel or channels; and whether he was consulted about such use of public money. [3741]
Alun Michael [holding answer 15 June 2005]: I understand that two of England's regional development agencies have given grants towards promoting or setting up TV channels. The London Development Agency is investing a total of £630,000 in London TV as part of a three-year grant agreement with Visit London. Along with another partner, Yorkshire Forward has invested £2.9 million over three years in a new digital satellite television channel called Propellor to promote the region's film and television talents.
The regional development agencies are required to seek the consent of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to give financial assistance outside their delegated authority. The LDA's grant to London TV was considered as part of the grant to Visit London and the agency was granted consent. Yorkshire Forward's investment in Propellor was within the agency's delegated authority.
Wassenaar Arrangement
Robert Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what policy changes have been made in the past year to the UK's application of the Wassenaar Arrangement; and if he will make a statement. [4875]
Malcolm Wicks: No policy changes have been made in the past year to the UK's application of commitments made within the Wassenaar Arrangement. The Government continues to fully support the export control activities and principles of the Wassenaar Arrangement.
Benefits (Derbyshire)
Judy Mallaber: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents in (a) Amber Valley and (b) Derbyshire are in receipt of (i) incapacity benefit and (ii) industrial injury benefit. [4821]
Mrs. McGuire: The information is in the tables.
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Incapacity benefit (IB) and severe disability allowance (SDA) claimants in areas shown as at February 2005
IB/SDA 4,600 43,600
IB 4,000 38,600
SDA 500 5,000
1.Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and may not sum due to rounding.
2.IB figures include credit-only cases.
3.Derbyshire figures are the total for the 10 parliamentary constituencies within the county of Derbyshire and Derby unitary authority.
Information Directorate, 5 per cent. sample.
Industrial injuries disablement benefit (IIDB), reduced earnings allowance (REA) and retirement allowance (RA) recipients in areas shown as at 30 September 2004
Amber Valley 995
Derbyshire 9,720
1.Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 to ensure anonymity.
2.A recipient may be in receipt of IIDB or REA/RA or both.
Industrial Injuries Computer System, 100 per cent. count.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what contingency plans have been made for the transfer of child support functions to the HM Revenue and Customs. [3575]
Mr. Plaskitt: We have no such plans.
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when Stephen Brice, reference 1040238581, will have his payments to the Child Support Agency calculated under the new system. [4783]
Mr. Plaskitt: Information about individual cases is confidential and not disclosed.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the total number of UK citizens claiming incapacity related benefits for each year since 1978–79; and if he will make a statement. [885]
Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 25 May 2005]: Information is not available in the format requested.
As a result of numerous changes to the benefits system the information on incapacity related benefits requested is not directly comparable over the whole period.
Incapacity related benefits between 1978 and 1983 included sickness benefit and the incapacity benefits of the time: invalidity benefit; non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives non-contributory invalidity pension.
In 1983, Statutory Sick Pay, paid by employers, was introduced. This had the effect of removing a large number of claimants from sickness benefit.
Between 1984 and April 1995 incapacity related benefits included sickness benefit and the incapacity benefits of the time: invalidity benefit and severe disablement allowance.
Since 13 April 1995, sickness benefit and invalidity benefit were replaced by incapacity benefit. From that date incapacity related benefits have consisted entirely of the incapacity benefits: incapacity benefit itself plus severe disablement allowance.
The available information is in the tables.
Incapacity related benefits claimants in Great Britain on the last day of the Department's statistical year (1978–83)
Incapacity benefits(19)
Sickness benefit
1978 769,900 471,900
1983 1,008,400 338,400
(19)Incapacity benefits were invalidity benefit, non-contributory invalidity pension, housewives non-contributory invalidity pension and sickness benefits credits-only cases, until 1983.
1.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
2.Figures include some people over pension age.
Information Directorate 1 per cent. Sample
1995 (April) 2,627,900 127,200
(20)Incapacity benefits were invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance and sickness benefits credits-only cases, up to April 1995.
Incapacity related benefits claimants in Great Britainat the quarter shown (1995–2004)
As at November:
1995 2,767,500
(21)Incapacity benefits are incapacity benefit, incapacity benefit credits-only and severe disablement allowance since November 1995.
1.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many recipients of incapacity benefit (a) returned to work, (b) died and (c) passed the state pension age in each quarter since 1997; and what proportion of all incapacity benefit claimants each represent; [1337]
(2) what the proportion of terminations of entitlement to incapacity benefit has been as a result of failing the personal capacity assessment or all work test in each of the last eight years. [1339]
Mrs. McGuire: The numbers leaving incapacity benefits and returning to work are not recorded in this format. An estimate of the proportion of incapacity benefit leavers returning to employment can be obtained from the annual Destination of Benefit Leavers Survey (DWP In-House Research Report no. 132), which is available in the Library. The latest published figures, for 2004 benefit leavers, show that 49 per cent. of incapacity benefit leavers surveyed had returned to work of 16 hours or more per week.
The available information is in the table.
Incapacity benefit and severe disability allowance terminations each quarter by reason and proportion.
All terminations
Death of claimant
Award of RP
Failed PCA
February 1997 244,000 8,300 3.41 5,600 2.28 35,500 14.54
May 1997 257,000 6,900 2.68 15,200 5.90 38,400 14.95
August 1997 241,800 7,500 3.10 17,800 7.34 35,100 14.51
November 1997 245,200 8,300 3.39 17,400 7.09 36,300 14.82
February 1998 230,400 8,100 3.52 18,700 8.13 37,000 16.04
November 1998 242,400 7,400 3.05 19,200 7.91 n/a n/a
February 1999 193,700 8,100 4.20 19,400 10.02 31,900 16.46
May 1999 214,400 6,900 3.24 23,300 10.85 30,300 14.13
August 1999 217,400 7,500 3.43 23,500 10.79 28,200 12.96
November 1999 214,400 7,100 3.32 22,000 10.25 28,300 13.18
August 2000 174,800 6,300 3.59 9,200 5.26 22,900 13.10
November 2000 180,400 7,000 3.88 8,400 4.67 20,300 11.23
1.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
2.n/a" means not available. This is because of changes to the recording system, terminations due to the Personal Capability Assessment for this quarter are unreliable and are included in an 'Other reasons' category.
3.Figures have been updated to include late notified terminations, including terminations for retirement pension.
4.Figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters. For illustration purposes, total terminations for August 2003 increased by 34 per cent. in the year following their initial release.
Information Directorate, 5 per cent. samples.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of incapacity benefit claims were made from people previously registered as unemployed in each year between 1990–91 and 2005–06; and if he will make a statement. [962]
Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the table.
Proportion of incapacity benefit (IB) and severe disability allowance (SDA) commencements previously receiving jobseeker's allowance (JSA)
Year of commencement to IB/SDA
All IB/SDA commencements
Those who had claimed JSA within previous 90 days
Proportion of IB/SDA commencements who previously claimed JSA (percentage)
1 September 1995–31 August 1996 1,012,100 307,700 30.4
1 September 1996–31 August 1997 997,600 312,100 31.3
1.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 per cent.
2.Commencement figures are not available prior to 1995.
3.Data are not yet available for final commencements post-August 2004.
4.'Claimed JSA within previous 90 days' also includes a small number of IB/SDA claims where the computer system JSA end date was up to seven days after the IB/SDA start date. This category also includes cases who may have claimed another benefit (eg income support) between JSA and IB/SDA.
Information Directorate, 5 per cent. terminations dataset.
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“”...there’s no magic to the phrase “radical Islam.” It’s a political talking point; it's not a strategy. And the reason I am careful about how I describe this threat has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with actually defeating extremism. Groups like ISIL and al Qaeda want to make this war a war between Islam and America, or between Islam and the West. They want to claim that they are the true leaders of over a billion Muslims around the world who reject their crazy notions. They want us to validate them by implying that they speak for those billion-plus people; that they speak for Islam. That’s their propaganda. That's how they recruit. And if we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion -- then we’re doing the terrorists' work for them.
—President Barack Obama, speaking after a counter-ISIL meeting[1]
Islamism is a set of ideologies rooted in the concept of Islam as a political system as well as a religion; in short, that government should be based around Islamic teachings. The term first appeared in French in the mid-eighteenth century, as a name for Islam, rather than in its modern political sense.[2] The term itself is controversial, as it is not a term used by adherents of Islam or Islamism, but applied without convention (and without accepted definition) to various social-political groups within Islam. Almost universally, Islamists are Islamic Fundamentalists - the reverse is not necessarily the case.
The term is used by the media and many western governments to apply specifically to individuals and groups who practice or advocate violence including sexual assault, in their version of an Islamic world.
Individuals schooled in certain facets of sharia may consider any unveiled female as fair game for sexual assault. Organized groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Daesh and the Taliban are four of the more (in)famous Islamist groups, though arguably the latter 3 have origins in the former.
1 Cause of the rise of Islamism
2 Fundamentalism vs Authoritarianism vs Islamism
2.1 Islamism vs Extremism/Jihadism
Cause of the rise of Islamism[edit]
Islamists view themselves as under assault by Western social, political, and cultural influences. Debates can range from women wearing bluejeans and lipstick[note 1] to the use of MSG in processed foods.[3] There are several currents within the Islamist movement, most notably a re-born form of Salafism composed of three strains of thought: Islamic purists, so-called "politicos", and the violent jihadi movement.[4]
Islamists refer to themselves as a "resistance movement", borrowing a well-worn phrase from the struggles against imperialism in the 20th century. Resistance can be passive or violent.
Fundamentalism vs Authoritarianism vs Islamism[edit]
Fundamentalism seeks religious purity. Authoritarianism seeks control over people. To some extent, Islamism is the combination of both, because it seeks to legislate religious purity.
Islamism vs Extremism/Jihadism[edit]
Writer Reza Aslan draws a distinction between Islamism and Jihadism: "By the end of the millennium, Islamism and Jihadism, once cousins, had effectively split into two opposing, rival movements... Islamism remains a nationalist ideology, whereas most Jihadists want to erase all borders, to eradicate all nationalities, and to return to an idealized past of religious communalism".[5]
Saudi Arabia Backgrounder: Who are the Islamists?, Middle East Report N°3121, International Crisis Group, Sep 2004.
Ruhollah Khomeini
↑ A Taliban leader remarking on the $500 shoes Michelle Obama wore on Inauguration Day claimed Muslims keep women at home to protect them "like a precious pearl" whereas President Obama was pimping his wife to sell shoes.
↑ Full Transcript
↑ Coming to Terms: Fundamentalists or Islamists?
↑ International outrage over use of pork enzyme in halal food escalates, 9 January 2001.
↑ Anatomy of the Salafi Movement, Quintan Wiktorowitcz, Talylor Francis Group, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29:207–239, 2006.
↑ Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War, p.29
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A look inside the Quip engineering team
By Shrey Banga
Editor's note: This was originally posted on Quora, as an answer to the question “What's it like to work at Quip as a software engineer?” Below is the answer to that question, authored by Quip engineer Shrey Banga.
Quip is a unique company. I felt this almost immediately after I started in January 2016, but it took me a while to articulate why. So here goes:
Quip was founded by Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs, who brought in a lot of wisdom from their experiences at companies like Google, Facebook, and Friendfeed. As a result, in many ways Quip functions like a mature tech company — most people work about 8 hours a day, our on-call rotations are exceptionally peaceful and most of our tools are quite sophisticated for a startup. However, they also made some choices that don't fit the mold of a typical big tech company — code reviews are not mandatory, engineers rarely have meetings, and the org structure is much flatter. With these choices, Quip feels more mature than a typical startup, but without completely sacrificing the agility of a small team.
As mentioned in What technologies were used to build Quip?, Quip's servers are written in Python and clients in JavaScript, Objective-C, Java, and C++. We use Protocol Buffers extensively to communicate between these. We wrote a lot of our core abstractions ourselves to avoid getting locked-in with open source libraries that fall out of repair, but we do use mature open source frameworks like React.
Most of the work of building Quip is done on Quip. We maintain prioritized lists of tasks that require engineering or design work grouped by themes. We have task lists for parts of the product, infrastructure, and new projects (e.g. “Jetson Task List” for the recent redesign). Then engineers claim tasks and discuss product or technical trade-offs within the document's conversation panel or comments for everyone else to see and learn from. We use Quip chat for other communication, such as announcements, asking for help, logging production changes, and starting pun threads. That way, we are constantly dogfooding our own product, which helps us gather tons of feedback before a change goes out into the world.
Tool building
One of the unique skills I noticed in Quip's engineers was the habit of building tools that save time. Over the years, we have ended up with a lot of highly sophisticated tools, such as:
xray: This is a tool to collect streaming logs from various services all around our infrastructure. This is really helpful when debugging an issue that might arise anywhere during a request that relies on a lot of services. We add logging statements in the codebase that log to xray. This tool can then connect to all the hosts in production and extract parts of these logs filtered by service type, path regexes, server regexes, etc.
Model Browser: Our JS clients store model objects and use them to render the UI on the web and desktop apps. The model browser intelligently renders the protocol buffers backing these model objects, which is really helpful when debugging client-side issues.
Diagnostic Reports: When a client-side exception occurs in Quip, we send a “diagnostic report” back to our servers, tagged with a lot of useful information like the current document state, the stack trace of the exception, and the hash of the JS being used by the client (so we can unmangle the stack trace). This is incredibly useful in tracking down and fixing unusual bugs that only occur in very specific circumstances.
Error clustering: When a diagnostic report or a server-side error is reported, we cluster it based on some metadata. Then when a new cluster is created, we know we likely introduced a new bug in the system. These are typically noticed and fixed during the daily release process.
Redaction system: Sometimes we need to look at the contents of documents, messages, etc. to debug issues. While we always ask for user permission before doing this, we still want to minimize the amount of content that gets exposed to us. So we built a library to replace user generated content with unicode squares to allow us to see the document structure without seeing the content.
Apart from just building tools, engineers often iterate on existing tools to ensure that they remain relevant and useful as our needs change. This is often just a matter of small tweaks, but keeping tools from going out of disrepair has a huge impact on the productivity of the developers who rely on these tools.
As an example of how often new tools get built, Mihai built a system for automatically fixing documents that ended up in a bad state by writing “fixers” and triggering them to run on documents when certain diagnostic reports were triggered. This was in response to an issue where I didn't fully migrate all the old Quip tables over to spreadsheets before deleting code that supported old tables. This tool saved us a ton of effort of playing whack-a-mole with old documents, plus it will be useful in fixing documents that end up in a bad state due to other reasons.
Frequent refactoring
Quip's codebase is frequently refactored to make sure we are using the best tools and avoiding code rot. For example:
Python 3: We recently migrated our codebase to Python 3, which among other things let us replace our homegrown co-routine library with async/await. Not only did this improve performance of our production servers, it also made it easier for new engineers to get productive in our codebase by moving to a standard tool.
