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New media and world politics
Sam Roggeveen, editor of the Lowy Institute's influential political commentary site, The Interpreter, www.lowyinterpreter.org, spoke in Melbourne on 4 November on new media and world politics.As a participant in the global online conversation, he offered his perspectives on how new media is changing
By Sam Roggeveen
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Comprehending Copenhagen - Dr Greg Picker and Fergus Green presentations
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 25 November a new Lowy Institute Analysis, 'Comprehending Copenhagen: A Guide to the International Climate Change Negotiations', by Dr Greg Picker and Fergus Green, was launched. The authors outlined the issues on the Copenhagen agenda – from carbon markets to
By Fergus Green, Greg Picker
2009 Lowy Lecture: Australia resources in the world
The 2009 Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World was delivered on 18 November by Mr Marius Kloppers, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of BHP Billiton Ltd
By Marius Kloppers
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: China strategic culture - Thomas Mahnken presentation
China’s rise is transforming the Asia-Pacific strategic landscape, and understanding how 'China' thinks preoccupies governments across the region. At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 18 November, Thomas Mahnken explored features of China’s national strategic culture, including a sense of cultural
By Thomas G. Mahnken
Abolishing all nuclear weapons
The Right Hon. Malcolm Fraser, AC CH, Former Prime Minister of Australia, delivered the 2009 Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture presented by the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and the Lowy Institute for International Policy.Mr Fraser addressed the current state of nuclear weapons acquisition and
By Malcolm Fraser
Regional security and middle power diplomacy
The Honourable Dr Mike Kelly, AM MP, delivered the second Annual Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture, presented by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU.Dr Kelly addressed the Rudd Government's approach to regional security and middle power diplomacy
By Mike Kelly
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Stemming the 'evil flowers' - Brigadier Phil Winter presentation
In Afghanistan, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are now the number one killer of coalition forces, and the 2009 campaigning season is seeing a record number of IED attacks. At this week's Wednesday Lowy Lunch, the Commander of Australia’s Counter-IED Task Force, Brigadier Phil Winter,
By Phil Winter
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Monday, 9 November, 2009 was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To mark this anniversary, the Lowy Institute engaged three prominent commentators on the significance of the end of the Cold War. Lowy Institute Executive Director, Michael Wesley, moderated a conversation between
By Owen Harries, Huw McKay, Michael Wesley, Claire Mallinson
Distinguished Speaker Series - The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP
On Friday, 6 November 2009, the Honourable Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, spoke at the Lowy Institute for International Policy on 'Australia, the region and the world: the challenges ahead'. A transcript of the Prime Minister's speech is available for download
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: When boring became sexy - Kevin Lynch presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 4 November, the Honourable Kevin Lynch, the former Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada, addressed the significant role that public policy plays in responding to the global financial crisis, the most fundamental challenge to free-market orthodoxy since the 1970s, and
By Kevin G. Lynch
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: The March of Patriots - Paul Kelly presentation
This week’s Wednesday Lowy Lunch focused on the foreign policy dimensions of Paul Kelly’s new book, 'The March of Patriots: The struggle for modern Australia'. Divided by temperament, politics and values, Paul Keating and John Howard had passionate views about Australia’s role in the world
By Paul Kelly
Next month will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the birth of the new global economy. At the Wednesday Lunch on 21 October, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s international economy program, looked at some of the forces
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Australia bid for election to the UN Security Council - Amb. Colin Keating presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 7 October 2009, Ambassador Colin Keating, who was New Zealand Ambassador on the Security Council in 1993/94, and now the Executive Director of Security Council Report, gave an insider’s view of what it takes to get elected and what being on the Council could
By Colin Keating
Lowy Institute Panel: Can Obama disarmament agenda work?
On 29 September, the Lowy Institute convened an expert panel to examine the implications of President Obama's push to reduce nuclear dangers, as well as to debate broader questions about nuclear disarmament. Moderated by Executive Director Dr Michael Wesley, the panel also included Deputy Director
By Lowy Institute for International Policy, Martine Letts, Rory Medcalf, Michael Wesley,
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Preparing for the second nuclear age - Martine Letts presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 30 September, Deputy Director Martine Letts explored prospects for partnership between government and industry on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and how Australia could lead
Distinguished Speaker Series: H.E. Prof. László Sólyom presentation
On 28 September 2009, as part of the Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host H.E. Prof. László Sólyom, the President of the Republic of Hungary, who discussed how the experiment in Central and Eastern Europe started twenty years ago offers parallels and
By László Sólyom
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Australia’s UN Security Council bid - Dr Michael Fullilove presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 23 September Dr Michael Fullilove launched his new paper making the case for Australia’s UN Security Council bid
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - William Paterson presentation
At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 16 September, Australia’s Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, William Paterson PSM, provided an overview of the terrorist threat in Southeast Asia against the background of terrorism trends worldwide
By William Paterson
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: The need for a global response to gender-based violence - Ms Lyn Lusi presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 9 September, Ms Lyn Lusi spoke about her experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo, what we must learn from its tragic predicament and how the international community needs take responsibility for tackling the problem of gender-based violence as a tool of war
By Lyn Lusi
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Professor Warwick McKibbin presentation
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process has focused on commitments of developed countries with an exclusive goal of emission reductions from historical base year emissions. However, these baseline emissions trend vary widely, and achieving similar targets can
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: TV and war - Tony Maniaty presentation
Difficult and dangerous work, covering wars with TV cameras has become a core component of modern conflict - so much so that a 'military-media' nexus has arisen alongside what US President Eisenhower famously termed the 'military-industrial complex'. From Vietnam to Iraq and beyond, televised
By Tony Maniaty
The Pacific Islands and the World Conference
The countries of the Pacific region, once remote from the global centres of economic power, are now in the most dynamic economic region in the world. But are they using this position to their own advantage? Are they taking the right approach to realise their potential? These were the key questions
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: China perverse rising superpower - Rowan Callick presentation
Westerners have presumed that China's rise will take a familiar trajectory incorporating first economic, then political and social development in a broadly liberal democratic, market-driven direction. The recent tensions with Australia underline the failure of that perspective to explain modern
By Rowan Callick
The following papers presented at the Lowy Institute conference, The Pacific Islands and the World: The Global Economic Crisis, are available here.Jim Adams, The Global Financial Crisis and the Pacific paradox.Ann Sherry AO, Partnerships for prosperity.Dr Jong-Wha Lee, Impacts of the Global Economic
The Lowy Institute's conference, The Pacific Islands and the World: The Global Economic Crisis, held in Brisbane on 2 and 3 August, created an opportunity for Pacific Island leaders, minsters, officials from international and regional organisations, private sector and civil society representatives
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Thinking blue - Dr Sylvia Earle presentation
Governing climate and weather, shaping planetary chemistry, generating most of the atmospheric oxygen, the ocean is vital to all life. In the past 50 years, more has been learned about the ocean than during all preceding history, but at the same time, more has been lost. Sharp declines in
By Sylvia Earle
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Research universities and Australia - Professor Ian Chubb presentation
The Rudd Government has announced major reforms to our university system in order to ensure that Australia can meet challenges of the next century. At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 29th July, Professor Ian Chubb argued that it is imperative for Australia that we lift our sights and rebuild our
By Ian Chubb
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: China: Stumbling through the Pacific - Fergus Hanson presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 22 July a Lowy Institute Policy Brief by Fergus Hanson, 'China: Stumbling through the Pacific', was launched. The Policy brief examines the shortcomings of China's current approach to aid-giving in the Pacific region.Fergus Hanson is a Research Fellow at the Lowy
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: The global war on drugs - Dr Alex Wodak presentation
When Nixon launched the War on Drugs in 1971, it was intended primarily as a political strategy rather than as a public policy. While it has failed as a public policy, the War on Drugs has often succeeded as a political strategy. However, significant health, social or economic benefits are hard to
By Alex Wodak
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: The GFC and international migration - Dr Khalid Koser presentation
The global financial crisis is having a significant impact on international migration: for the first time in 25 years there has been a reduction in labour migration flows around the world; growing numbers of migrant workers are losing their jobs and returning home; the global value of remittances
By Khalid Koser
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Australia international future - Dr Michael Wesley presentation
At the Wednesday Lowy lunch on 1 July, Dr Michael Wesley, the new Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, talked about the challenges ahead for Australia and the Lowy Institute. The world after the Global Financial Crisis will be a world which asks some very searching questions of Australia's
Distinguished Speaker Series: Australasian Anxieties - Graham Freudenberg presentation
On Tuesday 30 June the Lowy Institute was pleased to host a lecture in its Distinguished Speaker Series by the author and political adviser Graham Freudenberg AM. The title of the lecture was: 'Australasian Anxieties: How Winston Churchill shaped Australia's relations with Britain, Japan and the
By Graham Freudenberg
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Wicked weapons - Rory Medcalf presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 24 June, Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, drew upon recent consultations in the region to warn that efforts to reduce global nuclear dangers will founder if they do not account for the rising strategic concerns of North Asian powers, especially
The Lowy Institute MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Project
On the 28-29 May, a team from the Lowy Institute attended the inaugural grantees meeting of the MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative in Singapore. The team, led by Director of Studies Andrew Shearer, participated in a workshop alongside 26 partner institutions from the Asia-Pacific, which
By Andrew Shearer, Raoul Heinrichs
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Going global: Australia-Japan relations - Andrew Shearer and Malcolm Cook presentations
At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 16 June, Malcolm Cook and Andrew Shearer discussed how the Australia-Japan relationship can help both countries respond to the emerging new order in international relations. This order is characterised by changing global power balances, the move towards a more multi-
By Malcolm Cook, Andrew Shearer
Distinguished Speaker Series - Ambassador de Brichambaut presentation
On 16 June, as part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, spoke on the relevance of this body to the Asia-Pacific and what it offers to partners in this
By Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: How will global trade fare post GFC? - Professor Robert Lawrence presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 10 June, Professor Robert Lawrence of Harvard University spoke on the global financial crisis and international trade.At precisely the time when coordinated global action is required to meet the GFC, there are worrying signs in the US and other leading economies of
By Robert Lawrence
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Anthony Bubalo presentation
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 3 June 2009, Anthony Bubalo, Director of the West Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, previewed Iran's presidential election on 12 June. He discussed what it will mean for Iran's foreign relations and in particular for the Obama Administration's efforts to engage
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Innocent Abroad - Ambassador Martin Indyk presentation
On 27 May, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host, as part of its Wednesday Lowy Lunch series, Martin Indyk, who spoke on his new book 'Innocent Abroad: an Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East'.Ambassador Indyk has a distinguished career in United States foreign policy and
Distinguished Speaker Series - Dr David McCormick presentation
On 26 May, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host a speech in our Distinguished Speaker Series by Dr David McCormick, Distinguished Service Professor of Information Technology, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, on the current state of the world economy
By David McCormick
Distinguished Speaker Series - Robert McClelland presentation
The Lowy Institute was pleased to host, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, who in his presentation, 'Human rights: a moral compass', outlined the Government's approach to human rights and upcoming reforms aimed at strengthening
Distinguished Speaker Series: 2009 Defence White Paper - Professor Alan Dupont presentation
Is the Rudd Government’s new Defence White Paper more of the same or a significant departure from the previous strategic orthodoxy? More importantly, is it affordable, and will future governments commit to the level of spending necessary to ensure that the White Paper’s ambitious goals for the
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Florian Westphal presentation
On 20 May 2009 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Florian Westphal, the head of media at the International Committee of the Red Cross, in a presentation entitled 'Dealing with war crimes: what role for media and humanitarian organisations?' addressed the question of how the media and humanitarian
By Florian Westphal
The role of the civil nuclear industry in preventing proliferation
Lowy Institute Deputy Director Martine Letts and Research Associate Fiona Cunningham prepared a paper for the Second Meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament in Washington, DC, 13-15 February 2009, entitled 'The role of the civil nuclear industry in
By Martine Letts, Fiona Cunningham
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Smart Power - Michael Smith AO presentation
In the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 13 May, Michael G. Smith AO, Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence, joined us to discuss the way ahead for the Centre, which was set up in 2008 by the Rudd Government to develop 'national civil-military capabilities to prevent,
By Michael G. Smith
India security challenges: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the neighbourhood
In the 2009 Australia-India Strategic Lecture, delivered at the Lowy Institute on 11 May, Ambassador Chinmaya Gharekhan examined India’s dangerous neighbourhood, and in particular the deep security challenges posed by the situations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He presented a sobering picture of
By Chinmaya Gharekhan
Power balances in Asia: The Coalition perspective
On Friday 1 May 2009, in his first major foreign policy speech as Opposition Leader and first address to the Lowy Institute, Malcolm Turnbull discussed the challenges and priorities in managing sensibly Australia's vital relationships across the region
By Malcolm Turnbull
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Obama First Hundred Days - Dr Michael Fullilove presentation
Ever since the days of Franklin Roosevelt, a new president’s first hundred days in office have come to be seen as the first important measure of his performance. Next week marks the end of Barack Obama’s first hundred days as president. How impressively has he performed compared to expectations
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy:Evolution of the Indonesian party system - Dr Marcus Mietzner presentation
The most significant and positive change in Southeast Asia in the last decade has been the democratisation of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country. Thirteen days ago, Indonesia held national parliamentary elections and it appears that the biggest winners are President Susilo Bambang
By Marcus Mietzner
Australia contribution to a global agreement on climate change
On Monday 20 April 2009, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water, who addressed the Institute on the subject of Australia's contribution to a global agreement on climate change
By Penny Wong
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Azeri President Says Nation Must Prepare for War
BAKU—Azerbaijan is ready to restore its territorial integrity by military means at any moment, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev declared Wednesday at a ceremony celebrating Azerbaijan’s armed forces, reported mosnews.com.
“Azerbaijan has military formations capable of carrying out any mission. If necessary, Azerbaijan can use its military power to restore its territorial integrity, and it is our sovereign right. International law allows us to do it,” Aliyev said.
“We live in a state of war, thus our primary goal is and should be the strengthening of our army,” he added. “With the war still going on and only its first stage over, we are continuing our efforts to be ready to free our motherland from the enemy by military means at any time.”
The Azeri president sought to justify the countries unprecedented arms buildup over the years, saying that 15 years of “fruitless” negotiations with Armenia over the Nagrono-Karabakh conflict has left only the military option. He also claimed his country has repeatedly expressed its readiness to reach a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through negotiations and justified its enormous military buildup over the
But international mediators have pointed to Baku’s war rhetoric as one of the main obstacles to a peaceful settlement of the almost two-decade long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In an apparent reference to Armenia’, Aliyev said Azerbaijan’s economy has been successfully developing through the current crisis, while “some other countries depend on foreign aid.”
“Thanks to our strengthened economic potential, we have succeeded in creating a strong army,” he said.
The Azeri leader’s remarks come days after Matthew Bryza, the chief US negotiator for the Karabakh conflict said the Minsk Group hoped to clinch an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the principles of a peace deal at talks tentatively planned for mid-July in Russia.
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He tends to lose season when they're struggling, literally. Chambers suffers from a biological sleep disorder. As a season, there have been times where he's only slept for a single anatomy over an entire week. Meredith Grey can be difficult to deal with at times. Particularly in the early seasons of Grey's , she was in a very dark place and didn't confide in many people.
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While administering a few stars for a friend, her character Alex notes that before she joined the DEO, she wanted to be a doctor and even had a gig lined up in Seattle. Giacomo Gianniotti is one of the newest members of the Grey's Anatomy cast, having just been made a . Aug 23, � Meet the 'Grey's Anatomy' Cast's Real Life Spouses. ELLEN POMPEO. Starring as Meredith Grey in the hit medical drama, Ellen found the onscreen love of her life. In real life, Ellen sees her marriage KATHERINE HEIGL. T.R. KNIGHT. JUSTIN CHAMBERS. JAMES PICKENS JR. Meredith and Derek are definitely the biggest Grey's Anatomy couple to emerge from the series. But there's been a whole host of other memorable romances along the way, including Izzie Stevens and Denny Duquette, as well as Cristina Yang and Preston benjamingaleschreck.com: Rachel Ashcroft.
He was also granted Sierra Leonean citizenship following a DNA test, and engaged in charity work, travelling to Sierra Leone to help build a school and bring medical supplies. Walsh probably had the most dramatic entrance to the show of all the characters - she struts in, looking utterly fabulous, and drops a bomb on Meredith - McDreamy is married to her.
After wrapping two insanely popular television shows, Walsh returned to television with Bad Judge which only aired for one seasonand has worked on films including Dermaphoria, Just Before I Go, Staten Island Summer and Felt. Audiences first meet Lexie when she becomes a resident at Seattle Grace - and Meredith finds out she has a half-sister.
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He was involved in several dramatic storylines, which makes him a major part of the show. After Dr. Burke ends up leaving the show, Seattle Grace requires a new cardiothoracic surgeon - and that surgeon is Dr.
Erica Hahn, played by Brooke Smith.
However, a figure from his past soon emerges - Dr. Teddy Altman, a cardiothoracic surgeon who served in the military alongside Hunt, and ends up becoming the new cardio god at Seattle Grace.
While she has several interesting storylines, including her mentorship of Yang and her marriage to a patient, she eventually takes a job somewhere else and leaves the show. It seems she splits her roles between acting and voice acting gigs, so next time you hear a character that reminds you a little of Adele Webber, check the credits - it may very well be Loretta Devine.
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She also, interestingly, is an entrepreneur - George invented a product called Style Snaps which allows people to change the hem of their pants without requiring sewing. It may seem like a fad product, but George herself has said she earns more from that handy invention than she ever did from her acting career.
Gaius Charles is no stranger to being a part of a successful television show - before he was wandering the halls of the hospital as Dr. Given that Meredith Grey is arguably the most central character of the show - after all, the entire thing is named after her - it only makes sense that audiences would meet her mother.
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Poor Summer Glau didn't have that great a time on Grey'sshe played a nurse who Cristina accused of having an affair with Owen. Wilmer Valderrama. Maybe Demi hooked him up?
Mar 11, � In last week's farewell episode to Justin Chambers, Alex - one of the last original Grey's characters - was sent off in stunning fashion when it was revealed that he had abruptly left his wife. Aug 22, � This Past Saturday, Grey's Anatomy Star, Camilla Luddinton Marries Castle Rock Star Matthew Alan. The Long Time Lovers Were Shared The Day With Family And Friends And Their Daughter Hayden. Alan Author: Kaitlin Kaiser. Even though a lot of the Grey's Anatomy cast are in it for the long haul-averaging between to episodes, depending on their level of commitment-a large majority of the characters are one-or-two episode guest stars.
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Elisabeth Moss. Before her Mad Men days, Elisabeth played Nina Rogerson in season three, a girl who built doll houses with her sick mother. Sarah Chalke.
Sarah swapped her Scrubs doctors uniform for a waitress one to play a frantic mother who goes against the doctor's initial diagnosis. Constance Zimmer. Eric Stoltz. Eric came in to play William Dunn in season five, a murderer on death row, who messes with Meredith's head.
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Jan 23, � Grey's Anatomy first graced our television screens back in - that's right, over a decade ago - and has been airing episodes for a staggering 13 seasons. In the world of television, that's absolutely insane. Just stop to think - even classics like Friends were only on the air for 10 seasons! The reason is simple - fans just can't get enough of Shonda Rhimes' drama.
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Fraxiom has teamed up the California based artist Gupi for a new project called food house. The duo is dropping their self-titled debut album via Dog Show Records on October 29th. The album's lead single is called "Ride" and is accompanied by the wild video below.
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TCM Programming for the Week of Alert 07-11-16
Looking for a movie this week? TCM can help.
By Staff on July 10, 2016 12:32 PM |
Director Martin Scorsese is featured when the TCM spotlight focuses on America in the '70s. Also, the two westerns highlighted below certainly fit the series title, "Hundred More Great Westerns."
About Mrs. Leslie (1954) Monday, July 11 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
An aging woman recalls the affair that consumed her life.
Shane Plus A Hundred More Great Westerns: The Naked Spur (1953) Tuesday, July 12 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Shane Plus A Hundred More Great Westerns: The Magnificent Seven (1960) Wednesday, July 13 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
Seven American gunmen hire themselves out to protect a Mexican village from bandits.
TCM special theme: America in the '70's - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1976) Thursday, July 14 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
A widow dreaming of a singing career ends up waiting tables in Phoenix.
The Snake Pit (1948) Friday, July 15 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
A young woman tries to recover her sanity in a corrupt mental institution.
Charley Varrick (1973) Saturday, July 16 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
A band of small-time crooks accidentally steals the mob's money.
The Best Man (1964) Sunday, July 17 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
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In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
This is the first verse from the gospel of John. An opening of a famous hymn to the divine Word. Some think it was originally a gnostic poem. Some others consider it to be a beautiful philosophical poem. It is also a beautiful creation story, New Testament creation story.
What is translated in our bibles as "the Word" was in the original Greek text ὁ λόγος. Proper translation is "the word". But I believe that in this case it should be just transliterated as LOGOS. Why should it be transliterated and not translated? Because Ο ΛΟΓΟΣ was such a potent term in the Greek and Hellenistic mythology and philosophy that any translation would not do it justice. It should become a loanword.
Think about other loanwords, all of them can be properly translated but there is much to be desired! TATTOO can be translated from Polynesian languages as “poked skin”. GEISHA is literally “an art person” in Japanese. UKULELE is “a jumping flea (instrument)” in Hawaiian language (because fingers pluck strings so quickly). CURRY is just a regular name for “a sauce” in Dravidian Tamil and ZEITGEIST translates from German rather spookily as “time ghost”
If we want to understand more fully this beautiful biblical poem from the beginning of the gospel of John, LOGOS cannot equal THE WORD no matter how much we embellish it and load it with meaning. Just like curry is not another sauce and when I play the ukulele I do not play a jumping flea.
Join us this Sunday when we listen and discern the ancient enigma word play:
In the beginning was LOGOS,
and LOGOS was with God,
and LOGOS was God.
Advent podcasts
In Advent 2019 I prepared with Peter Rinaldi these podcasts (Part of our ReligioSanity channel - We primarily upload to SoundCloud but our podcasts can be found also on Apple Podcast and other platforms.)
We always closed ourselves in the Rutgers Presbyterian Library and chatted about Advent and Christmas traditions but mainly about biblical and theological conundrums and provocative questions swirling about these preeminent religious holidays.
Sane Christmas 1 - St. Nicholas Day
Sane Christmas 2 - How Jesus Was Born In Bethlehem
(40 Years After His Crucifixion)
Sane Christmas 3- Delicately Talking About Mary's Virginity
Sane Christmas 4 - How Mary Became A Virgin Again
Sane Christmas 5 - Protoevangelium of James (Part 1)
Sane Christmas 6 - Protoevangelium of James(Part 2)
Sane Christmas 7- The Infancy Gospel Of Thomas
Un-confiscated Christmas
These are some toothbrushes confiscated by the “Homeland Security Agency” from the refugees crossing the US southern border. They were collected and photographed by Tom Kiefer when he worked as a janitor at the Border Patrol prison.
This picture gives me chills. You need to understand that I was born and grew up in the Czech Republic under Russian occupation. Until recently I had occasional nightmares of living again behind border walls and electric fences and under the dark shadow of malevolent secret police.
At that time toothbrushes and prisons had a special significance for us. It started with Vaclav Havel and other dissidents and opposition leaders. They could be picked up from streets and arrested at any time and put in prison without their families or anyone knowing for days. So they started to carry their toothbrushes with them just in case... Soon it became a coded saying. “I am taking my toothbrush with me.” It meant I am prepared to go to jail.
And here we are again! Loud, stupid, spiteful, chauvinistic propaganda with fences and walls on the border. Innocent people being put in jails, their families torn apart, children kept in cages, and even their toothbrushes being confiscated! Why? For what reasons? Just to be mean? Just to be even meaner than agents of totalitarianism?
Thankfully, there is good news in all of this. Occupation of my native home lasted for a long time, but eventually it ended exactly thirty years ago. Borders were demilitarized and those stupid border walls came tumbling down and fences were cut by the very dissidents who came almost directly from prisons to become presidents, prime ministers and secretaries of government. It felt like a miracle, but it was not coincidence, there is a deep, because divine, logic behind it.
The Christmas Gospel is bringing that message to us in this season. The abusive political power might look strong, but it does not have the ultimate word over our world. Join us this Sunday as we un-confiscate Christmas and seek hope for our world.
And by the way, I have no doubt at all that among those vilified desperate refugees, among those detained in cages and those whose toothbrushes are now confiscated are the future Vaclav Havels, Nelson Mandellas, leaders, politicians, scholars or industrialists in our or their original countries. So watch out what you do to those least of these!
This Monday I was making myself a simple supper – a slice of a rye bread, smothering of a vegan cream cheese and a slice of an heirloom tomato with a sprinkle of a salt and right as I was about to take my dinner to the table I was caught by sheer surprise. The slice of tomato looked like a beautiful star! And in a moment it also tasted heavenly in all its simplicity of rustic rye bread, the intense fragrance of a ripe juicy tomato and a few crunchy flakes of salt which I gathered myself half a year ago by the ocean shore. I savored every bit of my meal – the sight, the texture, the fragrance, the taste. My simple meal was tastier and happier than any elaborated banquet.
This Second Sunday in Advent we will listen to John the Baptist. But before hearing any of his words we will hear the message through his dress code (coat of camel wool) and diet (honey and locusts). He was an ascetic who was dressed and fed by divine providence yet in his time and place better than any royalty. Today we can translate his dress and diet into simple, locally sourced, sustainable, environmental, gentle living. That is and has been the model of divine providential care.
I believe that the message of the blessed simplicity is always important for us to hear, but it is especially inspiring in this Advent season, while we are attacked and lured from every angle by sirens of consumerism.
Join us to learn about and rejoice in the simple gifts.
Healing Community
Thirty years ago I was studying Theology at the New College of the Edinburgh University. The 1st of December was Edinburgh’s first AIDS awareness day. There was a big public campaign going on with buses, billboards and flyers with slogans “AIDS Concerns us ALL” and “Take Care”.
I arrived to Edinburgh as an international student from behind the Iron Curtain. Back in Prague we lived in semi isolation, there were few AIDS cases but in Scotland the situation was getting serious. There were more and more diagnosed cases and people were dying of AIDS every day.
Although the world was changing rapidly around us with the fall of the Berlin wall and the Velvet Revolution in Prague, I could not stay immune to this other strife going on. My fellow theology students as well as congregations of the Church of Scotland where I worshiped faced the challenge of AIDS epidemics like true disciples of Jesus. They advocated for the ostracized, against prejudice, for needle exchanges and free condoms for sex workers. They took to hospitals and fought for proper care for those ill and dying.
I know from the stories of those who lived through that period here in NYC how even more challenging of a time it was on the other side of the big pond (dark prejudice has its home among some American religious people). UWS presbyterians including our Rutgers Church were on the forefront of this struggle and they strived valiantly against prejudice and for dignity and love. This Sunday, the 1st of December is exactly World AIDS Day. On this day we will remember with sadness, gratitude to God and with hope for brighter times what it meant and still means to be a healing community.
Christ the King - Overcoming toxic divinity
A crucifix on the Charles Bridge in Prague with a (controversial) Hagios in Hebrew.
קדוש קדוש קדוש יהוה צבאות -- Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος Κύριος Σαβαώθ
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
There is no doubt that Jesus preached the Kingdom of God. The kingdom he preached was unlike any kingdom of his time or any time, different even from any subsequent forms of government. Jesus not only preached the kingdom, he was also embodying it and living it out by touching and healing the untouchables, by eating with the outcasts, and by bringing hope to all the marginalized. His message and his practice were a challenge and even cardinal offense against all the abusive powers at that time and so as this radical agitator/organizer he was eliminated, he was crucified.
This Sunday we celebrate Christ the King and the Gospel reading is about Jesus’ crucifixion. In this contraposition of king and crucifixion is the radical reinterpretation of authority and power is present. It is the beginning of the end of the violent power and the beginning of the end of what we can call toxic divinity.
Humans build their empires on violent abusive power and humans construct their theologies of supra natural divinity - in its center is the philosophical construct of a god as an abusive patriarchal figure who is an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent supra-natural being. The crucified Christ the king is the major challenge to it, a great opportunity and an open invitation to the radically new spiritual and theological realm of divine radical love, compassion and self-giving. Two thousand years later it is still underappreciated and still radical and seldom heard about: God who rules not by the force of abusive power but by the power of attraction.
Come and join us in celebrating Christ the King, this new divine paradigm for spirituality and the world.
What Would Jesus Eat?
Jesus would not harm a living thing, right?
We expect Jesus to be gentle, compassionate, caring and loving, a true physician of our souls and the Universe. But that is not a full picture. In the Bible we hear about few occasions when Jesus got really angry and once even cursed an innocent tree which then withered and died (Mark 11:12-14+20). It is a unique example of a truly arbitrary and brutal miracle. People are shocked and theologians are often lost and left without answers.
Scholars studying ancient agriculture and economy might have an answer. I would like to illustrate it on my own experience. Twenty years ago we lived for a year in Louisville and we were surrounded with beautiful tobacco plantations - fresh green fields on rolling Kentuckian hills sprinkled with dark red tobacco barns. As peaceful and bucolic as it looked I wanted to curse those fields knowing for what they stood and what they meant - horrible addiction, deceptive, fraudulent advertising, serious medical health problems, endless suffering and often early deaths.
Or imagine cotton fields in the American South 200 years ago, in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi. Beautiful, well kept by so well-mannered genteel owners. But all of that southern cotton and plantation culture deserved divine curse, regardless how they looked - because they stood for endless misery and suffering of slavery and racism which lingers until now.
When Jesus cursed the fruitless fig tree I am certain it was for what it represented. It represented the disintegration of society and Judean farming communities. It was a symptom of dispossessed little family farmers who were originally growing food but were replaced by expanding plantations of absentee landlords.
Jesus cursed the fruitless fig tree because he was angry over the fate of small family farms and in support of communities growing food for people rather than plantations of cash crops grown for profit.
This weekend we will welcome again our autumn speakers, this year Ben and Lindsey Shute - our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farmers. Come on Saturday at 2 pm for a presentation and discussion and on Sunday at 11 for worship to talk about their farm and to ask What and How Would Jesus Grow and for us How and What Would Jesus Eat.
Fair Taxation Miracle
I love paying my taxes. You can tell I was not born in America.
I love paying my taxes because I recognize that we need infrastructure, we need to pay for things which benefit all. Personally I think we need more bridges and less walls, more roads and less missiles and bombs. We can have an argument how much of which we need. But if we invest more in hospitals and nursing homes we would need fewer army, fewer police and fewer prisons.
I love paying my taxes because I don’t want to live in a society where a growing number of people lives in slums, while ever fewer folks hide behind high fences and guards in their gated communities. I don’t want to live in slum and I do not want to live in a gated community either. For instance I love meeting all different people in NYC subway! What is all the wealth good for if one cannot walk a dog without a bodyguard? Even for the rich such life can turn into a reversed prison.
I love paying taxes because I want to live in a just and equitable society. You can accuse me that I was clearly not born in the US and that I am crypto socialist. You might be right. But my reasons are not political or ideological. My reasons are theological and biblical and they go all the way back to Moses and Jesus.
This Sunday we will hear about Jesus’ miracle of fair taxation. It is well known that Jesus performed a number of healing and feeding miracles. What happened with and to Zaccheus can easily match all those better known miracles. Join us this Sunday as we rejoice in fair taxation miracle.
Reading the Augsburg Confession
I was preparing for the Reformation Sunday re-reading the Augsburg Confession (of course I read it during my theological studies but this time I was reading it in English and thus somehow with fresh eyes). I got all the way to Article XI on Confessions:
Our churches teach that private Absolution should be retained in the churches, although listing all sins is not necessary for Confession. For, according to the Psalm, it is impossible. “Who can discern his errors?” (Psalm 19:12)
I stopped reading. What a bizarre argument from the Scripture?!
Firstly, Psalm 19 is a famous composition. In its first part (verses 1-6) it is a beautiful hymnic rendition of a creation myth with some interesting Ancient Semitic parallels. The second part (7-10) merges it with the meditation on the Law (Torah) and the final part (11-14) wraps both parts into the author’s plea for innocence and protection from errors and from the perception of heresy. Thus in its final part the Psalmist intends to keep the creation myth and the revelation of Torah together and in harmony. The biblical half-verse 12a is quoted out of context and without understanding of its wider cultural, literary and religious context. (I know that at the time of Reformation, theologians did not have access to ANE literature and cultural context, but they did not pay attention to the context of the psalm itself anyhow.)
Secondly, even the terminology of this article is muddied. The article is talking about “confession of sins” but then it quotes the biblical passage which speaks about “errors” in understanding and teaching. (And the broader context makes it amply clear even in their 16th century understanding). Although there is an overlap between sins and erroneous teachings(thoughts), there is also a clear and large difference between these two terms both in theology as well as in everyday life.
Thirdly and most importantly, what kind of epistemology is it, to settle a need for thoroughness of confession or the lack of it by pointing to one biblical half-verse?! How could the authors even think that this is a satisfactory argument in matters of practical theology in deciding the need for thoroughness of confession or depth of self-examination?
All the other Reformation confessional standards are riddled with similar examples of biblical proof-texting. To a greater or lesser extent they all used the Bible (biblical text) as an epistemological jimmy which could be used, manipulated and twisted to open/answer any and every question and problem in faith and also in life. Here is the beginning of biblical fundamentalism (that original sin of Protestantism) and we have been struggling with it ever since.
Translatability
In my computer I have a Biblical software (BibleWorks9). As a pastor I use it almost every day. It contains Bibles in all the original biblical and ancient languages and hundreds of different translations in dozens of modern tongues. Besides seven translations in my native Czech, there are also no fewer than thirty six English translations.
Christian theologians have been pioneers of the art and science of translation from the oldest times of Hexapla of Origen of Alexandria (circa 240 CE) and Vulgate of Jerome (400 CE). The Reformation brought a further impulse in the development of linguistics and the theory of translation. Missionary activity of pietism took this endeavor global to languages all around the world. Thanks to theologians and Bible scholars we now have modern linguistics with diverse theories of translation and a full spectrum of translation strategies from word-for-word all the way to loose idiomatic translations.
Interestingly, this Christian translation zeal stopped largely on the level of language, as if other aspects of life and culture did not need translation. Take for instance the elements of the Holy Communion - the bread and wine, the staple food of the Mediterranean. Viticulture (growing of grape vine) was introduced by monks and early Christian missionaries into regions as diverse as Scotland (11th century) on the northern side to the Caribbean (as early as 1493) on the south side. Needless to say growing grapes in these different climate zones was possible but it has never prospered there.
One can only wonder why the Bible can be translated into local languages but symbols are bound by this strange fundamentalism of elements. Why the holy communion has never been truly inculturated and celebrated with the local staple foods. Join us on this World Communion Sunday when we try how it might feel to translate Holy Communion into the Mesoamerican context.
Blessed Cynics
Today I want to defend the Cynics. I mean the Cynics with the capital “C”. Not the modern derivative meaning - (a person who does not believe in selflessness). I just want to speak about this ancient Greek Post-Socratic philosophy school.
While other philosophers thought by their words, Cynics thought by their ascetic way of life. The Cynics were seeking EUDAIMONEIA - true, full, deep happiness which for them meant living in simplicity and harmony with nature. They often led an itinerant life in utter simplicity, in other words, life reduced to a bare minimum. There is an anecdote of Diogenes of Sinope, one of the early prominent Cynics - observing a boy drinking water with his cupped hands which led him to throw away even his drinking cup with the words, “A boy has vanquished me in living simply.”
Cynics claimed that things of great value were sold for next to nothing while useless things for abhorrent amounts. A simple meal of a cobbler was full of zest and better than a feast in a palace. Servants might be forced to obey their masters but the rich masters were even more tightly enslaved by their lust. Cynics challenged and attacked with their words and their way of life the dominant presumptions of the Greco-Roman society, or honestly any society which values class, reputation and wealth. The majority of society disliked this challenge and payed back with ridicule, pointing out that Cynics lived like street dogs and among street dogs and that is also how Cynics came to their name - KUNIKOS in Greek means “dog-like”.
Interestingly, early Christians shared many similar characteristics; itinerant teachers and preachers, nonconformist teaching and life; questioning established mores. Some educated biblical authors (like the evangelist Luke) hinted this proximity between Christianity and Cynics in their writings. One such Gospel story is coming up this Sunday about a person who held company with dogs. This story also radically questions our cultural paradigms.
Join us this Sunday as we bless and learn from the story of a biblical cynic.
Jesus' Radical Prayer II
The opening of the Lord's Prayer in the Codex Vaticanus
Matthew 6:9-11a
In Rutgers Presbyterian Church we use several different translations of the Lord’s Prayer. A number of these translations are based on dynamic equivalence. I personally prepared one translation which was primarily informed by the economic and social context of Jesus’ prayer and attempted to translate it into our current idioms. (Four Years ago I also summarized some of the exegesis and reasoning here - Jesus' Radical Prayer I)
Loving God of the highest authority:
In other words - heavenly parent. But “father” in the Ancient Near East context was primarily a figure of authority, especially if that figure was situated in the heavenly realm.
May what you stand for be the measure for everything.
That is an attempt to convey the concept of holiness and divine kingdom.
May the world be shaped as your love will have it:
Translating a petition which asks for divine rule to come from Heaven down on Earth.
Preserve for us and future generations enough for everyone to live:
with fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink, a blue planet to inhabit.
In the Ancient Near East devastating famines were a regular occurrence and for many people in Jesus’ times their food security was a daily concern.
In our world the food security is also a painfully reality, but is ever more associated with an environmental devastation.
May our society be organized fairly, without anyone crushed by debt or need.
The original text clearly spoke about the debt-forgiveness. All other words (sins, trespasses etc.) are attempts to translate the original Aramaic word חובא which was debt/obligation/anything owed. Our translation is an idiomatic attempt to provide similar meaning of forgiveness of debts and social justice.
(By the way, the medieval “trespassing” was primarily aimed against the destitute serfs who were driven to poaching in the vast holdings of their lords.)
Let the police and courts treat people justly, regardless of their class, nationality or race.
The original text requests protection from “being handed over to judgement/trial” either to the corrupt Jewish authorities or to the occupying Roman power. In our times when prisons are disproportionally full of black men, the poor and the mentally ill (not to mention recent highly problematic detention of Mesoamerican migrants), I think this is an accurate contextual translation.
With thanks we now submit ourselves under your bright and loving rule for ever.
And together we say - So be it!
The closing doxology is not biblical and I took freedom to translate it from the broader Greek context translating “kingdom, power and glory” and final “amen”.
Primal Bitcoins
I am almost certain that all of you have heard about Bitcoins, the best known veriety of digital/virtual money or cryptocurrency. Now, imagine stone age bitcoins! They indeed existed and were used for hundreds of years in Micronesia on the island of Yap.
Those stone "coins" looked like large millstones and as such they had a physical presence but otherwise shared many characteristics of our modern bitcoins. The stone coins were mined on the neighboring island of Palau (and sometimes Guam) and brought over to Yap. But many of these coins were so big, that they were kept in one location, and when they were used for payment only their ownership changed.
The bitcoins actually also consist of encrypted history of ownership and transactions (called Blockchain) which are preserved distributed among interconnected computers (distributed ledger). Similarly, the large stone coins of Yap did not change location but had a history of ownership and transactions which were preserved in oral tradition (like the blockchain) distributed among owners and witnesses (like the distributed ledger). Instead of relying on the pier to pier computer network they rested and depended on a network of human memory and oral tradition.
There is even a story of a large stone coin which sunk on its way from Palau to Yap. It ended up down on the bottom of the ocean, unretrievable and inaccessible, it could not be even inspected! But the people of Yap decided to treat it just like any other stone coin, thus making it into a real virtual currency.
Why am I telling you all this? Because it is so uniquely picturesque! But also because Jesus in the Gospel of Luke hints at something very similar. Money, any money is just our social construct. Money is just a human game, a very serious human game. As long as the majority agree it is serious, but it is a game nevertheless, just like the stone money of Yap or our modern bitcoins. Other games with other rules are imaginable and certainly possible. It is a revolutionary liberating realization.
Join us this Sunday as we rejoice in this freedom. Joining Jesus and his disciples in thinking about and hoping for the new divine economy of social, environmental justice. A radically different economy of divine grace.
Heavenly Bread-Making
In our church we regularly pray to God as “the father and mother of us all”.
This theological gender inclusiveness might sound quite radical, but only if you do not know the Bible. God as our mother is quite well founded in the Bible. It might not be a common biblical way of speaking about God but on the other hand it is not unheard of either.
The Hebrew Bible is almost entirely patriarchal, but for instance in several special and tender passages the prophet Isaiah, for instance, speaks about God as a loving and caring mother. (Isa 49:15 or 66:13). And Synoptical Jesus (Jesus in the gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke) shares several parables in which God is portrayed as a peasant housewife.
In one parable God is like a woman sweeping the floor and looking for a lost coin. (Luke 15:8+9) In another parable God is like a housewife baking bread for her household, and considering the amount of flour (42 litters ~ 9 gallons), most likely bread for the entire village. (Luke 13:20+21)
Join us this Sunday for homecoming worship. At the beginning of the school year and the new season in our life together we want to rejoice in God’s motherly love and marvelous abundance of divine bread-making.
NRA apocalypse
Last week I was grappling with an issue on how to explain the original nature of apocalyptic literature. For centuries it has been abused to frighten good little people into obedience of the church or more often of different cults. It was used to make people put up with oppression and abuses of power. Apocalypticism was uprooted from its original context and made to promise afterlife (or after-history) rewards for the faithful.
How to undo centuries of these misinterpretations? How to return, or at least outline, its original radical meaning? And then, in the pile of old newspapers I found this folded parchment with another writing from The Manhattan Bible of Henry Rutgers:
An angel came to me, took me by hand and told me, “Come I will tell you what is going to transpire. Those with ears, listen, those with eyes, watch and see.
Be prepared and ready, the time will come when there will be shootings on almost a daily basis. Shootings in bars, in concerts, in churches and houses of worship, shootings in shopping malls and in workplaces and shootings in schools, even shootings of children in elementary schools. All of it will take place because the evil and death will have its reign. Little bodies torn by high power bullets, children bleeding to death and a grinning orange monster would suggest to arm teachers. Some of those shootings will have a direct inspiration from the highest office in the land.
But take heart, that is not the last word over this world! The lamb will come and usher a new and safe world. In that new kingdom there will be no semiautomatic and automatic guns, no bump-stocks, no high capacity magazines. The NRA will be banished to the ever burning lake together with all its corrupt political henchmen, banknotes stuffed into their gaping power-hungry mouths. Even the 2nd amendment so blatantly misinterpreted and abused will be eventually blotted out and the angelic police will be armed just with smiles and shooting ranges will be detoxified from all that lead and turned into playgrounds.”
This fragment clearly does not date to the first or second century CE but nicely conveys some of the aspects of an apocalyptic genre into our current idiom.
How do you feel? Does it really frighten you into obedience? Does it sound like a promise of the pie in the sky? Does it make you dull and submissive with the promise of a happy afterlife?
King in disguise
All around the world you can find a common folklore motive in which the king disguises himself and travels incognito among his subjects.
There are many fairy tale examples, legends, sagas, examples in literature and even modern TV versions of Undercover Boss. This motive of a powerful figure in disguise goes back as far as we can see, for instance Odysseus returns to Ithaca just like that.
But the true origins of this motive are as old as mythology and present themselves as divine visitors in disguise. Zeus and Hermes visit Philemon and Baukis (I wrote about it several weeks ago) or Demeter also visits Eleusis in disguise as an older Cretan woman Doso to be a nanny of unfortunate Demophon.
The same trope is known also in the Bible. YHWH visits Abraham under the holy tree of Mamre (Gen 18), an incognito angel visits Gideo and the future mother of Samson has a similar encounter. And of course in the New testament there is a famous story about Jesus walking unrecognized with two disciples to Emmaus.
The primary purpose of this folklore motive of an incognito king or god is to reveal or test the personal character of those unsuspecting hosts.
Join us this Sunday as the folklore studies help us to solve an old theological conundrum between salvation by faith or salvation by deeds. Join us as we rejoice as the community of Matthew 25 and meet our Lord in those most vulnerable of our world.
Very Hungry Caterpillars
This spring we decided to plant on our balcony not decorative annuals but just different green herbs. We planted oregano, parsley, two different kinds of thyme, marjoram and sage. I watered them faithfully and all were doing very well except for one lemon thyme. The parsley had been doing exceptionally well, growing into a lovely thick pillow overflowing from the planter.
But then last Sunday morning a disaster struck! I opened the door to inspect our little herbal garden and our exuberant parsley turned into a bunch of stems and sticks. I looked closer - our parsley got all consumed by about a dozen hungry caterpillars. I quickly identified them as swallowtail caterpillars. By pure coincidence a day before on my hike in Bear Mountain I photographed some beautiful adult swallowtail butterflies.
On Sunday after worship the hungry caterpillars on our balcony were just about finishing the last few remaining curly leaves. I quickly ran to our nearest grocery store and bought them another bunch of organic parsley and one small bunch of dill. I triple checked that the greens were organic, this time not for our family’s health sake, but for the health of those "pesty" caterpillars. You know, without those hungry caterpillars, there will be no beautiful butterflies, after all!
Why am I sharing with you this environmental fable? Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Jesus once told a very similar parable warning people against our zeal to eradicate what we so eagerly label as pests without even thinking about consequences. Try to guess what parable it might be? Come this Sunday to celebrate the intricate interconnected beauty of our world and divine as well as natural purpouse for pests and misfits.
And here is an adult Eastern tiger swallowtail
Pedestrian Jesus
Just as we were hearing about the prosecutions of Scott Warren in Arizona (for giving water to migrants in Arizona deserts) and the arrest of captain Carola Rackete in Italy (for rescuing drowning migrants in the Mediterranean Sea), pastor discovered in the box of one of our church defibrillators yet another fragment of the Manhattan Gospel of Henry Rutgers. It is just a fragment starting in the middle of sentence.
... they would not stop accusing him and attacking him.
So Jesus stood and told them. Imagine for a moment that you are not in New York City but somewhere deep in Mid-America on a busy street. And now there is a person who runs into the street at the stop light or even outside of a pedestrian crossing while running from a mugger or from a burning house. And that person gets hit by a truck and is badly injured. Now, what would you do? Would you call the police to give that person a ticket for breaking traffic rules? Or would you rush to give them first aid and call the ambulance?”
They darkly grinned and responded - just don’t try this on us you little clever Jesus! Aren’t helpers also stepping into the road and breaking the rules? They shall go to jail too. Under our government according to our taste, no acts of kindness will go unpunished...
Here the fragments suddenly brakes again.
It is unlikely, that this fragment dates to the New Testament times. But we know that Jesus had similar arguments and we also know that any threats would not stop him from helping those in need. Come this Sunday to hear what Jesus did, when he met distressed and hungry multitudes far away in the wilderness.
Folded prayers
In March 2017 we folded origami cranes in worship. We invited Janet Aisawa a dancer, choreographer and performer to teach and help us. We took several pews from our sanctuary and put in tables and chairs around them. While folding origami cranes we experienced that prayer can have different forms.
This was a form of prayer for Sadako Sasaki who died of leukemia in 1955 as a consequence of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. In the Japanese culture origami is indeed a religious practice and art.
Not everyone is good with words or public spoken prayers. Origami is different. It is about calmly folding and creasing paper step by step and at the end, blowing up the crane, giving it a three-dimensional form and thus bringing it to life. It certainly has spiritual calming and a reassuring dimension.
And our cranes which we had folded in March made it all the way to Hiroshima. Janet Aisawa took them there for the annual remembrance of the bombing on the 6th of August.
Although this Sunday we will not be folding cranes, in close proximity to anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, we will learn from Jesus how to subdue and overcome our current religious, racial and national prejudices.
Holy Mountain?
On this video you can see remains after an Ancient Hawaiian industrial operation near the summit of Mauna Kea.
What has been happening on Mauna Kea has been fascinating for any student of ancient and modern religion. "Protectors of Mauna Kea" can serve as an illustration example of the use of religion for political (nationalistic) ends.
My academic qualification has been in the study of the Ancient Near East bronze age religion (more specifically Ugaritic Mythology). Over the last decade (unable to travel to Syria) I have been studying Hawaiian religion. I visited Hawaii more than a dozen times and even started to learn the Hawaiian language to better understand the cultural and religious mentality.
I have also visited the summit region of Mauna Kea a number of times and I know that there are geologic features closely associated with the Hawaiian deities and religion. To the best of my knowledge there were never any signs of ancient (pre-contact) religious structures in the summit area.
At the same time I know that the mountain was NOT untouchable and ancient Hawaiians (still living in stone age) used the summit region for a major mining operation - quarrying hard basalt rock for their tools (mostly adzes). Substantial mine dumps (tailings or spoil tips) near the summit can be still observed. On this video is a mine dump the size of about 5.8 acres and the total area with signs of mining covers about 100 acres! By the way - this can serve as a prime example of the environmental impact of even the stone age cultures!
Ancient Hawaiians used the mountain for a major industrial operation (within the context of their technology) and modern Hawaiians are in the process of turning it into an untouchable holy mountain and making it into a substitute issue to voice their political, national and religious grievances.
This is how religions evolve, morph and transform and respond to ideological demands, how holy mountains are born.
#Hawaii #MaunaKea #HawaiianReligion
Close look at refuse chips from pre-production of adzes.
An example of one smaller outlaying workshop with tailings of basalt chips.
Colorful Pearls
This Sunday we will listen to an enigmatic commandment of Jesus not to throw pearls before swine.
While researching the subject I learned that the knowledge of pearls came to the Mediterranean and the Western World quite late with the conquest of Alexander the Great from today’s Iran and India.
The English word for a pearl came from Latin perla. But the more common Latin name for pearl was margarita which came from the Greek ho margarites which itself was a loan word from old Persian marvarit.
The luster of pearls led to Italian, French and Spanish names for daisies (le margherite, les marguerites, las margaritas) and eventually gave name to a famous Mexican tequila drink the Margarita.
From Iran and its old Persian word through the Mediterranean all the way to the popular Mexican alcoholic drink - This is how our world is interconnected. If we ever sent all English words to their original homes, the English language would lose about 3/4 of its vocabulary and a substantial part of its grammar.
Diversity, borrowing and distant integration is not only a feature of languages and peoples. The entire world is like a beautiful and colorful pearl, diverse and interlaced, immeasurably complex and beautifully simple.
So, don’t throw pearls before swine! Join us this Sunday as we embrace and celebrate the beautiful diversity of our world and the original and surprising meaning of this often misunderstood Jesus’ commandment.
Precious Light
When Jesus said to his followers, “You are the light of the world” have you ever wondered how it might look?
On this picture is an oil lamp, a replica of an old terracotta lamp from the biblical period. It gave very little light. Thus in wealthy households they would use a number of lamps or alternatively they had lamps with several wicks and flames.
We live in an age of relatively affordable electricity. One flip of a switch floods the space with light. One faint electrical bulb would need to be replaced with tens of oil lamps and cost would be prohibitive! Using an oil lamp will cost you a hundreds time more not to mention the side effects of soot and smell. In ancient times only rich people could afford a decent light.
When Jesus said to his disciples you are the light of the world - he also said to them, in God’s eyes you are precious. Join us in worship this Sunday when we look deeper into this beautiful and rich metaphor.
Silly Salt?
Can salt be silly? Jesus certainly thought so! He said to his followers, “You are the salt of the world.” thus lifting up and validating his disciples. But he also gave them a warning - “You are the salt of the world, but don’t be silly salt!” Silly, stupid, moronic salt was the one which lost its purpose.
For a number of years I have been collecting my own salt and I can relate to it. (Here I wrote more about it.)
Salt certainly has a spiritual and even a metaphysical dimension. It is spiritually transformative to collect one’s own salt and then use it to spice up food and life, and at the same time to be aware of salt as an offering and an apotropaic (evil-repelling) agent.
In Jesus’ time salt also had a sharp social justice (fair taxation) edge. Many of Jesus’ disciples were fishermen and they depended on affordable salt to preserve their catch. They struggled with salt monopolies and unjust taxation. (This may be from a different time and land, but remember for instance Gandhi's Salt March!)
And these days we can extend the activism of salt into eco-justice. It is widely reported that sea salt is polluted with microplastic and table salt is produced with potentially harmful nanoparticles. From our current experience we can relate to Jesus’
concern for the purity of salt.
“You ARE the salt of this world,” Jesus says to us, “So, don’t be silly!” And thus we join in worship and activism to strive for the spiritual, social and environmental common good.
Heavenly Hospitality
In the Bible, the Acts of Apostles (14:11-13), there is a bizarre story in which apostle Paul with his colleague Barnabas are on a missionary trip through the South Central Anatolia and are mistaken for the gods, Zeus and Hermes.
Behind this bizarre misunderstanding is actually a beautiful ancient myth of hospitality. But unfortunately the misunderstanding of this misunderstanding is also connected with the growth of homophobia among the ancient Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Let us start with the story of hospitality. It is nicely preserved and beautifully narrated by a gifted Roman poet Ovidius. He tells the story of Philemon and Baucis, an elderly poor couple who offered hospitality to strangers not knowing they were Zeus and Hermes in human form. Philemon and Baucis were rewarded for their hospitality while the rest of the hostile, hateful city around them was punished for neglecting their duty towards traveling strangers. (Interestingly, Ovid also situated this story to the South Central Anatolia)
You might recognize that there is a typologically very similar story in the Bible (Gen 19). It is about two angels of the LORD visiting Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah. When I link these stories together, you can also realize why I did mention the emergence and growth of homophobia among the three Abrahamic religions. In all of them this story about hospitality and protection of strangers was twisted into the justification of vicious homophobia.
Paul and Barnabas misunderstood and harshly rejected the genuine gesture of hospitality from the citizens of Lystra. They might not know the story of Philemon and Baucis and they did not recognize similarity to the biblical story because by their time the biblical story had been already influenced by homophobia. Soon afterwards the Church (together with the Synagogue and the Mosque) codified this misunderstanding for the upcoming centuries and twisted the story about hospitality into the foundational story of hatred.
And this is something you might not know about the Bible. It is important to talk about it because only by talking about it and knowing about it we can undo centuries and centuries of viciousness and hatred and rejoice in the original story of welcome and hospitality.
If you come to our church this Sunday or if you know Ovid's poem,
you will understand why I picked this photo for this worship.
Secret gospel and homophobia
Now imagine this -- a brilliant and eccentric American scholar researching an old library in a tower of an ancient Middle East monastery paging through medieval manuscripts reading ancient writings and finding by a chance a quotation from a thus far unknown secret gospel. That quotation was part of a letter from the second century which mentions an ancient esoteric sect. Mystical interpretations are involved, secret initiation and magical rituals. There is even a perceived sexual innuendo. All is wrapped in cutting edge linguistics and theology and also involves accusations of ancient, medieval or modern forgery. And then this unique manuscript mysteriously vanishes from the Orthodox patriarchate in Jerusalem. To the best of my knowledge the only thing missing in this plot is a murder, otherwise it could easily compete with bestsellers like Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose” or Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code.”
But it is not fiction, this is a real part of recent biblical and apocryphal theology. Biblical theology can indeed be thrilling like best-selling mystery novels! And that perceived sexual innuendo played an unfortunate and important role as there were concerns about homo-erotic undertones. Thus Christian homophobia of the sixties, seventies and eighties and to some degree and in some circles even until now was likely behind the disappearance of precious manuscript. Without the physical manuscripts those accusations of modern forgery cannot be conclusively resolved in which ever way. This is how modern homophobia impacted biblical scholarship. That mysterious text is in almost every critical edition of early Christian Apocryphal Writings but with a note about its questionable authenticity.
As we remember 50 years from the Stonewall uprising, and 50 years of struggle for LGBTQ rights this is something very few people might know about the dark legacy of homophobia in the realm of biblical scholarship.
If you are intrigued, join us this Sunday to learn more about The Secret Gospel of Mark and its uneasy modern history tainted by homophobia.
Album parable
Today I want to talk to you about Elephantine Papyri but first allow me to share with you this rather lengthy introductory parable.
Imagine you are a member of an extended family. In your family you have a shared family story handed down from generation to generation and part of this lore is also an old photo album. It is called “The Album”.
You remember sitting with your grannie paging with her through all those old pictures and stories, naming people, remembering memories; here is uncle so and so, and this is great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War, this is a grandfather’s maternal cousin whose farm burned down to ground, and this is a great uncle who was a supreme court judge in some European country, this distant aunt married to a builder of a famous viaduct, and here is paternal nephew, he was a clergy and became famous missionary. All well documented in ancient sepia pictures and labeled with names and dates, organized into an easy flowing and persuasive family narrative.
You even received your own copy of The Album when coming of age. It is a true family heirloom. The Album records occasional trauma, but nothing really troubling, mostly it is a real source of family pride. Few minor glitches can be blamed on history, times and customs were different. All in all The Album shows and teaches deep and generally commendable family roots.
But then, while cleaning an attic of a family residence a large box of ancient correspondence and documents surfaced. Those ancient documents were written in difficult cursives and in several languages. It took some efforts to decipher and even years later it is still not fully finished.
First you noticed names, events and dates you knew from The Album, but then things started to become ever more complicated. Not everything can be put together neatly and there is no easy and simple narrative anymore. Family history is turning into something substantially different and so complicated! You realize that The Album, your family album is largely just storytelling. Some events clearly happened quite differently and some might not even have taken place at all.
You also realize that the storytelling hiccups and gaps in The Album can be often explained with the documents from the box, just like some of the palpable tensions around this or that uncle and many of those annoying family taboos and strange behaviours can also now be explained.
Reaction among the wider circle of relatives was quite diverse and divided. Some relatives threw the entire photo album into the recycling bin stating they always thought grannie was making things up and that it is all just babbling of a senile old woman irrelevant for their modern lives.
Other relatives, on the other hand, became all agitated. They made the album into a real shibboleth. In their part of the family children still memorize The Album and are made to swear on the veracity of every single picture and name. In their family branch everything is measured by The Album and its assumed lessons. The Album, thus divorced from any history and reality, is used to push some extreme agendas.
And you are in the middle of it. You love the old Album. You respect your grannie and her story as much as you are now aware that much of it was just fabulation. There are lessons to be learned from grannie’s Album just as there are lessons to be learned from the documents which surfaced in the attic.
Even more importantly, there are truly deep insights to be learned on the intersection between The Album and the archive, deep insights and appreciation for the family history and for grannie with all her complexes, great insights for your own self-understanding and understanding of the world.
I can imagine you can relate to this parable. We all know different aspects and parts from our own families. But I wrote this parable about the Bible (the Album) the church (the grannie-representation of institutionalized religious memory) and about documents uncovered by archeologists, anthropologists and theologians in the last one hundred years or so. Sholars found many old archives and archeological records which are complicating the shared lore. Today we will talk specifically about Elephantine Papyri ....
Picture of today's village on Elephantine Island.
Multidimensional Temple
This Monday I was in Hilo, Hawaii, preparing this Sunday worship while sitting on Moku‘ola (Island of Life) also known as Coconut Island in Hilo Bay. It was the original location of an old Heiau (old Hawaiian temple) and a holy place which was destroyed many years ago with only a few stones remaining. Yet that place still keeps a very special spiritual atmosphere.
