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Time for a Fun Trip [Closed]
By dragonofruin, April 27 in Greater Equestria
theone
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Main Character: Gray Shield
Grey kept nodding as she started to tell him what she had. Once he was back home, he did once again went through what they bought that day and it seemed like everything that was needed for her was taken care of, so if she indeed took everything, it will be just fine. Hearing her mockingly offended remark, Grey smirk slightly, thinking that it was indeed just a mock. Well, at least he hoped so and it happened to be confirmed with the smirk afterwards
"I wouldn't say it's entirely that bad. Gives a lot of time to think and sometimes, it is just the thing I need" He pointed out before listening to the rest of her sentence "Well, if you will learn even one thing, I will still count it as a success. And you seem like a skilled learner, so might as well call it a victory now" The grey stallion chuckled slightly, mostly to himself.
Seeing her reaction to the word dangerous, Grey thought for a bit, contemplating if he should tell her now, so she can decide or maybe later... "I see.... In that case, I will tell you later, I don't want to spoil much just yet" It seemed reasonable.
Suddenly the distant sound a heavy wheels rolling on metal tracks could be heard along with a rhythmic beating of the trains engine. It was coming close "Alright. Time to go" Grey said before quickly grabbing his saddle-bags and throwing them on his bag just like he did thousands of times before.
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Main Character: King Sombra
Character 2: Yunalesca
Character 3: Princess Luna
Character 4: Ophelia Rose
Rose sniffed. "Very well, you can have your victory." Despite her jibe, however, she was looking forward to this trip to some extent. It was surely peaceful out in the Whitetail Woods, and it might give her some time to simply relax and think. She'd be free to do whatever she liked, if anything at all, after they set up camp of course. "It's such a pity. I was hoping to get even a hint of what this danger was so I could at least know what I could expect. Alas," the pegasus shrugged.
Her attention was snagged by the heavy sound of the train's approach and her ears perked towards the sound as it steadily grew louder. Their ride was here! It stirred some excitement up within her for what lay ahead of them, and it was with an effort that Rose pulled herself back to her hooves. She tried to do it with as much grace as she could muster so that nopony would see her struggling, though she'd likely be unsuccessful in that attempt.
In any case, she could strive for that grace now that she was on her hooves, holding her head high and looking as unbothered as she possibly could as she moved closer to Grey on the platform. The stallion had pulled his bags on with ease, something she could admire just a little bit. After all, he was stronger than she was, and he was far more used to the weight and.. everything else about travel. Rose stood by him, watching the train's approach as it came ever closer to the train station, and soon, slowing down in front of the boarding platform with a squeal of brakes.
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Cecilia Fogelberg
FOGELBERGS FRAMERS
TWOSOME
MAIN LION
HANDS_ON
3D SKETCH BOOK
BON SCOTT PROJECT
SUPER GROUPIE
ROCKERS IN MY BACKYARD
THE PUMA, THE STRANGER & THE MOUNTAIN
SHOCK OF THE NUDE
A-SPACE SYDNEY
BIRDMOUNTAIN VALLY
SYDNEY ART 06
THE THREE WOLFMEN
LINDEN POSTCARD WINNER
THE ENROLEMENT
MOUSE DRAWINGS
TRIPPLEHEADED WOLF
THE BALACLAVA PROJECT
CHOCOLATE A'LA SWEET-DISH
MIXED DRAWINGS
MIXED PAINTINGS
MIXED SCULPTURES
Solo show: Linden Gallery, Acland Street, St. Kilda, VIC, 2006
Opening night: Three Wolfmen handing out Vodka Wolf Paws
Exhibition catalogue:
Birdmountain Valley, Linden Gallery, 28 April - 26 May 2006
Birdmountain Valley is a made-up location I first started to visit approximately four years ago. It is to be found between here and nowhere, just behind the mountains. The place grew out of my struggle to find my identity after living in exile from Sweden for several years. I did not feel Swedish and I did not feel Australian; I became a stranger in every position that I took and needed to put words to this struggle. I needed to make a place, an arena, a battlefield for these thoughts of identity battles.
The name Birdmountain refers to my surname Fogelberg; Birdmountain is the direct translation from Swedish into English. I have during my years in Australia considered changing my name to this more suitable English version, not to adapt to suit others, but rather to give my new identity a new name. This has been done before; my surname is originally from Germany, and was adjusted from the German Vogel to the Swedish Fogel (fågel = bird) in the late 1700s. Birdmountain Valley also has references to the old Swedish saying; ‘Bakom berget finns också folk - Behind the mountain other people live´,which simply refers to how people on the other side of the mountain are people as well as we are, and are as wise as we are, irrespective of whether or not we can see them, or know them.
When I had created this metaphorical place, I also realised that I was slowly, but surely building myself a surrounding/home that I could recognise from Sweden; I started to go to IKEA even though I hated IKEA before I left Sweden. I brought from Sweden to Australia strange embroidered kitsch and other ‘typical Swedish’ commodities on my travels, and I started to embrace Swedish traditions that before I had rejected. When my mother visited me for the first time, nearly six years after my arrival in Australia, she was stunned by the level of Swedish kitsch in my home - something that has never occurred in my upbringing. It was then that I understood I played a strong role in the play of cultural and heritage performance.
Once I understood my position, I could also start looking at other people in the same situation - Swedish or not - and I believe it is a phenomenon that happens to most people who choose, or are forced to leave something behind. It happens to emigrants and people in exile, but it is also a performance within one’s culture and the individual’s identity.
Consciously or unconsciously, we are all performing different layers of cultural heritage. Some more than others, for example there is a town in Kansas, US, called Lindsborg - also known as Little Sweden – where people are so strongly playing on their Swedish heritage that the Swedish Dalarhorse* still is the symbol for the city council, and where after 4-5 generations in America, some people still maintain the Swedish language. The welcome note on the Lindsborg’s web page* is still written in Swedish. However, the ‘Swedishness’ in Lindsborg is still very ‘American’, and you’ll find that the heritage is more like the relics of the old country performed in a contemporary way and have therefore become something totally different and unique, drawing from its immediate surrounding.
I don’t think that it is necessary for me to draw a parallel between what is happening in Lindsborg to contemporary Australian society, when what I really want to emphasise is not the result, but rather the individual’s action. Birdmountain Valley is not a Lindsborg. Birdmountain Valley is instead the virtual framework where the battle of the individual’s identity is fought and where the different colours of the individual’s cultural make-up are applied. It is a place where cultural icons, contemporary mythological heroes and gender issues are questioned and penetrated. It contains the deep forests of story telling and modern fairy tails - where most often the roles of the characters have been swapped - and where the pray has killed its hunter and no one is walking safely. It is like an adult Pipi Longstocking’s Viller Villerkulla* where one creates one’s own realities and rules and where the context of the language is made up as we walk through.
The Birdmountain Valley is a place where nothing is taken for granted and where you are always questioned about your origin. When I ended up in the emergency ward at St Vincent’s Hospital just a few weeks ago, the first question the nurse asked me was: -At which backpackers are you staying?- And I said:-At the one on the right hand side, just in front of the deep forest, on the left of the river, in Birdmountain Valley.-
Cecilia Fogelberg, 2006
Languages are our mirrors: they can bring into focus their own angle on reality and the universe surrounding us. The acquisition of new language opens up a new canvas onto which the world can take shape, and at the same time it enhances the portrait painted with one's mother tongue by drawing parallels and forming contrasts between the two (or more) languages.An old Czech saying states: 'learn a new language and get a new soul'.
*1 A red hand painted wooden horse from Dalarna, still used as a national symbol for Sweden
*2 http://www.lindsborgcity.org/
*3 Astrid Lindgren’s famous children's book character Pipi Longstocking’s house; Viller Villerkulla.
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7 Beauty Pros on How They’d Spend $100 at Sephora
By Associated Press AP , January 11, 2019 2:00 pm January 11, 2019 Off 54
Walking into Sephora can feel exhilarating—and, also, completely overwhelming. With rows and rows of beauty products, it’s easy to feel a little lost. How to pick one mascara out of the 17 volumizing versions out there? Should you spring for a texturizer or dry shampoo? Decisions, decisions. It’s even trickier if you don’t necessarily need to restock your foundation or want to test the serum your BFF has been raving about; sometimes you just want to try something new (retail therapy is real). To give you some shopping inspiration, we asked top hair, makeup, and nail pros—you know, the people who live and breathe beauty products day-in and day-out—to share what they’d spend a spare $100 on at Sephora.
10 Beauty Pros on How They’d Spend $100 at Sephora
Walking into Sephora can feel exhilarating—and also, completely overwhelming. With rows and rows of beauty products, it’s easy to feel a little lost. How to pick one mascara out of the 17 volumizing versions out there? Should you spring for a texturizer or a dry shampoo? Decisions, decisions. It’s even trickier if you don’t necessarily need to restock your foundation or want to test the serum your BFF has been raving about; sometimes you just want to try something new (retail therapy is real). To give you some shopping inspiration, we asked top hair, makeup, and nail pros—you know, the people who live and breathe beauty products day in and day out—to share what they’d spend a spare $100 on at Sephora.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Are Live-Instagramming Their Honeymoon
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are currently on their honeymoon, and I have FOMO. Yes, that’s right: I have FOMO from a couple’s literal honeymoon, a party that’s specifically designated for just two people. But I have good reasons! For one, Chopra and Jonas’ post-wedding getaway is happening somewhere in the Caribbean. (Meanwhile, I’m in New York City, dreading leaving my apartment because it’s so freezing.) Also, the honeymoon came as a complete surprise to Chopra, according to E! Online.
“[Jonas] surprised Priyanka with the celebration,” a source tells the outlet. “She had no idea it was going to be the Caribbean and Nick is planning everything for the trip, it’s all a complete surprise to Priyanka. She knew it was a honeymoon trip but didn’t find out where they were going until they landed.” So…a surprise trip to the Caribbean with hot Nick Jonas in the middle of January? Yup, that sounds exactly like the kind of trip I want to be on—even if it is a couple’s honeymoon.
Jonas is posting live updates from the trip to his Instagram, which is only intensifying my FOMO. Below, check out a photo of himself and Chopra looking gorgeous and rich at some villa. I’d fit right in!
On Instagram Stories, Jonas shared a video of himself staring lovingly at Chopra as she catches some air on a beach swing. This is all just so picturesque!
Jonas and Chopra tied the knot over a multi-day ceremony in Jodhpur, India. They pushed back their honeymoon for work obligations, but these posts prove it was worth the wait. No worries, you two: I’ll just be over here…sad and very cold.
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You Season 2: Here’s Everything We Know So Far
Winter’s unexpected TV hit is You, which premiered in September on Lifetime to lackluster ratings but has found a great resurgence on Netflix. The soapy melodrama centers on a bookstore clerk, Joe (Penn Badgley), who develops an obsession with a woman named Beck (Elizabeth Lail). His fascination with Beck drives him to do some crazy things, like stalk her every move and, oh yeah, murder people in her inner circle. It’s a wild story, and thankfully Netflix is making a second season. (Lifetime passed You over to the streaming platform at the end of 2018.)
Here’s everything we know about the next chapter of You—and be warned: Major spoilers for season one ahead.
1. The first part of the season takes place in Los Angeles. This is in line with what happens in the second novel of the series that You is based on, Hidden Bodies. “Joe Goldberg comes to L.A. and he is a die-hard New Yorker so I can’t say that he comes to L.A and he instantly falls in love with the place,” You‘s show-runner Sera Gamble tells The Hollywood Reporter. “At least at first glance, this is not Joe’s kind of town, which is delightful.”
2. All of Joe’s loose ends from season one will come back to haunt him. Remember, he framed Dr. Nicky (played by John Stamos) for Beck’s murder, and Peach Salinger’s (Shay Mitchell) family is investigating her mysterious death. All of this, Gamble tells THR, could “come back to him at anytime.” “He is very worried about the fact that Peach Salinger’s family has hired people to investigate her alleged suicide, and there is evidence potentially still at her house from season one,” Gamble says. “If you look at every act of violence that he does in season one, that is potentially something that could come back and bite him.”
3. But it’s unclear if Stamos will be reprising his role in the second season. “We have been talking a lot about the character and we’re excited to keep telling that story,” Gamble tells THR.
4. Joe will continue to be the “woke” guy who doesn’t really get it. “He thinks he really understands women,” Gamble also said to The Hollywood Reporter. “He thinks that he is such an incredible ally. I think that can be one of the most dangerous positions of all when you’re entitled and when you’re not entirely self-aware about why you do the things that you do…So, I don’t know, we’re having a lot of fun being subversive with the story, and that will continue.”
PHOTO: Lifetime
5. When is season two premiering? The show’s Instagram page says the next chapter is “coming soon,” so expect to see it at least before the year is over.
6. Penn Badgley is reprising his role of Joe. He’s back—and probably still very, very creepy.
https://twitter.com/PennBadgley/status/1083085963813965825
7. We will delve more into Joe’s past. We learned a little bit about his childhood in season one. Mr. Mooney (Mark Blum), Joe’s first boss, may have played a big hand in his, erm, perception of the world. This will also be expanded in the episodes to come. “Joe was taken in by a guy who had a certain type of life philosophy that really did rub off on Joe,” Gamble tells THR. “Joe was already a teenager by the time he even met Mr. Mooney. There’s a lot more to explore about Joe from earlier in his life. Those are the things we’re starting to get into for season two.”
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The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 12 Recap: Penny and Leonard Have a Big Decision
By Associated Press AP , January 11, 2019 1:50 am January 11, 2019 Off 113
For the first time ever, The Big Bang Theory has left me speechless about a scene and it has nothing to do with science, physics, engineering, or Super Asymmetry. Nope, it’s all about relationship—Penny and Leonard’s, specifically. Next week’s episode better reveal that this one—”The Propagation Proposition”—was all a bad dream; otherwise, I’m not going to make it through the rest of the season.
But before we get to that, let’s rewind a bit: This episode is a continuation from last week, when Raj and Anu fought over a doorbell camera and an ex-boyfriend. OK, so their issues might have been bigger than that, but the whole thing escalated beyond reason. In tonight’s episode, Raj tries to win Anu back by showing up at her door Love, Actually style with sweet notecards. To make a long story short, the two decide to get back together and start over without rushing things.
PHOTO: Michael Yarish
There’s only one problem: Raj never bothers to ask about Anu’s ex-boyfriend, the guy who instigated this whole misunderstanding in the first place. And Anu never brings him up! So we still don’t know who the hell this guy is, whether she still has feelings for him, or why he’s in her life. I think that’s pretty important to talk about.
Anyway, moving on to more important matters… Penny runs into her ex-boyfriend, Zack, and he tells her he sold his company, made a bunch of money, and got married. Zack’s not the brightest, but his life choices sound pretty smart. He tells Penny she and Leonard should come over for dinner on his new boat. When Leonard hears about this, he’s understandably not too excited to dine with Zack and his wife. He’s right. There’s no reason to be excited to dine with your wife’s ex-boyfriend and his new wife on their expensive boat.
But this being a sitcom, it’s never that easy. Leonard and Penny go to Zack’s boat for dinner and trade eye rolls all night over how two these two have managed to live the high life despite being, well, dumb. Before they can figure that out, though, Zack drops a bombshell: he and his wife want a baby, but they can’t on their own…or at least Zack can’t. Since Leonard is the smartest person they know, they want Leonard to donate his sperm for their baby. (What? I can’t, you guys. I just can’t.)
Leonard is flattered, but Penny is dumbfounded. Then Leonard says he doesn’t know what to say. “Really? You don’t know what to say?” Penny responds. “I think we should talk about this,” Leonard says. Uh, Leonard, the answer is “no.”
But of course, Leonard doesn’t say that. Instead, they apparently tell Zack and his wife that they’ll think about it, because in the next scene, Penny tells Amy and Bernadette about the absurdity of the situation. “Leonard just stood there with a big dumb smile on his face like he was watching a puppy and a monkey make friends,” she says. “We got into a huge fight about it. He said if I don’t want to have his baby then why shouldn’t someone else be able to?”
So now Penny is being punished for not wanting to have kids? And does Leonard not understand that donating his sperm doesn’t really make him a dad? Zack would be the father of this baby.
While Penny is talking to Amy and Bernadette, Leonard tells Sheldon he doesn’t see why Penny is so against donating his sperm to Zack and his wife. Sheldon, the voice of reason, tells Leonard he hasn’t considered the emotional toll of knowing there’s a child out there who’s biologically his but not actually his to raise. “Wow, that’s really insightful,” Leonard says. Seriously, Leonard? You didn’t realize that for yourself?
Later, Leonard tells Penny that if she doesn’t want him to do it, he won’t. Penny seems relieved with his decision, but then she excuses herself and returns with a small plastic cup indicating that she’s now OK with him donating his sperm. Leonard asks if this means what he thinks it does, and Penny says, “When I told you I didn’t want to have kids, you didn’t have a say in that, so maybe I don’t need to have a say in this.” Leonard thanks her, and Penny says Zack and his wife couldn’t have picked a better person.
I’m disappointed: How is this Penny’s fault? Just because she doesn’t want kids doesn’t mean the trade-off is Leonard donating his sperm for a child he won’t have a say in raising. And for her ex of all people? This isn’t going to end well—and that’s one series finale I don’t want to see.
Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and Cazzie David Are Hanging Out and I Want an Invite
By Associated Press AP , January 11, 2019 12:00 am January 11, 2019 Off 93
Well, well, well. It seems Taylor Swift‘s famed squad has just gained a new member: Cazzie David, writer, daughter of Larry David, ex of Pete Davidson, and all-around cool girl. The news of David’s addition to the friend group comes from Swift herself, via an Instagram she posted today, January 10, of her, David, and squad alum Selena Gomez smiling and wearing excellent lip colors. It’s captioned, “20wineteen,” which is a very 2019 mood.