Docker: When I first started, getting a local instance of Quip working involved stepping through a giant script that would frequently break as peoples’ development environments changed. This was a frustrating experience for new hires who were especially unfamiliar with the environment. This was also subtly different from our production environment, meaning some bugs could only be reproduced in production. So we recently migrated over to using Docker for local development, which made life a lot simpler for development and debugging.
React: We migrated over to React in 2015 along with a custom client-side object model that lets us iterate on our UI quickly. This involved adding a custom Closure Compiler pass for React, along with forking the React source to prevent minification of certain properties by the Closure Compiler.
A remarkable aspect of these projects is that we finished them very quickly. This was a result of carefully choosing which refactors to do and then fully committing to the work required to do these, including cleanups so we are not left maintaining multiple systems for a long time.
If I had to pick one thing that sets Quip's engineering apart from most teams its size, I'd say it's the level of maturity in the team when it comes to trade-offs that every startup has to make.
When working at a startup, it's easy to get in the mode of picking the easiest — and often hackiest — way of doing something to save time. However, this decision often underestimates the cost of maintaining a hacked-together system. Watching Quip engineers spend the extra effort of building robust systems made me realize that you can build a rapidly evolving product without sacrificing code quality.
We make similar trade-offs in our release process. We only do server-side releases once a day from Monday to Thursday to make sure the product is stable enough for our users who rely on Quip for critical work. We do not do releases on Friday to avoid causing issues that would require engineers to work on weekends.
Similarly, our on-call system is designed to avoid paging people for non-critical things outside work hours. We also strive to fix things in a more permanent way to avoid repetitive firefighting, and push for re-engineering systems that cause frequent issues.
A common theme in these decisions is to avoid the pitfall of glorifying long working hours just because we are a startup. That kind of culture frequently leads to burnout, so we bias towards a sustained cadence of work where everyone helps each other instead of working long hours on lone wolf projects.
People at Quip are deeply aware of the lack of diversity in tech and try hard to fix it. We started the Quip Diversity Scholarship last year (and just announced the second one!) and hosted a number of events to help people in underrepresented groups get access to technical mentorship. Some of us also mentor women at Hackbright, which I would personally recommend for anyone looking to mentor people.
Finally, we spend a significant amount of time discussing every candidate who interviews at Quip, often reflecting on our unique engineering culture and how we want to maintain it. We tend to value strong engineering skills over pure academic smartness and tend to avoid arrogance, however strong the candidate may be.
All of this sounds pretty serious, but we are actually a warm and funny bunch. While we have our lives outside of work, we tend to do a lot of activities together, such as board game nights, inner tubing trips, ski trips, boba runs, paint nights, movie nights, climbing, going out to dinner together, floating etc. And sometimes a beautiful pun thread is all you need to make your day:
Did we mention we're hiring?
If this sounds good, come join us! Quip is hiring for several roles in engineering, including front-end, mobile, growth, infrastructure, and an engineering manager.
Shrey Banga
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9 End-of-the-Year Book Releases That’ll Have You Obsessed All Fall/Winter Long
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As fall has swept in already, I’ve been trying to keep busy by updating my personal library with all sorts of new books, organizing my bookshelves in a color-coordinated rainbow order, ordering a personal library stamp and affixing it on each novel on my shelf, and of course, reading every day and night. Some of these books have made me weep, scream, smile, and, well, feel all of the feels, both good and bad.
So, welcome back to Miranda’s Book Nook with even more of my latest book recommendations that’ll keep you company as 2020 winds down. I hope you find these books as engaging and comforting as I have. Happy reading!
Majesty by Katharine McGee
As you may recall from a previous post or my endless social posts, I was absolutely obsessed with American Royals. So much so, in fact, that I finished the chunker of a royalty YA novel in a single day. A couple hours, even. (Which, I’d like to report has occurred yet again with this follow-up.) After the first novel ended on such a freaking cliffhanger, I knew I needed to read the eventual sequel, like, immediately just to find out what happened and to make sure that my beloved ship of Connor and Bea were still motherf***ing endgame, or I was prepared to literally throw something. Sure, they may be from different stations in life, but that doesn’t matter because it’s love. They needed to be together, and I demand that courtesy as such a fan. We’ll get to that later.
The YA sequel picks up pretty much where we left off and takes us to the king’s (their dad’s) somber funeral. Then, we jump ahead a mere six months later as the royal family attempts to grieve slash move forward, and Bea attempts to figure out her next steps as the reigning queen. Since no one in the book even knew about my beloved ship (which, like, boo!), they kept trying to push Bea’s wedding to Teddy sooner, because god forbid we have an unmarried queen! Also, please god no, I need her not to do the “proper” thing and not shut the door on Connor and their love story, as he’s done nothing but support, love, and be there for his longterm love. Also, I was super ready to have some flipping words with Connor as the reader, because, dude, you need to get your girl, however, you need to. Not the queen, but his Bee. He needs to snap her out of this pretend world she’s attempting to go through the motions and woo her all over again, for them and their true love. And boy, he flipping better. Or, I swear. (Seriously, he’s just so precious and perfect, all this sh*t between the two of them is killing me! Bea, ugh, if you don’t marry him then I will!)
The book still features the same multiple stories, but I’m still primarily drawn to Bea’s perspective because that’s the one love story and journey that rang the most heartfelt, genuine, and long-lasting to me from the first book. However, ugh, Beatrice is acting so dumb. She’s the queen, like she shouldn’t have to get married and spoiler alert, she could change the rules of the game, because she’s in charge. I just want her to do something and follow her heart. Like, how can she govern a nation if she can’t follow her own desires? I’m pissed at both her and Connor by now. Thank gosh for our other perspectives and leading ladies to fill in on the true love department.
I literally couldn’t stop reading, as I was onto chapter six within about twenty minutes of starting this novel on pub day. I just couldn’t put it down until I found out what would happen next. I’m just so captivated, even if Bea doesn’t rightfully realize she wants and needs Connor in her life. So, the book continues and we see the other ladies too: Sam is embracing her role as The Spare since her love Teddy is still marrying her sister and so she starts partying more, her bestie Nina wants to move on from her breakup with Jeff, and Daphne still will do whatever it takes to marry Jeff and secure her family’s status. Sam gets her own love story this time around with her unexpected pairing with new character Marshall, but hey, that old fake dating trope always works! It’s beyond cute, and the same with Nina and Jeff’s pal Ethan. However, Bea and Teddy are a thing here. I just cannot deal because I’m such a hardcore Bea+Connor shipper and like, all their history and passion can’t just disappear overnight to me, at least. I just feel that their story just isn’t over and I just can’t move on.
So, the ending (beware of spoilers, but the book’s already been out for a hot minute, so likely you could’ve already read it for yourself). I am glad that Bea called off the wedding because she didn’t need to be married at 22 anyway just so she can be queen, but like, I’d be very happy if sometime in the future, she and Connor could somehow find their way back to each other because I can feel that their story isn’t concluded just yet. The whole book just felt like the author was trying to force Teddy on us by making Bea fall for him, but that wasn’t the book I wanted and yearned for, because Connor was everything to her. Also, she didn’t even like Teddy, and until she was like “well, better get to know my fiance because me leaving him killed my dad and we need a royal wedding,” and like no, that’s not a good enough reason for me. But, I guess American Royals was Bea’s big, shippable love story and Majesty is the place for Nina and Sam to be the stars and find love, which I enjoyed as well, but, like it was harder to enjoy because at the same time I saw my beloved Connor+Bea ship sinking hard and deep, which you can’t get over that so quickly. However, the writing was plenty captivating and there was tons of drama and intrigue that kept me reading.
My Therapist Says: Advice You Should Probably (Not) Follow by @MyTherapistSays*
This Instagram account is one of my favorite meme IG accounts out there because it’s so dang relatable. So, upon hearing the brains behind the account were writing a book, instantly, I knew it belonged on my TBR list. Initially, I was excited to read it as a follower of the @MyTherapistSays Instagram page, often liking memes about reality and anxious moments of life that we all go through.
From the get-go, the brand’s signature sense of humor and tone is on point with the book’s fun, humorous tone that you can immediately deduce from the title alone. The book is designed to provide advice about this crazy journey of life from the Insta-famous ladies and interjections from their real-life therapist. Seriously, I couldn’t stop laughing for the first half of this read, because everything is one hundred percent accurate. Underneath all the humor and jokes, there really are some lovely, deep messages and advice about how to live your best life. Each essay reads quite quick, and who knows, maybe this isn’t the type of read I shouldn’t have started at 11pm at night, because here we are midnight and eighty pages in. Well, we are how we are.
While I enjoyed this ARC, will I read this again? Meh, probably not. Not to say it wasn’t captivating for a self-help, advice book because it was. It had some good tips, and if you follow the girls on Instagram, then you’ll likely get their humor and tone too. For those of you who do follow them, you’ll also likely want to read this, whether you need their advice to help you cope or more often just for a laugh, because hey, life’s quite the dumpster fire now, we need any chance to laugh and feel joy. It’s definitely a book geared towards their followers and millennials like them (and me too). I would have loved an introduction upfront that introduced who’s writing this and their qualifications, but it dives straight into everything and assumes the reader already knows them. So, their existing followers is definitely the sole target audience. On that note, the IG page is notoriously run by a group of friends, but here, it’s written in the “I” tone, which is addressed at the end but not the beginning, which is a bit confusing. For me, as a reader, I was confused who’s viewpoint the essays were about throughout the book.
I thought this book would be like a collection of their IG, but it’s not. It’s the same commiserating tone, sure, but there’s no real way to improve yourself or no research to back up any of their claims. Which, it all comes out a bit preachy to me. However, I did think the language was funny and the designs/graphics/journal pages were cute, but that’s it. That being said, the goal-setting part was actually decent for self-growth and the anxiety checklist is helpful, but that’s about it. And I do appreciate the section on addressing insecurities, but nothing actually motivates me to attempt to better myself just from reading. The self-care lessons of this only really work if you’ve already done the work on yourself, but by no means should this be a starting point for self-improvement. Overall, it’s pretty negative and, like, just pointing out all you’re doing wrong without offering any real self-improvement messages.
Available: October 6
The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss*
Even though it’s late summertime as of reading this galley or fall at the time of publishing this post, this romance book has me yearning for winter, hot chocolate, and cozy sweaters! By page one, I knew this was a book that was right up my alley. I mean: British setting, romance, and the holidays? Check check and check! Here, Kate and Matt have been old friends since childhood, and like, it’s clear they have to fall in love, right? But, the timing’s not quite right. Tired of her horrible dating luck, she (at the urging of her best friend) signs up for a matchmaking dating service, and hence the book’s title, she’ll go different blind dates before the holiday. The primary focus of the book is all about her bad dates and horrible dating luck, which, like, Kate, you are preaching to the choir on that one!
As I kept reading, it was already shaping up to be a fun, indulgent, and very cute holiday romance read. The concept is quite a good idea, however, the execution fell a bit, I don’t know, meh. It’s cute and all, but that’s pretty much it. And then, it is a super, super slow burn for the HEA in a romance. Like, I just wish the pace was quicker because it felt like some parts kept dragging on. It’s a predictably cute holiday romance and that’s the whole book basically. Nearly approaching the end of the story, after all her bad dating luck over and over again, it’s clear that best pal Matt is her only decent option even if they don’t know it yet. It all becomes painfully clear for the reader that they are meant to be, but the slow pace means we’re not there yet, and you are just hoping for some type of HEA to make all her troubles and heartache worth it, even if it is just self-worth and friendship. Besides, Matt is really the only decent option that could potentially give her love (Soz, Richard. You gave me such offputting and smarmy vibes any time you were on the page. Blech!), and that’s painfully clear. TBH, I was quite cynical going into this read and reading about these trash dating options and how predictable everything was, but I can’t deny that the ending made me smile because it was just so damn adorable.
Available: October 13
Fangirl, Vol. 1 by Rainbow Rowell, Sam Maggs*
For anyone that used to obsess over Rowell’s Fangirl back in the day, which, um, guilty, this manga adaptation is the perfect way to reinvent the novel. The graphic novel features all sorts of detailed pictures that really bring the story to life and tells the vivid story we all know well by now, and this way you can actually see these characters face to face and not just in your head!
In case this concept is all new to you, here’s a brief summary. The main character Cath is a huge Simon Snow fan, like the world, but she just can’t let go of the fandom and even is a popular fanfic writer. Now that she and her twin sister Wren are in college, she must decide if she’s ready to start living her own life, and if she does, will she leave the world of Simon Snow behind? She’s far outside her comfort zone now, as she meets all sorts of new people, including a moody roommate with an overly charming boyfriend, a writing professor who doesn’t like fanfiction, and a cutie-pie new writing partner.
This read is definitely for fans of the original novel and not newbies to the book. But that being said, it’s definitely fun to see Cath’s story and her fanfics with my own eyes and not just in my mind. It reads very quickly, and you can definitely finish this edition in a single setting slash day. It just fun and enjoyable! This Vol. 1 does end on such a cliffhanger, and I just want the next editions like now!
Together, Apart by Erin A. Craig; Auriane Desombre; Erin Hahn; Bill Konigsberg; Rachael Lippincott; Brittney Morris; Sajni Patel; Natasha Preston; Jennifer Yen*
This was everything I’ve needed to stay sane and happy during lockdown. Nine acclaimed, witty, and popular YA authors did what they do best and wrote short stories starring diverse and complex teens facing the pandemic, lockdown, and adorable first love stories.
In short, each story was equally compelling and told a complete story with an interesting protagonist who learns that love always finds its way. The characters and storylines are all relatable, endearing, and engaging which make the story so much fun, authentic, and beyond precious that I just want more content and updates to each one!
There’s one about a cute pizza delivery boy who gives the new girl in town a free book and cake which like winning already; one where a girl is desperate to impress her crush on TikTok; two dog walkers getting closer; a new boy in town who can’t stop thinking about the girl next door; an enemies-to-lovers sitch from across apartment balconies; an unexpected romance that stems from a fortune reading and a take-out order; a flirty exchange begins over two balcony herb gardens, a roommate enemies-to-lovers journey; and a mask-making entrepreneur and her famous crush. There’s something for every romance fan, and it’s just absolutely adorable and heart-melting. They are all so freaking cute in their own way between the love stories and the HEAs, and I’m obsessed and just want more of each story. Like, for example, Erin Hahn’s story had me literally jumping up and down on my bed at the big, sweeping, and romantic as hell reveal and HEA, like, OMG, that’s so freaking cute!