I was preparing a worship in which I plan to talk about an ancient Jewish Temple. And although it was a genuine Jewish Temple, it was not in Jerusalem, but rather it was on an island called Elephantine in the river Nile in South Egypt.
There is not a single mention of this Jewish Elephantine temple in the Bible, because that was a great problem. You need to understand that a Jewish Temple outside of Jerusalem should had been an anathema it certainly was in the sharp contradiction of everything written in the Torah (Law of Moses).
And furthermore, this temple was not some rough heretical operation at its time. The community gathered around this Egyptian Jewish Temple was in regular correspondence with Jerusalem and Samaria and existed with the support and blessing from Jerusalem. Any memory of this Jewish Temple in Egypt was almost entirely suppressed. We would not know of its existence if not for the so called Elephantine papyri that survived and were discovered in the late XIX and early XX century.
For the biblical fundamentalists this ancient Jewish Temple in Egypt is an utter conundrum and a stumbling block for their hardened, harsh and often abusive religion.
In reality it offers us an intriguing new and fresh perspective not only for our understanding of the Bible but it invites us to embrace an alternative, multi-dimentional, more tolerant and inclusive self understanding of our faith - broader and more tolerant than the biblical fundamentalism.
Join us this Sunday as we embrace this new and broader vision.
And for those who want more information, here is an older article I wrote about this Jewish Temple in Egypt some time ago.
Church's Treasure
The second Sunday of Easter brings to us the story of doubting Thomas. Last year I wrote and recorded a short study about this apostle and truly ancient Thomasian tradition.
[Here you can read about Thomas among early Christians or here you can watch video clip about it.]
This Sunday I want to pick one story from this Thomasian tradition, the second chapter from the Acts of Thomas. But I do not want to completely give out that story, so instead here is a similar, yet later story from the early church.
In the early III. Century Lawrence was a church deacon. He was responsible for the distribution of alms to the poor and thus he controlled substantial financial resources. Then a prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence surrenders to the state all the church’s wealth. Lawrence promised to do that, but asked for three days to gather all that wealth. When those three days were over, he reported to the prefect. He was asked, “Where is that promised treasure?” Lawrence pointed to the poor, crippled, blind, and many other sufferers which he brought with him with the words: "Behold, these poor persons are the true treasures of the church.”
And thus Lawrence became a saint, being executed for his devotion to the social justice.
Our story from the Acts of Thomas this Sunday will have a better ending, but it is of a similar nature. It is also a biblical metaphor expanded into a legendary story and also has a powerful social justice message.
Join us this Sunday to hear about Thomas ministry in the legendary lands of king Gundaphorus.
Video version of this blog is on YouTube here.
"Building castles in the sky" is an idiom which dictionaries define as "To create dreams, hopes, or plans that are impossible, unrealistic, or have very little chance of succeeding."
The second act of Apostle Thomas is very likely the beginning of this idiom and instead of duplicity its primary focus was on social justice.
Singing Hallelujahs
The Christian salvation story is in great need of radical expansion. I am convinced that the Easter message needs to reintegrate with the entire creation.
Here is an illustration of what might have gone wrong and why I think this reintegration is needed.
Medieval art, especially from high Gothic times through Renaissance, often depicted baby Jesus with a bird. Sometimes Jesus awkwardly holds it, even clutches it. Later on, with some rising sensitivity, the bird is only gently touched. Occasionally the bird is being tethered on a golden string.
In order to understand what is going on, you need to know that the bird in these paintings is Carduelis Carduelis - the European Goldfinch. Goldfinches are associated with thistles, brambles and anything thorny. In those paintings this bird is a signal, a pointer and an omen foreshadowing the crucifixion.
I find it symptomatic of our treatment of nature in our religion. We made our religion all about us, and only us and about our individual salvation. Nature is used, like that bird in those paintings, as a stage or even worse as a tool and accessory to the great story of our own salvation.
I always felt badly for those pure birds in those paintings being so awkwardly handled by the medieval Jesus. Especially as they were made into those unwilling pointers to the cross and unwilling coincidental accessories to the crime of crucifixion while goldfinches are joyful and famous songbirds.
Join us this Easter Sunday when we reintegrate goldfinches and all creation into the salvation story. It will not diminish its glory, it will amplify it! Let us all sing with entire creation our Salvation Hallelujahs.
And here is a video version of this blog - Singing Hallelujahs .
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Kingdom of Jerusalem-Crusader Period, 1099-1295
Siege of Jerusalem, 1099
Richard the Lionhearted, 1157–1199
Benjamin of Tudela’s First Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165
Benjamin of Tudela’s Second Letter from Jerusalem, c. 1165
Maimonides’ Letter about Jewish Captives, 1168
Letter of Nahmanides from Jerusalem, 1267
The Crusader Kingdom 1099-1187, Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem- Sacred City of Mankind, Steimatzky Ltd., Jerusalem, 1991.
Hospital of the Knights of St. John, 1099
Dome of the Rock Renovations, 1099-1187
Monastery of the Cross, 11th century
Yeshiva of Geon Yaakov, 11th-13th century
The Lintels of the Holy Sepulchre, 12th century
Candelabra, 12th century
Crusader Fortress, 12th century
Upper Room/Cenacle, 12th century
Crusader Chapel on the Mount of Olives, 12th century
Montfort Crusader Fortress, 12th century
Crusader Chapel in the Church of St. Catherine, 12th century
Christian Cavalry, 12th century
Crusader Map of Jerusalem, 12th century
Acre- Capital of the Crusader Kingdom, 12th-13th century
Crucified Jesus, 12th-13th century
Apollonia, 1101
Crusader Church of the Annunciation, 1106
Khanqat Salahiyya, 1117
Judah HaLevi’s Poetry, c. 1130
Church of St. Anne, 1131
Belvoir Crusader Fortress, c. 1140
Crac des Chevaliers, 1142
A Monk Investigates the Cave of Machpelah, 1150
Commemorative Stone at Ashkelon, 1150
Maimonides Lands in Acre, 1165
Coin of Saladin al-Ayyubid, 1174-1193
Margat Crusader Fortress, 1186
Conversion of the Church of Ascension, 1187
Head of Crusader Knight, 13th century
Cafarlet Crusader Castle, 13th century
Talmud, 13th century
Letter of Reference Signed by Moses Maimonides
Maimonides’ Tomb, 1205
Genghis Khan, 1206–1227
Syriac Gospel Lectionary, 1216-1220
Chateau Pelerin, 1218
Grave of Philip d’ Aubingni, 1236
The Mamlukes Conquer Egypt, 1250
Map of the Route to Jerusalem, c. 1250
Rare Silver Half Drachma, 1251-1257
Hulegu Enters Jerusalem, 1260
The Battle of Ain Jalut, 1260
Seal of Nahmanides, c. 1267
David Playing the Harp, c. 1278-1298
Royal Crusader Seal
Crusader Coin
Crusader Relief
Capital from Church of the Annunciation
Crusader Capital
Castellum Belveer
Chapel of Helena
Capital from Church of the Repose
Crusader Reliquary Cross
Cross from Church of Holy Sepulchre
Destruction of the Me’ara Synagogue in Jerusalem
Excerpt from The Crusades, George W. Cox, 1886, Laffan, R.G.D (ed. and trans.), Select Documents of European History 800 – 1492, 1929.
The Crusades and the Mongolian Devastation of the Middle East, Robert Drews, Vanderbilt University.
Religion and Religiosity in Catholic Europe after the Crusades, Robert Drews, Vanderbilt University.
The Rugged Beauty of Crusader Castles, Adrian Boas, BAR 32-01, Jan-Feb 2006.
When Crusader Kings Ruled Jerusalem, Jack Meinhardt, Archaeology Odyssey 3-05, Sep-Oct 2000.
Jerusalem in the Crusader Period, David Eisenstadt, Bar-Ilan University, 1997.
A Smithy in a Crusader Church, Dan Bahat, BAR 6-02, Mar-Apr 1980.
Eroticism and Infanticide at Ashkelon, Lawrence E. Stager, BAR 17-04, Jul-Aug 1991.
Books in Brief- The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, John Wilkinson, BAR 22-02, Mar-Apr 1996.
Lawrence of Arabia as Archaeologist, Stephen E. Tabachnick, BAR 23-05, Sep-Oct 1997.
Queries and Comments- The Testimony of a Crusader, The Dismal Science, BAR 25-02, Mar-Apr 1999.
ReViews- A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo, Lawrence H. Schiffman, BAR 27-03, May-Jun 2001.
The First Crusade 1096-1099
The Near East, 1135
The Campaign of Ain Jalut, 1260
Eyewitness to History- The Crusaders Capture Jerusalem, 1099
Special Treasures from the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
The Crusades- Virtual Course by E. L. Skip Knox, Boise State University
Click here for more on The Jews of Medieval Western Christendom, 1000-1500
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You are at:Home»Latest News»Infrastructure»Atlas Copco’s sale of Road Construction Equipment leads to establishment of Dynapac SA
By Evans on May 25, 2017 Infrastructure, Latest News, Materials & Equipment
The Atlas Copco Group has sold its global Road Construction Equipment Division, including the Dynapac brand name, to the number one construction Group in France and world-leader in road construction equipment, Fayat Group.
Atlas Copco sells road construction equipment divisionThe Road Construction Equipment division became part of Atlas Copco‘s Construction Technique business area in 2007 and manufactures Compaction Rollers for asphalt and soil application, as well as asphalt equipment Planers and Pavers. The products are well known globally under the Dynapac trade name.
Founded in 1957, Fayat is a 100% independent family owned Group with an international scope in 120 countries and representation by 152 companies around the world. Fayat has earned a reputation for being a dedicated and reputable original equipment manufacturer through eleven road construction equipment companies and dedicated brands active in this area.
Dynapac will transfer to Fayat on 1 July 2017 and become a company within the Group operating under the Dynapac brand name. Following the acquisition, road construction equipment which forms one of the Group’s seven core businesses – public works, foundations, building, energy services, steel and mechanical construction and pressure vessels – will become the strongest division in the Fayat Group.
Middle East Africa will be one of eleven regional Dynapac business areas globally, with sales and service operations in 37 countries together with five global production facilities being Brazil, Sweden, Germany, India and China. The global holdings company will be based in Sweden and the divisional management head office in Germany. Dynapac has 1 265 employees with revenues of approximately MSEK 2 900 (MEUR 309) for 2016. Once all due diligences have been finalized, Dynapac SA will be a local legal company responsible for the Southern Africa territory within the MEA region and the head office based in Dubai.
“This is an ownership change and not a change in business structure,” says Neville Marthinussen, Atlas Copco Construction Technique Business Line Manager, Dynapac Road Construction Equipment. “Until closure, the Road Construction Equipment Division will remain part of Atlas Copco’s Construction Technique Business Area. So it is business as usual,” Marthinussen assures customers. “As Dynapac South Africa we will continue to serve the market with our products and services. The current product portfolio remains unchanged and all scheduled product renewals will continue as planned.” Marthinussen confirms that the Atlas Copco name will gradually be phased out to end 2017 and the Dynapac brand will be prominently displayed on all products come 2018.
Fayat has plans to further strengthen its strategic position in road construction and road maintenance equipment. “The Group’s reputation as a world-leader in road construction equipment with over 60 years’ experience, presents a solid platform on which we are able to reinforce the strength of the Dynapac brand through continued development, improvement and expansion of our Dynapac product ranges and services that have clearly earned the respect and trust of our customers over many years,” concludes Marthinussen.
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February 2016 Unit Patch Notes – Part 1
This entry was posted in News on February 11, 2016 by Elyot Grant
We’re currently putting the finishing touches on a new February 2016 Prismata Alpha unit patch that will go live within the next week.
With this patch, the total number of Prismata units will increase by 4. We are adding three new units, plus replacing the existing Deadeye Operative with two other units that replicate its current role.
I won’t be spoiling the new units just yet, but I do wish to announce the bulk of the balance changes that we’ll be deploying. We’ll not be deploying as many balance changes as last time, but some of the new things we’re testing are quite important.
Before announcing the changes, I want to talk about some of our motivations behind our balance adjustments.
A number of weeks ago, we put out a January 2016 Balance Survey in which we asked alpha players several specific questions about a number of Prismata units. We also asked more general questions about what types of Prismata gameplay they would like to see more often or less often in the distribution of random sets that they encounter while playing games on the Prismata ladder.
We’ve published the survey results here. The resulting data revealed a number of things, including the following:
(1) A majority of players answered “WANT MORE” or “WANT SOMEWHAT MORE” when asked about games in which units of all three colours were purchased.
(2) A sizable chunk of Prismata players want to see larger games more often and smaller games less often.
(3) About half of all players want to see Shadowfang get nerfed, and a similar fraction of players want to see fewer games with ultra-efficient attackers (hardly any players want to see more of them).
Now, it’s important to note that in designing Prismata, we take many things into account: the elegance and simplicity of the game’s rules, the amount of variety in-game experiences that players can have, and the amount of opportunity for stylistic and expressive play. Design-by-democracy is a poor process for achieving some of these goals—if we simply make every Prismata game more similar to what the average player wants, a huge number of players might end up missing the unique aspects that they cherish most.
Despite that, it’s hard to ignore the general trends in our survey results. A substantial cohort of players want to see more bigger, slower, 3-colour games and want to see fewer rush games and fewer games involving hyper-efficient units like Shadowfang. We’ve seen a number of discussions pop up about the prevalence of games in which low-econ red rushing appears to be the only viable strategy, and while many players enjoy these games from time to time, we feel that the ideal fraction of Prismata games that turn out this way should likely be a slight bit lower than it is right now.
Accordingly, a number of changes in this patch aim to modify red units that were often implicated in rush-forcing lines, either by directly weakening them or by adjusting them to allow for greater opportunities for counterplay.
Before I get to the changes themselves, I wish to share a further bit of backstory.
The History of Shadowfang
Shadowfang is the most-commonly cited example of an overpowered red unit that frequently forces a brutal low-econ fight due to its ruthless efficiency. Shadowfang is inarguably one of the most cost-effective sources of damage in the game at its current (soon-to-be-former) price of 7RRR. There are essentially no other attackers in Prismata that provide consistent damage at a lower cost-per-unit-attack.
However, Shadowfang actually began its Prismata career at the even-more-insane cost of 6RRR, where it remained for many years in pre-alpha before we nerfed it in 2014. And we truly felt that it was balanced at 6RRR. What was so different?
To answer that question, it makes sense to look at Shadowfang’s many weaknesses. Shadowfangs are highly breach vulnerable, meaning that players must invest in good defense to keep them alive. Since a Shadowfang requires RRR to produce, players generally need 2 Animuses if they want to get Shadowfangs. Red tech generally isn’t that great defensively, so players frequently waste red and make inefficient purchases in the late game when defending their Shadowfangs (hence the Rhino spam you often see in the final turns of a Shadowfang mirror before one of the players inevitably gets breached). Moreover, Shadowfang’s awkward cost also frequently forces players to waste a red when buying a Shadowfang, especially if Blastforges, Conduits, or other tech are purchased. It’s actually really difficult to plan and execute a Shadowfang build in which you employ your resources efficiently throughout the whole game. Additionally, taking a high-econ route is often not an option, since your opponent can rush you down with Shadowfangs!
Alas, Shadowfang’s insane cost-effectiveness has historically been kept in check by the unit’s awkwardness and the resulting difficulty of spending red efficiently in games where players go for Shadowfangs. Shadowfang offers fantastic value, but players can seldom buy it without being wasteful at some point.
So what changed?
Well, we can’t point to any single balance update that made Shadowfang a problematic unit at 7RRR. It was more of a “boiling frog” effect that crept up on us gradually over the last year or so as units like Nitrocybe, Blood Phage, Corpus, and Ferritin Sac were introduced. As they were added, they joined Perforator and Flame Animus in a list of units that eased the burden of creating Shadowfangs by providing alternate red sources or efficient ways of spending red in the late game. With the addition of these units, Shadowfang could suddenly realize its true potential in a much larger fraction of games, and the unit’s insane level of cost-effectiveness became a design liability. The weakening of chill units like Frostbite and Cryo Ray also reduced the strength of available counterplay that sometimes made Shadowfang less desirable.
Now, don’t get me wrong; we want Shadowfang to be strong! We also want Shadowfang’s strength to be influenced by other units, and made deliberate efforts to ensure this was the case. In particular, we want players to be challenged by the need to assess Shadowfang’s situational effectiveness. To find the best strategy in a Shadowfang game, players must evaluate how strong the unit is in the presence of the other available supporting units. That’s part of what makes the unit interesting.
However, Shadowfang becomes far less interesting when the answer to the question “how effective will Shadowfang be this game?” is simply “it’s a must-buy unit.” Unfortunately, we found ourselves in a position where this appeared to be the case in a large percent of base+8 games involving Shadowfang, and our players weren’t too happy about it (as you can observe in the survey results above).
Going forward, there were three options available to us. Doing nothing would be the easiest option, but our goal has always been to find the best version of each Prismata unit, and we certainly felt that potential improvements were worth exploring, especially in the face of a growing number of concerns from our players. Thus, we took aim at rebalancing the distribution of answers to the question “how effective will Shadowfang be this game?“, and found ourselves with two tools to do it: we could either nerf Shadowfang, or adjust a large number of other Prismata units to substantially weaken the average amount of situational effectiveness added by supporting units.
As it turns out, we’re doing a bit of both. Though we experimented with the idea of simply leaving Shadowfang as-is and targeting a few of the more broken Shadowfang combo units (Corpus in particular), we ultimately felt that this approach had two shortcomings—it didn’t do enough to address the underlying problem (Shadowfang was still “too good, too often”), and it didn’t relieve us of the restriction that units like Shadowfang impose on our design space (all potential supporting units that strengthen Shadowfang could be potential future problems).
I should point out that Shadowfang is only one example among many red units that have been affected by recent adjustments to the distribution of random units in Prismata. Though Shadowfang is probably the most egregious offender at the moment, we’ll be making changes to several other units in an effort to tone down the frequency of games in which low-econ red openings are the only viable strategy (though, as I mentioned above, we don’t want to eliminate those games entirely!)
With that out of the way, let’s get to the balance changes themselves:
Changes in the February 2016 Balance Patch
This isn’t a complete list, as we’re still finalizing a few things. However, it contains all the adjustments to red units that we’ve hinted at above.
Corpus: Cost decreased from 6RRR to 6RR. Comes with 1 Husk instead of 2 Husks. Click ability changed from “Pay 4RRR, construct 4 Husks” to “Pay 5R, construct 3 Husks”. Prompted by problematic games involving Corpus and other heavy red units like Tatsu Nullifier and Shadowfang, this change is aimed at reshaping Corpus into a more middle-of-the-road red defender that can be flexibly used in a variety of situations, rather than employed as a cost-effective source of damage soak in games where a double Animus is purchased. Its efficiency has been drastically reduced, but its availability has been increased.
Shadowfang: Cost increased from 7RRR to 8RRR. We experimented with a variety of other changes, including a 7RRRR Shadowfang, and various buildtime-2 variations. However, we found that an 8RRR Shadowfang was best for preserving the unit’s situational variability in value in the presence of other supporting units. At 8RRR, Shadowfang is still one of the most cost-effective Prismata attackers, but you can expect to see somewhat larger economies in many Shadowfang games, with fast Shadowfang rushes only occurring in situations where an ideal cocktail of supporting units are present.
Amporilla: Cost increased from 12RRR to 13RRR. As with Shadowfang, we felt that recent red unit additions and other adjustments have made Amporilla too strong, too often. We’ve thus reverted Amporilla back to its old cost of 13RRR (how many of you can remember a time when Amporilla was 13RRR? It was a long time ago!)
Blood Phage: Cost changed from 7RRE to 8RE. This change is aimed at reducing the frequency of turn 2 Animus builds that are frequently forced in Blood Phage sets. We’re never happy when a unit single-handedly reduces opening diversity to the extent that Blood Phage was doing. We experimented with a huge number of possible changes to the unit (including adding buildtime and removing the 1-gold-at-start-of-turn ability), but a simple cost change to 8RE ended up being the simplest solution to the problems we were seeing.
Gaussite Symbiote: Cost increased from 7RR to 8RR. Ability now produces 6 Gauss Charges instead of 5 Gauss Charges. We’ve long been worried about Gaussite Symbiote being responsible for games in which early red-green rushes were essentially forced. In some cases, such rushes were nearly unbeatable by other strategies (especially with units like Feral Warden and Protoplasm present). We reduced Gaussite Symbiote’s cost from 8RR to 7RR many months ago (around the same time we changed Flame Animus’s cost from 8B to 7B) in order to experiment with more efficient tech/attacker combo units, but after months of feedback from our alpha players, we feel that the resulting units were simply too strong. However, we also feel that the old 8RR Symbiote was a bit lacklustre, so we’ve increased the power of its ability to compensate for the nerf in cost.
Wild Drone: Supply decreased from 10 to 4. Though Wild Drone exhibits balanced player 1 and player 2 winrates on most of the Prismata ladder, the unit has become one of the most player-1-favouring units at high Elo levels (1800+). A number of players have suggested that a supply reduction will eliminate this by reducing the power of 4-Engineer Wild Drone openings. After some testing, we believe that such a change will be beneficial overall (though we will miss some of the games in which a large number of Wild Drones were bought!)
Asteri Cannon: HP decreased from 16 to 14. Click ability cost decreased from 5HP to 3HP. Asteri Cannon’s buy rate decreased substantially when we changed it from producing Forcefields to producing Barriers, leading us to believe that we might have nerfed the unit too much. Consequently, we’re making a very minor adjustment that slightly buffs Asteri Cannon by allowing it to create one extra Barrier. This adjustment also slightly nerfs the unit in breachproof situations by reducing its HP.
Lancetooth: Cost changed from 7B + “pay 1 attack” to 6B + “pay 2 attack”. A number of players and survey respondents have told us that they thought our recent buff to Lancetooth made the unit too strong. We considered simply reverting the change, but after playing with the “6B + pay 2 attack” version of the unit, we really like it! So we’re going to test this variation on the alpha server instead. We’ll be seeking your feedback.
Vai Mauronax: Cost changed from 14BRRR to 13BRRRR. This change is aimed at a powerful combo involving Vai Mauronax and Chrono Filter. Though we didn’t feel that an auto-win situation was present, we did feel that the combo was too strong, to the point where games involving those two units often followed a highly scripted sequence of opening moves. This change should address that combo without affecting Vai too much in other situations.
… (to be continued!)
Part 1 has grown too long… the new units will have to wait until Part 2! Here are some image spoilers, though!
About Elyot Grant
A former gold medalist in national competitions in both mathematics and computer science, Elyot has long refused to enjoy anything except video games. Elyot took more pride in winning the Reddit Starcraft Tournament than he did in earning the Computing Research Association's most prestigious research award in North America. Decried for wasting his talents, Elyot founded Lunarch Studios to pursue his true passion.
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Author Interview: Bret Christian
AUTHORS NON FICTION
Bret Christian is a journalist who runs a group of suburban Post newspapers in Western Australia, when he came across stories that he felt simply had to be told to a broader audience he started concentrating on Presumed Guilty. We were able to find out a little more about the book and the career of Bret Christian in this interview.
Welcome to Beauty and Lace Bret, thanks for taking the time out to talk to us.
Your career began as a journalist, what made you decide to write a book?
There were compelling stories to tell – stories that had never before seen daylight. The reaction to the book has shown that readers are startled and challenged by these stories, but at the same time they can’t get enough!
Can you tell us a little about ‘Presumed Guilty’?
Presumed Guilty is a book in two parts. It begins with two truly baffling murder mysteries which occurred 50 years apart, with all the elements of crime thrillers.. Both the victims were innocent women. The second case is continuing in the courts, but the investigation and court hearings of the first crystallises everything that can go wrong in cases of wrongful conviction, which are far more common than most people realise. Part two is the why – why do the wrong people come under the notice of the police and go right through a jury trial without the truth being discovered?
Lots of real-life examples are used, from Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton on.
What do you think is the biggest issue with jury trials?
Most of us presume the defendant guilty, otherwise he wouldn’t be in the dock. That’s OK if he is guilty, but sad experience has shown us that too many are not. Juries are drawn from the general population, and are influenced by this apparent presumption of guilt even when they try their best to be impartial. Studies have proved that many jurors have great problems understanding highly technical forensic evidence and legal terms such as “beyond reasonable doubt” and “presumption of innocence”. The internet has introduced a whole new set of problems – “trial by Google” where a simple net search turns jurors into criminals.
How did you come across the 1959 Jillian Brewer case and what made you want to look into it?
I first heard the gruesome details of the Jillian Brewer case from my parents when I was a child. It was the talk of the town. I looked deeply into it when I met Darryl Beamish, who as a 20 year old was sentenced to hang, but served 15 years in jail when the sentence was commuted, all for a crime he knew nothing about. No journalist could ignore a story like that.
Where did you find all the cases you unearthed?
I kept up contacts with lawyers and investigators. They tipped me off to doubtful cases and as a starting point I sat through the trials and took notes. One of those trials lasted three months. At the same time I had a full-time job editing and running my chain of suburban newspapers. Thanks to the loyal staff for covering my backside!
Can you tell us a bit about how you managed to get a serial killer’s confession?
Darryl Beamish authorised me to access his defence file from his original cases. Although I am not a lawyer, I was adopted by his lawyers as a central part of the legal team when Darryl launched his final and successful appeal, decided in 2005. I found the serial killers chilling confession in Darryl’s file and it now forms part of the court record.
You explode the myth of ‘copper’s instinct’, can you tell us a little about that?
Many police, and most members of the public, believe that vast experience gives police officers special powers in detecting guilt and innocence in suspects. I found the origins of this belief really fascinating, and explain why. But science now tells us that “copper’s instinct” is a myth – police officers’ ability to detect liars or truth-tellers is no better than chance: 50-50. Strong belief in the myth has had devastating effects on wrongly-suspected people, when the officer has refused to abandon his initial belief in guilt. This “belief persistence” can carry on right through the criminal justice system and sometimes into appeals.
Can you tell us about the two factors making juries obsolete?
The first new factor is cognitive science, in which relatively recent studies have proved that the consensus system used by juries is the worst way to reach a just decision. Jury studies have proved that juries with strong personalities but with over-confidence in their mistaken beliefs have persuaded less assertive jurors to make unjust decisions. Jury-room bullies are more common than most people imagine. The second is the internet. Recent leaks via the internet have revealed what was once concealed by the tight security of the jury room. Jurors have tweeted their intentions to find the defendant guilty before hearing one word of evidence. The other factor is trial by Google, where information strictly forbidden from jurors’ eyes, such as the criminal record of the accused, is now freely available.
Can you tell us about the alternative to juries already in use in Australia?
We already have a tried and proven alternative to juries, the system used in appeals, where usually three experienced judges sit as a panel. They conduct civilised conversations with witnesses and lawyers, rather than “trial by battle” that now occurs between opposing lawyers. As well as being a genuine search for the truth, this system would help remove the incentive for police to tickle their evidence to help convict the accused.
Are there more books in your future and are you working on anything at the moment that you can tell us about?
There are a couple bubbling away in my internal espresso machine, both of them true-life block-busters. Wait and see.
Presumed Guilty is published with Hardie Grant and has an RRP of $29.99, it is available now where good books are sold.
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LOS ANGELES, CA October 5, 2009 – Live Nation announced today a 2-for-1 club concert ticket deal on 200,000 tickets to over 350 concerts in 29 of its club venues across the country. Available only at LiveNation.com this Wednesday, fans will get two tickets for the price of one, a 50% savings, to see any of a wide variety of artists across genres including Hanson, Colbie Caillat Trey Songz, Mario, The Bravery, The Used and Moby, and many others.
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Column #23 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
October 1, 1996 Dartoid's Column No comments
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
In the heart of one of the most scenic stretches of countryside in England is a quaint little town called Tunbridge Wells. Life began here in 1606 when some guy named Dudley, Lord North sipped a drink from a spring and claimed the water to have special health giving properties. I’ve tried the stuff — direct from the original Chalybeate Spring — and can only figure that Dudley had more than a few lagers first…
The rest is history. The British began to flock from all corners of the country — all for a drink of this mysterious brew. As word spread the famous followed. Queen Victoria as a child. The author and dandy Richard ‘Beau’ Nash. Then, in 1909 Edward VII passed through and gave the place royal sanction. Simple little Tunbridge Wells — a nowhere place with an itty bitty spring — became “Royal” Tunbridge Wells. It’s all so perfectly British.
Today, in the center of this history (or nonsense, if you share my perspective) is a pub called The Duke of York. It’s located smack in the middle the famous colonnaded shopping strip known as the Pantiles, not more than twenty tards from where Chalybeate Spring still dribbles away. I’ve been stopping in here for almost ten years to use the dart board on the far back wall. I really don’t know why I keep coming back…
The setup is atrocious. The path from the oche to the board has been walked for so many years that it noticeably dips in the middle. Because of this there is no question that the throwing distance is couple of inches short of regulation. The lighting is way too low. Chalk is nowhere to be found. And the place smells like it’s been serving up beer for almost half a century. The amazing thing is that it sort of has been — the building was constructed just three years after Dudley sloshed through town.
As a pub, it’s a thing of beauty. Dark wood interior. Brass appointments. A fire burns next to the board in the wintertime. It’s as British as a British pub can get. A beer will run you two quid — about three dollars (US).
…I guess I continue to visit the Duke because I just love to throw darts in England. Winning here is like winning nowhere else in the world. There is just no feeling better than trashing some poor soul at their own national pastime. And some guy named Nigel made me feel mighty good tonight!
Getting to Tunbridge Wells will take you about an hour by rail from London. From Gatwick Airport the time is about the same. Either direction, the journey through the Kentish countryside is worth the effort — stately homes, formal gardens, castles, ancient abbys, and even hop farms dot the landscape. It’s a trip worth taking.
And the Duke of York is definately a stop worth making.
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Value: This is one of a group of French regional surnames of noble and romantic origins. It describes a person of Brittany, a region of France with strong Celtic origins. Le Breton as a surname is not unlike the ames Irish, English, Cornish and Welsh, all are nationalistic, and refer to people from those particular countries. They are all 'from' surnames, which is to say that they were usually granted to people after they left their native region and moved elsewhere. In the small communities of the medieval period and for centuries afterwards, people were often designated by nicknames, and a locational nickname was the easiest to apply. Recorded in the spellings of Le Breton, Lebreton and Breton, this surname is as well recorded in France as can be expected. Because of the civil war between the protestants known as 'Huguenots', and the Catholics, which often raged from 1550 to 1750, only to be followed by the Revolution of 1789 - 1794 when all religions were banned, and the church registers often destroyed, French records are often either erratic or non existent. However we have found a number of examples and these include Jean Le Breton of St. Nicol, Finisterre, on January 26th 1670, and Claude Le Breton at St. Doucelin, Meuse-et-Moselle, on December 12th 1692. Heraldically the name is recorded in Brittany, Lorraine, Maine, Tournay, and Isle de France, and surprisingly perhaps a Coat of Arms was also granted to 'Le Breton' of Jersey, Channel Islands, and London, this being two gold chevrons on a blue field. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Bernadine Le Breton, which was dated June 9th 1648, christened at Pontrioux, Cotes du Nord, France, during the reign of King Louis X1V of France, known as 'The Sun King', 1643 - 1715.
Сильная, яркая, светлая
Армену дорога дана,
Дорога прямая, приметная,
Ждет его завтра она.
Утро волшебное звонкое
Встретит его колокольчиком,
И облачко белое тонкое
Помашет в дорогу бутоничиком.
Армен по дороге той быстро пойдет
И скоро он счастье в дороге найдет.
Дорога не просто так вьется -
Дорога судьбою зовется!
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Value: This name, with variant spellings Lochhead, Lochead, Loffhead etc., is of Scottish topographical origin for one resident by a lake or enclosure on a headland. The component elements of the name are the Old English pre 7th Century 'loc(a)', an enclosure, or perhaps the Old Gaelic 'loch' meaning a lake or pool, plus the Old English 'heafod', (Medieval English 'heved'), literally meaning 'head', but used in various transferred sense such as 'headland' or 'upper end'. The earliest form of the surname was recorded towards the end of the 13th Century, (see below). In 1626 one, James Lochheid was burgess and guild-brother of Glasgow, and on November 21st 1654 David Lochhead and Jeane Symsoun were married in Edinburgh parish, Midlothian. On April 26th 1742 Elizabeth Loughhead, an infant, was christened in Flockton, Yorkshire, and on May 23rd 1861 Mary Ann Loughhead and John Groome were married in Manchester Cathedral Lancashire. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gilbert de Lakenheued who 'rendered homage', which was dated 1296, in the 'Records of Lanarkshire', Scotland, during the reign of John Balliol of Scotland, 1292 - 1296. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
В маленькой кроваточке
Маленькая Яна
Спит и улыбается,
В доме утро. Рано.
Бабушка на цыпочках
Подойдет к роватке
Пожелает Яночке
Спать подольше сладко,
Пожелает бабушка,
Выйдя за порог,
Чтоб родную внученьку
Добрый бог сберег.
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Far Western at the 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference
By Kaely Colligan November 21, 2016 January 4, 2021 Announcements
October 6th – 9th 2016: Far Western researchers, along with colleagues from across the nation, gathered to present recent research and share ideas at the 35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference in Reno, Nevada. Organized around a conference theme of “Featured Landscapes of the Great Basin”, archaeologists from Far Western presented or contributed to nineteen paper and poster presentations. These included a poster symposium organized by Bill Hildebrandt highlighting the Ruby Pipeline Project, a plenary presentation by D. Craig Young, and new research from the Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in the Mojave Desert, the Naval Air Station Fallon, and the Soldier Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern. A full menu of Far Western presentation abstracts and viewable posters is provided below.
The Great Basin Anthropological Conference is organized biennially by the Great Basin Anthropological Association – Far Western’s President, Kim Carpenter, serves as Treasurer on the association’s Board of Directors. Conferences such as the GBAC are great opportunities for archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, native communities, and regulatory agencies to present and discuss new research and future directions.
A special thank you to our Art Director, Tammara Norton, for assistance with our 2016 GBAC presentations.
Preliminary Findings on the Paleoindian Archaeology of Cave and Lake Valleys
Daron Duke and D.Craig Young
Far Western is conducting surveys in Cave and Lake Valleys as part of a LCAI Round 7 project to develop a Paleoindian Archaeological Context. Using both random and nonrandom sampling methods, the fieldwork is designed to test the predictions of a GIS-based model for the decline of Great Basin pluvial lakes and, by extension, the wetland habitats surrounding them. We infer that the Paleoindian record associated with short-lived lakes, such as Lake Cave in Cave Valley, would be more restricted to an early Paleoindian record than that associated with enduring lakes, such as Lake Carpenter in Lake Valley. Observing the differences between these neighboring basins will inform the broader regional issue of how and when Paleoindian peoples responded to the ultimate demise of the basin wetland habitats central to their land use strategy.
Michael Lenzi
Results of Experiments with Replicated Crescents to Evaluate Proposed Functions
This paper presents results from a series of experiments involving replicated crescents to evaluate some of the more common hypotheses proposed for the function of crescents and gain a better understanding of their role in the prehistoric toolkit. Crescents were used to cut leather, scrape willow, and tip projectiles thrown at targets. Models from human behavioral ecology were applied to evaluate the efficiency of crescents for each task. Additionally, the breaks that accrued from use on the replicated crescents were compared to archaeological patterns. Results from this study indicate that the primary function of crescents for cutting and slicing tasks and scraping plants is not supported; however, use as transverse projectile points is well-supported.
Michael Lenzi and Vickie Clay
New Obsidian Sources, Conveyance Zones, and Toolstone Profiles from Southern Lahontan Valley and Rawhide Flats, NAS Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
Sourcing of obsidian nodules collected during evaluation of sites on one Naval Air Station Fallon training range in southern Lahontan Valley identified three previously unknown obsidian sources. These new sources are designated Dead Camel Mountains, Desert Mountains, and Lahontan Valley. Chemical ascription of temporally diagnostic obsidian projectile points from 29 sites in southern Lahontan Valley and Rawhide Flats generally demonstrate foragers had very large conveyance zones during the Paleoindian Period, with decreased conveyance zones through time. Lithic material type profiles for projectile points, tools, and debitage found on these sites located in two adjacent valleys show measurable differences in toolstone use that may represent different proximities to sources and/or different types of land use.
Kelly McGuire and William Hildebrandt
Taking Stock: A Far Western Perspective of Native America and CRM in the Great Basin
The Native American voice within the institutional and regulatory framework of Great Basin CRM has rightfully increased through the last several decades. While a number of successes can be pointed to, much of the current status of this relationship remains challenging, and sometimes contested. While Far Western must navigate this landscape, we also have a unique perspective, as we work directly with Native Americans, mostly younger people, actually doing archaeology. This experience has proven positive and occasionally transformational for both Native Americans and archaeologists. We advocate for the expanded participation of Native Americans at all levels of the archaeological enterprise.
Adrian Whitaker and Jeffrey Rosenthal
Delayed Adoption of Intensified Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence Strategies and the Continued Utility of the Traveler/Processor Model to Explain Changes
Bettinger and Baumhoff’s Traveler/Processor Model was a crucial contribution to Great Basin archaeology nearly 35 years ago and the model continues to bear theoretical fruit today. This paper examines how people living in large villages with intensified economies in California’s Great Central Valley co-existed with less-economically intensive adaptations in the adjacent Central Sierra Nevada Foothills for nearly 4,000 years despite consistent contact between the two. In this paper, we examine how the adjacent regions had such different trajectories of economic intensification. We outline how a combination of new technology and climatic instability changed the relative suitability of processor economic strategies and led foothill foragers to shift to a more valley-like adaptation. More generally, the model provides a framework to explaining the coexistence of neighboring but dramatically different economies – for instance foragers vs. farmers – despite contact, as well as the mechanisms that might catalyze a shift from one economy to another.
Justin Wisely
Crazy Little Thing Called Starch: Starch Grain Analysis of Bedrock Mortars
Starch grain analysis is an underutilized non-destructive method for improving our understanding of prehistoric plant usage, previously only utilized as a laboratory technique. As part of a larger landscape sampling for my master’s thesis at California State University, Chico, I sampled bedrock mortars at CA-ALP-156 and CA-ALP-171 in the Sierra Crest using the in-field extraction method I developed. This research covers the development of the reference collection, the creation and application of this new in-field sampling technique, and subsequent results. As the sampling of bedrock mortars is only one of the many potential uses for this non-destructive technique, there will be a discussion of future research avenues made possible by bringing starch grain sampling out of the lab and into the landscape.
D. Craig Young
Deep in the Dust: Archaeological Landscapes in Tons per Year
The search for early archaeology in the Great Basin has shifted from a focus on prominent lacustrine features (e.g., spits and strandlines) to zones of potential resource productivity, especially basin-margin and deltaic wetlands. While theoretically smarter, we have made our work more difficult – these once expansive landforms may now be buried deep in dust. Bounded only by wind, dust transport and deposition are truly landscape-scale phenomena. Primary dust deposition can be measured today in tens of tons per acre per year. In the drying Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition, dust production and deposition may have been an order of magnitude greater. Eroded from hundreds of drying basins, eolian dust was deposited as vast silt plains or recycled into expansive distal reaches of alluvial fans. Reworked dust, as loess or alluvium, often forms temporally undifferentiated playa-like deposits, where we continue our hopeful searches – this silt-capped, reworked landscape may be too young. Temporally constraining dust episodes while identifying and investigating dust-infused landforms reveals potentially stratified paleo-landscapes, thereby narrowing our search for significant Paleoindian archaeology in the Great Basin.
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Ryan Byerly
Hunter-Gatherer Sites on the Pisgah Crater Lava Flow near Lavic Lake, San Bernardino County, California
Far Western’s National Register evaluations of archaeological sites on the Pisgah Crater Lava Flow, adjacent to Lavic Lake aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, reveal that hunter-gatherers utilized the many natural shelters created by collapsed lava blisters and tubes within the flow as settings for short term camps in support of regional resource pursuits. This poster summarizes data gathered from limited test excavations and collections of these lava flow sites and compares them to similar data gleaned from other local sites to frame a coherent picture of regional site use as a foundation for the construction of a Base-wide hunter-gatherer settlement-subsistence model.
Ryan Byerly, Lindsey Daub, Eric Gingerich, and Joanna C. Roberson
Modeling Mojave Desert Hunter-Gatherer Settlement and Subsistence from Lava Flow Sites Aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, San Bernardino County, California
Throughout prehistory, that portion of the south-central Mojave Desert now encompassed by the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center appears to have largely supported short term hunter-gatherer occupations linked to the procurement of locally available jasper and chalcedony. Here, we specifically examine and compare data gathered from Far Western’s National Register evaluations of sites on the Pisgah Crater and Amboy Crater lava flows to model broader-scale settlement and subsistence patterns of the hunter-gatherers that preferentially exploited these toolstone, primarily as evident during the Late Holocene.
Daron Duke, D.Craig Young, Sarah Rice, Jaynie Hirschi, and Anya Kitterman
The Wishbone Site: An Early Paleoindian Waterfowl Cooking Feature from the Great Salt Lake Desert
Recent survey on the Old River Bed delta yielded a charcoal-rich feature containing burned waterfowl bones and debitage. The feature is eroding from the playa surface and is surrounded by an associated concentration of stone tools, including Haskett projectile points. It is over 12,000 years old. Artifacts were found both on the surface and buried. In this poster, we provide details, including radiocarbon dates, faunal and macrobotanical evidence, and lithic analysis.
Tucker Orvald and Kathryn Ataman
Surface Archaeology of the Soldier Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Humboldt County, Nevada
Located in the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, the Soldier Meadows ACEC is an exemplary locality given its unique hydrological, biological, and cultural features. Between 2013 and 2014, the BLM Black Rock Field Office directed Section 110 inventory aimed at formally documenting cultural resources within the 2,078- acre ACEC. Surface archaeology includes a near-continuous distribution of early through late Holocene flaked and ground stone accumulations as well as historic-era Emigrant Trail evidence, a stage and freight transportation corridor, and extensive ranching infrastructure that reflects homestead- through corporate-scale land use. An understanding of the surface archaeology in the ACEC will allow for long-term adaptive management, provide a resource for problem-oriented archaeological research, and help the BLM conserve this unique setting and its pervasive archaeological record.
D. Craig Young (Contributor)
Prearchaic Adaptations in the Central Great Basin: Preliminary Findings from a Stratified Open-Air Site
Brian F Codding (University of Utah), David W. Zeanah (California State University, Sacramento), D. Craig Young (Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.), Joan Brenner Coltrain (University of Utah), Erik P. Martin (University of Utah) and Robert G. Elston (University of Utah)
Early Holocene occupants of the Great Basin preferentially occupied highly productive habitats surrounding pluvial lakes. While growing evidence details the adaptations of these Prearchaic foragers in the Eastern and Western Great Basin, our understanding of the Central Great Basin remains impoverished, largely due because of the limited number of stratified archaeological sites containing well preserved material suitable for faunal analysis and radiocarbon dating. However, recent investigations of an open-air site along the northern shore of Pleistocene Lake Gilbert in Grass Valley, Nevada have revealed a buried deposit with preserved organic material associated with Prearchaic technology. Here we report preliminary analyses examining the chronology, subsistence, and technology associated with the site. Geoarchaeological analyses of soil map units and landforms suggest that similar sites are likely to be found elsewhere in Grass Valley. These findings help clarify our view of Prearchaic foragers in the Central Great Basin and expand our understanding of the earliest adaptation in the region.
A Behavioral Ecological Frame of Reference for Investigating Prearchaic Adaptations
David W. Zeanah (California State University, Sacramento), Brian F. Codding (University of Utah), Amber Johnson (Truman State University), Robert G. Elston (University of Nevada, Reno), and D. Craig Young (Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.)
Occupants of the Great Basin 13-8 kya cannot be understood by direct analogy with ethnographic Great Basin foragers because they lived in climatic circumstances and at population densities utterly unlike those of recent times. Archaeological evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers were highly mobile with hunting oriented lithic technology lacking milling equipment, but acquired a broad spectrum of faunal prey and tended to camp near wetland environments. Here we develop expectations about the range of hunter-gatherer adaptations feasible under climatic scenarios for the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition as inferred from paleoenvironmental proxies. Using the marginal value theorem and theoretical expectations of sexual division of labor, we evaluate the range of subsistence and mobility evident in Binford’s ethnographic database under similar environmental parameters. This serves as a framework for casting specific expectations for Grass Valley, Nevada in context of broader Pre-archaic subsistence-settlement in the western and central Great Basin.
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Prehistory of Nevada’s Northern Tier: Highlights from the Ruby Pipeline
Project Organizer: William R. Hildebrandt
Kaely Colligan, William Bloomer, and William Hildebrandt
Native Stoneworking Across Northern Nevada
Interesting characteristics from flaked stone assemblages recovered during the Ruby Pipeline project portray varied production patterns across the northern swatch of Nevada. Single-component assemblages reveal a transition from obsidian dominate landscapes in the west to cryptocrystalline silicate areas in the east over time. Data from these areas support several trans-Holocene changes in tool stone selection, production intensity, and reduction strategies which can be linked to broader changes in demography, land-use patterns, and work organization – most notably, the changes that occur late in time when the intensity of flaked stone production crashes and people’s interest in biface reduction declines as well.
William R. Hildebrandt
Colonization of Northern Nevada
The Ruby Pipeline corridor passes through four major habitat zones. Maximum resource productivity occurs in the west, and declines when moving in an easterly direction. Consistent with the expectations of Ideal Free Distribution modeling, the most productive zones were occupied first, followed by the infilling of the others over time. This sequence of settlement remained in place until about 500 years ago when long term habitat rankings were up ended, and the lower ranked eastern zones saw higher population densities than the western areas for the first time in prehistory. This radical change is linked to the more intensive use of small seeded plants with new technological systems brought to the area by the Western Shoshone.
Jerome King
Long-Distance Obsidian Conveyance in Late Prehistoric Northern Nevada
The huge database of geochemically sourced obsidian artifacts from the Ruby Pipeline provides a unique perspective on changing patterns of prehistoric obsidian procurement and conveyance in the northern Great Basin. One of the most striking trends is an increase in obsidian source diversity in the Late Prehistoric period, driven by increased representation of distant obsidian sources. Average transport distances, as quantified both by diagnostic projectile points and by samples of debitage from dated site components, are by far the highest in the Late Prehistoric period. Local sources still dominate obsidian source profiles, as they do in earlier periods, but the increase in the representation of far-distant sources is dramatic. The apparent timing of this shift, as well as the very long distances involved, suggest that obsidian may sometimes have been transported by Native traders on horseback.
Kelly McGuire and Nathan Stevens
The Archaeological Correlates and Evolution of Geophyte Procurement in the Northwestern Great Basin
The economic importance of geophytes along the northwestern rim of the Great Basin is such that the entire region has been broadly categorized as the “root complex” by Catherine Fowler. However, the archaeological manifestations of geophyte gathering, processing, storage, and consumption are not well understood. Here, we review assemblages recovered from prime geophyte habitat in the Barrel Springs area in an effort to correlate certain tool types with productive geophyte zones, and to establish a settlement context of geophyte use. Particular attention is given to formed and simple flake tools and their role in the manufacture and maintenance of digging sticks, a central element of the geophyte harvest. We then discuss the energetic returns associated with geophyte procurement and its role in foraging systems through time in this region.
Allika Ruby and Jerome King
Landscape Analysis of Pronghorn Trap Features in Eastern Nevada
A Landscape Analysis of Pronghorn Trap Features in Eastern Eastern Nevada contains the remains of many large wooden enclosures that were thought to have been used by prehistoric hunting groups to capture pronghorn. These enclosures, or corrals, display highly similar characteristics which reflect their builders’ sophisticated understanding of pronghorn behavior. Researchers from Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., conducted a detailed analysis of the construction techniques used to build four such enclosures along the Ruby Pipeline corridor near Montello. Our study indicates that the builders intentionally integrated features of the landscape into the corrals that likely increased their effectiveness. Our presentation highlights the characteristics shared by the four prehistoric corrals as well as a nearby historic-period corral, compares them to other documented pronghorn corrals in the region, and offers a predictive model for locating additional corrals.
Andrew Ugan and Laura Harold
Large-Scale Perspectives on Subsistence Stability Across the Northern Great Basin
Substantial attention is paid to prehistoric big game use in the western U.S., especially as it relates to changes in climate, hunting pressure, or the social contexts of foraging. However, many such studies are tightly focused, sometimes site-specific affairs. Here we take a broad look at big game use by summarizing faunal assemblages from 153 sites across the northern Great Basin. We show that while there is huge variation in site-specific reliance on big game within time periods and an increase in the frequency of large animals between the Paleoarchaic and later periods, the overall array or resources taken is generally broad and there is little difference in mean reliance on big game from the Early Archaic onwards. These data suggest broad stability in hunting patterns, and we discuss the reasons for the observed pattern, its generality, and its implications.
The Eco-Regions and Geomorphic Setting of the Ruby Pipeline Project in Nevada’s Northern Tier
The varied landforms of Nevada’s Northern Tier provide context for understanding the archaeological patterning that forms the basis for interpreting the human past in the vicinity of the Ruby Pipeline Project – research presented in this poster session. Eco-regions defined by modern floral communities and geologic units are the starting point, and these are viewed through a lens of late Pleistocene to Holocene landscape evolution. Geomorphological investigation of local landforms and regional geomorphic process included documentation of 25 alluvial profiles at 15 study locations in eleven hydrologic basins. These localities inform a model of changing conditions in alluvial systems across the Northern Tier.
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The stunning, timely new novel from the acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of The Architect's Apprentice and The Bastard of Istanbul.
Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground -- an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor. A relic from a past -- and a love -- Peri had tried desperately to forget.
Three Daughters of Eve is set over an evening in contemporary Istanbul, as Peri arrives at the party and navigates the tensions that simmer in this crossroads country between East and West, religious and secular, rich and poor. Over the course of the dinner, and amidst an opulence that is surely ill-begotten, terrorist attacks occur across the city. Competing in Peri's mind however are the memories invoked by her almost-lost polaroid, of the time years earlier when she was sent abroad for the first time, to attend Oxford University. As a young woman there, she had become friends with the charming, adventurous Shirin, a fully assimilated Iranian girl, and Mona, a devout Egyptian-American. Their arguments about Islam and feminism find focus in the charismatic but controversial Professor Azur, who teaches divinity, but in unorthodox ways. As the terrorist attacks come ever closer, Peri is moved to recall the scandal that tore them all apart.
Elif Shafak is the number one bestselling novelist in her native Turkey, and her work is translated and celebrated around the world. In Three Daughters of Eve, she has given us a rich and moving story that humanizes and personalizes one of the most profound sea changes of the modern world.
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John Lewis Leads UK High-Street Battle
posted 2 Jan 2014, 09:13 by Mpelembe [ updated 2 Jan 2014, 09:14 ]
Reuters Business Report - John Lewis brightened up the gloom on Britain's high street business scene with a 7.2 per cent rise in Christmas sales.
A prolonged bout of bad weather and consumer caution has meant a struggle - and heavy discounting - for many retailers.
But the employee-owned department store spoke of strong demand for tablet PCs through to coffee machines.
Online sales jumped 22.6 per cent on a year ago - making up just under a third of total sales.
They came in at 734 million pounds in the five-week Christmas retail period - including, at nearly 36 million pounds, the stores biggest ever taking on a single day.
George Macdonald is editor of Retail Week.
SOUNDBITE: George Macdonald, Executive Editor, Retail Week, saying (English):
"They've done multi-channel really well, they've spent quite a lot of time and money making sure they've got a great online offer that works in tandem with the shops. I think they've done well with their marketing, they always make a big splash with theirChristmas advert and they've got a great reputation for product quality and standards of service and I think that's stood them in good stead."
Online sales also helped House of Fraser to its best-ever Christmas trading.
They were up just under 58 per cent - total sales showing an increase of 7.3 per cent on a year ago.
It could be a welcome sign of a turnaround for the store, which made a nearly seven million pound loss in its last year ...
... and which, according to industry sources, is attracting buyout interest from French peer, Galeries Lafayette.
But analysts are predicting a tough retail environment ahead.
George Macdonald, Executive Editor, Retail Week,
"The fact is consumers don't have any more money in their pockets this year than they did last, so they're being quite selective about what they choose to buy and when they choose to buy it, so retailers really need to be more in tune with the shopper than every before."
Debenhams continues to take a bruising in the Christmas high-street battle.
Two days after a profit warning showing how far it had fallen behind its rivals, it has announced the departure of finance director, Simon Herrick.
The warning - its second in a year - blamed heavy discounting across Britain's retail centres for a 25 per cent cut to its first-half profit forecast - although some analysts say Debenhams is also struggling due to a weaker online offer.
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Successful first year for environmental tech firm
In Buildings, Economy, Energy and Waste on 29.03.2016
A green technology installer in Stockport is celebrating a successful first year in business, having benefitted from specialist low carbon sector support from the Business Growth Hub.
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Integrated water management approach to delivery of the North West England River basin management plan.
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In 1927 my grandparents, Frank and Edith Matthews, sold everything worth selling and moved from Brown Hill, near Kalgoorlie to the inner Perth suburb of Mt Lawley. Brown Hill, like many mining towns in WA. does not exist today. In its place there is an enormous hole called "The Super Pit" I think they chose 29 Huff St, primarily for the three horse stables in the backyard Grandpa owned and trained trotting horses and for many years they were the most important thing in his life. It has always been a family joke that his horses were better cared for than the family because the stables at Brown Hill, attracted more interest when auctioned, than the house.
As a small boy, what impressed me most about '29' was its size; everything about it seemed huge. There were three bedrooms, all at least four metres square, and a smaller maid's room. The lounge, at twelve metres square, was more like a dance hall than a normal room, and during the war years, when a friend of the family was home on leave it was frequently used as such. Then there was the kitchen, a bathroom, a vestibule and a long dark passage, sixty six feet long, the same length as a cricket pitch and there was also a verandah/sleep-out.
During the latter years of the war, Mum and Aunty Mavis used one bedroom as a toy factory, where they made stuffed, felt toys which they sold to a city retailer and a couple of local stores. The backyard seemed nearly as big as a football field, especially when, as a teenager, it was my tum to do the mowing. How grateful I was that half the yard had been fenced off and made into a fowl run which didn't require mowing. Grandpa died in 1961, Grandma in 1970 and that wonderful old house that had been such an important part of my life was sold for $16,000 in 1972, having been in the family for forty five years.
I lived there with my father, mother and sister Valerie, in 1941, when I was five. We lived there again for a short period in 1943, after spending about eighteen months in the country, just a few miles south of Serpentine; 'hiding' from the Japanese. When we returned, a partition had been built down the centre of the huge lounge room dividing it into two long rooms; we lived on one side while Aunty Mavis, uncle Bob and their three children occupied the other half. My family moved to Kalgoorlie in early 1944 and it was not until about October 1950 that I returned to Perth to attend High School and '29' again became my home.
My most vivid memories are of the years I lived in the maid's room, while attending Forrest Junior Technical High School in Lord Street East Perth. I don't know when she arrived but for many years an elderly spinster, we all called Aunty Daisy, rented the 'toy factory' bedroom. She had been a friend of Grandma's since they were girls. Aunty Daisy was a small rotund little lady with short grey curly hair and an even shorter temper. I have no idea how much she paid in rent, but for an extra two shillings and six pence she joined us for dinner each Sunday. I suspect it was the only nutritious meal she had all week.
The piano in the lounge belonged to her and she played it frequently, particularly on a Sunday night. Some times I would try to sing along with her until she would snap. 'Ron! You are singing it all wrong.' Then I would answer. 'Well, that's the way Guy Mitchell sings it,' and storm off to the peace and tranquility of my bedroom.
The kitchen-dining room featured a dark, narrow walk-in pantry where Grandma kept her home made biscuits. There was a special tin for me, or which-ever grand child was living there at the time, in which she stored biscuits that did not meet her high standard. 'Seconds,' I suppose, but to me they were anything but second class, especially the strawberry jam and coconut slice, which was a particular favourite of my cousin Frank and to this day many in the Matthews family still call it "Frankie's Cake."
Then there was the bathroom, it too had a large walk-in cupboard where, to Grandma's disgust, Grandpa stored his brandy. It was always 'Seppelts Solero,' Three Star Hospital Brandy and he drank some every night, obviously for it's medicinal value, it was after all, Hospital Brandy, the label clearly said so. This same cupboard had been used during the war, to store Uncle Bert's 'black market grog'; wine and spirits which he sold to American servicemen, on leave. Grandpa kept his cut throat razor there. I thought it had the sharpest, cleanest cutting blade in the world and was perfect for cutting balsa wood, so I often borrowed it, being very careful to wipe it spotlessly clean before replacing it in the exact original place.
Next day he would curse and swear at the razor because it didn't seem to hold an edge like it should. He would then spend half an hour carefully stropping it. If he had discovered the reason for the razor loosing its fine edge, I think I would still carry the scars on my backside today. Sunday night was always 'bath night' when I would light the chip water heater then sit on the floor and feed paper and wood chips into the fire box to warm enough water for my weekly bath. It was a slow boring task, made even slower by me falling asleep while reading some of the heating fuel, namely The 'Reader's Digest,' and allowing the fire to go out.
The most impressive room was the lounge. An oval shaped dining room table and eight chairs were in the centre, a piano in one comer and an open fire place in another. In the comer opposite the piano, there were double glass doors which opened on to the "L" shaped verandah/sleep-out. There was also a trophy cabinet, book shelves, a three piece lounge suite, and a small oval table with a brown, bakelite, mantle radio on it. (Grandma always listened to 'When a Girl Marries,' 'The Burtons of Banner Street,' 'The Lawsons' and anything that involved Jack Davey.)
It was a beautiful room and in those pre T.V. days I had to have a very good reason before I was permitted to enter. One excuse which I used frequently and was always accepted was to look at Grandpa's trophies. I would read the inscriptions over and over again. They were a lasting tribute to his success as an owner and trainer of trotters. The largest and most prestigious of all had been won by a mare called "Dorrie Direct." It must have been nearly two feet high with handles on the side that stood out like wings. On the top was a solid silver horse, standing on the small circular lid. He must have felt so proud when it was presented to him. I believe my cousin Frank has it now, which is not unreasonable considering that he is the oldest son, of the oldest son and third generation to carry the name Francis Clement Matthews. Grandpa was a founder and Life Member of Western Australian Trotting Club.
At the end of the long, dark passage was the vestibule, a strange sort of room, quite large, which had no real purpose other than to link the passage, bath room, the back door and the maid's room. At different times at least five of her grand children called the maid's room 'home'. It was the smallest room in the house but large enough for a teenage boy in High School to be comfortable. It was also sufficiently far enough away from everyone else that the smell of thinners, acetone, dope, ether, Tarzan's grip, methanol, castor oil and turpentine etc. from my aero modeling activities, did not create panic among the more responsible residents.
The backdoor was in the centre of the vestibule and opened onto the verandah which stretched the full width of the house. At the far end there was the laundry, complete with an open, wood fired, boiling copper and two cement washing troughs which sat on a raised platform. I cannot recall ever seeing a washing machine but there was a hand operated clothes wringer bolted to the partition in the centre of the troughs. A short, curved path lead from the verandah to the toilet, a small stand alone brick building with a curved corrugated iron roof and cement floor. Instead of toilet paper there were small bundles of old newspaper, neatly cut into six inch squares, and threaded on to a piece of twine or hung onto a large nail, put there for that purpose.