Take a look at the photo for yourself, below:
Just putting it out into the universe: I’d like an invite to the next meet-up, please. I can’t relate to these three over the stress of dealing with a public breakup or how to slip past paparazzi in a suitcase, but I do like wine and puns! That must count for something, right? Right?!
Regardless, I am glad Swift is back to throwing her infamous squad parties. The singer’s social media output slowed down over the past year—just images from the Reputation tour and not much else—but now she’s returned to giving the people what they want: photos of her hanging out with her famous friends. Most recently, she shared some snaps from her New Year’s Eve party, which was attended by the likes of Blake Lively and Gigi Hadid. Everyone dressed up as their “childhood heroes”; for Swift, that meant a full Little Mermaid costume so elaborate it sparked rumors that her next album will be about mermaids.
We’ll have to wait and see whether that theory is true or not—so until then, we’ll be here waiting for more squad pics please and thanks.
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What Khloé Kardashian Just Said About Losing Weight Is Upsetting People
By Associated Press AP , January 10, 2019 11:12 pm January 10, 2019 Off 86
Khloé Kardashian has caught some heat in the past for her comments about weight. Last March, she published an article to her app about how to look “thin AF” in photos, which didn’t go over well with people. Then, a few months later, both she and Kendall Jenner faced backlash for raving about how “skinny” their sister Kim looked at an event. “She’s anorexic here,” Khloé said, referring to Kim’s waist, completely meaning it as a compliment. Oof.
Now social media users are taking Khloé to task for a recent post about losing weight. Earlier this week, the reality star wrote on Instagram Stories two things she thinks girls want: to “lose weight” and to “eat.”
Naturally, it didn’t take long for the criticism to pour in. The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil, who has spoken out repeatedly about the need to stop talking about weight in the media, took a screen shot of Khloé’s post and tweeted late Wednesday night, “This makes me sad.”
https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1083211023018938369
She later clarified that she wasn’t critiquing Khloé specifically but “the fat-shaming media” in general.
But Jamil wasn’t the only one upset by the problematic post. On Twitter, fed up users called out Khloé for sending a potentially toxic message to her millions of followers. “It’s actually really sad that so many girls follow Khloe and they’re all being told that it is normal for all of them to want to lose weight, rather than it being normal for all of them to be happy with their bodies,” one person wrote on Twitter. “Eating and losing weight are not mutually exclusive. Thinking they are is eating disorder behavior,” tweeted another.
Check out some more reactions to Khloé’s comment, below. (A few come to her defense.)
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https://twitter.com/lwtfliicker/status/1083272163816296448
https://twitter.com/caraem124/status/1083481850360877057
https://twitter.com/kyhewitt_/status/1083342566744096768
https://twitter.com/alywelch/status/1083223873410289665
Khloé hasn’t responded to the backlash yet, but we’ll update this post when and if she does.
If you or someone you know is struggling with disordered eating, please call the NEDA helpline at 800-931-2237 or visit its website.
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Now social media users are taking Khloé to task for a recent post about losing weight. Earlier this week, the reality star posted a quote to Instagram Stories that said girls want two things: to “lose weight” and to “eat.”
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15 Travel Essentials That Make Traveling a Whole Lot Easier
A great trip—whether you’re escaping for a weekend or jetting off on a long-haul flight to an unexplored destination—is arguably one of the best parts of the year. However, it can also be a bit of a hassle: We’ve all dealt with suitcases that break on day three of a week-long trip, freezing cold flights in recycled air, or hotels where the walls are just that much too thin to get a good night’s sleep. As a travel writer living in Berlin, I’m usually off somewhere—and because of such, I’m usually the friend everyone comes to for reccs on how to make traveling easier. My secret? I couldn’t live between flights without a lounge pass I snag from LoungeBuddy: An indulgent-but-not-obscene spend (between $30-40 in most cases) yields a restorative shower, a hot, not-fast-food meal (and, often, a free glass or two of wine)—and, most importantly, the sanity that comes from not having to set up camp and search for WiFi and outlets between flights in crowded airport terminals.
For our series “To Me, From Me,” I posed the same question to women who travel almost constantly for work. What’s the one thing they swear by—and aren’t afraid to splash out on—that makes their on-the-go lifestyles a little smoother and a heck of a lot less stressful? Read on for their picks, from a $48 restorative overnight facial you can fall asleep in (hello, jet lag) to a $550 carryon that holds up trip after trip (after trip).
A great trip—whether you’re escaping for a weekend or jetting off on a long-haul flight to an unexplored destination—is arguably one of the best parts of the year. However, it can also be a bit of a hassle: We’ve all dealt with suitcases that break on day three of a weeklong trip, freezing-cold flights in recycled air, or hotels where the walls are just that much too thin to get a good night’s sleep. As a travel writer based in Berlin, I’m usually heading off somewhere—and because of my work, I’m usually the friend everyone comes to for recs on how to make traveling easier. My secret? I couldn’t live between long-haul flights without a lounge pass I snag from LoungeBuddy: An indulgent but not obscene spend (between $30 and $50 in most cases) yields a restorative shower, a hot, not-fast-food meal (and, often, a free glass or two of wine)—and, most importantly, the sanity that comes from not having to set up camp and search for Wi-Fi and outlets in crowded airport terminals.
For our series To Me, From Me, I posed the same question to women who travel almost constantly for work. What’s the one thing they swear by—and aren’t afraid to splash out on—that makes their on-the-go lifestyles a little smoother and a heck of a lot less stressful? Read on for their picks, from a $48 restorative overnight facial you can fall asleep in (see ya, jet lag) to a $550 carry-on that holds up trip after trip (after trip).
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Andrew Roman has over thirty-five years of experience in a broad range of law, which he practices across Canada. His areas of recognized industry/ practice area expertise include appellate and complex litigation (including defending several large class actions), electricity, competition law, broadcasting and telecommunications. Mr. Roman has managed teams of lawyers and other experts in negotiating and drafting agreements, obtaining financing for projects and obtaining the necessary regulatory and environmental approvals. This ability to manage and supervise a legal team in all aspects of a client’s work – from negotiations to drafting, and from regulatory hearings to litigation – provides clients with greater efficiency and better control over their work.
Mr. Roman’s electricity practice includes generation (nuclear, fossil, water, wind, solar, biomass and geothermal) transmission and distribution. He has helped to shape Canadian energy policy through his work as a legal consultant to Ontario’s Ministry of Energy, the Ontario Energy Board and the Alberta Department of Energy.
Mr. Roman has been active in Competition Law since his articling days with the Competition Bureau. His practice includes obtaining merger approvals, advising and representing clients responding to antitrust investigations and defending clients in antitrust litigation, including class actions.
Mr. Roman has also represented clients before various administrative tribunals such as the CRTC (in broadcasting and telecommunications cases) the Ontario Energy Board and at all levels of court, including the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mr. Roman is the author of more than 90 publications and a book. He has been a sessional lecturer at four law schools and, in the Winter 1998 term, was the holder of the Chair of Natural Resources Law at the University of Calgary.
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 1971
B.A., McGill University, 1964
Awarded S.O.A.R. medal in November, 1996 in recognition of outstanding service to the administrative justice system of Ontario
Chair, Canadian Bar Association, National Administrative Law Section (1991-92),
Chair, 1991 Ontario Annual Institute Environmental Law CLE and
National Administrative Law CLE (1989)
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Justice League vs. The Fatal Five
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five sets three of the Fatal Five, Mano, Tharok, and The Persuader, on a mission to liberate their teammates Emerald Empress and Validus from imprisonment in the past but that requires the complicity of a legendary Green Lantern named Limelight and a likely confrontation from the mythic Justice League. Originally set in the continuity of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and Justice League: Doom, production had to quickly shift gears and instead use assets from the classic Justice League/Justice League Unlimited animated series when it was determined the former's art designs by Phil Bourassa would clash and look to similar to Bourassa's designs for the DC Universe movie line's line of in-canon movies, presently the most recent being Reign of the Supermen earlier this year. Justice League vs. The Fatal Five transformed into a unforeseen love letter to fans of Bruce Timm's much adored animated continuity that began with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 and seemingly came to a close with Justice League Unlimited with periodic revisits like the Batman Beyond DC Nation short or the Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie. As if the emotional impact of the character journeys of Jessica Cruz and Star Boy aren't enough, there's also the emotional appeal of one more visit to a cherished canon.
Undeniably, the three strongest aspects of the movie is the aforementioned nostalgia - rather ubiquitous in this day and age - a compelling social commentary on several ongoing issues of inclusiveness and mental illness, and a series of coming of age arcs. Nostalgia, no doubt, will be a huge factor for how well this movie is received, especially on the heels of so many series being given a second life like Young Justice: Outsiders on the DC Universe Streaming Service, but personally it had little influence on me. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the revisits. But when the series finale of Justice League Unlimited aired, it was a beautiful ending and I made my peace with it then. There wasn't anything else I needed to see. I know, but I wasn't one of those people clinging to references to the Near Apocalypse of '09. If the intent was to reuse old designs, I was surprised some of the other movies didn't get the greenlight (see what I did there?) like Superman/Batman: Public Enemies or Apocalypse. In any case, it was a fun sensory jaunt to watch these designs on the screen again in a brand new story in 2019! And yes, even I got giddy when the ol' JLU theme played at the start of the parking garage fight! Or loved Superman getting catty with Batman, "Thanks for asking."
The part of the movie that I absolutely loved was a very well executed and amazing exploration of three young characters. We have Miss Martian and her story of the ultimate outsider trying to fit in - the immigrant trying to get a leg in, the new kid at school, however you want to paint it. There's Star Boy, a paranoid schizophrenic entrenched in delusions that struggles to keep himself together but knows the one undeniable truth, he is a hero. And lastly, Jessica Cruz, the surviving victim of a horrific crime who struggles to live with and overcome her trauma. In one, two or all three, viewers will no doubt feel a strong connection and empathy. However. With that said. The struggle of writers and producers that doesn't come to the surface often enough is how much to show and explain and how much not to. Can the audience figure it out, how much time needed to be trimmed from the final cut, or does this slow down the pacing? But depending on the viewer's preference, the movie does suffer from some imbalance in what to and how much remains ambiguous and thus, lending to some logic gaps. And the compromise is you can try to satisfy the majority but not everyone. And while at times, the movie does indeed feel like a lost episode of Justice League Unlimited - that is sort of an issue, too. A lost episode shouldn't be made into a movie. Equal use of the cast is also easier said than done, and in this movie some characters come off as underutilized or replaceable set pieces in one moment then shine brilliantly and feel like exactly how they did before.
Jessica Cruz, without a doubt, is the star of the movie. In a similar origin to Batman, Cruz is the victim of a violent act. But instead in a more realistic way, she's not heir to a mega fortune who copes by making a solemn vow against crime then travels around the world and dresses like a bat to fight crime in a unending war with no reward. Nah. She has PTSD, she struggles to get out of bed and get her day started, lives in a meh studio apartment, goes to a psychologist the best her medical insurance can provide, and knows her mantra sucks. She's even a little helpless about her future, as she claims it chose her. The Green Lantern Corps. Her journey is even visually highlighted from her stock dull green hoodie, to her dark green GL suit, and lastly when she self-actualizes and surges with willpower. Another brilliant choice was to leave John Stewart out of the story. It was a really interesting clash of ideal vs. pragmatic If you go back to the JLU series, while he was a stern drill sergeant with Supergirl, Stewart was clearly the ideal mentor. Instead, an Amazon shows up unannounced and pulls a sword on Cruz. Lucky thing she changed into Green Lantern and made a shield... It was also a brilliant choice by the crew to add in that Cruz meets with the Fatal three in the forest - where that traumatic ordeal took place - and in that feeling of weakness and helplessness, she caved in to their demand which leads to at least four Lanterns getting harmed. But in her lowest moment, she finds comfort in the Green Lantern oath which repairs her ring and in turn takes her back home where she wakes up a total badass.
Another brilliant stroke on the part of the crew was to feature a super hero with a debilitating mental condition. And to make things worse, Star Boy can't find the medication he needs to stabilize his condition. So for the rest of the movie, you're always wondering how coherent he is until that final moment when he rises to the occasion and makes the ultimate sacrifice. It was a welcome relief they didn't go the corny route and make Cruz and Star Boy fall in love with each other and make out. I almost feel sorry for the person on the crew who had to pause to check Star Boy's nudity wasn't full on.
Miss Martian. Likewise with the choice of mentors. J'onn J'onzz seems like the ideal mentor but he's either still on sabbatical or he's off on that Rann conflict (that seems kinda interesting). Instead, she's got Batman. If you recall Return of the Joker, look up Nightwing. He's got stories. Still it was amusing to bounce cranky Batman off her. More so with Miss Martian contesting his words and turning into Tim Drake Robin. Since there's a lot of contemporary issues in the mix already, I wasn't surprised we got a little nod to the #MeToo movement when Miss Martian calls Mano grabby then decks him. I also found the Big Belly Burger scene illuminating. Miss Martian, a telepath, would be the best qualified on paper to connect with Star Boy and help him deal but it turns out she can't. Instead, it's Jessica Cruz who can because she's a kindred spirit and knows what he's going through. But among the three, she does feel a bit short changed. There wasn't much time for a full backstory but there could have been a one liner somewhere - at least to say J'onn sponsored her. She just exists. I was also disappointed she got taken out early in the last fight and was absent until the ending when she's rewarded with membership in the League.
Whereas Cruz, Star Boy, and Miss Martian play the dynamic, standout characters, the Justice League are more static and supporting in nature despite the movie title. Superman flies around, throws those Old West bar room brawl punches, uses that heat vision, saves Cruz's bacon at least twice, and gets some JLU era snipes in on Batman. Batman is his usually snarky self in the company of the League, seemingly forced to mentor and evaluate Miss Martian then do some ad hoc dot connecting, and notably takes out Mano with tactics. Yeah, I'm sure that last part could be interpreted as a nod to the old Bat-God critique. Heh heh. Wonder Woman is easily the stand out among the Trinity. The battle with Persuader was top shelf. Superman gets sliced in the gut (by the way, hope somehow collected all that Kryptonian blood - we don't need any more mad scientist experiments going on) and Batman gets burned but Wonder Woman? Not a scratch, she took care of business. Well, she broke one nail. Seeminly building one his role succeeding J'onn J'onzz with monitoring and coordinating the JLU, Mr. Terrific was a welcome sight. I still remember him in "The Great Brain Robbery". While it's a pity Michael Beach didn't get to reprise, Kevin Michael Richardson still does a modest job. I think the movie allowed us the get the full treatment. Terrific and Superman play science buds and oops, help out Mano, Persuader, and Tharok. And all those different T-Sphere functions get used to the max.
I've seen some comments here and there about Miss Martian. J'onn J'onzz said he was the last Martian and everyone else was died fighting the Imperium. But she has almost the same origin as Supergirl. In the canon, Kara was from Argos which was I believe was explained in "Little Girl Lost" Part 1 to be a sister planet in the same system as Krypton so she's an Argosian and not a Kryptonian but with the same power set. One would think the same could be applied for the Martians. This Miss Martian could have been a White Martian living on a sister planet when the Imperium invasion went down on Mars. Maybe there could have even been a joint strike on the colonies but she got away somehow but the planet was so far away she had take part in a cryosleep to get to the Milky Way that took the hundreds of years J'onn spent guarding the locked up Imperium. In the comics, in a very Jor-El-Lara way, Miss Martian's parents were said to have sent her in a rocket to the Vega system... okay, I'm trailing off. But take it another way, Superman thought he was the last Kryptonian but Jax-Ur and Mala were revealed to have survived certain death because they were imprisoned in the Phantom Zone dimension. So since J'onn thought he was the last Martian then a similar reveal of Miss Martian probably took place.
Going into what I liked and didn't like, what was too ambiguous or some logic gaps that I found hard to ignore. The Time Bubble. I liked that Brainiac-5 used that 10th level intellect of his to rig a booby trap on the bubble to take out the Fatal Five er Three but... why wasn't there already a safety protocol on it already. Surely this hasn't been the first time some nutcase tried to abuse time travel? Or why not just blow it up to prevent it from being used? Another was Mr. Terrific referring to Shayera Hol as Hawkgirl. If this movie really was supposed to be in canon, she long abandoned that codename because of its ties to her original role as a double agent for Thanagar. Even if Terrific had no familiarity with her, that doesn't excuse the flub. Surely there was a clear memo passed around not to call her that especially with Terrific, who's role in the League was elevated in the last season of JLU and that it's been a couple years since the end of the series. Although "Hawkgirl" probably is more recognizable to general audiences, I doubt they would have keyed on the "John" reference Wonder Woman made when she first spoke to Cruz. If they were thinking of general audiences, they wouldn't have mentioned either of them. Those references were clearly for the JLU fanbase. Or Emerald Empress' super mental link with Mano. Yeah, there's no real place to naturally list off her powers but if she's in the one thing in all of history that keeps her restrained on a planet protected by a force field, how could she have used that one ability? Another head-scratcher was the Legion agreeing to imprison Emerald Empress and Validus in the past on Oa. For a team so constrained by not polluting the timeline, that move seems to violate that not to mention they put Empress near a super viable power source she later exploits. It felt unclear. Did they just pull a switch and take two prisoners from the past back with them and stick Empress and Validus in their sciencells after determining no one would ever check on their identities and find out about the ruse?