After reading all nine, it’s like, ugh why couldn’t that have been my quarantine? Lol, I’m so single over here. But, hey, I’ll settle for getting sucked in and reading about these quarantine love stories rather than wishing for one of my own. Probably a lot easier to manage my expectations if I’m reading about someone else’s experiences than dreaming of that in mine. Also, a lot of these characters’ parents are essential workers, so this short story collection is a nice shoutout to the true heroes of the pandemic. Woohoo, three cheers!!
Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer*
Okay y’all, this was one of the absolute cutest YA romance reads that I’ve picked up in a while, and wow, now that I finished it, I just can’t stop smiling because that was beyond adorable! Here, Quint and Prudence are biology lab partners sophomore year, and she’s been so annoyed with him over his lateness and unwillingness to contribute to their final project (or any assignment all year, really). So, initially, I’m thinking we’re about to get a delish enemies-to-lovers teen novel right here. And boy, did this book deliver on that front!
Quint is cocky, relaxed, and very attractive, so it’s evident he’ll be her love interest, and bingo! But, it’s a slow-burn love story that makes you savor every single early flirtatious moment. Plus, after a nasty bump on her head at karaoke night, Prudence now has some magical, mystical power to enact karma on random people, both good and bad. She can magically give off “instant karma” when people do something as an immediate reaction, like if someone litters, talks rudely about her twin brother, or helps take care of wounded sea animals. All in all, everything about this makes for an absolutely precious YA book that’s so easy to get sucked in and just keep reading. The book takes place during summer break as she’s determined to get Quint to help redo their science project for a better grade, and he only agrees if she’ll volunteer at his mom’s marine life rescue center for a few weeks and actually split the project work with him, since she hadn’t all year long. Then, all this karmic justice gives her such a power trip, juxtaposed with spending more time with Quint at the center to teach her about his world and other perspectives in this book.
It’s a quick, easy, and fun YA romance read about the power of fate. The romance part is quite the slow burn, where you wonder if either of them will actually make a move, but in a cutesy teen love story way that’s sweet and endearing. Then, that ending was like beyond f***ing cute, and like awww, my heart is most definitely melting from that HEA. So sweet.
Available: November 3
The Cul-de-Sac War by Melissa Ferguson*
Unfortunately, this book missed the mark for me as an absolute favorite, which is a shame because based on the summary, it felt like one that was right up my romance-loving alley. In this novel, Bree moves to a small town in Virginia to pursue a career as an actress with a local theater company in her grandma’s hometown. There, she meets Chip during a show while she was having a wardrobe malfunction. She ran off the stage to fix it, where she stumbled into his arms and he heroically duck-taped her costume in place for the remainder of the show. He’s already saved her within a few minutes, so obviously she becomes infatuated with him.
Her BFF is Cassie from The Dating Charade, the author’s previous work, which is always fun to see old characters return after their HEAs and see they’ve still got them. After the show, she gets pissed that a truck is tailgating her, and follows her home. Naturally, she gets road rage only to discover that the driver is her new neighbor, and it’s construction worker Chip, as in the dude she just met at the show that saved the day. The book is told in back and forth perspectives between and Bree and Chip, who’s just come back to town and is desperate to build his new business and finish his home renovation quickly. The two spend most of the book at odds as his renovation interferes with her house and life, and so they play juvenile pranks on each other. Then, these two definitely warm to each other after expressing similar types of grief they are both dealing with. This book is super slow to start and hard to get into, and as much as I wanted to like it, I just couldn’t find my interest in it, and it didn’t seem as if our two protagonists had any real interest, spark, or chemistry. So, it just fell flat in my eyes. This book was okay, nothing more and nothing less. It’s a sweet, wholesome slow-burn romance, so if that’s your thing, this book is perfect for you.
Available: November 10
Truth, Lies, and Second Dates by MaryJanice Davidson*
No summary, book cover, or book title could have prepared me for this read because I didn’t see any of this story coming. And I loved that. It wasn’t too predictable that made me yawn, but kept me on my toes to desperately find out what happens next. This book is a mystery slash romance that follows commercial pilot Ava Capp, who reveals that her best friend Danielle was brutally murdered a decade ago, and became one the of biggest cold cases back in her hometown in Minnesota.
In the present, Danielle’s twin brother and Ava’s former crush, Dennis, is on her flight back to MN with his (distant) cousin-slash-girlfriend. He asks her if she’s going to Danielle’s memorial service, which she doesn’t want to but goes anyway. After a crazy day, she and Dennis go out on the town where she meets Tom. Dennis disappears for the night, and later, she and Tom get cozy and share an intimate makeout sesh, naturally. Turns out, the next day there was an incident at the funeral home, so she and Dennis are called in to check out the scene. And who’s there but TOM, our new leading man, who’s a whip-smart medical examiner and has taken an interest in Danielle’s cold case and solving her murder. (Only thing that gave me pause from this book was that Tom has a niece who repeatedly calls him “Uncle Tom” which like IDK if that was the best way to go with naming characters, but that just struck me as odd.) This book is told in back-and-forth perspectives, which were a little jumpy because we didn’t see Tom’s point of view until after 13 chapters of Ava’s, so it felt a bit jumpy, and I wish it was less abrupt and made more sense chronologically.
I really liked this read because it wasn’t too tropey or predictable for a romance. But, that romance was quite cute as they try to, albeit terribly, hide their feelings. Once there’s a relationship, it’s pretty lukewarm on the hot-and-steamy scale, well, until the buzzer and the final chapters. There’s a few deep makeout moments, but nothing too smutty until the very end. It’s a very intriguing mystery novel and a cute romance that was fun to dive into as well. By the end, obviously, the murder was resolved in a way I didn’t see coming but maybe that’s because I just didn’t remember the person who did it from the earlier chapters. By the end, I just couldn’t put this read down and was desperately waiting to find out what actually happened.
Available: December 15
A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de León*
This was a compelling read that I couldn’t put down and just had to find out what happened next. Here, Yolanda Vance is a junior attorney in Manhattan for a big, fancy corporate law firm, which was under investigation for security fraud, according to the FBI. Instead of shredding papers as her boss asks, she keeps them and becomes a whistleblower for justice. We definitely stan a woman who’s unwilling to throw away her hard-earned career because some man told her to go down with a sinking ship!
She then joins the FBI as a backup plan because she needs a job after she’s blackballed from corporate law for not shredding the papers. This book’s tone is very clear and engaging which gives me all the information about the protagonist yet still makes me need to keep reading. I love Yolanda as a protagonist because she’s strong as hell, like YASSS! Yolanda is just so strong and fierce, which I love to see. It’s so endearing and I just want to keep reading and find out all the action and drama. Back to the story, she’s sent on an undercover mission with a black extremist activist group in California. The book also has a few other perspectives, including a mystery agent who was taken off this case and thinks Yolanda’s not the right fit to take over, plus cop Rodriguez who finds a black woman dead after an OD. These two other viewpoints are a bit much and didn’t add much to the overall story, you honestly could have just had Yolanda’s side and the book would be just fine. But this SA sends redacted emails, which I just want to know all the juicy details.
Outside of all that, Yolanda meets college professor Olujimi aka Jimmy, and the two start flirting, and soon enough, love blinds her to her real job and purpose here. As she spends more time with the organization and Jimmy during the height of the BLM movement, she soon begins to question her values and career, her legality here and ethics, when she realizes she’s on the wrong side of what she wants to be. Also, Jimmy. Let’s talk about him for a bit. He’s so sweeping and romantic, but I can’t tell if it’s a ‘too good to be true’ thing or if he’s completely innocent in all this, I would have loved more backstory and insight into him. Overall, this read was so compelling and full of emotions, that wow, I thoroughly enjoyed that.
*Advance reader copies of several of the books listed were provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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The dated inhabitants of Vilas County were members of the Chippewa band of Native Americans; the first recorded white settler was a man named Ashman who customary a trading name in Lac du Flambeau in 1818.
In the 1850s migrants from New England, primarily from Vermont and Connecticut, constructed wagon roads and trails through Vilas County including the Ontonogan Mail Trail and a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Wilkins in Copper Harbor, Michigan.
Vilas County was set off from Oneida County on April 12, 1893 and named for William Freeman Vilas. Originally from Vermont, Vilas represented Wisconsin in the United States Senate from 1891 to 1897.
Logging began in the late 1850s. Loggers came from Cortland County, New York, Carroll County, New Hampshire, Orange County, Vermont and Down East Maine in what is now Washington County, Maine and Hancock County, Maine. Many dams were built throughout the county to put in the works to loggers as they sent their timber downstream to the lumber and paper mills in the Wisconsin River valley. After the county was founded in 1893 and logging ceased to be the primary industry in the area, migrants seeking new forms of employment contracted in the county. These future immigrants primarily came from Germany, Ireland and Poland even though some came from further parts of the United States as well.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,018 square miles (2,640 km2), of which 857 square miles (2,220 km2) is land and 161 square miles (420 km2) (16%) is water. There are 1,318 lakes in the county. Much of Vilas County is covered by the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest as with ease as extensive county tree-plant lands. Vilas County waters drain to Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and the Mississippi River. The Wisconsin, Flambeau, and Presque Isle Rivers everything find their headwaters in Vilas County.
Although these two forests have been administratively amass into the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, it is important to note that the county contains portions of both native forests.
The economy in Vilas County is based upon tourism centered upon its tall concentration of lakes and forests. Hunting and sport fishing are the backbones of the fall economy, and ice fishing and especially snowmobiling makes taking place the bulk of the economy in the wintertime. Logging, forestry, construction and management also account for important parts of the local economy.
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Monitoring results from EMOP 200631: Assistance to the people affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan
This document summarizes the findings of WFP’s monitoring efforts during the Emergency Operation 200631: Assistance to the people affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. While the operation is on-going and will be extended through July 2014, results to date from distribution and post-distribution monitoring, as well as market monitoring data, can serve to better understand WFP’s achievements against its core objectives.
WFP declared a Level 3 Emergency on November 15, 2013, committing vast amounts of staff and resources in response to the Category 5 typhoon. The emergency relief phase of the operation utilized general food distribution (GFD), unconditional cash transfers (UCT), and supplementary feeding programmes (SFP). Monitoring results find that GFD served to increase dietary diversity in all affected areas, while cash transfers were effectively targeted to needy households in areas with functioning markets—where they were used primarily for food.
Results also indicate that the primary beneficiaries of specialized nutritious foods where children 6–59 months as intended. As the Government of Philippines and the WFP Country Office continue to address residual emergency needs, WFP will lay the foundations for recovery by implementing cash for asset recovery (CFA) programmes, to be complemented with targeted supplementary feeding programmes (TSFP) and distribution of micronutrient powder (MNP).
Typhoon Haiyan - Nov 2013
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“Our Yolanda efforts remain unparalleled in history.” – Gordon
Human Milk Bank launched as part of building back better after Yolanda
UNICEF’s unconditional cash transfer program a ‘big help’ in Yolanda victims’ recovery—PIDS study
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Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan Emergency appeal final report (MDRPH014)
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Mineralization in a permanent pasture and in a newly established sward
Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J. and Dixon, E. R. 2000. Mineralization in a permanent pasture and in a newly established sward. Proceedings 6th British Grassland Society Research Conference, Aberdeen, 11-13 September 2000. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 109-110
Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J. and Dixon, E. R.
British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley
Project: 2430 5104
Application of a triple 15N tracing technique to elucidate N transformations in a UK grassland soil
Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Matthews, G. P., Muller, C., Ciganda, V. S., Lopez-Aizpun, M., Repullo, M. A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2021. Application of a triple 15N tracing technique to elucidate N transformations in a UK grassland soil. Geoderma. p. 114844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114844
Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment
Clark, I. M., Fu, Q., Abadie, M., Dixon, E. R., Blaud, A. and Hirsch, P. R. 2020. Edaphic factors and plants influence denitrification in soils from a long-term arable experiment. Scientific Reports. 10 (Article), p. 16053. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72679-z
Improved isotopic model based on 15N tracing and Rayleigh-type isotope fractionation for simulating differential sources of N2O emissions in a clay grassland soil
Castellano-Hinojosa, A., Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Matthews, P., Lewicka-Szczebak, D., Well, R., Bol, R., Charteris, A. and Cardenas, L. M. 2019. Improved isotopic model based on 15N tracing and Rayleigh-type isotope fractionation for simulating differential sources of N2O emissions in a clay grassland soil. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8374
Isotopic evidence of biotrophy and unusual nitrogen nutrition in soil‐dwelling Hygrophoraceae
Halbwachs, H., Easton, G. L., Bol, R., Hobbie, E. A., Garnett, M. H., Persoh, D., Dixon, E. R., Ostle, N., Karasch, P. and Griffith, G. W. 2018. Isotopic evidence of biotrophy and unusual nitrogen nutrition in soil‐dwelling Hygrophoraceae. Environmental Microbiology. 20 (10), pp. 3573-3588. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14327
Impact of microbial activity on the leaching of soluble N forms in soil
Carswell, A. M., Hill, P. W., Jones, D. L., Blackwell, M. S. A., Johnes, P. J., Dixon, E. R. and Chadwick, D. R. 2018. Impact of microbial activity on the leaching of soluble N forms in soil. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 54 (1), pp. 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-017-1250-9
Fate of 15N-labelled ammonium nitrate with or without the new nitrification inhibitor DMPSA in an irrigated maize crop
Guardia, G., Vallejo, A., Cardenas, L. M., Dixon, E. R. and Garcia-Marco, S. 2018. Fate of 15N-labelled ammonium nitrate with or without the new nitrification inhibitor DMPSA in an irrigated maize crop. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 116 (January), pp. 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.013
Effect of long‐term drainage on plant community, soil carbon and nitrogen contents and stable isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) composition of a permanent grassland
Harris, P., Bol, R., Evans, J., Hawkins, J. M. B., Dixon, E. R., Wolf, K., Dungait, J. A. J., Griffith, B. A., Herbst, M., Dhanoa, M. S., Beaumont, D. A., Dunn, R. M. and Weisenberg, G. L. B. 2018. Effect of long‐term drainage on plant community, soil carbon and nitrogen contents and stable isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) composition of a permanent grassland. European Journal of Soil Science. 69 (1), pp. 48-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12504
“Hot spots” of N and C impact nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen gas emissions from a UK grassland soil
Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Abalos, D., Vallejo, A., Matthews, G. P., Mcgeough, K., Watson, C. J., Baggs, E. M. and Cardenas, L. M. 2017. “Hot spots” of N and C impact nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and nitrogen gas emissions from a UK grassland soil. Geoderma. 305 (1 November), pp. 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.06.007
Fingerprinting source contributions to bed sediment‐associated organic matter in the headwater subcatchments of the River Itchen SAC, Hampshire, UK
Collins, A. L., Zhang, Y., McMillan, S., Dixon, E. R., Cancer-Berroya, E., Poiret, C. and Stringellow, A. 2017. Fingerprinting source contributions to bed sediment‐associated organic matter in the headwater subcatchments of the River Itchen SAC, Hampshire, UK. River Research and Applications. 33 (10), pp. 1515-1526. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3172
Sediment‐associated organic matter sources and sediment oxygen demand in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC): A case study of the River Axe, UK
Collins, A. L., Zhang, Y., McMillan, S., Dixon, E. R., Stringfellow, A., Bateman, S. and Sear, D. A. 2017. Sediment‐associated organic matter sources and sediment oxygen demand in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC): A case study of the River Axe, UK. River Research and Applications. 33 (10), pp. 1539-1552. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3175
Effect of cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions in an irrigated field under integrated soil fertility management
Guardia, G., Abalos, D., García-Marco, S., Quemada, M., Alonso-Ayuso, M., Cardenas, L. M., Dixon, E. R. and Vallejo, A. 2016. Effect of cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions in an irrigated field under integrated soil fertility management. Biogeosciences. 13 (18), pp. 5245-5257. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5245-2016
Denitrification as a source of nitric oxide emissions from incubated soil cores from a UK grassland soil
Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Abalos, D., Vallejo, A., Matthews, G. P., Mcgeough, K. L., Well, R., Watson, C. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Cardenas, L. M. 2016. Denitrification as a source of nitric oxide emissions from incubated soil cores from a UK grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 95, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.12.009
Long-term management changes in topsoil and subsoil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate agricultural system
Gregory, A. S., Dungait, J. A. J., Watts, C. W., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., White, R. P. and Whitmore, A. P. 2016. Long-term management changes in topsoil and subsoil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate agricultural system. European Journal of Soil Science. 67 (4), pp. 421-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12359
Elucidating the impact of nitrate and labile carbon application on spatial heterogeneity of denitrification by 15N modelling
Cardenas, L. M., Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Matthews, P., Gilsanz, C., Bol, R., Lewicka-Szczebak, D. and Well, R. 2016. Elucidating the impact of nitrate and labile carbon application on spatial heterogeneity of denitrification by 15N modelling. EGU.