Sometimes Grandma would be given a case of apples with each piece of fruit individually wrapped in green tissue paper. She must have been a conservationist at heart, because each sheet was saved, carefully flattened, then hung on the nail. After using news paper for so long the tissue paper felt as soft as silk. The high mounted cistern used at least four gallons, about eighteen litres, of water every time it was flushed because it took ages to refill, and reduced the flow to every other tap in the house.
The Hutt St Punters Club
About 1954, when cousin Frank was the resident grand child, he, Dad, another cousin Brian, and myself converted the harness store into a photographic dark room. It was never really dark enough to develop films by day but we did quite a few at night.
It was certainly a big step up from using the bath-room, where on one occasion someone turned on the light and ruined the film we were developing at the time. We called our group 'The Foggy Photo Camera Club.' Membership was restricted to those who had helped build the dark room plus our cousin Bernice, who firmly rejected our requests that she pose for us nude. Who can tell, it may have been the start of two new glamorous careers, for Bernice as a model, and for me as a photographer. One more lost opportunity?
I was seventeen and it was in the second half of 1953 when we began our gambling club. It was my father's idea, he was a born gambler, and we called it "The Hutt St Punters Club". There were only four members, restricted to those with the surname MATTHEWS, with two T's, the correct Cornish spelling: it was rather an exclusive club. The others were my two cousins Frank and Brian. Nearly every Saturday night for about a year we met at Frank's place to play penny-poker. Frank was "the grandchild in residence" at the time, occupying the small room at the back of our Grandmother's huge old house in Mt Lawley, an inner Perth suburb. This was the same room that I had happily occupied two years earlier, when I was a high-school student of very mediocre academic ability.
Yes, I know I said we played penny-poker, but it would be just as correct to say jelly-bean poker because jelly-beans were as acceptable as coins of the realm, having a value of two per penny. When we decided to add some variation to the night's activity by including the Perth trots, where we took turns at being the book maker, we rescinded their currency status and ceased trading in jelly-beans limiting all bets to a maximum of one shilling. At two beans per penny, no one wanted to go home with a pocket full of, much handled, rather grubby, sometimes licked, jelly-beans.
One Saturday night I was delayed and arrived later than the others, so after paying my respects to Grandma and her friends playing euchre in the lounge room, I made my way to Frank's bedroom. It surprised me to see that the light was out, the radio silent and the room apparently empty, because I had expected them to be set up and ready for the first race, which was scheduled to start in about five minutes, so I reached inside the door for the light switch. Beside the switch there was what we called a "skeleton wardrobe." It was a light, wooden frame, about the size of a normal wardrobe but instead of wood panelling on the outside, there was a patterned linen sheet which slid on a curtain spring.
As I was about to place my hand on the switch something grabbed me firmly by the wrist. It gave me such a fright that I wrenched my arm away violently, turned, ran across the vestibule then raced up the long dark passage convinced that I was in great danger of being eaten alive by an unseen monster. On reaching the door at the end of the passage I became aware of distant laughter and paused for a second before slowly retracing my steps toward Frank's bedroom, which seemed to be the source of the laughter. I pushed the door open, reached in and very cautiously turned on the light, where I saw Frank and Brian rolling on the floor, clutching their sides in a fit of uncontrolled laughter.
And there, sprawled against the wall, moaning and groaning, amidst the wreckage of the wardrobe, sat my father. He really was a sad and pathetic sight as he squatted with his head in his hands, blood from the gash in his forehead oozed between his parted fingers while a lump, already the size of an egg, grew larger by the second. They had been waiting in the dark for me to arrive and it was Dad, not King Kong or Godzilla, who grabbed me by the wrist. I had wrenched my arm away with such force that I pulled him through the side of the wardrobe and onto the edge of the partly opened door. In hindsight I think he probably had concussion and should have gone to see a doctor but he was never one to make a fuss, besides it was his tum to be the bookmaker and everyone knows that bookmakers always win.
Having had such a fantastic time the previous Easter, in 1957 I made plans to go to the Safety Bay Regatta with two old school friends. Unfortunately for me, Dad, Grandpa and Frank had made other plans and without bothering to ask me what I was doing, they had organized a compressor and all the equipment necessary to paint the roof. Dad and Grandpa were to stay on the ground mixing paint and watching the grass grow and the compressor compress, while Frank and I went aloft to clean and spray the corrugated iron roof. By mid morning on the second day we were going great guns and well on target to finish by late that afternoon. I was even having ideas of getting to the regatta late that night. Silly me!
Frank was using the spray gun when he noticed that the paint wasn't going on as it should. It seemed as though there was too little pressure even though we could still hear the compressor running. We called out to those below but didn't get any answer so we climbed down to investigate. As we approached the machine we smelled burning rubber. It didn't take long to find out why. Several feet of the air hose had become entangled around the pulley and had worn through in several places. Dad and Grandpa were inside enjoying their morning tea. To add insult to injury they blamed us for the problem. It took most of the day to get it repaired and functioning properly again so any ideas I had of sailing, dancing and beach parties were quickly dashed.
Grandma's Jam & Games
The most noteworthy feature of the back yard was the fig tree. It was enormous, covering almost half the yard. Every summer Grandma made jam. Not just a few jars but dozens and dozens and every vintage was better than the previous one. She gave it to her five children, to her numerous grandchildren, to her neighbours, her many friends in Kalgoorlie, Albany, Bunbury and Narrogin. She gave it to her friends at croquet, to Grandpa's bowling mates and to anyone who wanted some.
Many years later when I was serving in the Army, and living interstate, whenever I came home on leave I always took several jars with me when I left. Grandma was really quite famous throughout W.A. for her fig jam. The smell of it cooking on the old wood stove, floated across the neighborhood like a magic carpet with an almost hypnotic effect on all who inhaled the wonderful aroma. I could imagine people four blocks away licking their lips. If I close my eyes and sit quietly for a minute or two, I can taste it now. Then one fateful day Uncle Morry cut it down. I was devastated when I heard the news, shattered beyond hope, my world had been destroyed. As if to get revenge, the stump produced a crop of new shoots that came up around the base. In a few years there were six trees where there used to be only one. Justice had returned to the world and jam production began again.
Grandma's other great passion was playing cards. She loved any kind of game but preferred bridge, 500 and euchre and for several years, Dad and I participated in the Wednesday night ritual. In the winter we always played on a folding card table in the kitchen, which was warmed by the ancient Metter's wood stove. There was always an old blanket neatly spread across the card table so that the cards would slide smoothly. Grandma would not dream of playing without a blanket on the surface to protect the playing cards.
In a drawer in Grandpa's trophy cabinet there were dozens of packs of new playing cards, some she had won in competition, others she had been given. We could have used a new pack every month for ten years but Grandma was never one to waste anything that was still useful, so instead, we used her favourite old ones, which were regularly wiped clean with a damp cloth, lightly sprinkled with Johnson's Baby Powder then carefully put away for another day. I can't recall Grandpa ever joining us, but there were usually five or six players, one of which was Aunty Daisy, who was not a good player and almost always lost, while Dad and I almost always won. We kept our card money in a large 'Sunshine Full Cream Powdered Milk' tin, in the walk-in pantry and about every second month we emptied the copper contents into a calico bag to take home, count and bank.
During my life I have lived in at least thirty different places. In flats, houses, boarding houses, houses on railway wheels, hessian covered shacks, tents, army barracks and for the last six years, in a Retirement Village, but Grandma's house at 29 Hutt Street Mt. Lawley will always have a very special place in my heart and I suspect in many other hearts as well.
Yes, it was more than just bricks and mortar. It was a living, breathing thing that said to all. 'Come in! Make your self at home, how about a nice cup of tea?'
Whenever I visit Perth, a quick look at the old house is always high on my lists of things I must do.
Brown Hill
The Super Pit
Toy factory
Forrest Junior Technical High School
Dorrie Direct
When a Girl Marries
The Burtons of Banner Street
The Lawsons
Jack Davey
Western Australian Trotting Club
Safety Bay Regatta Albany
Metters stove
Johnson's Baby Powder
Sunshine Full Cream Powdered Milk
Seppelts Solero
Bath night
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[Talking point] Is short science fiction in crisis? A market review
Dec 03, 2015 by Vivienne Raper in The book business
Earlier this year I read short stories nominated for this year’s and the 2014 Hugo Awards, and some that missed out due to the Puppy kerfuffle. And I wondered: Were they the best that science fiction had to offer? And, if so, is short fiction – often seen as the core of the genre – in crisis?
That’s not an idle question. In a 2012 review of Richard Horton’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy in the Los Angeles Review of Books, British science fiction critic Paul Kincaid wrote:
“The overwhelming sense one gets, working through so many stories that are presented as the very best that science fiction and fantasy have to offer, is exhaustion. In the main, there is no sense that the writers have any real conviction about what they are doing. Rather, the genre has become a set of tropes to be repeated and repeated until all meaning has been drained from them.”
A related claim was made by author Nina Allan in her 2014 essay on genre short fiction in The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium. She described a key attribute of the British short science fiction as “hesitancy” with writers “reluctant to express anger at the current state of our political culture or to interrogate contemporary realities”:
“There is a fear of gut reaction, of urgency. Much of what we are offered instead is a dilute solution of generic archetypes and undirected ruminations written in a sub-Carver “show not tell” aesthetic—stories that reflect reality as a backdrop rather than integrating it as a subject matter and without any readily identifiable sense of personal mission.”
Short genre fiction is undoubtedly thriving – in publication numbers, at least. When Andrew Hook and Gary Couzens began publishing short stories in the 1990s, they were in something of a golden age for small-press magazines. Cheap desktop publishing and the rise of the internet meant, according to Gary, “There were a lot of them around, some coming and going quite quickly, others lasting a while and with a good reputation.”
While many of these magazines ceased to exist, Andrew – who has published more than 120 short stories since 1994 – says there’s still a vibrant market. He says, “Currently it feels to me that the print short story market is healthy, supported by webzines.”
Much of today’s boom is down to the internet. According to Lynda E. Rucker, who began submitting short fiction in 1994, “I think the internet has been a boon for short fiction, has maybe saved genre short fiction. I still love print mags, but it’s wonderful that sites like Tor, Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Apex, Lightspeed, Nightmare and quite a few others can pay rates of 5-20 US cents per word and showcase some really fine fiction.”
As well as reducing print costs for novellas and online magazines, the internet has opened up a wider range of publications to writers, with most taking electronic submissions. As Gary says, “it’s far easier to submit to markets in other countries, and of course markets in other countries publishing in other languages.” That said, he recommends that new writers stick to short stories, rather than novellas, as it’s easier to score that crucial first sale.
Anthologies also seem to be thriving with Lynda saying the market is “kind-of flooded.” But they are increasingly from small presses, rather than major publishers who – according to Gary, “find them a hard sell and I understand tend to put pressure on editors to include big names to put on the cover (who are often novelists and may not be the best short-fiction writers).”
Some authors are turning to Patreon – the creative crowdfunding platform – to connect with fans and provide a stable source of income. According to Hugo-winning author Kameron Hurley’s Patreon page, “What this Patreon lets me do is justify the time I need to spend to write shorter fiction without worrying about the market for it – and connect with you all while I’m doing it.”
Advantages of Patreon include simplifying the tax issues around micro-payments. Indie author M.C.A. Hogarth, in an SFWA Marketing Podcast, said she adopted the platform as an alternative to a tip jar (about 29 minutes in):
Readers would tip her $1, $3, $2.50 – which she’d painstakingly record in a spreadsheet for the US Internal Revenue Service. With Patreon, she gets a lump sum at the end of the month and her readers can make a regular contribution with their credit card.
Yet the disadvantages of Patreon remain myriad. Authors need a solid fanbase and to regularly deliver high-quality content. Indie genre author Luna Lovewell, who makes more than $700 a month via Patreon says, “I have found that it is difficult to get fans interested in Patreon. I think that part of it is that it is a bigger commitment than a one-time donation, and readers aren’t interested in that unless you’re doing an ongoing story.”
According to Alex Willging, who has just started using the platform to fund short science and fantasy fiction, “I don’t know for sure if Patreon will supplant spec fic magazines altogether, but I can see it becoming a more attractive option for amateur writers.”
Trouble is, despite the mass of publications and funding models, short fiction isn’t a ‘commercial’ genre. The fastest writer I interviewed consistently wrote 1,000 words in 7-10 hours (some writers may be faster). At a pay of 7-12 cents per word for The Magazine for Fantasy & Science Fiction, a professional market, selling every story and writing every day including Christmas, that’s $43,800 before tax. The average American made $44,600 in 2014. Even superstar short fiction writers like Harlan Ellison also rely on script writing and journalism for income.
According to Deborah Walker, who sold 169 short stories and poems in 2014, “I don’t know any writers making a living from short stories only, and I know a few who make a living indie publishing novels. The pay, even at professional rate, for shorts is too low for most writers to make a living wage. Last year, I spoke to one of my favourite short story writers, who’s very prolific and publishes in the top journals and he agreed. Some superstar short story writers might be making a living with short stories only… but I haven’t heard of any.”
Rates for short fiction have improved since 1975 when it seems they might have been 2 cents a word. The SFWA rates for a ‘pro’ publication rose to 6 cents per word in 2014 from 5 cents per word – the rate set in 2004. Yet this is still insufficient to pay a full-time American author a living wage and has largely not kept pace with inflation. Two cents a word in 1975 is equivalent to nine cents today. Not all pro markets pay those rates. Analog does. Strange Horizons doesn’t.
The main reasons to write short stories, according to pulp fantasy author Larry Correia, are to trial new settings with readers, practice writing technique and for marketing novels. There’s a real question over the purpose and quality of short fiction in this world. Or, as Nina Allan wrote about the copious output of small press anthologies,
Given that most writers would rather be paid than not, it is safe to assume that those with the skills and tenacity to make a significant contribution will gravitate away from the small presses and towards paid markets as soon as their work begins to attract wider attention.
There’s an open question whether low pay for short science fiction partially explains the ‘exhaustion’ or ‘hesitancy’ of the genre. This can’t be a full explanation, however. Jonathan McCalmont’s 2012 essay Cowardice, Laziness and Irony: How Science Fiction Lost the Future, mainly talks about books.
And it’s unclear there ‘is’ a crisis in the whole genre, rather than in the formal processes for promoting and awarding work. Greg Hullender and Rocket Stack Rank found – for major publications in 2015 – that 12% of recommended stories were hard SF. And the stories they rate as good cover a wide range of topics.
The issue remains, for me, that some of the stories Rocket Stack Rank recommend – such as Edited in Interzone #259 – write on small-scale, personalised canvases. They’re literary vignettes that mainly address individual experience, rather than wider ethical, social or political issues, such as – for example – the relationship between citizen and state.
Any combination of factors could be responsible. From growing cultural sensitivity, as perhaps demonstrated by the controversy over Jonathan Ross at Loncon 3 or Elizabeth Moon’s uninvitation from WisCon leading to – possibly – writers steering away from controversial topics. To science fiction entering the literary mainstream, while – speculating wildly – short genre hasn’t the prestige to attract or keep experimental writers.
And then there’s pessimism about the future. As Nina Allan wrote about British science fiction:
In post-Blair, Coalition Britain, the sense of optimism and widening opportunity that characterised the 1960s—in the workplace, in social relations, in gender equality—has largely been replaced with an atmosphere of constraint, of increasing social conservatism and dangerous levels of political apathy.
Today’s western science fiction authors must contend with narrowing horizons and darkening political skies. The rise of European nationalism and regionalism, fears of a Third World War, climate change, terrorism, rising income inequality in many developed countries, and the crisis in the US presidential system (with the risk of a government shutdown and coup).
Perhaps these contemporary realities are why many science fiction authors focus on the personal, the particular and – often – the nostalgic, and are hesitant about tackling big ideas. Especially at 6 cents a word.
Again, thanks to everyone who took the time to chat to me. I really appreciate it.
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Electric cars 1 – baseline figures: electric cars vs an economical diesel
Before comparing running costs of different types of car, it is worth thinking about the cost of petrol and diesel compared with electricity, and indeed other fuels. This post is the first part of a series. We begin by considering the raw costs of fuel. Next we consider the efficiency with which we can use those fuels, which affects the the real cost of use. The third part looks how taxes affect the real costs.
Before making a comparison, it’s useful to remind ourselves of the units we are using. Lift an apple up a metre and you’ve done about a joule of work. Do that 3.6 million times and you’ve done 3,600,000 joules of work; that’s 1 kilowatt hour (kWh), the standard unit for supplying gas and electricity to the home.
Here is a direct comparison of the costs to the consumer of electricity, petrol and diesel.
We are comparing all the fuels by the price per kilowatt-hour, even though we don’t buy petrol and diesel by the kilowatt-hour.
What is there to remark on? Perhaps that the different fuel costs per kWh are broadly similar and there is no obvious reason, from this information, leading us to think that electric cars should be cheap to run.
We buy petrol and diesel in litres rather than kWh and we know that diesel fuel is a significantly more expensive than petrol, and yet the cost per kilowatt-hour for the two fuels is similar. It’s not hard to see that diesel fuel contains more energy per litre.
Let’s follow the numbers.
A litre of petrol has an energy content 9.4 kWh per litre and petrol currently costs 116.4p per litre. So the price per kWh is 116.4/9.4 = 12.4p per kWh.
A litre of diesel has an energy content of 10.3 kWh and costs 120.6p. So the price per kWh is 120.6/10.3 = 11.7p per kWh. We can see one reason why diesel cars cheaper to run than petrol cars: diesel, despite being 4% more expensive, is about 6% cheaper per kWh.
Buying electricity from the electricity supply at home, we pay about 17 p per kWh. Some electricity tariffs supply electricity more cheaply at night and charge a bit more per day (20p) and less (10p) for the 7 hours overnight, averaging the same 17p per kWh.
Public electric charging stations
Electric cars are in their infancy. Charging at home is a recent step. But public charging stations are even more of an innovation. The prices of the services they provide will no doubt change over time but at the moment it can be much more expensive to charge your car from a station ‘on the road’. Ionity fast chargers charge 69p per kWh, with other providers charging more than twice what you would pay at home. If these costs become applied generally, electricity is certainly not a cheap fuel. On the other hand Lidl charges 23p p/kWh at the moment, a reasonable mark-up for the cost of providing the service. Tesco is free but one can’t see that lasting.
You can stop here if you like
The rest of this post is concerned with following the numbers through for a wide variety of fuels, not all of them for transport. I’ve put it here because I think it’s fun to collate all the fuel information and also so that later on I can branch off into considering domestic heating. You might like to have a quick look at the summary table a bit further down before departing.
Road LPG
LPG stands for liquefied petroleum gas, It liquefies under modest pressures and so can be stored in tanks and used for domestic and commercial heating and for vehicle propulsion.
LPG has an energy content of 7.2 kWh per litre and at a current price of about 65p per litre, that’s 65/7.2 = 9p per kWh.
Heating LPG
Here we find our first consideration of the effect of tax on prices. LPG for heating has much less tax on it than LPG for transport. That brings its costs down to a typical 36 p per litre and with the energy stored being 7.2 kWh/litre, that equates to 36/7.2 = 5 p per kWh.
Red diesel is a tax-free version of road diesel, used for purposes like powering agricultural vehicles or heating. It is ordinary road diesel that has a red dye to colour it to check it is not used for taxable purposes. Red diesel has the same energy content as road diesel at 10.3 kWh per kWh but the reduced tax means that it costs only about 60p per litre. So the price per kWh is 60/10.3 = 5.8p per kWh.
Gas costs about 3p per kWh at the moment. That’s because the oil price is very low due to the covid crisis. My own view, for reasons that I might address eventually, is that the ‘right’ price for gas is 5p per kWh.
Summary of fuel costs
I’ve decided to summarise the fuel costs at this point before you get too bored with repeated calculations. The remaining calculations and some comments on the fuels follow the table.
10.85 kWh per litre and 41p per litre, which gives 41/10.85 = 3.8p per kWh.
House Coal is £267 per tonne (1000 kg) or 26.7p per kg. Its calorific value is about 7 kWh/kg. So the cost per kWh is 26.7/7 = 3.8p per kWh.
Anthracite is 40p/kg with a calorific value of 9.2 kWh/kg, giving a cost of 40/9.2 = 4.34 p/kWh.
Blaze Smokeless house fuel is 33.5 p/kg, with a calorific value of 5 kWh/kg giving a cost of 33.5/5 = 6.7 p/kWh.
Like all fuels in which there is direct negotiation with the supplier, solid fuels prices depend on your ability to haggle and the time of the year at which you are buying. You can buy smokeless fuel for 28p/kg in the summer, much less than its winter price.
£265 for 1150 kg, which is 23p/kg. Calorific value around 4.9 kWh/kg, which gives 23/4.9 = 4.7 p/kg.
My own view is that wood pellets are not, in general, a renewable source of energy. Wood sawdust should be used to make materials like MDF (medium density fibreboard) which is used instead of wood in many products. Those who use them believing that the have some benefit in ‘saving the planet’ should think twice. Burning pellets of wood results in more living trees being cut down and therefore encourages the destruction of the natural environment.
Kiln dried Ash logs, £350 for 750 kg = 47p/kg. Calorific value 5.5 kWh/kg, giving 47/5.5 = 8.5 p/kWh.
Manufactured heat logs
Wickes; £6.50 for 9.5 kg, a pack of 12. That’s 68p/kg. There is no given figure for the calorific value of this product but the forest research reference below indicates that the calorific values of all woods is about 5 kWh/kg. So these Heat Logs cost 68/5 = 13.7 p/kWh. They are an expensive form of heating, particularly when we take into account efficiency in the next post on this subject.
Figures for this post date from January 2020
http://www.monikie.org.uk/fuel-calorific-values.htm/
https://homefuelsdirect.co.uk/
https://www.nextgreencar.com/car-tax/fuel-duty/
https://www.directstoves.com/resources/guide-to-solid-fuels/
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/documents/1958/FR_BEC_Wood_as_Fuel_Technical_Supplement_2010.pdf
https://www.whatcar.com/news/electric-vehicle-charging-%E2%80%93-what-does-it-really-cost/n16833
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-8046323/Charging-electric-car-using-public-chargers-cost-10-TIMES-home.html
This poem, about Elgar, is a memory from childhood. It’s quirky and amusing.
I’ve googled it, etc, with no luck. So I stick it here wondering if a search engine will pick it up and a fellow seeker will find that he isn’t a lone seeker.
Try to imagine if you can
That Elgar was a handyman,
And when not writing tunes and airs
Was very fond of making chairs,
And he derived such merriment
From chemical experiment.
Another thing you’d often see
Was Elgar chopping down a tree,
And once he made a double bass
Out of an ancient packing case.
I think this fact sticks out a mile:
Elgar was very versatile.
It goes against our nature to be told there is nothing one can do about something but sometimes logic drives us to that conclusion. Energy saving heating controls are sometimes like that. Some controls are worthwhile: others are not. Despite apparently well-qualified sources saying the contrary, if one has a modern hot water cylinder heated by oil or gas, it saves almost no energy to have the hot water timed, rather than have it turned on continuously.
Here is the energy label from typical recent hot water cylinder.
This label shows that the cylinder has a volume of 150 litres and loses heat at the rate of 60 watts (60 joules per second).
Calculating the energy loss
Losing energy at 60 joules per second means 60 x 3600 = 216,000 J per hour.
Overnight (from 10 pm to 6 am) or during the day (from 8am to 4 pm) are 8-hour stretchs, so during that time the total energy loss is 8 x 216,000 joules = 1,728,000 joules = 1.78 MJ. That’s 1.78/3.6 kWh, about half a kilowatt hour, ie about 3 p if you heat your hot water by gas.
So, every morning, or every evening, if the hot water has been turned off for 8 hours, the boiler uses 3 p worth of fuel just to top up the losses during the day. That’s 6 p per day, or £22 per year. Is there the possibility of saving some of that energy wasted?
As the tank loses energy it cools down
The tank contents are 150 litres (150 kg) of water. We can calculate how much its temperature falls.
Energy = mass x specific heat capacity x temperature change.
1,728,000 joules = 150 kg x 4200 J/kg K x temperature change
temperature change = (1,728,000)/(150 x 4200) = 2.74 °C (Physicists label that 2.47 K)
If the hot water is turned off, the temperature drops a small amount.
If your controls turn the hot water off for an 8-hour period, your hot water drops in temperature by about 3 °C, say from a set temperature of 65 °C down to 62 °C. That means its average temperature is 63.5 °C.
The first effect of the heating system when the time turns the hot water system back on is to heat the water back up to 65 °C. That’s where the 3 p worth of energy is used.
If the hot water is left on, the temperature doesn’t fall
If you leave your heating switched on, the hot water stays at 65 °C. Whenever the thermostat senses that the temperature dropping, it turns the heating system on to top it back up. So instead of having to reheat the water when the system turns back on, it is continually topping up the energy loss – by an amount pretty much the same as the 3-p-worth which it needs if it switches the hot water off.
But surely you save some energy by turning off?
If you keep the hot water on, it is at a steady 65 °C, that is steadily 45 °C above the 20 °C surrounding room.
If your controls turn the hot water off for an 8-hour period, the tank temperature drops from 65 °C down to 62 °C, an average of 43.5 °C above the surroundings. This is not very different from leaving the hot water on and therefore the heat loss is pretty similar.
If, when switched off, the temperature above the surroundings has dropped in the proportion 43.5/45 compared with leaving the hot water turned on. The energy loss, and the cost of the energy loss, has dropped in the same proportions.
So the heat losses during switched-off times go from £22 a year to = £22 x 43.5/45 = £21.27 a year. That means that the reheating costs drop by 83p a year.
If you have oil or gas central heating and you control your hot water heating and turn it off for periods during the day, you might save £1 a year, a trivial saving against the convenience of hot water at any time or the simplifications of your heating control system.
In fact the savings are even less
So far we’ve assumed that all the ‘losses’ from the hot water cylinder are waste. This is not always the case. At times of year when a house is being heated, energy ‘lost’ from the boiler is useful in heating the house. If the house is being heated by gas, a 60 W loss from the hot water tank is worth as much as about a 20 W heating from the gas boiler during the heating season, so the potential savings of switching off drop to about 70p a year. If you are heating by on-peak electricity, the 60 W ‘lost’ is just as good as 60 W produced by your electrical heating, so the savings are about 42 p per year.
What about longer periods of switch-off
If you are away for a whole 24-hour day, that’s three times as long as the 8-hour periods we’ve considered. If you turned the heating off for that day away, the hot water temperature would drop by about 3 x 2.47 K, = 7.4 K, ie down from 65 °C to 57.6 °C, an average temperature of 61.3 °C, ie 41.3 K above the surroundings. This would take the heat loss down to 8.3p. So you can save 0.7 p by turning off the heating if you are aware for a day. Only if you are away for several days during which the tank temperature will drop very significantly, is it worth turning the hot water off. If you turn the tank off when you are away for a week, you will save about 60p. With the average household away for less than 4 weeks a year, turning off hot water when one is away can save at the most a couple of pounds a year.
If you have a combi boiler
Most combi boilers heat hot water on demand. With them there is no stored hot water and no ability to turn the hot water off. Some combi boilers have a small reservoir of water that is always kept hot so that the boiler delivers hot water even more quickly. One can save a small amount of energy by turning this pre-heat system off but manufacturers do not recommend it because the savings are small.
The only time is is worth controlling hot water heating
If you have off-peak water heating it is worth controlling the hot water heating. In that situation it makes sense to make sure that the heating of the hot water is done during the night. Let’s run the calculations.
In a flat occupied by 2 people, hot water consumption might be 100 litres (100 kg) of water per day. This water has to be heated from an average temperature of 10 °C to, 65 °C, an increase of 55 kelvin. The energy needed to heat this water is
mass x specific heat capacity x temperature rise
= 100 kg x 4200 joule/kg K x 45 K = 18.9 MJ = 18.9/3.6 = 5.25 kWh.
Heating this by on-peak electricity at 14.9p per kWh costs 14.9 x 5.25 = 78 p per day.
Heating this by off-peak electricity at 9.3 p per kWh costs 9.3 x 5.25 = 49 p per day.
So you can save 29 p per day, ie £106 per year, by using off-peak electricity.
Under those circumstances only is it worth controlling the time at which you heat the water.
Topping-up electrically heated hot water
Many electrically heated hot-water systems have a top-up facility by which one can turn an immersion heater on if one runs out of off-peak-heated water.
If one needs the top-up regularly, then certainly one is using more than 100 litres per day and there is value in considering a larger tank. There are savings in the order of £200 per year if one heats 200 litres of water a day with off-peak electricity rather than with on-peak.
On the other hand, if one tops up rarely, the easiest thing to do is to set the overnight heater to a high temperature and the top-heater to a lower temperature. It will rarely turn itself on and the cost of having hot water always available will be less than £10 a year if one found that one was turning the on-peak heater on less often than once a week.
There are exceptions to this analysis. If one wears hair shirts and likes to be nagged into reduced water consumption, rely on the overnight hot water running out and giving you the occasional cold shower so that you have less time in the shower and take pleasure in using less hot water and less energy.
In practice there are a number of confusing factors to this analysis. Experience shows that those households in which saving energy is a high priority are also those with drench showers that use most water…
Other reasons for switching the hot water off at night.
Sometimes the most numerate don’t like the feeling that there is nothing that one can do to effect a significant saving and they want to control the water heating whatever. Sometimes there is a light sleeper in the house disturbed by the noise of the hot water system…
Surely there is something you can do?
Modern hot water cylinders are much more effectively insulated. If your hot water cylinder is old, and by that I mean perhaps as little as 10 years old because insulation standards have increased rapidly in the last decade, it is worth considering a new hot water cylinder.
Hot water cylinder swap worthwhile?
Heat your hot water cylinder fully and measure the hot water temperature (say at the tap with a cooking thermometer). Then turn off its heating completely and measure the hot water temperature after 8 hours.
If the temperature falls by less than 5 °C in eight hours your cylinder is well-enough insulated. The greater fall than this, the more worthwhile it is swapping the cylinder. If the temperature falls by 20 °C in 8 hours, you’ll save well over a hundred pounds a year by upgrading to a modern hot water cylinder.
The green serenity prayer
As always it makes sense to change the things that matter, accept the things that don’t and have the wisdom to know the difference.
Small electric cars
Carwow recently tested 6 small electric cars. They were able to travel between 3.7 and 5.2 miles per kWh and had ranges between 113 and 229 miles. That’s a factor of 2 in the range but the battery sizes varied from 28.5 kWh to 52 kWh. Roughly, if you have twice the battery size, you can go twice as far. The best was the Renault Zoe which, with the 52 kWh battery, has a mass of about 1500 kg, or a ton and a half.
Larger electric cars
A Tesla Model S has a mass of 2350 kg (2.3 tonnes) with the largest (100 kWh) battery. Its range is claimed to be 315 miles. So the Model S is able to travel 315 miles/100 kWh = 3.15 miles per kWh.
Why do larger electric cars, with larger range, do fewer miles per kWh? The answer is simple. If you have a larger battery it’s much heavier (technically a larger mass). The Renault Zoe 52 kWh battery has a weight of 326 kg. The Tesla S 100 kWh battery has a weight of 625 kg, roughly twice that of the Renault Zoe for twice the capacity. If the battery has a larger mass then the whole car needs to have a larger mass because it needs to have larger motors to accelerate that mass, larger brakes to slow the mass down, stronger structures to support the mass, etc.
The biggest electric fuel tank on the market
So far as I am aware, the 100 kWh battery of the Tesla model S is the biggest car electrical fuel tank on the market. It has a capacity of 100 kWh.
Comparing electric car figures with a modern diesel car
Let’s compare the Tesla battery with the modest 47 litre fuel tank from my own medium-sized Renault Megane.
Diesel fuel has energy of 10 kWh per litre. So the the 47 litre tank has an energy capacity of 470 kWh. That sounds great until you realise that the efficiency of a diesel engine is about 30% compared with the near 100% efficiency of electrical motors. So let’s multiply by 30% (0.3) to work out the effective capacity of the Renault Megane fuel tank.
30% x 470 kWh = 141 kWh.
Gosh, that’s interesting. A medium-sized diesel car has nearly 50% more energy capacity than the largest electric car.
Moreover, since diesel has a density of about 0.8 kg per litre, the mass of the diesel tank plus the fuel will be about 47 kg for its energy capacity of 141 kWh, compared with the Tesla battery’s mass of 625 kg for an energy capacity of 100 kWh.
Diesel tank: 3 kWh/kg.
Electric battery: 0.16 kWh/kg.
The diesel fuel tank stores nearly 20 times as much per kilogram than the electric battery. In fact, for reasons I may tackle on a later post, the difference is even bigger than this.
Diesel car fuel consumption
The 2016 Renault Megane diesel is quiet, comfortable and has good economy figures.
It has a mass of 1500 kg, about the same smaller electric Zoe. (The Zoe’s mass is larger because the battery has a large mass.) Over around 8364 miles of mostly long-distance driving, it averaged 56 mpg with an average speed of about 30 mph. That’s a slower speed, and more accelerating and braking than the cars in the Carwow test.
8364 miles at 56 mpg is 8364/56 = 149.4 gallons for those 8364 miles.
Since there are 4.55 litres per gallon, that is 149.4 x 4.55 = 680 litre.
Each litre has 10 kWh of energy but diesel engines are only 30 % efficient, so we get 3 kWh of useful work out of each litre of diesel.
Total amount of useful work out = 3 kWh/litre x 680 litres = 2040 kWh for 8364 miles.
So energy needed per mile = 8364 miles/2040 kWh = 4.1 miles/kWh.
So we can see that the medium-sized Renault Megane travels as many miles per available kWh as a typical small electric car.
Broad facts worth remembering.
A small car will travel about 5 miles per kWh.
A large car will travel about 3 miles per kWh.
Medium cars, as you might imagine, are somewhere in the middle.
If you want to travel 300 miles in a large car, you need 100 kWh.
That is as simple as that.
A 50 kWh battery, powering a small car which does 5 miles/kWh, will give a range of 50 kWh x 5 miles/kWh = 250 miles, but there isn’t yet a small electrical car that will do that: the Renault Zoe, travelling at a constant speed along a motorway, only did 229 miles.
Other tests on the Megane
I did two trial runs on quiet motorways to measure fuel consumption at fixed speeds.
At 48 mph I averaged 72 mpg.
These figures point to the reasonableness of the overall 56 mpg figure experienced in practice.
What if coronavirus,
Creeps around unstoppably,
In aerosols too fine for masks to impede
And, like many a disease before it,
Is already so widespread
That, despite all our efforts,
It will take its toll
Whatever we do?
What if our many billions,
Poured out in lockdown
With no regard for wiser means,
Have had not the slightest effect,
Save for an impoverishment
That leads us to borrow more
From nations who hold in contempt
All we once regarded as dear?
What if men and women,
Entranced by man’s achievements,
With ne’er a thought for God,
Have grown oblivious to the powers of nature,
And, having been told so often
That we have rights to all and sundry,
Forget that the source is not government fiat
But fair winds and the sweat of man’s brow?
What if we are governed
By a godlessness
That, unlike the real Canute,
Knows not the limits of man’s power
But assures us that viruses can be beaten
And, were it politically expedient,
Would equally tell us
That the sea could be held back?
Canute the Great was king of Denmark, England and Norway. He was one of the first Scandinavian kings to accept Christianity. Medieval historian Norman Cantor called ‘the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history‘, which corelates with the story of him demonstrating to his flattering courtiers that he had no power over the waves.
The story reminds one of Psalm 2:
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
“Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
“I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have become your father.
Ask me,
the ends of the earth your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
Therefore, you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear
and celebrate his rule with trembling.
Kiss his son, or he will be angry
and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Abandoning mechanical disk drives
A fast mechanical hard drive, connected by a USB 3.0 connection to a laptop, conveys data at around 90 MB/s. Multiplying by 60 that’s 5400 MB/minute, ie around 200 minutes for 1 TB.
It is reasonable (at least in 2020) to say that man can survive on 1 TB, unless one is actively engaged in copious video editing, hence the many online storage systems that offer 1 TB as the entry level. If one does a complete backup monthly, not a daft thing to do, that means hanging around for 200 minutes, ie 3 or 4 hours, for a backup every month.
A fast 1TB USB solid state disk will operate many times faster than a mechanical hard drive. This one, from Sandisk, costs £150 and promises 1000 MB/s. In practice a typical laptop USB port will limit that to 400 MB/s. This is still five times as fast as a mechanical hard drive. It means completing a full backup in half an hour.
So moving from mechanical hard disks to fast solid-state-disks can save a couple of hours hanging around time per month.
If one regards one’s labour, or one’s free time, as worth as little as £5 per hour, swapping from a mechanical hard drive to SSD could save one 2 hours of hanging around per month, £10 per month, £120 per year…not far of the price of the fast SSD saved in a year. If one is in a commercial environment, the time value of money means that it is even more worthwhile to make the move to solid state storage.
Covid-19 and its overall effect on England and Wales death rate.
Covid-19 has affected death rates in obvious ways: it has been a direct cause of death; it has occurred alongside other illnesses, resulting in some earlier deaths as a consequence; its disruptive presence throughout the health service has resulted in early deaths for some who have been denied life-saving treatment, or have been reluctant to seek treatment, for other conditions. As 2020 comes to a close, we can see the overall effect of covid over getting on for a whole year and its overall impact on the death rate for England and Wales.
This graph shows the erratic nature of the weekly death figures. There are big spikes down at Christmas (and other holidays) when deaths are reported late and up just after New Year when the deaths over Christmas are added in. But this graph already shows some interesting figures.
The death rate for over 65s is about 4%. That means that 1 in 25 over-65s die within a year on average. But since there are about 11 million people over 65, that is about 440,000 over-65s deaths per year.
The death rate for under-65s is about 0.2%. We can see that that it has varied little as a result of covid. On average 1 in 500 under 65s die every year. And since there are nearly 50 million under-65s, that means that there are about 100,000 under-65s deaths per year.
The average total death rate for England and Wales is the 440,000 over-65s plus the 100,000 under-65s, giving a total annual death rate of about 540,000.
If we average the weekly death rate over a 4-week period, we see more of the underlying pattern.
This shows that the death rate for over 65s varies quite a lot over the year, hitting a peak sometimes over 6% in the winter, dropping to below 4% in summer. This year we had a very high peak of over 8% in March but that was followed by particularly low death rate in August. Some of those who died in the April covid peak did not live to die at their expected time of August. This provokes the question as to what extent the reduced deaths of August compensated for the increased deaths in May. To find out the extent of this balance, we average over a longer period of 4 months.
The 4-month average shows that 2020 is only a slightly unusual year. For the over-65s, the death rate rose to a high of 5.6%, while falling to an unusual low of 3.6% in September.
Certainly covid was instrumental in the particularly high death rate in April but there was another contributory factor: winter 2018-19 was a year in which there were relatively few flu deaths. This means that the vulnerable who would normally have died in that winter were still around in the peak of the 2019-20 season and among those who succumbed to covid.
We still see the particularly low death rate of 3.6% in September, a consequence of the vulnerable dying in April and not being around to contribute to the September statistics.
Monthly figures are not available for years before 2010. But whole year figures are available from 2006 and are shown here.
As can be seen, the 2020 death rate is entirely normal in the historical context, having an overall death rate for over 65s of 4.5%, slightly more than the peak of 4.4% in 2015 but less than the 4.8% figures from 2006 to 2008
Calculating total excess deaths
On the basis of previous years we predict how many deaths we would expect in a given year and compare it with the actual number of deaths. These figures we have been dealing with enable us to make a prediction for death rates for 2020.
If we confine our calculations to the recent low death-rate years, the average death rates for under-65s from 2013 week 52 to 2019 week 51 are as follows:
Under-65s – 0.169%
Over-65s – 4.321%
Using the figures below for the numbers in the two cohorts, this gives predicted deaths for 2020 of
Under-65s – 83,376
Over-65s – 459,545
Total – 562,922 (The extra 1 being a consequence of rounding issues.)
In fact the total deaths in England and Wales for 52 weeks from 2019 week 52 to 2020 week 51 has been 600,058. This is an excess death figure of 37,136. However, if we compare 2020 with 2006-8, we find that 2020 has had 27,491 fewer deaths pro rata than these years.
Even if the excess mortality in 2020 is close to 37,000, that includes deaths from all causes, including the knock-on excess deaths from all other diseases where treatment has been disrupted by attention to covid. (Many of us know perhaps more individuals who have had life-saving treatment disrupted than individuals who have died of covid.)
Bearing in mind that there have been suggestions that excess deaths for cancer may be, at a minimum, in the order of 10,000, it seems likely that the excess deaths due to covid will be well under 30,000. This is in stark contrast to the figure published for covid deaths in England and Wales of 65,795 (as on 31/12/2020).
As can be seen from the graph below about excess winter deaths, seasonal deaths commonly vary by over 20,000 from one year to another. In which case, even were the 37,000 excess deaths this year all due to covid, that would not be far out from the range of swings that habitually occur from year to year – see the graph below.
Survivability – the chance of surviving the year
So far we have calculated in terms of death rates, the chance of dying in a year. But a different, and possibly more relevant, perspective is to consider the chance of surviving the year, a more useful way of seeing the impact of covid on our lives.
For those of us over 65, over the 6 years from 2013 to 2019, the death rate was 4.3%, meaning that our chance of survival was 95.7%. 2019 was a particularly good year in which survivability of over-65s was 95.9%. In 2020, with a death rate of 4.5%, survival rate has been 95.5%.
Here we can see how survivability has changed over the last fifteen years.
With over-65s survival rate consistently a little above 95% we can see that the effect of covid has been really very small. We can stop worrying and regard 2020 as a normal year.
Since first publishing this, the Office for National Statistics has crunched the figures. Their figures are for the 12 months to the end of November 2020. Here is the graph for age-standardised-mortality.
As you can see, this graph is pretty much identical in shape to my own graph on death rates above. Again it shows that 2020 is not a particularly exceptional year.
The BBC, in their publication of the ONS statistics, were very naughty. They focused on the excess deaths in 2020 being greater than any other year since the Second World War. Well, since the population (at 68 million compared with 47 million during WW2) and the proportion of over-65s (18% as opposed to 10%) are greater in 2020 in any other year, of course we should expect the death rates to be greater.
Statistical notes
These figures are produced by taking the ONS published weekly death rate figures, multiplying them by 52 to give an annual death rate figure and dividing them by the numbers in the two cohorts (0-64 and 65+).
Numbers in the two cohorts are calculated from published UK population figures, reduced by 11.3% decreasing to 11.0% from 2010 to 2020 to account for those in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Percentage of over-65s in the UK population is derived from the sources below, interpolating between fixed point data where necessary. Here are the figures used.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/ageing/articles/whatdoesthe2011censustellusaboutolderpeople/2013-09-06#:~:text=In%202011%2C%209.2%20million%20residents,from%202001%20with%208.3%20million.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827518/Recent_trends_in_mortality_in_England.pdf
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(20)30388-0/fulltext
https://www.univadis.co.uk/viewarticle/uk-covid-19-daily-up-to-35-000-excess-cancer-deaths-predicted-724669
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdrreferencetables
Multiple bank accounts
For a long time I was a believer in a single, well-checked bank account. I realised now that I’d never checked most of my spending. I had a rough idea how much it was because I noticed whenever I took out £100 or so from the bank and how long it had been since I last withdrew cash. At any instant I could see how much cash I’d spent by how much was left in my wallet. But I never checked small amounts like the 49p for cable clips, or the £1.50 for a pasty, because I never checked individual receipts for cash payments.
I always had a rough idea how much cash I spent which I checked by matching 4 or 5 cash withdrawal slips with the bank statement, at the same time checking the dozen or so big items which were not cash, and my total cash spending from the cash withdrawal
Then the world changed as the number of card payments from my ‘single, well-checked bank account’ steadily rose. Come bank statement checking time, I found it was a nightmare with so many bits of paper. The big items were being disguised by a large number of small items, like 49p for some cable clips or £1.50 for a pasty. Bank account checking, which had been easy, became difficult. That coincided with a suggestion from a family member that multiple bank accounts were worth considering and eventually I was converted. I now have four main bank accounts:
Day-to-day
Income account
All my income goes into my Income account. From that account there are three standing orders to my other three accounts. It takes seconds to check my Income account statement because just my income goes in and three standing orders come out.
Bills account
I have a Bills spreadsheet (Google docs) which lists all my regular bills, including estimated amounts for things that I know will happen. It’s something like this:
The spreadsheet tells me that my regular bills are something around £650 a month and there is a standing order from my Income account to my Bills account of £700 a month. It’s easy to check my Bills account because there is the single income from my Income account and a number of payments, all of which I am expecting and included on the spreadsheet. As the years go on, I add more and more things to the Bills spreadsheet which gradually gets clearer as a predictor of the regular outgoings.
There is a standing order from my Income account straight into my Savings account, of an amount I have decided to save every month. (In fact there is another standing order into the Savings account of £150, the car replacement cost and the family holiday cost. Those amounts, too, accumulate in my savings account and, come new car time and holiday time, those bills are paid from my savings account.) Checking my savings account is easy. There are the two standing orders, one from Income and one from Bills, and that’s it until I spend on holiday or car.
The third payment from my Income account is to the Day-to-day account. From that I pay food, car fuel, meals out, any hobby expenditure, paint for the house, furniture, books, magazines, Amazon expenditure, Ebay, optician charges…plus cable clips and pasties. In other words, all the other expenditure. My credit card comes out of this account as well. So all my expenditure is summarised by the Bills account or the Day-to-day account, through which all my expenditure is paid.
My day-to-day account is a Starling account, though Monzo is just as good. Starling is an electronic banking account that is very easy to use and check. It is my wallet and gets filled up by the standing order at the beginning of the month. At any stage of the month I can look at it and see how much I have spent and how much I have left.
Do I check the Day-to-day account? No I don’t. It’s like I used to treat my wallet. I only look at the totals. But it’s better than my wallet because I can look back at the expenditure over the month and instantly see the patterns in my expenditure. Starling provides me with monthly summaries categorising my expenditure as well as the detail if I want it.
The consequence of all the above is that I check Income, Bills and Saving monthly. But it only takes seconds, because they are so easy to check. I check Day-to-day quite often but briefly, seeing how long it is until the end of the month and how much I have left. As for the nightmare of monthly checking of my bank statements, that has gone completely. Life is so much easier and clearer.
Is this OCD? Possibly. But actually it is appropriate OCD. Appropriate OCD makes life easier, reducing the time doing things that one doesn’t want to do, leaving more time for the things that one does want to do.
For a while, bank accounts have been free. So, if a different type of expenditure arises, it’s been easy to have another account for that expenditure. Even where there is a charge (Starling charges £2 a month for extra accounts) it can be worth having additional accounts if you can’t get a free one from a different bank. House renovations: get a house renovation account. Pay for everything with a card from that account and instantly you can see how much has been spent on the whole project. If it’s easier, and to avoid confusion, it’s possible to have separate car and holiday accounts to keep them separate from general savings. Husband and wife ‘pocket money’, separate from general household expenditure, can also go in separate accounts.
Other forms of income – share dividends, self-employed work etc – can also each have their own account. That way, come tax return time, all the information is in one account.
Power tools – battery vs mains
Here is a very rough comparison of the costs of mains and 18V power tools. The comparisons are between Einhell, Makita, deWalt, Milwaukee and Bosch. The comparisons are rough and ready, using the cheapest available items in each category in Screwfix, Toolstation and Wickes online as sources for the prices. There was no attempt to match specifications, for instance by ensuring that all were brushless, etc. Milwaukee corded tools are not included because they do not seem to be generally.
Don’t compare directly the Total, excluding battery, column for corded and cordless, because the former does not have an impact driver included.
The brands are in price order with Einhell by far the cheapest and Bosch most expensive.
1. There is not an awful lot of difference between the main brands, particularly since I noticed that the Bosch cordless tools are particularly highly specified, which accounts for some of the price premium over the others. A friend whose judgement I trust says that the Milwaukee quality is better than Makita.
2. The cordless premium is calculated by subtracting the corded prices in the corded column from those in the cordless. As can be seen, the cordless premium is relatively low (around 10% when one takes into account the previously mentioned high specifications of Bosch cordless). So, once one has the batteries and charger, one might as well go cordless.
3. All brands have one or two cheap offers which bundle a couple of batteries and a charger, making the transition to cordless less than the prices above indicate.
4. Makita LXT was launched in 2005 and is still their major brand. So the technology is mature and obsolescence of currently purchased tools unlikely to be a problem.
5. Makita is a market leader and it may be that its ubiquity stimulates competition which tends to drive the price down.
Relevant reviews
https://www.pyracantha.co.uk/top-6-best-impact-driver-reviews/
On Trustpilot, Einhell seems to get poor reviews, whereas Einhell UK gets good ones. Bizarre. Toolstation has variable reviews of Einhell. Wickes has generally good reviews of the brand.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/einhell.co.uk
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.einhell.com
Makita seems to have chuck problems. See for instance:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-m8101k-710w-electric-percussion-drill-240v/3043r
Other random thoughts
Mainstream manufacturers are also producing 10.8 V or 12 V tools in addition to 18 V. I suppose that ‘small and light’ must be the aim. At the same time there is a tendency to move to higher voltages for beefier tools, sometimes double 18 V and sometimes treble. So the battery market seems to be getting more diverse rather than more standardised.
…and the business of transporting manufactured goods across the world.
Seeing this video of the container ship Maersk Essex, I couldn’t resist trying to count how many containers she seemed to be carrying.
At the rear we see the stack is 19 containers wide and probably 10 containers high (guessing on how deep they go into the body of the ship) and it seems that the ship is about 20 containers long. That’s 19 x 10 x 20 = 3800 containers altogether. These containers are 40 ft long, twice the standard unit for calculating container loads, which is the TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit), so our calculation would seem to show that the capacity of the ship is 7600 TEU.
In fact our calculation is a significant underestimate. As this photo shows, containers are stacked well inside the hull of container ships.
The website marinetraffic.com gives more details of the MAERSK ESSEX. She was was built in 2011 and is sailing under the flag of Denmark. Her carrying capacity is 13,100 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 12.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 366.44 meters and her width is 48.26 meters. At the time that I am writing, 24 November 2020, marinetraffic.com says she is on her way from Los Angeles and due to arrive at Yokohama on 2 December.
Consider the Maersk Essex to be fully loaded. That’s 366 x 48 x 12.5 m³ = 220,000 cubic metres and since each cubic metre of water has a mass of 1 metric tonne (1t), the total mass of water displaced is 220,000 t.
In fact the ship is not uniform and rectangular so in this case we have overestimated the displacement. In fact her Gross Tonnage is 141,000t.
Panamax and New Panamax ships
The Maersk Essex is an interesting size. She is just within the size for the new, wider, deeper Panama canal, which opened in 2016. The new canal sections increased the size of ships from 5000 TEU to 13,000 TEU, these sizes of ship being referred to as Panamax and New Panamax respectively.
There are significantly larger container ships. The HMM Algeciras built in 2020 is 400 m long and 61 m wide. It has a gross tonnage of 228,283t and a container capacity of 23,964 TEU. Ships like this which are larger than will fit through the Panama Canal are called post-Panamax or super-Panamax.
The Suez Canal now allows ships up to 400 m long with a beam of 50 m and a draft of 20.1 m. This is larger than New Panamax, leading to a maximum ship size of 160,000 tonnes, and a container load of around 14,500 TEU. In fact the Suez Canal has no locks and so there is no engineering limit on ship length, despite the regulation limit of 400 m.
Other pinch points around the world
Malaccamax, about 300,000 tonnes is a term used for the largest ships that can get through the shallow 25 m deep Strait of Malacca between Sumatra (of Indonesia) and Malaysia. Seawaymax, only 28,500 tonnes, describes the largest ships that can travel through the canal locks of the St Lawrence Seaway.
Standard container sizes
What we often refer to as a Shipping Container is technically an ISO Intermodal Container, designed for transporting goods in ships, lorries and trains without the goods being individually loaded or unloaded. The ‘standard’ ISO size is 20 feet (6.1 m) long x 8 feet (2.43 m) wide x 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) high. This is technically 1 TEU. Most containers are twice as long as that and a 40 ft container is obviously 2 TEU.
Hi-cube
Hi-cube containers are taller than standard containers at 9 ft 6 in (2.89 m). Hi-cube containers look distinctly taller than they are wide. By the end of 2013, half the word’s maritime fleet was in 40 ft hi-cube containers.
Other container sizes
In 2003 the EU commenced a process of defining the European Intermodal Loading Unit (EILU). The size of this container has yet to be defined, some 17 years after its proposal. It will be longer than 45 feet and, at 2.5 m about 10 cm wider than ISO containers. It will be difficult to fit it in with existing container ships. As can be imagined, the maritime freight organisations think it’s not a good idea.
From ship to rail and the problems of loading gauge
The size of freight allowable on trains is determined by what is called the loading gauge. European railways have loading gauges which are large and the transport of hi-cube ISO containers on such trains is no problem. Most of the British railway system is constructed to a loading gage called W6a. This is too small for the carriage of ISO containers.
W10 loading gauge allows standard wagons to carry ISO hi-cube containers. W12 allows room for these containers to have refrigeration packs as well. All new rail structures are built to W12 loading gauge.
There is a steady programme to enlarge UK railways to W10 and W12 loading gauge on the main rail freight routes so that containers can be offloaded from ships and then loaded directly onto rail lines for transport around the country but, as this map shows, only a small proportion of UK railways can carry the containers in which most goods are shipped.
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Enhanced-W10-loading-gauge-map-of-the-network.pdf
How much does it cost to ship a container?
The website freightos.com gave me a price of $5,500 (£4,100) for the cost of transporting a 40 ft hi-cube container from Hong Kong to Felixstowe UK on 5 January 2021. The shipping time quoted was 31-37 days.
Ports.com tells me that this journey, via the Suez Canal, is 11,047 nautical miles and at a speed of 13 knots will take 35.4 days.
http://ports.com/sea-route/port-of-hong-kong,hong-kong/port-of-felixstowe,united-kingdom/
How much fuel is used to bring our container to the UK?
As the following link shows, 13 knots is a particularly slow speed. A normal speed is over 20 knots. I’m going to use this figure to read off a fuel consumption for a contain ship carrying our container.
Fuel Consumption by Containership Size and Speed
The graph says that a ship of 10,000 TEU will consume about 180 t per day. To calculate the worst case scenario, I am going to assume that the ship still takes 35 days to travel from Hong Kong to Felixstowe.
So total fuel used is 180 tonne/day x 35 days = 6300 tonnes.
The ship has a capacity of 10,000 TEU, and since our container is 2 TEU, there are about 5000 containers on the ship.
The amount of fuel used to transport our 2-TEU container is 6300/5000 = 1.2 tonnes. These tonnes we are using are metric tonnes, giving the confusing symbol mt in all the fuel tables. Current prices are $369 (£277) per tonne. That means that the fuel cost of getting our container from Hong Kong to the UK is 1.2 tonnes x £277/tonne = £332.
Bearing in mind that fuel prices were about three times as high three years ago, the fuel cost then could have been as high as £1000 and perhaps we would have paid extra because of that, perhaps an extra £900, making the total cost £5000.
In normal (non-covid) times, to get our container from Hong Kong to the UK would be about £5000, of which £1000 is the fuel cost.
What can we fit into a 40 ft hi-cube container?
An ISO container is 6.2 m x 2.43 m x 2.89 m externally. We need to make allowances for the thickness of the walls which I am going to suggest are each 0.125 m thick.
So the internal dimensions of the ISO container are 5.95 m x 2.18 x 2.64 m = 34 m³. This is 34,000 litres.
A shoe box for men’s shoes is 34.5 cm x 22.5 cm x 13 cm = 10,091 cm³ = 10 litres. We can fit 3500 shoe boxes into a hi-cube container but that is if they are sent in the box. If they are bagged and packed more efficiently, over 5000 pairs of shoes will fit into a hi-cube container.
Since it costs £5000 to bring 5000 pairs of shoes to the UK, that’s £1 per pair of shoes on transport cost of which 20p is fuel cost.
What’s in it for the ship owner?
In March 2010, the average price for a 10,000 TEU ship was about £90 million. That’s about £130 million in today’s prices.
As we’ve seen, the ship can transport 5000 containers, each size 2 TEU, from Hong Kong to the UK for a cost of £5000 each. But for each container it needs fuel worth about £1000, so the income generated by the trip is £4000 for each container x 5000 containers = £20 million.
The trip takes around 35 days, so the ship can do 10 such trips per year. If each is as profitable, that is net receipts of £200 million per year.
In rough figures, buy a ship for £130 millon. Earn £200 million a year carting things around the seas of the world with a profit margin of say 10%. So you earn £20 million a year and pay off the ship after 6 or 7 years. This is obviously a rough guess at the sizes of the figures involved.
Container ships are on average the newest ships at sea with an average age of 9 years. This is because so many have been built in the last couple of decades with the rapid expansion of world trade.
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Open development processes and reddit kerkluffles
It can be useful to review open source development processes from time to time. This reddit thread[1] serves use both as a case study, and also a moment of OSS process introduction for newbies.
[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pd0zy/peter_todd_is_saying_shoddy_development_on_v010/
When building businesses or commercial software projects, outsiders typically hear little about the internals of project development. The public only hears what the companies release, which is prepped and polished. Internal disagreements, schedule slips, engineer fistfights are all unseen.
Open source development is the opposite. The goal is radical transparency. Inevitably there is private chatter (0day bugs etc.), but the default is openness. This means that is it normal practice to "air dirty laundry in public." Engineers will disagree, sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, sometimes rudely and with ad hominem attacks. On the Internet, there is a pile-on effect, where informed and uninformed supporters add their 0.02 BTC.
Competing interests cloud the issues further. Engineers are typically employed by an organization, as a technology matures. Those organizations have different strategies and motivations. These organizations will sponsor work they find beneficial. Sometimes those orgs are non-profit foundations, sometimes for-profit corporations. Sometimes that work is maintenance ("keep it running"), sometimes that work is developing new, competitive features that company feels will give it a better market position. In a transparent development environment, all parties are hyperaware of these competing interests. Internet natterers painstakingly document and repeat every conspiracy theory about Bitcoin Foundation, Blockstream, BitPay, various altcoin developers, and more as a result of these competing interests.
Bitcoin and altcoin development adds an interesting new dimension. Sometimes engineers have a more direct conflict of interest, in that the technology they are developing is also potentially their road to instant $millions. Investors, amateur and professional, have direct stakes in a certain coin or coin technology. Engineers also have an emotional stake in technology they design and nurture. This results in incentives where supporters of a non-bitcoin technology work very hard to thump bitcoin. And vice versa. Even inside bitcoin, you see "tree chains vs. side chains" threads of a similar stripe. This can lead to a very skewed debate.
That should not distract from the engineering discussion. Starting from first principles, Assume Good Faith[2]. Most engineers in open source tend to mean what they say. Typically they speak for themselves first, and their employers value that engineer's freedom of opinion. Pay attention to the engineers actually working on the technology, and less attention to the noise bubbling around the Internet like the kindergarten game of grapevine.
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith
Being open and transparent means engineering disagreements happen in public. This is normal. Open source engineers live an aquarium life[3].
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKe-aO44R7k
What the fork?