It felt wrong on a Justice Lords kind of level that Superman had to resort to heat vision blasting Validus' head. He's a villain and a beast, but still a living being. Would Superman really have done that? Aside from Wonder Woman's scenes, the other battles with the Fatal Five came off rather bland. Batman using strategy to take out Mano's arm made sense but the one punch knocks him not and not the explosives stuck to his dome? It also seemed like a "Wha?" moment when the Fatal Five went into the Time Bubble. Empress was just going to nuke the Sun and sacrifice the Eye then go to the future without her ace? By that point in the movie, a lot of things start stacking up. Superman can suddenly breathe in space and not need a suit? He absorbed a bit more yellow sun to allow that? Or Brainiac-5, Saturn Girl, Tyroc, Mon-El, Dawnstar, Chameleon Boy, and Shadow Lass paying their respects made sense but once again, violate the time travel rules unless Saturn Girl mind wipes them all right after the final scene.
In contrast, there's a lot of ambiguity and logic gaps that can be explained with mental brainstorming. So that should cut down the complaints in half! Ha ha. For instance, the look of Arkham Asylum is not at all like the classic version. But in Return of the Joker, Commissioner Gordon mentioned Arkham abandoned its original location for a more up to date facility. Do the gymnastics. This is that new facility. Well, it was. Ahem. Star Boy. And also gut wrenching because that horrific thing is now even closer to happening to Robin. The Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy cameo provides a lot of options. They turned a new leaf in Batman and Harley Quinn so it's up to the viewer to decide. One can conclude what they want, they regress back to crime despite all that character development, that movie's not canon, this movie takes place before it - dealer's choice. Still, though, did I forget Ivy has razor claws? Eh, probably.
The Green Lantern memorial was almost like a new Near Apocalypse moment amusingly enough. Previously, we knew Hal Jordan never became a Green Lantern in the canon. He was a normal pilot stationed near Metropolis. Instead it was John Stewart and Kyle Rayner. But the easiest solution is Hal, and Guy Gardner, get recruited later in the timeline. Kyle changed his look once again like he did in "The Return". Or maybe even thinking about it further, after "Once and Future Thing", Batman and/or John Stewart might have decided to look into this Hal Jordan they met briefly and maybe keep tabs on him. Probably Batman for sure. lol. Since he showed up as a Green Lantern during the Chronos event, Stewart probably had to file some kind of report on Oa about it. The Guardians took an interest and decided to offer him a ring like they did Stewart. Same with Oa's design being a combo of old designs but nothing like the one in JLU. The easy solution is that after AMAZO returned Oa at the end of "The Return", the Guardians decided to make some changes in security. There was some terraforming. The planet-wide force field was erected. Or like Kyle, Kilowog changed his suit again.
While they were never-named in the movie, the design of the uniforms and a mention on the commentary track confirms that secret base at the hour mark was indeed ARGUS. If you are one of the fans who won't take Batman and Harley Quinn as canon, it's totally okay to conclude that no matter what continuity, timeline, or parallel universe, ARGUS will come into existence post-Project Cadmus -- likely what was left of it was folding under their auspices. The real nitpick of all nitpicks was probably the use of the Metrotower but calling it Watchtower. Yes, it was called the Watchtower on Batman Beyond but in JLU it was Metrotower. So I guess the best compromise is the official name was always Metropolis Watchtower and all this time on JLU, they compromised and used the short hand of Metrotower.
The Fatal Five were definitely a worthy physical threat to the Justice League and Legion of Superheroes. No question about that. While I, and I'm sure a lot of people, got a kick out of the Superman movie nod when Tharok uses the ring's frequency to reach out to Cruz -- I was a on the fence about the bomb threat. I honestly don't think about 9/11 too much anymore, but watching those buildings and airplane's being blown up still struck a nerve I didn't know was still there. But that was only muddled with the question how the hell Tharok planted all those bombs in a short amount of time all over the city.
One that bugs me a little was Cruz's power up at the end. She's never shown having charged her ring despite its prompts to do so and by then the Central Power Battery, the energy source for the rings, is totally drained by the Eye of Ekron. Yet, somehow Cruz recites the Green Lantern oath and repairs her ring then when she wakes up at home in Portland, she suddenly has a big power up. On one hand, I understand that it likely has to do with it being the defining moment of Cruz finding the mantra she believes in and self-actualizing which in turn allows her power ring to be used at its fullest and tap into her reserves of will power, which would be larger than normal given how's she's had to survive a harrowing past, rather than the outside power source and bring about the legend of Limelight -- that's a lot to leave to the imagination. And I admit, at that point in the movie, you kind of just tune out to logic and just accept it. Earlier in the movie when she's unconscious and free falling, the ring does have that one line of "Willpower indeterminate." There didn't have to be a big thing about, just one line seemed missing. I think there could have been one extra line when she wakes up at home in a similar vein like "Willpower now sufficient."
I suppose lingering in the background there's also still the unresolved clash of the Legion of Superheroes in Superman: The Animated Series' "New Kids in Town" being from 2979 AD and the Legion of Superheroes in Justice League Unlimited's "Far From Home" being from around 3004 AD. But as Static Beyond put it in "Once and Future Thing," '65 is the new 30' and also, let's not forget they mostly look human but we're dealing with aliens from different planets who probably age differently than a standard Earth human being. And if you're a hard core Legion fan, I'd think the head scratcher would be the Star Boy and Lightning Lass pairing when in the comics, he was with Dream Girl. Or for that matter, Star Boy dove into the sun and in theory he would have been dead long before his ability had the opportunity to do any good - but metaphorically it was a beautiful moment. A man whose reality and mind had fallen apart was the only one equipped to pull apart and save the Sun and the solar system. It was also a pity there wasn't at least a Supergirl statue among the Legionnaires or Leaguers.
Now for what irked me and I couldn't dismiss. I had a hard time absolving the PG-13 violence, namely the impaling and headshots, being used with the JLU designs/canon which was more all-ages because of Broadcast Standards and Practices. Cave-ins. Boy, lot of brain trauma from cave-ins in this movie. First, there's the cave-in on the Fatal three at the start during the clubhouse incursion. Cave-in #2, poor Chameleon Boy but I guess he turned into an Ankylosaurus to avoid injury. Cave-in #3, insult to injury or rather injury to injury when they rain down the prison on Cruz, Kilowog, and Salakk. Cave-in #4, Cruz demolishes ARGUS Mountain atop the Fatal Five. I guess these power rings don't have a no-kill protocol. The language as well. Even fart nuggets seemed just wrong and juvenile on some level. One of the direct mistakes was reusing Arrkis Chummuck in an Oa scene. If the movie really is canon, he's long dead since the season 2 episode "Hearts and Minds" where he and Galius Zed were clearly killed by energy blast vaporization. Also, the scale of the threat wasn't big enough for a movie. Yes, it was created a personal stake for Mano but for an hour, it was just a jail break arc which gets boring. On further replay, it feels more and more like a slog just to get to the 57 minute mark when the Fatal Five is reunited. It also didn't make them any less dull. Give us what we want. Well, we'll do this. Okay, how about this. No? Bombs! Then Empress pulls out an idea to blow up the Sun because heck, they need a reason to stay in the past for another 20 minutes since they blew their way too fast into the not-so-secret ARGUS mountain base. The scale of the Justice League was missed, too. Just 4 members and an initiate. While it was true that Mr. Terrific told them no one was responding to the call a la "Divided We Fall" and there were a couple statues in the Legion's museum, it was a bummer they didn't fit in a mass cameo like the Leaguers pitching in to help find the bombs in addition to the main cast. And if you really want to get cynical about it, the use of the JLU also dredges up the notion the people behind it are scattered to the four winds so a true reunion will never be a reality. It's a whole new storyboard crew, only a few returning actors, no Stan Berkowitz or Rich Fogel, no Joaquim Dos Santos, no James Tucker, Dwayne McDuffie has long since passed on, Bruce Timm is just a producer.
Eric Carrasco, with help from Jim Krieg and Alan Burnett, really penned a compelling exploration about mental issues and modern day struggles without turning the movie into a cliched PSA. Sam Liu has come to excel with reeling the audience into those quieter moments, creating that big emotional appeal, and letting the camera linger. Kevin Conroy, George Newbern and Susan Eisenberg reprise their iconic roles as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman with a vengeance. It's like the show never ended and they're just as amazing now as they were back then. Apologies to Conroy and Newbern, but Eisenberg was the front runner by many, many miles. Another clear outstanding performance came from Diane Guerrero. She portrayed Jessica Cruz in a grounded way in both incapsulating the character's PTSD, added in subtle nuances like a slight stutter, and thankfully avoided the stereotypical Latino accent. Elyes Gabel excelled with probably the hardest voice role in the movie, portraying a schizophrenic deteriorating by the second. But Gabel, you did it. You did it. Daniela Bobadilla also had a similar uphill task of voicing Miss Martian when many fans out there still equate her to Danica McKellar from Young Justice. Bobadilla still managed to be a breath of fresh air whenever she appeared in scenes and I enjoyed her as a source of levity in the movie.
It's always a little special when DR Movie animates another Bruce Timm-involved project. For me, I loved the little things. Like in Portland, when those cars crash into each other? That looked like the crew paid some attention to detail. Or right after, these was that side shot of Tharok's cybernetic side and the eye follows. Or just the animation of Cruz's aura being pulled towards the Sun! But the animation wasn't perfect as much as I would have liked it to be. Some of the pans and close-ins were jerky at times. Batman and Superman seem to infrequently blink between on model and uber stiff. Most of the action lacked heft and interesting shots or show any direct hits that are composited enough to take up most of the screen. Moving onto the score. My goodness. It was the pinnacle of Dynamic Music Partners' mastery! The haunting music during Cruz's flashback/nightmare and the Fatal Five's themes.That foreboding score as the descend on Oa or that creepy and haunting theme for Emerald Empress! The action score. The classics like the JLU theme. It was amazing amazing amazing! If they don't get an award for this movie, there's no justice in the world.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provides a dealer's choice of what formats to pick from in which to view Justice League vs. The Fatal Five. There's Digital, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD, and now streaming from the DC Universe service on the day of the physical release. The special features are also a satisfying assortment from a creator commentary, two informative featurettes about diversity and mental illness, a sneak peak at the next movie, and classic episodes that highlight the Legion of Superheroes in past animation. The commentary features producer Bruce Timm, producer-director Sam Liu and co-writers Jim Krieg and Eric Carrasco. They share a ton of facts and anecdotes about the production of the movie, from how it was going to set in the canon established by past movie Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, the continuity, the origins of new designs, recycling old designs, addressing logic gaps, strange coincidences like how Star Wars totally copied them (half-joking) or how there take on this Bloodsport matched up with contemporary conspiracy theorists like Q-Anon, the score, Carrasco's desire to add in some diversity and address mental illness, the lines and animation that had to be fixed, the death counts and more.
The two featurettes highlight and elaborate on the mental struggle that Jessica Cruz and Star Boy endure in the movie and comments on how DC Comics has addressed it for decades. "Unity of Hero" is the longer of the two and is 15 minutes and 11 seconds. Panelists include DC hosts Tiffany Smith and Hector Navarro, screen writer Eric Carrasco, writer Marv Wolfman, Mike Carlin from DC Entertainment, Producer/Writer Jim Krieg, and licensed clinical psychologist Andrea Letamendi. The discussion begins with how the audience relates to a diverse cast of characters and moving past one dimensional depictions and tokenism the more they are used in media. Navarro points out how the comics were able to showcase an ethnicity in normal, heroic ways to another ethnicity who would have otherwise never encountered them in any form. The discussion moves to how DC had always pushed boundaries and showed the real world. Carlin elaborates the depth of character was more important than driving home what ethnicity a character was like Spanish for Cruz. John Stewart from the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited movies is cited as a breakthrough moment as is the late Dwayne McDuffie's volume of work like Static Shock. Superman is touted as the immigrant, ostracized from society, always put down by Lois Lane in contrast to the fact he was Superman and the character was created by two Jewish kids named Shuster and Siegel. New Teen Titans #8 is high lighted next with Cyborg encountered a group of children he discovers has prosthetic limbs. Female characters are covered next and how they moved from being just attractive eye candy to representatives of the heroic ideals then how creators have been able to push the medium a little further and further out. The Legion of Superheroes are hailed as the optimistic future where all races work together and get along. Oracle/Barbara Gordon is presented as the face of disabilities and how these characters make something of their tragedy and become a metaphor for strength of character. Montoya and Sawyer are addressed next and how they were always defined as career competent law enforcement officers - not by their homosexual preference. Cruz and her ongoing battle with anxiety are presented as a message of empowerment not a one time solution to suppress or get rid of. The featurette concludes that the medium is a way to talk about the hard things in society.
"Battling the Invisible Menace" focuses on the struggles those have with metal illnesses. The same panelists from "Unity of a Hero" also discuss how important it was for the mediums to acknowledge the struggle, overcoming it, finding resilience, and pushing past limits. Jessica Cruz, for instance, is shown as an interesting duality in which being a Green Lantern both inspires and exacerbates. Like how she has a hard enough time getting her day going, but now she's a hero who's not really sure why she was chosen. Star Boy is discussed next, as is his bouts with reality and his intrusive thoughts. The featurette closes on how the comic books have the power to address world issues, destigmatize them, and show a wider audience that we all have the same problems. Both featurettes succeed in complimenting the subject matter explored in the movie and expanding on the topic.
The home media release of Justice League vs. The Fatal Five also includes a preview of the next DC Universe Movie title Batman: Hush. The preview includes a mix of finished animation, art from the original comic book story arc and discussion from both the movie's creative team, including Jim Krieg, director Justin Copeland, and voice director Wes Gleason, and DC Comics staff. A touching moment in the preview is Copeland talking about how Hush holds a place in his heart and how it feels full circle to have his directorial debut be an adaptation of the comic. The preview totals 9 minutes, 18 seconds. The trailers begin with the recent theatrical live action release, Shazam!, Constantine: City of Demons, and The Death of Superman. There are also trailers for past releases Justice League Dark and Justice League vs. Teen Titans. The two bonus episodes are Legion of Super Heroes' "Man of Tomorrow" and Justice League Unlimited's "Far From Home". The movie can be purchased Digital by the usual suspects like iTunes, a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray/Digital combo, a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital combo, DVD, or it can be streamed from the DC Universe Streaming Service. Best Buy's exclusive edition has a Star Boy figure.
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five excels with its modern storytelling and focus on the topic of mental health and living with it in an intriguing spin on the superhero experience that new and returning viewers will empathize or sympathize with but also stacks the deck with appealing to our nostalgia and love of classic DC Comics animated characters. The movie, in contrast, does falter on the volume of ambiguity and logic gaps and PG-13 violence. The home release provides informative and insightful special features that support the movie and its overarching themes. A sneak peak, like Batman: Hush's, with a lot of finished animation is a solid win in my book. Likewise for anyone who has read my reviews over the years, I love commentaries and hate it when a release lacks them. Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm always disappointed when there isn't a feature that spotlights the making of the music, especially here with DMP revisiting their past work on Justice League Unlimited and even adding to that catalog with new compositions. Or even some of the recording sessions with Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, and Susan Eisenberg. Still, all in all, a solid set of special features for once. Batman and Harley Quinn and Justice League vs. The Fatal Five have laid the groundwork for a full-on JLU reunion movie hopefully in the near future. Justice League vs. The Fatal Five is a recommended purchase.
Main Feature: 3 out of 5
Special Features: 3 out of 5
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Syria: Jubilation is Unwarranted
By Dennis Loo (9/16/13)
It is dangerous to claim victories that you have not yet won. To paraphrase Mark Twain: the reports by some in the anti-war movement of a victory are exaggerated.[i]
Let’s be clear: there is still a bloody civil war raging in Syria which has taken close to 120,000 lives. We have not, in other words, “prevented a war.”
We in the anti-war movement have contributed in small measure – at this point – to making it more difficult for Obama to escalate the level of brutality with a bombing campaign. That is what has happened. That is what is real at this point.
The scale of protests against the war up till now were quite modest, truth be told, and had things gone differently in other respects with Obama’s plans, the protests would have to have been far larger, by orders of magnitude, to make a difference.
One of the contradictions that the U.S. Empire must deal with is the legacy of the Bush years and the debacle in Iraq, the phony claims about WMD, and the longer legacy of Vietnam. Mr. Nobel Peace Prize Obama can’t just carry out a war and rally everyone to him readily. The fact that a large majority of Americans despite the beating of war drums are opposed to military intervention helped, but mass public opinion really only matters when it is turned into a palpable force via direct protest actions that express the sentiments of, and are actively supported by, the mass populace.
Moreover, and this is very important: confusion exists within the Left and more generally in the population about the difference between diplomatic moves and bombardments with missiles, with some people mistakenly greeting diplomatic “solutions” as qualitatively different from the use of weapons of mass destruction.
This would be like celebrating gleefully the fact that Mafia Families have just gathered together in a non-violent meeting of the heads of the families and reached an agreement about how to divide up their turf.
Just how long before this temporary resolution breaks down and turns into mutual blood letting again?
Assad’s agreeing to Russia’s plan to turn over his chemical weapons’ stash to international monitors is just like that Mafia gathering.
It is but a stage in an Empire’s efforts to bring to heel a crucial country in the Middle East.
Obama has had to temporarily retreat from his desire to launch cruise missiles on Syria, but make no mistake: this is only a pause in the action. The fact that he can now claim that he went the “extra yard” and pursued a peaceful solution to the threats of bombing that he initiated along with the fact that there are all kinds of ways that going forward the U.S. government could allege that Assad has violated the agreement thus putting the bombing on the front burner again should not be overlooked. Negotiations are not alternatives to warfare. They are part and parcel of an ensemble of tools that are used by governments to pursue their exploitive aims. In the last analysis, these aims run up against the aims of other governments and interests and the only way that they can resolve them is through violent means – that is, war and other less public uses of force such as assassinations and other covert actions.