Land use and soil factors affecting accumulation of phosphorus species in temperate soils
Stutter, M. I., Shand, C. A., George, T. S., Blackwell, M. S. A., Dixon, E. R., Bol, R., Mackay, R. L., Richardson, A. E., Condron, L. M. and Haygarth, P. M. 2015. Land use and soil factors affecting accumulation of phosphorus species in temperate soils. Geoderma. 257-258, pp. 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.03.020
Potential use of rare earth oxides as tracers of organic matter in grassland
Senbayram, M., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Fisher, A., Stevens, C., Quinton, J. and Fangueiro, D. 2015. Potential use of rare earth oxides as tracers of organic matter in grassland. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 178 (2), pp. 288-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201400465
Nutrient dynamics during decomposition of the residues from a sown legume or ruderal plant cover in an olive oil orchard
Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2014. Nutrient dynamics during decomposition of the residues from a sown legume or ruderal plant cover in an olive oil orchard. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 184, pp. 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.11.020
Effect of nitrogen source on nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from a UK grassland soil
Loick, N., Dixon, E. R., Well, R., Matthews, P. and Cardenas, L. M. 2014. Effect of nitrogen source on nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from a UK grassland soil. Cordovil, C. M. d. S. (ed.) Abstracts 18th Nitrogen Workshop, Lisbon, 30 June- 3 July 2014 . pp. 465-467
Carbon and nitrogen in soil and vine roots in harrowed and grass-covered vineyards
Agnelli, A., Bol, R., Trumbore, S. E., Dixon, E. R., Cocco, S. and Corti, G. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen in soil and vine roots in harrowed and grass-covered vineyards. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 193, pp. 70-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.023
Sources of sediment-bound organic matter infiltrating spawning gravels during the incubation and emergence life stages of salmonids
Collins, A. L., Williams, L. J., Zhang, Y., Marius, M., Dungait, J. A. J., Smallman, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stringfellow, A., Sear, D. A., Jones, J. I. and Naden, P. S. 2014. Sources of sediment-bound organic matter infiltrating spawning gravels during the incubation and emergence life stages of salmonids. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 196 (15 October), pp. 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.018
Agrochemical characterization, net N mineralization, and potential N leaching of composted olive-mill pomace currently produced in southern Spain
Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2013. Agrochemical characterization, net N mineralization, and potential N leaching of composted olive-mill pomace currently produced in southern Spain. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 176 (5), pp. 655-664. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201200421
Potential mineralization and nitrification in volcanic grassland soils in Chile
Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J., Scholefield, D., Jhurreea, D., Clark, I. M., Hirsch, P. R., Salazar, F., Rao-Ravella, S. and Alfaro, M. 2013. Potential mineralization and nitrification in volcanic grassland soils in Chile. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 59, pp. 380-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2013.789395
Catchment source contributions to the sediment-bound organic matter degrading salmonid spawning gravels in a lowland river, southern England
Collins, A. L., Williams, L. J., Zhang, Y., Marius, M., Dungait, J. A. J., Smallman, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stringfellow, A., Sear, D. A., Jones, J. I. and Naden, P. S. 2013. Catchment source contributions to the sediment-bound organic matter degrading salmonid spawning gravels in a lowland river, southern England. Science of the Total Environment. 456-457 (1 July), pp. 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.093
Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields
Dungait, J. A. J., Ghee, C., Rowan, J. S., Mckenzie, B. M., Hawes, C., Dixon, E. R., Paterson, E. and Hopkins, D. W. 2013. Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 60, pp. 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.027
Long term drainage alters plant biodiversity and soil C- and N-storage
Wolf, K., Bol, R., Dungait, J. A. J., Dixon, E. R., Dhanoa, D., Beaumont, D. A. and Wiesenberg, G. L. B. 2012. Long term drainage alters plant biodiversity and soil C- and N-storage. European Geosciences Union.
Understanding spatial variability of soil properties: a key step in establishing field- to farm-scale agro-ecosystem experiments
Peukert, S., Bol, R., Roberts, W., Macleod, C. J. A., Murray, P. J., Dixon, E. R. and Brazier, R. E. 2012. Understanding spatial variability of soil properties: a key step in establishing field- to farm-scale agro-ecosystem experiments. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26 (1), pp. 2413-2421. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6468
Dissolved phosphorus composition of grassland leachates following application of dairy-slurry size fractions
Fuentes, B., Dixon, E. R., De La Luz Mora, M., Turner, B. L. and Bol, R. 2012. Dissolved phosphorus composition of grassland leachates following application of dairy-slurry size fractions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 175 (1), pp. 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201100126
Stable carbon isotope analysis of fluvial sediment fluxes over two contrasting C4-C3 semi-arid vegetation transitions
Puttock, A., Dungait, J. A. J., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Macleod, C. J. A. and Brazier, R. E. 2012. Stable carbon isotope analysis of fluvial sediment fluxes over two contrasting C4-C3 semi-arid vegetation transitions. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26 (20), pp. 2386-2392. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6257
The effect of agricultural land use on the nature and dynamics of subsoil
Gregory, A. S., Dungait, J. A. J., Dixon, E. R., Bol, R. and Whitmore, A. P. 2012. The effect of agricultural land use on the nature and dynamics of subsoil. Abstracts 4th International Congress Eurosoil, Bari, 2-6 July 2012 . pp. 387
The compost of olive mill pomace: from a waste to a resource - environmental benefits of its application in olive oil groves
Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2012. The compost of olive mill pomace: from a waste to a resource - environmental benefits of its application in olive oil groves. in: Curkovic, S. (ed.) Sustainable development: authoritative and leading edge content for environmental management Rijeka, Croatia InTechOpen Ltd.
Soil mineral N retention and N2O emissions following combined application of 15N-labelled fertiliser and weed residues
Garcia-Ruiz, R., Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R. and Baggs, E. M. 2012. Soil mineral N retention and N2O emissions following combined application of 15N-labelled fertiliser and weed residues. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26 (20), pp. 2379-2385. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6254
Denitrification potential in subsoils: a mechanism to reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater
Jahangir, M. M. R., Khalil, M. I., Johnston, P., Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J., Butler, M., Barrett, M., O'flaherty, V. and Richards, K. G. 2012. Denitrification potential in subsoils: a mechanism to reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 147, pp. 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.04.015
Multi-scale approaches to investigating C dynamics in grassland systems
Dungait, J. A. J., Bol, R., Murray, P. J., Dixon, E. R., Granger, S. J., Crotty, F. V., Hirsch, P. R., Evershed, R. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2011. Multi-scale approaches to investigating C dynamics in grassland systems. Abstracts AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, 5-9 December 2011 .
Designing and creating the North Wyke Farm Platform
Orr, R. J., Griffith, B. A., Rose, S., Hatch, D. J., Hawkins, J. M. B. and Murray, P. J. 2011. Designing and creating the North Wyke Farm Platform. Abstracts Catchment Science 2011, Dublin, 14-16 September 2011 . pp. 35
Carbon mineralization and distribution of nutrients within different particle-size fractions of commercially produced olive mill pomace
Gomez-Munoz, B., Bol, R., Hatch, D. J. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2011. Carbon mineralization and distribution of nutrients within different particle-size fractions of commercially produced olive mill pomace. Bioresource Technology. 102, pp. 9997-10005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.009
Long-term release of carbon from grassland soil amended with different slurry particle size fractions: a laboratory incubation study
Grilo, J., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Chadwick, D. R. and Fangueiro, D. 2011. Long-term release of carbon from grassland soil amended with different slurry particle size fractions: a laboratory incubation study. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1514-1520. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.5008
The North Wyke Farm Platform: an opportunity for determining pathogen survival and transfers of pathogenic species from whole farm livestock systems
Hodgson, C. J., Murray, P. J. and Hatch, D. J. 2011. The North Wyke Farm Platform: an opportunity for determining pathogen survival and transfers of pathogenic species from whole farm livestock systems. Abstracts Faecal Indicators: Problem or Solution? (FIPS 2011), Edinburgh, 6-8 June 2011 .
The North Wyke Farm Platform: a UK national capability for agri-environmental research
Hatch, D. J., Murray, P. J., Orr, R. J. and Griffith, B. A. 2011. The North Wyke Farm Platform: a UK national capability for agri-environmental research. Agricultural Ecology Research: its Role in Delivering Sustainable Farm Systems. Aspects of Applied Biology 109 . pp. 115-118
High rates of nitrogen cycling in volcanic soils from Chilean grasslands
Dixon, E. R., Cardenas, L. M., Alfaro, M., Salazar, F. and Hatch, D. J. 2011. High rates of nitrogen cycling in volcanic soils from Chilean grasslands. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1521-1526. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4969
Gross and net rates of nitrogen mineralisation in soil amended with composted olive mill pomace
Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D. J., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R. and Garcia-Ruiz, R. 2011. Gross and net rates of nitrogen mineralisation in soil amended with composted olive mill pomace. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (11), pp. 1472-1478. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4849
Effect of the vineyard soil management on accumulation and properties of organic matter
Agnelli, A., Bol, R., Corti, G., Said-Pullicino, D., Dixon, E. R. and Cocco, S. 2010. Effect of the vineyard soil management on accumulation and properties of organic matter. Abstracts Stable Isotope Mass-Spectrometry User Group (SIMSUG) Meeting, Exeter, 28-30 April 2010 .
Using legume-based mixtures to enhance the nitrogen use efficiency and economic viability of cropping systems
Baddeley, J. A., Doring, T., Hatch, D. J., Marshall, A. H., Pearce, B., Roderick, S., Stobart, R. M., Storkey, J., Watson, C. A. and Wolfe, M. 2010. Using legume-based mixtures to enhance the nitrogen use efficiency and economic viability of cropping systems. Crighton, K. and Audsley, R. (ed.) Proceedings SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference: Agriculture and the Environment VIII. Climate, Water and Soil: Science, Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March-1 April 2010 . pp. 178-182
Denitrification and the N2(N2O+N2) ratios at various soil depths under grazed grassland in Ireland
Jahangir, M. M. R., Khalil, M. I., Johnston, P., Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J. and Richards, K. G. 2010. Denitrification and the N2(N2O+N2) ratios at various soil depths under grazed grassland in Ireland. Abstracts SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference. Agriculture and the Environment VIII: Climate, Water and Soil: Science, Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March-1 April 2010 . pp. 282-287
Short term N2O, CH4 and CO2 production from soil sampled at different depths and amended with a fine sized slurry fraction1
Fangueiro, D., Chadwick, D. R., Dixon, E. R., Grilo, J., Walter, N. and Bol, R. 2010. Short term N2O, CH4 and CO2 production from soil sampled at different depths and amended with a fine sized slurry fraction1. Chemosphere. 81 (1), pp. 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.049
The release of nitrogen following the incorporation of fertility building crops in organic farming systems
Joynes, A., Goodlass, G., Shepherd, M. A., Roderick, S. and Hatch, D. J. 2010. The release of nitrogen following the incorporation of fertility building crops in organic farming systems. Proceedings SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference: Agriculture and the Environment VIII. Climate, Water and Soil: Science, Policy and Practice, Edinburgh, 31 March-1 April 2010 . pp. 288-293
Can subsoil denitrification reduce groundwater nitrate pollution and atmospheric N2O emissions?
Jahangir, M. M. R., Khalil, M. I., Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J., Johnston, P. and Richards, K. 2010. Can subsoil denitrification reduce groundwater nitrate pollution and atmospheric N2O emissions? European Geosciences Union (EGU).
Assessing multiple novel tracers to improve the understanding of the contribution of agricultural farm waste to diffuse water pollution
Granger, S. J., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Naden, P. S., Old, G. H., Marsh, J. K., Bilotta, G., Brazier, R., White, S. M. and Haygarth, P. M. 2010. Assessing multiple novel tracers to improve the understanding of the contribution of agricultural farm waste to diffuse water pollution. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 12, pp. 1159-1169. https://doi.org/10.1039/b915929k
A trial to establish the optimum 15N enrichment, amount of N and incubation time required to determine N cycling rates in carbon-rich soils using the mean pool dilution technique
Dixon, E. R., Cardenas, L. M., Butler, M., Alfaro, M., Salazar, F. and Hatch, D. J. 2010. A trial to establish the optimum 15N enrichment, amount of N and incubation time required to determine N cycling rates in carbon-rich soils using the mean pool dilution technique. Abstracts Stable Isotope Mass-Spectrometry User Group (SIMSUG) Meeting, Exeter, 28-30 April 2010 .