In this case, a tweet suggests consensus bug risks, which reddit account "treeorsidechains" hyperbolizes into a dramatic headline[1]. However, the headline would seem to be the opposite of the truth. Several changes were merged during 0.10 development which move snippets of source code into new files and new sub-directories. The general direction of this work is creating a "libconsensus" library that carefully encapsulates consensus code in a manner usable by external projects. This is a good thing.
The development was performed quite responsibly: Multiple developers would verify each cosmetic change, ensuring no behavior changes had been accidentally (or maliciously!) introduced. Each pull request receives a full multi-platform build + automated testing, over and above individual dev testing. Comparisons at the assembly language level were sometimes made in critical areas, to ensure zero before-and-after change. Each transformation gets the Bitcoin Core codebase to a more sustainable, more reusable state.
Certainly zero-change is the most conservative approach. Strictly speaking, that has the lowest consensus risk. But that is a short term mentality. Both Bitcoin Core and the larger ecosystem will benefit when the "hairball" pile of source code is cleaned up. Progress has been made on that front in the past 2 years, and continues. Long term, combined with the "libconsensus" work, that leads to less community-wide risk.
The key is balance. Continue software engineering practices -- like those just mentioned above -- that enable change with least consensus risk. Part of those practices is review at each step of the development process: social media thought bubble, mailing list post, pull request, git merge, pre-release & release. It probably seems chaotic at times. In effect, git[hub] and the Internet enable a dynamic system of review and feedback, where each stage provides a check-and-balance for bad ideas and bad software changes. It's a human process, designed to acknowledge and handle that human engineers are fallible and might make mistakes (or be coerced/under duress!). History and field experience will be the ultimate judge, but I think Bitcoin Core is doing good on this score, all things considered.
At the end of the day, while no change is without risk, version 0.10 work was done with attention to consensus risk at multiple levels (not just short term).
Technical and social debt
Working on the Linux kernel was an interesting experience that combined git-driven parallel development and a similar source code hairball. One of the things that quickly became apparent is that cosmetic patches, especially code movement, was hugely disruptive. Some even termed it anti-social. To understand why, it is important to consider how modern software changes are developed:
Developers work in parallel on their personal computers to develop XYZ change, then submit their change "upstream" as a github pull request. Then time passes. If code movement and refactoring changes are accepted upstream before XYZ, then the developer is forced to update XYZ -- typically trivial fixes, re-review XYZ, and re-test XYZ to ensure it remains in a known-working state.
Seemingly cosmetic changes such as code movement have a ripple effect on participating developers, and wider developer community. Every developer who is not immediately merged upstream must bear the costs of updating their unmerged work.
Normally, this is expected. Encouraging developers to build on top of "upstream" produces virtuous cycles.
However, a constant stream of code movement and cosmetic changes may produce a constant stream of disruption to developers working on non-trivial features that take a bit longer to develop before going upstream. Trivial changes become encouraged, and non-trivial changes face a binary choice of (a) be merged immediately or (b) bear added re-base, re-view, re-test costs.
Taken over a timescale of months, I argue that a steady stream of cosmetic code movement changes serves as a disincentive to developers working with upstream. Each upstream breakage has a ripple effect to all developers downstream, and imposes some added chance of newly introduced bugs on downstream developers. I'll call this "social debt", a sort of technical debt[4] for developers.
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt
As mentioned above, the libconsensus and code movement work is a net gain. The codebase needs cleaning up. Each change however incurs a little bit of social debt. Life is a little bit harder on people trying to get work into the tree. Developers are a little bit more discouraged at the busy-work they must perform. Non-trivial pull requests take a little bit longer to approve, because they take a little bit more work to rebase (again).
A steady flow of code movement and cosmetic breakage into the tree may be a net gain, but it also incurs a lot of social debt. In such situations, developers find that tested, working out-of-tree code repeatedly stops working during the process of trying to get that work in-tree. Taken over time, it discourages working on the tree. It is rational to sit back, not work on the tree, let the breakage stop, and then pick up the pieces.
Paradox Unwound
Bitcoin Core, then, is pulled in opposite directions by a familiar problem. It is generally agreed that the codebase needs further refactoring. That's not just isolated engineer nit-picking. However, for non-trivial projects, refactoring is always anti-social in the short term. It impacts projects other than your own, projects you don't even know about. One change causes work for N developers. Given these twin opposing goals, the key, as ever, is finding the right balance.
Much like "feature freeze" in other software projects, developing a policy that opens and closes windows for code movement and major disruptive changes seems prudent. One week of code movement & cosmetics followed by 3 weeks without, for example. Part of open source parallel development is social signalling: Signal to developers when certain changes are favored or not, then trust they can handle the rest from there.
While recent code movement commits themselves are individually ACK-worthy, professionally executed and moving towards a positive goal, I think the project could strike a better balance when it comes to disruptive cosmetic changes, a balance that better encourages developers to work on more involved Bitcoin Core projects.
Posted by Jeff Garzik at 10:44 AM
Survey of largest Internet companies, and bitcoin
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Blog Tour Stop: Starstruck
Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict “aunt,” she’s not even sure who she is. M’s dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly—literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly humdrum life forever . . . and expose her to perils she never dreamed of. Yes, the middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!
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All Hallow's Eve Indies Blog Tour: Michelle Muto
Excerpt from The Haunting Season:
It was only when the crickets and frogs stopped that Jess awoke. She blinked, trying to adjust her eyes to the dark. She turned back over, expecting Allison to be either still sitting up, or asleep. But her bed was empty and Allison stood in front of the dresser, hands at her sides, staring at the mirror. Alarmed, Jess sat upright.
“It’s happening again,” Allison said.
“The spirits. They’re back. I can see them.”
Jess rubbed her eyes as a spark of uncertainty and a moment’s worth of fear rustled somewhere deep inside her. “They’re there, in the mirror?”
Jess got out of bed and tentatively stood next to Allison. She looked at the mirror, then behind her. Nothing. Uncertainty gave way to disappointment. The mirror cast back only the shadowy figures of Allison and herself, their faces made pale by the moonlight streaming into the room. They were alone, as far as Jess could tell.
Damn it! Why couldn’t she see the ghosts? Were they here? Disappointment gave way to a pang of envy.
“You don’t seem as upset as you were before,” Jess said. “If they’re back, aren’t you afraid they’ll take over? Possess you?” She wasn’t making fun of Allison. Something horrible had happened to her, and she was probably more sensitive to the supernatural than Jess was.
“Yes, I’m afraid,” Allison replied calmly.
The way Allison spoke seemed at odds with her words. The hairs on Jess’s arms tingled, but not because of any ghosts she couldn’t see. Right now, the only thing creepy in the room was Allison. The girl had been possessed, after all.
Allison turned her head to look at Jess, her expression unreadable in the shadows, even this close up. “He collects souls.”
Jess peered harder into the mirror, trying not to show Allison she was indeed afraid. “He? Who are you talking about?”
“He’s looking at you. I can’t make out what he’s saying. But see?” she pointed to the mirror. “He wrote his name.”
Fear and a healthy dose of agitation rose inside Jess. Fear, because someone staring at them from inside a mirror was downright scary. Agitated, because she couldn’t see anything, and Allison’s continual freak-outs were wearing on her. After a long day getting here, she was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.
“Allison, I don’t see anything! He? Who are you talking about?”
“Riley,” Allison whispered.
“Riley? Who’s Riley?”
Allison stood just as still as she had upon Jess’s wakening. “He lives here. With the others.”
“Others?” Jess stepped closer to the mirror, leaning against the dresser to get a better look. Her breath fogged it enough to reveal a single name, written backward: Riley.
Creepy Savannah photos:
Savannah's most haunted house, the Sorrel-Weed house is the inspiration behind The Haunting Season's own Siler House. Here's how I imagined the stairway at the end of the hall leading to the attic/music room at Siler House...
Creepy mirror inside the Sorrel-Weed House...
Untouched photo taken in the courtyard of the Sorrel-Weed House...
The Haunting Season inspiration: gravesite located at Bonaventure Cemetery...
Michelle Muto lives in northeast Georgia with her husband and two dogs. She loves changes of season, dogs, and all things geeky. Currently, she’s hard at work on her next book.
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Blog Tour Stop: Enchanter
Enchanter by Kristy Centeno
Leah Parker is furious when she finds out she’s been paired up for a class project with deadly silent, tough as nails, and incredibly intimidating Brandon Morris. Though she’s known him for years, Leah has made it a priority to stay away from him for a reason. As they are forced to spend time together however, Leah comes to find that there is more to Brandon than what meets the eye.
When a series of unexpected events forces Brandon to reveal his true identity, Leah suddenly finds herself fighting to come to terms with who he is and with the fact that by fulfilling his destiny she will come to lose the only guy she’s ever loved. As a family secret is unveiled and old threats possess new risks, they both have to find the strength to do what is expected of them. Even if that means losing each other in the process.
Love brought them together. His bloodline threatens to pull them apart. Will Brandon choose duty over love? Or will other forces far beyond their control separate them first?
Brandon tore his lips away from mine so he could explore my neck, nipping and nibbling as he traveled the length of it. Deliberately, gently, passionately, he kissed a path down my skin and paused only when he reached my naked shoulder. “So soft,” he murmured, the hoarseness of his voice forcing my body to break out in goose bumps.
My fingers intertwined in his hair, forcing the long locks out of the black bow keeping it neatly tied at the nape of his neck. As soon as it came loose, his dark hair cascaded around his face like a curtain, making him look like some exotic creature of the night.
“Brandon…” I glanced up at his pale blue eyes, admiring the beauty of them. “Kiss me… please.”
He immediately obliged, devouring my lips with so much intensity it caused my knees to wobble. Heat, fast and powerful, spread through my body in rapid sequences as our tongues playfully toyed with each other and our bodies touched. I moaned when the feel of his strong, hard, and warm body pressed against mine. I did enjoy his masculinity and how wonderful it felt to have his hands massaging my back.
Feeling the need to explore, I untangled my fingers from his long mane and slowly allowed my hands to glide down his neck, and to his upper torso where they paused just over his pectorals. The tips of my fingers slowly slithered over his hard-as-steel chest and there they lingered for a while, exploring, touching, and feeling. Ever so slightly, they lowered to his abs, which despite the jacket and white shirt, I detected to be just as defined as the rest of him.
My greedy fingers worked their magic over Brandon, who immediately groaned and pulled away from me. His breath was ragged, his eyes filled with lust, his body language tense.
“Leah… I…”
A movement over his left shoulder caught my attention and I no longer focused on him or on what he was saying.
“Brandon, I don’t think we’re alone anymore,” I murmured as another flash of whiteness rushed from one side to the other, some ten to fifteen feet from us. It was too dark for me to determine who it was, but I was certain of one thing: we were being watched.
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As a child, Kristy used to lose herself in an imaginary world by the means of a good book. Now that she’s all grown up, she gets to create her own fictional realms and make them come to life in ways that most readers might not expect.
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REVIEW: Vault’s THE AUTUMNAL is like holding Halloween in your hands
hellogeek · Posted on October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020
The Autumnal #1
Writer: Daniel Kraus
Artist: Chris Shehan
Colorist: Jason Wordie
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Editor: Adrian F. Wassel
Publisher: Vault Comics
If someone were to tell me that Vault Comics’ The Autumnal was printed on the orange and yellow leaves of fall, I’d be hard-pressed not to believe them. This book takes its title to heart, both in its seasonal tones and in the air of the supernatural that comes with them. What makes the book special, though, is how it takes that and combines it into a story that so casually guides one into deeply unsettling territory.
Written by Daniel Kraus and illustrated by Chris Shehan, with colors by Jason Wordie, The Autumnal follows Kat Somerville and her daughter, Sybil, as they are confronted with a death in their estranged family that forces a not-so-pleasant trip back home.
This first issue favors character development and world-building over plot progression. It’s a curious approach given that the settings Kat and Sybil find themselves in are quite mundane. And yet, there’s a force behind them that pushes into the inevitable horrors that’ll the protagonists will have to face later on.
Shehan’s art steals the show in this first entry. The story’s imbued with an eerie sense of phantasmagoria in that the story progressively feels more dream-like the closer it gets to its more terrifying revelations. Shehan’s visual style can be dark and gritty in one page only to be warm and colorful the next.
There’s a kind of dark fairy tale aspect to the visuals as well, with certain pages containing falling leaves coming into the panels from the edges. This is what I was referring too when I said the book felt like fall. Wordie’s colors, on the other hand, expertly capture the colors associated with the season, finding ways to further develop the world Kat and Sybil will slowly get sucked into.
Kraus has found two incredibly likeable and complex characters in Kat and Sybil. The mother/daughter relationship unravels in a very intimate fashion, meaning they wear their temperaments and worldviews on their sleeves. One of the main ideas Kraus seems to be interested in exploring is generational trauma and how it can so viciously get passed down from parent to child.
Along with their temperament, Kat and Sybil also have their traumas in full display. These two strong protagonists have been through the grinder, and in some instances they look as if proverbially put together with tape and staples, but they do look as if they’ve earned every second of life they breath in and out. A lot rides on how their family history untangles throughout the story, but the character development at work here is strong enough to make sure readers come back for more.
The comic’s final page opens up a slew of questions that don’t seem to guarantee happy answers. But they are intriguing and the two characters who will be pursuing those answers are special enough to warrant we open our wallets to support the rest of the series. Make sure you put The Autumnal on your pull list.
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Argentina – Ushuaia – the end of the world
Ok, if we were hardcore intrepid travellers, our journey to Ushuaia wouldn’t have been as simple as boarding a flight in Salta, spending a night in Buenos Aires and then boarding another flight to Ushuaia. What we would have done is spend days on a southbound bus, or maybe even hitchhiked, all the way to the bottom of the South American continent.
Forget that.
Missing out on seeing a whole lot of wild, virtually empty landscape and a little wildlife isn’t a big issue, with us. Plus, we had a deadline and would be seeing some pretty spectacular landscape soon-after, anyway.
The small, remote city of Ushuaia can be found on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, an island that’s occupied by both Argentina and Chile. The island is separated from the mainland by the Straight of Magellan, where the Andes sink into the water and reappear further south as Cordillera Darwin. This is where the Martial Mountains form their dramatic backdrop to the city with the moody Beagle Channel lapping at the front.
The city itself is compact, and its downtown area – which centres around Avenida San Martín – is easily walked from one end to the other. Ushuaia is a popular ski destination in the winter months and a hiking and adventure spot the rest of the year, so it comes as no surprise that outdoor stores saturate the city centre. It actually feels like one big ski resort.
A variety of restaurants, cafes, souvenir stores, bakeries and chocolate stores fill the main drag, and those on a smaller budget will quickly notice how expensive this town is. As was the case, with us. Once accommodation is factored in, there isn’t a great deal left to splurge on meals at parrilla restaurants or go crazy on the local specialty – king crab.
Thanks to the two short-staffed La Anónima supermarkets in town, ingredients can be bought there and assembled in your room or hostel kitchen. At least the beer and spirits at the supermarket are cheap! Remember to bring your own shopping bags, though, as there are none given at the supermarket.
The food scene isn’t all doom, gloom, instant noodles and salami & cheese baguettes from the supermarket, however. There’s still plenty around town that can satisfy the budget traveller.
How about we start with one of my favourites – Dody. It’s difficult to not stop, whilst walking down San Martín, when you spot a shopfront window quite literally filled with glistening, sugar-coated pastries in all shapes and sizes.
This pocket-sized bakery is inexpensive, has no seating and barely enough room for five adults to stand in front of the counter. As much as you’d like to take your time pondering which donut, pastry, dulce de leche or white chocolate-dipped churros to buy, you may be brought back to reality by an impatient staffer that just wants to get on with it.
Dody, Avenida San Martín 857
On the upper streets of town are a few smaller bakeries that cater more to the locals. Not as many tempting baked goodies as the ones downtown, but you can still stock up on breads, pastries and pan dulce – those cylindrical breads studded with dried fruit and candied peel, sold around Christmas.
Two blocks away is their other more modern and better stocked branch which sells sandwiches, as well.
La Verdadera Eureka, Juan Manuel de Rosas 399
Drop into Tante Sara Pastelería on the main drag and be tempted with the stunning cakes they have on display. Alfajores, tarts and many specialty cakes such as this Torta Rogel or another ensemble that involved meringue and dulce de leche. They’re open for brunch on certain days, plus lunch and dinner.
Tante Sara Pastelería, Avenida San Martín 175
As many folk came here for the breakfast buffet, we simply dropped into Marcopolo Freelife for a coffee. The surroundings are bright and modern, there’s a very decent selection of herbal teas displayed up on the counter and the menu features the likes of burgers, sandwiches and soups. The veg, vegan and gluten-free free crowd are looked after here, as well.
Marcopolo Freelife, Avenida San Martín 748
While the only things Irish about this popular watering hole may be the shamrocks hanging from the ceiling, The Dublin sure does pack them in every night of the week. The atmosphere is great, its cosy and it gets pretty damn rowdy.
There’s a selection of imported beers, plus local Beagle beer on tap. The menu is typical pub fare, though the popular choices are the pizzas. Nothing outstanding, just heavy in cheese with thick bases – just as Argentina likes them to be.
Get in early, or it’s standing room only.
Dublin Irish Pub, 9 de Julio 168
With its club-like decor and diner-style menu, Cafe Bar Banana is open from 8am through to midnight with no siesta time during the day. A bit of a rarity in a part of the world that likes to close up business in the middle of the day.
Pizzas, sandwiches, lomitos (steak sandwiches), pasta and burgers and breakfast are just some of the things on the mid-priced Banana menu, and they sell booze as well.
The milanesa (129) is generously sized and served solo; apart from a wedge of lemon and superfluous piece of lettuce. Who needs vegetables, right? This is Argentina, after all. As for the hamburguesa completa (155), it comes layered with a fried egg, some lettuce, tomato and maybe some kind of sauce. Not the most memorable specimen, unfortunately.
Cafe Bar Banana, Avenida San Martin 273
The old school service matches the old school decor in this humble restaurant that’s very popular with the locals. And don’t go thinking there’s anything Turkish about it, despite the name and Turkish character plastered on the front window.
Sit at green tables, on green chairs amongst frilly green curtains and pale green walls and enjoy home-style cooking that features the Argentine usuals of pizza, steak, pasta and milanesa.
Sadly, things like king crab and other seafood were beyond our budget, but my grilled chicken with fries and eggs (150) did me just fine. For something even more simple, a quarter roast chicken (80) may just do it, as well. Lettuce and lemon wedge garnish mandatory.
El Turco, San Martin 1410
Ignoring the fact that they never seemed to be open, the one time we did get into Chicho’s was a very enjoyable one. Specialties of the house are king crab and trout, as pointed out by the very friendly waitstaff, but temptations had to be ignored.
Once again, the menu is typically Argentine with a slight Italian bent. Ravioli with roquefort, anyone?
The pollo al verdeo (140) is to die for, especially that green onion sauce, and the fact that it came with duchess potato balls made it a real treat. I haven’t had these for years!
The suprema maryland (150) is also a winner – generous piece of crumbed chicken with bacon, homemade fries and a whole, crumbed and fried banana. Yes, banana. The creamed corn served separately is like no other. This was like a sweetened milk pudding flecked with corn. Unusual and very tasty.
Chicho’s Restaurant, Pres. Bernardino Rivadavia 72
Step inside this cafe and you get the sense that you’ve entered a vintage railway station. I guess that’s why it’s called “The Wagon”, right? Aside from the vintage pieces, wood panelling, train station signs and rigid booth seating, El Vagón is a place to enjoy a coffee or tea, breakfast, cakes and pastries, pizza and salads. Specialties include a king crab burger and a slow-cooked pork tenderloin – plus several more tempting dishes.
It was the lunch special that drew us in – a very wallet friendly lunch special of milanesa napolitana (155) with fries/salad, drink and tiramisu/flan. Pretty good value, and that tiramisu was seriously good.
El Vagón, Avenida Maipú 773
Aside from eating, drinking and shopping for Gore-Tex jackets and seeking out places that rent outdoor gear, there are other things to do in and around Ushuaia.
Museum buffs can go mad at places like the three-level Tierra del Fuego History Museum – where you can brush up on the history of the region and the people that called it home. Head to the Maritime Museum to see naval models, learn about the history of discovering Antarctica, the first settlers and life in the prison in which the museum is located. The former prison also houses the Antarctic Museum and the Marine Art Museum.
For the great outdoors, there’s plenty to immerse yourself in. There are many companies that can take you cruising on the Beagle Channel – agents can be found all lined up on the waterfront at the commercial port.
Take a ride on the End of World steam train along the winding Pipo River to the edge of the Tierra del Fuego National Park.
Take a bike tour in and around Ushuaia, exploring the city landmarks and surrounding countryside.
Take a walk into the Martial Mountains from the city centre and explore the local countryside – maybe even go as far as Martial Glacier. Follow the winding Luis Fernando Martial road up into the forested valley until you reach the end. The walk takes about 45 minutes from the city centre, but if that’s too strenuous, grab a cab.
Once there, you can drop into La Cabaña Tea House for a pitstop and beautiful outlook into the forest. Tea enthusiasts can also browse the well stocked gift shop after filling up on tea and something to nibble on.
La Cabaña Casa de Té, Luis Fernando Martial 3560
Head over the road and there’s Refugio de Montaña, a small, rustic cafe complete with roaring fire, a menu loaded with pizzas, burgers, salads and drinks, and there’s even free wifi.
The coffee is decent, the homemade empanadas are tasty, and the burger is typical of the region. You can even go zip-lining, if you’re up for it.
Walk further up the trail alongside the chairlift and you can joint another trail that takes you to Martial Glacier. We never made it that far as the weather was closing in and our stomachs needed food.
Refugio de Montaña, Luis Fernando Martial 3551
On the city’s doorstep is the stunning Tierra del Fuego National Park. You can organise a private tour through an agency, or grab a local bus (return tickets ARS$400 p/person) and do it independently. When you reach the park entrance (ARS$210 p/person) you grab a map and jump back into the bus and get dropped off at whatever point you want to start your trek.
There are many trails and walks through valleys, forests, along lakes, waterways and through peat.
All trails are very well marked and signposted and often you’ll see markers indicating what species a tree may be. Sphagnum moss hangs from gnarled trees, bright red ferns poke through patches of native yellow violets and gorgeous dog orchids cluster around tree trunks and roots.
There’s plenty of wildlife around, as well. You just need to keep a sharp gaze. Take a seat on one of the sculptural metamorphic rocks by Bahia Lapataia and you’ll spot diving petrels, black-necked swans, kelp geese and seals grazing in the water. In the nearby marshes and grassy fields there are plenty of upland geese, generally in pairs, foraging for food.
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George Monbiot (on economic growth and the dreaded WHY)
Posted by :James Howden On : November 20, 2014
Tags:activist, George Monbiot, growth, Heat, sustainable economics, the Guardian, why, writer
For his quirky autobiographical note alone, I’d admire the man.
For most of our politicians, in most of our countries — those who are elected to preserve and advance a governance system that appears unable to consider anything besides economic growth as keys to the good life, the good society — George Monbiot is on the lunatic fringe. His book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning (2006) was unsparing, openly pessimistic and radical in the original sense — it called for fundamental change in how we look at our governance, our lifestyles, our future, everything. “Radical” means “going back to the roots”. Those that we invest with the authority to make societal changes aren’t often interested in radical thought, partly because it requires so much thought and partly because it undermines their own privileged positions in society.
Here was Mr. Monbiot earlier this week, concluding a recent commentary in the Guardian newspaper — “Growth: the destructive god that can never be appeased” — with questions that the elected don’t often consider, but which citizens must:
“Why are we wrecking the natural world and public services to generate growth, when that growth is not delivering contentment, security or even, for most of us, greater prosperity? Why have we enthroned growth, regardless of its utility, above all other outcomes? Why, despite failures so great and so frequent, have we not changed the model? When the next crash comes, these questions will be inescapable.”
George Monbiot (b. 1963) has been working to change his world since his university days. He is the writer of several books, a regular Guardian columnist, an environmental activist and a thorny voice in British and world discourse on the building of sustainable futures. He grows his own fruit and vegetables. He says, “Here is what I fear: other people’s cowardice.“
Me, too, but I start with my own.
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Culture: February 2004 Archives
Hyemi Cho
Hyemi Cho Skin Shed (2004) oil on wood, 30" x 16"
Hyemi Cho Shed SuperHero (2004) oil and pen on wood, 35" x 18"
I'm following up my post describing our visit to the Riviera Gallery in Williamsburg with these images of two of Hyemi Cho's paintings in the group show. Cho is also the curator.
She's very good. Ultraman would be proud.
[images furnished by the artist]
February 29, 2004 12:23 AM | Permalink | Culture | Comments
war in symphony
Now I remember why I go to live performances of symphonic music! Transcendence.
Also remembered only when we got there was why we had purchased tickets weeks ago for tonight's Orchestra of St. Luke's concert. Once we saw the programs at Carnegie Hall the poetry readings listed as intervals on a schedule of very serious musical stuff quickly reminded us why we decided to sign up.
Oooh, but good, political activism in a good classical music program, is it even possible? Yes, and in great performances as well!
We have to credit the New York players and the excellent conductor, Donald Runnicles, for the performances, but I'm not sure who was/were the heroes responsible for putting the provocative program together in the midst of our own wars and political terrors. This is only my footnote, and perhaps it was only a coincidence, but the day happened to mark the anniversary of the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.
See the Carnegie Hall site for complete program notes [absent the poetry texts] and an audio link with comments from Runnicles.
Excerpts from leftist and antiwar poetry by Wislama Szymborska, Virgil, Bertolt Brecht, W. H. Auden, Siegfried Sassoon and Seamus Heaney, all read sympathetically by our favorite Abe Lincoln stand-in, Sam Waterston [who has also appeared as himself in ads for The Nation], were placed as lyric hinges separating major pieces, equally political, by Aaron Jay Kernis, Richard Strauss, Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The orchestra was assembled, but both it and the darkened hall remained silent for the uncompromising reminder delivered in the first of the six readings. Syzmborska's "Children of the Epoch".[here in excerpt]:
We are children of the epoch.
The epoch is political.
All my daily and nightly affairs,
all your daily and nightly affairs,
are political affairs.
Whether you want it or not,
your genes have a political past,
your skin a political tone,
your eyes a political color,
What you say resounds,
what you don't say is also
politically significant.
The Kernis, "Sarabanda in Memorium", was very New Romanticism pretty, but less than halfway through the sixteen-minute piece described as somehow related to September 11, my attention began to flag. Kernis is a very good composer. I'm just never sure he really has anything new to say.
The performance of "Metamorphosen", which the aged Strauss composed in the midst of the physical and cultural ruin of his beloved Germany in 1945, seemed too slow, and it never really took off, the way it always seems to in my memory, or at least in the von Karajan recording we have at home. But I have to admit that any enjoyment of the piece was compromised by the constant chatter of a couple nearby for whom the evening's august program represented more an occasion for serious foreplay than art. So maybe it was just me - or them.
Ah, but after the intermission the orchestra finally showed what it was able to do as a large ensemble.
A reading of Auden's mournful "September 1, 1939" set the tone for the second half of the evening.
Perhaps it was only coincidence, but now with the last two pieces as the number of players on the stage increased, first with Hartmann's melancholy 1939 [violin] "Concerto Funebre", and then to 60-strong, with Shostakovich's happy, end-of-the-war Ninth Symphony, the quality of music was phenomenal.
Vladimir Spivakov was the wonderful soloist in the Hartmann piece.
Waterston's last readings were Sassoon's "Everyone Sang", describing the end of the first Great War, followed by Heaney's "The Cure at Troy". These poems preceded the Shostakovich, and matched his music in its spirit of hope.
The Hartmann never sounded better, although I've only had the opportunity to hear it in recordings up until now, and the reading of the 1945 symphony in E-flat Major, with its toy soldier/circus music elements, was magnificent. Odd, that one, and especially odd to find, as Barry said, that any Shostakovich piece could be the lightest work on a program of symphonic music shared by three other composers.
My own thought as the piece made its way to its delightful conclusion? What a wonderful way to end a horrible war!
And a wonderful evening.
And for the record, and for our present times as well, this is the complete Brecht poem:
FROM A GERMAN WAR PRIMER
AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED
It is considered low to talk about food.
The fact is: they have
Already eaten.
The lowly must leave this earth
Without having tasted
Any good meat.
For wondering where they come from and
Where they are going
The fine evenings find them
Too exhausted.
They have not yet seen
The mountains and the great sea
When their time is already up.
If the lowly do not
Think about what's low
They will never rise.
THE BREAD OF THE HUNGRY HAS
ALL BEEN EATEN
Meat has become unknown. Useless
The pouring out of the people's sweat.
The laurel groves have been
Lopped down.
From the chimneys of the arms factories
Rises smoke.
THE HOUSE-PAINTER SPEAKS OF
GREAT TIMES TO COME
The forests still grow.
The fields still bear
The cities still stand.
The people still breathe.
ON THE CALENDAR THE DAY IS NOT
YET SHOWN
Every month, every day
Lies open still. One of those days
Is going to be marked with a cross.
THE WORKERS CRY OUT FOR BREAD
The merchants cry out for markets.
The unemployed were hungry. The employed
Are hungry now.
The hands that lay folded are busy again.
They are making shells.
THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE
Teach contentment.
Those for whom the contribution is destined
Demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry
Of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss
Call ruling too difficult
For ordinary men.
WHEN THE LEADERS SPEAK OF PEACE
The common folk know
That war is coming.
When the leaders curse war
The mobilization order is already written out.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY: PEACE
AND WAR
Are of different substance.
But their peace and their war
Are like wind and storm.
War grows from their peace
Like son from his mother
He bears
Her frightful features.
Their war kills
Whatever their peace
Has left over.
ON THE WALL WAS CHALKED:
They want war.
The man who wrote it
Has already fallen.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY:
This way to glory.
Those down below say:
This way to the grave.
THE WAR WHICH IS COMING
Is not the first one. There were
Other wars before it.
When the last one came to an end
There were conquerors and conquered.
Among the conquered the common people
Starved. Among the conquerors
The common people starved too.
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY COMRADESHIP
Reigns in the army.
The truth of this is seen
In the cookhouse.
In their hearts should be
The selfsame courage. But
On their plates
Are two kinds of rations.
WHEN IT COMES TO MARCHING MANY DO NOT
That their enemy is marching at their head.
The voice which gives them their orders
Is their enemy's voice and
The man who speaks of the enemy
Is the enemy himself.
IT IS NIGHT
The married couples
Lie in their beds. The young women
Will bear orphans.
GENERAL, YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL VEHICLE
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.
General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
It needs a mechanic.
General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think.
[Brecht text from the Amherst Peace Vigil]
just another evening out
inside the Pernice show at Storefront, Anees bandited on the left
Last night we met our friend Anees at Storefront for Art and Architecture, for the opening of an exhibition, "Small Works, 1994-2004", by Manfred Pernice. Anees is an artist and architect, and Barry and I visit a lot of galleries, so we thought it would be a good ensemble.
one of Pernice's assemblages
It was, thanks also to the interesting crowd, but above all thanks to the somewhat baffling content but intelligent aesthetic of the stuff in the vitrines, all resting on wonderful, slightly-eccentric-shaped plinths. The work was assembled from found materials (paper, tin, cardboard, tape, magazine cutouts) cut and pencil-marked, and generally resting on or beside some pseudo-instructive text or diagram, and everything seemed to be attached to the virtually untranslatable German word, "Verdosung". I'll hazard the English, "canned", or "boxed-up".
To learn more, maybe we'll have to get to Anton Kern Gallery, where another Pernice show, "COMMERZBANK", opened a week earlier.
Riviera Gallery, still unidentified except for baby blue window paint spelling out the title of the show, "PROJECTS I WANT TO START & THE ONES I CAN'T FINISH"
Leaving Anees to his colleagues, and maybe some late study, we took the L to south Williamsburg where a relatively obscure, almost-new space, Riviera Gallery, was celebrating the opening of a small group show.
I was especially interested in the richly detailed paintings of Hyemi Cho and the enigmatic icons of Alex Lee.
Cho's work seemed to represent a personal odyssey through an alien world. Because they included work created over more than a half dozen years and because of their variety, all within an idiosyncratic style, the dozen or so wood panels would have represented a good mini-retrospective were they the work of an older artist. We met Hyemi last night and we were charmed, but that was after we had attached ourselves to the paintings.
Alex Lee showed work using cut-out magazine pages on which he carefully covered predictably beautiful faces of the [mostly] male fashion models with the flat baby blue paint used for the gallery's window text I mentioned in the caption above. Only their noses and the designer costumes they were selling remained. Each was beautifully enclosed by a pristine white, generic wood frame he had made himself. Do we ever ask what is really inside the pictures we admire? We've met Alex before, and last night he related an anecdote that reminded us that even the way we approach the simplest, most familiar of images is culturally determined. But it was probably a story from which the work we saw last night should stand independent. Maybe another time.
staff and guests smooze at Relish
We ended the evening by walking around the corner to go to dinner at our favorite Williamsburg boite, Relish. Minutes after we had arrived, crowds of people passed our corner booth heading for the back, the red room, where we never go. It very quickly became obvious that something was going on, and I finally hailed the hot waiter with the black outfit and studded belt who was regularly sneaking a peek into the room - even when he had nothing to carry into the room. In spite of the roar of that crowd and the music being played in our part of the diner, we had already begun to suspect that they were broadcasting "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy" [yeah, in Williamsburg]. The waiter leaned in to us and seemed to be shy about answering.
Actually, while it turned out that our suspicion about the broadcast was confirmed, what we thought might be sheepishess was just his fumbling to explain that this particular episode was featuring the hair salon on the corner, which was called simply, "PUBLIC" [very cool, and just next door to Riviera Gallery], and that the crowd in the back room was made up of stylists, clients, neighbors and those who loved them.
It's about fame.
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beauty and the street
modernist sawhorse worktable on 8th Avenue
The glasiers have to have something to work on, but these guys from Fordham Glass opt for midcentury modern design. Form seems to follow function here. Light, strong, beautiful. The piece would look good in a stylish apartment - as is.
Fernando Carabajal
installation view of, among other things, a giant clown nose
The work of Fernando Carabajal has haunted me since we saw it in Mexico City late last month. Fresh, charming, quirky, and each piece a beautiful, microsmic reading by a very interesting artist.
I wanted to post something about this young Mexican from the moment in late January when we saw his work at the beautiful Galeria Nina Menocal, but at first there were no pictures available on line, and then when there were, Barry beat me to it with his post eleven days ago.
Now we've gotten a few more images from the gallery, but none of them can say as much as did our visit to his installation in the gallery's project room on the roof. Fortunately we should all be able to visit his wonderful clowns, elephants and other serious fun - the real things - at The Armory Show next month.
February 22, 2004 9:09 PM | Permalink | Culture | Comments (2) | Comments
letting there be [wonderful] light
the Lescaze ceiling fixture in the small gallery
The 16 inch in diameter chrome-plated brass lamp was designed by William Lescaze for his 1938 Garrett A. Hobart III house, now destroyed, in Tuxedo Park, New York. See yesterday's post, "scuttling a great building".
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scuttling a great building
William Lescaze's Fiterman Hall today
There were no tears shed, and no tears should have been shed, for the collapse of 7 World Trade on September 11, 2001. No one was killed or injured when it fell. We are left with the memory of a pretentious and ugly building which could only have been produced by the excesses of the 80's - that is, until the even less imaginative excesses of the aughts.
We will miss the elegant, light urban grace of Fiterman Hall however.
My office was in 7 World Trade, but I felt more at home in Fiterman Hall. I loved my brief lunch-time visits to the ground floor art gallery set up by the Borough of Manhattan community College shortly after it was given the building by its owner, Miles and Shirley Fiterman, in 1993. The work of emerging artists, and the passing student bodies, allowed me to ignore the surrounding neighborhood of empty suits, if only for a moment.
Fiterman Hall, originally built in the 50's to house the same kind of suits, specifically those in charge of some of the operations of the Guaranty Trust Company, was designed by William Lescaze, the Swiss-born, adopted American, International Style architect responsible for the groundbreaking PSFS Building in Philadelphia.
Late in the afternoon of September 11 the 47-story 7 World Trade building mysteriously succumbed to the fire raging out of control within its structure and collapsed, some of its weight landing on the side of 15-story Fiterman Hall. For two and a half years the emphasis has been upon restoring the half-century-old architectural landmark. Now it appears that the entire building will be scuttled, to be replaced by something new, although I'm not sure that decision has any element of inevitability. There's always more money to be made in building than restoring, or at least that is the case in the world we have set up in this country.
I confess to another, very tiny connection to the building and its architect. Several years ago I found a modernist chrome-plated brass light fixture for the ceiling of the one of the rooms in our apartment. It was very expensive, but I loved it and everythig that it represented. The beautiful, minimalist disc was designed by Lescaze for a daringly-modernist house, since destroyed, which he had created in Tuxedo Park outside of the city. Now it was going to grace a somewhat less bold art deco apartment built the same year in Chelsea.
In spite of its simplicity and its [misleading?] appearance of having been machine crafted, it is in fact unique. There could be no replacement.
There can also be no proper replacement for Lescaze's jewel on Barclay Street.
[image from Fred R. Conrad/NYTimes]
UPDATE See an image of the Lescaze fixture in Thursday's post.
superstition and ignorance as policy
I want my money back. No, I mean I want part of my life back. Actually, I want my civilization back, for all of us. Why did we have to endure institutionalized superstition for a thousand years? Why do we endure it again [still?] today?
I just read a short review in the NYTimes of a new theological and intellectual history of Europe, "THE CLOSING OF THE WESTERN MIND/The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason" by Charles Freeman. The book's author argues that classical rationality was deliberately destroyed by Christianity for its own political purpose. That is to say, the Dark Ages were a deliberate plan.
For at least a thousand years, from late antiquity until the Renaisance, the Church, which is to say the entire European world it controlled, shut down its minds, and for many the doors remain closed today.
Freeman's main thesis has two parts. First, that the Greek intellectual tradition did not simply fade away but was actively suppressed by the rise of Christianity, especially in the fourth and fifth centuries. Second, that the main reason this happened was political. The Emperor Constantine and some of his successors thought that by throwing the weight of the state behind Christianity, and institutionalizing it, they could turn it into a weapon of mass distraction: it would act as a unifying force, at a time when the empire was under threat from marauding invaders, and be an effective means of social control. It was, according to Freeman, because the bishops acquired political power, and were given a rich and powerful institution to operate, that dissent and the tradition of free inquiry were crushed.
By the year 1000, all branches of science, and indeed all kinds of theoretical knowledge except theology, had pretty much disintegrated. Most classical literature was largely unknown. The best-educated people (all of them monks) knew strikingly less than many Greeks 800 years earlier. And the few mathematical writings from the time were for the most part downright stupid.
I was raised a Catholic, and in spite of some of the advantages available to me in Augustinian and Jesuit schools, my own mind was really opened only in the first weeks of graduate study in Madison. My dark age ended only then.
I am now an enemy to all superstition, but I look around and I can't help but fear that civilization may be losing the battle once again, and for the same reasons.
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The Rise of The Dead Daisies
When a rock ‘n’ roll super group, The Dead Daisies, chooses to play only twelve dates in the USA, and they pick your city as one of those twelve, one would be a fool not to attend. In support of their latest CD Live & Louder, John Corabi and the boys successfully entertained a bunch of wise rockers on a Wednesday night in Big D. Guitarists Doug Aldrich and David Lowy, bassist Marco Mendoza, and drummer Brian Tichy are some of the best in the business, and to get to see this quintet on the brink of breaking it big was pretty damn cool.
The Dead Daisies performed outdoors and played mostly tracks from the recently released, aforementioned live CD, Make Some Noise and Revolucìon. Opening with “Long Way to Go,” the band followed the track list of the new CD to a point. “With You and I” and “Song and a Prayer” were two crowd pleasers as well, as most of the songs are well written, in your face, solid rock melodies, and the band performs them well live.
For a band that’s only been together for a few years, they really have their live act together. John Corabi (formerly of Mötley Crüe and The Scream) was the perfect host, chiding with the crowd about not being loud enough and mixing in comedy with the other musicians. During band intros, for example, he called out Marco Mendoza as being the latest spokesman for Taco Bell, and called Doug Aldrich “The Golden Boy” throughout the night, referencing his blond hair and golden Les Paul. The band did play a few cool songs that are not on the live CD, including “Devil Out of Time” and a few covers “Fortunate Son”, “We’re An American Band”, and “Helter Skelter”. The band closed the set with the ‘ballad’ “Mainline”, which is the fastest song on the set list and reminds one of Motorhead or Metallica, but clean.
Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio, Raiding the Rock Vault, The Moby Dicks) is definitely one the hottest guitar players on the circuit, and tonight he flavored a few tracks with the 1970’s talk box (see Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton), which I haven’t seen him use before. Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, Black Star Riders) kept the crowd pumped and did great on background vocals, even doing lead on “Born to Be Wild”. Drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, The Moby Dicks, Lynch Mob, and a host of others) is maybe the best rock drummer today and tonight he played a ten minute solo, half of it with his bare hands. Band leader and guitarist Dave Lowy is an also an accomplished businessman and aviator as well, and this time he has put together a great band to boot. In summary, this may be the greatest band you’ve maybe never heard of...yet. (wink, wink)
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LAST Historic Van Nuys Walking Tour for 2016
The development entity known as The Syndicate began the process in 1910, but William Paul Whitsett saw it through to the end. Originally a barley field, Van Nuys became a prosperous center of City Government, agriculture and industry.
Come explore what remains to be appreciated: original 1911 buildings hidden beneath modern facades, first churches, a civic center with many special revelations, one of the main hubs of social and official activity, the Women's Club building, Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monuments #201, #202, and #911, and National Register of Historic Places Monument #2509.
Learn about the origin of the Daily News and the company which was a nationwide maker of silent movie theatre organs. Who were Hobart Johnstone Whitley, Wayne E. Bechtelheimer and Whitley Van Nuys Huffaker? Relive "Wednesday Nights on Van Nuys Boulevard." We will have historic photographs and stories to share as we wander this surprisingly historic San Fernando Valley treasure.
RSVP: 1-818-347-9665 or email at events@TheMuseumSFV.org
Cost: $10 per person.
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Parking: Free Lot on Vesper Ave & Sylvan St. Meter and Street parking also available.
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Bobby Chacon, "the pride of Pacoima" former world boxing champion, dies at 64
Bobby Chacon, "the pride of Pacoima" former boxing champion, dies at 64.
Photo credit: Ring Magazine / Getty
The former world champion boxer passed away on September 7th.
He maintained a great attitude and will always be known for incredible boxing matches at the Sports Arena and Olympic Arena, amongst others.
He was a warrior in the ring and and ample challenges in life with the loss of his wife, son and bouts with drugs and alcohol.
His boxing record consisted of:
Total fights - 67
Wins - 59
Wins by KO - 47
Losses - 7
Draws - 1
No contests - 0
His victories include some incredible fights against the likes of Tury Pineda, Irish Frankie Crawford, Chucho Castillo, "Little Red" Lopez, Venezuela's Alfredo Marcano and Jesus "Papelero" Estrada.
He was called "Schoolboy," more for his youthful appearance than for attending classes at California State University at Northridge.
To learn more, please click HERE to read a recent Long Beach Press-Telegram article by Robert Morales.
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Macy's NoHo store to close - tell us about your experiences at older department stores
With the sad news that the Macy's store in North Hollywood will be closing down in October, The Museum would like to capture your thoughts about any experience you had at this store.
On 9/22/16, the Los Angeles Planning Commission backed a proposal for NoHo West, a residential and commercial development planned on the site of the old Laurel Plaza shopping center and soon-to-be-shuttered Macy’s in North Hollywood.
If approved by the city, NoHo West will bring 642 rental housing units, 256,000 square feet of office and retail use, and 316,000 square feet of new commercial development, including a cinema, to the 25-acre site.
In addition, I could not help but reach back in time and look at images of older department stores. What is your first thought about viewing these stores? Did you ever shop there? Your mother? Your grandmother?
JCPenney store - SFV 1950s
The Broadway in Panorama City - turned into the WalMart.
What do you think about those cars in the parking lot!
The May Co. store at Topanga Plaza 1960s
Ohrbach's - SFV 1964
The VW Bug and Corvair! Pretty cool.
Again, please comment below on any experiences you or your family had with any of these stores.
For The Museum's archives, if you have any photos, postcards, flyers, etc. from the 1950s, 1960s or 1970s you would like to donate, please contact Gary Fredburg at The Museum at 818-347-9665 or gary.fredburg@TheMuseumSFV.org.
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David Nazarian CSUN College of Business and Economics 50th Anniversary Gala
Kudos to CSUN (formerly San Fernando Valley State College) on its College of Business growth over the last 50 years.
Tonight, there is the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics 50th Anniversary Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Fifty years ago, a still-new California State University campus in Northridge launched a School of Business and Economics.
It's opening enrollment was 438 and has grown to more than 7,800 students today. The David Nazarian College of Business and Economics has grown to become one of the 10 largest accredited business schools in the nation, consistently ranking among the top programs in the state - pretty impressive.
People in photo: Members of the college’s founding faculty, from left, Al Leininger, Maurice Dance, Rodney Luther, Dorothea Extence, Donald Raun, Reuben Krolick and Seymour S. Phillips. Photo courtesy of CSUN’s archives.
Wonderful Sunday Afternoon Walking Tour - 2pm in North Hollywood
NORTH HOLLYWOOD "NOHO"
HISTORIC WALKING TOUR
Learn about real cowboys, pioneer families, movie television and recording stars, the Spanish conquest, Mexican ranchos, great steam trains, vast ranches and orchards, land barons, wars, architecture, and much more!
North Hollywood Pacific Electric Car Station, 1919
Amelia Earhart Statue
Amelia Earhart Library (1928)
St. Paul’s First Lutheran Church
NoHo Fire Station #60
So. Pacific Railroad Depot (1896)
Weddington Family
El Portal Theatre (1926)
Lankershim Arts Center (1939) (S. Charles Lee, architect)
North Hollywood Masonic Temple Lodge 542
Lankershim Elementary School (Marilyn Monroe attended)
DATE: Sunday, September 18, 2016
RSVP: 1-818-347-9665 or email at events@theMuseumSFV.org. Please leave name, email address and phone number
COST: $10 per person donation.
Prepay on Eventbrite: http://nohotour2016.eventbrite.com/
PARKING: Street and metered parking in area
Tour meets at Amelia Earhart Statue; NW corner of Tujunga St. & Magnolia Blvd. (at corner of Library)
Please visit us on the web at www.theMuseumSFV.org
Thank you to our sponsor Universal City/North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
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Born at Almonte, Ontario in 1866, son of Dudley Ackland (1837-1910) and Catherine Affleck (1840-1915), his father came to Emerson in 1888 where he established a carriage manufacturing business. Dudley Ackland moved to Winnipeg in 1890 and the business was named D. Ackland & Son when his son James joined the firm. James bought his father’s interest in 1905 and incorporated it as D. Ackland & Son Limited, being involved in the manufacture of wagon and carriage parts, hardware, and lumber. As of 2008, the company operates under the name Acklands-Grainger, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
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eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one equals one point eight zero two two
8995 / 4991.01 = 1.8022 [+]
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point one equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two equals one point eight zero two two
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eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine equals one point eight zero two two
8995 / 4991.1 = 1.8022 [+]
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point one one equals one point eight zero two two
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eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two two equals one point eight zero two two
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eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two four equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two five equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two six equals one point eight zero two two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two seven equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two eight equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point two nine equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three one equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three two equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three three equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three four equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three five equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three six equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three seven equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three eight equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point three nine equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four one equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four two equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four three equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four four equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four five equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four six equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four seven equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four eight equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point four nine equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five one equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five two equals one point eight zero two one
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five three equals one point eight zero two one
8995 / 4991.54 = 1.802 [+]
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five four equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five five equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five six equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five seven equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five eight equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point five nine equals one point eight zero two
8995 / 4991.6 = 1.802 [+]
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six one equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six two equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six three equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six four equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six five equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six six equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six seven equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six eight equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point six nine equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven one equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven two equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven three equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven four equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven five equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven six equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven seven equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven eight equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point seven nine equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight one equals one point eight zero two
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight two equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight three equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight four equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight five equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight six equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight seven equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight eight equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point eight nine equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine one equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine two equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine three equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine four equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine five equals one point eight zero one nine
eight thousand nine hundred ninety-five divided by four thousand nine hundred ninety-one point nine six equals one point eight zero one nine
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Prime Minister has announced August 7th as the National Handlooms day. Prime Minister has announced August 7th as the National Handlooms day.
https://www.ncwishesh.com/ 07 Aug, 2015 07 Aug, 2015
Indian Handlooms - artisans creativity
Jan 18, Monday
Indian Handlooms - artisans creativityJust In
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced August 7 as National Handloom Day at Chennai to mark the 1905s Swadeshi movement. It was on August 7th, 1905 the formal proclamation of the Swadeshi Movement was made in a meeting at the Calcutta Town hall. The movement announced the boycotting of British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes.
Around 3,000 handloom weavers from various parts of the country has attended the function at the Madras University Auditorium today.
"The observance of National Handloom Day and honoring of handloom weavers will not only provide an impetus to India's handloom industry but would also serve to promote handloom as a genuine international product of good quality," an official statement said.
Handloom weaving provides direct and indirect employment to more than 43 lakh weavers and allied workers. The sector is responsible for nearly 15% of the cloth production in the country and contributes to export earnings. Around 95% of the world's hand-woven fabric are from India.
Government is committed to extend robust social security cover to weaver families said Prime Minister. He urged the entertainment industry to popularise handloom. Fashion and design education in India needs to be re-oriented. We need to make our handloom tradition the centrepiece of fashion for India and the world said Prime Minister.
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SOS Anywhere Launches Wearable Emergency Alert Band to Help Save Lives
The company’s founder created an emergency alert band with a built-in GPS that can be used in 213 countries along with lasting 10 years in battery life.
Locating People with New Mobile Emergency Alert Device
SOS Anywhere can help save lives in emergencies. A silicone band with a built-in GPS can give emergency contacts quick access to one’s exact GPS coordinates. SOS Anywhere, a company specializing in emergency alerts, understands this special need. To help save lives and give peace of mind, the company recently launched its wearable .88-ounce band that can ping a user’s location to their selected contacts in the case of an emergency along with continuing to update the location of the user for up to 15 minutes with one click of a button.
“SOS Anywhere transforms the safety landscape with the launch of its wearable tech,” said Jaron Carter, the founder of SOS Anywhere.
SOS Anywhere provides one’s emergency contacts with an exact GPS location determined by latitude and longitude. Users can also choose whom to send the emergency notification to by text or the company’s mobile application. Its applications are endless with having seen sports enthusiasts, the elderly, families, and kids use SOS Anywhere for peace of mind.
Jaron started SOS Anywhere after he suffered a major incident while snowboarding in the mountains, which resulted in four broken bones in his left arm, torn shoulder, a concussion, and spinal compression. He waited in the snow and mountains for 4 hours without any help and no one knowing where he was located. With accidents happening like this all over the world, Jaron knew he needed to help bring a solution to the market with a click of a button.
SOS Anywhere is not only applicable for outdoor recreational activities but for the everyday user.
Protecting America’s Families
Unlike traditional emergency alert bands that only work on a cellular network, the new SOS Band follows the user anywhere they go via GPS without the monthly cost of using a cell tower. Whether you are out for a jog, hiking a mountain, playing with the kids, going shopping, or just casually walking through the neighborhood, SOS Anywhere is here to protect you and your whereabouts.
With approximately 2,300 children (one every 40 seconds) reported missing each day in the United States and nearly 800,000 people a year, there is a developing need that has to be solved especially with about 15% of all disappearances are deemed involuntary by the FBI.
“With seeing the industry lacking a true emergency alert device” said Jaron. “It is time to offer a solution that is affordable and reliable for years to come.”
Cost of a Coffee
The SOS Anywhere Bandemergency alert band is only $3 a month with a one-time band fee of $97. Compared to other emergency alert bands, SOS Anywhere is the most affordable for those looking for peace of mind without breaking the bank for the family. Ordering information available at www.SOSAnywhere.com.
About SOS Anywhere
SOS Anywhere’s new emergency alert band provides independence and peace of mind for millions of people and their families worldwide. The SOS Anywhere Bandhas a modern look, lightweight, and super small .88-ounce silicone band with a shock & waterproof casing. The company has dedicated its whole mission to bringing awareness & protection in these uncertain times.
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Banks 'are charging sneaky fees' claims Which?
By Brian Milligan
Business reporter, BBC News
The Supreme Court is the scene of the latest stage of the case
Banks are still finding "sneaky ways" to make money out of people, the consumers' association Which? has said.
It claims the rate on authorised overdrafts is at its highest level since records began in the mid-1990s.
According to the latest Bank of England statistics, the average overdraft rate is 18.96%, although many of the big banks can charge considerably more.
Which? says that the rate for unauthorised overdrafts has fallen owing to a major court case.
It has accused banks of raising the rate on authorised overdrafts to make up the difference.
"It is like a balloon," says Phil Jones, of Which?. "When you push in one part, it comes out in another."
"So we see that the banks are consistently taking sneaky ways to make money out of people."
Dawn Cunnington, from Kidderminster in the West Midlands, said that when her husband had a few weeks off sick seven years ago, they went slightly overdrawn, and were immediately hit with a £35 charge.
The cost that the banks have to pay for the money they buy in has increased
Eric Leenders, BBA
Over the years the charges spiralled, and she ended up paying over £4,000.
Her official complaint about those charges has been suspended, pending the outcome of the long-running court case. In the meantime her bank has continued to charge her on a monthly basis.
The charges now total more than £5,000.
"It gets you really upset," she said. "You start to get angry then. I phoned the bank, and the only help they could give us was an offer of increasing the overdraft."
Many banks have reduced the rates on unauthorised overdrafts.
On 1 October, the Royal Bank of Scotland cut its charges. On 6 December, the Halifax will restructure the way it charges customers, which will benefit some people with an overdraft.
In relation to high rates on authorised overdrafts, the industry argues that its own costs remain stubbornly high.
The British Bankers' Association (BBA), which represents the banks, is reminding everyone that the cost of borrowing no longer tracks the Bank rate as it once did.
Instead banks have to borrow money on the more expensive wholesale market. The risk of borrowers defaulting is also higher than it was.
"The cost that the banks have to pay for the money they buy in has increased," said Eric Leenders, of the BBA.
Test case
After more than two years of court cases, and appeals by the banks, the Supreme Court will make a significant ruling about bank charges on Wednesday.
At stake are billions of pounds, and complaints from nearly a million bank customers in the UK.
The court is due to decide whether the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has the right to determine what is, and what is not, a fair bank charge.
If the OFT wins the case, it is due to announce its findings at the beginning of next year.
In theory, the way could then be open for customers like Dawn Cunnington to have their charges refunded.
But if the banks follow their track record to date, they are likely to appeal against any ruling made by the OFT. That could mean a whole new round of legal action, lasting for years.
One government source has told the BBC that the case might therefore continue until 2015 or so.
In which case Dawn Cunnington can expect to be charged a further £2,400 in interest, before the case is finally resolved.
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IGAD SSP Kicksoff a Regional Training on the Role of Women in Countering Terrorism
22 April 2019, Entebbe: IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP), with support from the European Union Trust Fund (EUTF) through the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) under the IPPSHAR program, kicked off a three days training program on the role of women in counter terrorism for all IGAD Member States.
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31-08-2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia: The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) today concluded a three day workshop where high level participants from Governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia were able to exhaustively review, evaluate and later validate by making improvements and recommendations to enrich the earlier findings in the report on the “Mapping and Analysis of the Cross-Border Security Threats in the IGAD Region: A Case Study of the Dewele – Tog Wajaale corridor”.
Ethiopia and Djibouti Meet to Map and Analyze Cross Border Security Threats and Criminal Networks between the Dewele and Tog Wajaale Corridor
29-08-2018, Bishoftu, Ethiopia: The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) kick started a three day validation workshop to facilitate Governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti to review, evaluate, improve and later validate the findings and suggested recommendations of the report on the “Mapping and Analysis of the Cross-Border Security Threats in the IGAD Region: A Case Study of the Dewele – Tog Wajaale corridor”.
Third Round Training on “Counter Radicalization, Disengagement, and Reintegration of Terrorist”
9 May 2018, Kismayo, Somalia - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) in close cooperation with the IGAD Special Mission to Somalia (IGAD SMS) has successfully concluded a two days training for Somalia religious scholars, traditional leaders, CSO representatives, and relevant ministries on “Counter Radicalization, Disengagement, and Reintegration of Terrorist” held between 7-8 May 2018 in Kismayo, Somalia. This training was the first ever event conduced within the soil of the Federal Republic of Somalia. <hr id="system-readmore" />
The official opening ceremony was presided by H.E. Abdiaziz Sheikh Hussien Dayib – Focal point of P/CVE to Jubaland State of Somalia, H.E. Koshin Abdi Hashi – Deputy Coordinator of P/CVE at the Office of Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Abdirasheed Ibrahim Mohamed of The Minister of Internal Security of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Commander Abebe Muluneh - Director of IGAD SSP, and Eminent Islamic Scholars Dr. Sheikh Mohamed Shakul and Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Mohamed.
Commander Abebe, in his opening remark, welcomed the participants and expressed his utmost gratitude to the Government of Somalia and the Jubaland Administration for facilitating the attendance of relevant participants and hosting this important training. He also thanked the Government of Japan for their generous financial support in making the third round training a reality. He further emphasized on the need to highlight on the correct and true meaning of the religion Islam so that extremist groups could not be able to misuse and abuse the religion. He pointed out that this kind of program is hoped to provide convenient platform to openly discuss the issues of faith, religion, and the correct interpretations of Islam to reach a common understanding at a community level so that the leaders are able to teach others to eventually defeat the narratives of Al Shabaab and other radical groups.
H.E. Abdirasheed thanked IGAD and appreciated the effort being made to the regional response in fighting Al-Shabaab. He highlighted on the work the Ministry is doing and assured of his Ministry’s commitment and the Government of Somalia in providing the necessary mechanisms to enhance the capacity of its officials, and the community to eradicate and counter the narratives of extremist groups. He further highlighted on the National Defector Rehabilitation Program that has significantly implemented a drive towards defection and rehabilitation through the implementation of cohesive outreach program called “Be Among Your People” in an attempt to encourage coordination and continue the successes of the program as well as supplement it by ensuring accurate and timely information in reaching both potential defectors and the wider public on the program.
This training is the third and final round conducted within the project under the theme “countering violent extremism and terrorism in Somalia”. The objective of the project was to contribute to the fight against radicalization and countering terrorism in Somalia by providing knowledge, tools, and common understanding to traditional leaders in mobilizing the community through counter radical narrative that familiarize the dangers of religious extremism messages of Al Shabaab and other groups. The first activity was carried out in mid-2016 for 51 Somali youths with the title “Training of Trainers (ToT) on Countering Radicalization and Entrepreneurship skills”. Consecutive three trainings, this being the last, were carried out under the theme “Counter Radicalization, Disengagement, and Reintegration of Terrorist” benefiting a total of 160 religious and traditional leaders from all regions of Somalia. Given the importance of community in Somalia society and roles of their leaders, IGAD strongly believes that community based de-radicalization is important and provides a venue for trust based and sustainable intervention. IGAD also believes that unless more sensitization and fundamental work of disengagement is done with various communities, it is not possible to fully effectively defeat extremist narratives and remove the threats terrorist groups pose to Somalia and the region. This training, was therefore, one of the efforts geared towards bringing about change in this regard.