Obama has not suddenly found his Nobel Peace Prize persona and people should not jettison their hard won disillusionment for what he has done since being elected president in 2008.
This is the same Obama who proposed bombing Syria irrespective of Congress, irrespective of international law, the Nuremberg Tribunal, and the UN Charter. This is the same Obama who claimed his right to launch a war solely as POTUS based on secret evidence that he has shared with no one - including Congressional leaders - that Assad’s regime was responsible for Sarin gas use. This is the same Obama who deceitfully raised the specter of the “red line” about the use of chemical weapons on civilians when he has killed thousands with drones, including hundreds of children. This is the same Obama who said that even if Congress did not vote to support his plans to bomb Syria that he reserved the right to go ahead and do it anyway. This is the same Obama who every Tuesday goes over his lists with CIA Director John Brennan and determines who will be next to be assassinated with drones. Thousands have died from this drone policy of his, including hundreds of children. This is the same Obama who falsely claimed that the U.S has for nearly seven decades been the anchor for global stability when he knows full well that the U.S. has used - and is currently using - WMD on millions to kill and maim them, including unnecessarily dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, extensively using Agent Orange and napalm in Vietnam, and deploying white phosphorus and degraded uranium tipped weapons, leading to grotesque birth deformities decades later, in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. This is the same Obama who presides over the largest weapons seller in the world – the USA - that has the largest arsenal of WMD, including chemical weapons, in the world and that refuses to adhere to and enforce international agreements on the storing, use, and proliferation of WMD for itself and its allies such as Israel. When Obama speaks of the U.S. as “exceptional” what that should be translated into in all candor is that he and the rest of the rulers of this country regard rules as what others must abide by, rules that the U.S. either puts forward willy-nilly or that it ignores as it being “exceptional” to the application of international rules.
Negotiations and “peace” agreements are all part of the arsenal of weapons that Empires use to get what they want. And what the U.S. Empire wants is not really the disarming of Assad’s chemical weapons but the removal of Assad from office. As reactionary as Assad is (very), he has become an obstacle to (especially) U.S. and Israel’s plans for the region.
Before we get too delighted with what we have accomplished so far in the anti-war movement and mistake great power maneuvering for peace moves, let’s look more closely at where things stand and how they got to this point.
In relative order of importance, beginning with the most important,
The British Parliament’s and UN’s refusal to support Obama’s plan to bomb Syria left Obama severely isolated and exposed, leading to his being forced into going to Congress to simulate more legitimacy for his executive plans to wage war.
John Kerry’s going off script and giving Assad and Russia an opening to (temporarily) prevent the U.S. escalation with bombings by complying with Assad turning over his chemical weapons arsenal to international monitors. When Russian diplomats quickly seized on Kerry’s off the cuff remarks and Assad immediately agreed to their proposal, Obama was left with little choice but to go along, particularly given #1 and #3 in this list.
More resistance in Congress than Obama anticipated. It was looking like he was headed to a defeat in both chambers to his war resolution proposal. This was in part due to widespread public opposition (which the anti-war protests were part of and overlap with) but probably more important than that at this juncture, this Congressional resistance is due to the infighting among U.S. ruling circles over what path to take and the impossible to properly anticipate and control the explosive ramifications of bombing Syria: a wild escalation of attacks, state terrorist and anti-state terrorist ones, against U.S. targets and U.S. allies, a general intensification of popular revolts in both the region and the world, and intense conflicts and complexities as other powers such as China, Russia, France, Iran and others became directly involved.
Diplomacy is a fine thing, when diplomacy is going on between equals or when the superior power has no designs upon the lesser power. But that is not what we have here. Those who have seen the Godfather movies know that Mafia families periodically gather together to hold negotiations where their normal relationships of killing each other in turf battles are suspended. If these negotiations are successful, the bloodletting among them is alleviated, but only for a time. Sooner or later the killing resumes because they are in cutthroat competition with each other. This is even more true of governments internationally: “peace” conferences and economic summits are held but these more decorous affairs are part and parcel of their ongoing rivalries which sooner or later erupt into open warfare.
End of Part 1
Part II, which will appear tomorrow, will address the question of why Obama is intent on escalating the conflict in Syria.
1As examples of these articles by my friends in the anti-war movement, see David Swanson’s “Admit It: Things are Going Well,” Harvey Wasserman’s “Syria is an epic victory for the Superpower of Peace,” and Ray McGovern’s “How War on Syria Lost Its Way.”
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Please see my text here:
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Federal carbon pricing: the rest of the story
EcoLog, 7/5/2019 1:34:00 PM
The federal government has pulled back the curtain on the remaining pieces of its national carbon pricing backstop and its new Clean Fuel Standard.
A final regulation imposing output-based pricing on large emitters will be published soon in the Canada Gazette and will further ease the compliance burden on industries that face tough international competition. A separate policy paper outlines the factors that will be considered when a facility applies to opt-in to output-based pricing.
The government has released a proposed regulatory approach to implementing the planned Clean Fuel Standard that will require fossil fuel suppliers to reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity of fuels. And it has released a discussion paper on the design of a federal greenhouse gas (GHG) offset system.
Below is a brief summary of these new developments, with links for further information.
The output-based pricing regulation
This is the system that will require emitters of 50 kt or more of GHG equivalent to reduce their carbon intensity (emissions per unit of production) or pay a price. This regulation has gone through several iterations, the most recent of which gives a big break to certain sectors of the economy. Under the final regulation, the baseline stringency remains 80%, meaning that industry sectors will receive a rebate of their carbon taxes for emissions that are up to 80% of the national average for their sector.
The list of exceptions, however, has grown. In 2018, four sectors assessed to be at high competitive risk saw their stringency baseline raised to 90%, iron and steel manufacturing, lime and nitrogen fertilizers.
In the final regulation, 11 sectors have seen their output-based standards adjusted to 90% stringency: base melting smelting of copper, lead, and zinc; iron ore flux pellets; metal tube production; petroleum refining; production of lubricant basestock; standalone hydrogen production; furnace (carbon) black; 2-methylpentamethylenediamine (MPMD); and brick. Another eight have had their baseline adjusted to 95%: nitric acid; ammonia production; iron and steel integrated steel (coke-making, iron, BOF steel, and EAF steel); and iron and steel mini mills (rolled steel and cast steel).
A late change to the standard for electricity from gaseous fuels appears to have caught the industry by surprise. For new gas-fired electricity generators, the standard will ramp down from
370 tonnes of COe/GWh to 0 tonnes of COe/GWh in 2030 to build an incentive toward lower-emitting electricity generation.
“Aside from some of our members’ concerns with the rules themselves, [the Canadian Electricity Association] is disappointed that [Environment and Climate Change Canada] did not undertake consultations on these last-minute changes,” said Francis Bradley, president and CEO of the association, in a statement.
“Use of Proceeds from the Federal Output-Based Pricing System” seeks advice on how best to return proceeds from output-based pricing to the jurisdictions from which they were collected. For provinces and territories that have voluntarily adopted the federal backstop, the federal government will return funds directly to the provincial/territorial treasury. For the others, it remains an open question.
Opting in
Facilities that are not required to participate in output-based pricing may apply to participate in it. For instance, facilities under the 50 kt compliance threshold may find themselves at a competitive disadvantage, as they will pay the full carbon tax without any prospect of rebate. Similarly, facilities in sectors not covered by output-based pricing may find it to their advantage to close shop in Canada and move to a jurisdiction without carbon pricing unless they obtain a measure of relief from carbon cost.
The government is proposing an opt-in threshold of 10 kt. Facilities that have reported emissions over 10 kt, or that are undergoing expansion, or that are projected to emit 10 kt or more following a planned expansion or retrofit, may apply to join.
Each application will be assessed on its merits on a case-by-case basis.
The Clean Fuel Standard
The Clean Fuel Standard is intended to deliver 30 mt of emissions reduction by 2030, making it the second most important contributor to emissions reduction, after carbon pricing. According to federal background documents, by 2030, the carbon intensity of such fuels as gasoline and diesel will be 10% to 12% lower than in 2016. Fuel suppliers will achieve compliance through a variety of means: reducing emissions anywhere along a fuel’s lifecycle, supplying low-carbon-intensity fuels, switching to cleaner sources of energy, or purchasing credits from low-carbon-intensity fuel producers and other participants in the marketplace.
The regulatory approach document includes several new elements that were not part of the regulatory design paper published earlier in 2019, including:
annual carbon intensity reduction requirements for the liquid fuel class
sustainability and land-use change criteria
new credit creation opportunities
fund contributions as a compliance mechanism
credit clearance mechanism
verification, reporting, measurements and records requirements.
The federal GHG offset system
The federal government is proposing a GHG offset system that will support the creation of offset credits in all provinces and territories, but with a focus on provinces and territories without existing offset systems. The government believes this will create an incentive to reduce emissions from sources not covered by carbon pricing and increase the supply of compliance units available.
Environment and Climate Change Canada will oversee the program’s ongoing operation, oversee offset protocol development and approval, register offset projects, issue and retire offset credits, and provide for compliance and enforcement.
When do these measures take effect?
At present, the output-based pricing regulation is in effect retroactive to January 1, 2019 in Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and for two sectors in Saskatchewan (electricity and natural gas transmission pipelines), and as of July 1, 2019 in Yukon and Nunavut.
The Clean Fuel Standard is scheduled to take effect in 2022 for liquid fuels and in 2023 for gaseous and solid fuels.
Proceeds from output-based pricing will not be known before late 2020. Presumably, a scheme for returning those proceeds should be in place by then. The government has not published a deadline for implementing its offset system.
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Himalayan region unprepared for mega quake; India yet to learn from past mistakes — Scientists
By PTI / April 23, 2019 / Comments Off on Himalayan region unprepared for mega quake; India yet to learn from past mistakes — Scientists
Mandi (HP), April 23 (PTI): A mega earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more is long overdue in the Himalayan region but India has not learnt from past mistakes and is far from being prepared for such an eventuality with no strategy to minimise loss of life and property, scientists say.
The government must ensure seismic safety, scientists from all over the country who gathered here last week for a global workshop said.
The April 18-20 International Workshop on Climate Change and Extreme Events in Himalayan Region, hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, was aimed at understanding the effects of climate change, melting of glaciers, increased frequency of extreme events, atmospheric pollution, pollution due to crop residue burning in Himalayan region and applications of remote sensing.
Scientists from various fields of expertise concurred that an earthquake of the magnitude of 8.5 or more is expected to rock the Himalayan region.
One of the many topics discussed at the event was that the Himalayan region was not prepared to reduce loss of lives and properties when the ‘big one’ arrives.
Numerous research groups, including one at IIT Roorkee, are in the process of developing earthquake early warning systems which could give people up to a minute of warning before the quake.
However, such short term predictions are not best way forward, said Dr Supriyo Mitra from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata.
“I would prefer being a society that is prepared,” Mitra told PTI.
Even if seismologists are able to provide an early warning to enable people to safely vacate their buildings before an earthquake, our homes would still be destroyed, turning a whole society into refugees, he said.
“We have the expertise to know what the hazards are. Engineers can work out the vulnerability of the structures and tell you the mechanism by which they can be made resistant,” said Mitra, one of the speakers at the workshop.
Implementing these would reduce the risk to human lives and property in the event of a disaster.
“Science can tell you where an earthquake may strike, and with what magnitude, but ‘when’ is a bad question to ask,” Mitra said.
He added that earthquake predictions shift the onus of responsibility of disaster preparedness completely to scientists.
However, to ensure preparedness, the public needs to be involved in questioning whether their buildings are safe.
Participants at the workshop also raised questions on how socio-economically weaker sections would invest in building earthquake resistant buildings.
Dr Durgesh C Rai from IIT Kanpur said it is the right of every individual to have seismic safety, and the government has to ensure that.
“Seismic safety should not be an optional requirement,” Rai told PTI.
While presenting his research, Rai focused on how publicly-funded government buildings in Himalayan states such as Sikkim and Manipur could not survive even low intensity earthquakes.
According to him, we continue to repeat the same mistakes time and again, and have not learnt any lessons from the failures of the past.
Giving the example of the 1993 earthquake that struck Latur, Maharashtra — killing over 9,000 people — Rai said government agencies and academicians were of the view that buildings which collapsed were non-engineered.
“So the deaths of people were linked to their poverty,” Rai said.
“In 2001, the Bhuj earthquake — 120 multi-storey buildings collapsed in Ahmedabad — killed over 900. This was engineered construction. The investigations showed that every building code was flouted,” Rai said.
“Earthquakes need not be deadly or destructive if we use the right designs and materials,” he said.
Rai said seismic safety should not be an optional feature that people have to ask for. Rather, all buildings should be built to be earthquake safe by default — much like medical instruments are sterilised before use, irrespective of whether a patient is rich or poor.
He pointed out that many older buildings in the Himalayan arc have survived earthquakes for decades, and these could serve as lessons for our future.
“Loss of life occurs due to building collapse and damage, we need to engineer structures with proper building codes,” said Ramesh P Singh, coordinator of the workshop, and visiting professor at IIT Mandi.
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Ars est celare artem
Interests:Digital art, idealistic stories, MMOs, SRPGs, hunting games, FAAAAAAAAAAABULOUS-ness, and staying out of the social order.
Do you believe fantasy does not infringe on your reality? Do you believe in the need for humanity as you know it from fiction?
For you, who may believe such things, how do you react when a work lacks the intention of appealing to you in this way? Would it be in outrage, in disgust, in resentment, scorn and derogation for failing to be well-written?
If you were, what would you think if those very characters who face turmoil so that they may cater to what you need out of them, appeared before you with defiance and indignation?
Do you believe you would reflect on your own perceptions and hold remorse for your demands of them?
Or would you think that it is their wrongdoing to hold you accountable for how you judged people who you would have never expected to be real?
I consider this to be a very important factor to consider if you will be watching Re:Creators, where fictional characters do in fact manifest in reality.
If you will not even be willing to ask yourself about how a show which offers a situation where reality and fiction intertwine becomes relevant to your perception of stories and their characters, then there is nothing of meaningful value for you to find here. However for me, who wishes from fictional characters the same I would of real individuals, and desires for the same on real individuals as I would for fictional characters, there was no setting more fitting for me to witness in action, no scenario with more potential for a compelling portrayal to witness.
That is because I knew all too well of what the popular understanding of what it meant to be written properly was. I knew that stories are supposed to be made in accordance to criteria decided upon by humans as being objective quality. I knew all the hatred in justice human beings could have for others once they had an excuse to license themselves to all manner of vilification and all manner of arrogation with no risk of disgrace they could consider valid of their own character for their scorn to all works which were not consistent to what fiction should be in their minds, how valid they thought that to be for how consistent it was with what others had to say of fiction as well.
The very same kinds of people who would serve the people that qualify for that were now depicted alongside the very fictional characters they would be so likely to undermine from their hearts for not belonging to the reality they did.
I wanted to see what Re:Creators could have to tell me once this was established. However, I was also very alert throughout nearly the entire run, anticipating something that may have crushed my hopes for what there was to see.
As a show with a premise of fictional characters becoming real, the outcome of it to turn into yet another formulaic construction made to appeal to criteria had me fraught with fear. Even if it is fiction about fiction, it was still fiction itself and thus vulnerable to coming back around to appealing to the demands of the systematic thinkers. No matter how many times it seemed contrary to following such conventional matters, I remained afraid until the very end. I am writing this now of course because it did not turn out to disappoint and followed through.
Everything felt so much more authentic, free of considering what it should be doing as a story. The creations, naturally as a result of being from varied creators, all thought differently and also lived life outside of the plot, even making a point of how true this was with what they were indulging in that was present in reality which wasn't in their fictional worlds.
They weren't made to come to a conclusion with a unified message or a moral to the story, they were just people that learned new things and thought with their hearts according to what they ended up in. Characters only changed their beliefs for circumstances they recognized as warranting a different outlook from their personal observations rather than through their victimization or a calling out of how they weren't in the right. Where there was conflict I had seen it to be opportunities to further express an individual rather than a mere means for suspense.
This was not a story made for you to exercise your appreciation for humanity's weaknesses or their complexities. Every last one of the characters are rather simple and fairly straightforward. The plot was written organically without much thought for twists, branching, or even having to make sense, and it sets landfills of exposition your way. There is barely any sense of power balance. For some, that would bring into question how it could be interesting at all.
However no matter how mediocre it could be considered on such values there is no doubt that it provoked me into reflecting on the world with a new perspective.
Why could it do this? Because Re:Creators set a precedence for trust.
From the very first episode, with no character background even provided, I saw a vindictive girl dressed in exaggerated military-inspired vesture, sporting giant anime hair with locks snow white and a gaze of piercing red with a dozen swords flying and spinning to her will.
She did not appear in a high school uniform, a commoner's dress, an armor of humble design, she wasn't someone made to be a character that the viewers would believe to not be beyond themselves. From her exterior features alone I recognized her as the enemy of the system that decided the purpose and procedure of how people like her should exist.
Consequently, because of the very nature of this show involving both creators and creations, her very first appearance was also recognized by me as someone who was born from a sincere heart. She wasn't designed to be marketed, she was designed from the soul of the artist. This meant that the one who designed her actually, really cared about her. She was more promising than any other creation in the show as someone worth trusting in because of how clearly genuine she was made to seem, a true expression untainted with the chains of so-called good sense.
The question my mind constantly had to ask the show for answers was, what did it intend to show me by including this kind of character, who was practically a magnet for the hatred of the literary? What was her fate to be and why? What does she represent and how will they incorporate that into the story? What even led them to take such a risk as to include her at all?