Evidence for production of NO and N2O in two contrasting subsoils following the addition of synthetic cattle urine
Dixon, E. R., Laughlin, R. J., Watson, C. J. and Hatch, D. J. 2010. Evidence for production of NO and N2O in two contrasting subsoils following the addition of synthetic cattle urine. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 24 (5), pp. 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4348
Measurement at the field scale of soil delta 13C and delta 15N under improved grassland
Dixon, E. R., Blackwell, M. S. A., Dhanoa, M. S., Berryman, Z., De La Fuente-Martinez, N., Junquera, D., Martinez, A., Murray, P. J., Kemp, H. F., Meier-Augenstein, W., Duffy, A. and Bol, R. 2010. Measurement at the field scale of soil delta 13C and delta 15N under improved grassland. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 24 (5), pp. 511-518. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.4345
Organic matter dynamics in a compost-amended anthropogenic landfill capping-soil
Said-Pullicino, D., Massaccesi, L., Dixon, E. R., Bol, R. and Gigliotti, G. 2010. Organic matter dynamics in a compost-amended anthropogenic landfill capping-soil. European Journal of Soil Science. 61, pp. 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01198.x
Nitrogen uptake in organically managed spring sown lupins and residual effects on leaching and yield of a following winter cereal
Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A. and Stone, A. 2010. Nitrogen uptake in organically managed spring sown lupins and residual effects on leaching and yield of a following winter cereal. Soil Use and Management. 26, pp. 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00252.x
Effect of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on microbial communities and N2O from an arable soil fertilized with ammonium sulphate
Carneiro, J., Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J., Trindade, H., Scholefield, D., Clegg, C. D. and Hobbs, P. J. 2010. Effect of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide on microbial communities and N2O from an arable soil fertilized with ammonium sulphate. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 8, pp. 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-009-0212-3
Effect of tillage system and straw management on organic matter dynamics
Hazarika, S., Parkinson, R., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Russell, P., Donovan, S. and Allen, D. 2009. Effect of tillage system and straw management on organic matter dynamics. Agronomy for Sustainable Development - ASD. 29, pp. 525-533. https://doi.org/10.1051/agro/2009024
Denitrification potential and N2/N2O ratio in subsoils under Irish grazed grassland
Khalil, M. I., Jahangir, M. M. R., Richards, K. G., Cardenas, L. M., Butler, M., Hatch, D. J. and Johnston, P. 2009. Denitrification potential and N2/N2O ratio in subsoils under Irish grazed grassland. Abstracts 16th Nitrogen Workshop, Turin, 28 June-1 July 2009 .
Low nitrogen leaching losses in andisoils, advances in the processes involved
Alfaro, M., Cardenas, L. M., Salazar, F., Hatch, D. J. and Ramirez, L. 2009. Low nitrogen leaching losses in andisoils, advances in the processes involved. Abstracts 16th Nitrogen Workshop, Turin, 28 June-1 July 2009 .
Towards a national research facility at North Wyke
Beaumont, D. A., Hatch, D. J., Bol. R., Murray, P. J. and Firbank, L. G. 2008. Towards a national research facility at North Wyke. Crighton, K. and Audsley, R. (ed.) Agriculture and the environment VII: Land management in a changing environment: proceedings of the SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference.. pp. 202
Large old trees influence patterns of delta13C and delta15N in forests
Weber, P., Bol, R., Dixon, E. R. and Bardgett, R. D. 2008. Large old trees influence patterns of delta13C and delta15N in forests. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22, pp. 1627-1630. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.3433
Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation
Turnbull, L., Brazier, R. E., Wainwright, J., Dixon, E. R. and Bol, R. 2008. Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22, pp. 1697-1702. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.3514
Long-term influence of manure and mineral nitrogen applications on plant and soil 15N and 13C values from the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment
Senbayram, M., Dixon, E. R., Goulding, K. W. T. and Bol, R. 2008. Long-term influence of manure and mineral nitrogen applications on plant and soil 15N and 13C values from the Broadbalk Wheat Experiment. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22 (11), pp. 1735-1740. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.3548
Changes in chemical and biochemical soil properties induced by 11-yr repeated additions of different organic materials in maize-based forage systems
Monaco, S., Hatch, D. J., Sacco, D., Bertora, C. and Grignani, C. 2008. Changes in chemical and biochemical soil properties induced by 11-yr repeated additions of different organic materials in maize-based forage systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40 (3), pp. 608-615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.015
Rare earth element enhanced slurries for erosion and leaching studies in grasslands
Bol, R., Dixon, E. R., Senbayram, M., Gimbert, L., Stevens, C. and Quinton, J. 2007. Rare earth element enhanced slurries for erosion and leaching studies in grasslands. Farrimond, P. (ed.) International meeting on organic geochemistry, Torquay, 9-14 September 2007. pp. 947-948
Earthworm responses to long term agricultural management practices: Spatial relationships with soil properties
Blackshaw, R. P., Donovan, S. E., Hazarike, S., Bol, R. and Dixon, E. R. 2007. Earthworm responses to long term agricultural management practices: Spatial relationships with soil properties. European Journal Of Soil Biology. 43 (Suppl 1), pp. S171-S175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.08.014
Exploring delta 13C signals to further understanding or erosion dynamics in a semi arid C4 to C3 vegetation transition in New Mexico
Turnbull, L., Brazier, R., Wainwright, J., Dixon, E. R. and Bol, R. 2007. Exploring delta 13C signals to further understanding or erosion dynamics in a semi arid C4 to C3 vegetation transition in New Mexico. Annual meeting, Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry User Group (SIMSUG 2007), Newcastle University.
Comparing losses of phosphorus leached from three legume species as components of grassland systems grazed by sheep
Headon, D. M., Dixon, E. R., Stone, A. C. and Scholefield, D. 2007. Comparing losses of phosphorus leached from three legume species as components of grassland systems grazed by sheep. Hopkins, J. J., Duncan, A. J., McCracken, D. I., Peel, S. and Tallowin, J. R. B. (ed.) 'High Value Grassland: providing biodiversity, a clean environment and premium products': Proceedings BGS/BES/BSAS Conference, Keele University, Staffs, 17-19 April 2007. British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium, 38. pp. 237-240
Quantification of priming and CO2 emission sources following the application of different slurry particle size fractions to a grassland soil
Fangueiro, D., Chadwick, D. R., Dixon, E. R. and Bol, R. 2007. Quantification of priming and CO2 emission sources following the application of different slurry particle size fractions to a grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39 (10), pp. 2608-2620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.05.012
Ken's meadow update
Hatch, D. J., Clegg, C. D. and Beaumont, D. A. 2007. Ken's meadow update.
A comparison of nitrogen processes and herbage yield from old and reseeded pasture
Jewkes, E. C., Scholefield, D. and Hatch, D. J. 2007. A comparison of nitrogen processes and herbage yield from old and reseeded pasture. 14th Symposium of the European Grassland Federation. 'Permanent and temporary grassland: plant, environment and economy.' Gent, Belgium, 3-5 September 2007.
Impacts of grassland renovation on nitrogen and carbon cycling and losses in ley-arable rotations
Vertes, F., Hatch, D. J., Velthof, G. L., Taube, F., Laurent, F., Loiseau, P. and Recous, S. 2007. Impacts of grassland renovation on nitrogen and carbon cycling and losses in ley-arable rotations. 14th Symposium of the European Grassland Federation. 'Permanent and temporary grassland: plant, environment and economy.' Gent, Belgium, 3-5 September 2007. pp. 227-246
The effect of cutting, mulching and applications of farmyard manure on nitrogen fixation in a red clover/grass sward
Hatch, D. J., Goodlass, G., Joynes, A. and Shepherd, M. A. 2007. The effect of cutting, mulching and applications of farmyard manure on nitrogen fixation in a red clover/grass sward. Bioresource Technology. 98 (17), pp. 3243-3248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2006.07.017
A method for predicting N offtake in reseeded grassland based on measurements relating to soil N supply
Hatch, D. J., Hopkins, A. and Velthof, G. L. 2007. A method for predicting N offtake in reseeded grassland based on measurements relating to soil N supply. Conijn, J. G. and Taube, F. (ed.) Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations. Third and fourth workshops of the EGF-Working Group 'Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations' Report No. 3. Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen. pp. 67-71
Extending the working hypothesis on grassland resowing to include grass-arable rotations and organic farming
Hatch, D. J. and Hopkins, A. 2007. Extending the working hypothesis on grassland resowing to include grass-arable rotations and organic farming. Conijn, J. G. and Taube, F. (ed.) Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations. Third and fourth workshops of the EGF-Working Group 'Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations' Report No. 3. Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen. pp. 3-6
Comparison between two field methods for assessing net N mineralization during spring growth of maize
Monaco, S., Hatch, D. J., Sacco, D., Bertora, C. and Grignani, C. 2006. Comparison between two field methods for assessing net N mineralization during spring growth of maize. Book of Proceedings, IX Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Bibliotheca Fragmenta Agronomica, Warszawa, Poland, 4-7 September 2006.
Lupins in sustainable agriculture
Hatch, D. J. 2006. Lupins in sustainable agriculture.
An assessment of nitrogen fixation in 'organically managed' spring-sown lupins and leaching under a following winter cereal
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J. and Stone, A. C. 2006. An assessment of nitrogen fixation in 'organically managed' spring-sown lupins and leaching under a following winter cereal. Atkinson, C., Ball, B., Davies, D. H. K., Rees, R., Russell, G., Stockdale, E. A., Watson, C. A., Walker, R. and Younie, D. (ed.) In conjunction with COR - the Colloquium of Organic Researchers Conference, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 18-20 September 2006.
Making the most of soil nitrogen
Goodlass, G., Hatch, D. J., Shepherd, M. A., King, J. A., Cuttle, S. P., Roderick, S. and Briggs, S. 2006. Making the most of soil nitrogen. Atkinson, C., Ball, B., Davies, D. H. K., Rees, R., Russell, G., Stockdale, E. A., Watson, C. A., Walker, R. and Younie, D. (ed.) In conjunction with COR - the Colloquium of Organic Researchers Conference, Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 18-20 September 2006.
Effect of different carbon and nitrogen inputs on soil chemical and biochemical properties in maize-based forage systems in Northern Italy
Monaco, S., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Grignani, C., Sacco, D. and Zavattaro, L. 2006. Effect of different carbon and nitrogen inputs on soil chemical and biochemical properties in maize-based forage systems in Northern Italy. Proceedings of XX International Grassland Congress, Oxford Satellite Workshop, 3-6 July, 2005. pp. p82
Leaching losses of N, P and K from grazed legume based swards - some preliminary results
Dixon, E. R., Stone, A. C., Scholefield, D. and Hatch, D. J. 2006. Leaching losses of N, P and K from grazed legume based swards - some preliminary results. Proceedings of the XX International grassland congress, Oxford Satellite Workshop, 3rd - 6th July 2005. pp. p104
Lupins in sustainable agriculture: nutrient losses following grain harvest
Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A., Stone, A. C., Scholefield, D. and Jones, R. 2006. Lupins in sustainable agriculture: nutrient losses following grain harvest. Lloveras, J., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, A., Vazquez-Yanez, O., Pineiro, J., Santamaria, O., Olea, L. and Poblaciones, M. J. (ed.) Sustainable Grassland Productivity [Proceedings of the 21st General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Badajoz, Spain, 3-6 April 2006].
A laboratory study on the effect of pre-treatment with a nitrification inhibitor (Dicyandiamide) on an arable soil fertilised with ammonium sulphate
Carneiro, J., Cardenas, L. M., Hatch, D. J., Trindade, H., Scholefield, D., Clegg, C. D. and Hobbs, P. J. 2005. A laboratory study on the effect of pre-treatment with a nitrification inhibitor (Dicyandiamide) on an arable soil fertilised with ammonium sulphate. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 41 (4), pp. 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-005-0836-9
Nitrogen losses to surface and ground waters
Dixon, E. R. and Hatch, D. J. 2005. Nitrogen losses to surface and ground waters.
Crop responses
Hatch, D. J. 2005. Crop responses.
Mid term effects of annual applications of pig manure or pig slurry on C and N turnover in cultivated soils
Morvan, T., Recous, S. and Hatch, D. J. 2005. Mid term effects of annual applications of pig manure or pig slurry on C and N turnover in cultivated soils. Porcherie-verte Workshop, Paris, 25-27 May 2005.
Effect of soil erosion on surface water quality: correlation between turbidity and nutrient concentrations
Hatch, D. J., Butler, P. J. and Haygarth, P. M. 2005. Effect of soil erosion on surface water quality: correlation between turbidity and nutrient concentrations. 'N management in agrosystems in relation to the Water Framework Directive', 14th N-Workshop, Maastricht, Netherlands, 24-26 October 2005. pp. p109
Scientific research plays a vital role
Hatch, D. J. 2005. Scientific research plays a vital role. Western Morning News. 28 February, pp. 8-9.
Field experiments to help optimise nitrogen fixation by legumes on organic farms
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J., Stone, A., Cuttle, S., Goodlass, G. and Roderick, S. 2005. Field experiments to help optimise nitrogen fixation by legumes on organic farms. Jarvis, S. C., Murray, P. J. and Roker, J. A. (ed.) XX International Grassland Congress, Oxford Satellite Workshop, "Optimisation of nutrient cycling and soil quality for sustainable grasslands", 3rd - 6th July, 2005. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands. pp. p67
Laboratory study of the effects of two nitrification inhibitors on greenhouse gas emissions from a slurry-treated arable soil : impact of diurnal temperature cycle
Hatch, D. J., Trindade, H., Cardenas, L. M., Carneiro, J., Hawkins, J. M. B., Scholefield, D. and Chadwick, D. R. 2005. Laboratory study of the effects of two nitrification inhibitors on greenhouse gas emissions from a slurry-treated arable soil : impact of diurnal temperature cycle. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 41 (4), pp. 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-005-0836-9
Nitrogen budgets for three cropping systems fertilised with cattle manure
Salazar, F. J., Chadwick, D. R., Pain, B. F., Hatch, D. J. and Owen, E. 2005. Nitrogen budgets for three cropping systems fertilised with cattle manure. Bioresource Technology. 96 (2), pp. 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2004.05.013
Nitrogen management for profitable farming with minimal environmental impact: the challenge for mixed farms in the Cotswold Hills, England
Leach, K. A., Allingham, K. D., Conway, J. S., Goulding, K. W. T. and Hatch, D. J. 2004. Nitrogen management for profitable farming with minimal environmental impact: the challenge for mixed farms in the Cotswold Hills, England. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 2, pp. 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2004.9684564
The impact of long-term nitrogen fertiliser management regime on nitrifier diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soils
Clegg, C. D., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Turner, S., Freitag, T. and Prosser, J. I. 2004. The impact of long-term nitrogen fertiliser management regime on nitrifier diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soils. 10th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico, August 2004.
Organic farmers' day focuses on maintaining soil fertility
Hatch, D. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2004. Organic farmers' day focuses on maintaining soil fertility. BBSRC Business. (October), p. 28.