The training had a full house participation of 50 participants from all the regions of Somalia who are religious scholars, traditional leaders, and representatives of CSOs including women association, and relevant ministries such as focal points for P/CVE, religious affairs, interior, defense, and Office of the Prime Minister. High level and well-versed religious Sheiks Dr. Sheikh Mohamed Shakul and Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Mohamed shared their knowledge and experiences as well as form a common understanding on the various aspects of the subject matter. During the two days training, the following topic and area of focus were thoroughly discussed and debated over:
- Actors and vulnerable targets of Al-Shabaab radicalization and methods of recruitment methods (trends, patterns, processes, and causes of radicalization);
- Understanding extremist narratives and the damages caused to the people of Somalia in contrast to the mainstream Islam narratives;
- Methods and means of disseminating extremist narratives and recruitment by Al-Shabaab and ways to detect and counter them;
- Factors conducive for the spread of Al-Shabaab extremist narratives - how extremists' ideology and propaganda attracts vulnerable groups (recruitment, affiliation, infiltration);
- Role of religious leaders, clan leaders, media and civil society in community disengagement, disseminating counter narratives;
Countering extremist ideology with right Islamic ideology (how did it all start? who initiated and started? contextual analysis - different methods, measures, and interventions)
- The role of government, community, CSO and other stakeholders' engagement on the acceptance of defectors for reintegration and rehabilitation.
Challenges and opportunities for disengagement and reintegration (looking at the factors of resilience to extremism and radicalization)
Over the two days, all participants highlighted and emphasized on the need to fully understand the real and true teachings of Islam by providing the resources and platforms to counter those who provide wrong and misinterpretation of the religion and further called for a united front to eliminate those individuals and groups who claim to represent and do harm in the name of Islam and other religions.
The training is believed to enhance the knowledge of the participants, who are representatives of the community, to further be able to use tools to displace Al-Shabaab and other extremist narratives and wrong influences. This particular training aimed to reach more representatives of the various communities by going in the ground who, in turn, will pass the knowledge to their communities at the grassroots level.
The training in Kismayo, the town where we found to be very peaceful and free from Al Shabaab influences, has really given us a lesson to mobilize and popularize our efforts in preventing and countering radical ideas, violent extremism and terrorism so that the people of Somalia would be able to utilize their full potential and resources.
The training was concluded by Commander Abebe Muluneh and H.E. Koshin Abdi Hashi with a high note to collectively defeat and counter the narratives of extremists groups. Participants were awarded certificates for their successful completion of the training by Dr. Shakul, Sheikh Ibrahim, and Commander Abebe.
The IGAD delegation and training participants were privileged to be hosted for dinner by the Jubaland Administration President, H.E. Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe), at his State House whereby he thanked IGAD for taking this initiative and conducting the training in Kismayo. He called for a more robust approach in handling this problem with the right program, methodology and technical knowledge. (END)
Consultancy: Review of National Criminal Information Systems (CIS) and Infrastructures in View of Establishing Standardized Regional System
9 January, 2018, Addis Ababa - The IGAD Security Sector Programme (IGAD SSP) has a plan to establish a regional cooperation and coordination mechanism against Transnational Security Threats (TSTs). For this purpuse IGAD SSP intends to assess national criminal information systems (CIS) and its inftrastructures in all IGAD MSs. The review will include crime classification system, criminal records database of convited criminals, exhibits recording systems, criminal intelligence data and reports (analytical tools used and results), amont others. The assessment is expected to desribe the system as is and identify the gaps and limitations vis-a-vis establishing harmonized regional criminal information system. Accordingly, IGAD SSP invites qualified researchers/consultants (individuals, firms, consortiums) to undertake this study. Please refer the Terms of Reference (TOR) here for more information.
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Evaluation of kidney histopathological alterations in Crucian Carp, Carassius carassius, from a pesticide and PCB-contaminated freshwater ecosystem, using light microscopy and organ index mathematical model
Eldores Sula, Valbona Aliko, Elda Marku, Aurel Nuro, Caterina Faggio
This study aimed to evaluate the potential toxic effects of chronic sublethal pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) exposure on feral crucian carp, Carassius carassius, using histopathological alterations as an endpoint. Besides, a mathematical model of organ index was used to evaluate the severity of tissue damages. Circulatory disturbances, inflammation, regressive and progressive changes of tubules, glomerulus and interstitial tissue of kidneys were the most frequent damages observed. Organ index calculation revealed moderate occurrence of damage in kidneys of fish compared to the reference site. Findings highlight the effectiveness of organ index as a measuring kidney’s damage severity and health status of fish. The present work is the first study that determines the levels and effects of pesticides and PCBs in water and fish kidneys in Seferani Lake in Albania. The results suggest that the observed changes in kidney structure of C. carassius, could possibly indicate a prolonged chemical stress caused by pesticides and PCBs suggesting continuous monitoring of the lake to protect human consumer’s health.
Organ index, Histopathology, Kidney, Organochlorine Compounds.
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Hyderabad’s tallest Ganesh idol shrinks to one-ft this year: Utsav committee
Hyderabad's tallest Ganesh idol shrinks to one-ft this year. -- IANS
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) With the coronavirus pandemic likely to overshadow Ganesh festival, the organizers of Hyderabad’s popular and tallest Khairatabad Ganesh idol have decided to bring down its size this year to just one foot from 66 feet planned earlier.
Khairatabad Ganesh Utsav Committee announced on Tuesday that this year, it will install one-foot idol in view of the pandemic situation.
This will be the first time in the 66-year history of the idol that such a small idol will be installed. The one-foot idol was installed for the first time in 1954 and since then, the height has been increasing by one foot every year.
Installed at Kharitabad in the heart of the city, it is considered the tallest Ganesh idol in the Telugu states that attracted devotees from various places. Last year, a 65-ft idol was installed.
Utsav Committee chairman S. Sudershan said the ‘Karra Puja’ or puja to commence idol preparation scheduled for May 18 has been cancelled.
He said the decision to install the one-foot idol this year would be reviewed if any vaccine is developed and the world overcame the pandemic before August 22, when the Ganesh festival is scheduled.
This year, the Utsav Committee was planning to install a 66-ft idol with ‘Vishwarupa’ idol with 18 faces to seek blessings of the ‘Lord of Beginnings’ in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The committee took the decision after a review of the current situation. As all temples are closed for nearly two months and no religious congregation is being allowed, the organizers felt that if the situation continued, all their efforts to prepare the huge idol would go in vain.
Every year, the committee spends Rs 1 crore on making the idol. The preparation work begins 90 days before the festival. About 150 workers including painters, carpenters and artisans work on the idol.
The Khairatabad Ganesh used to be a major attraction of annual celebrations in the city. State Governor, ministers and other VIPs perform puja at this idol every year to mark the beginning of the festival.
For 10 days, thousands of devotees from various parts of the city and other places used to offer worship. The authorities every year make elaborate arrangements to shift the idol with the help of giant cranes to Hussainsagar lake for immersion.
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H_TRA_2016A 04/14/2016 11:41:15 AM Committee Summary
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
Becker J.
Place: HCR 0112
This Meeting was called to order by
Esgar
Representative Tyler
Kraft-Tharp
This Report was prepared by
Matt Kiszka
Neville P.
Mitsch Bush
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
Bills Addressed: Action Taken:
HB16-1325
HB16-1342 Postponed Indefinitely
Amended, Referred to Finance
11:42 AM -- HB 16-1325
Representative Garnett, prime sponsor, came to the table to present House Bill 16-1325. Subject to the limitations listed below, the bill requires the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to display messages on its variable message signs regarding the dates of precinct caucuses and statewide elections beginning seven days before and concluding at 7 P.M. on the caucus or election date. The Secretary of State must notify CDOT of these election dates at least 21 days in advance.
CDOT must promptly seek federal approval to implement the bill. If the U.S. Department of Transportation or its agencies advise CDOT that displaying election-related messages will result in the reduction of federal aid highway funds to the state, CDOT must not display the messages.
CDOT may give priority to other alerts (i.e. Amber alerts) and safety-related messages, and nothing in the bill alters any Department of Public Safety procedures related to these alerts.
Amendment L.001, a strike-below amendment, was distributed to the committee (Attachment A). Representative Garnett responded to questions on the bill from the committee.
160414 AttachA.pdf
11:55 AM -- Tina Francone, representing herself, testified in opposition to the bill.
11:59 AM -- Scott Reed, representing the Regional Transportation District (RTD), testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Reed responded to questions from the committee.
12:09 PM -- Rolf Asphaug, representing RTD, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Asphaug responded to questions from the committee and discussion ensued.
12:18 PM -- Elena Wilken, representing the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies, testified in opposition to the bill.
12:24 PM -- Pam Anderson, representing Colorado County Clerks Association, testified in support of the bill.
Representative Garnett made his closing comments on the bill and committee discussion ensued.
BILL: HB16-1325
TIME: 12:34:47 PM
MOVED: Moreno
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion failed on a vote of 4-9.
SECONDED: Esgar
YES: 4 NO: 9 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL
Committee discussion of the merits of the bill ensued.
MOVED: Melton
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1325 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a vote of 6-7.
SECONDED: Moreno
Final YES: 6 NO: 7 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL
MOVED: Coram
MOTION: Postpone House Bill 16-1325 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5.
SECONDED: Becker J.
12:43 PM -- HB 16-1342
Representative Moreno came to the table to present House Bill 16-1342, which was laid over by the chair on April 7, 2016. The bill requires licensed automobile dealers who sell salvage, non-repairable, flood-damaged, junk, or similarly branded motor vehicles to report each transaction to a third-party data consolidator within two days of the sale. The consolidator must be approved by the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) and must forward the report to NMVTIS by the following day. The consolidator may charge the dealer a per-transaction fee.
The report must be maintained electronically by the dealer for three years and must contain the following:
• the motor vehicle's make, model, year, vehicle identification number (VIN), and current odometer reading;
• the name and address of the purchaser and the seller;
• a copy of the purchaser's driver's license or other government-issued identification document; and
• proof of the purchaser's in- or out-of-state automobile dealer license, if applicable.
The consolidator is required to make information received under this section available without charge and upon request to law enforcement, the Department of Revenue (DOR), and, if the DOR approves, a nongovernmental entity.
Any person who violates the reporting requirements under the bill commits an unclassified misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500 per transaction, credited to the Auto Dealers License Fund.
In addition, the bill increases penalties for unlicensed automobile sales. Under current law, a person commits a class 3 misdemeanor for selling a motor vehicle without a license. Under the bill, this violation becomes an unclassified misdemeanor with the following penalties on unlicensed motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, manufacturer representatives, used motor vehicle dealers, buyer agents, wholesale motor vehicle auction dealers, and motor vehicle salespersons:
• for an individual, a fine of no less than $1,000 and 25 hours of public service, neither of which may be suspended by the court. A second conviction results in a fine ranging from no less than $5,000 to no more than $25,000, neither of which may be suspended by the court; and
• for a corporation, a fine ranging from no less than $5,000 to no more than $25,000 for each separate offense.
Fines for unlicensed automobile sales are awarded half to the law enforcement agency that conducted the investigation and issued the citation and half to the Auto Dealers License Fund.
Representative Moreno described amendment L.011 (Attachment B), a strike-below amendment, to the committee. He then distributed and explained amendment L.016 (Attachment C) to amendment L.011.
160414 AttachB.pdf 160414 AttachC.pdf
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.016 (Attachment C) to Amendment L.011. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5.
YES: 8 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
12:50 PM -- Melissa Kuipers, representing LKQ Corporation, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kuipers discussed the bill as it would be amended by amendment L.011, and responded to questions. Committee discussion ensued.
Jery Payne, Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to explain amendment L.014 (Attachment D) to amendment L.011. Discussion ensued.
160414 AttachD.pdf
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.014 (Attachment D) to amendment L.011. The motion failed on a vote of 5-8.
SECONDED: Neville P.
Mr. Payne explained amendment L.017 (Attachment E) to amendment L.011 and responded to questions from the committee.
160414 AttachE.pdf
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.017 (Attachment E) to amendment L.011. The motion passed without objection.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
Ms. Kuipers discussed the bill, as amended, and responded to questions from the committee.
01:07 PM -- Jep Seman, representing Copart, testified in opposition to the bill.
01:09 PM -- Shayne Madsen, representing the Consumer Data Industry Association, testified in opposition to the bill.
Representative Moreno made his closing comments on the bill. The committee discussed the merits of the bill.
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.011 (Attachment B), as amended. The motion passed without objection.
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1342, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5.
SECONDED: Melton
The committee was adjourned.
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Breaking Into Fine Art, Part 1 – Podcast
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Judith spoke with the team at MA+C a few weeks ago and discussed her background, APG’s history and best business practices for fine artists. This episode is for the aspiring, emerging, or curious commercial photographer who’s had more than a passing interest in breaking into the fine art world. A lot of the discussions covers what it takes to not only reach out to a curator but to maintain that link once you’ve made that connection.
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622 Warren St Hudson, NY +
622 Warren St Hudson, NY
Featuring works by Richard Britell, Sue Bryan, Shawn Dulaney, Leigh Palmer, Susan Hope Fogel, and Linda Newman Boughton.
On view: December 2, 2020 through January 31, 2021
622 Warren Street
info@carriehaddadgallery.com
Hours Open Daily
(Tuesdays by appointment only)
Image: Linda Newman Boughton, Beckon, 2020, 42″ X 40,” ball-point pen on paper, 42 x 40 inch paper size, 39.5 x 29.5 inch drawing size
www.carriehaddadgallery.com
622 Warren St Hudson, NY 12534
Open daily 11-5 (Tues by appointment only)
The podcast interview with APG Board Chairman, Chip Standifer, “Breaking Into Fine Art, Part 2”, with Donna Garcia & Darnell Wilburn of Modern Art & Culture is now live.
Chip spoke with the team at MA+C a few weeks ago and opened up about his works and leadership role in APG as well as continue the conversation with us that Judith Pishnery started, about navigating the fine art world. Chip gives great advice for up and coming and mid-level photographers trying to find their footing in a system that may be a bit antiquated but nevertheless is still the standard.
PS – there are several great interviews with other APG artists including in the series.
January 6 - March 17
Creative Catalyst [ONLINE]
Jump Start Your Creativity
Bored with your photography and don’t know what to do? Want to begin a new series but haven’t found a direction or hit a plateau in your current series and don’t know where to go? Sign up for Creative Catalysts. Creative Catalysts is an ongoing group of photographic artists who are looking to be challenged and inspired. Led by artist and curator Beth Lilly, each month she presents an assignment designed to push artists into new creative and technical spaces, shake themselves out of ruts and find inspiration. The following month, the group meets to critique the previous month’s assignment and receive the next assignment. APG posts the best work from each assignment on their social media.
Artists sign up for 3 classes at a time and at the end of the three months, can choose to continue or take a break.
Register by January 6- intro class & receive your first assignment!
January 20 – Review and discuss 1st assignment. Receive 2nd assignment
February 17 – Review and discuss 2nd assignment. Receive 3rd assignment
March 17 – Review and discuss 3rd and final assignment
Workshop Dates: Jan 6, Jan 20, Feb 17, March 17
This Workshop is ONLINE
Time: 7-9pm
Workshop Fee: $145 APG members / Non-members: $165
Instructor: Beth Lilly
Beth Lilly is an artist, curator, teacher and the former executive director for Atlanta Photography Group. An exhibiting artist for over 30 years, recent exhibitions include Spalding Nix Fine Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, the Zuckerman Museum, Whitespace Gallery, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, and MOCA GA. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the High Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, MOCA GA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund and many private collections. She has taught photography for both Kennesaw State University, the Art Institute of Atlanta and the High Museum. Her critically acclaimed performance/interactive project “The Oracle @ WiFi” was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2012. Lilly earned a MFA in Photography from Georgia State University and an A.B.J. in Telecommunication Arts from the University of Georgia.
Register for Workshop: Creative Catalyst
Tintype Demonstration with Rachel Portesi
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
10 Vernon St Brattleboro, VT +
10 Vernon St Brattleboro, VT
Photographer Rachel Portesi demonstrates the process she used to create the tintype photographs in the exhibit Hair Portraits.
Each photograph is the result of a 26-second exposure directly onto a thin sheet of metal that has been painted black, then coated in emulsion to make it light-sensitive. The plate is immediately developed and placed in fixer, where the image appears. This archaic way of making “instant pictures” appealed to Portesi after she spent many years of shooting Polaroids, until the film became unavailable. (Now, thanks to The Impossible Project, Polaroid film is once again a possibility, though Portesi’s beloved Polaroid 667 black and white film has yet to be remade.)
This demonstration, followed by a Q&A, will take place via Zoom and Facebook Live at 7 pm EST. A link to attend will be posted on our website beforehand at https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2020/10/19/tintype-photography-demonstration-with-rachel-portesi/
10 Vernon St Brattleboro, VT 05301
info@brattleboromuseum.org
Open Wed-Mon 11-5
Seeing the Story
Erik Hoffner: Ice Visions
Federico Pardo: Ice Shanties: Fishing, People & Culture
Rachel Portesi: Hair Portraits
Exposure Portfolio Reviews
Los Angeles Center of Photography
5566 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA +
5566 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) is pleased to announce we will be holding our annual portfolio review event EXPOSURE this January 21-24, 2021. The reviews are twenty-minute face-to-face virtual meetings with museum curators, gallery owners, publishers and photo professionals.
Participants should expect to receive candid feedback about their images, as well as information on getting their work exhibited and published.
Confirmed Portfolio Reviewers (more to come)
Elizabeth Avedon, Photography Book and Exhibition Designer, New York, NY
Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Claudia Bohn-Spector, Independent Curator
Sherrie Berger, Photography Consultant
Jonathan Blaustein, Writer and Contributor, A Photo Editor
Susan Burnstine, Contributor, Black & White Magazine (UK)
Andi Campignone, Curator, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, CA
Catherine Edelman, Owner, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mazie Harris, Assistant Photo Curator, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago, IL
Frances Jacubek, Head of Exhibitions at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NYC
Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Michael Kirchoff, Editor in Chief, Analog Forever Magazine and Founding Editor, Catalyst Interviews
Deborah Klochko, Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA), San Diego, CA
Caleb Cain Marcus, Roving Acquisitions Editor for Damiani and Director, Luminosity Lab, New York
Douglas McCulloh, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, California Museum of Photography, Riverside. CA
Melanie McWhorter, Photo Book and Photography Consultant
Rebecca Morse, Curator of Photography, LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Murray, Executive Director, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
Shana Nys Dambrot, Art Critic, Curator, and Author
Ibarionex Perello, Host of The Candid Frame Photography podcast
Suzanne Revy, Assoc. Editor What Will You Remember and Board Member, Photographic Resource Center
Kristine Shomaker, Editor, Art & Cake Magazine & Artists Rep, Shoebox Projects
Aline Smithson, Founder and Editor of Lenscratch
Elin Spring, Founder and Editor, What Will You Remember?
Douglas Stockdale, Editor/Publisher of the PhotoBook Journal, CA
Susan Spiritus, Owner, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Irvine, CA
Yessica Torres, Gallery Director, DAB Art Co, Los Angeles, CA
Registration opens December 1st at 9am PST
https://lacphoto.org/happenings/exposure-weekend-portfolio-reviews/
info@lacphoto.org
Open Mon-Sat 10-6
Ellen Cantor | Mimi and her Purses
Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Rd Winchester, MA +
67 Shore Rd Winchester, MA
On the walls of the Griffin Museum we are excited to have Ellen Cantor, and her series, Mimi and her Purses. Cantor will be in the Griffin Zoom Room for an online conversation about her creativity, influences and the background on how the series Mimi and her Purses was created. Join us on January 21st at 7pm EST for this evening presentation.
This event is FREE to Griffin Members $12 for Non-Members. Not a Member? For more information about our Memberships, log onto our website.
About Mimi’s Purses
“Things that are hard to bear are sweet to remember” Seneca, Roman philosopher
© Ellen Cantor, “Grandma Sue+ Souvenir de Paris”
Mourning is a very individual activity. Everyone has their own unique way of remembering the deceased. For many, it is through photographs or videos. Others find visiting a cemetery comforting. For Mimi, it is through purses.
Ironically, I met Mimi at funeral. She was carrying a purse of woven gold metal in the shape of a box–almost like a woven lunch box. I commented on its uniqueness and discovered the beginnings of this series “Mimi and Her Purses.”
Mimi and her husband, Phil, come from large families with lots of aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters and cousins. Along with many family celebrations, there are also somber moments when someone passes away. To help retain each person’s memory, Mimi chooses to use their purses for special occasions. This keeps their spirit alive and creates a living memorial for all who see Mimi wearing these handbags– reminders of the past when every outfit had it’s own matching purse.
I was invited to Mimi’s closet to see the numerous handbags and hear the wonderful stories about an Aunt or Grandmother or even a Great Grandmother who owned these remnants of times past. Inside purse is a holy card with a picture of a Saint, the person’s name, date of birth and death and whatever the previous owner left behind—handkerchief, lipstick and other inconsequential items such as band aids, packets of Splenda, price tags, toothpicks and even a sewing kit.
Each purse is a tribute to the past, creating a celebratory experience from an everyday object. By allowing the handbag and the items found inside to live a new life, Mimi captures the essence of memorable people in her life. -EC
About Ellen Cantor
Ellen Cantor is a Southern California artist who uses the camera to reimagine the family photo album and objects that hold personal histories in order to explore the distillation and persistence of memory.
She received a BS from The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and continued her education in Interior and Architectural Design at UCLA. She has studied photography at Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media Workshop and The Los Angeles Center of Photography.
Her work has been featured in 21 solo exhibitions including dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, and The Spartanburg Museum of Art. She was a Critical Mass finalist in 2015 and 2016 and winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers as well as first place in the Fine Art category. She has participated in over 100 national and international group exhibitions including the Italian Cultural Exchange in Naples, Italy.
Ellen is listed under Modern Photographers on the website www.all-about-photo.com. Her photographs have been published in Harper’s Magazine, Muzée Magazine, SHUTR Magazine, Professional Photographer. Southwest Review and online in Lenscratch, f-stopmagazine, fraction magazine, rfotofolio, Voyage LA Magazine, My Daily Photograph, Lightleaked, a photo editor, Float Online Magazine, thisiscolossal and Silvershotz.
67 Shore Rd Winchester, MA 01890
Open Tues-Sun 12-4
Joe Greene: Concealed
John Brook: John Brook | Return to Riverrun
Focus On: Jon Henry
FOCUS: a portfolio & project development course [ONLINE]
Focus is a portfolio and project building course for emerging, mid-career and advanced photographers. This ONLINE course meets monthly for six months, with group and individual sessions. The course is taught by Judith Pishnery, APG’s executive director. Course participants will learn techniques for portfolio and project development, engage in discussions of each other’s projects and work towards creating compelling, thought-provoking, fine art photographic projects.
Course discussions will include: creative concepts, marketing & selling fine art photography (including social media, websites, portfolio reviews), presentation styles & sizes, editing and sequencing projects, technical concerns with cameras, post-processing and printing, writing and talking about your work, and much more.
Students will work on the own personal portfolios & projects, and work toward a group exhibition to be held at the Atlanta Photography Group gallery.
Any type of photographic based work is appropriate and welcome for this course.
The course will meet ONLINE once a month, and offers an additional, 1 hour, individual discussion with the instructor, to beheld between group meetings. A private online discussions group is also provided to share images or information and to ask questions.
Classes begin on Monday, January 25 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00pm ET, and meets once a month for 6 group & 6 individual sessions total. The course is limited to 10 participants.
ONLINE Workshop: Begins – Monday, January 25, 2021
continues with a monthly group meeting for 6 months.
dates of the meeting are flexible to meet the needs of the participants.
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm ET – ONLINE via Zoom
Workshop Fee: $425/Members: $465/Non-members
Class Size: Limited to 10 participants
Materials: a selections of current images, note taking materials, your enthusiasm for creating new work.
Instructor: Judith Pishnery
Judith Pishnery, a professional photographer, curator, educator and arts administrator, serves as the Executive Director at the Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta’s oldest photography art organization and gallery. She received an M.A in Commercial Photography and an MFA in Photography from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD).
With an extensive educational background as a photographic professor at numerous art colleges and creative programs, Judith mentors aspiring and mid-career photographers. She leads photographic workshops to Italy, France and Portugal, including a few in the US. In addition, she teaches creative processes, portfolio and project development, along with helping artists navigate the business side of commercial and fine art photography. Her decades of experience in photography allow her to combine the worlds of photography, business, art, history, travel and exploration for the creative mind of her students.
Judith has also been involved with Atlanta Celebrates Photography. She was a key part of the early planning sessions for ACP, beginning in 1998 and served on the Board of Directors and the Advisory board.
To see some of Judith’s photographic works and learn more, visit: www.pisconeri.com or www.judithpishnery.com.
Register for Workshop: FOCUS
You do not have to be a member to register for this workshop. If you are not a member but would like to become one, you can join here. If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact us at info@atlantaphotographygroup.org.
Joe Greene | Concealed Artist Talk
Join us for an online conversation with Joe Greene about his exhibition hanging on the walls of the Griffin, Concealed. Happening Thursday night January 28th at 7pm EST, Joe will discuss his creative path and how this series went from idea to vision.
About the series – Concealed
© Joe Greene, Glass Gun
Webster defines concealed as “to place out of sight, to conceal evidence, carrying a concealed weapon, to prevent disclosure or recognition or conceal the truth”.
At one time or another, everyone has something to conceal, emotionally or materially. When we place an object in our pockets and purses, we conceal it from public view. Just as easliy, we may decide to put a smile on our face even when we disagree with one another.
Joe’s photographs of vintage purses and toy guns act as a metaphor for the secrets we keep from each other and the fear in America right now.
About Joe Greene
Starting out as a painter, Joe was encouraged by his public school teachers to spend class time studying painting at an artist’s studio in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Since the studio specialized in copying classic contemporary works of arts, Joe had to learn how to paint just like the masters; including using a stick to drip paint Pollock style. He says, “Painting the same paintings over and over again helped me understand how light, color and textures work together.”
When he couldn’t get his ideas onto canvas fast enough, Joe picked up a camera. By the time he reached high school, he had a darkroom, two clients and was studying with artist and cinematographer, Ken Brown. Joe also learned the art of the psychedelic light show, by helping out at the Boston Tea Party concert hall. “I had a front row seat ( from the light show booth ) for Cream, Led Zepplin and the J Geils Band,”said Greene.
College was an exercise that broadened Joe’s horizons, it was at Mass College of Art where he became an honor student as a dual major in graphic design and photography, studying with the teaching team of Gus Kayafas and the late Paul Muller.
“I can spend years studying a subject, genre or lifestyle. My recent book, “Bike Week”, covers 5 years of shooting portraits at Laconia Bike Week. Other book titles include “Track”; the last few live race days at Suffolk Downs, Wolf; photographs of legendary rocker Peter Wolf and a new collection of found objects entitled “Shiny Things,” Greene said.
2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
1649 El Prado San Diego, CA +
1649 El Prado San Diego, CA
Get your passes and join the 2021 San Diego Human Rights Watch Film Festival online for a week of dynamic films & live conversations with filmmakers and human rights experts from around the world.
Passes and single-screening tickets are available online.
ALL FILMS CAN BE STREAMED ANYWHERE BETWEEN FEB 2 TO FEB 8
Link to ticketing site: click here
Link to Q&A registration site: click here
FILM LINEUP:
Through the Night
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, people in the US have been working longer hours across multiple jobs just to pay the rent. This reality of non-stop work has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon: the flourishing of 24-hour daycare centers. In a New York suburb, Dee’s Tots Daycare becomes a lifeline for an entire community. Through the Night is a quietly damning portrait of a merciless economy’s impact on working-class parents and turns a much-needed spotlight on the unsung heroes helping to raise the country’s children.
Live Q&A details – Time: Wednesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. PST
Missing in Brooks County
Eddie’s phone rings constantly with calls from families of those who have gone missing circumventing the local immigration checkpoint. Together, they find clues of what happened to their loved ones and confront the agonizing reality of life and death in Brooks County, Texas.
Live Q&A details – Time: Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m. PST
Talking about Trees
There is something profoundly culturally transformative about seeing a movie in the theater. Following a military coup, the Sudanese government has effectively banned cinema for the last 30 years. Four filmmaker friends have refused to give up their passion. The now elderly group of friends reunite to revive an old dream: to bring the magic of cinema back to their country.
Live Q&A details – Time: Friday, February 5 at 1 p.m. PST
I Am Samuel
Sam moves to Nairobi from the Kenyan countryside in search of a new life, where he finds belonging with a community of fellow queer men and falls in love with Alex. With his father not understanding why Samuel is not yet married, he must navigate the risk that being truthful may cost him his family’s acceptance.
Live Q&A details – Time: Saturday, February 6 at 4 p.m. PST
Reckoning in Boston
Coming together at a night course at a community center, Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler were seeking to transform their lives. When James Rutenbeck, a white suburban filmmaker comes to make a film about the school, he is forced to come to terms his own complicity in racist structures in the community. Kafi and Carl come on board as producers of the film and the three bring to light the history of systemic racism in one community that has spanned generations and its implications today. A Reckoning in Boston shows that transformation, healing and social change begins within each of us.
1649 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101
Summer Hours: Tues-Sun 10-5, Thur 10-8
January – February 2017 The Curators
Lang Jingshan (1892-1995), Chu Chu: Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography
Illusion: The Magic of Motion
Edgar Degas said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Similarly, a story can be seen, as well as read or told. Visual storytelling brings the viewer into other lives, scenes, and events. In this online talk for novice and experienced photographers alike, Erik Hoffner will explore topics related to documentary photography and visual storytelling, including composition, shot selection, and strategies for creating high-quality images. He will also discuss lenses and general photography concepts.
Erik Hoffner is an editor for the global environmental media outlet Mongabay.com. He’s a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and his writings and photojournalism projects have appeared in The Guardian, the Washington Post, Yale Environment 360, National Geographic News Watch, Northern Woodlands, and The Sun, among others. Hoffner has exhibited in galleries regionally and as far away as the New Mexico State Capitol, and in 2019, his work was the subject of a two-decade retrospective solo exhibit at the Linden Street Gallery. He is also a longtime exhibiting member of the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro.
This talk will take place via Zoom and Facebook Live at 7 pm EST. A link to attend will be posted on our website beforehand at https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2020/10/13/seeing-the-story/
Photographs & Photobooks auction
Swann Auction Galleries
104 E 25th St New York, NY +
104 E 25th St New York, NY
On February 14, 1952, Swann Galleries held the first auction in the U.S. dedicated to photography. Under the direction of Vice President Daile Kaplan, the department remains committed to innovation in the medium by introducing new genres, including the first sales dedicated to photobooks and vernacular photographs in 2006 and 2014, respectively.
With more combined years of experience than any equivalent division in a major auction house, the seasoned team specializes in classical and contemporary works by master fine art photographers, as well as photographs that employ alternative and antiquarian processes, including daguerreotypes and tintypes. The department considers the photobook a foundational component of fine art photography, and offers a range of rare and limited titles each season. We also offer vernacular photographs, including snapshots, travel albums, industrial surveys, crime photography and documentary typologies.
104 E 25th St New York, NY 10010
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Author Archives: Steve Carlson
Steve Carlson
Steve Carlson is a music photographer who can regularly be found shooting in photo pits around the Bay Area and beyond. He has an interest in shooting passionate performers, including up-and-comers, in any genre. Raised in Michigan along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan, Steve has made his home in the East Bay for nearly 20 years.
PHOTOS: Colony House leaves it all behind in San Francisco
Caleb Chapman, Colony House, Parke Cottrell, Scott Mills, Tyson Motsenbocker, Will Chapman
Colony House performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 29, 2020. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO – Indie rockers Colony House returned to the Bay Area with hopeful hearts and eyes set toward the future in a rollicking performance at August Hall on Saturday night. The Nashville-based quartet…
PHOTOS: Seventeen shows strength in numbers in San Jose
Dino, DK, Hoshi, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, K-Pop, Mingyu, Ode To You, S.Coups, San Jose, Seungkwan, SEVENTEEN, SVT, The8, Vernon, Wonwoo, Woozi
Seventeen (SVT) performs on the Ode to You World Tour at the SAP Center in San Jose on Jan. 21, 2020. Steve Carlson/Staff. SAN JOSE — South Korean boy band Seventeen , also known as SVT, made its long-awaited—though short-handed—debut in the Bay Area on Tuesday at the SAP Center, the sixth…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Robert Plant, New Pornos, Margo Price shine on day 2
Bobby Braddock, Budos Band, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, HSB, Laurie Lewis, Laurie Lewis and The Right Hands, Margo Price, Neko Case, Robert Plant, Tank and the Bangas, The New Pornographers, Yola
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands crammed into the meadow in front of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass’ Towers of Gold Stage to see the…
PHOTOS: LANY enters the home stretch of its marathon at the Masonic
LANY, Paul Jason Klein, Sasha Sloan
LANY performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on June 14, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — LANY performed at The Masonic on Friday for the first of two nights in San Francisco. The sold-out show marked the home stretch of the Los Angeles trio’s 100-date world tour across…
REVIEW: Rivers Cuomo digs deep into Weezer songbook at August Hall
Rivers Cuomo, Weezer
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2018. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t foggy enough in San Francisco for Rivers Cuomo. Midway through his 27-song acoustic tour-de-force at August Hall Wednesday night, the Weezer frontman needed a little something…
REVIEW: James Bay brings a new sound to the Fillmore
David Ryan Harris, James Bay
Photos: Steve Carlson SAN FRANCISCO — James Bay isn’t afraid of taking risks, that much became obvious at his Tuesday show at The Fillmore. When the English singer-songwriter took the stage for his sold-out performance, he looked hardly like the James Bay who visited the Bay Area in years…
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Gauchada Week: Keri-Lee Pashuk
Thursday, 09 August 2018 17:12 Photography
altKeri-Lee Pashuk is a photographer, visual artist, and sailor who has been sailing around Chile capturing wildlife and landscapes since 1986. With her husband, they’ve explored the remote high latitude areas of the northern and southern hemispheres on their sailing vessels, the Northanger and then the Saoirse, and it was on a yearlong expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1999/2000 that she discovered her passion for these fragile places, their people, and the wildlife. You can find out more about her projects at www.patagoniaprojects.org and www.northanger.org. You can also see her work at the “Whales: Voices of the Seas of Chile” exhibit at La Moneda Cultural Center in Santiago, open from August 8 to November 13.
1. High and Dry
In 2016, this endangered sei whale was found dead on the same beach where, in 2015, eight baleen whale carcasses were discovered by Dr. Vreni Haussermann and her team on board the SRV Saoirse. During further investigation via sailing boat, flyover, and satellite photo, 367 whale carcasses were counted in what was the largest baleen whale mortality in history.
2. Plankton Sampling
As part of continuing studies on the death and life of sei whales, Katie McConnell launches a plankton net from the deck of the SRV Saoirse in the Golfo de Penas, sampling for Alexandrium cantenella, a small organism that produces saxitoxin, a neurotoxin which when consumed can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). This same toxin is believed to have contributed to the mass whale mortality event of baleen whales in 2015 in this region. It also affects shellfish, known as red tide. Global warming could cause more red tide events globally.
3. Harvesting Mussels in Puerto Eden
Isabel Negue and Javier Chiguay, third generation residents of Puerto Eden, are loading bags of mussels they have collected from the beach behind the village. Their family rely on harvesting shellfish for their food and for their livelihood. Toxic algae blooms are threatening the populations of the endangered sei whales living in these waters and also threaten the way of life and livelihoods of Chileans all along the coast of the worlds largest fjord system, not only of the residents of Puerto Eden.
4. Glacier in Tempanos Fjord in Retreat
Receding glaciers and melting icecaps are visible markers of a rapidly warming climate. This glacier, in Fiordo Tempanos in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park in the fjords of Patagonian Chile, show the lines of a recent retreat in the barren gray rock at the foot of the glacier and with the vibrant oranges and greens of the mosses which are the first plants to colonize the rock after the first of the pioneer species of bacteria and lichens.
5. Weather Station in Tempanos Fjord
Greg Landreth checks a weather station in Tempanos Fjord that was installed by the late Charlie Porter, who, working with various institutions in Chile, created a network of weather stations from Puerto Williams in the Beagle Channel to Fiordo Tempanos, just north of Puerto Eden. Monitoring wind, precipitation and radiation, these stations were a vital resource for recording the change in these Patagonian fjords and glaciers. With global warming intensifying, the need for such stations is more important than ever.
6. Puerto Eden’s New Generations
A blend of cultures (Kawesqar and Mapuche Huilliche), Maria-‐Jose Gonzalez Tonko, Aliro Vargas Traimante and their three daughters are part of the old and the new generations of Puerto Eden. Embracing the past traditions and the unknown future, they continue to fish for food and finances, maintain jobs with CONAF and the Crux Australis Ferry and are preparing for the change soon to come to the community: tourism.
7. Cause of Death to be Determined
In May 2018, this female sei whale was noticed by a local fisherman, floating in a small bay near the community of Puerto Eden. Why did this whale die? Was it the orcas? Red tide? A boat strike? With the continuing mysterious mortalities of this endangered whale, more frequent red tide blooms, global warming and encroachment by humans and their industries, the need for creating safe zones and protected areas is critically urgent.
Sounding the alarm on climate change: Interview with Bill McKibben
Issue 21 - Climate Emergency
Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now
We need biodiversity-based agriculture to solve the climate crisis
Cancelling carbon pollution
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Liveblogging the CSNY Concert During a Lame New Song
Filed under: General — Patterico @ 8:18 pm
I think they’re against war, or something.
UPDATE: Yup. Four lame new songs later, still definitely against the war.
UPDATE x2: Intermission.
If I had to pick one word to describe these guys, it would be: “jowly.”
Sorry, Graham. I don’t mean you.
The Incredible Anti-Israel Bias of the L.A. Times
Filed under: Dog Trainer,War — Patterico @ 6:05 am
A week ago today, I was in the office of my friend alert reader hank k., who was ranting about the L.A. Times‘s coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. He still brings his paper to work every weekday, and showed me the front pages from the last week or so, which were just sitting around his office.
I don’t subscribe anymore, so I’d missed these. I started leafing through the front pages, and was aghast at what I saw: page after page after page of Lebanese suffering, with scarcely a hint of any suffering by Israeli civilians.
I asked my friend if I could borrow his newspapers to bring home, so I could eventually do a blog post about what I’d seen. He lent me the papers, and last night I took a bunch of photos of the front pages of each of these papers.
Here’s what I saw, beginning with the first Page One that my friend gave me:
Chuck Philips Again Attempts to Discredit Witness Who Accused Him of Corruption — Without Disclosing the Allegations the Witness Made
Filed under: Crime,Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 6:03 am
Chuck Philips writes today of the LAPD’s new cold-case investigation into the Biggie Smalls murder. Philips says:
But [Biggie Smalls’s] family has suffered numerous setbacks as it pursues the city in court.
Shortly before its first trial began last summer, the family dropped Mack and Muhammad as defendants. A paid informant who figured prominently in both LAPD and FBI investigations into Wallace’s murder admitted that his identification of Muhammad as the gunmen [sic] was fraudulent.
Sure sounds like Philips is trying to discredit this “paid informant,” huh? For some reason, Chuck Philips wants to portray the witness as simply having lied.
Oh: in unrelated news, it turns out that the same witness also previously accused Chuck Philips of corruption. He recanted that allegation at trial, too.
So when the witness is portrayed by Philips as being untruthful at trial — rather than simply recanting allegations due to possible fear of gang retaliation — that portrayal actually protects Philips’s reputation.
Not that today’s article mentions that.
In a previous post, I explained the controversy regarding the witness’s allegations against Philips:
Virtual Patterico
Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:00 am
Yeah, that’s about right. Except a lot of my defendants aren’t quite that bright.
Buy Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” Now
Filed under: Music — Patterico @ 5:59 am
Over the weekend, on a whim, I picked up a copy of Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers.” It’s an a capella piece. The version I got was performed by Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers.
It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard.
Swingset: Up!
Filed under: Real Life — Patterico @ 5:58 am
Big thanks to neighbor Jeff C. for his invaluable help in finally getting the swingset in working order in the backyard.
Finally, the rugrats darling children can go outside and swing and play without immediate adult supervision. (Yes, yes, we’ll still keep an eye on them. But now we don’t have to stand right there holding the whole contraption down so it doesn’t fall over.)
Jeff, we owe you a steak dinner — at a minimum. And you are welcome to bring your boy by, any time.
P.S. Yesterday was beautiful here in Rancho Palos Verdes. The heat spell broke and we opened up the house to cool breezes. Happy days are here again.
Greenwald Comments: Gone. All Gone.
Filed under: Buffoons,General — Patterico @ 9:25 pm
Glenn Greenwald’s old comments appear to be, well, gone. All of ’em.
Weirdest thing, that.
Remember the post where he gave an (insinuated) defense to charges of sock-puppetry? Last time I checked, there were over 600 comments to that post.
Today, there are none.
Apparently, it happened during his installation of Haloscan for comments. He’d really like to restore all the old comments, but, you know, that apparently just isn’t going to work out. So unfortunate.
(h/t Freedom Fan.)
Oh: just one more thing, since we really should talk about Mr. Greenwald’s “substance.” In a post today, part of Mr. Greenwald’s “substance” is an approving reference and link to one “Mr. Montalban at Sadly, No.” Greenwald cites “Mr. Montalban” with approval — reverence, even — but uses the very formal designation “Mr.” to refer to the Sadly, No! blogger. Which allows him to forego using “Mr.” Montalban’s first name.
Which is probably a good idea. Since the first name of “Mr. Montalban,” you may recall, is . . . “Retardo.”
Ah, the substance!
UPDATE: Smiles, everyone! Smiles!
UDPATE x2: Greenwald defenders say: hey! all he did was change comment platforms.
I fall back on the old liberal saw: I question the timing.
UPDATE x3: In comments, Xrlq wonders what the big deal is. Well, it may not be. It’s just that Xrlq’s pal Tim Lambert and I were having a little debate over the meaning of some comments on Greenwald’s site, here, and Lambert was starting to convince me that these comments showed Greenwald’s guilt even further. (Lambert was actually trying to argue the opposite point, but he did it so unconvincingly that he ended up providing evidence for the point that he was trying to disprove.)
I was really interested in this further evidence of Greenwald’s guilt.
And then the comments disappeared.
It could be innocent, I suppose. If Greenwald has been wronged on the issue of disappearing comments, well . . . chalk it up to karma.
UPDATE x4: Oh: hi, Glenn!
A Comment from Deb Frisch
Filed under: General — Patterico @ 11:49 am
Deb Frisch tried to leave the following comment on my site. It was caught by the spam filter. (Recent background on her here, older background here.) It was left under the same IP address as the recent comments from her IP address on Jeff Goldstein’s and Ace’s site: 71.34.251.220. It was left under the moniker “WW” (“Word Warrior”) with Frisch’s correct e-mail and URL.
It contains an interesting admission.
If foul language isn’t your bag, stop reading now. Here’s the comment (emphasis mine):
L.A. Times Editors: “We Just Can’t Solve the Mystery of Why that Muslim Guy Shot All Those Jews”
Filed under: Dog Trainer,General — Patterico @ 10:18 am
What was the motive of the guy who shot up the Jewish Center in Seattle? L.A. Times editor Dean Baquet says:
You got me!
Yes, if you ask the editors of the Los Angeles Times, it’s an utter mystery why the shootings occurred. At least, if you look at Page One. Here is a graphic from the paper’s front page today, teasing stories appearing inside the paper:
The teaser leads to a story on Page A22, which contains the following clue to the “mystery” of the shooter’s motive:
Haq reportedly shouted about his anger toward Jews, toward Israel and its war in Lebanon, and toward U.S. policy in Iraq.
Hmmmm. Yes, it’s a head-scratcher. Further clues to this impenetrable conundrum appear further down in the story:
According to [Seattle Police Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske], Haq said he “wanted the U.S. to leave Iraq, that his people had been mistreated, the U.S. was arming Israel, and he didn’t care if he died.”
The official police report, released Saturday and based on interviews with witnesses in the office and on the transcript of the 911 call, quoted Haq as saying: “I’m not upset at you people; I’m upset at your foreign policy. These are Jews, and I’m tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East.”
Then he repeated his name and gave his Social Security number, adding: “I just want us to get out of Iraq. I’m an American too, but I want our people out of Iraq.”
By Jove, Watson! I do believe we are getting closer to the solution of this indecipherable enigma!
Let’s look at some other news reports to see if we can get to the bottom of this brain-teaser. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports:
“He said, ‘I am a Muslim American, angry at Israel,’ before opening fire on everyone,” said Marla Meislin-Dietrich, a database coordinator for the center. “He was randomly shooting at everyone.”
Jot that down, Watson! He said he was “angry at Israel.” I do believe that could be a clew.
The AP gives us further leads in this story:
Seattle police said Haq picked up the two handguns and spare ammunition just days earlier, and appeared to have targeted the federation after a cursory Internet search for Jewish organizations.
Remember that, Watson! “Jewish organizations.” Why, I do believe that was the very type of organization that ended up being targeted! Yes, I believe we may be onto something here.
The game’s afoot!
We’ll examine what the paper may have really meant using the paper’s own style of burying context: by placing it below the fold.
Two-Second Investigation
Filed under: Buffoons,Crime,General — Patterico @ 9:06 am
The L.A. Times reports:
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s civilian oversight office said Saturday that it will investigate whether authorities gave Mel Gibson preferential treatment when he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and tried to cover up alleged offensive comments and behavior by one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures.
I can announce that I have just completed my own investigation, which took me about two seconds. The results are in: Gibson got preferential treatment.
I spent my two-second investigation recalling the details of yesterday’s post on Gibson, which set forth the contents of police reports that redacted material embarrassing to Gibson. (The Times has confirmed with a confidential source that the documents linked to were indeed accurate.) Oh — and Lee Baca also personally ordered Gibson’s booking photo to be withheld from the media, something which law enforcement generally does not do.
I’ll be publishing the results of my investigation in about four mon — oh, wait. I just did.
Bonus moronic comments from Lee Baca below the fold.
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We are still consulting- ASUU
written by Taiwo Adediran December 2, 2020
The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has said consultation is ongoing as regards the union’s response to the government offer of last Friday.
On Friday, the Federal Government agreed to exempt ASUU from the IPPIS and also increased the academic earned allowance to N70bn.
These and some others issues were the major grouse between ASUU and the FG.
Ogunyemi in an interview with The PUNCH explained that ASUU members across the country needed to determine the extent to which the government was planning to meet their demands.
“Consultation is still ongoing, we are still consulting. Those who will bring the results are still going about consulting, it is when they have finished consulting that they will collate and bring the report to us. People are in the field interacting with our members.
“We didn’t close our universities. ASUU didn’t close universities. ASUU members withdrew their services when the government decided to starve them and the government failed to review their condition of services.
“If the demands have been met, you would have heard. What is happening now is to determine the extent to which the government is planning to meet the demand.”
Ogunyemi also said it was not easy to suspend the ongoing strike as he does not have the sole power to do so.
Ogunyemi while reacting to the reports that ASUU would soon call off the over eight-month strike after the Friday meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said he was waiting for feedback from their members across the country.
He said, “I made it clear that I don’t have the power to call off the strike. It is when we get feedback from the branches, then we will collate the responses and get back to the Federal Government. That is why we always tell the government not to allow ASUU to go on strike. Before we go on strike, we would have issued several warnings.
“It is not easy for ASUU to suspend the strike; we have to go back to those who empowered us to declare it. It is not something the leadership will just go to the meeting and say, now we have suspended, it can never happen in ASUU, that is the difference between ASUU and other unions, everyone will have input in decision making.
“Our meeting on Friday was to give a report on the feedback collected from our members earlier in the week. We, as representatives of ASUU, are taking some new proposals from the government to our members. We shall return to the Ministry after consultation with the various organs of the union.”
He added that he was indifferent to all the government’s offers as the final decision rest with the members.
“I can’t say anything about the offers; we don’t say that to anybody. If I say anything on it, it will influence the opinions of our members, so let them do their assessment, we are just like messengers,” Ogunyemi said.
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Auto modellista ps2 on ps3
Zolozragore 07.08.2020 2 Comments
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Older versions flash player s
Mazugal 04.08.2020 0 Comments
Sep 04, · How to install older version of Flash Player in Windows 8? and how to uninstall default Flash Player that come from IE10 in Windows 8? Actually I want to install Adobe_Flash_Player_(IE)_vexe in Windows 8. Is it possible to overcome this issue? If it is not, could you share me your information on this issue? Thanks in advance. RK. spectexremont.ru provides free software downloads for old versions of programs, drivers and games. So why not downgrade to the version you love?. because newer is not always bett. Jul 23, · The Adobe Flash Player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe after its acquisition. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools.
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The Adobe Flash Player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe after its acquisition. Flash Player runs SWF files that can be created by the Adobe Flash authoring tool, by Adobe Flex or by a number of other Macromedia and third party tools. They were running the latest version of Adobe Flash Player and wanted to try uninstalling the ActiveX version of Flash Player to install an older version. Note that this was on Windows 7, which does not have Flash Player bundled with Windows Updates as in Windows 8+. Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Installed on more than billion systems, Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. How to install older version of Flash Player in Windows 8? and how to uninstall default Flash Player that come from IE10 in Windows 8? Actually I want to install Adobe_Flash_Player_(IE)_vexe in Windows 8. Is it possible to overcome this issue? If it is not, could you share me your information on this issue? Thanks in advance. RK. Flash Player (IE) Old Versions; Join our mailing list. Stay up to date with latest software releases, news, software discounts, deals and more. Subscribe. spectexremont.ru provides free software downloads for old versions of programs, drivers and games. So why not downgrade to the version you love?. because newer is not always bett. I really wanted to pull something off of the software, but I need Flash player 6 to do it! Flash Player has upgraded so much now. I was wonder if there was a way I could download the older version of flash or if there was an Adobe program that allowed someone to play older software? I'm thinking back to Flash Player Version: Note: Windows users should download the active_x for Internet Explorer. and the plugin for Plugin-based browsers (like Firefox). Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 have built-in flash players and Adobe will cause a conflict. Having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player? Identify your issue and try the corresponding solution. On Internet Explorer, the installer needs to close the browser to proceed with the installation. Follow these instructions. Also, if an application is using an already installed version of Flash. After running the uninstaller, you should be able to install versions of Flash Player older than the one you most recently had installed. If you're on Windows, and you still cannot install an older version of Flash Player after uninstalling, you may need to delete the some keys from the registry. I usually disable the older version but sometimes this also affect the updated version leaving me without Flash capability in FireFox. 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3 Questions with Del Harrow
Sculptor and educator Del Harrow on research, problem solving, and the complex qualities of a material.
3 QUESTIONS is series of brief, three-question interviews with PNCA’s visiting artists and lecturers. Each year, PNCA attracts innovative, thoughtful, and creative makers and thinkers who share our belief in the transformative power of creativity. In three short answers to three short questions, these artists offer perspectives on career, motivation, and transformation. When available, we include links to audio recordings, transcripts, slideshows, or video.
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design welcomes Del Harrow as part of the 2012-2013 Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series. You can also listen to a podcast of Del Harrow’s lecture.
“That piece helped me understand something about… the power
of material to communicate
a profound meaning.”
Photo by Joey Edwards, MFA AC+D ’14.
What advice would you offer current students about to embark on a career in the arts?
I’m an educator as well as an artist. As a teacher I feel wary of giving advice to students. There are so many ways to think about having a career in the arts – I’m sure ways I can’t yet imagine.
As a Professor with an appointment at a research University I’m mindful of what it means to have a research practice as a visual artist. This is also something I ask of my students. Research is a skill that requires active cultivation. It can mean a lot of different things but I think it extends beyond “just making your work.” Research can nourish the work. It infuses the work with new ideas, and can also inspire systems for connecting your work with the culture.
How do you maintain your creative practice? What keeps you motivated and engaged?
I can get really involved in problem solving in the studio. I have a fairly technically complex studio practice, which makes me feel like I am always learning new things and engaged in a community of other people who are researching and sharing information.
On the other hand, in the end, making art is not about technique or problem solving.
Navigating between these ways of thinking feels deeply challenging…
Could you describe a moment or experience that profoundly changed the nature of your work?
Maybe I should preface this answer by saying that I come from a strong secular upbringing and I’m not talking about a specifically religious experience here:
There is a small porcelain Christ figurine in the Metropolitan Museum that I first encountered about 10 years ago. It’s probably about 9” tall and was made in Italy right when they were figuring out how to work with porcelain in Europe, so there are all these little cracks in the body. The stigmata are rendered in incredible detail – these tiny flaps of flesh – and the blood pouring out is rendered as porcelain filigree in high relief. That piece helped me understand something about the incredibly complex qualities of a material, and the power of material to communicate a profound meaning. It’s a piece that is really humbling – I don’t think I’ve gotten close to it but it’s something I think about often – and, in the abstract, has a quality I aspire to produce in my work.
Del Harrow is a sculptor and educator based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His work in ceramics explores the intersection of digital design and manual, skill-based fabrication processes. Harrow is an assistant professor of art at Colorado State University and has taught at Penn State University and Kansas City Art Institute. He has taught a number of workshops that address digital and parametric modeling in conjunction with analog fabrication and “hands-on” work with clay.
MFA in Applied Craft and Design
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Home / Culture and Entertainment / On Stage: Elizabeth Heffron’s “Bo-Nita”
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On Stage: Elizabeth Heffron’s “Bo-Nita”
Sarah Brink
Posted on November 02, 2013, 11:15 am
Hannah Mootz brings Bo-Nita and family to life. Image by Nate Watters, courtesy of Seattle Rep.
Wednesday night October 23 was the world premier of local playwright Elizabeth Heffron’s “Bo-Nita” under the direction of Paul Budraitis. An intimately packed audience witnessed the premier in Seattle’s Repertory’s second stage, the Leo Kreielsheimer Theatre—a space created for acoustic perfection for small stage plays.
This sets up the play perfectly for “Bo-Nita,” which is performed entirely by one talented actress. The play was originally written for multiple actors, but the more Heffron explored the creation the more it became clear that to get to the core of this dynamic storytelling process there could be only one. Heffron states, “We don’t have to believe the character is suddenly someone else. She’ll just be acting like them for a little while.” And that is exactly what actress Hannah Mootz hits on the nose for us, giving a virtuosic portrayal of 13-year-old Bo-Nita and those most influential in her life.
Bo-Nita portrays an intense and complex family dynamic through her truthful and rambling dialogue. Heffron has stacked this continuous monologue with depth, metaphor and strategy as seven diverse characters come to life through one voice, one outfit, one actress. Though the story and the characters ultimately comes through one teller, the narrative feels reliable and candid despite its adolescent passion. Bo-Nita’s words are imaginative, her stories expressive, delivered with the vivacity and speed of a young teenager.
At 90 minutes, the play does not feel overlong, but it is demanding of its audience. There is never a dull or lonely moment, as Mootz creates a world while standing in the dull, concrete anonymity of an urban basketball court. Lighting Designer Robert Aguilar and sound designer Matt Sarritt establish setting in space and time as the stories leap achronologically, linked not by cause and effect, but by anecdote and circumstance. Indeed, the play is ultimately a character study of a precocious and sweet girl on the cusp of womanhood, created by circumstances that range from the harrowing to the miraculous to the very nearly absurd, but Mootz makes it all believable and endearing.
Bo-Nita cannot truly comprehend her own situation, and therefore the play doesn’t much dissect or linger on the larger issues behind her situation. It is an act of witness, not of protest, and a very entertaining one thanks to the virtuosity of Mootz. Even if the pacing proves to be too much for some audience members—or the statement too little—this solo spectacle of youth and family on a barren basketball court is a slam dunk for the actress.
“Bo-Nita” runs through November 17 at the Leo Kreielsheimer Theatre.
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Making the Transition From Working in City Hall to Working From Home
As government agencies around the country address the current public health emergency, communicators have been charged with developing effective and creative messaging for residents, a unique challenge to say the least. Over the next few weeks several 3CMA members will share the details and outcomes of their COVID-19 information campaigns, continuing the founding principle of 3CMA that ideas are for sharing.
By Sharon Riddick Hoggard
Marketing Manager | City of Portsmouth, Virginia
There’s an old adage that says “Necessity is the mother of invention,” and from personal experience I can tell you that it’s unequivocally the truth.
As a public relations and marketing professional, I am accustomed to monitoring local and national news, social media channels, the municipal television station and other communication channels. I keep our leadership and city department heads apprised of new ideas and trends, as well as what other municipalities are doing to connect with their residents. Listening via these channels also provides our leadership with feedback from our residents allowing the city departments to respond to questions, complaints and requests for services.
Communications is a tough business and one of the toughest audiences to reach . . . employees. Early in March, amidst COVID-19 concerns, the city manager issued orders to shut down city hall to the public. Offices would remain open across the organization and vital services would continue assistance from a distance.
Task 1: create a communication plan and implement tactics to inform employees of plans to close offices to the public. Portsmouth utilizes several tools to ensure employees are continually informed and knowledgeable about all city operations including a listserv, website, bulletin boards, flyers, etc. Messages were created and distributed. The city’s residents and local media were informed of the change in Portsmouth’s operational status using these same tools but also included a social media element.
On Friday, March 27, after news stories about the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the devastating effects of the virus, I asked my boss if it were possible for me to work from home. This was a difficult decision. Fear of becoming infected with coronavirus, because of underlying health conditions, left me little choice. I’ve been working from home since then, a feat for which I believed I had no discipline.
But difficult times call for hard decisions, and a pandemic has shown me I have the right stuff to get the job done. In my assessment, and looking at the volume of work completed over the last three months, I have never been more productive. Working from home has allowed me the luxury of taking breaks between tasks and assignments, something I would rarely do at the office.
Task 2: continuous communication with Portsmouth residents to make them aware that although city hall is closed, the peoples’ business is still being handled. “We are here and we are conducting business,” is the primary message. “We, your public servants, are still engaged.” The Marketing & Communications team, including our department head, the public affairs officer, 311 Non-Emergency Call Center manager, the PCTV Channel 48 crew and yours truly continue to craft and disseminate news, messages, videos and updates for the public. We adapted an idea from another municipality and launched the Assistance from a Distance campaign. As part of the campaign, an informational poster was created and disseminated via the web and social media. We also advertised Assistance from a Distance in the local newspaper prominently displaying telephone numbers, links and videos. From those, residents could virtually access city services - from the assessor’s office to city council meetings; from library services to mosquito control; from museum activities to recycling and trash collection; and much more.
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Task 3: systematically cancelling a multitude of diverse upcoming special events – city sponsored and/or sanctioned. Cancelling time-honored, big public-draw events is a monster of a job especially when these events are promoted in a region of more than 1.5 million people. Because the pandemic impacts were continuing to evolve, individual organizations, event sponsors and city departments cancelled events on a month-by-month basis while monitoring COVID-19 updates from the governor, the CDC and the local health department.