The answer to that was that her existence provided the foundation for connecting the story to the world.
Of any character that could have been used instead, that she was chosen gave the show the freedom to go beyond the system by design.
Even fanart of her made by amateur artists on our side of the world was featured in the actual anime.
This all came down to who Re:Creators was for, and the answer was right there in the title. If you are an artist or an author or perhaps even a musician or even if you ever sincerely wanted to be one, then this anime could either be your sanctuary for peace of mind, or it could do nothing for you at all other than send you into a furious rejection of everything that it stands for.
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Prosecution Tanks In Toobz Stevens Trial
October 2, 2008 /in Bingo, Law /by bmaz
Ted Stevens has been sitting in the courtroom of Judge Emmet Sullivan in the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in DC since jury selection began on September 22. This morning the excrement hit the fan. Big time. Stevens’ attorney, Brendan Sullivan, has moved for dismissal of the charges against Stevens, and he just may get it. The prosecution has screwed the pooch in a fundamental and intentional way.
From a wire report off of Reuters filed an hour ago:
Lawyers for Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska urged a judge Thursday to dismiss the corruption case against him because they said prosecutors had withheld evidence helpful to their defense.
U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Brenda Morris admitted a mistake had been made, but asked the judge to allow the trial to go forward. "We are human and we made an error," she said. "It was a mistake."
The information involved an interview by an FBI agent with Bill Allen, the prosecution’s star witness. In the interview, Allen said he believed Stevens and his wife would have paid for the renovations to their home in Alaska if Allen had sent them a bill.
Prosecutors had notified the defense about the information only late Wednesday, after Allen had completed his second day of testimony.
Stevens’s attorney Brendan Sullivan asked the judge to dismiss the indictment. "It goes to the core of the defense," he said.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan did not immediately rule on the request to throw out the case, but he clearly was angered by the mistake, calling it "unbelievable" and "very troubling." (emphasis added)
This is really bad. Blatant intentional withholding by the prosecution of exculpatory evidence. And it is evidence that bores straight into the heart of Stevens’ not guilty defense. The defense did not learn of the existence of this until long after Allen took the stand. The directly and materially exculpatory to Stevens. There is no way to argue that Stevens’ attorney would not have conducted his examination of all witnesses to date, much less Bill Allen, differently with knowledge of this in the government’s evidence set.
Here is the clincher.
The new evidence involved an interview that had been turned over to the defense, but the key part of what Allen said — that the couple would pay if they had been sent a bill — had been blacked out.
How do you not view this as intentional and malicious conduct by the prosecution? The key exculpatory portion of the witness statement, of the most important and star prosecution witness, Bill Allen, owner of VECO, blacked out and hidden from the defense? Please. That is intentional and flagrant.
When you hear legal types discussing "Brady material" or "Brady evidence", this is exactly what they are describing. Under the seminal case of Brady v. Maryland (maybe we should ask Sarah Palin) the prosecution must disclose to the defendant any exculpatory evidence they possess. Failure to so disclose can result in the dismissal of a case.
The situation in Stevens’ case is awfully blatant and clearly exculpatory. It should result in at least a mistrial; if I were the judge I would bounce the entire indictment with prejudice. If a defendant can’t obtain relief on this fact set, then the theory in Brady v. Maryland has no meaning. Those judges in DC must be ready to explode over what this justice department has done over the last 8 years. The prosecution is in for a reaming of some sort either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: McClatchy has some additional information up:
The lead Justice Department prosecutor, Brenda Morris, equally angry, had this response: "He’s getting a fair trial, believe me. You’re getting a great fair trial."
Infuriated, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said he found it "unbelievable."
"It strikes me this is probably intentional," the judge said. "This is the government’s chief witness!"
Judge Sullivan sent the jurors home for the day. He’ll hold a hearing later Thursday afternoon to determine whether to dismiss the case.
"Maybe they’ll come back tomorrow for further service, maybe they won’t," he said.
Even if it wasn’t intentional, he told prosecutors, it was "gross negligence on the part of the government."
He bristled at the prosecution’s characterization that it was "lucky" that Allen was still on the stand and had yet to finish his testimony for the government, let alone be cross-examined by Stevens’ attorneys.
"It shouldn’t have to be lucky to get the government to do its job," Sullivan said. "The fair administration of justice doesn’t depend on the luck of the draw, a lucky day or a lucky continuance."
The judge is right, this is very offensive conduct from a due process standpoint. The withheld evidence goes directly, and I mean directly, to the element of intent. The prosecution argues that it is harmless error because they have adduced testimony that Stevens requested bills (actually additional bills, because it is established that Stevens paid a substantial sum, just not enough to allegedly cover all the work), but that Allen didn’t forward them. However, the blacked out (redacted) portion of their disclosure directly and unequivocally states that Allen believes that Stevens would have paid if he had been billed further. This mitigates intent as to Stevens and belief in existence of a crime on the part of the key prosecution witness, Allen.
There is some salvation in that Allen has not been cross-examined yet; but if the defense can show how they would have done things with the opening statement and examination of other witnesses sufficiently differently, they have a heck of an argument.
If I were Stevens’ attorney, I would already have had the junior members of my team combing the daily express court transcripts for instances in the opening statement, and with every witness that has been on the stand to date, as to how I might have argued and examined differently; specifically with an eye to how the theory of defense itself may have been altered. Might even go back into motions if there is any ground there to plow there.
If the prosecution argues that it is explained by mistake because Stevens demanded a quick trial, I would jam that up their rear. Exercise of Constitutional speedy trial rights does not mitigate due process guarantees and they ought to be humiliated in so arguing. Did they say they were not ready for trial because they needed more time to comply? No. By arguing that nonsense, the prosecution only looks worse.
It will be fascinating to see what remedy for the prosecutorial misconduct Judge Sullivan imposes. And, as Christy noted earlier, there has been other misconduct that the judge already was not happy about.
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The fix is in, no wonder he wanted a speedy trial. He wanted a BushC Justice Department to try him, not a real one.
Stinks to High Heaven.
eCAHNomics says:
You betcha. That was my first thought when I read this in the morning.
WilliamOckham says:
Wow. This sure looks like an attempt to get ‘good government’ cred by prosecuting Stevens while ensuring that he’ll never serve a day in court. The Bush DOJ sure has gotten good at at ‘aw shucks, we’re just human’ excuse.
FormerFed says:
How could these prosecutors be this stupid? Being very cynical, I think this was a put up deal.
NelsonAlgren says:
Is this the same Sullivan that was Ollie North’s lawyer in front of Congress? is there anyway for charges to be refiled once Obama becomes President? I wonder what that fraud named Cass Sunstein would say about this.
scribe says:
Same guy.
cbl2 says:
thought that was Arthur Liman
Hmmm says:
He’s even better than Martin Denny.
Arbusto says:
Christy is running a parallel post on fld. I found this on TPM by blogger old33:
No. The lead prosecutor – Brenda Morris – is not a right-wing hack. She’s a career prosecutor who joined the Department in 1991, and has worked her way up through the ranks.
Exactly what a federal prosecutor should do.
Here’s her bio…she also teaches at Georgetown University School of Law.
Professor Morris is a career prosecutor who began as a Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorneys Office under Robert Morgenthau. Her experience in New York proved to be fertile training ground where Professor Morris honed her skills as a trial attorney by successfully prosecuting hundreds of street crimes and winning over forty trial victories. As part of her federal service, Professor Morris has been selected to instruct on white-collar statutes, including conflict of interest, and investigative techniques to international audiences consisting of prosecutors and law enforcement in Katmandu, Nepal; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Bucharest, Romania.
“No one could have foreseen that this information would have been needed.” Besides, when prosecutors do disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense, like in Jawad’s kangaroo court at Gitmo, they get ordered to see a shrink for a mental status examination.
So, what’s a Regent/Jesus/Liberty grad to do? Let alone think?
Teddy Partridge says:
Gosh, I just can’t imagine the Bush Justice Department screwing up a case against one of the most powerful GOPs in the Senate, can you?
pinson says:
if I were the judge I would bounce the entire indictment with prejudice.
Me too. Obviously, Ted was on the take. But he and the wife did pay off quite a few bills from Veco, and he repeatedly asked when he’d be getting another invoice for the renovations. The only question at this point is whether the Justice Department deliberately brought and threw the case as some kind of reverse jujitsu show trial. Some kind of “see, it looks like all GOP legislators are crooked, but they’re not really!” Incompetence doesn’t really begin to describe the stinkitude at play here.
DefendOurConstitution says:
I ca see the headlines (at least on Fox and probably on most tradMed) if judge declares mistrial: “Stevens Cleared of All Charges”
Incompetence doesn’t really begin to describe the stinkitude at play here.
JimWhite says:
What are the chances Morris was set up? Could someone working for her (well, working for Mukasey but assigned to her) have done the blacking out and withheld other notification without her knowledge? After all, this sounds like basic procedure she would hand off after authorizing release of the interview transcript.
Yeah, particularly since there’s another article that says they thought he had gotten this in September.
Could be someone had reason to throw it?
Minnesotachuck says:
That’s exactly what occurred to me half way through the post and that led me to pull my tinfoil hat out of the drawer and carefully adjust it for full cranial coverage.
Aw, crap! From the McClatchy quote bmaz put in his update:
Brenda Morris, equally angry, had this response: “He’s getting a fair trial, believe me. You’re getting a great fair trial.”
Now it looks even worse. It looks to me more like the dark side has turned another career person. The cleaning up of The Justice Department will take more than a generation.
Time to invest in tinfoil stocks.
Sure looks like Monica Goodling’s hiring practices (party over competence) are coming home to roost.
While I am more inclined to think they are throwing the game on purpose, it really could be just another example of rampant incompetence in the Bush Administration.
The question is can this be taken up by a competent prosecutor (at this point after election) or will it become a case of double jeopardy where Stevens is in the clear for good?
I’ll play prosecutor (for a change!) Obviously, discrediting Allen is key to Stevens defence, but in any of the other statements that Allen made and may have been turned over to the defence was the same (or similar?) point made? After all, part of the prosecution’s theory of the case was that Stevens made a point of asking for bills to cover his butt and that Veco played along with this kabuki. Did the prosecutors bring this matter up on direct, when the defence could have crossed on it even without the statement? I can’t explain the blacking-out of the exculpatory part of the statement, but it sounds like a mistrial could be avoided by disclosure, recess, and recall of the witness if the defence wants it.
bmaz says:
Allen still on the stand, and hasn’t been crossed yet; so the govt. may have a glimmer of hope.
Jim White – yes that is quite possible. Disclosure are usually handled primarily by junior trial team members and, at best, reviewed on the way out by the lead.
Leen says:
Are we going to witness another example of “equal justice under the law” hogwash
well, I tell you what, “justice” here calls for at least a mistrial if you ask me, if not outright dismissal. Justice works both ways, and the brutal truth is that it sometimes mandates a result you don’t want as to an individual defendant. The integrity of the process, and due process, is far more important than freaking Ted Stevens. That is the way it is supposed to be and you have to demand that if you really believe in the constitution and the justice system.
Robert Fisk rips it up on Democracy Now today. Talking about Iraq, Afghanistan and the “crusades” that OBL warned people in the middle east about.
BoxTurtle says:
I’m having trouble here with this passage:
This says to me that this was NO accident. Whomever blacked that out knew darned well that it was Brady evidence.
I don’t normally go looking for black helicopters, but I think I want a look into the finances of whomever did that redaction.
Boxturtle (Much as I believe Stevens is guilty, if no Black helicopter is found this case should be tossed)
Obviously I know very little about the law…but..does a prosecution team intentionally do things like this so that the case is dismissed?
It does if it is stacked with people selected by Monica Goodling.
Sometimes they do; whether that happened here or not, I don’t know. I don’t think this was accidental, but I am inclined to believe that it was done in an effort to win, not to get a dismissal.
I posted a substantial update for any that have not seen it yet.
radiofreewill says:
If this turns out to be Incompetence, it certainly seems like a proper reason to fire a US Attorney.
This is a High Profile Case of a sitting US Senator – in the midst of a re-Election bid – accused of Corruption.
This wouldn’t have happened on Fitz’ team…
Ughhh. Thanks for the update, sounds like the judge hated my arguments that the late disclosure (suppression?) could be cured, although he did not close the door on that possibility. Agreed, if the defence can show a long laundry list of tactical decisions that could have been altered, the judge may give a mistrial. However, I still think it is more a case for sanctions than a mistrial/dismissal if the defence had the same information available to it in other formats.
Uhm, a few basic questions, because this all sounds very weird to my hobby lawyer ears. Was defense counsel present at Allen’s deposition in the first place? (If so, they had the info all along.) Who did the redaction? Might it have been done at Allen’s lawyer’s demand, rather than at the prosecutor’s preference? (If so, that would reduce prosecutor’s responsibility.) Was the redaction questioned/challenged by the defense when they first saw the transcript? (If so, defense had boatloads of time to raise the issue sooner.) When and how did the unredacted version show up and start making its way towards the discovery train? (If prosecution was cheating, how unusually inept to serve up evidence of same at this juncture.)
Ah, never mind, I see it was an FBI interview transcript, not a deposition transcript, so counsel would not have been present.
Haven’t seen you much lately, glad you are back.
This is a criminal case, not civil. There are no depositions. The interview was done by and FBI agaent and never disclosed until the time of trial. Allen’s lawyer had nothing to do with it. It all happens at the time of trial; in fact in federal criminal cases, the prosecution is not obligated to disclose witness statements until after the witness has testified on direct. Except where the information is exculpatory as it is here. Again, this is not a civil case, those arguments are completely inapplicable here.
Hi bmaz, thanks much for ’splaining me. I would still want to know who did the redaction — FBI vs. prosecutors — and where the unredacted version came from. From your description of the process I guess the most consistent explanation really would be that the redaction happened at the prosecutor’s office, and the unredacted version came from the FBI. In which case, yeah, I smell a Mukasey Mole in the prosecutor’s office.
(And it’s awfully nice to be back, thanks much. Been buried in conference season at work, traveling everywhere to play the grey eminence while chairing meetings/sessions etc. One last big convention push this weekend, and then I’ll be back for real.)
This failure to disclose evidence material to the defense is unusual because the exculpatory statement was provided to the defense in discovery, however, it was blacked out. Who blacked it out and why did he or she do it? If I were representing Stevens, I would want to know the answer and, I suspect that the Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) also wants to know the answer.
Was the AUSA present when the witness was interviewed? Did she know about the statement. If not, how did she find out about it? Does her copy of the statement also have that statement blacked out? If so, when did she ask the agent who prepared the report to tell her what was blacked out and why? I can’t think of a valid reason why an agent would black out a statement in a report to keep the AUSA in the dark about an exculpatory statement because the Brady rule requires the government to turn over all exculpatory evidence in its possession, custody, or control and the Supreme Court has interpreted this requirement to include all of its agents, regardless of whether the AUSA knows of its existence.
Since the witness is still on the stand, the defense can cross-examine him about it, however, I believe the government unexpectedly sent the contractor who did the work back to Alaska without putting him on the stand. Did the government decide not to call him because he would hurt its case by testifying in a manner that is consistent with the blacked-out statement?
Judges rarely dismiss cases mid-trial because errors like this usually can be corrected by granting a short continuance. I’m not expecting a dismissal at this point, but I do believe the trial might veer off into a mini-trial for awhile, probably out of the presence of the jury, to find out the answers to the questions that I posed above because an effort to hide exculpatory evidence usually is motivated by fear that the case is too weak to convince a jury. Defense counsel is going to want to investigate and find out everything that constitutes the basis of that fear.
I would expect an evidentiary hearing may be in the offing; we will know shortly. Court reconvenes in seven minutes. It is not just this witness (Bill Allen), however, the defense may be able to show the entire defense case to date has been materially damaged. If the judge buys that, the only two options are mistrial or dismissal.
Can he really dismiss when there’s pretty good evidence? Mistrial I could understand.
Sure it is a clearly available and recognized remedy for prosecutorial misconduct regarding exculpatory evidence.
In that case, I’m back to Mukasey Mole in the prosecutor’s office.
Styve says:
Is there a motion that could be presented/made to reveal communications between the DOJ, the AUSA and the Defense counsel, because this sounds like the prosecutors are intentionally throwing the case?
This has been intentional by someone (why would you black out the info on willingness to pay if billed if not intentionally) and really it is just a question of was it a reverse fake to help out Stevens or someone running the show horribly, horribly badly.
I’m not really that sure that it matters which. Morris can blow smoke all she wants – that is NOT how a fair trial is run. Of course, working for the DOJ, I can see why no one there has any working recollection of how a fair trial works.
dude says:
This is lawyering by the Department of Just Us. I agree with those who believe this was an “intentional screw-up”. And 6 months from now, I want to know where each of the prosecution lawyers are working and what their salaries are.
OT – FBI bars participation by two agents in NOVA documentary.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/sp…..telli.html
They were willing to go on camera and discuss their knowledge of CIA actions in deliberately withholding intelligence prior to 9/11 – knowledge related to their work in the CIA run Counterterrorist Center. Some of that story has already been told through other source’s, including Wright’s, The Looming Towers .
But there was a little something else they wanted to mention as well. Pressure put on them to lie about it all when the Inspector General investigation took place.
“There was pressure on people not to disclose what really happened,” said sources close to the IG investigation.
Rossini, in particular, is said to have felt threatened that the CIA would have him prosecuted for violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act if he told the IG investigators what really happened inside the CTC.
CIA officials were in the room when he and Miller, as well as a sympathetic CIA officer, were questioned.