Novel legume trials
Roderick, S., Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A. and Stone, A. 2004. Novel legume trials. Poster Organic Farmers Day, IGER North Wyke, Devon, 18th August 2004.
Experiments to determine N accumulation under fertility building crops
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J., Stone, A. C., Cuttle, S. P., Goodlass, G. and Roderick, S. 2004. Experiments to determine N accumulation under fertility building crops. Poster Organic Farmers Day, IGER North Wyke, Devon, 18th August 2004.
Measurement of N accumulation under legumes and subsequent supply to crops on selected organic farms
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J., Stone, A., Cuttle, S., Goodlass, G. and Roderick, S. 2004. Measurement of N accumulation under legumes and subsequent supply to crops on selected organic farms. Poster Organic Farmers Day, IGER North Wyke, Devon, 18th August 2004.
Field experiments to determine N accumulation under fertility building crops
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J., Stone, A. C., Cuttle, S. P., Goodlass, G. and Roderick, S. 2004. Field experiments to determine N accumulation under fertility building crops. Poster 11th International Conference of the FAO ESCORENA Network on Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture (RAMIRAN), Murcia, Spain, 6-9 October 2004.
Factors affecting nitrogen fixation by red clover
Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A. and Stone, A. C. 2004. Factors affecting nitrogen fixation by red clover. Organic Studies Centre - Technical Bulletin. August (5), pp. 1-2.
The supply of nitrogen from fertility building crops: results from monitoring of twelve organic farms
Hatch, D. J. and Goodlass, G. 2004. The supply of nitrogen from fertility building crops: results from monitoring of twelve organic farms. Organic Studies Centre - Technical Bulletin. December (6), pp. 1-3.
Novel legumes
Roderick, S., Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A. and Stone, A. C. 2004. Novel legumes. Organic Studies Centre - Technical Bulletin. December (6), pp. 3-4.
Soil fertility building crops in organic farming
Hatch, D. J., Joynes, A., Stone, A. C. and Goodlass, G. 2004. Soil fertility building crops in organic farming. 11th International Conference of the FAO ESCORENA Network on Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture (RAMIRAN), Murcia, Spain, 6-9 October 2004.
Effects of grassland renovation on N and C cycles and soil quality dynamics
Vertes, F., Hatch, D. J., Velthof, G. L., Abiven, S., Hopkins, A. and Springob, G. 2004. Effects of grassland renovation on N and C cycles and soil quality dynamics. Luscher, A., Jeangros, B., Kessler, W., Huguenin, O., Lobsiger, M., Millar, N. and Suter, D. (ed.) Land use systems on grassland dominated regions. European Grassland Federation (EGF) 20th General Meeting, Luzern, Switzerland, 21-24 June 2004.
Prediction of N offtake in resown grassland based on temperature and soil chemical and physical characteristics
Hatch, D. J., Hopkins, A. and Velthof, G. L. 2004. Prediction of N offtake in resown grassland based on temperature and soil chemical and physical characteristics. Luscher, A., Jeangros, B., Kessler, W., Huguenin, O., Lobsiger, M., Millar, N. and Suter, D. (ed.) Land use systems on grassland dominated regions. European Grassland Federation (EGF) 20th General Meeting, Luzern, Switzerland, 21-24 June 2004.
Ammonium-N losses from agriculture
Hatch, D. J., Chadwick, D. R., Smith, K. A. and Chambers, B. J. 2004. Ammonium-N losses from agriculture. Lewis, D. and Gairns, L. (ed.) Proceedings 'Agriculture and the Environment,Water Framework Directive and Agriculture'. SEPA/SAC Biennial Conference, Edinburgh, 24-25 March 2004. pp. 165-173
Controlling nitrogen flows and losses
Hatch, D. J., Chadwick, D. R. and Jarvis, S. C. Roker, J. A. (ed.) 2004. Controlling nitrogen flows and losses. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Determination of N source in denitrification studies using stable isotope techniques
Murray, P. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R., Laughlin, R. and O'Prey, K. 2004. Determination of N source in denitrification studies using stable isotope techniques. Hatch, D. J., Chadwick, D., Jarvis, S. C. and Roker, J. A. (ed.) 'Controlling N Flows and Losses'. Proceedings 12th Nitrogen Workshop, University of Exeter, 21-24 September 2003. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, Netherlands. pp. 347-348
Transformations of nitrogen at the interface between the topsoil and an impervious clay subsoil
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Granger, S. J., O'Prey, C., Stevens, R. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2004. Transformations of nitrogen at the interface between the topsoil and an impervious clay subsoil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus. 4 (6), pp. 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-005-3012-1
Denitrification potential in a grassland subsoil: effect of carbon substrates
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2004. Denitrification potential in a grassland subsoil: effect of carbon substrates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 36 (3), pp. 545-547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.020
Gross nitrogen fluxes in soil: theory, measurement and application of 15N pool dilution techniques
Murphy, D. V., Recous, S., Stockdale, E. A., Fillery, I. R. P., Jensen, L. S., Hatch, D. J. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2003. Gross nitrogen fluxes in soil: theory, measurement and application of 15N pool dilution techniques. Advances in Agronomy. 79, pp. 69-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(02)79002-0
Ammonium - N losses from agriculture
Chadwick, D. R., Hatch, D. J. and Smith, K. A. 2003. Ammonium - N losses from agriculture.
N transformations at a sub-surface clay interface: a study using undisturbed, in situ soil lysimeters
Murray, P. J., Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. J., Granger, S. J. and Laughlin, R. 2003. N transformations at a sub-surface clay interface: a study using undisturbed, in situ soil lysimeters. Abstracts 12th N Workshop, Controlling N flows and losses, Exeter, Devon, UK, 21-24 September 2003.
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R., Laughlin, R., O'Prey, K. and Jarvis, S. C. 2003. Determination of N source in denitrification studies using stable isotope techniques. Abstracts 12th N Workshop, Controlling N flows and losses, Exeter, Devon, UK, 21-24 September 2003.
Joynes, A., Hatch, D. J., Stone, A. C., Cuttle, S. P., Goodlass, G. and Roderick, S. 2003. Field experiments to determine N accumulation under fertility building crops. Abstracts 12th N Workshop, Controlling N flows and losses, Exeter, Devon, UK, 21-24 September 2003.
Nitrogen balances over 7 years on a mixed farm in the Cotswolds
Leach, K. A., Goulding, K. W. T., Hatch, D. J., Conway, J. S. and Allingham, K. 2003. Nitrogen balances over 7 years on a mixed farm in the Cotswolds. Abstracts 12th N Workshop, Controlling N flows and losses, Exeter, Devon, UK, 21-24 September 2003.
Assessing the impact of nitrogen fertilizer management regime on nitrifier diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soil
Clegg, C. D., Frietag, T. E., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Lowe, E. and Prosser, J. I. 2003. Assessing the impact of nitrogen fertilizer management regime on nitrifier diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soil. Biological Diversity and Function in Soils. Abstracts. British Ecological Society Annual Symposium, Lancaster, 25-27 March 2003.
Return of the Marbled White
Hatch, D. J., Tallowin, J. R. B. and Smith, R. E. N. 2003. Return of the Marbled White. Butterfly Conservation, Devon Branch Newsletter. 56, pp. 16-18.
Soil N availability: a simple measure of soil fertility
Hatch, D. J. and Antil, R. S. 2003. Soil N availability: a simple measure of soil fertility. Poster International conference 'Mechanisms and regulation of organic matter stabilization in soils', Schloss Hohenhammer, Munich, Germany, 6-10 October 2003.
Nitrogen cycling in mixed farming systems. The Coates Farm Study 1995-2003
Conway, J., Goulding, K. W. T. and Hatch, D. J. 2003. Nitrogen cycling in mixed farming systems. The Coates Farm Study 1995-2003. Poster Coates Farm Open Afternoon, 26 June 2003.
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2003. Determination of N source in denitrification studies using stable isotope techniques. Annual meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group (SIMSUG) 2003, Bristol, UK, 14-16 April 2003.
Using a system of undisturbed, in situ soil lysimeters to determine nitrogen transformations in a sub-surface clay interface
Dixon, E. R., Ordonez Gaete, C. I., Granger, S. J., Hatch, D. J., Murray, P. J., O'Prey, K. and Stevens, R. J. 2003. Using a system of undisturbed, in situ soil lysimeters to determine nitrogen transformations in a sub-surface clay interface. Poster 7th British Grassland Society (BGS) Research Conference, Aberystwyth, 1-3 September 2003. pp. 57-58
Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in grass-to-grass resowing and grass-arable rotations
Hatch, D. J., Hopkins, A. and Velthof, G. L. 2003. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in grass-to-grass resowing and grass-arable rotations. 'Grassland resowing and grass-arable crop rotations'. Workshop European Grassland Federation (EGF) Working Group, University of Kiel, Germany, 27-28 February 2003.
Grassland in Europe
Wilkins, R. J., Hopkins, A. and Hatch, D. J. 2003. Grassland in Europe. Grassland Science (Japan). 49 (3), pp. 258-266.
Gross nitrogen fluxes in soil: Theory, measurement and application of N-15 pool dilution techniques
Murphy, D. V., Recous, S., Stockdale, E. A., Fillery, I., Jensen, L., Hatch, D. J. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2003. Gross nitrogen fluxes in soil: Theory, measurement and application of N-15 pool dilution techniques. in: Advances in Agronomy B.
Verifying the nitrification to immobilisation ratio (N/I ) as a key determinant of potential nitrate in grassland and arable soils
Stockdale, E. A., Hatch, D. J., Murphy, D. V., Ledgard, S. F. and Watson, C. J. 2002. Verifying the nitrification to immobilisation ratio (N/I ) as a key determinant of potential nitrate in grassland and arable soils. Agronomie. 22, pp. 831-838.
Gross and net rates of mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures following fertilizer applications at different time intervals
Hatch, D. J., Sprosen, M. S., Jarvis, S. C. and Ledgard, S. F. 2002. Gross and net rates of mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures following fertilizer applications at different time intervals. Annual Meeting Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group (SIMSUG) 2002, Belfast, N Ireland, 17-18 January 2002.
A method to investigate the transfer of N species in the subsoil using one metre deep soil columns
Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. R., Murray, P. J., Jarvis, S. C., O'Prey, K., Laughlin, R. J. and Stevens, R. J. 2002. A method to investigate the transfer of N species in the subsoil using one metre deep soil columns. Abstract 'Soils and Environmental Quality'. British Society of Soil Science Conference, University of Plymouth, Seale-Hayne Campus, 8-11 September 2002.
Nitrate leaching following cultivation of long ley grassland
Leach, K. A., Conway, J. S., Goulding, K. W. T. and Hatch, D. J. 2002. Nitrate leaching following cultivation of long ley grassland. Abstract 'Soils and Environmental Quality'. British Society of Soil Science Conference, University of Plymouth, Seale-Hayne Campus, 8-11 September 2002.
Nitrate leaching from grassland and maize cropping systems fertilised with cattle manures
Salazar, F. J., Hatch, D. J., Chadwick, D. R., Pain, B. F. and Owen, E. 2002. Nitrate leaching from grassland and maize cropping systems fertilised with cattle manures. Abstract, 'Soils and Environmental Quality'. British Society of Soil Science Conference, University of Plymouth, Seale-Hayne Campus, 8-11 September 2002.
Transfer and transformation of N species in 1 M deep soil columns
Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. R., Murray, P. J., Laughlin, R. J., Stevens, R. J., Jarvis, S. C. and O'Prey, K. 2002. Transfer and transformation of N species in 1 M deep soil columns. NERC, Gane meeting, Nottingham University, 3-5 September 2002..
Influence of urine and components of urine on N2O emissions from grassland soils
Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. J., Murray, P. J., Laughlin, R. J., Stevens, R. J., Jarvis, S. C. and O'Prey, K. 2002. Influence of urine and components of urine on N2O emissions from grassland soils. NERC, Gane Meeting, Nottingham University, 3-5 September 2002.
Leaching losses of nitrogen following autumn applications of farmyard manure
Hatch, D. J., Stone, A. and Parkinson, A. 2002. Leaching losses of nitrogen following autumn applications of farmyard manure. The Royal Show, Stoneleigh, 1-4 July 2002.
The use of 15N to trace plant uptake of labelled dairy slurry injected into the soil: influence of the new nitrification inhibitor, DMPP
Hatch, D. J., Chadwick, D. R., Bol, R. and King, R. 2002. The use of 15N to trace plant uptake of labelled dairy slurry injected into the soil: influence of the new nitrification inhibitor, DMPP. Annual Meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group, Belfast, UK, 17-18 January 2002.
Coates Farm Study: reducing nitrogen emissions to the environment
Goulding, K. W. T., Leach, K., Cartwright, R., Hatch, D. J., Conway, J., Jarvis, S. C. and Webster, C. P. 2002. Coates Farm Study: reducing nitrogen emissions to the environment. Poster 'Managing the environmental effects of agriculture'. SCI Crop Protection Group/Agriculture and Environment Group meeting, Warwick University, 25-26 March 2002.
Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling
Hatch, D. J. 2002. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. Conijn, J. G., Velthof, G. L. and Taube, F. (ed.) Grassland sowing and grass-arable crop rotations. International Workshop on Agricultural and Environmental Issues, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 18-19 April 2002. pp. 107-110
Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations in the United Kingdom: agricultural and environmental issues
Hatch, D. J., Easson, L., Goulding, K. W. T., Haygarth, P. M., Shepherd, M. A. and Watson, C. 2002. Grassland resowing and grass-arable rotations in the United Kingdom: agricultural and environmental issues. Conijn, J. G., Velthof, G. L. and Taube, F. (ed.) Grassland resowing and grass-arable crop rotations. Proceedings International Workshop on Agricultural and Environmental Issues, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 18-19 April 2002. pp. 93-105
Salazar, F. J., Chadwick, D. R., Pain, B. F., Hatch, D. J. and Owen, E. 2002. Nitrogen budgets for three cropping systems fertilised with cattle manure. Venglovsky, J. and Greserova, G. (ed.) Proceedings 10th International Conference of the FAO (Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture Network) RAMIRAN 2002 on 'Hygiene Safety', Strbske Pleso, High Tatras, Slovak Republic, 14-18 May 2002. pp. 157-160
Hatch, D. J., Stone, A. and Parkinson, A. 2002. Leaching losses of nitrogen following autumn applications of farmyard manure. Venglovsky, J. and Greserova, G. (ed.) Proceedings 10th International Conference of the European cooperative network on recycling of agricultural, municipal and industrial residues in agriculture (RAMIRAN), Strbske Pleso, High Tatras, Slovak Republic, 14-18 May 2002. pp. 449-450
Is the productivity of organic farms restricted by the supply of available nitrogen?