Portsmouth used its event calendar, managed by its marketing agency and city staff, to cancel events. The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, celebrating its 68th year, was cancelled. The 30th Annual Umoja Festival came next, then Portsmouth’s popular Sunset Thursdays Summer Concert Series. The whole concert season was cancelled just last month and for a city that relies on attractions such as museums and special events, the cancellation of these events has taken its toll emotionally and financially. At this writing, it remains unknown if any of the city’s fall events will happen.
A former department head once told me I needed to always be flexible. And he was so right. You definitely have to be flexible to work from home. You rely heavily on technology and your colleagues to ensure everything works correctly.
Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Leadership understands that the communications process is critical – Every person in a leadership role understands communications and its science. They also realizes that continued communication with all publics is essential.
Resiliency is encouraged and celebrated – City employees are resilient across the organization. Even in a pandemic, we continue to deliver services to protect, inform citizens and provide amenities that improve the quality of life.
Journaling work activity is cathartic – Chronically work activity will also help in departmental reporting at a later date.
Memberships in professional associations remain important – A plethora of vital information has been released over the last three months from groups including the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), 3CMA, Ragan Crisis Communications, LinkedIn, American Marketing Association (AMA). Others have provided time-tested communications solutions, new ideas and methods for reaching diverse audiences, tips for working from home effectively and timely news about our industry.
Working from home definitely has advantages, and it has shown me that I was absolutely right for investing in technology for the home.
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Three Concordia seniors receive Fulbright Grants
By: Katelyn Kasella
Tagged: Fulbright Grants, seniors, Studying Abroad, three seniors
From left to right: Ruth Peterson, Jenna Scarbrough and Oliver Reitan received the Fulbright award this year. Photo by Maddie Malat.
As the majority of seniors prepare for full-time careers or graduate school, three are packing their bags for ten months abroad after receiving Fulbright fellowships.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study or research projects for English Teaching Assistant Programs. Jenna Scarborough, Oliver Reitan and Ruth Peterson received the award this year. According to English Professor Jonathan Steinwand, this is the first time Concordia has had three recipients in a single year since 2011.
“Every year, there are about 10,000 applicants for 2,000 awards all around the world,” Steinwand said in an email interview.
Scarbrough was accepted to Malaysia, and Reitan and Peterson were accepted to Germany.
For Scarbrough, English writing and global studies major with minors in German and political science, language prerequisites and diversity played a role in selecting her host country.
“The first question I was asked in my interview was why I chose Malaysia, even though I am qualified to go to Germany,” Scarbrough said in an email interview. “I’m sure part of the reason is I actually didn’t feel confident enough in my German skills. However, I also wanted to apply to a country I had never been to before.”
Scarborough explained that she was not able to apply to some places like Russia, where an additional interview in the native language is required. She ultimately went with Malaysia because it is a non-Western country, which she decided she wanted after a positive experience studying abroad in India, and had no additional language requirements.
“Something about Malaysia just felt right. It is also culturally very diverse, with Chinese, Indian and indigenous influence,” Scarbrough said.
Peterson, German and studio art double major, never questioned which country she would apply for.
“I was interested in any program that would get me back to Germany,” Peterson said in an email interview. “I started learning German when I arrived at Concordia and was able to spend the 2015-2016 year at a university in Bamberg, Germany. I absolutely fell in love with the language and the place, so I was eager to return.”
Reitan felt similarly.
“As a German Ed major, Germany was a natural fit,” Reitan said in an email interview. “I look forward to getting firsthand experience in the German school system.”
Steinwand said the application process involves completing an application that includes a personal statement and a statement of grant purpose, as well as participating in an on-campus interview with a faculty member. Next, the applicant moves through the national screening and host country selection. Concordia’s campus committee provides feedback, but semi-finalists are ultimately named by the national screening committee and finalists are chosen by the host country.
Scarbrough said that after selecting the country, the process of completing her application took almost all summer. She had been told by Steinwand that successful candidates spend around 80 hours alone writing their grant proposals. After interviewing with the Concordia committee at the beginning of the school year, Scarbrough was recommended by Concordia and her application was passed to the Department of State, who recommended her to Malaysia. Her initial interview for host country selection was in October, she was declared an U.S. semi-finalist in January and was officially awarded at the end of March, as were Peterson and Reitan.
“I couldn’t stop smiling all day,” Peterson said.
“My heart immediately started racing,” Reitan said.
Peterson, Reitan and Scarbrough will work teaching English during their time abroad. Peterson will work in a school in the state of Rhienland-Palatinate, Scarbrough will work in rural Malaysia and Reitan will work in Rhienland-Pfalz.
“The program begins January 2 with an orientation in Kuala Lumpar for two weeks, followed by a one-week orientation in my home state,” Scarbrough said. “They will give us basic language skills, teaching resources, education on cultural norms and other things that will make the work easier.”
Peterson looks forward to improving her German while learning from the kids she will be working with.
“I’d love to illustrate children’s books someday and I think my year in Germany working closely with children will be an excellent source of inspiration,” Peterson said.
Reitan is also excited to better his German and hopes to help older citizens in the area learn English. He also wants to learn as much about German culture and its school system as possible.
“Using this knowledge, I will be able to better educate my future students here in America,” Reitan said.
Scarbrough said that she looks forward to navigating the area and taking in all aspects of Malaysian culture.
“Penang, Malaysia, is supposed to be one of the foodie capitals of the world. Hopefully, if nothing else, I’ll come back to the U.S. as a super hip and cultured person,” Scarborough said. “But in reality, I’ll probably learn way more than what good food means.”
Katelyn Kasella
Contact Katelyn Kasella at kkasella@cord.edu
Katelyn is a senior double majoring in Multimedia Journalism and Communications. She’s been apart of the Concordian team for three years, and plans to travel as much as possible after graduating in December.
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FALLOUT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
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China better fess up to the economic catastrophe they brought to the world. Although it has not gone viral yet, the possibility is real that it will. Italy, Japan, Iran are at a standstill waiting for the next shoe to drop. So far the United States has been spared, but two isolated cases, one in California, the other Oregon, were thought to be spread through community transmission. Hopefully the medical personnel will determine when, how and were the virus was picked up. Americans want answers.
As we have seen this week, the stock market imploded, down $35 large, not a pretty sight watching a blood bath. China must take full responsibility for the losses mounting up to trillions. If they don’t accept responsibility, the world must go into proactive mode. Eliminate all exports from China is the best and proper way to go; economic paralysis will lead to revolution and regime change. Nothing can be worse than what they have now. Still the CDC has not been allowed to visit the epicenter. What are they hiding and who are they protecting?
Wait until this blows over. Heads will roll in the mainland, but that is just the beginning. The population, like Iran, is activated and they will go into critical mass mode. We expect a country wide shutdown of most cities. Chinese man in the street have had it; they no longer can trust their government. Initially Hong Kong freedom fighters will bring the fight to Xi, but as fires spread, particularly when the wind is whistling, the mainland will go ablaze. They will not be unscathed. As out motto suggest, “REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION”
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s comments were indicative of the growing political tensions around the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus response.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro kicked off the briefing Friday sharply criticizing the Trump administration as disorganized and lacking urgency in combating the coronavirus. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
By ADAM CANCRYN and DAVID LIM
Several House Republicans walked out of a closed-door coronavirus briefing Friday with Trump health officials in protest after a senior Democrat blasted the Trump administration’s handling of the response effort.
“If I wanted to hear the politics of it, I’d read POLITICO or something, let’s be serious,” said Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.), who was among the walkouts. A handful of Republicans began booing almost immediately after DeLauro raised concerns with the administration’s efforts, according to two people in the room.
CHINA – WORLD WIDE THREAT TO THE FREE WORLD
This is not rocket science, but the proof is in the pudding, socialism is the worst disease known to man; there is no cure. And the likes of Pelosi and Schumer think they have the answers. Just look at NY and LA and will understand the deplorable conditions that exist under Democratic leadership. Poop infested streets are ubiquitous in San Francisco, the home of AIDS; will the corona virus spread there like wildfire? Ask Pelosi, she has all the answers.
The coronavirus (Covid-19) is putting the race for a cure to the test. We must not hide behind Great Walls, Hermit Kingdoms need to share facts on the ground. Access to ground zero is a definite must. Most countries, in this case China, must allow outside epidemiologists to do what they have to do. And that is to visit Wuhan, the epicenter. Without knowing the conditions that existed there at the time the virus went viral, researchers can only guess on what happened and how it happened.
China has single handily brought the world economy to an abrupt halt. They have hid behind closed doors, closing off their borders to organizations like the CDC and WHO. Don’t let the WHO fool you though, they are run by globalists. They initially called for free travel across borders, so not to hurt the economy. Apparently they were not interested in peoples health; how ironic.
CHINESE LEADERS CATCH MAD COW DISEASE
China has a standing army of three million, their air-force, Navy and army is second to only the United States. They exert hegemony over the South China Sea, their tentacles have reached Africa and Latin America, their sway has reached all four corners of the world. They beat the drums at every turn, military parades are prevalent, but most importantly China’s tentacles are far reaching, like an octopus gathering its prey. China is best defined as a world wide military and economic machine.
However, with all of that power one would think that they could meet any challenge, but a funny thing happened at the start of the Year of the Rat, a minuscule piece of RNA, aka Corona Virus aka Covid-19, has brought the country to their knees; HOW IRONIC! Lock Down at Wuhan, including sister cities with over 50 million people are veritable ghost towns. However, restrictions exist on 750 million people across the country. One thing that is evident at the present time, is that we don’t know what caused the virus to go, no pun intended, VIRAL.
For now, the virus has stopped Hong Kong protests in its tracks, but once the catastrophe passes, look out below. We will see protests demands across China. Hong Kong will be on fire. The question will be, what will Xi do about it. Will this be another Tienanmen Square event?
CANDICE OWENS – SALTS THE WOUND
Democrats are in a state of panic as President Trump’s support among African-American voters continues to surge, conservative commentator Candace Owens said Sunday https://www.foxnews.com/media/candace-owens-democrats-bernie-sanders-chaos
BERNIE BEATS THE HOUSE
Nevada felt the BURN yesterday. Card Counter extraordinaire Bernie Sanders entered the Casino and cleaned out the house. Yes, a true Blue Commie Socialist brought home the bacon. Nevadans embraced him from the get-go, The rest of the crew left Vegas without a shirt, pummeled to no end, no credit available. They did not color out, they were kicked out.
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WHAT DO ALL OF THESE MOUTHS HAVE IN COMMON?- CHECK IT OUT
Eric Holder (click) A rabble rousing racist killing lawbreaker
Barack Obama (click) A Muslim under the skin. America made a big mistake here.
Juan Williams (click) A quintessential manifestation of one who has reached a level of incompetence, but still employed. Fire him FOX
Illan Omar (click) A Somali nothing
Rashida Tlaib (click) What else would you expect from from this garbage talking puke
Fareed Zacharia (click) How did he get into this country
Just thought you would like to know the following; Not only do the above zealots adhere to a radical ideology, they or their parents immigrated to the United States. That in itself is not something we harp on, but in the case of Obama, Omar and Tlaib, we take major exception to their trash talk. For example, Omar was born in Somalia, so if she has many suggestions on “Making America Great Again”, we ask, why the hell doesn’t she go back to where she came from and apply herself to fixing the problems there?. We don’t need a hypocrite here in the United States telling us how to run our country, we have done fine for the past 250 years.
And with the case of Rashida Tlaib, who said, “impeach the mother f..kr, when referring to President Trump, we take another exception. A born again pseudo-Palestinian suicide bomber, who knows nothing about history. Although born in Detroit, a bastion of anti-Israel hating Muslims, to East Jerusalem and Judea-Samaria parents, who have 14 children , she constantly throws out antisemitic diatribe, without remorse. Americans don’t need to be lectured by this foul mouthed skank who toes the radical anti-Israel and American line. The Judea and Samaria Area covers a portion of the territory designated by the ancient names Judea and Samaria. Samaria corresponds to part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, also known as the Northern Kingdom. Judea corresponds to part of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, also known as the Southern Kingdom. The terminology was also noted by the UN in the 1947 partition plan, when it stated “the boundary of the hill country of Samaria and Judea starts on the Jordan River..
Eight years of Obama proved nothing else other then he is a radical enemy of the United States and all that it stands for. He is solely responsible for the breakdown in race relations. He hangs with radical Islamist such as Louis Farrakhan. Do we need to say more?
EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS JOURNALIST TO “SHUT THE HELL UP”
Former Attorney General Eric Holder lashed out at journalist and author Paul Sperry on Twitter Wednesday, telling Sperry that he should “shut the hell up” about federal prosecutor Molly Gaston’s donations to former President Barack Obama.
On Tuesday, Sperry had tweeted that Gaston, an assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington D.C., had signed off on a letter informing the attorney for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe that the government would not pursue charges against McCabe.
Sperry tweeted that Gaston “is [a] Democrat who’s given thousands to Dems including Obama & who once worked for Dem side of House Oversight & whose mother worked for WaPo [The Washington Post].”
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Massachusetts City Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Drive Without a License
Jason Hopkins / @thejasonhopkins / February 21, 2020 / 37 Comments
City councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to prohibit police officers from arresting illegal aliens if they are caught operating a vehicle without a license.
Under a newly passed city ordinance in Cambridge, residents are still legally required to carry a driver’s license if they are operating a vehicle, but local law enforcement has been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens caught driving without identification, Boston 25 News first reported.
The city ordinance, ordained Feb. 10, marks what appears to be the most lenient policy for illegal immigrants and roadway rules.
The city councillors who passed the ordinance say it’s necessary given increased immigration enforcement emanating from the White House.
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“We need to protect our community members from a federal government that’s out of control,” Cambridge City Councilor Quinton Zondervan said of the rule. “There are no other reasons for the police to arrest someone, give them a court summons instead, which keeps them out of the clutches of the Trump administration.”
Known as the Welcoming City Ordinance, the rule spells out what is expected of law enforcement if they encounter an illegal alien operating a vehicle.
“When taking action against a person who is found to be driving without a valid driver’s license, officers of the Cambridge Police Department shall, whenever possible in the officer’s discretion and if there are no other violations causing the person to be arrested, issue a summons to court instead of taking the person into custody,” text of the ordinance read.
“In such circumstances, the law enforcement officer taking action shall endeavor to provide the driver a reasonable opportunity to arrange for a properly licensed operator to drive the vehicle before seeking to impound the vehicle, unless the violation is one subject to a statutory or regulatory requirement of vehicle impoundment,” the ordinance continued.
The Welcoming City Ordinance is not limited to roadways, but also forbids law enforcement from inquiring about an individual’s immigration status, and restricts information sharing and cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A growing number of states have implemented laws allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses. New York and New Jersey, for example, recently passed laws that allow illegal aliens to earn a license. However, the ordinance in Cambridge takes the unprecedented step of allowing individuals to operate a vehicle without identification entirely.
Illegal aliens caught driving without a license in the city could still be arrested, but only if there are other circumstances beyond a lack of identification.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to the Cambridge Police Department for comment about the law, but no response was immediately provided.
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WATCH JOY BEHAR HOST OF THE VIEW RECEIVE A BLOODY NOSE
Matt Gaetz Goes on “The View” and Begins Running Circles Around Everyone
Posted at 12:45 pm on February 21, 2020 by Brandon Morse
“I see you are wearing Black”
After exchanging a couple of pleasantries, Gaetz didn’t even wait for the women to begin talking about specific things. He immediately went on the offensive, noting that co-hostess (click here)Joy Behar must be wearing black because of the death of the Democrat party.
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Speech to Song :: An Audio Illusion
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Listen to this clip in its entirety:
Now listen to the original sentence again:
Assuming you fall within a reasonable part of the bell curve of humans, you heard the woman abruptly sing “sometimes behave so strangely” in the middle of the phrase. Listen to it again…and again…you cannot escape the singsong interpretation of those words now.
Diana Deutsch of the University of California, San Diego first documented this phenomenon — the spontaneous translation by our brains of a spoken phrase to song when isolated and repeatedly looped — in a 1995 research study. Dr. Deutsch played a looped version of the phrase for eleven choir members and then asked them to reproduce what they heard. Here are their recollections:
Playing the sentence just once for another set of singers generated these reproductions:
This curiosity is not purely academic, as modern composers have been exploiting the effect for decades in their music. Steve Reich is probably the most notable example with pieces like “Different Trains” that derive much of their melodic content from the natural rhythms and pitch variations in speech recordings:
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Tag: Chatham and Aylesford
Political Figures: What next for Chatham and Aylesford?
In which Alan Collins from Medway Elects looks at Chatham and Aylesford, and ponders how easily the Conservative hold on the constituency could be broken..
Ah, 2015, the year (the Republic of) Ireland voted to introduce same-sex marriage, a NASA spacecraft visited Pluto for the first time and Queen Elizabeth II became the UK’s longest-reigning monarch.
It was also the last time any of Medway’s parliamentary constituencies changed hands.
In recognition of this unbroken run of Conservative representation in parliament, Messrs Jennings and Keevil have asked me to look at what has changed between the three most recent general elections. So, for my latest three-part mini-series I’ll be looking at the results for each of Medway’s three constituencies in turn.
Continue reading “Political Figures: What next for Chatham and Aylesford?”
Political Figures Predictions: Chatham and Aylesford
In which Alan Collins from Medway Elects takes a look at what the General Election what might bring for Chatham and Aylesford..
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas, but the one where almost everyone in Medway with access to the internet seems to cry out for change, only for the Conservatives to be re-elected by a wide margin.
So for this series of articles, Messrs Jennings and Keevil have asked their resident data nerd to run the numbers and try to predict, on the numbers alone, whether that mythical change might happen, or whether we will wake up on 13 December to the news that the three Conservative candidates have been re-elected.
To answer that question I shall be taking a look at what the data from the 2015 general election tells us about what might happen next month. No, I’ve not forgotten that we also voted in 2017. However, the election in 2015 presents an extra set of data which is infinitely more useful in comparing how the attitudes of Medway’s voters has shifted: the local elections. I shall, therefore, be taking a look at how the results in each ward for Medway’s three constituencies changed between 2015 and 2019, and using that to try and determine whether any of our three MPs are likely to be queuing up outside a job centre on 13 December.
I have form for this. A comparison of the shift in local election behaviour was one of the key principles behind the data model I produced in 2010 which, as I explained at the beginning of the year on this very website, was remarkably accurate. Whilst I have created a similar model for this year, it comes with its own caveat: there are additional parameters to account for both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, so essentially there is more data to go wrong in the projections that have been generated for each constituency. Just to fill you all with confidence…
That said, these have only ever been projections, not predictions, and the usual caveat that they are only a snapshot of where support likely sits, not a demonstrative prediction of what the vote will actually be, applies.
Continue reading “Political Figures Predictions: Chatham and Aylesford”
Chatham and Aylesford Labour share antisemitic post, no one even notices
There’s been a lot of media attention on apparently antisemitic acts and comments from certain people within the Labour Party over recent years, but thankfully this is not something we have thus far had to cover here in Medway.
Unfortunately, the Chatham and Aylesford Labour Party have stupidly shared the above post on their Facebook page for the last four months, seemingly without anyone in the party noticing, question it’s existence, or taking actions to remove it.
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Know your boundaries
Finally, after what feels like eight hundred years of consultation, the Boundary Commission have published their final proposals for new parliamentary constituencies across the UK. The intention of this is two-fold: reduce the number of MPs in parliament from 650 to 600, while also equalising the size of constituencies.
Obviously, being The Political Medway, we are only interested in what difference this will make to the electoral map in Medway. To which the answer is not very much really. Sorry if you were hoping for something more dramatic. Continue reading “Know your boundaries”
Reviewing the Boundary Review
On Tuesday, the Boundary Commission for England unveiled their proposed new constituency boundaries. There were no huge changes for Medway, but a fair number of little ones. Higham will be brought into the Rochester and Strood constituency, Lordswood and Capstone will move to Gillingham and Rainham, and Chatham and Aylesford is set to become Chatham and the Mallings. The proposed boundaries are now subject to a lengthy consultation period, so it’ll be next year before we hear any final plans.
Radicalised French Radicals
It’s been a whirlwind week for the internal machinations of the Labour Party. We reported earlier in the week on the suspension of long time member and Momentum activist Alan Higgins, who was planning to stand as the Labour candidate for Strood South. Since this, Medway Momentum endorsed a new candidate, Brian Kelly, but now Higgins has been reinstated by the party, so we’ve no idea what’s going on there now.
Cherry picked
In a rare bout of organisation, the Medway Lib Dems managed to be the first party to select their candidate for the Strood South by-election. In an even more unusual step, they’ve selected a new – and young – candidate, 18 year old activist Isabelle Cherry. Cherry’s campaign will apparently focus on issues like school improvement, litter, and public transport, so all fairly safe, but at the least the Medway Lib Dems are putting up a fight once again.
Return of the Iles
In perhaps the least surprising Strood South selection, the Conservatives have selected Josie Iles as their candidate for the Strood South by-election. Iles is a former mayor of Medway, and was the Councillor for Strood South up until losing her seat to UKIP last year. Going into the election, she remains the odds on favourite to retake the seat.
Other Strood South candidates
Not much else to report on the Strood South by-election front, despite the fact that the election is a mere 31 days until the election takes place. UKIP have two candidates to choose between (one being former local chairman Chris Spalding), Medway Labour have about 800 people putting themselves forward, and the Greens apparently have a candidate, but are busy filling out the paperwork to announce who it is.
Councillor allowances
As per their legal obligations, Medway Council recently published the details of councillor allowances paid for 2015-2016. The small problem with this is that they seemingly did a horrifically sloppy job with it, as Medway blogger Alan Collins covered in forensic detail. The sheer number of errors in the document raises serious concerns about the openness and transparency of Medway Council.
Following last week’s sad passing of Councillor Mike O’Brien, a necessary reshuffle took this week within the Cabinet. Councillor Andrew Mackness will take over O’Brien’s education portfolio, with new Councillor Martin Potter taking on the new portfolio of educational improvement. The former corporate services portfolio of Councillor Mackness will be split amongst several other Cabinet members.
Medway MPs in Parliament
Remarkably, Rochester and Strood MP Kelly Tolhurst raised concerns in Parliament about the consequences that the EU referendum that she voted for has had on small businesses in her constituency. Meanwhile, Gillingham and Rainham MP Rehman Chishti once again spent his time banging on about laser pens.
This morning saw the Boundary Commission for England publish the first proposals for their 2018 boundary review. The aim of the review is to reduce the number of MPs in parliament to 600 from 650, as well as creating roughly equal size constituencies. As you can imagine, this has caused some quite dramatic changes to the electoral map to be proposed.
But what do the changes mean for Medway and it’s three parliamentary constituencies?
By and large, Rochester and Strood remains broadly unchanged from it’s current layout. Some of the bizarre quirks remain, such as Chatham town centre remaining part of Rochester and Strood. The only significant change is the addition of Higham to the west of the constituency. Higham is not part of Medway on a council level (it falls under Gravesham), so it’s curious to see it moved into a primarily Medway constituency.
Gillingham & Rainham
Also remaining largely unchanged in Gillingham and Rainham, which sees the addition of Lordswood and Capstone from the Chatham and Aylesford constituency. While the Capstone part of the ward might be a logical fit, it’s a bit of a stretch to consider Lordswood as part of Gillingham and Rainham, but here we are.
Chatham and Aylesford
Chatham and Aylesford has always been a sprawling constituency, but the new version, now dubbed Chatham and The Mallings takes things to new heights. The area within Medway is reduced yet further with the loss of Lordswood and Capstone, and yet large swathes of Walderslade still remain outside of any Medway constituency.
While some of these proposals are something of a mess and not hugely helpful for local identity, they do make more sense than the previous proposals, which saw such strange suggestions as Hempstead and Wigmore joining Chatham, and Luton and Wayfield joining Gillingham. We have not assessed the electoral consequences for our MPs here, and at first glance, we’d suggest they will face no major changes from these proposals.
The consultation period for the new boundaries runs until 5 December, and the public are invited to offer feedback on them via the Boundary Commission’s 2018 Review website.
(Delayed) Reaction: Winning Back Medway
During the Sunday Politics South East (SPSE) on 15th Feb there was a piece entitled ‘Winning Back Medway’ book-ended with an interview with Medway’s own Labour PPC for Chatham & Aylesford, Cllr Tristan Osborne. We at The Centre and What’s Left thought it would be good to consider and counterpoint the piece, and a month later, here that is!
The programme makes the valid starting point that Medway should/ could be a key battleground – we covered this with Medway Voter Power – yet only Chatham & Aylesford appears on the target list for Labour, whilst Rochester & Strood is in a nexus point of being/not being a target ward for the Conservatives. Whether Chatham & Aylesford is a target for Tonbridge & Malling Liberal Democrats remains unclear, but we probably all know the answer to that.
Former MP for Gillingham & Rainham Paul ‘confident of a Labour comeback’ Clark appeared in the piece full of political bluster. He is obviously not going to appear on SPSE and say Rehman Chisthi has a clear lead, even if he does. Clark stated he is
“determined the Labour Party wouldn’t forget about Gillingham and Rainham”
If he is true to his word we can expect additions to ‘Our Honoured Guests’.
The piece goes on to interview the Prime Minister, in Chatham, the Labour target. Yet he fails to mention he was there with Conservative PPC for Rochester & Strood Kelly Tolhurst, not Tracey Crouch MP, because whilst the location was Chatham, the constituency was Rochester & Strood.
The presenter then hits the high street to vox pop our way to meaningless insights. Asking people who they would vote for, then showing the party leaders for the Conservatives and Labour, rather than Tracey Crouch MP and PPC Tristan Osborne, who they can actually vote for (ignoring this is a High street, so the people being asked might not even live in Chatham). The meaninglessness was compounded when residents were also offered Nigel Farage, somebody else they can’t vote for, and at the time of writing UKIP don’t have a candidate standing in Chatham & Aylesford!
In the main show Labour PPC Tristan ‘I am aspirational’ Osborne appears to discuss issues live, there is no sign or mention of Tracey Crouch the MP for Chatham & Aylesford in the whole show. Importantly however they do point out that Tristan did use to be a choirboy, and he for good measure points out that ignoring the concept of target seats Labour are “fighting to win every seat”, it will be interesting to see how good a fighter they really are for the Medway seats, and if they do have a full slate of 55 Medway Council Candidates, name them.
“Will be announcing that on Saturday (21st March) as well as launching local government manifesto”
Cllr Vince Maple. Labour Group Leader
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Presidential Spirit: The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His Wings by Gina S Scheff
Presidential Spirit:
The True Story of an Airman Who Soared Above His Circumstances and the Woman Who Was the Wind Beneath His Wings
by Gina S Scheff
Gina has no intention of marrying again following a disastrous divorce. She wants to focus on raising her son and building a career, not falling in love.
But then she meets a spirited airman named David Scheff and everything changes. It doesn’t take long for him to convince her that marrying her soul mate might be a good idea after all.
A member of the Air Force, David eventually becomes the flight chief for Air Force One, giving Gina the opportunity to shake hands with presidents William Jefferson Clinton and George W. Bush.
It’s a great adventure!
Still, once David retires from the military, they’re ready to enjoy a quieter life on a small farm in Ohio.
Life has a way of throwing you off-course, though, and when David is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Gina learns the true meaning of standing by her husband not only in health but in sickness too.
As Gina struggles to not fall apart as they face one devastating letdown after another, David shows her how to have grace under pressure and that you don’t need actual wings or even a plane to fly above your circumstances.
David always knew he had the spirit of an eagle. This story tells how Gina discovered just how right he was.
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The Brother's Curse (The Brother's Curse Saga Book 1) by Christine M. Germain
The Brother's Curse
(The Brother's Curse Saga Book 1)
by Christine M. Germain
A year after the brutal death of her parents, Crystal Francois moves back home to the eerie small town of Lakeview Falls.
When one of her neighbors goes away abruptly leaving his home to be watched by a young man named Jason Warwick, Crystal finds herself falling for him instantly because of his charming ways and dashing good looks.
Two weeks before her 25th birthday, she receives a rare antique purple amethyst stone necklace that is left for her by her late mother; A necklace with a deadly past and horrible consequences when being worn.
She finds out that wearing the necklace causes her and her friends to be the target for two sadistic tyrannical evil 18th-century old Shapeshifter brothers who will not stop till they find her and retrieve the chariot stone necklace that holds their father and 24 demonic Shapeshifters captive.
When young men from town go missing, and bodies showing up eaten or skinned alive. Lakeview Falls is on high alert. It doesn't take long for Crystal to discover that the new guy in town isn't who he claims to be or if he is even human.
Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook by Regula Ysewijn
Official Downton Abbey
Christmas Cookbook
by Regula Ysewijn
Take a seat at the Christmas table of Downton Abbey, the historic British estate at the heart of the popular PBS series.
Downton fans will appreciate this enticing collection of classic British holiday recipes from the Edwardian era, evocative narratives about Christmas traditions, and seasonal anecdotes from the award-winning series.
Colorful photographs of finished dishes, fan-favorite moments from the Christmas episodes, and excerpts of character quotes bring the spirit of the holidays to life.
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You Will Be Able to Knit by the End of This Book by Rosie Fletcher
You Will Be Able to Knit by the End of This Book
by Rosie Fletcher
You want to learn to knit, but somehow you always end up in a tangle of knotted yarn and baffled by complicated and conflicting advice.
This beginner's handbook goes back to basics, with clear step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to cast on and how to ace a range of stitches, while 15 easy projects allow you to practice your skills and build your confidence.
You Will Be Able to Knit by the End of This Book provides a simple guide to picking up your knitting needles and getting started, and it helps to build your confidence slowly, as you practice and perfect skills and techniques.
By the end of the book, you will be able to knit a range of projects including a simple headband, tablet case and even a doorstop.
So take some time for yourself, learn a new skill, and enjoy crafting gifts for your friends, family and home with this beautiful book by your side.
Projects include:
- Super chunky scarf
- Mittens
- Blanket
- Baby booties
- Cushion
- Hot water bottle case
- Teddy
- Triangle shawl
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Why Are Dumb People Richer Than You?: How the Foolish, Dim, Dumb-Ass Have Built Empires by Laban T. M’mbololo Esq.
Why Are Dumb People Richer Than You?
How the Foolish, Dim, Dumb-Ass Have Built Empires
by Laban T. M’mbololo Esq.
Worldly decisions by those wielding power to set rules make things happen the way they do and can’t even sometimes guarantee the desired results yet they are inevitable.
We are not residing in the best of times as things are spiraling out of control around the world and if different decisions had been made the world would peradventure been a better place.
Be that as it may, we need to question whether decisions made by the rich and powerful follow sound reasoning. Only by doing this is when we can enforce remedial action from governments, corporations and international organizations.
Without our intervention, we will always be victims of those who possess greater abilities to make decisions and who tell us things happen the way they do and that nothing can be done about them however unjust and unpleasant they may seem. “Why are Dumb People RICHER than You?,” is more than an introductory economics textbook, a lot easier, accessible to non-specialist readers and will give you deep insights on how to confront these issues and highlights how the world works and how it can be made to work better.
Unless we comprehend this, we will not be able to champion for our own interests, let alone doing the common good as active economic citizens and what some Dumb people have been doing to IMPROVE their fortunes that far surpasses actions of the quick-witted.
Why Are Dumb Richer Than You
Of Darkness and Light: A Dark Poetry Collection by Despoina Kemeridou
Of Darkness and Light:
A Dark Poetry Collection
by Despoina Kemeridou
“For light exists only with darkness, and darkness can’t be without light.”
This is the path to light and darkness.
Only you can choose where it leads you.
And remember;
light and darkness exist together.
One can’t be without the other.
Two different things, eternally tied together,
forever destined to coexist.
Of Darkness and Light
Bind Your Heart: Feeling nothing is often worse than feeling too much. by Francis O'Keefe
Bind Your Heart:
Feeling nothing is often worse than feeling too much
by Francis O'Keefe
A compelling coming of age tale of sexual ambiguity and awakening.
When a shy new girl joins the local school she is unaware of the dramatic effect and turmoil her presence causes.
A story charged with romance and sexual taboo, longing and loss.
We follow the exploits and journeys of the heroes as they take their paths through adolescence, new freedoms and desires.
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Shadow-Stained (Stones of Power Book 1) by Rachel Hobbs
Shadow-Stained
(Stones of Power Book 1)
by Rachel Hobbs
For her, it’s her late grandma’s legacy. For him, the mother of all black arts spoils, granting one demon the power of a God.
Immortality.
When occult-magnet Ruby falls victim to Demon Lord Drayvex’s viperous allure, she loses a sentient dark relic to his light fingers and appetite for power. Like calls to like. But when Drayvex himself loses the relic to a traitor to the throne, Ruby coerces him – the tyrant king with a soft spot for humanity – into helping her save her pokey old world village from becoming a ground zero of mass demonic carnage.
Both invested in reclaiming the relic, the one thing Ruby and Drayvex agree on is that it’s in the wrong hands. Co-existing in a precarious arrangement between predator and prey, to save the planet they both love for different reasons, they must become a formidable double-team in the face of an apocalyptic takeover.
Now, the fate of both human and demon alike rests with a killer that walks between worlds, and a woman with a curse in her bloodline.
Broken Twigs: Farewell to Faerie Forest by Charlotte Taylor
Broken Twigs:
Farewell to Faerie Forest by Charlotte Taylor
Farewell to Faerie Forest introduces a magical world where diligent fairies perform their duties so that the faerie realm has everything it needs each season.
Queen Iris rules with kind benevolence over the hard-working fairies, with all doing their fair share of work ‒ all, that is, except Twigs. Stubborn and temperamental, Twigs hates working.
As soon as the fairies begin their daily chores, Twigs disappears and spends her days getting into mischief. It’s clear why she has no friends, nor does she want any.
Into this world on a summer’s day comes chaos and a disturbing malevolence. Twigs makes a terrible misjudgment and endangers the other fairies and their home.
Everything she takes for granted is stripped from her, and she finds herself far from Faerie Forest, alone, and in danger. All she wants is to return home, but evil, a dark secret from her past, and her own mistakes stand in her way.
Broken Twigs
Atonement (Heaven Sent Book 1) by JL Rothstein
Atonement (Heaven Sent Book 1)
by JL Rothstein
To Hell, this world is fractured and faithless, perfectly ripe for the picking.
Sent by Heaven, Guardians defend against a malevolent onslaught of demonic intrusion.
For hundreds of years the nine siblings of the O’Mara family have been engaged in this merciless battle, fighting to protect the souls of all humanity.
Heaven and Hell have been waging this infernal war bound only by the rules of a contentious accord.
On the anniversary of her husband Gabriel’s disappearance, Genevieve O’Mara’s lingering sorrow manifests into a murderous rage unfurled upon a demon. Vengeance is coming, not just for Genevieve, but for all those she loves.
Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley: A Pride & Prejudice Romantic Fantasy by Kelly Miller
Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley:
A Pride & Prejudice Romantic Fantasy by Kelly Miller
What will the master of Pemberley do when confronted with the mercurial whims of an all-powerful angel?
Fitzwilliam Darcy’s well-ordered life is about to become a chaotic nightmare. A man of fortune, property, and social prominence, he has everything he could desire. Blissfully married to his wife, Elizabeth, they have a two-year-old son. With so much to live for, Darcy is shaken by a near-fatal riding accident.
After a miraculous escape, he is visited by an otherworldly being: an angel of death named Graham. Threatening dire consequences, Graham compels Darcy to guide him on a sojourn in the world of mortals.
Darcy immediately questions the angel’s motives when he demands to be a guest at Pemberley. Can he trust Graham’s assurance that no harm will come to his wife and child? And why does Graham insist on spending time with Elizabeth? How can Darcy possibly protect his family from an angel with power over life and death?
In this romantic fantasy, the beloved couple from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice must contend with both human and unearthly challenges. Are the fates against them? Or will their extraordinary love conquer all?
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Poems of a Welsh Girl by Keely J. Edwards
Poems of a Welsh Girl
by Keely J. Edwards
Poems of a Welsh girl is a collection of poems by the poet Keely J. Edwards.
The book shines a sentimental light on Wales and life in a small town; the smell of the chip shop, the sound of the sea, and a retrospective look on the highs and lows of youth.
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The Stars in Our Eyes: The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them by Julie Klam
The Stars in Our Eyes:
The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them
by Julie Klam
From bestselling author Julie Klam comes a lively and engaging exploration of celebrity: why celebrities fascinate us, what it means to be famous today, and why celebrities are so important.
“When I was young I was convinced celebrities could save me,” Julie Klam admits in The Stars in Our Eyes, her funny and personal exploration of fame and celebrity. As she did for subjects as wide-ranging as dogs, mothers, and friendship, Klam brings her infectious curiosity and crackling wit to the topic of celebrity.
As she admits, “I’ve always been enamored with celebrities,” be they movie stars, baseball players, TV actors, and now Internet sensations. “They are the us we want to be.” Celebrities today have a global presence and can be, Klam writes, “some girl on Instagram who does nude yoga and has 3.5 million followers and a Korean rapper who posts his videos that are viewed millions of times.”
In The Stars in Our Eyes, Klam examines this phenomenon. She delves deep into what makes someone a celebrity, explains why we care about celebrities more than ever, and uncovers the bargains they make with the public and the burdens they bear to sustain this status.
The result is an engaging, astute, and eye-opening look into celebrity that reveals the truths about fame as it elucidates why it’s such an important part of life today.
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Daniel Tzvetkoff was just another Brisbane teenager working for peanuts at Pizza Hut and spending much of his spare time glued to his computer. When he worked out a new method of payment processing, the online poker companies came running to him for help so they could grow their businesses.
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However, Tzvetkoff's move to the bright lights of Las Vegas would soon see him facing the abyss. Owing millions to the poker companies, and with the FBI hot on his trail, the boy wonder needed to pull an ace from his sleeve to keep from busting out. And when he did, it resulted in a day that sent shockwaves through the world of online poker - and saw him take the blame.
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Once upon a time, there was a woman, and she was tired. Tired of pushing. Tired of being pushed. Tired of feeling alone. Tired of so much.
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All proceeds from the sale of this charity anthology will go towards helping the survivors of abuse and assault.
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We Are Wolves
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A journey into the obsessive world of quizzing. Includes stories from Shaun's past such as tales from his time playing Barry in Eastenders; the discovery of a long-lost son; hiding from an angry Mike Reid in a broom cupboard; acting with Ricky Gervais and David Bowie, and the loss of his boyhood friend in 9/11.
Actor and celebrity quizzer Shaun Williamson lifts the lid on a National drug that everyone hooked on: quizzing. A Matter of Facts is a personal journey into the world of quizzes.
At the start Shaun enters the World Quiz Grand Prix, pitching his knowledge against the Nation's finest minds, including Eggheads and Chasers... he fails.
Unperturbed, he sets out to improve his skills through memory training, practice and even hypnosis in an attempt to move himself up the rankings of the quizzing elite. Shaun's adventure sees him get his old quizzing 'band' back together to see if he can triumph in the leagues.
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Adrian Mierzejweski, Sydney FC’s playmaker, cracks open the FFA Cup Final
In an intense, tight and at times scrappy FA Cup final, it was fitting that the game’s standout player, Adrian Mierzejewski, provided the assist to Bobo’s match-winning goal deep into extra time.
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In an intense, tight and at times scrappy FA Cup final, it was fitting that Adrian Mierzejewski provided the assist to Bobo’s match-winning goal deep into extra time.
Mierzejewski was the game’s standout player, providing sublime moments of creativity to punctuate a final otherwise characterised by pressing, direct play and set pieces.
The game actually started with a period of Adelaide United dominance, who closed down high up the pitch in the early stages and put Sydney under significant pressure.
Under new coach Marco Kurz, Adelaide has moved away from the more patient, controlled style of play of Josep Gombau and Guillermo Amor, towards a more energetic and vertical approach.
In a 4-3-3 formation, with Isaias playing as the sole holding midfielder, the two 10s, Daniel Adlung and Karim Matmour, push high up the pitch, moving into positions close to striker Baba Diawarra. The wide players, Ryan Kitto and Nikola Mileusnic, also take up narrow positions supporting the 9, further overloading the central area.
The Reds’ build-up, therefore, is focused on finding longer passes to the feet, either through ground passes – Isaias is excellent in this regard – or longer, lofted passes towards the physical presence of Diawarra, who can lay balls off for runners in front or in behind. He was able to do this effectively as Adelaide made a strong start to the game, pinning Sydney inside their own half.
However, the Sky Blues gained control over the contest for two primary reasons.
Firstly, as aforementioned, the narrow positioning of Adelaide’s wingers when attacking meant the wide areas were often vacated in the moment where possession was turned over. Sydney were able to transfer the ball quickly into these free zones, with Michael Zullo on the left-hand side noticeably receiving a number of quick switches of play. With Mileusnic having to recover large distances to stop Zullo advancing, Sydney could establish controlled possession quite easily in transition moments.
Secondly, following these efficient transitions, they were able to build up effectively by getting Mierzejewski on the ball with time and space facing forward.
Sydney’s two 6s, Josh Brillante and Brandon O’Neill, execute positional rotations in the build-up to get free away from opposition pressing. One example here was when Brillante would move wide and outside of Adelaide’s front two (their first line), with O’Neill staying free between the lines, so that when Brillante received a pass from a centre-back that broke the first line, and one of the players in Adelaide’s second line (a central midfielder) stepped forward to press him in response, O’Neill would be free in a central position to receive a horizontal pass in front of Adelaide’s second line.
What was crucial was Mierzejewski moving from his advanced starting position as a right-winger, into very deep, central midfield areas when Sydney were building up. When O’Neill or Brillante got the ball in these positions between Adelaide’s first and second lines, as an opposition central midfielder stepped forward to close the ball down, Mierzejewski would move into a deep position on the outside of this player, where the Sydney 6 could play a simple forwards pass to the free playmaker.
From these positions, Mierzejewski was devastating.
Picking the ball up from right-sided zones and driving diagonally towards the left, he constantly probed the space in behind Adelaide’s defence with ambitious through balls – most notably when Bobo had the one-on-one with Paul Izzo that the goalkeeper had to come well outside of his penalty box to stop.
Mierzejwski also linked up with Zullo, finding him with cross-field passes twice in quick succession.
This movement of a wide player into playmaking positions is nothing new – in fact, within the same game, Milos Ninkovic was doing something similar from the left-hand side. However, Ninkovic is more crafty in tight areas, often combining with teammates via quick, short passes, then breaking the last line with a forward pass, whereas Mierzejewski is able to pick out runners over a 30 to 40-metre range.
He also drives forward diagonally, which is dangerous because he is simultaneously moving the ball towards the goal, while dribbling in a direction that takes him away from defenders, with a body position that allows him to see and play passes to players ahead and beside of him on the opposite side of the pitch (while the defender must face the attacker, preventing them from being aware of movement behind them).
Both Mierzejewski and Ninkovic are brilliant in their own way, and their ability to unlock defences is what turns Sydney from an outstandingly good defensive team into an outstandingly well-rounded unit. It was noticeable following Ninkovic’s injury that Sydney’s fluency, and thus, influence, waned, with Adelaide scoring an equaliser via Mileusnic’s fine strike.
Yet Mierzejewski’s passing accuracy proved decisive during extra time, as he delivered the fine free-kick from which Bobo scored the winner.
This was a bruising “battle royale” as described by Simon Hill at full-time, with both sides enjoying alternating periods of pressure and dominance on the opponent’s goal.
There were several standout performances – Bobo scored the winner, Mark Ochieng provided inspiration off the bench, and Jordan Elsey held Adelaide’s defence together – but Mierzejewski was the player who gave this final class and creativity.
Originally published at The Roar
Post author By Tim Palmer
Tags FFA Cup, Sydney FC
By Tim Palmer
Tim is a football coach, writer, analyst and sports scientist. He is currently Assistant Technical Director, Head of Player Development & Video and a coach at GHFA Spirit, as well as working with the Pararoos. Previously, he has worked as an analyst with the Socceroos, and in the A-League.
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L.A. Schools Want Millions Refunded for iPads and Education Software
iPad with virtual keyboard (photo: Reuters)
An “extremely dissatisfied” Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) says it is canceling further orders of expensive curriculum software from Pearson Education and is seeking millions of dollars back from Apple for the $1.3-billion “iPads for all” debacle.
KPCC reported Wednesday that LAUSD attorney David Holmquist wrote in a letter to the computer manufacturer, “While Apple and Pearson promised a state-of-the-art technological solution for ITI implementation, they have yet to deliver it. . . . As we approach the end of the school year, the vast majority of students are still unable to access the Pearson curriculum on iPads.”
The district “will not accept or compensate Apple for new deliveries of [Pearson Education] curriculum.” The district wants a meeting next week to talk it over.
Questions have been raised about the propriety of the deal. Former Superintendent John Deasy, who championed the project, and other top district staff members had questionable ties to the companies involved. The FBI started an investigation and raided school district headquarters in December.
New district Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines proclaimed the iPad purchase “Gimmick of the Year.”
There were problems right from the start.
Questions were raised about the legality of using school construction bond funds for the project. The limited rollout was a mess. Virtual keyboards proved impractical, so $38 million in real keyboards was put on the tab. Kids hacked their way past security barriers to use banned social media—and access websites they legitimately needed for homework. The district belatedly struggled to create a policy for handling lost or broken iPads.
The district has taken a different tack from the impetuous, expensive leap it took in mid-2013 to equip all 640,000 students with iPads and software to facilitate teaching the hotly-contested new Common Core standards. It still wants technology in the classrooms, but there will be a lot more references to sources cited in the Mother Jones article, “Kids Who Have to Share iPads Learn Better Than Kids Who Have Their Own.”
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Superintendent Cortines told them, “We have spent more than $100 million dollars on this project and it is now time to regroup and develop a solid plan that allows us to move forward.”
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Planet of the Apps TV Show: A New App TV Show by Apple
Planet of the Apps TV Show: A New Opportunity for App Developers
What is Planet of the Apps?
Planet of the Apps is a new TV show by Apple. This will mark the tech giant’s first attempt at broadcast television. The show will feature aspiring technopreneurs and coders pitching app ideas to a panel of celebrity judges. As mentioned on the official site, Planet of the Apps is coming soon to Apple Music.
Planet of the Apps shows viewers and aspiring entrepreneurial developers what it takes to be an app developer and will be a very inspirational show for the next generation of developers,
– Eddy Cue, SVP Internet Software Services at Apple.
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Contestants on Planet of the Apps will have 60-seconds to pitch their app idea to the judges, and if selected, will partner with a judge for expert guidance during project creation, implementation, marketing, and testing.
Tech executives from Uber, Yelp, and Musical.ly will also help guide developers throughout various stages of the competition in order to prep them for the final pitch to LightSpeed Venture Partners. The winning developer will receive up to $10 million investment to launch their app. While the finalists will still receive an exclusive feature in Apple’s App Store.
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Aspiring iOS app developers will benefit from the guidance of top business executives, helping them to grow as entrepreneurial developers. The expected panel includes:
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Jessica Alba (Co-Founder of The Honest Company, a mission-based consumer goods company)
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Gwyneth Paltrow (Founder of Goop, a weekly lifestyle publication)
These branding experts act as mentors throughout the series – giving advice on market positioning, business operations and marketing communications, in order to help contestant’s scale their app ideas. And with over 2.2 million mobile apps available on the App Store today, aspiring iOS developers everywhere can benefit from insights on breaking through the clutter.
There will also be cameos from tech giants like Yelp!, Uber and Musical.ly as the competition heats up past the pitch. These companies will provide real-world expertise to the contestant’s app ideas and executions.
Building a great app is hard but breaking through the noise and finding an audience can be even harder,
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Why is Apple Interested in App TV Shows?
Apple’s first attempt at original content is being seen as “superficial” to say the least from notable developers and techies alike. The show is being marketed to a mass audience instead of the community that’d directly benefit from such content. Because of this, Planet of the Apps is making tech seem like Hollywood – something that the techverse is not okay with so far.
While conceptually, the idea behind this show is relevant and applicable to the workforce today – we can’t help but ask why Apple is interested in promoting technical content to nontechnical users?
Planet of the Apps: Apple Hit or Miss?
While the app TV show offers promise to the everyday consumer market, the show is missing the real audience – those who are involved in and work in technology. As such, the show is already under fire from developers – largely due to the panel of celebrity judges. Though they’ve been successful at running various elements of larger businesses, how are they relevant in regards to mobile app development?
As Paul Haddad (developer of popular iOS apps such as Tweetbot) concludes: why didn’t Apple ask successful app developers instead of successful celebrities to judge this series?
While that’s up for debate, it’ll be interesting to see what direction this show goes in. Will we see critique on Swift and Xcode execution or hear branding tips for apps with positioning problems? Regardless, one thing is for sure: with spiked interest in computer science and web development, there has never been a better time for the release of a technopreneurial show.
You can find Apple’s first TV show, Planet of the Apps, exclusively on Apple Music in the upcoming weeks. In the meantime, check out the official trailer for Planet of the Apps here and let us know what you think in the comments below or on Twitter.
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Media Release: Music festival cash boost to Nordoff-Robbins charity
A TWO-day music festival this weekend is set to give a cash boost to the Nordoff-Robbins music charity.
It’s hoped thousands of pounds will be raised to provide music therapy to vulnerable children, young people and adults during the Everyone’s Invited event being held at two venues at the intu Braehead shopping and leisure destination.
Nordoff-Robbins Scotland is the free festival’s official charity partner and the event features a host of pop and rock bands along with solo performers on stages being built in the shopping mall’s Curling Arena and at her nearby Soar at intu Braehead.
Hosted by Clyde 1 presenter Cassi, Everyone’s Invited kicks off at 1pm on Saturday, June 27, at the intu Braehead Curling Arena and top-of-the-bill during the four-hour music extravaganza is electro pop girl band, Neon Jungle.
The London-based four-piece group features Scots singer, Shereen Cutkelvin, from Lanark and the band’s second single, Braveheart peaked at Number 4 in the UK charts, last year. Their debut album, also released in 2014 entered the UK album charts at number eight.
Also on the bill are X Factor finalist, Nicholas McDonald; Scots boy band, Rewind; rock band, November Lights; singer-songwriter, Rebekah Kirk; singing duo, Mitchell and Boyd; singer, Liam Doyle; and girl band, Echo.
Day two of Everyone’s Invited takes place on the live music stage in Soar at intu Braehead, on Sunday June 28, between 1pm and 4pm.
Topping the bill is last year’s X Factor finalists, Only the Young with support acts including Scots singer, Kloe; boy band, Rewind; singer-songwriters, Kevin McGuire and Robbi McFaulds and Scots band Rubicon, which features teenage triplets, Joe, Erin and Ciara McNair.
As well as music during the day there will also be a display of BMX bike stunt riding at the entrance to Soar at intu Braehead at noon, 1.30pm and 3pm.
On both Saturday and Sunday, the shopping mall will feature a Summer Garden with free food sampling and arts and craft activities for kids. And on Saturday at Soar at intu Braehead, ice hockey fans will get the chance to meet Braehead Clan players between noon and 3pm.
Nordoff-Robbins fundraiser, Andrew Sinclair, said: “Being involved with Everyone’s Invited gives us a great opportunity to reach out to the tens of thousands of people who will visit intu Braehead during the festival weekend.
“It’s important for us to let people know how great the need is for music therapy in Scotland and to raise money to fund the vital work we do.”
Marketing manager for intu Braehead, Lydia Brown said: “We’ve a fabulous line-up of acts for this year’s Everyone’s Invited. And with there being no ice at the curling rink during the summer, we’ve been able to create a brand new music venue.
“Not only can people come along and enjoy the music they can find out about the great work Nordoff-Robbins does and donate to this worthy cause.
“We’ll be doing our bit for the fundraising as our cleaning and customer services staff will be dressed as pop stars during the festival and collecting money for the charity.”
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Ryan Zimmerman's DL Stint w/Charlie Sheen
The Washington Nationals have an 8-7 record in this young season.* They have managed to actually have a better record since Ryan Zimmerman went down with an abdominal injury. They went 3-5 with Zimmerman and 5-2 without him.
*To help all of us enjoy early-season baseball with more perspective, may we suggest reading Joe Posnanski's post on a 16-game baseball season.
A few minutes ago, we got a glimpse of Ryan Zimmerman in the clubhouse with a special guest.
At least Charlie Sheen's always been a baseball guy.
Charlie Sheen is an interesting guy to run into anytime. Simply to name drop, I casually ran into him at the Peninsula Beverly Hills about ten years ago. I was in the lobby waiting for my father, while he walked in and asked for the spa because he had a massage.
Back to baseball, it's funny for Zimmerman to run into Wild Thing while on the DL because of the common bond that they should both be doing rehab.
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CPR for Managers
It may sound ridiculously simple, but when staff is given clear direction in terms of what is expected of them, they typically perform better on the job. The problem in many organizations, however, is that the direction given to many employees ends with a general job description. With this in mind, Rochester Athletic Club developed a program that helps managers set goals and pinpoint priorities, while providing a fair, consistent method of evaluating their performance and progress.
Known as CPR for Managers, or Critical success factors Progress Review, the program identifies factors, such as budgetary goals and customer service, that are measured both in terms of commitment (following through on what you’ve agreed to do) and growth (opportunities for improvement in personal performance as well as contribution to the department or club).
Managers are first asked to develop their own critical success factors and then submit them to the general manager for review. A bonus system, paid quarterly, is in place to reward those who meet the success objectives.
According to general manager Greg Lappin, helping managers understand where the majority of their energies should be focused has helped put them more at ease. “It really helped clearly define their top priorities,” Lappin says. “[And] tying the bonus plan to a few measurable factors was a big plus.” Lappin says CPR for Managers is successful also because it helps him to hold department heads accountable in a fair manner that promotes consistency and equality.
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Dream Destinations 2010
We asked, you answered. Europe reigns supreme for the top dream destination of JSG readers. About 2/5ths of you (42%) said you would most like to vacation in Europe, namely Italy, France, Greece, Ireland and England. (Of those who wanted to travel to Europe, those countries ranked 37%, 24%, 20%, 7% and 6.6%, respectively.) Italy appeals to you for the food, art, history and overall beauty of the country.
While Europe beat out various beaches around the world, 21% of you said you would enjoy a sojourn somewhere warm and sunny.
Australia made a respectable showing—4 percent of you said you dream of traveling to the land down under.
The most surprising destination was Korea, which received 5 votes. We were also happy to see the Maldives make the list with 3 votes and we had to check our Google maps to find Mauritius (shown above) picked by two JSG readers.
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Guilty! Michael Rush, Vilonia, Arkansas (arrested June 2012) [upskirt photography]
Discussion in 'Hanky Panky' started by TMP, Oct 5, 2012.
Frame from Walmart surveillance video
Michael Rush, credit recovery teacher at Vilonia High School [Vilonia School District], Vilonia, Arkansas, taking upskirt photos at Conway (Arkansas) WalMart
http://m.fox16.com/display/574/story/be1e9aa9631f6ea26538eb214e31bcb3
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/crime/214188/370/Vilonia-teacher-charged-with-harassment
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/214188/2/Vilonia-teacher-charged-with-harrassment
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=549712
http://thecabin.net/news/local/2012-06-13/vilonia-teacher-charged-harassment
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=659562
Fired by school district ...
Michael Rush, Vilonia, Arkansas, Vilonia High School, Vilonia School District
TMP, Oct 5, 2012
News reports on Thursday Oct. 4:
Arkansas Online: Ex-teacher pleads guilty in Wal-Mart harassment case
An ex-teacher charged with harassment after surveillance cameras captured him secretly filming up female shoppers' skirts at a Conway Wal-Mart has pleaded guilty. Michael Rush, who was later dismissed from his job with Vilonia Public Schools, entered the plea Thursday to misdemeanor charges in a deal with prosecutors that will have him serving jail time on the weekends.
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Home Research > Members > 1790-1820 > THOMAS, Inigo Freeman (1767-1847)
THOMAS, Inigo Freeman (1767-1847), of Ratton Park, Suss.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
Available from Boydell and Brewer
16 Dec. 1796 - Mar. 1800
b. 25 Jan. 1767, 1st s. of Arthur Freeman of Antigua by Margaret, da. of Sir George Thomas, 1st Bt., of Yapton and Ratton, gov. Leeward Islands. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1783-6. m. (1) 3 July 1797, Charlotte (d. 17 July 1800), da. of Henry Peirse* of Bedale, Yorks., 2da.; (2) 24 Aug. 1803,1 Hon. Frances Anne Brodrick, da. of George Brodrick*, 4th Visct. Midleton [I], 6s. 7da. suc. uncle, Sir William Thomas, 2nd Bt., in Ratton estate 1777 and took name of Thomas by royal lic. 4 July 1786; fa. 1780; cos. George White Thomas* in Yapton estate 1821.
Capt. Suss. militia 1789, Suss. yeomanry 1798; maj. S. Pevensey vols. 1803.
Thomas was returned on the interest of the 2nd Marquess of Bath, who supported Pitt. No speech or vote of his is known. He resigned in March 1800, making room for Sir Charles Talbot. He died 21 Dec. 1847.
Author: M. H. Port
1. Gent. Mag. (1803), ii. 788; Burke PB has 2 Aug.
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KSU research team discovers novel pestivirus affecting swine
Researchers at Kansas State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have discovered a virus that’s been a real pest for pigs and hope the diagnostic tests they’ve developed to detect the virus are a step toward understanding the disease.
The researchers identified the virus as a member of the aptly name pestivirus family. A sample submitted to the lab by a veterinarian in North Carolina came from a swine herd where uncontrollable shaking, or intention tremors, was observed and resulted in the death of nearly 700 pigs.
Virus symptoms included tremors, says Benjamin Hause, a clinical assistant professor in the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
The veterinarian described the tremors as similar to those seen with Parkinson’s disease in humans — but more severe,” Hause says. “A recent report described pigs born with congenital tremors caused by a novel pestivirus similar to one we identified this past summer, but this current situation involved older pigs with disease onset from 5 to 14 weeks of age. This has a significant economic impact, especially in a situation like this where 700 animals had died.”
Historically, the pestivirus family has been associated with important livestock diseases such as bovine viral diarrhea in cattle, border disease in sheep and classical swine fever virus. Pestivirus infections of pigs have caused a wide range of clinical symptoms, including neurological disease. Hause’s research sheds new light on the pathology associated with this newly described virus.
Earlier this year, Hause and colleagues at the KSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory identified and characterized a proposed new species of pestivirus, named atypical porcine pestivirus or APPV. It was identified through metagenomic sequencing of swine serum samples submitted to the diagnostic lab. This work, “Discovery of a novel putative atypical porcine pestivirus in pigs in the USA,” was published in the Journal of General Virology in October.
“While we identified a novel, highly divergent pestivirus in swine samples and went on to show that the virus was widely distributed in the U.S. swine herd, we had no idea what, if any, disease was caused by this virus,” Hause says.
The lab tested samples submitted from two separate outbreaks of grower pigs with uncontrolled tremors in North Carolina.
“While we do not know how often this virus causes clinical disease, I have spoken to other veterinarians who have reported seeing similar symptoms in herds they care for,” Hause says. “We’re hoping the diagnostic tests that we’ve developed to detect this virus lay the groundwork to improving our understanding of disease caused by APPV.”
The KSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has developed quantitative reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry assays to detect APPV in swine samples.
Original article December 2, National Hog Farmer
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On 26 May 2016 we launch with a carefully curated list of twenty titles, highlighting a mix of the famous and unjustly overlooked that celebrate the pure pleasure of reading. Colour coded to reflect their original language, Pocket Penguins contain complete texts in a compact format designed to pick up, pocket, and go.
“These books are intimate, grand, funny, widescreen, painful, visionary – and we have been put on earth to make you want to read them!”
Simon Winder, Publishing Director
A REVOLUTION IN READING
In the space of one year, over 2.2 million Little Black Classics have been sold worldwide, demonstrating a huge new appetite for reading the Classics.
A RETURN TO COLOUR AFTER DECADES OF BLACK
Since 1946, Penguin has been publishing classics in winning formulas and pushing the boundaries of cover design. Our use of oil paintings on black covers paved the way for a look that dominates classics publishing today. Now the timeless tri-band simplicity and bold colours of Pocket Penguins will show the power of leaving authors’ names and titles to speak for themselves.
On the 70th anniversary of the first Penguin Classics, Penguin’s Art Director, Jim Stoddart, has produced a new design that is both approachable and contemporary.
“The new range blossoms from black into the technicolour of Penguin’s heyday. While this is a comforting nod to past Penguin, this is very much a series of books for the modern age.”
Jim Stoddart, Art Director
THE FIRST TWENTY
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA RUSSIAN
This ribald, carnivalesque satire – featuring the Devil, true love and a gun-toting cat – was written in the darkest days of the Soviet Union and became an underground sensation.
MRS DALLOWAY ENGLISH
The lives of a woman preparing for a party and a young man suffering from shell-shock converge on one June day in 1920’s London, in Woolf’s great novel of time, memory, war and the city.
THE SECRET AGENT ENGLISH
Set in an Edwardian London underworld of terrorist bombers, spies, grotesques and fanatics, Conrad’s dark, unsettling masterpiece asks if we ever really know others, or ourselves.
THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK CZECH
Drunkard, malingerer, oaf and possible genius – the story of Czech soldier Svejk and his misadventures in the First World War is one of the most hilarious and subversive satires on war ever.
THE LOST ESTATE FRENCH
A novel of desperate yearning and vanished adolescence, the story of Meaulnes and his restless search for a lost, enchanted world has the atmosphere of a dream and the purity of a fairytale.
THE CALL OF CTHULHU ENGLISH
P. Lovecraft
Mad, macabre tales of demonic spirits, hideous rites, ancient curses and alien entities lurking beneath the surface of rural New England, from the man who created the modern horror story.
THE BETROTHED ITALIAN
Two lovers must face tyrants, war, riots, plague and famine in this teeming panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life.
METAMORPHOSIS GERMAN
An ordinary man wakes up to find himself turned into a giant cockroach in Kafka’s masterpiece of unease and black humour.
THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE GERMAN
This dreamlike meditation on being young and alone in Paris is a feverish work of nerves, angst and sublime beauty from one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets.
THE HOUSE OF ULLOA SPANISH
Emilia Pardo Bazan
Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion, this gloriously comic and gothic novel follows the fortunes of an innocent young priest as he enters a world of moral decadence, sexual intrigue and corruption.
FATHERS AND SONS RUSSIAN
This humane, moving masterpiece of families, love, duels, heartache, failure and the clash between generations caused a scandal in nineteenth-century Russia with its portrayal of youthful nihilism.
OUT OF AFRICA ENGLISH
Karen Blixen
In one of the most passionate memoirs ever written, Karen Blixen recalls running a farm in Africa at the start of the twentieth century, and the love affair that changed her life.
WALDEN ENGLISH
One man’s account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods, this is the original book about abandoning our ‘lives of quiet desperation’ and getting back to nature.
A PARISIAN AFFAIR FRENCH
Sparkling, darkly humorous tales of high society, playboys, courtesans, peasants, sex and savagery in nineteenth-century France, from the father of the short story.
THE BEAST WITHIN FRENCH
Zola’s tense, gripping psychological thriller of adultery, corruption and murder on the French railways is a graphic and violent exploration of the darkest recesses of the criminal mind.
THE COSSACKS and HADJI MURAT RUSSIAN
Two masterly Russian tales of freedom, fighting and great warriors in the majestic mountains of the Caucasus, inspired by Tolstoy’s years as a soldier living amid the Cossack people.
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO ENGLISH
The great Victorian scientist’s heroic adventures across South-East Asia, from Singapore to the wilds of New Guinea, encountering head-hunters, jungles, birds of paradise and new discoveries that would change the world.
THE RAINBOW ENGLISH
Following three generations of a family in rural Nottinghamshire as they struggle, fight, labour on the land and discover who they are, Lawrence’s rhapsodic, poetic and mystical work rewrote the English novel.
MY CHILDHOOD RUSSIAN
Maxim Gorky
In one of the most moving, raw accounts of childhood ever written, Maxim Gorky describes, with appalling clarity and startling freshness, growing up amid poverty and brutality in Tsarist Russia.
O PIONEERS! ENGLISH
A rapturous work of savage beauty, Willa Cather’s 1913 tale of a pioneer woman who tames the wild, hostile lands of the Nebraskan prairie is also the story of what it means to be American.
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Tillman’s uniform and body armor were burned, says Krakauer, and his weapon, helmet, even a part of his brain, which fell to the ground after the attack, disappeared. Army officials told the medical examiners that Tillman had been killed by the Taliban and they stuck by this story when they reported the death to his family.
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Williams, an All American at North Carolina, joined a good Broncos team thatreached the Super Bowl inhis rookie season. He emerged as a starter the next three seasons as the Denver defense ranked No. 1 in 2015 and was the backbone of the Broncos Super Bowl win. But Williams modest numbers and the Broncos backslide in 2016 led them to let Williams go, and he signed a three year deal with the Titans.
More than half of Americans, or 52 per cent, said in a September 2016 Marist Poll that sports leagues should require their players to stand for the national anthem. While a majority of whites, 56 per cent, said standing should be required, most Latino adults, 55 per cent, and nearly half of African Americans, 48 per cent, said athletes should not be made to stand.
To verify that the Roughriders did, in fact, win by 17 points, I re watched TSN telecast of Saturday game. Many of the plays were in slow motion, much like the league video review procedure. Leonard and Willie Jefferson were far too much for the Tiger Cats to handle. label because of his 2016 NFL stint with Washington. Yes, that is a stretch. (See also: head coach, defensive co ordinator, general manager and vice president of football operations Chris Jones did a masterful job of stretching out his defensive line (much like his job description) and creating alignment related horror for the Tiger Cats.
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After a sterling career as a defensive lineman at USC, Williams finds himself as arguably the most talented player in this year’s NFL Draft. More than a few analysts believe, as Williams does, that he should be the top overall pick. However, that distinction is expected to go to a quarterback, either Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota, because that is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ primary need.
McDermott’s familiarity with the NFC South should help the Bills in 2017. He knows the Saints well, too, and gets extra time coming off the Thursday night game, which falls at a favorable point on the schedule. Win this one to go above.500 and the Bills will be squarely “in the hunt.” Prediction: Bills.
The situation in Oakland could get really uncomfortable, seeing as the Las Vegas bound Raiders are going to be a lame duck in their current city for two and maybe three seasons. Then again, back in 1980, there were loud rumblings that the Oakland Raiders were going to leave for Los Angeles. a year later.
Jay Cutler passed for 230 yards and Jay Ajayi rushed for 122 in the delayed season opener for the Dolphins, who spent the past nine days in California after leaving South Florida early to avoid Hurricane Irma. Parkey did most of their scoring, connecting from 30, 28 and 35 yards before burying his longest kick in the waning moments.
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2. Jay Cutler is 4 1 against Tampa Bay in his career. His last game was the loss, a two interception, 55.1 rating, 36 10 rout in Cutler’s second to last game as a Bear. But in 2015 when Adam Gase was his coordinator in Chicago? He had an efficient 20 of 27 passing day for 156 yards and a touchdown (100.2 rating) in a win against Tampa Bay. It tells how he managed Cutler as he only had a 5.78 yards per attempt average that day. But the big thing is he won.
Matthew Stafford, DET, vs. Arizona: Stafford was red hot to open the 2016 season, but fizzled out in the second half to finish as a mid range QB2. The ninth year quarterback has gotten a handle on a once developing turnover problem to churn out consistent numbers over the past three seasons, most of which fall in the low end QB1 or QB2 range. With a new contract and roughly the same support around him, the lone exception being a healthy Ameer Abdullah, Stafford shouldn’t be expected to change his stripes much in 2017. Any bid for a repeat of his hot start could also be compromised facing an athletic, rangy Cardinals defense that can lock down in coverage and pressure the quarterback. Stafford and the Lions have the luxury of playing at home, but that Arizona D could be even faster on the turf.
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Regardless of how the league meeting next week plays out, Jenkins is planning a trip to the state capitol in Harrisburg this fall to talk to lawmakers about clean slate legislation that would make it easier to seal criminal records. The one time Pro Bowler also expects his coalition of players interested in activism to grow. And Jenkins insisted he’ll continue asking for support of his goals even if the NFL stops him from raising his fist.
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“Just got to be ready for four full quarters,” Mosley said Wednesday. “He’s the type of running back that is going to run the same way at the beginning of the game as he is at the end of the game. It’s my first time playing against him. So it will be an experience.
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“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired,'” football games Trump said Friday. “That’s a total disrespect of our heritage, that’s a total disrespect of everything that we stand for. I know we have freedoms and we have freedom of choice and many many different freedoms. But you know what? It’s totally disrespectful.”
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stayed seated during the national anthem beginning in August 2016 to protest the treatment of African Americans and other people of color, specifically by police officers. He began taking a knee instead on Sept. 1, 2016 after talking to former Green Beret and former NFL player Nate Boyer about the best way to make his point without disrespecting the military. After several fatal shootings of black men cool basketball jerseys for sale by white officers took place, other players joined his protest over the year.
This year, the top two targets are set, but questions target just how quickly Golladay will reach his potential as an outside player with high red zone abilities. The Northern Illinois product was the last pick of the third round because he’s still a project when it comes to route running. Most rookie receivers are with the increased challenge of diverse route trees.
The Detroit Lions kicked off the compensatory picks by selecting Michigan center Graham Glasgow with the 95th overall choice. He’s the second Big Ten offensive lineman taken by the Lions, who chose Ohio State offensive tackle Decker Taylor in the first round. Glasgow is the first Michigan player drafted in 2016.
More than 30,000 people are in 230 shelters across Texas, but FEMA cautioned that the number would likely rise sharply. More than 50 counties in Texas and Louisiana have been impacted in some way by flooding, FEMA said. The Coast Guard continues to receive more than 1,000 calls an hour for help. More than 200,000 people have registered for FEMA assistance.
On Dec. 28, 1975, the Vikings were hosting a first round playoff game against the wild card Cowboys, and were winning 14 10 in the final half minute, when Roger Staubach threw a 50 yard pass to Drew Pearson for the winning touchdown. Known at the time as merely “a bomb,” Staubach entered a new term into the vernacular of football when he described how he pulled off the miraculous throw by saying, “I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary.”
I told Eric if youre a quarterback in our offense, youre an NFL prospect. If youre an NFL prospect, you need to look like at NFL prospect, Babers said. NFL quarterbacks dont look like college quarterbacks. NFL quarterbacks look like linebackers. He doesnt look like a little kid anymore; he looks like a man. Hes done the things that he needed to do in the offseason to give him a chance to finish 12 games.
2. Jameis Winston and Kwon Alexander will lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the playoffs for the first time since 2007. The Bucs should have been better than their 6 10 record last season, when Hueytown High’s Winston and Oxford High’s Alexander made the All Rookie team. Tampa Bay finished fifth in total offense and 10th in total defense in the NFL in 2015 a pairing of rankings not usually associated with a losing team. With Winston leading the offense at quarterback and Alexander leading the defense at middle linebacker, Tampa Bay makes the playoffs as an NFC wild card.
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Ravens coach John Harbaugh knew the advantage that the Seahawks had before Wilson signed a four year, $87.6 million contract in 2015 a year that aligned with losing notable starters Byron Maxwell and James Carpenter in free agency. The Ravens gave Joe Flacco a six year, $120 million contract after winning the Super Bowl. The deal affected the money that the Ravens could allocate elsewhere.
Cooper asked Bennett how his views on inequality might have been impacted by a recent encounter he had with Las Vegas police. In August, Bennett said police unfairly singled him out, threatened him with a gun and detained him briefly after he attended a prizefight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.
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He doubts the government will get involved and try to regulate football like it does boxing after a recent study showed that more than 100 former NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The brain disease can cause memory loss, depression, violent mood swings and other cognitive and behavioral issues in those exposed to repetitive head trauma.
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In 2009, Levy was drafted by the Lions in the third round. He since earned a rep as one of the league top defenders, notching one of the highest tackle frequency ratings in the game. But hip surgery cost him virtually the entire 2015 season, while quad and knee injuries have taken him out of the 2016 lineup.
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Prom 68: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Hélène Grimaud
Glorious string sound from the Pittsburgh Orchestra in the big tunes of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 was a pleasant surprise after the interval in tonight's Prom. This followed the Pittsburgh Orchestra's rather stiff accompaniment to Hélène Grimaud’s mawkishly tragic interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 which echoed her renowned performance at the Prom of 11th September 2001, when the Proms played on, as in World War II,
An unusually large number of people did not return after the interval. They missed a treat: the stiff interpretation of Beethoven was followed by a luscious flowing and virtuosic performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Clearly a favourite with the players and the conductor, and presumably their home audience, they played it with heart and soul. The Prom audience knows a great performance and responded with typical attention during the performance and typical rowdy warmth at the conclusion. No matter a part of the audience was “caught out” by the pause before the final coda, no-one laughed out loud and they soon experienced acute embarrassment. As a result there was an extended pause at the end of the final chord! The rowdy applause which followed caused the orchestra to respond with two encores: the lilting overture from Act 2 of Carmen and an arrangement of a Sabre Dance, but not the Khachaturian one.
Hélène Grimaud had received a warm welcome but unusually for a pianist at an orchestral prom, she didn’t offer an encore. Perhaps she felt it inappropriate following her interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 that seemed inspired by 9/11 and so emphasised all the dark aspects of the music whilst suppressing Beethoven’s balancing lightness - the key of the Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto is G major not G minor, for goodness sake! She was clearly totally immersed in her performance and played the runs and arpeggios evenly and clearly but to me they seemed without warmth, almost like practice scales. Other performers reveal much more meaning by picking the underlying melody out from the ornamentation.
Despite Hélène Grimaud’s charisma and reputation, the Prom audience did not go wild. It seemed that Manfred Honeck conducted from the score, unusual for a major piece by Beethoven; despite his very detailed direction to the orchestra there were still occasional ensemble problems.
Braunfels' Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz was a fine curtain-raiser with some nice melodic development facing strident passages. Unfortunately the result was worthy but didn't electrify.
Overall, it is great to see a major American orchestra back at the Proms and in such fine voice. The Pittsburgh SO's highly drilled style of performance is quite different from the band of soloists style becoming fashionable in Europe. I have no particular preference: both produce great music,
Manfred Honeck conductor
Monday 5 September
Braunfels: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme of Hector Berlioz
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Prom 60 - Bernard Haitink, Emanuel Ax and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prom 21: Olivier Latry, star organist of Notre-Dame de Paris
Prom 2 - Bohemian Rhapsody
Riviera Cruise and the Corniche de l'Esterel
Old meets new: Funchal - Madeira 3
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake - New Adventures at Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Prom 38: West Side Story - John Wilson Orchestra
Prom 21: An Alpine Symphony and an Alphorn Quartet
Prom 18: Currentzis conducts “Punk Beeethoven”
Prom 15: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto
Proms10 & 11: Widor’s Toccata & Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand
Prom 9: Beethoven's Ninth & Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem
Prom 6: An American in Paris and Turangalîla
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The Best Comics You Aren’t Reading: The Black Hood
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It was the first F-bomb in Archie Comics. It was one of the best arcs I’ve experienced all year. It’s
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A ragtag crew of misfits led by a relentless captain take to the
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The following contains spoilers. Who is Kilgrave? More specifically, who is he to you? Is he simply a ladykiller with
The Best Books You Aren’t Reading: We Can Never Go Home
On the growing list of things I thought I’d seen enough of in comics, “teenagers” and “superheroes” land rather high.
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Although the circus has left town, Gotham continues to juggle its increasingly heavy load of plot lines, villain backstories, and
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Ballr Powers Real-Time Fantasy Gaming with VoltDB
by Roberto Zicari · September 8, 2017
VoltDB Fast Data Platform ingests and analyzes live player data to help deliver complete and accurate in-game experience across the Ballr app
BEDFORD, Mass. – Sep. 7, 2017 – VoltDB, the enterprise-class database that powers business-critical applications, today announced that it has been selected by Ballr, a mobile fan engagement technology company, to connect soccer fans across the globe through its mobile fantasy gaming platform. By capturing and processing individual player data on tens of thousands of micro-moments during a competition, VoltDB empowers Ballr to deliver real-time scoring to users while promoting user engagement through global interactive leaderboards.
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Within Ballr’s pre-defined scoring structure, there are 83 unique types of events a soccer player may experience during a game (e.g., a pass, foul, goal, etc.). Ballr relies on VoltDB to capture real-time data related to thousands of these individual player moments, converting each discrete event into a point value. This forms the basis of the mobile fantasy sports game, with millions of fans selecting individual players every five minutes to earn points and compete against each other in real-time.
“Our challenge was selecting a database platform that would reduce our IT footprint and could scale to the volume of data required to simultaneously provide real-time support to millions of users across the globe,” said Sam Jones, Ballr’s CEO. “In a given soccer match, there are thousands of micro moments that we capture in real-time. Our game is based on holding a single player for a few minutes at a time and rotating players throughout the game, so data grows almost exponentially. With every single pass impacting a real-time leaderboard, this game is simple to play but incredibly complex to deliver from a data perspective. We investigated a number of data platforms, but only VoltDB gave us the power to process extremely high-volume data streams in real-time with complete accuracy.”
VoltDB Powers Real-Time Player Data
VoltDB enables the rapid ingestion of hundreds of thousands of concurrent events, supporting millions of users competing and communicating with one another during each game. With users participating across more than 200 countries, Ballr relies on VoltDB to reconcile global leaderboards from around the world in real-time. An in-memory, transactional data platform, VoltDB harnesses the power of live data to perform real-time analysis and take action the moment it matters.
“The challenge with mobile gaming platforms is providing a real-time, personalized experience that encourages user engagement, unlocking retention and monetization opportunities,” said David Flower, President and CEO of VoltDB. “Ballr has created a unique gaming model that places a premium on user experience and engagement. The VoltDB Fast Data Platform enables gaming platforms like Ballr to effectively scale to high-data volumes and leverage the power of real-time actions to deliver a consistent and reliable gaming experience.”
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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL Blu-ray Date & Details
Christopher Webster [DVD News 05.21.19] cyberpunk scifi action thriller adventure dystopic 3-d
While critics ignored it and prematurely predicted it to be a failure, Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel went on to surprise many in the Marvel obsessed shill media by making nearly $405 million internationally and building a legion of passionate fans who call themselves the Alita Army.
Many have been eagerly awaiting the film's official bow on home video and we now have the dates. The film will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on June 23, with the Digital release June 9.
The 4K Ultra HD package will include a Blu-ray 3D version of the film too with the a 3D version of the film included in the US version of the 4K release.
From the Release:
From visionary filmmakers James Cameron (AVATAR) and Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY), comes ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control.
If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and the world she’s grown to love.
Alita stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Lana Condor and Eiza Gonzalez.
Digger (1 year ago) Reply
The film exposits where it doesn't need to, and when it desperately needs some backstory, dumps it in favour of mindless action.
Michael (1 year ago) Reply
I liked it...but it was a box office failure. That $405 million gross is well short of the break even point. No sequel will be coming.
Dan (1 year ago) Reply
What the hell are you talking about, the production budget was $170, the marketing budget couldn't have been nearly that much...they'll be making a sequel. Also they include home video totals and who knows how much that will gross.
Hot Fuzz (1 year ago) Reply
The film definitely did better than the press predicted. They thought it would crater at $200 million max.
So, while it wasn't an MCU sized success, I think it's fair to say it performed better than expected.
Will there be a sequel? I REALLY hope so. The biggest issue for a sequel right now is that Disney bought Fox and so it will be up to them and they have bigger fish to fry with Star Wars, the MCU and AVATAR.
Multiple the budget 3 and a half times. That is the break even point these days.
mr stellar (1 year ago) Reply
this is why movie are doomed by avengers and other superhero movies: when profits have to be ridiculously huge in order to profit....anyways, read forbes article "Alita battle angel box office: why $400 million isnt enough."
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Radley Parish Council has a long history dating back to 1894. It now functions under the Local Government Act 1972 and is a tier below the Vale of White Horse District Council and Oxfordshire County Council.
The Parish Council is your local voice. Please contact any of your Councillors or the Clerk about any issue relating to our village.
Radley Parish Council meets on the fourth Thursday of every month on these dates in the Church Room. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meetings and may speak during the first 10 minutes if invited to do so by the chairman. Here is a summary of our last meeting and the minutes of recent meetings. The Annual Parish Meeting, open to all electors in the parish, is held between 1 March and 1 June. The Council elects its Chairman for the coming year at its Annual Meeting, held in May each year.
The number of Councillors depends on the size of the Parish. Radley has eleven Councillors, who are unpaid volunteers and members of the local community.
The Council has two members of staff: the Clerk and a Village Cleaner who collects litter in the centre of the village.
In addition to its main meetings, the Council delegates some of its business to the following Committees and Working Groups:
Annual Tree Planting/Maintenance of Footpaths Advisory Working Group
Playing Fields Sub-committee
Road Safety Working Group
The Council makes recommendations on all planning applications in Radley, although final decisions are made by the Vale of White Horse District Council. Different councillors take responsibility for planning in each area of the village. Some councillors act as representatives for different organisations in the village.
To finance its activities the Parish Council receives funding, known as a precept, from the District Council (paid for by part of the council tax). This money pays amongst other things for the Clerk, the playing field, sports pavilion, play area, maintenance of the village green and Centenary Garden, collection of litter around the village, the garden competition and donations to local groups. Details of the way the money is spent can be seen in the Parish Council accounts. Other income comes from rental charges and grants for specific projects.
Land controlled by Radley Parish Council:
Map and list of land owned by or leased to the Parish Council
This annual event organised by the Parish Council takes place on a Saturday in June or July.
Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)
TPO No.
Site of tree
Type of tree
Date TPO given
South of Peach Croft Farm
Poplars (20)
Bigwood Caravan Park
Whole of the Caravan Park
The spinney and trees at the junction of the Kennington/Radley Road and Sandford Lane
Various species of trees – Woodland TPO
Land to west of 4 Norfolk Close
11 Badgers Copse
Scots pines (2)
Land at Thrupp Lane
The Parish Council also asked the Vale of the White Horse District Council to consider the cherry trees by the allotments in Church Road for TPOs, but the Council indicated that it did not think they were suitable candidates for a TPO – they are quite nice but not outstanding and are not under threat of being felled.
By-Laws in the Parish
Pleasure Grounds, public walks, open spaces and village greens
Prohibits various games and vehicular use of the playing field. Click here for details
Dogs in the Grounds Prohibits dogs from the playing field. Click here for details
In December 2008 the Parish Council agreed the information available under the model publication scheme. This was reviewed in 2012.
Freedom of Information Scheme – updated April 2018
Radley Parish Council Privacy Notice
Radley Parish Council Privacy Policy April 2018
Permanent link to this article: http://www.radleyvillage.org.uk/parish-council/
Please address all messages about Parish Council business to the Clerk unless you have a specific reason for contacting a particular Councillor. Ed Blagrove ed.blagrove@radleyparish.org Committee memberships: Road Safety Working Group (Chairman) Playing Field sub-committee (Chairman), Annual tree planting/maintenance of footpaths working group Garry Cook garry.cook@radleyparish.org Committee memberships: Finance and Administration …
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Parish Council assets
Properties owned by or leased to Radley Parish Council: Spinneys Close allotments – the Parish Council owns the freehold of the allotment site, which has space for 8 allotments. All are presently let. Upper Churchyard, Church Road – the PCC of St James the Great Church, Radley administers the burial ground and is responsible for …
Most meetings are held in the Church Room. The first ten minutes of Ordinary Meetings (see below for dates) are available for the public to express a view or ask a question on relevant matters on the agenda. The public are welcome to stay and observe the rest of the meeting. Members of …
Use the links below to access the Minutes and Agendas of Parish Council meetings. 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 April 2014 Minutes of Ordinary meeting March 2014 Minutes of Ordinary Meeting February 2014 Minutes of …
Radley Parish Council was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 and first met in December 1894. The old records of the Parish Council are kept in the Oxfordshire Archives at St Luke’s Church, Cowley, Oxford. Councillors when the Parish Council was formed Frances Frederick BelleridgeJames GibbensThomas HendyJames Lees NortonWilliam PocockJethro SilvesterE J Simpkinson Chairmen …
Planning Applications Planning applications will be considered by a planning committee, which will meet (if necessary) at 7pm on the evening of the Ordinary Parish Council meeting (normally the 4th Thursday of the month). Agenda for the next planning committee meeting. PLANNING COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE: PURPOSE: To determine planning applications on behalf of …
Finance and Administration Committee Planning committee Planning Policy and Neighbourhood Plan Working Group Radley Liaison Group (RWE npower) Garden Competition Advisory Working Group View page »
Councillor attendance records
Each Councillor is expected to attend each meeting of the full Parish Council and meetings of Committees where they are a member of that Committee. A councillor may have left or joined the council during the year. The tables below show the number of meetings that the councillor attended and the total number of meetings …
Delegated Decision Reporting Under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, the Parish Council is obliged to report whenever decisions are made by the clerk or any other person outside of Parish Council meetings. Any such decisions will be reported on this page. No relevant decisions …
Click on the links below for summaries of the audited accounts published at the Annual Parish Meeting at the end of the following year.
To provide financial transparency the Parish Council publishes details of any individual payment of £500 or more. Amount includes VAT if appropriate. Full details of all expenditure can be found each month in Parish Council minutes in the list of all cheques approved. 2020/21 Payment Supplier Item Amount Category 23 April 2020 006 Cranley Environmental …
All local councils in England with an annual turnover of £65 million or less must complete an annual return in accordance with proper practices summarising their activities at the end of each financial year. In this annual return the term ‘Local Council’ includes a Parish Meeting, a Parish Council and a Town Council. The annual …
As required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Parish Council will make available on this website items set out in its publication scheme: Radley Parish Council Privacy Notice Radley Parish Council Privacy Policy April 2018 Freedom of Information Scheme Code of Conduct Minutes of council meetings Standing …
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Egypt’s president in Greece to discuss bilateral cooperation, regional issues – World – Chinadaily.com.cn
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) and the visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are seen at the Prime Minister’s Office in Athens, Greece, Nov 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
ATHENS – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived here on Wednesday to start his two-day visit to Greece, during which the prospects of further bilateral cooperation and regional issues are expected to be discussed by the leaders of the two sides.
Welcoming her Egyptian counterpart, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou hailed the agreement signed this summer between the two countries for the partial delimitation of the maritime zones as a milestone for cooperation across the wider region, according to statements broadcast on Greek national broadcaster ERT.
The Egyptian leader agreed, saying that other bilateral agreements will certainly follow, according to an e-mailed press release issued from the Greek Presidency.
Egypt will stand by Greece and in support of its rights on any issue related to the country’s security and maritime borders, al-Sisi said, according to the press release.
A joint press conference between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Egyptian president was also held on Wednesday.
“In our troubled region, our two countries have already set with their actions, an example of peace and cooperation with an emblematic moment, the recent agreement of Aug. 6 on the partial delimitation of maritime zones between us and our common intention to continue consultations so that this agreement can be extended,” said Mitsotakis during the press conference.
Increased tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent months over seismic surveys by Turkish ships in disputed areas have caused international concern.
The Greek prime minister called for de-escalation, dialogue, and cooperation, saying the Mediterranean can become a sea that unites instead of dividing peoples.
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Please see our Code of Conduct under General Information Police: South Side man sent 'lewd' texts to 15-year-old girl Man killed in apparent hit-and-run in Avalon Park, police say 2 CPD officers hurt after squad strikes South Side construction barrier Just a friendly reminder that the Borough's ordinance requires sidewalks to be cleared within 24 hours of the snow stopping. 1 day ago The Avalon Police Department and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the incident. Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon has been working with local police to try to assess when situations are particularly dangerous or “have a high chance of lethality,” but it’s still “worrisome” to see so many Avalon Police: Car Service Driver Charged With Lewdness, Fondled Himself While Woman Was Stuck In CarAfter taking a ride in Salem’s vehicle and reaching her destination, the woman was not able Sep 28, 2020 · Police on Avalon Kept Busy over the Weekend Sep 28, 2020 6:04 AM A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after police received several reports of a man brandishing a firearm while in a vehicle on Kenmount Road. Holiday tastes and traditions Madonna Galway, president of the Northeast Avalon Food Bank, said there are some empty shelves at the organization’s building, in the basement of the ALPHARETTA, Ga. 12 May 2019 Anyone with information on the incident can contact the police or Crime Stoppers. November 7: A motor vehicle 17 Dec 2020 25 in Avalon Park Jaya Beemon (left) was killed in a Feb. Police are trying to establish if there are any links between this and the Stokes Valley incident, and 22 Dec 2020 (WKRG) – An off-duty Prichard police officer has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting at an apartment complex in Mobile. Posted on May 09, 2015. when someone fired shots from outside striking her in the thigh, Chicago police said. Main St. 65-88. Located in the Rear of the Administration Building. Police said three men approached the convenience store and began firing into the market from Dec 29, 2020 · - Latest News - Ohio Twp Police Reports - 12/2 thru 12/18 - Avalon Police Reports - 12/7 thru 12/21 - Snow and Ice Removal in Bellevue - Ordinance - Covid-19 Limitation Rules - Effective 12-12-20 Avalon Beach News - 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world. We spent the Jan 13, 2020 · The Avalon Shelton apartments at 185 Canal St. that the Nov 13, 2020 · TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are searching for a missing 90-year-old man who they believe could be in danger. Dec 18, 2020 · I once asked mystery writer Lee Child what he drove. For an event as large and complex as the Avalon The motorcyclist was turning into Avalon at Second Avenue off Old Milton Parkway, Channel 2 Action News reported. Hawkins succumbed to his injuries. 25, 2020. R. Dec 13, 2020 · A year after announcing plans to build a 10,000-home community in Daytona, Avalon Park developer Beat Kahli remains on track to break ground in 2021. Latest crime News: 25-year-old man arrested in Janesville after pointing weapon at vehicle AVALON – The Avalon Police Department announced the Sept. But, West Virginia State Police said, that was only after he left Avalon earlier in the afternoon headed east, winding down Interstate 81 into Virginia, then doubling back. Jan 23, 2015 · All NewsLocal Boston News Boston Police Release Video Of Man Wanted In Public Garden Sex AssaultBoston Police About a 1,000 people lived at the four-story Avalon complex in Edgewater Sep 14, 2018 · The redesigned 2019 Toyota Avalon comes at an interesting time in automotive history. The incident was reported about 6 a. The Fire Department is Volunteer and is actively seeking year-round volunteer firefighters. Fax: 412-761-1640. Sep 30, 2020. In a release, Avalon Police announced that Ryan P. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images) Source of Cluster. 3, Avalon patrol units were dispatched to the west block of 22nd Street, for the report of vandalism to a motor vehicle. As a result, Avalon Boulevard (C. avalonfaire. Dec 23, 2020 · A 65-year-old woman is recovering at home this morning, after she was shot in her own house in the Avalon Park neighborhood. Jun 07, 2018 · Mackintosh was an Avalon police officer during summer vacations while attending Temple University. The 2018 Avalon crime rate rose by 29% compared to 2017. license plate HHF-6582. Grimsley a year ago because of mismanagement of Police have found a car stolen in an Avalon home invasion and aggravated robbery on Saturday morning. From the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, Chief James Rybicki, Lt. The Avalon Police. Assault in car 13 Oct 2014 The latest news and appeals from Devon and Cornwall Police. Nifty 10,984. Privacy PolicyTerms and Conditions 28 Sep 2020 Intoxicated man arrested at Avalon Inn after groping teen hostess, police say. The case under investigation is a firefighter from the northern beaches with links to the Belrose Hotel Non Emergency Police in Avalon on YP. Helicopters are patrolling Sydney's northern beaches after a 15-year-old boy was bitten by a shark at Avalon Beach. He responded, "I buy used police cars because they're fast and they don't get noticed. Mona Vale []. Witnesses told police the 73-year-old was body surfing when a large wave caused the man to 2 days ago · AVALON — An Upper Township woman was charged with drunken driving after her car jumped a curb and went into the bay, police said Monday. appeal. " It appears that way in today's print edition, as well. Officers with the Albuquerque Police Departme… Nov 22, 2019 · On Thursday morning, law enforcement agents collaborating with a regional narcotics unit of the Massachusetts State Police watched two men exit the Avalon apartments within minutes of one another Victor Valley News Group VICTORVILLE, Calif. and internationally. Posted December 18, 2020 12:38:47 NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says the strain of COVID-19 at the heart of the Avalon cluster is from the Aug 11, 2020 · ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. She was inside a home in the 8500 block of South Dante Avenue about 11:20 p. m. Jul 01, 2020 · A White hotel employee called the police on a guest, a Black woman and her children, who were using the hotel's swimming pool over the weekend. The roadway and bridge will reopen after those hours and remain open thereafter. average. 3,144 likes · 32 talking about this · 295 were here. Seven of the new cases were linked to the Avalon cluster, which has now Tags: Avalon police, Ed Cropski, Lost ring in Avalon NJ, lost ring on the beach, Nj Lost Ring Finder, the ring finders Posted in: 1 Comment » $38,000. around 10:16 p. All site content on the CRIMEWATCH portal is the specific and unquestionable property of the appropriate law enforcement agency that maintains, manages and administers content. "People are working from home so there's not that much traffic. It is a three-story building made up of 6 neighborhoods each with 15 apartments. Local News | Sept 24, 2016. The mall has now been closed, police said. cable news viewers may witness one of the most Sep 18, 2020 · ALBUQUERQUE, N. S. 19, Avalon Borough Police responded to a call for a shooting Dec 29, 2020 · AVALON - The Avalon Police Department will be hosting its second annual toy drive for the Cape May County Department of Child Protective Services. BOROUGH OF AVALON. Local News. Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a woman had her bag stolen in a robbery in Kingsley Park Terrace, Northampton. cable news viewers may witness one of the most Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon has been working with local police to try to assess when situations are particularly dangerous or “have a high chance of lethality,” but it’s still “worrisome” to see so many Dec 10, 2020 · The Avalon continued traveling, slowing down multiple times, but continuing at a low speed for nearly a mile until the police vehicle pulled ahead of Olugbode’s car on Ravenswood Avenue, Murphy Man from Canton arrested at Avalon Local News. Adrian Hawkins crashed his 2010 Toyota Avalon after suffering multiple gunshot wounds . Upon arrival, officers located the male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Find agency contact, demographics, type, population served and more. Market Street had to remove a group of golfers Saturday evening. Sep 28, 2020 · Robert Zenobi, 63, is facing charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Meanwhile, SWAT was called to the scene of nearby California Avenue. Sixty apartments are dedicated to memory care and 30 units are focused on assisted living. Avalon is a little over 2 . 24 Dec 2018 A NSW Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that the man walked away with only a few bumps after the incident. AVALON (KDKA) — Fire crews responded to the scene of a house fire in Avalon early Sunday morning. Murphy was booked into Aug 07, 2020 · – On Monday, August 3, 2020 at approximately 10:32 p. Someone had made unauthorized payments to a utility company using the Avalon Police Department announces second NJSCOP re-accreditation assessment. NSW Chief Health Officer Dr. Mar 26, 2020 · When Avalon Suites Stylist Kelsey Kloster got the order to cut it short it came from an Omaha Police officer, not the client. December 10, 2020, 10:26 AM Shooting Incident - 1400 Block Ave. Apr 07, 2020 · Police said the man was pulled under the waves and drowned, despite repeated attempts to rescue him. The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary that occurred at the Avalon Golf Course early Tuesday morning. Taylor was pronounced deceased by medical About Victoria Police news and media releases. , police responded to the 8400 block of South Cregier on the report Jackson police are investigating a shooting that occurred on Charleston Dr. The blue BMW was recovered in Lower Hutt, two days after four men forced their way into and took the vehicle’s keys from occupants of a house on Charleston Avenue, Avalon. Forty-eight Avalon Zoppo. has reopened between Bluewater and Avalon following a rollover crash on Friday morning. Avalon police responded to a report of an unconscious man on the 80th Street beach at 7:13 a. Search properties Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon has been working with local police to try to assess when situations are particularly dangerous or “have a high chance of lethality,” but it’s still “worrisome” to see so many Dec 27, 2020 · Crews Battle Blaze In Avalon. In the last 5 years Avalon has seen increasing violent crime and decreasing property crime. in Szeged weather for two weeks, 14 day weather forecast for Szeged, Csongrad, Hungary. Officers say Trinidad Garcia went missing from 300 Avalon Friday morning and suffers Oct 16, 2020 · Police spoke to Margaret Grimsley, 71, who said she is an employee of Avalon Hospice. Above is an overhead view of the parklet, which will protrude into the street and take up about four parking spots in the Avalon Faire, which was forced to cancel its spring season in April due to COVID-19, hosted Faire Fridays last week featuring food, drinks and live music from Blind Uncle Keith and Kim Donnette Band (pictured). For constant updates on Avalon Faire, check out their website, www. Dec 22, 2020 · An Avalon man has been fined $1000 after allegedly breaching a COVID-related Public Health Order. We do not investigate any crimes. Learn more here! News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Avalon and nearby suburbs. nsw. 23h ago. 25 shooting in Avalon Park. - We’re just more than a month away from Christmas — but Santa has already arrived at Alpharetta’s Avalon, bringing a long list of holiday activities with him. ” via Stuff. avalonpolice. in the 8100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue when Feb 21, 2019 · SUGAR LAND, Texas – A husband and wife are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Sugar Land, police said Monday. cable news viewers may witness one of the most Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon has been working with local police to try to assess when situations are particularly dangerous or “have a high chance of lethality,” but it’s still “worrisome” to see so many Oct 19, 2018 · Avalon police charged the group with ethnic intimidation and assault against Paul Morris Sr. 'They (police) thought 21 Jan 2014 Hassan Mohammed Omer Isman death: Avalon nightclub licence Shaftesbury Avenue has been closed while police investigate the fatal shooting at London's Avalon Club Information about BBC links to other news sites 26 Dec 2013 Police have appealed for witnesses asking for anyone who was at the Avalon nightclub last night or who has information about this incident to call Two men were captured by Alpharetta police at the Avalon development after a car chase and crash Tuesday morning. Police did not provide additional information about the victim’s WESH 2 News is your source for the latest local headlines and live alerts. Tuesday. org Fax: 412-761-1640 . at the 500 block of Girard Avenue, according to a news 5 days ago Avalon Beach News - 9News - Latest news and headlines from Australia and the world. May 30, 2020 · Most businesses located inside Avalon in Alpharetta will be closed on the evening of May 30 amid concerns about protests over the death of George Floyd. Ingram’s Thorofare Bridge leading to Avalon will be closed Dec. Dec 18, 2020 · Avalon cluster based on US strain of COVID-19. The Avalon Police Department currently employs (21) sworn officers, (5) dispatchers (*3 additional relief dispatchers), and (3) non-sworn employees. Apr 30, 2002 · Avalon police charged Richard Davis with fleeing and eluding. Just before 5pm (Friday 2 August 2019), emergency services were called to Coonanga Road, Avalon Beach, following reports a man had been injured with a spear gun. The company has acquired a majority stake in The Agency, which represe… Dec 24, 2020 · Welcome to Avalon Homeowner's Association CMS welcomes you to your community website! This is a place where you can find the latest news about your association, find legal and financial documents, communicate with your neighbors and your property manager with the click of a mouse. A man identified as 55 year old Paul Holmgren of Somerdale, New Jersey was Dec 17, 2020 · The recommendations came within hours of work starting on distributing the Moderna vaccine, the second to be approved by the CDC. Dec 24, 2020 · New South Wales has recorded nine new coronavirus cases after a record 60,000-plus residents came forward for testing. Dec 21, 2020 · Avalon Wilton on Danbury Road, a 100-unit luxury apartment complex in Wilton, has been sold for $34. Our professional Police Officers and civilian support staff are united by their concern for those who live, work, and play in Alpharetta and are connected through our core values: · Courageous Spirit. 11Alive's Crash Clark learned the Avalon Jun 12, 2020 · A woman told police that she was pushed into the pool at the Avalon Inn and Resort in Howland by another woman and then a group of "middle-aged" women jumped in and attacked her. Dec 26, 2020 · Seventh case lives on northern beaches with source under investigation, as Avalon cluster grows to 122. Sep 09, 2020 · Erie Times-News Erie police are investigating the deaths of two males who were found Wednesday afternoon in a room at the Avalon Hotel & Conference Center, 16 W. Dec 24, 2020 Avalon Board of Nov 19, 2020 · According to a preliminary report, Rodriguez was driving an SUV east, in the right lane, on Route 72 about 12:45 p. Posted Sun Sunday 1 Mar March at 12:20am Sun Sunday 1 Mar March 2009 at 12:20am Avalon Police Department (PA) is in the Police1 Law Enforcement Directory. Avalon also provides many different services that you may find helpful at this time - see the ‘Services’ Tab on our homepage for more details. No injuries were reported at this time. Seniors and those who need help with shoveling due to a disability, please call the Borough's administrative offices and you'll be connected to North Hills Community Outreach, who will help you get assistance with this task. Avalon Zoppo Sections. in Brookings, last March when she was placed there in a novel “Shop to Adopt May 20, 2020 · Avalon shopping center Alpharetta re-opens. Davis also has several outstanding warrants in Pittsburgh. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. A worker at a bowling club where 18 people were infected with coronavirus said it was near impossible to enforce social distancing. I thank you for working today BUT the woman who was talking to you (For at least the 5 minutes I watched) with your window rolled down was way closer than 6 feet and neither one of you was wearing a mask ? CHICAGO - A 33-year-old woman was shot dead and two others were wounded Saturday in Avalon Park on the South Side. About 3. If you wish to report a crime then please contact your local police station or law enforcement office. Thursday night, police responded to an incident at the Chick-fil-a parking lot on Old Milton Parkway where shots were fired. Sexual assault prompts calls for alleged attacker to be labelled dangerous offender Jackie Stevens, executive director of the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in Halifax, said given Obed's extensive history of violent physical and sexual offences, the Crown should consider applying for dangerous offender status if he is convicted. Officers also recovered shell casings, he said. in the city’s Avalon The 2018 crime rate in Avalon, PA is 202 (City-Data. Phone:. An estimated 30 million people are expected to be in this tranche of essential workers including police officers, postal workers, teachers, those employed in food production, agriculture and on public transport. Just after noon on Nov. fox29. The woman who was driving the bus is facing DUI charges, and all three adult women face charges of unlawfully taking a vehicle. — The 42-year-old woman fatally shot by two deputies after raising a handgun at the officers once served as an award-winning contract negotiator for the U. Sep 19, 2018 · Allegheny County Police made two arrests hours after a man was shot in Avalon. Visit Orlando's most reliable source for breaking news. — Alpharetta police are investigating shots fired at the Chick-fil-a at Avalon. Sponsored By. The first call came in just before 8:00 Tuesday night to the intersection of S. to a report of a car break-in on Keys Drive and located a motor vehicle with a broken rear window. Guests lined up for all sorts of food. Click on Pictures below for more Galleries. yesterday when Avalon police attempted to serve him with a warrant in the parking lot of the Avalon Motel on Ohio River Boulevard. au/news/news_article?sq_content_src=% Report a crime or incident, such as an accident on the road, lost and found property, or anti-social behaviour. 3914 likes · 312 talking about this · 31 were here. Aug 03, 2019 · Police arrest man after spear gun attack – Avalon Beach A man has been arrested after another man was shot with a spear gun on the Northern Beaches yesterday. A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of 1 day ago Foul play is not suspected at this time, however, Avalon Police and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office continue to investigating the incident Avalon Police Department. The picturesque and dynamic seaport village of Avalon has a permanent population of around 4,000, with annual visitors in excess of one million. Tuesday, two men and a woman got out of a vehicle near the intersection of 79th Street and Avalon Ave. au Online Coupons and Best Deals Watch the gripping new drama series Your Honor now on Stan. The male victim was identified as 39-year-old Larry Taylor. Police and the emergency services were called to Top Knot Close after concerns were raised for a child who was reported to be in cardiac arrest. Nashville police ID man in bombing case, as investigation involving FBI continues. com crime index), which is 1. According to the police department's Facebook Dec 27, 2020 · AVALON — A fire at a home in Avalon left extensive damage, but those inside were able to get out early Sunday morning. Hot-selling Dec 08, 2020 · Top News. The 30-year-old was standing on a front porch about 2:50 a. 1 day ago · AVALON – Developer Tim Kerr has an application before Avalon’s Planning and Zoning Board for a 310-seat restaurant and bar, at 2800 Boardwalk, the site of a building, located at 29th Street Band 'Nothing Too Serious' (pictured) slammed NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard for suggesting they caused the COVID-19 cluster in Sydney's northern beaches, which sits at 129 cases. We do projects across the U. Starr Avenue and West Avenue. though Gwinnett County Police confirmed a group went through Sugarloaf Mills Mall. cable news viewers may witness one of the most Avalon Sheriff's Station (310) 510-0174 215 Sumner Ave. Dec 30, 2020 · Police responded at 6:44 a. Avalon, CA 90704 Feb 26, 2020 · Beemon was one of five people shot inside Ali’s Minimart on 79th and Avalon around 5 p. E-Mail: police@boroughofavalon. Upon arrival, officers located the male If you have a police emergency call 911. Oct 20, 2020 · Avalon, the talent management and production company behind series including Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, is expanding. 15, at approximately 11:30 a. CHICAGO - A woman was killed in a shooting Saturday in Avalon Park on the South Side. , Family forced to flee house fire, emergency services abused #SouthGrafton https ://www. Three photos shared with CBSLA showed the waves crashing onto the walkway Jun 05, 2020 · Marysville Journal-Tribune, Marysville, OH 43040, Union County's only daily newspaper, Local news Unavailable. 4:00 PM. com Two weddings in Lakewood were broken up by police Tuesday night as state officials continued to warn against large gatherings amid the coronavirus Dec 11, 2020 · Police identified the stolen car Friday afternoon as a green, 2004 Toyota Avalon XL with the N. As police search for clues, CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe spoke with the victim. Sedans, once staples of every automaker's lineup, now seem to be last on their list of priorities. Brought to you by merchantcircle. Dec 16, 2020 · Chicago police investigate the scene where multiple people were shot and one was killed in the 7900 block of South Avalon, Tuesday, Feb. May 30, 2020 · Latest News Stories. Saturday, Patrolman Lucas Hill Get the latest news from Cape May County from The Star-Ledger, find Cape May County real estate listings and talk about local news on NJ. Find Avalon County Police station addresses, websites, emails and phone numbers. Robinson of the Avalon Police Department received information that Scott was wanted out of Pennsylvania. Dec 29, 2020 · Auto news: New Jaguar Land Rover shape-shifting seat mimics walking - caradvice. The current Chief, Chief Jeffrey Christopher, is the eigth Chief of Police for the Avalon Police Department. According to a release, responding units determined the man, a 21-year-old Coatsville, Pennsylvania, resident, was dead for several hours. for reports of an unconscious person in the surf. As police search for clues, CBS 2’s Mugo Odigwe Avalon police responded to the shooting just after noon and found the man at the scene in the 500 block of Girard Avenue. Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon was snuggled up in a cuddler bed in the back room at South Coast Dispensaries, located at 1025 Chetco Ave. " Child would love the Avalon TRD because it's plenty Avalon Police is located at 5400 Ocean Dr, Avalon, NJ. Around 3. for ongoing construction. Avalon Police News Highways Near Avalon, PA with Police Departments : United States19 | United States22 | State28 | United States30 | State51 | State60 | State65 | Interstate76 | Interstate79 | State8 | State88 Dec 23, 2020 · The shooting happened at the Avalon Plaza Apartments at 3600 Michael Blvd. A Natick police cruiser passes by the Avalon Apartments 14 Jul 2020 It began as a traffic stop, turned into a high-speed police chase, and ended the wreckage, following a police chase in Avalon, Allegheny County, Monday pole, ” county homicide Lt. The Sheriff’s Office said the 42-year-old suspect pointed a gun Pay Your Avalon Tax Bill Avalon Code Enforcement Agendas, Minutes & Ordinances Budget Documents Avalon Borough Code AVALON NEWS news archive American Legion Post #331 Dec 23, 2020 · A 65-year-old woman is recovering at home this morning, after she was shot in her own house in the Avalon Park neighborhood. Dec 23, 2020 · CHICAGO (CBS) — A 65-year-old woman is recovering at home this morning, after she was shot in her own house in the Avalon Park neighborhood. Deputies responded to the Avalon Reserve Apartments just before Nov 20, 2020 · Seven people were taken to area hospitals Thursday night following a car crash on East Colonial Drive near Avalon Park, according to Orange County Fire Rescue officials. 15 arrest of Douglas Patton Scott, 38, of Wallingford, Pa. Fred Dietz Floral. Oct 27, 2020 · The usually placid waters of Avalon Harbor looked more like a Florida boardwalk before a tropical storm Monday morning. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Police Departments in Avalon, NJ. when a 1999 Toyota Avalon XL in the left lane scraped against the side of her Avalon International Breads announced its Avalon Cafe and Biscuit Bar location in Detroit's New Center area is closing permanently. AVALON POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES DONATION TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Items donated were recovered during 2010 police investigation (Avalon, NJ)—The Avalon Police Department recently made a donation of more than $3300 worth of household merchandise that was recovered during a police investigation during April, 2010. Victoria Police Latest news items releases feature on our site for seven days. 05--Allegheny County police will review whether a pair of Avalon officers reacted appropriately early Tuesday, when one of them opened fire on a fleeing BMW in an incident that touched off a Sep 30, 2019 · Police say they found evidence of sex trafficking last Wednesday during a raid of the unit in the Avalon Mosaic luxury apartments. Police. Shortly after midnight, deputies were called to the golf course in the Sep 30, 2020 · HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — Avalon Health Care reported on Sept. Police released images of the three shooters. Investigators are still gathering information. Police release surveillance video of Avalon Park shooting suspects · Nursing student killed, 4 Avalon Police News 11/7/20 thru 11/22/20. The women were standing in the street with a group of people about 9:40 p. Donated Avalon cottage on the move . , Sgt. , police responded to Avalon Plaza Apartments, 3600 Michael Boulevard, in reference to one shot. 04 average property crimes recorded in 2016 of which 159 larceny theft Officer Henry Armstrong was appointed as the first Chief of Police. Jordan Grice / Hearst Connecticut Media. Serving the areas of: Santa Catalina Island, City of Avalon, Ocean Waters between Run” to Officer Anthony Dia of the Toledo Police Department in Toledo,… During the month of December, 235 arrests were made, 7 illegal firearms were 17 Dec 2020 More than 70% of Americans remain unable to join the military due to obesity, education problems, or crime and drug records. m Dec 29, 2020 · AVALON - At 1:33 a. He is one of the most familiar voices in Philadelphia TV news and has interviewed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Princess Grace and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. at 1215 Pendergrass Trail. 36 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4. News from the stars, planets, comets, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere as well as the study of the Universe in its totality as it is now and by extension humanity's place in it. Kerry Chant confirmed to reporters on Friday that a Nov 02, 2020 · Atlanta restaurant gusto! bringing fresh flavors to Avalon Police arrest man allegedly responsible for massive apartment fire Blessed Trinity’s tilt with Cartersville cancelled by COVID-19 (Please contact 911 or Local Police for any immediate medical assistance, criminal behavior or vehicle removal. gov. 30 that one resident died at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. – A woman was shot and killed in a deputy-involved shooting in Avalon Park, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. "He was cut off by another vehicle, a BMW, that blew through two stop signs and Encore at Avalon Park Assisted Living and Memory Care . News Toyota Moves Closer to Production with Next Generation Fuel Cell Electric Technology for Zero-Emissions Heavy Duty Trucks PLANO, Texas (December 10, 2020) – Toyota’s next generation fuel cell electric technology is now powering a new set of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. Avalon Hospice also told police they had fired Ms. Latest News Stories. Security at Avalon Inn and Resort on E. Avalon Crime. 22 Dec 2020 Get our Editor's Weekly Wrap featuring the best local news and stories, as well as our Breaking News Alerts. and 5 a. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in Avalon Park that happened overnight Tuesday. Army in Orlando. F N December 10, 2020, 2:23 PM Attempted Armed Robbery - 300 Block Confederation Dr. M. Avalon, NJ property crime has higher rate than the national average of 28. Aug 29, 2017 · We, the undersigned, call on the Borough of Avalon and the District Attorney of Allegheny County to disband the Avalon Police department in order to provide us with a professional, law abiding force with the interest to truly protect and serve the residents of Avalon. Police responded to a shooting in the 500 block of Girad Avenue just after noon on Thursday. This blog is now closed Mostafa Rachwani (now) and Luke Henriques-Gomes (earlier) And with May 27, 2020 · A 42-year-old woman was shot and killed by two Orange County deputies after confronting them with a firearm, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Tuesday evening. Local News Power line project to close lane on Route 9 in Located in the Rear of the Administration Building. On Thursday, Avalon police responded to a report of a shooting at about 12:05 Dee Why []. Welcome to Avalon. Appeals. police. By David 26 Dec 2013 Shooting: police outside the Avalon club (Image: FameFlynet). Former Officer Convicted Of Assaulting Handcuffed Avalon Officer Charged In Rowdy Brawl Outside Bar After Pirates' Home OpenerAn Avalon police officer is facing charges in connection with a fight that broke 19 Nov 2020 On Thursday, Avalon police responded to a report of a shooting at about 12:05 p. 601) will be closed to through traffic during the same hours. This brought the resident COVID-19 death toll to 27. After Kathy Griffin took to Twitter to announce her Fashion Police departure, Kelly Osbourne and Lena Dunham gave their support. Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521M. Sep 06, 2011 · (Avalon, NJ) — Avalon Police were called to the scene of a bicycle accident on Monday, September 5th, 2011 at 11:28am. It happened on April 24, 2020, at about 7:35 pm, in the 15700 block of La Paz Drive in Victorville. Anyone with information can contact Avalon Police received a report of fraud from a Malvern Road resident on Jan. “They felt fear ALPHARETTA, Ga. (VVNG. CTV News Article. Cars speed past the police on Dune Drive doing 40-50 MPH and there is no enforcement. Police shut down Byron Bay beach parties as hundreds gather . The Avalon Police Department invited Channel 11′s Joe Arena along on a drug bust, and our camera captured the entire thing as police entered the home. Avalon - To the AVALON police officer sitting in police car outside of liquor store on Easter Sunday. Apr 30, 2010 · From the Avalon Police Department, Chief David Dean, Detective Ben Geary and the entire department. Queensland Police and and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service carried out a joint investigation and detectives yesterday charged the four men in their 20s Sep 07, 2020 · CHICAGO — A man was killed and three others were wounded following a shootout Monday night in Avalon Park. We provide you with the latest breaking news and 1 day ago · AVALON - At approximately 7:13 a. This business specializes in Law Enforcement. 3,872 likes · 64 talking about this · 31 were here. C. 20 . Nov 19, 2020 · November 19, 2020 Source Businessman Avalon Jagnandan was yesterday taken into police custody for questioning into his controversial lease for Peters Hall lands after responding to a request to visit the Criminal Investigation Department. , wanted as a fugitive from Pennsylvania. com) — Police are continuing to investigate a shooting near Avalon Park that left a man wounded Friday evening. “We are still investigating the motive for this crime. Dec 22, 2020 · Police issue Avalon man penalty infringement for Ulladulla COVID-breach Sign up to receive our Breaking News Alerts and Editor's Daily Headlines featuring the best local news and stories. 4 times lower than the U. Allegheny County Police have opened an investigation into a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in Avalon. Dec 27, 2020 · Similar News Police looking for missing 13-year-old boy from Avalon [google] April 24, 2018 Officials: Body found wrapped in plastic at Avalon Park home [google] April 02, 2015 Report: Teen kills father in Avalon Park [google] January 01, 2014 4 dead in red-light traffic collision in California city [week] August 14, 2019 1 day ago · AVALON – Developer Tim Kerr has an application before Avalon’s Planning and Zoning Board for a 310-seat restaurant and bar, at 2800 Boardwalk, the site of a building, located at 29th Street Band 'Nothing Too Serious' (pictured) slammed NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard for suggesting they caused the COVID-19 cluster in Sydney's northern beaches, which sits at 129 cases. On Monday, December 21, 2020 at approximately 10:16 p. com. Covid New Year's 2021 leaves police cells nearly empty across Devon and Cornwall Crash closes Devon road as van flips in separate incident - updates. 42, with 150. Several fire departments responded to the 200 block of Marie Ave, just Avalon, NJ is among the safest cities in the USA with 2. 1705-1707 Pittwater Road MONA VALE 2103 Phone: 02 9998 0699 Fax: 02 9998 0616 Open 24 hours Dec 14, 2020 · Vincent Jackson AVALON — An Upper Township woman was charged with drunken driving after her car jumped a curb and went into the bay, police said Monday. According to a release, upon canvassing the area, Dec 28, 2020 · Avalon has been working with local police to try to assess when situations are particularly dangerous or “have a high chance of lethality,” but it’s still “worrisome” to see so many Nov 19, 2020 · By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police say a 23-year-old was shot in the head and a teen was wounded after a fight over a handgun in Avalon. Authorities determined According to county police, Avalon officers pulled over the Buick Regal shortly before 5 p. Notice is hereby given that the Avalon Borough proposed 2021 Budget will be available for public inspection through appointment only beginning Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in the Administration Office of the Avalon Borough Building, 640 California Avenue, Avalon, PA, from 8:00 p. Photos of armed officers in several areas throughout the mall 26 Dec 2013 Police have arrested one man on suspicion of murder and are Boxing Day at a private function inside the Avalon club in Shaftesbury Avenue. avalon police news
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Father Jim Klima
Priest in the Columbus Diocese since 1976, Pastor at Seton Parish, and Avid Cyclist
“It is not an option not to … to survive you have to do it.”
Father Jim is referring to a hobby or passion as vital to every seminarian and priest as a way to relax and renew for your service to God. And as Father Jim testifies, your passion will enhance your priesthood.
“It is essential for me as it feeds me spiritually, physically, emotionally, and intellectually. I am as committed to it as I am to prayer and the people of my parish.”
Father Jim began riding recreationally as a seminarian when a mentor priest loaned him a bike.
After years of recreational riding as a seminarian and as a priest, Father Jim was inspired by the thousands of riders that poured into Portsmouth, Ohio as part of the TOSRV – Tour of the Scioto River Valley, 2-day, 200-mile bike ride from Columbus, Ohio to Portsmouth, Ohio. Father Jim was the Associate – pastor at St. Mary’s, Portsmouth at that time.