…the FBI agents suddenly couldn’t remember details about who said what, or who reported what, to whom, about the presence of two al Qaeda agents in the U.S. prior to the 9/11 attacks,
The agents did later manage to get the real story told in an internal FBI investigation:
the agents provided the bureau with unadulterated versions of their CTC experiences, including orders they were given by the center’s then-Deputy Director, Tom Wilshire, to withhold intelligence about the movement of al Qaeda operatives into the country from the FBI.
Still, the FBI would just as soon they not make it to NOVA and chit chat to a more national audience.
LabDancer says:
I don’t want to point to anything written here by folks who can honestly say IANAL, but the lead prosecutor’s background, as well as what she is reported to have said in the direction of the defendant Stevens, is at the very least ambivalent, and [not being there to see and hear is very limiting] actually suggests she is perfectly aware of what has gone on here.
I’m guessing […], but it strikes me there is more than one way to say what she has been reported as saying EG another would be: Well, it’s pretty clear Senator STEVENS at least has been able to get a “fair” trial; I only wish the same could be said for the GOVERNMENT! Or a worse EG: It’s clear the DEFENDANT’S right to a “fair hearing” isn’t being abrogated here; but I’m getting the sense that he’s not the one on trial here: I am!
This next part might seem way OTT, but I’ve actually had it happen, and more than once: where someone on the opposing side determines to play fast and loose with evidence [and in this context, I would include evidence as to what was disclosed, or even the form in which the disclosure was made]. This possibility would be in addition to what bmaz referred to, quite properly, being that it’s far from unusual that the physical steps involved in providing disclosure, or some of them, are left to juniors, or even clerical workers.
Let’s assume the prosecutor determines to have some disclosure hand-delivered by courier, so as to secure a receipt. She, or he, typically would review the disclosure to be enclosed with the delivery, and dictate a cover letter that refers to the enclosures [We saw several such letters in the trial of Libby; again, they are more the rule than the exception.] Then when the letter is ready for signature, the prosecutor [typically] would sign it and leave on the desk of her or his secretary [or clerk ON THAT CASE, which often happens with prosecutors just in town for the conduct of the trial], or in the appropriate office worker’s “out” basket for deliveries – and, at least in my own experience, with no particular regard to whether the package is sealed before being put there.
Now in that scenario there is lots of room for mischief before the package gets in the hands of the firm where the defendant’s trial lawyer is working. If that were to happen, very often a defending lawyer will write or call back on the subject of the redaction, based simply on there being no mention of it in the cover letter. Of course, if defending counsel were to see the redaction and note the lack of any mention of it in the cover letter, the defending counsel might well consider keeping his [or her] yap shut; it’s borderline, and usually all it gets is a recesss, and as often as a given judge may be as least as hard on defending counsel for trying to take advantage, so there’s risks involved.
Moreover, so long as defending counsel is aware of the inability of the prosecutor to gainsay the possibility of the redaction having occurred in the prosecutor’s office, I can’t see what would forestall the accusation even where unfounded.
And it may not even be known to defending counsel to be “unfounded”.
On one prosecution I was on a goodly number of years back, during a break court security caught one of the defendants attempting to pass a powerful magnet over the reel-to-reel tapes used to memorialize some wiretapped calls critical to the government’s case, on some notion of his counsel trapping the custodian with not being able to verify the accuracy of the transcription [Sounds stupid, but lots of serious criminals are familiar with the general idea but not the nuances of things like chain of custody and forensic analysis; and quite frankly there are judges who are not much if any further ahead of them]. Now, you might think the mastermind kept his cock-eyed scheme to himself and would never have shared it with- or cooked it up with- his very experienced lawyer; and indeed that’s what I assumed for almost a decade after- until the lawyer and his by-then ‘paroled’ client, who was at that point said to be ‘associated’ with the lawyer in what looked a lot like a private investigator capacity [without any licence] were jointly indicted, and later convicted, on an elaborate scheme best described in the terms of the indictment: assault, kidnapping, extortion, fraud, all while possessing and using stolen handguns; and at the subsequent disbarment proceedings, which were actually the subject of a trial [!}, there was evidence led of the two of them having falsified or participated in the falsification of evidence in a number of cases over the ensuring years. [At various times over the last two decades, at least, the Boswash corridor has been [sorry] awash with such associations; indeed, the Hartford prosecutor on the CIA tapes case made his bones on some of the nastier ones.
So: an awful lot of things are possible here; and I’m not inclined to foreclose any of them.
This judge has had repetitive disclosure issues with these prosecutors on this case, not to mention an issue with them shipping a witness under subpoena, by both the government and the defense, back to alaska without notifying the defense OR the court. Judge is not a real happy camper, and the totality of bad circumstances occasioned by the government is starting to look pretty bad.
(So… this 10:19am PDT post is back to top-of-page at FDL at 3:20pm….?)
dakine01 says:
It went up at emptywheel @ 10:19 FDL time (aka PDT) then was cross-posted over to the front page at the Mothership @ 3:20.
This is a true partnership across the board.
BREAKING NEWS from Reuters:
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request by Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska to dismiss the charges or declare a mistrial.
U.S. Justice Department prosecutors admitted a serious mistake had been made, but had urged the judge to allow the trial to go forward. They said the oversight was not serious enough to warrant dismissing the case or ordering a new trial.
The judge sided with the prosecutors in rejecting the defense request, but said he had lost confidence in the ability of the prosecutors to turn over helpful evidence to the defense.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said he would adjourn the trial until Monday to give defense lawyers time to review new information that he ordered the prosecutors to turn over.
Ishh says:
Thanks for staying on top of this, bmaz.
Sucky decision. Glad Toobz is still in the dock, but every now and then, judges ought to actually enforce remedies on blatant due process violations. My guess is it will be renewed with a better fleshed out argument at the close of the government’s case in chief.
Better than a dismissal though, right? The essence being that the violation doesn’t preclude Toobz getting a fair trial?
I would actually have rather it been dismissed. When the prosecutors never face consequences for their misdeed, they keep committing more and bigger ones. This is the most dishonest and unethical DOJ in history, and they never are held accountable. It is shameful, they deserve tough sanctions of some kind; but they apparently received none whatsoever. Total BS.
bmaz, do you lend any credence to the theory that this was intentional, for the express purpose of having the case dismissed?
Credence; yes. Proof as of yet, no. Even the judge stated that, at best, it was grossly reckless conduct and unbelievable. The question is knowing who and where the intentional conduct resides. It may not be the lead prosecutor, although she is responsible for her team just like a ship’s captain. But this isn’t the only shaky thing, it is repetitive conduct in this case. There should have been some sanctions; fines, dismissal of a couple of counts most affected by this evidence, disallowance of Allen as a witness for the prosecution – something. To just let them skate is unconscionable.
hans van spasky begs to differ:
Spakovsky claims that the Justice Department under Obama would be “partisan and politically-biased”.
do these jackwads have their capacity for shame surgically removed?
Petrocelli says:
Yes !
… this has been another instance of simple answers …
Whew. Though given the Alaska climate at the moment w/r/t outside fuckery, I would have been pretty surprised by a dismissal.
Trial is in DC
wow. no mention of sanctions either
bobschacht says:
So, will someone ’splain this to me, please? After all, IANAL.
So no mistrial.
The Bush DOJ is attempting (half-heartedly?) to prosecute an incumbent Republican senator at a time when Democratic control of the Senate is razor-thin.
What would we expect this Bush DOJ to do in such a case?
Bob in HI
Cheat.
Twain says:
Gonzo could have fixed it for the Bushies. Too bad. s/
anonosassin says:
This was a deliberate sabotage of a case the Justice Dept never wanted to bring in the first place. You’d have to be a moron to doubt that. Every first year law student knows about Brady material. In a case so high-profile, a mistake of this nture would never be made by accident. If the judge orders a mistrial with prejudice, the corrupt Justice Dept gets exactly what it wants, another crony getting off the hook. A dismissal without prejudice to re-file would be the more appropriate response to a deliberate proscutorial sabotage of this nature. The issue is, where would be the resulting prejudice to Stevens ability to defend himself in the second trial? I really don’t see any in practical terms. Theses Bush people should all be killed, after torture IMHO.
Well, I just may be a moron. Just because there was an intentional Brady violation does not mean sabotage; in fact the implication would almost always be they were trying to hide weakness in their case so they could win and convict, not sabotage. I think your statement is a might ill taken in that regard, although I share your frustration and agree that this occurred with knowledge of at least some, if not all, of the prosecution team.
Double jeopardy attaches after the jury is sworn in a jury trial and that means Stevens has a right to have this jury decide his case. If the judge were to declare a mistrial based on deliberate prosecutorial misconduct to abort a trial going badly for the government, the Double Jeopardy Clause would bar a retrial. If I were representing Stevens, I would spend most of the weekend putting together as much evidence as I could find to make the requisite showing. Failing that, I’d put the government on trial.
Well, I dunno. If the defense moves for, or does not object to, the mistrial, double jeopardy does not preclude retrial. And Brendan Sullivan moved in the alternative for dismissal and, if not dismissal, mistrial; so unlikely that retrial would be precluded. Dismissal would be finite though. And I agree about putting the government on trial, in conjunction with strong not guilty/lack of mental state.
More precisely: Auto-sabotage.
newspaperbrat says:
NYT (online) just reported Judge Sullivan will continue the trial. phew….
My 61 was intended as a reply to my own 57, and coincidentally crossed with 60.
Thanks bmaz for the venue correction.
(Sorry for all the comments, I drank a mocha.)
urizon says:
Wow. You don’t think the prosecution would commit deliberate malfeasance, do you? Not with the ranking member of the senate GOP with his ass on the line, and an idiot daughter of the same state poised to (perhaps) be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Nah. Nothing like that could ever happen, not with the current Justice Department — an agency which of late has done nothing but demonstrate the highest of ethical standards.
New York Times (online) just reported Judge Sullivan has continued the trial – prosecutor critical of the blunder AND the trial goes forward.
Should have read prosecutor apologized for her blunder and good Judge Sullivan continues the trial via online NYT report. Phew!
That’s nice she’s sorry. They always are. Unethical pricks. There should have been sanctions. To me, it is not a “phew”. This is outrageous. The concept and health of justice and due process is far more important than this one man and one case.
pdaly says:
I’m in agreement with those above whom suspect that the (accidental?!) withholding of exculpatory info was an attempt at throwing this trial.
I’m reminded of the bizarre actions of TSA lawyer Martin in the 2006 Moussaoui trial when Martin was caught coaching federal witnesses, ostensibly to achieve a Moussaoui conviction. Her actions forced Judge Brinkma to suppress airlines’ travellers data from public view. How convenient for the government and airlines, considering many 9/11 families were almost allowed possession of those thousands of interviews with which to pursue their civil cases. Since the federal witnesses were potentially tainted, their information was kept out of the public domain.
Martin’s actions were publically repudiated and rightly so at the time, but maybe she did her job well; afterall, here’s some detail of her prior work experience per the LA Times:
“In this sea of government attorneys and agents who have assiduously played by the rules, Ms. Martin stands as the lone miscreant,” the prosecutors wrote.
Martin, 51, a onetime airline attendant who found a second career as a lawyer, had worked for the FAA since the early 1990s. Her first big case was the Lockerbie trial, in which the families of the victims in the Libyan terrorist explosion aboard Pan Am Flight 103 sued the airline for negligence.
Her job then was to protect government secrets – information about airline security – from entering the trial’s public record. By all accounts, she did her job zealously.
“Her role was to make sure names, dates and places that would be dangerous if publicized were kept out of view,” said James P. Kreindler, a New York lawyer who represented families in the case. “For 13 weeks, she was in the courtroom every day. Every so often she would ask the judge to please clear the courtroom.”
Moving from the FAA to the newly formed Transportation Security Administration, Martin did civil work and had little or no trial experience, former colleagues said.
“She spent over a decade fiercely protecting from disclosure sensitive security information,” said one former co-worker who spoke on condition of anonymity because, he said, he did not want to publicly criticize Martin. “That’s her niche, to represent her agency, to shield their classified information. She served the niche well, but often at the expense of collegiality and professionalism.”
In the Moussaoui case, Kreindler said, Martin’s role “was as a traffic cop scheduling appearances. She’s not a trial lawyer,” he said. “Her role was to get people there at the right time.”
Or then again, perhaps, maybe, quite (im)possibly ‘mistakes were made’
In response to bmaz #64:
I don’t think you’re a moron, I think you are being a defense atty, and I would ordinarily agree with you about remedy enforcement. And, as I recall from long ago, a Brady violation normally calls for dismissal. But that case law assumes an honest prosecutorial team, not the blatantly politicized monster the Justice Dept. has become under Bush. In this circumstance, I would rely on the judge’s duty to act justly. As is, I think there will be an appeal anyway. Justice can only lose when the game is fixed. I wish I never became a lawyer.
They never get hit. Never. No wonder they keep pulling crap. It just slays me.
That’s what I mean. In some ways, it would be less painful to be ignorant of the way things are SUPPOSED to work.
I wish I never became a lawyer.
That’s my “wow” comment of the day.
It seems to be that in some sense, to be a lawyer is to become an instrument of one power or another. Notwithstanding the right of every party to an effective advocate. It must be an awful responsibility to have to choose “which side are you on?”
Ha ha; trust me there are a lot of reasons that factor into a statement like that, but i very much know the feeling.
You’re right that lawyers should wield a lot of power, the power of the law. As a self-confessed cockeyed idealist, I always wanted to wield my power on behalf of little guys who had been abused by big guys. But the system is so broken from top to bottom, and the lying and rule-breaking so pervasive and blatant, that I quit after a few years and became a market trader. On the premise that at least in the market, accuracy and rationality would always prevail. Now that the govt has decided to pollute market theory as well, I am giving serious consideration to refining my personal ambition to being able to catch one fish per day in Belize (only half-joking). But a friend advises me that there may not be any fish left there. Becoming a revolutionary would be appealing, but I’m pretty old and feeble now. Suggestions?
Actually I do have a practical suggestion for you. Pick a relatively clean industry that you know something about, and get involved in its technical standards development bodies. Bit political sometimes, but at least it’s rule-based, and about as clean as things ever get in the real world. Works for me, at least mostly.
Alternatively, get involved in the non-profit world at the board or organizational development level.
Thanks for the suggestions, but I don’t think I’m ready to completely give up on the idea of the fish. I think I’ve dealt with enough detail for one lifetime.
My suggestion is you take me with you.
Crikey, I don’t care who I represent, good or bad guys; what i care about is that there is sufficient fundamental fairness and due process that something resembling the appropriate thing results. That is fairly rare these days.
We are together on that, but fairness and due process seem to have become extinct. Leaving me feeling either like a chump, or like killing somebody (or many somebodies). Hypothetically speaking, of course. Cuz I’m not a complete idealist lol.
If I take you with me, we’ll need two fish per day. You know anything about fishing?
Can’t catch a dead fish with a huge net. Totally worthless. But I love Belize…
That’s too bad. I’m not too proud to eat a dead fish lol.
The way our adversarial system of justice works, lawyers work as hired guns– for one side or the other. And you don’t get to choose which side, except by refusing to take a case.
Congress is theoretically a different matter: If you’re a lawyer for a Congressional committee, your job is to discover truth so that Congress can write appropriate laws. But even there, the adversarial system inserts itself, because chances are there will be party loyalties involved. Of course, Congress critters are supposed to “rise above” partisan influence, but don’t tell that to Karl Rove.
Of course, once upon a time, in a land that now seems far away, there was a national department of justice that was supposed to serve the interest of the people– the common good. But that seems like such an Old School idea, now, doesn’t it?
MarkH says:
The judge should seek to review the prosecution’s notes, e-mails, etc. It’s pretty clear they wouldn’t have done this if there wasn’t authorization and there’s likely records of that. Just like the USA firings and all the other corruption, it’s in their internal e-mails and other records.
The prosecution should offer to let them look at anything and everything. If they truly made a mistake and want the judge to know that, then they should say ‘look at everything. look at all the records. review to your heart’s content.’
One caveat: don’t think they’ll let you see everything. You can dig forever and not get to the bottom. That’s the way they work.
If it were me I’d say look at my elementary school records, my college transcript, my CIA file, my FBI file, my dental records, my medical records, etc. As the Sting song goes, you can read my CV and you still won’t know me.
But, at least the judge should peek.
Bluetoe2 says:
Really, who is surprised that a U.S. Attorney for Karl Rove’s Justice Department would throw one for the team?
56 – I agree. And the kinds of sanctions handed out should be the kind that, whether it was sloppy/incompetent/sleazy or intentional to give the defense the out, the lawyers involved should pay heavily enough that they won’t really feel like engaging in either approach in the future.
From Carol Leonig at WaPo:
“Although the court is persuaded there is a…violation, the court is not persuaded that dismissal of the indictment or mistrial is the appropriate remedy,” said U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. But he added that the government’s actions had broken his trust in the prosecutors. and he ordered them to give Stevens’ lawyers copies of all witness interviews.
“The court has no confidence in the government’s ability” to meet its obligations to ensure a fair trial,” he said.
“I want an answer,” the judge told lead prosecutor Brenda Morris. “How does the court have any confidence that the public integrity section has any integrity?”
No evidence of any sanctions whatsoever. This is a good article though, worth reading if you are interested.
If there is deliberate Prosecutorial misconduct, then I should imagine the Judge would not look kindly upon it. Even if the trial goes forward, this is not a ’slap-on-the-wrist’ situation, there should at least be a visit to the cloakroom …
What will Judge Sullivan do? I should think Professor Morris might have ‘looked into’ the situation before asserting that Steven’s was getting a ‘fair’ trial.
Prosecutorial malfeasance OUGHT to be one of the most heavily ‘punished’ destructive behaviors in the courtroom.