Berry, P. M., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Philipps, L., Hatch, D. J., Cuttle, S. P., Rayns, F. W. and Gosling, P. 2002. Is the productivity of organic farms restricted by the supply of available nitrogen? Soil Use and Management. 18 (Suppl.), pp. 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00266.x
Use of labelled nitrogen to measure gross and net rates of mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures following fertilizer applications at different time intervals
Hatch, D. J., Sprosen, M. S., Jarvis, S. C. and Ledgard, S. F. 2002. Use of labelled nitrogen to measure gross and net rates of mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures following fertilizer applications at different time intervals. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 16 (23), pp. 2172-2178.
Verifying the nitrification to immobilisation ratio as a key determinant of potential nitrate loss in arable and grassland soils
Stockdale, E. A., Hatch, D. J., Murphy, D. V., Ledgard, S. F. and Watson, C. J. 2002. Verifying the nitrification to immobilisation ratio as a key determinant of potential nitrate loss in arable and grassland soils. Agronomie. 22 (7-8), pp. 831-838.
Hatch, D. J., Goulding, K. W. T. and Murphy, D. V. 2002. Nitrogen. in: Haygarth, P. M. and Jarvis, S. C. (ed.) Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality CABI International, Wallingford, Oxon (CABI). pp. 7-27
Impact of invertebrate root herbivory on N fluxes in white clover
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J. and Cliquet, J. B. 2002. Impact of invertebrate root herbivory on N fluxes in white clover. Fisher, G. and Frankow-Lindberg, B. (ed.) Lowland Grasslands of Europe: Utilisation and Development. Proceedings FAO/CIHEAM European Cooperative Research Network on Pastures and Fodder Crop Production, Subnetwork on Lowland Grassland Research Conference, La Corcina, Spain, 13-16 October 1998.
Over-winter leaching of nitrogen associated with different cropping systems
Donaghy, D., Hatch, D. J., Warman, K. D., Goulding, K. W. T. and Conway, J. S. 2001. Over-winter leaching of nitrogen associated with different cropping systems. Proceedings 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, 9-12 September 2001 .
Nitrous oxide emissions from injected 15N-labelled cattle slurry into grassland soil as affected by DMPP nitrification inhibitor
Dittert, K., Bol, R., Chadwick, D. R. and Hatch, D. J. 2001. Nitrous oxide emissions from injected 15N-labelled cattle slurry into grassland soil as affected by DMPP nitrification inhibitor. Horst, W. J., Schenk, M. K., Burkert, A., Claassen, N., Flessa, H., Frommer, W. B., Goldbach, H. E. and Et Al (ed.) Plant nutrition: food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems through basic and applied research. 14th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Hannover, Germany. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 768-769
Comparing organic soils with conventionally farmed soils
Hatch, D. J., Shepherd, M. A. and Hatley, D. 2001. Comparing organic soils with conventionally farmed soils. Poster Presentation. Soil fertility in organic farming - fundamentally different? SCI Agriculture and Environment Group with support from Crop Protection Group, 13 November 2001.
Assessing soil fertility: a simple measurement of soil N availability
Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 2001. Assessing soil fertility: a simple measurement of soil N availability. Poster Presentation. Nutrients in Organic Agriculture Group, Organic Research Update: Soils and nutrient cycling research. IACR-Rothamsted, June 2001.
Do organically farmed soils differ from conventionally farmed soils?
Hatch, D. J., Lovell, R. D., Shepherd, M. A. and Hatley, D. 2001. Do organically farmed soils differ from conventionally farmed soils? Abstract 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September 2001. pp. 299-300
Over-wintering leaching of nitrogen associated with different cropping systems
Donaghy, D., Hatch, D. J., Warman, K. D., Goulding, K. W. T. and Conway, J. S. 2001. Over-wintering leaching of nitrogen associated with different cropping systems. Abstract 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September 2001. pp. 437-438
Net mineralization following cultivation
Lovell, R. D. and Hatch, D. J. 2001. Net mineralization following cultivation. Abstract 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September 2001. pp. 319-320
Nitrogen mineralisation from dairy cattle manures with different dry matter contents
Salazar, F. J., Chadwick, D. R., Hatch, D. J., Pain, B. F. and Owen, E. 2001. Nitrogen mineralisation from dairy cattle manures with different dry matter contents. Poster 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September 2001. pp. 197-198
Predicting nitrate loss in arable and grassland soils using gross N transformation data
Stockdale, E. A., Murphy, D. V., Hatch, D. J. and Legard, S. F. 2001. Predicting nitrate loss in arable and grassland soils using gross N transformation data. Abstract 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September 2001. pp. 395-396
Nitrous oxide emission after injection of 15N labelled dairy slurry injected into soil
Bol, R., Dittert, K., King, R., Chadwick, D. R. and Hatch, D. J. 2001. Nitrous oxide emission after injection of 15N labelled dairy slurry injected into soil. Abstract SIMSUG 2001. Annual Meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users' Group, Glasgow, UK, January 2001.
Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 2001. Assessing soil fertility: a simple measurement of soil N availability. Poster presentation. Society of Chemical Industry - Agriculture and Environment Group Meeting on Assessing Soil Fertility: Soil Organic Matter Measurement, Modelling or Both?, London, 20 March 2001. Society of Chemical Industry, London.
Use of a novel nitrification inhibitor to reduce nitrous oxide emission from 15N-labelled slurry injected into soil
Dittert, K., Bol, R., King, Rosalind, Chadwick, D. R. and Hatch, D. J. 2001. Use of a novel nitrification inhibitor to reduce nitrous oxide emission from 15N-labelled slurry injected into soil. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 15 (15), pp. 1291-1296. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.335
Evaluation of two N cycle models for the prediction of N mineralization from grassland soils in the UK
Bhogal, A., Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Brown, L. and Jarvis, S. C. 2001. Evaluation of two N cycle models for the prediction of N mineralization from grassland soils in the UK. Soil Use and Management. 17 (3), pp. 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1079/SUM200171
Mineralization of nitrogen in permanent pastures amended with fertilizer or dung
Antil, R. S., Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2001. Mineralization of nitrogen in permanent pastures amended with fertilizer or dung. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 33 (2), pp. 132-138.
Nitrate leaching from reseeded pasture
Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Bhogal, A. 2001. Nitrate leaching from reseeded pasture. Soil Use and Management. 17 (2), pp. 97-105.
An improved soil core incubation method for the field measurement of denitrification and net mineralization using acetylene inhibition
Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 2001. An improved soil core incubation method for the field measurement of denitrification and net mineralization using acetylene inhibition. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 59 (3), pp. 219-225.
Mineralization effects in grasslands
Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 2000. Mineralization effects in grasslands.
Controls over losses from grassland soils
Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 2000. Controls over losses from grassland soils.
Further N cycle studies on farmlets
Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 2000. Further N cycle studies on farmlets.
Gross nitrogen transformations as an index of nitrogen cycling
Hatch, D. J., Ledgard, S. F., Sprosen, M. S. and Sarathchandra, S. U. 2000. Gross nitrogen transformations as an index of nitrogen cycling. Adams, J. A. and Metherell, A. K. (ed.) Proceedings Australian and New Zealand Second Joint Soils Conference, Lincoln University, Canterbury, 3-8 December 2000. Volume 3: Poster Papers. New Zealand Society of Soil Science. pp. 87-88
Gross rates of N cycling processes measured by 15N mean pool dilution
Hatch, D. J. 2000. Gross rates of N cycling processes measured by 15N mean pool dilution.
Composting farm yard manure
Hatch, D. J. and Stone, A. 2000. Composting farm yard manure. Poster. Grassland Management: Practice into Profit, IGER, North Wyke, 18 July 2000.
The potential for net mineralization measured in grassland soil to a depth of 40 cm.
Lovell, R. D. and Hatch, D. J. 2000. The potential for net mineralization measured in grassland soil to a depth of 40 cm. Eurosoil 2000, British Society of Soil Science, Reading, 4-6 September 2000.
Mobility and fate of nitrate applied to lysimeters
Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2000. Mobility and fate of nitrate applied to lysimeters. Proceedings 6th British Grassland Society Research Conference, Aberdeen, 11-13 September 2000. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 101-102
Ammonia fluxes from cut swards
Granger, S. J., Ross, C. A. and Hatch, D. J. 2000. Ammonia fluxes from cut swards. Proceedings 6th British Grassland Society Research Conference, Aberdeen, 11-13 September 2000. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 9-10
Report on a Study Visit to New Zealand and Australia funded by the Royal Society with additional support from the British Grassland Society, 25 November - 13 December 2000
Hatch, D. J. 2000. Report on a Study Visit to New Zealand and Australia funded by the Royal Society with additional support from the British Grassland Society, 25 November - 13 December 2000. Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research IGER, North Wyke Okehampton.
The influence of soil pH and nitrogen fertiliser application on N2O production by nitrifier denitrification. Some preliminary results
Wrage, N., Dixon, E. R., Estavillo, J. M. and Nawalany, P. 2000. The influence of soil pH and nitrogen fertiliser application on N2O production by nitrifier denitrification. Some preliminary results. Oenema, O. and Sapek, A. (ed.) Effects of liming and nitrogen fertilizer application on soil acidity and gaseous nitrogen oxide emissions in grassland systems. Results of a field campaign in Poland within the framework of the EU-funded project COGANOG; FAIR3 CT96-1920. Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty, Poland. pp. 72-83
The influence of soil pH and nitrogen fertiliser application on N2O production from nitrification and denitrification
Estavillo, J. M., Merino, P., Wrage, N., Dixon, E. R., Corre, W. J., Sapek, B. and Plodzik, M. 2000. The influence of soil pH and nitrogen fertiliser application on N2O production from nitrification and denitrification. Oenema, O. and Sapek, A. (ed.) Effects of liming and nitrogen fertilizer application on soil acidity and gaseous nitrogen oxide emissions in grassland systems. Results of a field campaign in Poland within the framework of the EU-funded project COGANOG; FAIR3 CT96-1920. Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming, Falenty, Poland. pp. 61-71
Gross rates of N cycling processes measured by 15N mean pool dilution technique
Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 2000. Gross rates of N cycling processes measured by 15N mean pool dilution technique. SIMSUG 2000. Annual Meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users' Group, ITE Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, 18-19 January 2000. pp. 33
Comparison of different methodologies for field measurement of net nitrogen mineralization in pasture soils under different soil conditions
Hatch, D. J., Bhogal, A., Lovell, R. D., Shepherd, M. A. and Jarvis, S. C. 2000. Comparison of different methodologies for field measurement of net nitrogen mineralization in pasture soils under different soil conditions. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 32 (4), pp. 287-293.
Distribution of nitrogen pools in the soil profile of undisturbed and reseeded grasslands
Bhogal, A., Murphy, D. V., Fortune, S. S., Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Gaunt, J. L. and Goulding, K. W. T. 2000. Distribution of nitrogen pools in the soil profile of undisturbed and reseeded grasslands. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 30 (4), pp. 356-362.
Combining field incubation with nitrogen-15N labelling to examine nitrogen transformations in low to high intensity grassland management systems
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Parkinson, R. J. and Lovell, R. D. 2000. Combining field incubation with nitrogen-15N labelling to examine nitrogen transformations in low to high intensity grassland management systems. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 30, pp. 492-499.
Nitrogen mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures amended with nitrogen fertilizer or dung
Hatch, D. J., Lovell, R. D., Antil, R. S., Jarvis, S. C. and Owen, P. M. 2000. Nitrogen mineralization and microbial activity in permanent pastures amended with nitrogen fertilizer or dung. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 30 (4), pp. 288-293 + correction 31 (3-4), 360.
How do long-term differences in microbial activity in grassland soils become established?
Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J., Antil, R. S. and Jarvis, S. C. 1999. How do long-term differences in microbial activity in grassland soils become established? Tenth Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 August 1999.
Net mineralization: a comparison of field methods (jar and box)
Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J., Bhogal, A., Jarvis, S. C. and Shepherd, M. A. 1999. Net mineralization: a comparison of field methods (jar and box). Tenth Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 August 1999.
Soil nitrogen supply under grass swards: measurement and prediction
Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Bhogal, A. and Jarvis, S. C. 1999. Soil nitrogen supply under grass swards: measurement and prediction. Corrall, A. J. (ed.) Accounting for Nutrients: A Challenge for Grassland Farmers in the 21st Century, British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No 33, BGS Conference, Great Malvern, UK, 22-23 November 1999. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 23-28
Nitrogen turnover in grassland soils: measurement and prediction
Hatch, D. J., Bhogal, A., Shepherd, M. A. and Jarvis, S. C. 1999. Nitrogen turnover in grassland soils: measurement and prediction. Tenth Nitrogen Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-26 August 1999.
Evidence for a priming effect of fertilizer N on turnover of soil organic N
Hatch, D. J., Sprosen, M., Jarvis, S. C. and Lovell, R. D. 1999. Evidence for a priming effect of fertilizer N on turnover of soil organic N. Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter, British Society of Soil Science Meeting, Edinburgh, 15-17 September 1999.
Soil thermal unit aids N prediction
Hatch, D. J. 1999. Soil thermal unit aids N prediction. Farming News. (22 January).
Nitrogen mineralization in soil layers, soil particles and macro-organic matter under grassland
Patra, A. K., Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1999. Nitrogen mineralization in soil layers, soil particles and macro-organic matter under grassland. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 29 (1), pp. 38-45.
Mean pool dilution technique applied to intact soil cores combined with field incubation
Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 1999. Mean pool dilution technique applied to intact soil cores combined with field incubation. SIMSUG 1999, Book of Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group, Exeter, UK, 19-20 January 1999 (R Bol, SC Jarvis & LR Mytton, organisers). Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research IGER, North Wyke Okehampton. pp. 48
Carbon induced subsoil denitrification of N-15 labelled nitrate in 1 m deep soil columns
Clough, T. J., Jarvis, S. C., Dixon, E. R., Hatch, D. J., Stevens, R. J. and Laughlin, R. J. 1999. Carbon induced subsoil denitrification of N-15 labelled nitrate in 1 m deep soil columns. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 31 (1), pp. 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00097-2
Comparison of methodologies for field measurement of net nitrogen mineralisation in arable soils
Bhogal, A., Hatch, D. J., Shepherd, M. A. and Jarvis, S. C. 1999. Comparison of methodologies for field measurement of net nitrogen mineralisation in arable soils. Plant and Soil. 207 (1), pp. 15-28.
The influence of nitrification in determining the supply, distribution and fate of nitrogen in grassland soils
Hatch, D. J. 1998. The influence of nitrification in determining the supply, distribution and fate of nitrogen in grassland soils. F - Theses
Stimulation of microbial activity following spring applications of nitrogen
Lovell, R. D. and Hatch, D. J. 1998. Stimulation of microbial activity following spring applications of nitrogen. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 26 (1), pp. 28-30.