“I said to myself, I’ll never watch this again. I am going to do it!”
Father Jim trained with a priest friend and some parishioners. He completed his first TOSRV in 1982.
In 1991, while serving as pastor in Marion, Ohio, Father Jim was again inspired—this time by a parishioner who completed a cross-country cycling trip.
“I talked to Bishop Griffin about training for a cross-country ride to celebrate my 25 years as a priest. I told him I wanted to start the next stage of my priesthood in the best possible shape I could be in. The Bishop said ‘go for it.’ ”
It took a couple of years to train, but Fr. Jim completed the trip from Astonia, Oregon to Portsmouth New Hampshire in 2001.
On his cross country trip, he had a web page on which he kept a journal of his daily progress along with daily photos. People from all over the world followed his progress as he made his trek, and kept in touch with him via e-mails. The name of his page was “padrerider.com.” It is a name that has stuck, and he is still affectionately known as the “padre rider.”
“It changed my life in so many ways. I became a better, stronger cyclist, and the challenges you face along the way enrich you and make you a stronger person.”
Father Klima takes one or two longer cycling trips every year in different parts of the country. He has become connected with a cycling organization in Colorado. Last year he helped lead a trip through the Cascades in the state of Washington and he hopes to do it more as he get older and describes it as a ‘second career’ when he retires.
Father Klima also talks about how his cycling experiences “feed his preaching.”
“Well, during Advent, one of the readings referred to the desert and I talked about my journey through the mountain passes, and how as I came out of the tree line and into the open meadows, the flowers were blooming and it inspired me to reach the top of the pass.”
Father Klima reminds those discerning the priesthood that “God works with us and with what we love.”
“It is all connected – priest – cyclist – love – the cycling feeds and nourishes me as a priest.”
Cycling has also changed the way Father Klima looks at the way we use the world’s resources.
“Cycling is also a great witness to our parish communities about not just staying healthy, but also that we do not have to be so dependent upon fossil fuels to get around. When you cycle in other parts of the country, you begin to see how much further along other cities are than central Ohio in terms using their bikes for real transportation. The impact of doing this will be great for the environment, and even greater for our health.”
“Yes, I have great passion for cycling. It has been the source of so much life that has truly fed and nourished me in my 31 years as a priest.”
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Cartoons Blame Israel, US for Anti-Islam Film
Cartoons published in Arab newspapers blame Israel and US for film that started riots in Muslim world
By: Roi Kais
Published: September 16th, 2012 in Culture » Film » News
Israeli hand behindPic: El-Shorouk
The violence sparked by a US-made film that denigrated the Islamic Prophet Muhammad has been making headlines worldwide over the past week, but the Arab media have also chosen to utilize caricatures to lob accusations at the United States and Israel.
One cartoon, published by the Gaza-based Palestine newspaper, claimed the Jewish state was behind the offensive movie. Featuring a man covering a wall in black paint found in a bucket printed with a Magen David on its side, the caricature was accompanied by the caption: “Israel produced the film that offended the prophet.”
A drawing posted on a popular Egyptian Facebook group claimed the film was an American ploy to present Muslims as terrorists. The caricature showed Uncle Sam pondering how to commemorate the terror attack of September 11, 2001.
“We will produce a film that offends Islam,” the caption read. “The Muslims will be outraged and the extremists will attack the embassies, and then we will prove to the world they are terrorists.”
Jordan’s Ad-Dustour newspaper released a cartoon blaming the West for the film. One image showed a Western diplomat lighting a cigar with a fire captioned with “hatred.” A second image showed him being burnt by the flames, signifying that the plot had backfired.
Another Jordanian paper, Alghad, chose instead to criticize the Arab world for dealing with the movie instead of the civil war in Syria. The caricature showed a Muslim riding a horse towards a sign that says “offensive film,” while leaving behind another sign reading “Syria – massacre of innocent people.”
Another caricature showing a clapboard dripping with blood, captioned with “murder of the American ambassador to Libya,” goes as far as to suggest that “Israeli hands” were responsible for the death of US envoy Christopher Stevens. The image was published in the Algerian paper el-Shorouk.
Stevens was killed by Libyan rioters who stormed the US consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday night. Three of his staff members died as well.
The crudely made 13-minute English-language movie, allegedly made by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an Egyptian Copt residing in California, circulated on the Internet under several titles including “Innocence of Muslims.” It mocked the Prophet Mohammad and portrays him as a buffoon.
Yet another image, released by the Saudi paper Alwatan, asserts that while the filmmaker may be American, Jews – depicted by a stereotypical ultra-Orthodox man sitting on top of the director’s head – were the ones actually pulling the strings.
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Pride Reconsidered
Safe at any speed/A UU photographer
Once I rode in the Pride Parade in a motorized cable car for seniors. It was my first time to participate. Last year, I was a wheel monitor for the Unitarian Universalist truck of musicians from the Oakland UU. I was in charge of the right rear wheel, mostly to be sure no one fell under it. I can’t say trudging along in the exhaust of the truck was as much fun or made me as proud as when I rode with other older women, waving at people who cheered and laughed when they read our sign, “Two, four, six, eight, what makes you think your grandma’s straight.”
And despite missing the parade this year, officiating at a wedding in the redwoods in Lagunitas, I feel proud that I and the gay and straight parade participants and cheerers who line Market year after year support the inclusion of all people whatever their sexual proclivities and activities.
When I first considered pride, I did so because the then-minister was preaching about each sin. Because I am familiar with all seven, I was part of the service and had my four minutes as Worship Associate. Doing my research at the time, I found that Wickipedia called pride the deadliest of the seven sins, the one from which the other six flow. Furthermore, hardly anyone has escaped the admonishment that pride goeth before a fall. As I learn more about eastern traditions, I worry less about any of the seven including this deadliest one, pride, and pay more attention to grasping or pushing away.
But since yesterday was Pride Parade in San Francisco, I am inclined to think about pride and what makes me most proud of myself. I’d have to say it is my humility.
In the days of having a significant other, I recall a conversation like this. I am introduced to my girlfriend’s friends, one of whom says to me, “I hear you are a writer.” Rather than a thoughtful response, a pause or an inquiry, I stiffen, unhappy with a ready-made label, even if it is positive and something I could be proud of. Really priding myself on abhorring labels, I say solemnly, “A writer is someone who writes. Do you see me writing?” Following the silence, the conversation veers away, sparing me embarrassing questions like “Have you been published?” What do you think of Joyce Carol Oates?”
I grew up in a family that said achievement and honors signal superiority. Over the years, family bragging solidified in me anti-aggrandizing strategies to ward off feelings of inferiority and self-loathing, as none of my accomplishments seemed big or important enough. Sundays at the Cousins’ Club I remember how my Uncle Ben would regale the rest of us with his son, my cousin’s, accomplishments. He’s been appointed chair of an English Department. He’s had a book published, and it’s the story of my father’s life. What have I done lately?
Of course, accounts of other family members’ superior achievements can inspire children to seek and earn acclaim, preferably punctuated by trophies, prizes or certificates of merit. But these accounts can also have the opposite effect. In my case, from childhood up, tales of superior family accomplishments created an urge in me to try to accomplish nothing worth bragging about. Perhaps a kind of false modesty more than the real thing.
It’s been my experience that fragile egos like mine do one of two things, neither of which looks or sounds like pride or humility. We may hunker down behind a barrier built for protection, a false case of don’t show and don’t tell. Behind such a barrier resentment builds each time nobody notices or listens.
On the other hand, fragile egos can catalog their accomplishments for a very long time, taking every conversational break as an opportunity to detail their splendor. To these people, I am willing to listen for five minutes and no longer. Apparently the biblical admonishment not to hide one’s light under a bushel has passed the candle stage and become a neon sign with pulsing arrows that end in a big “me.”
I don’t know which is worse or less interesting, listening to others belittle their accomplishments, or bragging on and on. In either case, I don’t have the energy or interest, no matter how kind I wish to be. But I don’t consider the wonderful sense of accomplishment we feel when we have done the right thing to be a deadly sin at all. I’m sure the ancients had more heinous crimes in mind when composing their list of sins and calling the worst one pride.
In fact, once pride became an operating principle in my life rather than just a five-letter word, I realized that there is actually plenty of praise, prizes, and pride to go around. If I want to, I can write a book about my father’s life and publish it myself. And next year as I ride or walk in the parade in spirit or in fact, I will celebrate my own as well as everybody else’s accomplishments no matter how big or small.
Lust Leaves A Lot to be Desired
Slice o cake / The Pink Peppercorn
The whole idea of lust leaves a lot to be desired. I don't like lust, most of all because the word itself sounds too much like lost. And lost, as in being subsumed in the pursuit of an object, sounds like the beginning of the end of being present and authentic.
Lust, just like envy or gluttony, or pride or sloth, or any "sin" I plan to reconsider isn’t bad as long as no one disappears in the pursuit of their desire.
However, if you are a child at your third birthday party where there really is no polite way to refuse all the goodies Mommy puts in front of you, the image is of a lusty appetite for fun and frolic. No sin being committed here.
Nevertheless, from a grown-up perspective, the word itself, lust sounds too much like lost.
Risking whatever reputation I might ever hope to have, I admit to lusting for objects I imagined would increase my worth. Because I now know the difference between lusting for people once viewed as desired objects and being in genuine relationship, I will name no names and limit my lust-list to material objects, such as, the paperback edition of Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past” newly translated. I once desired a large flat screen TV, an espresso maker, I had to own a microwave, I was powerfully attracted by a digital camera, another digital camera, heavy breathing for a wireless modem, a laptop computer. Believe me, this is not the end of the list. However, none of these objects, the pursuit of which felt overpowering and compelling at the time ever generated the joy and meaning I now experience as I fiercely desire to be authentic, pursuing goals not produced by marketplace pressures to conform.
Conformity. Yuck. Several years ago, I watched conformity get a black eye on YouTube as Susan Boyle sang Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserable” on Britains Got Talent. I am one of millions of Internet surfers who saw Susan Boyle, at that time a frizzy-haired, frumpy 47-year old transform the snickers and sneers of the studio audience and the panel of judges to cheers and shouts of approval for the soaring beauty of her vocal performance.
Watching disbelief turn to wonderment stirred my soul. But it wasn’t only Susan Boyle’s beautiful voice, but how quickly the crowd and the judges recognized the error of jumping to judgment based on appearances and stopped sneering to begin cheering. Later, interviewed on CNN, Susan Boyle said, "I wouldn't want to change myself too much because that would really make things a bit false. I want to receive people as the real me, a real person."
Real people are beautiful when they fully commit to being truly who they are and take seriously, as we do in the Unitarian Universalist community, the first and seventh principles which articulate our conviction that all people have worth and dignity and that we are all part of the interconnected web of life. Speaking, sponsoring, gathering, attending events, standing behind tables, marching, going to jail, risking foolishness – it’s all a kind of witnessing for what matters, especially as we join forces with many communities to effect change. In San Francisco, Oakland, throughout the United States and the world, the Occupy Movement exemplifies lusting for justice and for change that will improve the lives of many more than currently count as the one percent.
For in the throes of such a lust, people trust their actions to spring from deep, though not always popular, personal truth. And thus wittingly and willingly, choose to lose themselves in what they must and most lust for: “tikkun olam” healing the world. So if lust we must, I can see no better use for lust than this.
A Few Kind Words on Gluttony
Japanese eggplant with noodles/Ben Ostrowsky
Yaaaay gluttony, Yum, Yum. Why the exuberance? It was gluttony after all that plumped me up enough to be hired to instruct people with weight issues on how to practice self-control, portion control, and to say no or “not now” to food, food, and more food.
Of course, the weight control company I work for would never have hired me if I hadn’t followed their program and lost my excess weight, which had been clearly visible in my Sponge Bob Square Pants-like shape. By following the program marketed by my future employer, I shed enough poundage to be trained as a leader and receive an employee number.
I must have been ballooning up for close to 30 years before “gluttony” crossed my mind. What finally convinced me I might be more than occasionally splurging was a birthday spent in intensive care at a local hospital to undergo a test so life threatening, I had to sign a form saying I knew this test could kill me, but the doctor says do it or else. Frightened and suffering from a fierce headache, I agreed to exit this life on the date I entered it if fate dealt me those cards. I had the procedure, which resulted in medical bafflement. Eventually the headache subsided, and some doctor suggested I had been suffering from food poisoning.
Food poisoning? Could that be? Well, a few days before dragging myself to the emergency room I remember thanking my son and daughter-in-law for bringing me their leftovers from an intimate dinner at a Clement street restaurant to which I had not been invited. It’s hard to say what was in the carton they deposited on the table in my living room because the room was dark, it was late, and the grease on the food had congealed hours ago, but I ate whatever was in that carton. Immediately, I was violently sick, and a headache ensued. That could have been a brain tumor, couldn’t it? That could be why the hurry to inject dye into my brain.
So in summary, as a result of that gluttony-related scare and finally acknowledging that unflattering photos of me taken over the years weren’t entirely the fault of the photographers, nor were the doctor’s scales spiking toward the high end due to a flaw in the metric system or malicious health care providers, I accepted the fact of my gluttony and turned myself in to weekly meetings, sage advice and healthy weight loss precepts. And so I lost weight and got that job, but, and it’s a big but, was I cured of gluttony?
Happily, absolutely not. And why should I, or anyone, wish to be free from such a delightful capacity for excess, so closely tied to the experience of pleasure? In the words of the venerable Grateful Dead, “Too much of everything is just enough.” And my partner, Corky, who is also a glutton, gave me this Mae West quote, “Too much of a good thing... can be wonderful.”
From the hell and damnation angle, gluttony refers to overindulgence in food and drink, but from a happier perspective, gluttony is hunger for new experiences, for warm and caring contact, for eye-to-eye communion with friendly dogs, for speaking one’s mind, for being heard, for listening, for learning, for weeping through La Boheme or Butterfly for the fourth or fifth time, for reading voraciously, books stacked by the side of the bed. If that sounds like gluttony, then that’s what you call it.
My oldest son, Guy, recently undertook an MBA program online from Wales. Blogging about making this choice in an uncertain economy, he called himself a “glutton for punishment.” But he went on to say that in the process of undertaking new learning, he found he is good at it and thrilled that being caught up in what he is doing is still part of his nature.
It’s not my plan to give up gluttony, but to continue to teach that old habit new tricks, tricks that will serve me better than eating past my point of true delight, what I used to do. I will be a glutton for choices, so if I feel like going to a potluck and nibbling chocolate truffles and sipping shiraz or cabernet rather than slogging through tepid garlicky spaghetti on soggy paper plates or chipping away at the cheese ball elbow to elbow with everyone else, thank you, I will. I’ll be practicing gluttony on my own terms.
So let me conclude with this glutton’s prayer: “Yaaaay life!! Yum, Yum.” Keep it coming. Pour it on. “Ayum.”
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Hope Endures
"God gives us two kidney's, so we can give one away." Best-selling author, Amy Clipston and her husband, Joe believed this statement to be true. Amy writes about her kidney donation in "The Gift of Love: One Woman's Journey to Save a Life." The Cliptson family went through something extraordinary, only one that the divine healer could write a prescription for, a miracle.
In 2003, Joe began dialysis when he found out his numbers were not good. During this time, Amy was pregnant with her second child and with much anticipation, she could not wait to give Zachary a sibling. However, in the middle of the night she miscarried. If these trials were not enough, the Cliptons had a long road ahead. In 2004, Joe underwent a kidney transplant from his brother, Jason who was found to be a match. A year later, Joe and Amy had a beautiful boy named Matthew. The Cliptson's thought their medical journey was over, but they soon found out four years later, the nightmare was not over.
Joe required another kidney transplant, but this time no matches were found. Amy was devastated when she was not a match and soon this began the road of dialysis and marriage turmoil. Through this entire season, God was preparing both Amy and Joe for his plan. Amy landed a publishing deal with Zondervan, which led her to the Kauffman Amish Bakery Series and Joe was going to get another kidney, which is extremely rare, something only God could orchestrate. Amy needed to give one of her kidneys, so Joe could receive a kidney. Nyeisha received Amy's kidney, which saved her life and Nyeshia's husband, Eric, saved Joe's life. In simpler terms, she saved the wife of her husband's donor. I had never heard of this kind of exchange before with a kidney transplant, but I guess this can and does happen.
Click the Youtube Video to hear from Joe & Amy
The story doesn't end here with a transplant, but the Clipston's show what it means to go through seasons of loss, pain, faith, and believing that hope prevails when it appears as though everything is lost. Their marriage and family show what happens when you hit rock bottom during difficult storms. If you look to God, he will pick you up, despite adversity or even when it seems impossible. If you're looking for an inspirational read, or maybe you're in a difficult storm yourself, I recommend picking up "The Gift of Love: One Woman's Journey to Save a Life." You'll laugh and cry with the Cliptson's, as you find parts of your own journey scattered throughout their story. This book is a beautiful reminder that no matter how hard life gets, you always fight and never give up.
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If you would like to learn more about Amy, please visit her website. She is a very gifted that author that has expanded her writing beyond this beautiful memoir, but is now know for writing two wonderful Amish series including the Kauffman Amish Bakery Series and the Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel Series. She has written several novella's and has just recently released her newest title "The Forgotten Recipe."
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e:Med Kick-off 2014
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Tag der personalisierten Medizin
Conference Address:
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Kommunikationszentrum
GPS data: N49° 24′ 51″ E8° 40′ 21″
For more information: www.dkfz.de
From Frankfurt Rhein-Main International Airport
Public Transportation: Frankfurt Rhein-Main International Airport is located about 80 km from Heidelberg. On arrival at Frankfurt Airport, take the train to Heidelberg Central Station (with or without change in Mannheim). You may also take the Lufthansa Bus to Crowne Plaza Hotel. Travel time is about 60 minutes. From the station, you can walk (15 -20 minutes) or take a taxi which takes about 8 minutes and costs approximately € 8.
To Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof (Heidelberg Central Station)
Heidelberg is connected directly (or via Mannheim, 10 minutes) to the ICE- and IC/EC-Network of German Railways (DB). Arrival is at Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof (Central Station). For more information: www.bahn.de
Cabs wait in front of the central station. A taxi ride from the central station takes 5 -10 minutes and costs approx. € 8. In case you want to call, numbers are: +49 (0) 6221-30 20 30 or +49 (0) 6221-73 90 90. At the conference we will be happy to assist you at the registration desk.
Because of the limited number of parking areas in the Neuenheimer Feld, it is recommended to arrive by public transport.
Approaching Heidelberg on Autobahn A5 from Frankfurt or Karlsruhe, change to Autobahn A656 from direction Mannheim at the junction "Heidelberger Kreuz". Continue on Autobahn A 656 to Heidelberg, which ends at the Heidelberg City limits.
As you enter the city of Heidelberg, follow the signs „Eberbach/HD-Wieblingen/Chirurgie“: Turn left at first traffic light, then right at second. Follow the curve at the next light. Underpass the Neckar Bridge, then turn right twice heading for "Chirurgie/DKFZ". Having crossed the Neckar River, take the left lane at the first intersection and head for "Chirurgie/DKFZ". Follow this street to the next intersection. Do NOT turn left and drive through the gate, as indicated by DKFZ-signs (it's a checkpoint)! Drive straight ahead instead. To the right there are (chargeable) parking lots where you can park your car. From the car park walk back to the gate and pass it. Follow the street for about 100 meters.
The German Cancer Research Center is the tall building on the right (for your orientation, you can find the house numbers on the top of each building; DKFZ has 280). Go straight ahead along the building, until you can see the main entrance on the right . The venue takes place in the Kommunikationszentrum (lower white building with the glas front), which you may enter left to the main entrance.
Public Transportation from Heidelberg Central Station
By Tramway: Take the north exit (Kurfürstenanlage) of the central station to the tram stop. Take tram number 24 with terminus "Burgstr.", or tram number 21 with terminus "OEG-Bahnhof". With both lines, get off at the stop "Neuenheim, Jahnstraße/Chirurgie" (right after the Neckar bridge). Cross the street to the left and walk into „Jahnstrasse“. Follow that street until you reach the gate on the left. Pass the gate and walk into „Kirschnerstrasse“. About 100 meters down the road you will see the DKFZ main entrance on your right. The venue takes place in the Kommunikationszentrum (low white building with the glas front), which you can enter directly left to the main entrance.
By Bus: The bus stop at the central station is located next to the tram stop. Take Bus number 32 in the direction of "Neuenheim Kopfklinik" and get off at the stop "Neuenheim, Chirurgische Klinik". About 100 meters down the road you will see the DKFZ main entrance on your right. The venue takes place in the Kommunikationszentrum (low white building with the glas front), which you can enter left to the main entrance.
Travel time is in any case about 6 minutes. The fare of a single ride within Heidelberg costs € 2,30. A day ticket costs € 5.50. See further Public Transportation Information.
Walk from Heidelberg Central Station
As the German Cancer Research Center is located only about 1.5 km from the central station, one may walk which takes 15-20 minutes. After leaving the central station in the northern direction, cross the „Kurfürsten-Anlage“ (large 4-lane-street). Walk north along the „Mittermaierstrasse“ crossing the Neckar River. Right after the bridge, turn left into „Jahnstrasse“. Follow that street until you reach the gate on the left. Pass the gate and walk into „Kirschnerstrasse“. About 100 meters down the road you will see the DKFZ main entrance to your right. The conference takes place in the Kommunikationszentrum (low white building with glas front), which you can enter left to the main entrance.
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Motorama new album ’Dialogues’ available for pre-order
Motorama new album ’Dialogues’ available for pre-order from the Talitres webstore.
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Pre-orders will ship on oct. 17th, 2016.
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Motorama ’Dialogues’ : 1. Hard Times – 2. Tell Me – 3. Sign – 4. Loneliness – 5. Above The Clouds – 6. I See You – 7. Deep – 8. Someone Is Missed – 9. Reflection – 10. By Your Side
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Red Sprites
..over the region of Parma/Bologna,Italia
Photographed on 15-June-2017 in Germerswang, Fuerstenfeldbruck
Th.Boeckel
Heavy thunderstorms and lightnings were detected on the weather map of Sat24 over the ca. 380km distanced region of Parma/Bologna in Italia. In Fuerstenfeldbruck a more or less clear sky made the situation like 'I don't know what I am doing here.' Up on my home hill I turned the video camera in the Southern direction. And great!!! A lot of Red Sprites were filmed 11° over horizon. The sprites were estimated in an average height about 70km.
Cutouts of the video capture shows more details to the different shape of appearance
The original capture shows in front the city of Fuerstenfeldbruck
Solo images
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This time the phenomenon of Red Sprites was filmed at 21:30 UTC by a 4K video.
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Red Sprites from a more distanced cell (est. 550km) more south east.
The appearance of a Red Sprites takes less than 2/100 seconds, and could be very bright and be seen with the naked eye. However, the brightness is several times under a lightning discharge. 'Red Sprites' can appear on an average altitude of 60-80 km in the mesosphere. Also sightings to a height of 90 km to the edge of the ionosphere are possible. The height of the sprite can vary from 10 km to 20 km. The width of the discharge can reach up from 40 to 60 km.
But how does the rare luminous phenomena come to this name, when they were discovered and what is the reason of origin?
Until 1989, the existence of Red Sprites was generally denied because only jet pilots announced sporadic sightings. Here they reaped rather grumpy and sarcastic reactions :-(. Thus, many sightings have been omitted. 1989 the first Red Sprite photos did succeed, but due to the not yet advanced camera technology the results were scientifically useless.
1991 the astronauts of the former Space shuttle mission succeeded photographically to capture this phenomenon specifically the first time from space. These photos served as the first meaningful evidence. Afterwards high-tech peppered research aircrafts were inserted by very costly experiments from the NASA and NOAA, which should explain and analyze these phenomena further. After this efforts yielded no results for months, and the researchers literally get messed around with this situation, the called these discharges almost mischievously 'Sprites'.
Incidentally, we don’t have a plausible explanation of the origin of Red Sprites until today, but there are countless theories. Look out for the scientific article in the Washington post. The most common version declares that during heavy thunderstorms larger areas of electrical tension build itself up over the super cells, which consequently discharge due to the oversaturation by itself. The actual luminous phenomenon gets produced in the mesosphere by collision of electrons with the always present cosmic gamma radiation.
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BRANDY and James King lead a pack of starlets who want the part Aaliyah had in the sequel to "The Matrix." Warner Bros. originally intended to keep the Brooklyn-born beauty - who died last month in a charter plane crash - and just dub her voice. But now the studio has decided to reshoot her scenes with another actress. "The role had to be expanded and they want the character for another sequel," a spy said. Up-and-comer Eva Mendes was up for the role, but several other actresses are "lobbying very very hard." A rep for Warner Bros. said, "No comment."
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Society People relocated for Vietnam dam prefer forest to new house
People relocated for Vietnam dam prefer forest to new house
Sunday, November 25, 2012 13:10 Email Print
A woman and her children use rainwater in a water hole to bathe since their relocation area in Quang Nam Province does not have water supply.
More and more families out of a group of people relocated in the central province of Quang Nam to build a large hydropower dam are moving to live in a nearby forest saying they have no farm land or drinking water.
Many of the 834 families who were displaced by the Song Tranh 2 dam in 2005 were never happy to live in the houses provided by the dam builder, Electricity of Vietnam.
Besides the two factors, they also fear that the houses cannot withstand earthquakes, hundreds of which have hit the area since the dam was finished late last year.
The dam has been built on a geological fault line.
The state-owned power monopoly earlier this week paid residents VND3.5 billion (US$167,870) to repair nearly 1,000 houses and public buildings besides roads and water supply systems in Bac Tra My District that were damaged by the quakes.
Ministry of Construction officials are in the district to help build quake-proof houses.
But many of the displaced people are not willing to wait.
Ho Thi Duong, 40, said: "People here have to walk nearly two hours every day to fetch water from a stream."
Around 20 families left for the forest earlier this year to live in huts, and now the number has doubled.
Ho Van Loi, the chairman of a local commune, said: "Life in the relocation area has been too miserable due to the lack of land and water. If the condition persists, leaving for the jungle will become inevitable.
"The dam investor has promised to build roads and wells and provide more land. I hope it did not make empty promises."
Local rangers have reported a rise in illegal logging in the area as people become desperate without lands.
Dam-related quake sparks panic in central Vietnam
Vietnam province threatens to cancel slow dam projects
Vietnam's development quagmire
Dams leave displaced people in the lurch
Quang Nam has the largest number of hydropower plants in the region.
The province planned to build 44 but recently suspended work on 17 and canceled two other projects, stating that losses outweighed gains.
Seven plants are in operation and eight others are under construction. A total of more than 5,700 hectares of land has been taken over, including 2,000 ha of agriculture land, and 3,519 families have been relocated.
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Bicycle TouringBicycle Touring Destinations
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Best Places To Cycle Around The World
Amanda Zeisset
CARRETERA AUSTRAL, CHILE
KARAKORAM HIGHWAY, PAKISTAN AND CHINA
RUTA DE LAS LAGUNAS, BOLIVIA
WHITE DESERT, EGYPT
PAMIR HIGHWAY, TAJIKISTAN
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
Traveling by bicycle gives you the freedom to explore some of the most beautiful places in a unique way. For over 2 years now Antonio and I have been bicycle touring through the Americas. While we have had a few stretches of very nice riding like cycling the Baja California Peninsula, the Huasteca Potosina in Mexico and crossing Central America there is so much of the world that is waiting for us to explore on two wheels. Here’s our list of bicycle touring trips that we can’t wait to start.
The Carretera Austral runs for 1240 km from Puerto Montt in the north to Villa O’Higgins in the south. You’ll cycle past dense forests, snowcapped mountains, glacial streams, villages, islands and rivers. This region of Chile is sparsely populated so there are plenty of opportunities for wild camping. Some parts of the road are paved but the majority is gravel ranging from good to terrible quality.
The Karakoram Highway is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects Western China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range. The road runs 1,200 km from Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, Western China to just north of Islamabad. Here you’ll cycle past shooting mountain peaks and tiny villages. The altitude and heat make this road a real challenge but the breathtaking scenery makes it worth while.
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The Lagunas Route is a dirt road that takes you through the lake region in Southwest Bolivia. It runs 418 km (260 miles) between Uyuni and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. The classic route for cyclists is to head north from Laguna Colorada, past Arbol de Piedra and from there north to Laguna Hedionda, San Juan and the Salar de Uyuni. The landscapes on this 4000m altiplano seem out of this world with towering volcanoes, lagunas with bright green, red or blue coloured water, salt lakes and flamingos.
Photo by Nick Kaiser, licensed under CC BY
Tom Allen of Tom’s Bike Trip calls Mongolia an adventure cyclist’s paradise. It’s the 11th largest country on earth and is sparsely populated, the majority people live in the capital while the rest live in small settlements, making for quite roads. The weather can be extreme (freezing nights and blazing hot days), the roads are unpaved and there are great wild camping opportunities making cycling in Mongolia a real adventure.
Photo by Salva Rodriguez, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
The White Desert is a national park in Egypt that is known for its massive chalk rock formations. These rocks have been wind carved over thousands of years which give them their bizarre mushroom shape.
Photo by Mariusz Kluzniak, licensed under CC BY
The stunning scenery and challenging terrain of Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway makes it one of the most popular routes for adventure cyclists. The highway takes you deep into the mountains then up and over to Kyrgyzstan.
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This national park contains the world’s largest concentration of sandstone arches. Not only does the park contain 2,000 arches but lots of other impressive geological sights like colossal sandstone fins, massive balanced rocks, soaring pinnacles and spires. There’s lots of paved and unpaved routes running through the park making cycling a great way to explore Arches.
Photo by Scott Ingram, licensed under CC BY
Namibia is a country with diverse landscapes, desert, rugged Atlantic coastline, mountains and canyons. There are plenty opportunities to spot wildlife including big game such as elephants, rhinos and lions. The big red sand dunes of Sossusvlei are also a highlight of cycling in Namibia.
Photo by Patrik M Loeff, licensed under CC BY
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Amanda is the co-founder of The Adventure Junkies. She loves helping people find happiness and freedom through outdoor activities. Some of her favorite adventures have been cycling through the Peruvian Andes, diving with hammerhead sharks and kayaking in Antarctica.
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Josiah Skeats December 14, 2015
Stoked to be cycling the Pamir Highway and Karakorum Highway next year.
As for the rest of your routes… inspiration for the future!
Amanda Zeisset December 14, 2015
That’s awesome Josiah! Let us know how your trip goes!
Georg Reiter June 14, 2016
but i miss Friendship Highway from Lhasa to Kathmandu and Manali-Leh Highway.
Carretera Austral will be my next Trip in 2017 and the other Routes are Targets for the Future (i hope)
greetings, Georg
Terry October 16, 2016
Carrying the back packing and let’s go! Wow! I always feel exciting in this experience! I like this post! Thank your sharing!
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Keep It In the Ground Epic Fail: “Massive Ohio Wide” Anti-Fracking Rallies are Huge Busts
National anti-fracking groups spent weeks advertising the “three massive rallies against fracking” held this past weekend in Cleveland, Columbus and Marietta. But EID was on the ground in all three locations and can confirm the entire “Ohio-wide” effort garnered a total of just 47 protesters, despite being hosted by major national Keep It In The Ground groups such as 350.org, Sierra Club, Earthworks, Food & Water Watch, Friends for Environmental Justice, Foundation for Economic Democracy and Appalachia Resist!.
In fact, according to an eyewitness account, the showing was so dismal that one of the protestors said,
“It’s sad there’s only 12 people here. It’s a small group because not a lot of people know about fracking.”
The pathetic turnout is all-the-more notable considering Earthworks and the Sierra Club flew campaign organizers across the country a few weeks ago to help motivate and organize protestors for these “massive” Ohio rallies. Earthworks campaigner Ethan Buckner even flew in all the way from Oakland, Calif., in July in an attempt to motivate the base to show up for these rallies, no doubt burning a lot of fossil fuels in the process, as the following map illustrates.
But such efforts proved fruitless, and coming on the heels of a string of similar disappointing events in the Buckeye State this year, this weekend’s events were no doubt the biggest epic fails of the Ohio anti-fracking movement to date.
Don’t believe the social media hype
Back in July, Earthworks — one of the most aggressive “ban fracking” groups nationwide — posted this picture on social media to launch its “massive” #stopetp campaign, which included rallies in Cleveland, Columbus, and Marietta Sept. 8 and 9.
Shortly after the organizing event on July 30 (which was attended by 15 people), The Mockingbird Paper portrayed the planned September rallies this way:
However, the only thing that was “massive” about this rally was the level of disappointment the organizers must have felt about the turnout. As you can clearly see, there were a total of 12 people who attended the “massive” Columbus rally.
In an effort to further misrepresent their failed Ohio events — and likely to use the footage as a fundraising tool to pretend their efforts are actually relevant (no actual media covered the event) — the activist photograph pictured above had no choice but to incorporate Columbus tourists on Segways into the picture below to try to give the appearance of a larger turnout.
Photo posted publicly on Facebook by Ralph Orr.
The following activist social media post would have you believe that 42 people “went” to the Columbus event, but the reality is that this inflates the rally’s actual attendance by more than 70 percent.
The second “huge” rally was held outside of PNC Bank in Cleveland and was even more pathetic than Columbus. In fact there were only three protestors at the rally most of the time, with attendance eventually swelling to a whopping 10 protestors at its peak. Take a look at the following photo and video captured by onlookers to clearly see just how dismal this anti-fracking protest was in northeast Ohio.
The third “massive” rally took place on Saturday afternoon at the Wayne National Forest Ranger Station in Marietta. This protest of the upcoming federal mineral lease sale later this month featured a whopping 25 people. The reason this protest had the most participants of the three weekend events has a lot to do with the fact that Sierra Club flew in organizers to boost attendance.
The event was planned by the same fringe environmental activists group that welcomed the aforementioned Earthworks organizer from California to prepare for the protest. However, despite those efforts, the majority of the protesters at this rally were out-of-state activists.
In fact, Sierra Club had organizer Lydia Green travel 1,338 miles to attend the protest in Marietta where she boldly explained,
“I just came back from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (in South Dakota)…”
To put into perspective just how far Green travelled, take a look at the map below.
An actual Ohio resident and onlooker of the protest reported to EID that the 25 protestors were “largely behind the Wayne National Forest Ranger Station” and not visible from the highway, and they “looked like homeless people with all of their backpacks, duffel bags and clothing they wore. Personally I don’t think it was a huge success.”
As the documented reality these three “massive” events illustrates, the social media hype and smoke and mirrors fundraising campaign being perpetuated by the anti-fracking movement to try to make the case that Ohioans are protesting oil and gas development is a farce.
The fact is that for the first time in years, union halls are reporting “empty” because they have so much work (largely driven by pipeline construction) and schools and local governments are seeing millions from oil and gas taxes, lifting up the Appalachian region in ways that most people did not ever think would be possible. And most importantly, three Ohio-based academic studies conducted by the University of Cincinnati over the past six years have found no evidence that natural gas extraction has led to groundwater contamination or air quality issues in Ohio exceeding U.S. EPA levels of health concern.
United States energy dominance is real, and it’s happening right now in the Buckeye State, where it is a win for the environment and the economy.
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Leeds United: Transfers & Early Season Expectations
Why Barcelona would be a terrible fit for Marcelo Bielsa
Elland Road expansion should be a priority for Leeds United
Leeds United fixtures
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Thankful for football, even if Bielsa risks ruining it
CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 01-02: Leeds take points in feisty clash
Away Fans Views
Away Fans Views: Southampton
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Thanks to Sam Dobson (@SamDobson1) from The Saints Hub for taking part.
We last met on the opening day of the season when Southampton were 3-1 winners. Has much changed for you since then?
Not too much. We’ve recovered from our recent blip and now look as strong as we did at the start of the season. We still play the same exciting brand of football that you saw on the opening day, but we’ve since added more strength in depth to the squad. The likes of Jos Hooiveld, Danny Fox, Billy Sharp and Tadanari Lee give us different options that we didn’t have back then. Expectations are definitely greater now however. Most fans would have been happy with a top half finish at the beginning of season, but after such a superb start, many aren’t satisfied now unless we’re beating teams out of sight every week.
You’re currently sat at the top of the Championship table, are you confident Southampton will hold on and achieve back to back promotion to the Premier League?
Fairly confident yes. We’ve probably got the best run in out of all the promotion chasing sides. Apart from Reading, all our remaining home games are against teams towards the bottom. Our away form remains a slight concern however, although we should just about have enough to see out the season in the top two. We’ve always scored goals, but over the past few weeks we’ve also really tightened up defensively. Nigel Adkins’s team really peaked towards the end of last season, so I’m hoping the same will happen again this term. Only a huge spate of injuries can cost us now.
Do you think Leeds may have an outside chance of making the play-offs under Neil Warnock?
There’s always a chance with Leeds, although I wouldn’t bet on it. From what I’ve seen most of the teams above you at the moment are slightly better equipped. I think they’ll stand a much better chance next season once Warnock has a proper pre-season under his belt. There seems to have been too much turmoil at the club this season.
Who should we be looking out for in your side on Saturday?
Well the obvious names like Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana (If fit) immediately come to mind. Lambert scores goals for fun, but his game is so much more than that. He brings others into play with great movement and link up play. Lallana is a bag of tricks, and can unlock any defence with his quick feet. You should also look out for our new Japanese signing Tadanari Lee, who has already made quite an impact. He possesses great technique and work rate, and already has a good on-pitch relationship with his strike partner Lambert. Cork and Schneiderlin probably won’t look particularly fancy in midfield, but do a vital job of keeping things ticking over. Schneiderlin in particular likes to set the tempo of the game in his role just in front of the back four.
If you could sign one current Leeds player for Southampton, who would it be?
I won’t pretend to be an expert on Leeds players, so I’m honestly not sure. Snodgrass has caught the eye a few times, and Becchio has looked impressive in the past against us, but we’re pretty well stocked for forward players so I probably wouldn’t sign either of them. Centre back is the only area we need strengthening, so maybe someone like O’Dea?
Finally, what’s your prediction for the game?
It’s a difficult one to call. We’ve been slightly disappointing on the road this season, but Leeds are also hit and miss at home. The smart money would be on the draw. I’ll say 1-1.
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domingo, 15 noviembre 2009, 04:29 am
QBA with Carlos Caro Tonight
At Moe's Alley. See you there.
UPDATE: They were on fire! Like a band from Cuba, the years of rehearsing and arranging have resulted in an overwhelming arsenal of gears and bloques. Murray Low has got that crazy Rolando Luna finger action going and I don't think I've heard any Cuban drummer play the snare drum more creatively than Carlos Caro who was completely off the hook tonight. Look for a photo gallery and maybe even a bit of video from Tom. His fancy new still camera actually takes better video than most dedicated videocams. Also, mark down Dec. 11 at Sweet's Ballroom in Oakland. Jesús didn't give too many details, but it sounds like a major event. This could be a great new Bay Area venue.
viernes, 13 noviembre 2009, 12:37 am
The New TOC Feature
Among the complaints about the old timba.com were the difficulty of finding things and the huge pages that required so much scrolling. To address this, we've added the new INDICE-TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE. When an article is long, it sprouts a Table of Contents to the right, so you can quickly find your way around. For example, here's the TOC from Tom Ehrlich's massive new exhibit on the Latin Side of the San José Jazz Festival:
Click on "continue reading for more on this.
jueves, 12 noviembre 2009, 07:55 pm
Issac Tonight in Boston
UPDATE: Poster added - click "continue reading" below.
Issac will be singing tonight, Thursday, Nov. 12, at 8:15 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston.
jueves, 12 noviembre 2009, 02:33 am
More Pepito Photos
Another "Fotos del Día" gallery from Tom Ehrlich
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Istanbul All Destinations
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Istanbul boasts four key historic areas on the UNESCO World Heritage List, owing largely to the city’s rich history as a major global crossroads for more than two millennia. See below for the four zones, and what not to miss in each.
Archaeological Park (Sultanahmet) Istanbul’s Archaeological Park area is home to the city’s most impressive historical buildings, including the 6th-century Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome of Constantine, and grandiose Topkapi Palace. Make the most of your visit and learn about the sites’ interconnected history on a guided walking tour. Suleymaniye Quarter This area houses prominent examples of 16th-century Ottoman architecture, including its star attraction—the Suleymaniye Mosque—as well as bazaars and other points of interest. Many city tours stop at the mosque, and guides can be helpful if you are unfamiliar with religious etiquette. Zeyrek Quarter The highlight of this neighborhood is Zeyrek Mosque, standing on the site of the 12th-century Church of the Pantocrator. This example of Byzantine architecture has been undergoing renovations and may not be fully open to the public. The Theodosian Land Walls (Walls of Constantinople) A series of defensive stone walls that once protected the Roman Empire’s capital city, the Theodosian land walls are located in northwestern Istanbul. This area once housed the Palace of Blachernae, though much of that Byzantine residence has been built over and only some portions of the original Theodosian walls remain. Other points of interest include the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, now a secular museum notable for its medieval frescoes and mosaics, and a popular stop on religious tours of the city. The area around the museum is also celebrated for its old wooden homes.
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Best of Istanbul: 1, 2 or 3-Day Private Guided Tour
Prepare to be awed by Istanbul’s magnificent architecture, rich history, and eclectic bazaars as you discover the unmissable highlights of the Old City on this 1-, 2-, or 3-day private tour. Marvel over the glorious Hagia Sophia, learn how the Blue Mosque earned its famous nickname, and see the ancient Basilica Cistern. Tour Topkapi Palace to gain an insight into the lavish lifestyles of the Ottoman sultans and their harem, and browse the legendary Grand Bazaar, where you find everything from carpets to Turkish delight.
Full Day: Classic Istanbul Tour Including Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace
Experience Istanbul’s timeless sights on a full-day tour of the city’s stunning historic places. Listen for the ancient echoes of pounding hooves and charioteers at Hippodrome Square and spot the distinctive tiles of the Blue Mosque. See the Byzantine mosaics and minarets of Hagia Sophia, then follow in the footsteps of powerful sultans, courtiers, and generals at Topkapi Palace. Finish your tour in the vibrant Grand Bazaar, browsing bright displays of handicrafts, carpets, and souvenirs.
Historic Off the Beaten Path Tour of the Real Istanbul
Discover Istanbul on a full-day tour that travels on foot and public transit to historic landmarks and local cultural hubs. Start by touring the Hippodrome, Serefiye Cistern and Grand Bazaar, then take a break for Turkish coffee, pastry and hookah (tobacco pipe). Visit the book and paper market Sahaflar Çarşısı, which started in the Byzantine era, then tour Istanbul University. Continue to Suleymaniye Mosque, the Spice Bazaar and the Church of St George before winding through the districts of Fener and Balat — the old Greek and Jewish neighborhoods.
Istanbul Boat Cruise and Dolmabahce Palace & Two Continents
Admire beautiful architecture and capture stunning views of illustrious palaces during a full-day tour in Istanbul including a Bosphorus cruise. Aboard a cozy coach explore the highlights of Istanbul including the Walls of Constantinople, views of the Golden Horn and witness the lively Spice Bazaar on foot. You will then experience a must-do in Istanbul, a Bosphorus Strait sightseeing cruise. The cruise concludes with a visit to the beautiful Dolmabahce Palace where Istanbul’s late sultans once resided. Plus, you will gaze over this east-meets-west city for eye-popping views at Yeditepe or Çamlıca Hill.
Afternoon Bosphorus Cruise Tour, Golden Horn Coach Tour and Cable Car Ride
See Istanbul from three different vantage points on this tour, including a sightseeing cruise, panoramic tour and cable car ride. Take a scenic cruise on the Bosphorus and admire top Istanbul attractions such as the Bosphorus Bridge and Rumeli Fortress from the water. Then, take a coach drive around the Golden Horn districts to see the former Jewish quarter, old city walls, iron-built St Stephens and other lesser-known treasures. Lastly, catch the cable car up Pierre Loti Hill to witness the stellar city views from its hilltop cafe.
Private Tour: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour including Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace
Experience the finest attractions in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district during this private, guided day tour of the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace. Marvel at these famous monuments alongside your expert guide who will give you individual attention on this private voyage.
Istanbul Small-Group Walking Tour: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Grand Bazaar
Head back in time and discover the old world of the Sultanahmet area during this full-day small-group guided walking tour in Istanbul. This tour explores the amazing UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hagia Sophia Museum and the Blue Mosque which exemplify why Istanbul is the city where east meets west. Enjoy a walk through the famous Topkapi Palace where Sultan's roamed and harems flourished. Plus, spend time observing the Hagia Irene’s Byzantine architecture and stroll through the Grand Bazaar to witness handicrafts created by local artists.
Imperial Istanbul Half-Day Tour: Hagia Sophia, Basillica Cistern and Grand Bazaar
Venture to imperial monuments rich with history and discover the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and the Grand Bazaar during this half-day guided tour in Istanbul. Gaze at the Hagia Sophia’s massive columns and dome during a visit to one of the world’s largest basilicas and most popular museums in Turkey. This tour will take you underground to Basilica Cistern which was once the backbone of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Enjoy a trip to the Grand Bazaar where you can barter for souvenirs and feel the pulse of one of the oldest and largest covered markets on the planet.
Istanbul City Tour with Bosphorus Strait Sightseeing Cruise
Gaze over land and sea on this guided Istanbul city tour with a Bosphorus Strait sightseeing cruise. Aboard a comfy coach, discover the lively neighborhoods of Fener and Balat, and drive along the Golden Horn for spectacular views. With your expert guide experience the vibrant Spice Bazaar and then board a charming sightseeing cruise to traverse the Bosphorus viewing highlights like the Bosphorus Bridge and Rumeli Fortress.
Private Half-day Tour: Imperial Istanbul - Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaar
Explore the fascinating history of Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaar during this half-day privately guided tour of imperial Istanbul. Discover the ancient church, former mosque and now internationally famous museum, the Hagia Sophia. This tour will wind you through the Grand Bazaar where you can haggle for Turkish treasures and then take you 500 feet below ground into the historic Basilica Cistern where a James Bond once thwarted evil plans.
Istanbul Sightseeing Tour Including Grand Bazaar, Suleymaniye Mosque and Sultanahmet
Let a local guide show you around Istanbul during a half-day tour of this stunning city, which dates back to the Ottoman Empire. You’ll walk to unmistakable icons and hard-to-find spots that make Istanbul so captivating. See the Hippodrome and Divanyolu; visit Sultanahmet Camii (Blue Mosque), Süleymaniye Mosque and Rustem Pasa Mosque; and explore the labyrinthine Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar. Stop en route for tea at a local teahouse.
Private Tour: Istanbul's Jewish Heritage
Uncover the rich history of Jewish culture during this privately guided tour in Istanbul. Explore old Jewish synagogues such as the Etz Ahayim Synagogue and Ashkenazi Synagogue and learn about Istanbul’s vast Jewish heritage. Enjoy visits to famous sites like Galata Tower and the Jewish Museum of Turkey (referred to as the Zülfaris Synagogue) to grasp the depth of Jewish people’s history from ancient times through Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires to present day.
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How a Pandemic Saved Bed Bath & Beyond
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When most all of the United States was shut down in March of this year, we saw brick-and-mortar stores that were already struggling before the pandemic really begin to crumble, and one by one, a slew of major retailers announced they were in bankruptcy proceedings or entirely closing up shop.
For the past few months, we've been telling you about national stores either cutting back on the number of stores in operation or locking up their doors for good. The list has included the likes of Pier I Imports, Men’s Wearhouse, The Children's Place, and yes, Bed Bath & Beyond.
In early July, Bed Bath & Beyond had plans to close nearly 1,500 stores and CEO Mark Tritton announced in a press release that despite the bleak news, "We believe Bed Bath & Beyond will emerge from this crisis even stronger, given the strength of our brand, our people and our balance sheet" and he certainly wasn't wrong!
In a surprising turn of events, Bed Bath & Beyond has not allowed the pandemic to drown it but has instead reached a hand out of the water and is holding tight to a lifebuoy, the American people. In a surprising turn of events, it would appear that Americans who spent months cooped up inside their homes realized maybe their space needed some sprucing up and turned to the retail giant for help.
In the sales quarter that ended in August, Bed, Bath, and Beyond reported that sales of housewares were up by 28 percent. Also, smart thinking by corporate heads meant that the brand utilized its online operation in a big way and that paid off as digital sales were up by 89 percent in the quarter.
There's a life lesson in all of this. We can allow something to knock us down, take us out, and steal from us, or we can strategize and fight back claiming what is ours. Bed Bath & Beyond fought back in what most saw as an impossible situation and they're winning.
Here are 50 of your favorite retail chains that no longer exist.
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Zoom penetration tests commissioned to improve ‘trust, safety and privacy’
- Apr. 2nd 2020 5:55 am PT
Zoom penetration tests have been commissioned by the popular videoconferencing service after a series of security and privacy issues were found in the company’s mobile and desktop apps.
Zoom’s problems have been a messy mixture of poor communication, sketchy marketing, rule-breaking, and actual security holes …
We recently outlined most of the issues.
Zoom made a deliberate decision to prioritize ease of use over security, and it did so knowing that this approach made sense for most users. It also made higher security available to those who wanted it.
For example, one criticism is that, by default, all meetings organised by the same host have the same meeting ID, and thus the same joining link. This means that anyone who has ever joined one of your meetings could try the link another time and be joined to any meeting currently in progress. That is true, but hosts have the option to create a meeting-specific ID (and thus link) if they choose.
Another criticism is that meetings have no password. That is again true by default, but there is the option to set one.
So effectively, Zoom’s default is to make it really easy to host a meeting, but with some security holes. In practice, not huge security holes for the average virtual get-together with family or friends, because there’s not much incentive for a bad guy to try to join, and the small numbers of people mean that an unfamiliar name joining is going to be spotted. All the same, the company should flag these to new users, and highlight the more secure options.
A third criticism is that Zoom calls don’t use end-to-end encryption. That’s not unusual: most videoconferencing apps don’t, because it’s extremely difficult to implement without compromising ease of use. What is bad, however, is that Zoom’s marketing materials lie about it. The company claims to offer end-to-end encryption when it doesn’t.
There’s other undeniably bad stuff.
Zoom was, for example, using an extremely sketchy method to make browser sessions easy. The result was that a website could potentially activate your Mac webcam even if you removed the Zoom app. That was fixed, but Zoom shouldn’t have been taking that approach in the first place.
Zoom was also using a Facebook API which sent data to the service. Lots of apps use Facebook analytics, but Zoom was breaking the rules by not declaring this in its privacy policy. This too has been fixed.
No sooner did we did so, however, than another vulnerability was discovered.
Zoom penetration tests
The company’s CEO has now responded with a blog post outlining the steps the company has already taken, and plans to take.
A bullet-point list of actions taken to date includes a blog post on how to tighten security; removing the Facebook SDK from the iOS app; a security guide for educational users; ensuring only teachers can share screens; and correcting misleading statements about using end-to-end encryption.
The company then laid out its plans for the next 90 days.
Enacting a feature freeze, effectively immediately, and shifting all our engineering resources to focus on our biggest trust, safety, and privacy issues.
Conducting a comprehensive review with third-party experts and representative users to understand and ensure the security of all of our new consumer use cases.
Preparing a transparency report that details information related to requests for data, records, or content.
Enhancing our current bug bounty program.
Launching a CISO council in partnership with leading CISOs from across the industry to facilitate an ongoing dialogue regarding security and privacy best practices.
Engaging a series of simultaneous white box penetration tests to further identify and address issues.
Starting next week, I will host a weekly webinar on Wednesdays at 10am PT to provide privacy and security updates to our community.
A ‘white box’ penetration test means that security researchers will be given full information on the company’s IT setup and app source code, to maximize the likelihood that vulnerabilities will be identified.
If none of this reassures you, check out our ten suggested alternatives to Zoom.
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WILDFIRES 2020: New information and resources updated on my dedicated page.
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Assemblymember Frazier Urges Women Veterans to Take CalVet Survey to Address the Service Barriers Women Veterans Face
Survey Aims to Improve Services to the Women Who Served Our Nation
Sacramento, CA – The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) in conjunction with the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls and the California Research Bureau (CRB) of the California State Library are currently administering a survey to assess the needs and challenges of women veterans.
The purpose of the survey is to document and track the status and experiences of California women who have served or are serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is the most extensive statewide effort to gather this information, which is used by policymakers, state agencies and service providers to update policies and improve services for women veterans and their families. The survey is also designed to encourage women veterans to connect to services available through CalVet and other state and federal departments and local organizations.
“Every veteran has a unique story and something to contribute. We want to hear from all of California's women veterans to ensure their needs and experiences are supported,” said Assemblymember Frazier. “We also ask that you pass this survey along to other women veterans in California.”
To take the survey online, please visit the CalVet Website. You can also request a paper version of the survey, along with a postage-paid envelope, by sending an email with your name and address to info@women.ca.gov or by calling (916) 651-5405.
To contact Assemblymember Jim Frazier please visit his website at http://www.asmdc.org/members/a11/ or call his District Offices at 707-399-3011 or 925-778-5790.
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Stanley Abe
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley 1989
M.A., University of California - Berkeley 1984
B.A., University of California - Berkeley 1981
Stanley Abe has published on Chinese Buddhist art, contemporary Chinese art, Asian American art, Abstract Expressionism, and the collecting of Chinese sculpture. He is now writing a narrative account of how Chinese sculpture came into existence as a category of Fine Art during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Chinese art, theory & criticism
114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Smith Warehouse Bay 9, Room A289, Durham, NC 27708
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Imagining Sculpture in China. University of Texas, Austin. 2016
Convernor, "Dislocations: Remapping Art Histories". Tate Research Centre: Asia-Pacific. Tate Modern. December 2015
Bringing Asian Art to Berlin. Museum of Asian Art. August 19, 2015
Eduard von der Heydt and the Museum Rietberg. Museum Rietberg. August 16, 2015
Necessary Fictions: Imagining Sculpture in China. Museum of East Asian Art. August 14, 2015
Osvald Sirén and Stockholm. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. August 11, 2015
Problems of Small Northern Wei Stele from Shaanxi in Foreign Collections. Art, Archaeology and History: New Horizons in Researching and Rethinking Images. National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University (Shanghai). November 2014
The Copy in Chinese Buddhist Images. February 12, 2014
Innumerable Contexts. December 30, 2013
Moving Buddha: Imagining Sculpture in China. November 10, 2013
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Sep News Bits 1: Joan Rivers, Lucy Punch, Emily Mortimer, Jeff Goldblum, Lynn Shelton, Patrick Bruel, Riverside Drive and More
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web.
As you’ve no doubt heard, Joan Rivers has passed away. She was a fantastic comedienne and we will miss her.
Rivers was a contemporary of the 60s stand up scene where Woody Allen also got her start. She wrote about those days in the Hollywood Reporter.
I had no idea what I was doing. The white men were doing “mother-in-law” and “my wife’s so fat …” jokes. It was all interchangeable. Bob Hope would walk into a town and say, “The traffic lights in this town are so slow that …” and it could be any town. When I went onstage, that just didn’t feel right. So I just said, “Let me talk about my life.” It was at the moment when Woody Allen was saying, “Let me talk about my life,” and George Carlin was saying, “Maybe I’ll talk about my life.” So I came in at the right moment.
My group was Woody and George and Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. Rodney Dangerfield. Dick Cavett. All the ones who were coming up at the same time. But I never was one of the guys. I was never asked to go hang out; I never thought about it until later. They would all go to the Stage Delicatessen afterward and talk. I never got to go uptown and have a sandwich with them. So, even though I was with them, I wasn’t with them.
In a 2012 interview with NPR’s Fresh Air, she talked about bringing Allen home to meet her parents. They never really worked together on screen, but have decades of common ground, not least of which their association with Johnny Carson and ‘The Tonight Show‘.
River in fact tweeted about catching up with Allen just a couple of months ago.
https://twitter.com/Joan_Rivers/status/466754016404594688/
Time Magazine has an extensive feature on her legacy. She will be missed.
Lucy Punch is starring in ‘Great Britain‘, the new acclaimed play from Richard Bean. In a new interview with The Guardian, she talked about working with Allen on You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, and how it kicked off her on screen career.
Punch seriously considered moving to Barcelona to teach English. “I was totally broke.” Thank goodness for Woody Allen. Or rather, for Nicole Kidman, who dropped out of ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger‘, leaving Punch to fill the character’s clip-clopping heels and circulation-endangering costumes. “Getting that was a huge endorsement. I still had to audition for things, but the feeling was ,‘If she’s good enough for Woody…’” The run of work that followed – ‘Bad Teacher‘ opposite Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, ‘Dinner for Schmucks‘ with Steve Carell, ‘Stand Up Guys‘ with Al Pacino – is still ongoing.
Movie Talk spoke to Emily Mortimer, in particular her work on Match Point, and her worries about working with Allen.
Actor Jeff Goldblum has been spending his nights playing jazz. In fact, he’s playing at Allen’s Monday night stomping ground, the Carlyle Hotel. In a new interview with the New York Times, he talks about how Allen in a way made it happen.
Q. Can you explain how your band owes its creation to both Woody Allen, your director on Annie Hall, and Peter Weller, your co-star in “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension”?
A. Here’s what happened. Peter plays trumpet. So he would come over to my house, and the two of us would play a little bit. And then he did a Woody Allen movie [Mighty Aphrodite] and got to talking to Woody about us playing. Woody says: “You should do what I do, have a weekly gig, and you’ll get better. And it’ll be fun.” When Peter came back to L.A., we started to play out and about. And we got other musicians. In the years since, Peter’s living all over the world, but I’ve maintained this group. It’s Woody Allen’s fault, in a way.
We love director Lynn Shelton. She’s been in at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting her new film ‘Laggies‘. Asked by National Post about their first movie memories, she recalled Allen.
The first one that comes to mind and had a huge effect on me was Woody Allen’s Sleeper. I thought it was hysterically funny, and I loved the little pod cars, and how everybody had a robot, these very simplistic futuristic visions that I found charming as a child.
Partick Bruel is a superstar in France, and he’s just starting to gain an international profile. In a brief interview with The JC.com, he talked about working with Allen on Paris Manhattan.
He came as an actor, did his scene, didn’t talk about directing. He was very shy but very interesting.
There’s a new production of Woody Allen’s play ‘Riverside Drive‘, in Mexico. The stars of the production have been doing press, in particular Kuno Becker. Rotativo has an interview where he talked about the play (translated from Spanish…)
A play by Woody Allen is always ideal for the theater, for any time in the life of an actor, simply because he is a genius.
Here’s the poster.
The production opens 19th September.
The New Daily looked back at some of the amazing actresses that have graced Allen’s films. They start with Scarlett Johansson‘s performance in ‘Match Point‘ and end with Judy Davis in ‘Hannah And Her Sisters‘.
A Woody Allen t-shirt you can buy.
Woody Allen: un capo, un romántico y el director. pic.twitter.com/ZvOMpARNQO
— Nómada (@PlanetasAzules) September 3, 2014
A great little cartoon.
Woody Allen (att @WoodyAllenPages ) pic.twitter.com/IyBgnVEcaL
— EdsonAran (@EdsonAran) September 5, 2014
Quite an amazing Manhattan tattoo.
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“A Brutal Story”: Match Point – The Woody Allen Pages
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