And, if such malfeasamce was orchestrated or ‘encouraged’ from ‘outside’ the Prosecution ‘team’, then there needs to be a follow up to establish such fact and pursue, very seriously, those involved.
I am not holding my breath in anticipation.
The law is being made mock of and the legal community had best decide just how much Bull Shit they are willing to tolerate, explain that to the rest of us, (and themselves) and acknowledge that the ‘rule of law’ is, at best, a sometime thing, and further, that the quality of ‘justice’ that most people receive is directly proportional to the size of their wallet and how well they are liked by those in power.
Is there an attorney in this country, anywhere, who ‘believes’ they can dispute the reality of these assertions? Bring ‘em on.
Like all things the LAW is a ‘work in progress(?)’ and subject to the visititudes of fate. At present, however,it runs the very real possibilty of becoming a joke.
I do NOT say that happily, but with great despair, I do not say that cynically, but because. I. care.
In a democracy, when it is under severe and deadly threat, should not lawyers be among the first in the streets? I can think of a somewhat recent example in another country, far more brutal and unstable than our own, where the lawyers actually stood (at some considerable risk to themselves, one might imagine) against tyranny AND for ‘the rule of law’.
earlofhuntingdon says:
No one would accuse the Ashcroft-Gonzales-Mukasey DOJ of taking a dive, would they? Not to protect a senior Senator with a pile of Metro DC, Capitol Hill dirt collected over thirty years. Never happen. Nope. We’ve trained our US Attorneys too well, protected them from political interference so that they can enforce the law without fear or favor.
Democritus on A Feud for Fun and Profit
bmaz@bmazWill any Republicans stand up against Trump's latest bigotry? motherjones.com/kevin-drum/201… via @MotherJones2 hours ago15 July 2019
LBJ Strikes Again Michi-Gone
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‘Wenger sorted his contract and forgot about everyone else!’ – Merson slams ‘stupidity’ of Ramsey …
The former Gunners star is baffled as to how another top talent at Emirates Stadium has been allowed to run his deal down towards free agency
Arsenal’s “stupidity” in allowing Aaron Ramsey’s contract to expire has been slammed by Paul Merson, with the former Gunners star suggesting that Arsene Wenger neglected all deals apart from his own.
Having previously seen Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere run their respective terms down, those at Emirates Stadium find themselves facing more uncomfortable questions regarding an apparent lack of planning.
Ramsey is destined to depart the club this summer, with leading sides from across Europe – headed by Serie A champions Juventus – scrambling frantically to position themselves at the front of the queue for a much sought-after signature.
Merson is baffled as to why Arsenal have not worked as hard to get an extension put in place, with the failings of a former boss being exposed as well as those supposedly in charge of building for the future and assembling a competitive squad.
The former Gunners star told Sky Sports: “It’s stupidity from Arsenal to allow someone of Ramsey’s quality to let their contract run down.
“It’s yet another player after Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott. Players’ contracts come to an end then they all leave on frees.
“In footballing terms, it’s criminal. It’s like buying an £80m house, waiting for the leasehold to run out and losing the house.
“Arsene Wenger sorted out his contract every year but seemed to forget everyone else’s!
“I wouldn’t mind if all these players were 35 years of age or older, but they are in the prime of their careers when they are playing their best football ever.”
Merson fears that Arsenal will now struggle to fill another self-inflicted void in their squad, with Unai Emery having already admitted that he has no money to spend in January and will be forced into the loan market – with Goal revealing that Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez is a top target.
“Arsenal had a player in Ramsey that was proven,” added Merson.
“Now they’ve got to go and get someone that probably hasn’t played in the Premier League and will need time to adjust. It’s poor.
“Arsenal can replace him but it’s going to cost £40m-£50m. That’s where the stupidity comes into it.
“Sanchez went for nothing and when Mesut Ozil’s contract ran down they have had to pay him an absolute fortune to keep him. It’s ridiculous.”
Merson went on to say when asked if a Wales international can be a success at Juventus: “Ramsey can succeed in Italy, he’s a good player. He’s a midfield player that scores goals, he’s got experience.
“You’ve only got to look at Callum Hudson-Odoi potentially going for £35m, while Ramsey is going for free. One has potential, the other is absolutely proven.”
Tags: A. Ramsey, Arsenal, Premier League
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McDonald’s 2014 CSR report review: It’s not easy being good
By April Streeter on Nov 19, 2015
McDonald’s 2014 CSR report, entitled “Good Business” shows just how hard it is to be ‘good’
In McDonald’s latest CSR report, called Good Business, the company says it is taking bigger, bolder steps with its franchisees, suppliers, and employees to bring about lasting change. Its first bold steps however, have to deal with the company’s economic picture: domestic sales have continued to fall for over a year; global sales are also down.
Of course, McDonald’s is so huge and internationally pervasive that it seems too big to fail: in spite of the downturn the company still made US$4.8 billion in profit on revenue of $27.4 billion. Bad economic performance can put a pall on sustainability efforts, and McDonald’s seems to be experiencing a bit of a slump.
The Good Business report generally outlines the progress during 2014 on goals for 2020 (outlined in the company’s Sustainability Framework). Those goals include serving 100% more fruits and vegetables in its top nine markets, compared to 2012 baselines; supporting production of ‘sustainable beef’ and beginning purchase by 2016; having 100% of coffee, palm oil, and fish verified as ‘supporting sustainable production’; increasing energy efficiency 20% in the top nine markets; getting in-restaurant recycling to 50%; and getting 100% of fibre-based packaging from recycled sources.
So how is the fast food giant doing? It’s a mixed bag, to be sure. In 2014 McDonald’s said that 30% more fruit, vegetables, low-fat dairy and whole grains were served compared to 2012. McDonald’s added clementines and melon slices to Happy Meals and changed to whole-wheat English muffins. Yet there aren’t any benchmark numbers given in the report of how many fruits or vegetables were previously part of the McDonald’s menu. Nor are there any interim goals mentioned in the report toward fulfilling the 100% goal in the next five years.
McDonald’s has achieved 23% of fibre-based packaging being certified or recyclable of the end of 2014. That’s more than double the 9.3% figure of 2012. Regarding the recycling goal in restaurants, however, McDonald’s reported that it doesn’t have sufficient ‘global waste data’ to detail its progress.
Progress on its eco-efficiency goals was negative. There was a 6% decrease in the energy efficiency per customer between 2013 and 2014, due in part, McDonald’s said, to fewer customer visits. McDonald’s reported a corresponding increase in Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse gas emissions of 5.9% between 2013 and 2014. LED lighting is a bright spot: the company has saved $11 million in energy costs with LED lighting and by the end of this year all new UK McDonald’s will be lit only with LEDs.
On to the beef
If there is one announcement in the CSR realm that has garnered McDonald’s an endless stream of good press it is the pledge that the company would start buying ‘sustainable beef’ by 2016. In this 2014 report the company reported its biggest achievement was that 96% of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB - a group of which McDonald’s is a member) agreed on the final criteria for what sustainable beef actually is. McDonald’s has also begun its pilot programme in Canada to figure out how to measure, verify, and communicate the sustainability of beef production. That sounds vague, and eco-activists insist that what GRSB has come up with is vague. No reductions in the routine use of antibiotics in beef production are targeted, for example.
But in just over a decade, starting in 2001, McDonald’s was able to assure that all of the white fish that the company now buys to create its Filet-o-fish is from verified sustainable sources – verified by the Marine Stewardship Council. Beef is a much bigger part of the company’s supply chain, so it would seem wise to give McDonald’s a bit of time to carry out its aims. In addition, McDonald’s deserves credit for taking on the goal – none of the other giant hamburger chains have joined in the sustainable beef journey.
Still, it would be great if this global fast food chain would put a little more beef into its sustainable beef goals, and by extension its CSR targets and reporting.
Follows GRI? Uses ‘select indicators’ from GRI 3.1
Assurance? Not indicated.
Materiality analysis? No.
Goals? Yes.
Targets? Not interim targets.
Seeks feedback? Yes – email address to a real person supplied.
Key strength: Digestible format in this short, 41-page report.
Chief weakness: Lack of substance.
Pleasant surprise: LED lighting has saved the company $11 million since 2012 in energy costs.
Level of integration: (1 to 5): 1
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Kasperi Kapanen, Son of Sami, Dangles
Sami Kapanen's son, Kasperi, is slated to be a top pick in this year's NHL Draft and rightfully so with moves like this. That's the 17-year-old Finn backchecking from deep in the offensive zone to throw a big hit at his blueline before picking up the puck and making some magic happen. Kapanen scoops up the puck in his own zone and crosses centre on a 1-on-3 in which he promptly splits two d-men at the blueline with speed and quick hands. What happens next is a Dirty Dangle of the Year candidate as he puts his stick and the puck between his legs to bury it past the goalie while that 3rd defenceman attempts a stick check. Why the bench clear and gloves toss? This was the bronze medal game of the Finland's U-18 league and he had the balls to do that. The team must have celebrated in true Finnish fashion as we have no idea what the team was thinking by uploading this amazing goal in this perspective.
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Lack of News
6/29/2009 09:02:00 PM John Dissauer 3 comments
The beat of local, national, and international has been beating fast a furious over the last couple of weeks.
One thing I have noticed from all of the news is sometimes the lack of news from international stories. For example, have you heard much about the coup in Honduras? Probably not.
I have a couple of theories as to why there hasn't been much covered with this story.
The 3 Deaths (they always come in three's).
The Michael Jackson story has equaled HUGE ratings for television networks. As it should in my opinion. It is a huge story and a huge loss that has a global reach.
The coup in Honduras story also occurred over a weekend. Have you seen network tv/ 24/7 "news" networks on the weekends? It is all re-runs and talking heads. Very little new "news" is being shown. I am sure this is primarily due to the economy. It is expensive to keep producers, reporters, photographers, anchors, production technicians, and engineers working over the weekend. Especially when they can just throw on a re-run of the life of prisoners in "Lockup".
I think the biggest reason for the lack of news is the cut-back by the US news networks of the international bureaus. For over a decade the networks have been taking people out of their foreign offices. Some even closing them. Now you might have one producer, a reporter, and a photographer covering an entire continent. That makes it hard to jump on stories when they happen.
Do I think this is a good thing? Absolutely not. International news is important, especially in a global community.
Do I see this changing? Not anytime soon. Networks are in the business of making money. Staffing foreign offices with 10-15 people and paying for the office space is not cheap.
I would enjoy hearing your thoughts. Do you want to see international news? Do you think it is important?
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #432
The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #432 for parts of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, northeast Arkansas, northwest Tennessee, and southwest Indiana. The watch is in effect until 5:00pm CT.
The main threat will be damaging winds from the line of storms.
6/16/2009 12:55:00 AM John Dissauer 1 comment
The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #430 for parts of eastern Missouri (including southeast Missouri) and southwestern Illinois. The watch is in effect until 6:00am CT Tuesday.
A large complex of storms is moving east across the state of Missouri. You can see in the above image that the entire line is already starting to bow. The main threat from the line that is moving east will be damaging winds.
I think the storms will start to move in the the "Heartland Counties" around 3:00am'ish.
Storms are expected to move east at 45mph.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch #419. The watch is in effect until 6:00pm CT Monday.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means that conditions are favorable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, damaging wind, and dangerous lightning.
Storms that develop are expected to move slight south of east at 28 mph.
Back to the 90's?
After we get past the near daily chance for thunderstorms (some severe), the rain should taper off and the heat will get turned up.
Forecast models have been advertising an upper-level high developing over the southern US. This high will allow for compression in the atmosphere causing temperatures to rise. Take a look at the 12z GMT (7am CT) weather service Global Forecast model's depiction of temperatures over the next week.
The red line indicates the surface temperature. The green line indicates the dew point temperature. The green columns are accumulated rainfall amounts.
Note the temperatures climbing in to the low 90's by mid-week. I think the models may be slightly underestimating the heat coming in. I wouldn't be surprised to see some mid 90°'s (94°) by Thursday or Friday.
When you combine the surface temperature with the dew point, the heat index will be in the upper 90°'s.
I'm really not a fan of these temperatures...
10am Storm Update
6/12/2009 10:48:00 AM John Dissauer 2 comments
This will be brief as I have some errands I need to take care of today. The Storm Prediction Center has parts of southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas, and northwest Tennessee are under a "Slight Risk" for today. Below is a look at the 7am Day 1 Outlook. The outlook covers now through 7am Saturday.
The look of the Day 1 Outlook is expected to change when they update it at 11:30am CT. SPC has already said they will be upgrading most of Arkansas to a "Moderate Risk". Where exactly the lines will lay is to hard to tell. I suggest checking back on the Storm Prediction Center's website for the latest information.
The threat of thunderstorms continue after today. Below are the Day 2 and Day 3 outlooks.
Day 2 Outlook 7am Saturday - 7am Sunday
Day 3 Outlook 7am Sunday - 7am Monday
Fun... Fun... Fun...
The Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watch #369 for parts of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. The watch is in effect until 3am CT Thursday.
A Tornado Watch means that conditions are favorable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail, damaging wind, and dangerous lightning.
Storms are expected to move slightly north of east at 45mph. Storms could produce tornadoes, hail 1.5 inches in diameter, and wind gusts over 60mph.
Unfortunately, the storms will be moving through after sunset so I won't be chasing. I don't like to chase at night. I've done it before, just don't like to do it. Especially around here where there are lots of trees and hills to obscure the view.
As mentioned earlier, tonight is a night to turn on your NOAA Weather Radio before you going to bed. Warnings could be issued during the overnight while you are asleep. Turn up the alarm on your weather radio so it will wake you up.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watch #367. The Tornado Watch is in effect until 1:00am CT Thursday morning.
All of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, northwest Tennessee, and northeast Arkansas remains under a "Slight Risk" of severe weather from SPC's Day 1 Outlook.
I think it is probably a good bet that we will see more watches issued for parts of the area later tonight (or overnight).
It will be a good night to turn on your NOAA Weather Radio before you go to bed.
9am Weather Update
We have continued chances for thunderstorms today and Wednesday. Here is a look at the updated Day 1 and Day 2 outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center.
Day 1 Outlook 7am Tuesday - 7am Wednesday
It appears that today's biggest threat will be large hail. However, damaging winds and a tornado or two are possible. Most of the "big" activity will be out over southeast Kansas.
Day 2 Outlook 7am Wednesday - 7am Thursday
The biggest threat for Wednesday will be damaging wind.
No chasing for me today. I will be handling weather duties this afternoon and for Heartland News at 5pm and Heartland News at 6pm.
Unsettled Week Ahead
It appears that we could have an active week in the weather department.
We are going to have several front try to push through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and northwest Tennessee. But as usual, the fronts won't push all the way through the area. Instead, they will stall out over the area and act as a boundary to fire up storms. Then the stalled front will lift north in advance of another front.
This will allow for nearly daily chances of severe thunderstorms. Take a look at the outlooks over the next couple of days by the Storm Prediction Center.
Day 1 Outlook - 7am Monday through 7am Tuesday
Day 2 Outlook - 7am Tuesday through 7am Wednesday
Day 3 Outlook - 7am Wednesday through 7am Thursday
Generally speaking, the main threat from storms over the next couple of days will be large hail.
Severe Storms Monday
The Storm Prediction Center has included all of southeast Missouri, northern Arkansas, most of Illinois, and most of Indiana in a "Slight Risk" for severe weather 7am Monday through 7am Tuesday.
SPC is looking for individual storms to begin firing up by mid-afternoon and eventually the storms to become more linear (or a line) and move southeast by late Monday night.
The main threat is damaging wind and large hail, but a couple isolated tornadoes can't be ruled out in the individual/discreet storms.
If I can get the boss to buy in to it, I might go out chasing Monday. It isn't a great chase day, but it would be nice to get a few storms under our belts. Plus, I have got some new technology put together that will allow you to see exactly where I am located while I am driving.
Once again, sorry about the lack of posts lately. Between being on vacation, work pulling in a few different directions, Twitter, and relatively quiet weather I haven't had much of a chance to update things on "New at Dis Hour."
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LA Food Bowl 8:00 am
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LA Food Bowl -The citywide festival features hundreds of events across Los Angeles with a mix of local favorites and world-renowned chefs. Spanning 31 days of food, Food Bowl encompasses a mix of dinners, parties, tours, pop-ups, classes and our 5-day Night Market in Grand Park.
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Great films deserve great locations, and our venues are set alongside some of the most iconic city backdrops around the world. With panoramic views and stunning sunsets, movies have never looked so great.
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Outdoor cinema is about embracing the world around us, but that doesn’t mean it has to be uncomfortable. Which is why we use comfy deckchairs, with adjustable seat heights and plenty of leg room, meaning you can lean back and breathe in those city views under the stars. For those opting for the Rooftop Love Seats this summer, these are built at a seating width of 33”, enough room for two people to snuggle on the rooftop.
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We’ve got a diverse group of LGBTQ+ and allied performers taking the stage at the 2019 LA Pride Festival in West Hollywood, presented by Verizon. GRAMMY® Award-winning global superstar Meghan Trainor and British electronic pop trio Years & Years will headline this year’s festival on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 — joined by GRAMMY® Award winner Ashanti, plusAmara La Negra, Dej Loaf, Greyson Chance, MNEK, Pabllo Vittar, Ah-Mer-Ah-Su, and more!
Regardless of genre, this year’s performers — a collaboration with Club Papi and BASH LA — will come together on the Festival’s two main stages to embrace this year’s theme, #JUSTUNITE.