Short-term nitrogen fluxes in grassland soils under different long-term nitrogen management regimes
Ledgard, S. F., Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1998. Short-term nitrogen fluxes in grassland soils under different long-term nitrogen management regimes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 30 (10-11), pp. 1233-1241.
Relationships between soil thermal units, nitrogen mineralization and dry matter production in pastures
Clough, T. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1998. Relationships between soil thermal units, nitrogen mineralization and dry matter production in pastures. Soil Use and Management. 14 (2), pp. 65-69.
Rates of N loss from grassland soils by denitrification in spring and autumn as influenced by nitrification and soil conditions
Hatch, D. J. and Lovell, R. D. 1998. Rates of N loss from grassland soils by denitrification in spring and autumn as influenced by nitrification and soil conditions. British Society of Soil Science Meeting, Belfast, N Ireland, 6-9 September 1998.
Emission of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide from soil under field and laboratory conditions
Williams, P. H., Jarvis, S. C. and Dixon, E. R. 1998. Emission of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide from soil under field and laboratory conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 30 (14), pp. 1885-1893. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00052-2
Denitrification and N2O emissions from a UK pasture soil following the early spring application of cattle slurry and mineral fertiliser
Ellis, S. A., Yamulki, S., Dixon, E. R., Harrison, R. M. and Jarvis, S. C. 1998. Denitrification and N2O emissions from a UK pasture soil following the early spring application of cattle slurry and mineral fertiliser. Plant and Soil. 202 (1), pp. 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004332209345
Concurrent measurements of net mineralization, nitrification, denitrification and leaching from field incubated soil cores
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Parkinson, R. J. 1998. Concurrent measurements of net mineralization, nitrification, denitrification and leaching from field incubated soil cores. Biology And Fertility Of Soils. 26 (4), pp. 323-330.
Changes in microbial activity related to long-term management and recent inputs from fertilizer and dung
Lovell, R. D., Hatch, D. J., Antil, R. S. and Jarvis, S. C. 1998. Changes in microbial activity related to long-term management and recent inputs from fertilizer and dung. British Society of Soil Science Meeting, Belfast, N Ireland, 6-9 September 1998.
Net mineralisation in grassland soils: effect of cultivation
Bhogal, A., Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 1997. Net mineralisation in grassland soils: effect of cultivation. Shiel, R. S. (ed.) Current Progress in Soil Research, Golden Jubilee Meeting of the British Society of Soil Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 8-11 September 1997. pp. 3
Predicting the contribution of N supplies from organic matter in grassland soils
Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J., Shepherd, M. A. and Lovell, R. D. 1997. Predicting the contribution of N supplies from organic matter in grassland soils. Fertilization for Sustainable Plant Production and Soil Fertility, Proceedings of the 11th World Fertilizer Congress Symposium of CIEC, Gent, Belgium, 7-13 September 1997.
The potential for nitrate leaching in reseeded swards
Davies, M. J., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Shepherd, M. A. 1997. The potential for nitrate leaching in reseeded swards. British Grassland Society (BGS) Fifth Research Conference, Seale Hayne Faculty of Agriculture Food & Land Use, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Devon, 8-10 September 1997. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 91-92
Response of soil microbial biomass to fertilizer
Lovell, R. D. and Hatch, D. J. 1997. Response of soil microbial biomass to fertilizer. British Grassland Society (BGS) Fifth Research Conference, Seale Hayne Faculty of Agriculture Food & Land Use, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Devon, 8-10 September 1997. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 99-100
Report on a visit to New Zealand: a British Council funded exchange with additional support from a Stapledon Travelling Fellowship and BGS Bursary, 29 November 1996 - 6 January 1997
Hatch, D. J. 1997. Report on a visit to New Zealand: a British Council funded exchange with additional support from a Stapledon Travelling Fellowship and BGS Bursary, 29 November 1996 - 6 January 1997.
Ionic contents of leachate from grassland soils: a comparison between ceramic suction cups and drainage
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Rook, A. J. and Bristow, A. W. 1997. Ionic contents of leachate from grassland soils: a comparison between ceramic suction cups and drainage. Soil Use and Management. 13 (2), pp. 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00559.x
The influence of nitrification in determining the supply, distribution and fate of nitrate in grassland soils
Hatch, D. J. 1996. The influence of nitrification in determining the supply, distribution and fate of nitrate in grassland soils.
The effect of management practices to reduce nitrate leaching in dairy systems on denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions: an add-on experiment to the MIDaS study at ADAS Bridgets
Ellis, S. A., Harrison, R. M., Yamulki, S., Dixon, E. R. and Jarvis, S. C. 1996. The effect of management practices to reduce nitrate leaching in dairy systems on denitrification and nitrous oxide emissions: an add-on experiment to the MIDaS study at ADAS Bridgets.
Preliminary measurements of nitric oxide emission from fertilized soil
Williams, P. H., Jarvis, S. C. and Dixon, E. R. 1996. Preliminary measurements of nitric oxide emission from fertilized soil. Cussie, L. D. (ed.) Proceedings of a workshop on Fertilizer Requirements of Grazed pasture and Field Crops, Massey University, New Zealand.
Nitrification in grassland soils
Hatch, D. J. 1996. Nitrification in grassland soils. Poster at Seale-Hayne Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Land Use, Dartington Hall.
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Parkinson, R. J. 1996. Nitrification in grassland soils. Transactions of the Ninth Nitrogen Workshop, Braunschweig, Germany, 9-12 September 1996. pp. 239-241
Mineralization and immobilisation of nitrogen in grassland soils; management effects
Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Deakin, D. and Davies, M. 1996. Mineralization and immobilisation of nitrogen in grassland soils; management effects. Predicting Soil Mineral Nitrogen Supply, Society of Chemical Industry, 22 October 1996.
Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in grassland soils: management effects
Shepherd, M. A., Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C., Deakin, D. and Davies, M. 1996. Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen in grassland soils: management effects. Transactions of the Ninth Nitrogen Workshop, Braunschweig, Germany, 9-12 September 1996. pp. 321-324
Management effects on potential denitrification in grassland soils
Dixon, E. R., Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1996. Management effects on potential denitrification in grassland soils. Nitrogen Emissions from Grassland, North Wyke, 20-22 May 1996.
Impact of insect root herbivory on the growth and nitrogen and carbon contents of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) seedlings
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J. and Cliquet, J. B. 1996. Impact of insect root herbivory on the growth and nitrogen and carbon contents of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) seedlings. Canadian Journal Of Botany. 74 (10), pp. 1591-1595. https://doi.org/10.1139/b96-192
Hay meadow is a winner
Hatch, D. J. and Tyson, K. C. 1996. Hay meadow is a winner. (Spring), p. 31.
Effect of root herbivory on N-fixation by white clover
Murray, P. J. and Hatch, D. J. 1996. Effect of root herbivory on N-fixation by white clover. in: Younie, D. (ed.) Legumes in Sustainable Farming Systems, British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No 30 (Proceedings of joint conference of BGS and SFS Initiative, SAC, Craibstone, Aberdeen, 2-4 September 1996) British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 46-47
Denitrification in pasture soils
Owen, P. M., Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J., Matthews, R. A. and Laws, J. A. 1996. Denitrification in pasture soils. Nitrogen Emissions from Grassland, North Wyke, 20-22 May 1996.
Creating a butterfly garden
Tyson, K. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1996. Creating a butterfly garden. Butterfly Conservation, Devon Branch Newsletter. 38 (Winter 1996/1), pp. 5-6.
A new incubation system for the field measurement of nitrification and assessment of nitrogen lost through leaching and denitrification
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Parkinson, R. J. 1996. A new incubation system for the field measurement of nitrification and assessment of nitrogen lost through leaching and denitrification.
Profiles of soil nitrate using suction-cup probes compared with surface run-off and field damage
Hatch, D. J., Jarvis, S. C. and Bristow, A. W. 1995. Profiles of soil nitrate using suction-cup probes compared with surface run-off and field damage. Progress in Nitrogen Cycling, the Eighth Nitrogen Cycling Workshop, University of Ghent, Belgium, 5-9 September 1994.
Mineralization of nitrogen in long-term pasture soils: effects of management
Gill, K., Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1995. Mineralization of nitrogen in long-term pasture soils: effects of management. Plant and Soil. 172, pp. 153-162.
Effects of feeding by larvae of Sitona flavescens on white clover seedlings
Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J. and Cliquet, J. B. 1995. Effects of feeding by larvae of Sitona flavescens on white clover seedlings. Pollott, G. E. (ed.) Grassland into the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No 29, 50th Anniversary Meeting, Harrogate, UK, 4-6 December 1995. British Grassland Society (BGS) Hurley. pp. 269-270
Transfer of nitrogen from damaged roots of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to closely associated roots of intact perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
Hatch, D. J. and Murray, P. J. 1994. Transfer of nitrogen from damaged roots of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to closely associated roots of intact perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Plant and Soil. 166, pp. 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008331
Report on visit to Caen University: AFRC/INRA collaborative agreement, 9-11 March 1994
Hatch, D. J., Murray, P. J. and Kerley, S. J. 1994. Report on visit to Caen University: AFRC/INRA collaborative agreement, 9-11 March 1994.
Report on a visit to UTAD (University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro), Vila Real, Portugal, 18-22 March 1994
Hatch, D. J. and Misselbrook, T. H. 1994. Report on a visit to UTAD (University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro), Vila Real, Portugal, 18-22 March 1994.
Preliminary studies of the exchanges of methane between grassland and the atmosphere
Jarvis, S. C., Lockyer, D. R., Warren, G. P., Hatch, D. J. and Dollard, G. J. 1994. Preliminary studies of the exchanges of methane between grassland and the atmosphere. 15th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 6-10 June 1994.
Potential for denitrification at depth below long-term grass swards
Jarvis, S. C. and Hatch, D. J. 1994. Potential for denitrification at depth below long-term grass swards. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 26 (12), pp. 1629-1636.
Effect of root feeding invertebrates on short term transfer of N from white clover to perennial ryegrass
Murray, P. J. and Hatch, D. J. 1994. Effect of root feeding invertebrates on short term transfer of N from white clover to perennial ryegrass. Fourth British Grassland Society (BGS) Research Conference, 26-28 September 1994, Reading University. pp. 41-42
Denitrification and the evolution of nitrous oxide after the application of cattle slurry to a peat soil
Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J., Pain, B. F. and Klarenbeek, J. V. 1994. Denitrification and the evolution of nitrous oxide after the application of cattle slurry to a peat soil. Plant and Soil. 166, pp. 231-241.
Sitona weevils (Coleoptera; Curculionidae) as agents for rapid transfer of nitrogen from white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to perennial ryegrass
Murray, P. J. and Hatch, D. J. 1994. Sitona weevils (Coleoptera; Curculionidae) as agents for rapid transfer of nitrogen from white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to perennial ryegrass. Annals of Applied Biology - AAB. 125, pp. 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1994.tb04943.x
Report on a visit to France: AFRC/INRA collaborative agreement, 22-26 February 1993
Hatch, D. J., Lovell, R. D., Gill, K. and Murray, P. J. 1993. Report on a visit to France: AFRC/INRA collaborative agreement, 22-26 February 1993.
Nitrogen losses from clover due to weevil root damage
Hatch, D. J. and Murray, P. J. 1993. Nitrogen losses from clover due to weevil root damage.
Greenhouse gas exchanges with temperate grassland systems
Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J. and Dollard, G. J. 1993. Greenhouse gas exchanges with temperate grassland systems. Proceedings of XVIIth International Grassland Congress, Palmerston North, New Zealand, February 1993.
Grass: the right environment
Hatch, D. J. 1993. Grass: the right environment. Farmers Weekly. (7 May 1993).
Micrometeorological studies of ammonia emission from sheep grazed swards
Jarvis, S. C., Hatch, D. J., Orr, R. J. and Reynolds, S. E. 1991. Micrometeorological studies of ammonia emission from sheep grazed swards. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 117, pp. 101-109. https://doi.org/Reynolds(a1)DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600079028
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A believer in “Educate, Don’t Incarcerate,” Alfred Melbourne (right) has turned his motto into action by mentoring youth like Miguel Lopez (left) at TSG farms in West Sacramento. Photo taken at TSG farm on 5th Street. Photo by Edgar Sanchez
By: Edgar Sanchez November 24, 2020
In March 2016, Alfred Melbourne walked out of Wasco State Prison in Kern County—free at last. He had served 18 years for assault with a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon.
Eager for a new start, Melbourne immediately returned to West Sacramento, his hometown.
He repeatedly asked a local agency for a job—any job. “Three times I was told to check back later,” recalled Melbourne, 43, a Lakota Sioux. “The fourth time I was told I would have to create something on my own.”
That’s exactly what Melbourne did.
In May, 2018, he founded a network of organic farms in West Sacramento, where youth learn to cultivate the soil, be law-abiding and give back to their community.
The nonprofit venture took root on a donated plot formerly occupied by a Christian church that burned down. The endeavor has grown to three more farms, two of them part of the incubator farm program of the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland. The fourth operates under a memo of understanding with the International Rescue Committee.
Named Three Sisters Gardens, or TSG, for the traditional Native companion plants of corn, beans, and squash, they total a combined 1.15 acres, with the biggest just under a half acre.
They produce a cornucopia of healthy veggies year-round, from lettuce and carrots to radishes, most of which are given to people who are in need.
“Technically, it was an open vacant lot,” Melbourne said of the hard, uneven former church grounds that gave birth to his bountiful enterprise. The project required patience, a virtue he had acquired in prison.
“As far as technical knowledge, it was hands-on learning,” said Melbourne, who also took farming classes through the Center for Land-Based Learning.
Besides feeding the hungry, Melbourne had another priority: helping youth avoid the school-to-prison pipeline, in which students of color are set up for failure.
He and other TSG volunteers currently mentor 10 youth, including Miguel Lopez, 17, a part-time TSG worker.
In two years, Lopez has mastered organic farming, from how to plant vegetables to how to spread nutrients on the soil.
“This will teach you more than a school,” said Lopez, a senior at Heritage Peak Charter High, as he toiled at the TSG farm on 5th Street.
While undecided about a career, farming remains an option for him. Melbourne, Lopez said, also taught him to respect all people.
“I like Alfred,” he said of his mentor. “After everything he’s been through, he’s trying to show a different path for the youngsters.”
TSG is supported by The California Endowment and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.
For more details, visit info@3sistersgardens.com
TOPICS:Center for Land-Based Learningorganic farmingThe California EndowmentThree Sisters GardenYouth
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Edgar Sanchez
Edgar Sanchez is a writer for the California Endowment, an organization seeking to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. www.calendow.org
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