For the first time, LA Pride and the City of West Hollywood are teaming up to host the first-ever“Pride on the Boulevard,” a free block party of entertainment, vendors, exhibitors, non-profit organizations, rides and attractions, beer gardens, and more along Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood (between Robertson and Hancock). This free-to-the-public event will take place on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 from 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
Even more, we’ve created a new Friday night program on June 7 in West Hollywood Park as the official kick-off to LA Pride Weekend 2019. This free-to-the-public evening will feature:
An official Opening Ceremony presented by Johnson & Johnson, including presentations by leaders advocates for LA’s LGBTQ+ community
Non-stop entertainment: a Weho Vogue Ball & Drag Show, a night of dancing, music from local DJs, and special surprise guests
A 60-minute concert by the one and only Paula Abdul powered by Caesars Entertainment!
This year, to help create a better event experience, LA Pride is implementing the following changes:
Ticketing and guest services will be relocated to Santa Monica Boulevard, between Palm and Hancock Avenues, to expedite entrance into the festival grounds and reduce wait times
New and additional street closures are being added to help improve the flow
Increased and improved security teams with specialized training for the LGBTQ+ community
Improvements to ADA implementation and accessibility for all guests, with extra focus on safe access and space throughout the festival for those guests requiring additional assistance. All ADA compliance and improvements will be overseen by Accessible Festivals.
And as in years past, anyone interested in volunteering four hours of their time to helping make the celebration go off without a hitch will, in turn, receive a complimentary single-day ticket to the festival. Volunteer opportunities will be available beginning in April. Check back at lapride.org soon.
Advance Single Day (Saturday or Sunday)
Advance Full Weekend
Seniors 65+ / Disabled /
Veterans / Active Military
$15 (must be purchased at Box Office)
Kids 12 and younger
Free admission, must be accompanied by an adult
VIP Backstage Experience
Exclusive backstage access to Park Stage during the LA Pride Opening Ceremony on Friday, June 7*
Dedicated VIP entrance to expedite entry into the LA Pride Festival
Exclusive access to the LA Pride Festival VIP Backstage Experience
Exclusive backstage access to both the Park & Plaza Stages
2 complimentary SKYY Vodka cocktails (per day)
Complimentary afternoon meal (per day)
Access to the exclusive LA Pride Beer Gardens**
Access to the VIP Parade Viewing Party at the Palihouse
*Available to weekend VIP ticket purchasers only.
**Access available only on the day(s) of your ticket purchase.
VIP Single Day (Saturday or Sunday)
VIP Full Weekend
LA Pride Parade 2019 It’s time to celebrate!
The annual LA Pride Parade – telling this year’s #JUSTUNITE story – returns to Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood on Sunday, June 9th. This is one of the highlight events of LA Pride Week 2019 and definitely should not be missed. Be sure to arrive early to get a great spot along the parade route! Parking in West Hollywood is tough, so please consider using public transportation or rideshare services to get to West Hollywood. Moretransportation and street closure details can be found here.
Come create a memorable #JUSTUNITE moment as thousands from LA’s LGBTQ+ community – including our amazing straight allies – come together in the spirit of unity and togetherness. After all, that’s what Pride is all about!
We’re looking forward to seeing you all soon! Happy Pride!
Who’s Walking in the Parade?
Glad you asked! Here’s a quick snapshot of the 2019 LA Pride Parade contingents:
ABC7 & The Walt Disney Company
ACE Beverage Co
ACLU of Southern California
Airbnb & Gay Men’s Chorus
Alliance for Housing and Healing
AMAAD Institute
American Institute of Bisexuality
Angel City Derby
APAIT, a division of Special Service for Groups
APLA Health & Wellness & LA’s Two Spirit and Indigenous Contingent
Asians and Pacific Islanders for LGBTQ Equality
ASOS & GLAAD
Assemblymember Miguel SantiagoAustralian Consulate-General Los Angeles
Capitol Music Group
Cedars-Sinai
Celeb Grand Marshal: Ryan O’Connell
Channel Q Radio
Cheer Los Angeles
Chipotle Mexican Grill
City of West Hollywood
Comcast/NBC Universal
Community Grand Marshal: Phill Wilson
Congressman Adam Schiff
Consulate General of Canada in L.A.
Equity Residential
Gay Men’s Chorus
GetPrEPLA
Hollywood NOW (Hollywood Chapter of the National Organization for Women)
Hollywood United Methodist Church
Imperial Court of Los Angeles & Hollywood
60 Second Docs
Inland Empire Youth Pride
Invisible Men
InVision Church Los Angeles
JPMorgan Chase Bank
KTLA
L.O.V.E. Living Our Vision Everyday Foundation
LA Care
LA City Attorney Mike Feuer
LA City Council
LA County Library
LA County Sheriff & LA County Fire
LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl & LA Metro
LA Fire Department
LA Mayor GarcettI
LA Police Department
Latino Equality Alliance
LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Blade
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Los Angeles Public Library
Macy’s Inc.
MedMen
Men’s Health Foundation
Micky’s West Hollywood
Milk Bar
Motorcycle Contingent for Equality
OC LGBT Pride
Office of the City Controller, Ron Galperin
Pasadena Scottish Pipes & Drums
PFLAG Los Angeles
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
POSE/FX
Postmates Inc.
Raha International
RaiseAChild
Richard Ceballos for District Attorney 2020
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Disclosure of related party transactions
This bulletin provides guidance on the implementation of AASB 124 related party disclosures by local government in Queensland.
Under the Local Government Act 2009, Local Government Regulation 2012, City of Brisbane Act 2010 and the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 (the Acts) all local governments in Queensland must produce annual financial statements that comply with Australian Accounting Standards.
From 1 July 2016, the Australian Accounting Standards Board has determined that AASB 124 related party disclosures will apply to government entities, including local governments.
AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures.
AASB 2015-6 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Extending Related Party Disclosures to Not-for-Profit Public Sector.
AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, AASB 11 Joint Arrangements & AASB 128 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures.
From 2016/17, local governments (councils) must disclose related party relationships, transactions and outstanding balances, including commitments, in the annual financial statements.
Related parties are likely to include the mayor, councillors, chief executive officers (CEO), senior executives, their close family members and any entities that they control or jointly control. Any transactions between council and these parties, whether monetary or not, may need to be identified and disclosed.
This information will be audited as part of the annual external audit by Queensland Audit Office.
Councils need to start preparing for this change as soon as possible.
From 1 July 2016 each council will need to have systems to identify related parties and capture transactions with them.
What is a related party of council?
The following diagram gives an overview of common related parties that a council will have:
Appendix 1 contains more detailed information on how to identify related parties. Appendix 2 lists common related parties of councils.
Download appendices 1 to 8 ( 195 KB).
What will be disclosed?
Councils must disclose related party relationships, transactions and outstanding balances, including commitments. Appendix 3 ( 195 KB) contains examples of the format of the disclosures.
Generally, disclosure will only be made where a transaction has occurred between council and a related party of council. In addition the transaction must be material in nature or size, when considered individually or collectively.
Transactions between council and a subsidiary must be disclosed if they are individually significant. When assessing whether such transactions are significant councils could consider the following factors:
significance in terms of size
carried out on non-market terms
outside normal day-to-day council operations
subject to council approval
provide a financial benefit not available to the general public
transaction likely to influence decisions of users of financial statements.
The total remuneration paid to KMP must be disclosed.
Policy on implementation of the new standard
Councils are encouraged to develop and adopt a policy on related party disclosures. This policy can be used to guide staff in implementing the standard and will assist councils in mitigating the risk of non-compliance.
This policy is not required by the Local Government Act 2009. Whether to adopt such a policy, and its content, is completely at council discretion.
The policy could consider each of the five steps identified below, or could concentrate on one or two key areas. For example, council’s policy could simply address how, and how often, the close family members and related entities of KMP are identified and/or whether council will separately identify and collect/collate ordinary citizen transactions with related parties.
The policy could also define key terms for staff understanding such as arms-length, normal terms and conditions and ordinary citizen transactions or other types of transactions which may be trivial or domestic in nature that council will collect but are unlikely to report.
Appendix 4 ( 195 KB) contains a checklist that may be helpful to councils that choose to adopt such a policy.
Steps to comply with AASB 124
Establish a system to identify and record related parties and related party relationships.
Identify ordinary citizen transactions, depending upon council’s policy in this regard.
Establish a system to identify and record related party transactions and related party transaction terms and conditions.
Assess materiality of the related party transactions that have been captured.
Make disclosure.
Appendices 5, 6, 7 and 8 ( 195 KB) contain further detail about these steps, together with tools that may assist councils in implementing them.
Suggested timetable for implementation
Suggested steps
Timeframe for implementation
Develop and adopt policy (with audit committee endorsement) 1 January to 1 July 2016.
1–3 1 January to 1 July 2016.
4-5 When the financial statements for 2016/17 are prepared.
Councils are reminded that the information collected and disclosed in accordance with this standard will be audited. It is normal audit practice to audit not only the disclosures made but also the systems and policies implemented by council. These are audited to ensure that council has not omitted material transactions.
Council could receive a qualified audit opinion, if audit are not satisfied that council’s systems and policies capture all material transactions with related parties. In addition this issue could be mentioned in the Auditor-General’s annual report to parliament on local government entities.
Australian Accounting Standards Board
Mr Bill Gilmore
Director, Finance and Funding
Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
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Joan Collins Is Displeased With Hollywood Today
I’m not a huge fan of Joan Collins. It’s nothing she did – I actually thought she was delightful that one time she was on Roseanne – I’m just too young and too consumed with things like Justin Timberlake and margaritas to look far back enough to explore Joan Collins’ body of work. That’s not her fault. But Joan recently did a little interview with The Daily Mail in which she mostly just talked trash about Hollywood, and the lady said some home truths.
On the lack of beautiful actresses nowadays: “When I was young, everybody on screen was gorgeous. I have to say, there aren’t that many good looking actresses around today. I mean, there’s Angelina Jolie and there’s… Angelina Jolie. Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn’t call her beautiful. She’s no Ava [Gardner] or Lana [Turner].”
On Cheryl Cole: “I think that is why Cheryl Cole is so popular, because she is just so pretty and the public are starved of gorgeous people.”
On plastic surgery: “Women who turn to cosmetic procedures look ghastly. They don’t look like themselves. I quite like the way I look, I’m quite happy with the way I look and I really don’t want to change it. In front of the camera my skin probably isn’t nearly as good as it used to be. But, I mean, what the hell, everybody’s got to get older. I think there’s something rather terrifying about people who are in their 50s or 60s trying to look 30 or 40.”
I think Joan is partially right. There really aren’t any Ava Gardner or Lana Turner types in Hollywood anymore, but that age of glamour has been dead for a long time. It’s an entirely different world in Hollywood, so it’s not really fair to hold the same standards, Joan. I’m sure if Audrey Hepburn had the paps tailing her like they do with Lindsay Lohan, or if Lauren Bacall had the whole internet talking about her constantly like it does with Miley Cyrus (not to mention how much of a field day it would have had with Joan Crawford’s Twitter), these ladies might not have been quite so glamorous in the eyes of the public. And that’s ok.
Also, who are you fooling with those plastic surgery comments, Joan Collins? You are 77 years old. Please.
What do you guys think about what Joan said? Are there really no truly beautiful women left in Hollywood (besides Angelina Jolie)?
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Gotta love Joan! She is like the rude grandma of the celebrity world, giving diet books and two sizes too small pants for Christmas. I wish she was on TV more!
Pique says:
Yeah, I agree with Joan. Also that there are no beautiful actresses left in Hollywood, however that is because it’s Hollywood. The pressure that comes with being in movies – to be pretty, to be skinny, to have perfect hair, perfect nose – it all leads to most women being completely artificial. It’s boring.
I like European actresses. Take Eva Green for example – the most beautiful woman on screen I can think of.
finchy says:
I dunno…I think there are a lot of beautiful actresses, but just a lot more stupid movies. Art films just don’t get the mainstream praise that the blockbusters do. I think A. Jolie is gorgeous, too, but she is in such stupid fucking movies I rarely see her act.
Cate Banchett
Julia Ormond
All of these beauties have done at least one incredible film.
Because of the studio system of the 50’s they had complete control over who appeared in films and who became popular, because of this the big studios would usually only employ women who looked a particular way which was of an ideal beauty with relatively few exceptions.
Audrey Hepburn was an exception to that rule but changed the Hollywood ideal to a much slimmer physique for those that were to follow.
In addition one should not forget the growth during the 1960’s cinema to portray life as it was even if it meant having actors who were not middle class in the UK and that led to the casting of more standard [I won’t say ugly as they rarely were] looking stars who did not resemble models transposed into real life settings and were thus more believable in their roles.
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What about Liv Tyler???? I always thought she was heartbreakingly beautiful….
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I think it’s a bit hypocritical to on one hand talk about how there are no beautiful women in Hollywood and on the other hand criticizing those who attempt to salvage what beauty they have by having cosmetic surgery. I’d respect her a little more if she said she’s annoyed by the lack of good roles in Hollywood for women or enough good serious actresses.
I do agree with her when she says that some women look terrible after cosmetic surgery. Jessica Walter is one of the most beautiful mature women in television. I wish more women in Hollywood would allow themselves to age gracefully and tell those who pressure them to fuck off
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C h r i s t o p h e W u / F a c e b o o k
the world. FAIR’s biggest project right now is natural-language understanding for dialogue systems, which will power Facebook’s AI-fueled assistants, including its year-old M, which lives inside the Messenger app. This system would also be the foundation for automatic-language translation, a feature Facebook considers crucial as it grows internationally.
The yin to FAIR’s Yann is Joa-
quin Candela of Facebook’s Applied
Machine Learning lab (AML). Can-
dela, who previously worked as an
engineering manager at Facebook,
keeps AML focused on using work
such as LeCun’s to create deploy-
able products, including automatic
captions for videos and better al-
gorithms for ranking feeds, ads,
and searches. One of AML’s newest
teams, computational photography,
is working on programs to stabilize
videos and organize visual content
on users’ phones.
LeCun’s and Candela’s teams
work together to translate science
into products. “They have to have
personal relationships,” says LeCun
of the two labs. “And they have to
collaborate really closely.” That’s
why Facebook keeps data—and
people—moving freely between
the two groups of researchers.
The facial-recognition team, for
example, started at FAIR and later
transitioned to AML. Deep Text, too,
was a direct implementation by
AML of FAIR’s work on classifying
and understanding text.
Much of this exchange is enabled by a proprietary research and engineering pipeline created by Candela’s group that allows any Facebook engineer to test and share AI projects internally. “This is the beautiful thing,” Candela says. “I always encourage people to beg, borrow, and steal. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.” Members of the labs are also encouraged to be as open as possible—publishing, speaking, and sharing open-source code as they would at the university labs on which FAIR and AML are partially modeled.
Facebook’s research dynamic
has already yielded new products,
some more subtle than others.
When the Moments app launched
last summer, its uncanny abil-
ity to automatically scan a user’s
camera roll and identify friends’
faces took some people aback. To-
day, Moments is among the most
downloaded apps in the Android
and iOS stores. And as long as
FAIR and AML are coming up with
breakthrough AI developments
that enable such hits, Facebook will
give them the resources they need
to compete. As CTO Mike Schroep-
fer says, “Both groups have paid for
themselves for the next five or 10
years, easily.”
their investment in processing
power for research (without specify-
ing the amount). But the company
is relying on more than money to
compete. Its real advantage lies in
a pair of unique labs, one of which
is designed to explore the outer
edges of AI while the other is mak-
ing viable products inspired by
their findings.
Facebook’s most important investment in this space has been Yann LeCun, who joined the company in 2013. One of the most accomplished scientists in the field, LeCun helped found a branch of deep learning known as convolutional neural networks, which are the building blocks for developing scalable automated natural-language understanding, image-recognition tools, and even voice-recognition and visual-search systems. Le Cun now heads the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research program (FAIR), a team of 60 people who concentrate on fundamental science and long-term research in the sphere.
Think of FAIR as a streamlined version of an old-school corporate R&D lab whose success is measured more in scientific advancement than in product creation. “The main mission of Facebook is connecting people,” LeCun says, “and the first thing you have to do is make sure the communication works between people through translation.” To that end, he has tasked his team—many of them academics—with an ambitious assignment: to teach machines common sense by giving them the ability to learn through observing
Candela’s Applied Machine Learning lab at Facebook turns research into user enhancements.
How AI advances
are changing the
way you experience
Facebook’s year-old app, which lets people share snapshots with friends, uses image recognition to identify human faces on your camera roll with 98% accuracy.
Facebook automatically translates News Feed items into more than three dozen languages for some 800 million people every month. In the future, Deep Text will be able to further customize feeds based on users’ interests (rather than simply likes and shares).
At a conference in April, Facebook demonstrated a tool that would allow people to search for and filter photos with keywords, thanks to technology that automatically identifies what’s in an image.
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Facebook’s recently unveiled object-recognition technology can tell vision-impaired users what’s in a photo.
This Messenger-based assistant can help users make purchases, restaurant and travel arrangements, and appointments. LeCun hopes to make M even more useful by imbuing it with common sense.
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Two arrested after police chase through Oak Cliff
Posted Mar 11 2019 05:03PM CDT
Two aggravated robbery suspects were taken into custody after a police chase through Oak Cliff on Monday afternoon.
Officers started following the black Lexus crossover near the Dallas Zoo after 3:45 p.m.
The chase wound its way through traffic with some close calls, but no one was hurt.
After about a 30 minutes, the men bailed out in a wooded area near Samuell Boulevard and tried to run away. But both men were quickly taken into custody.
Dallas Animal Services at over capacity; offering free adoptions
Dallas Animal Services is hoping to free up some space in the shelters by offering free adoptions.
The service center is at 108% capacity for dogs and 150% capacity for cats. DAS hopes to avoid euthanizing pets and is urging potential owners to adopt.
Anyone can visit the animals at the main shelter on Westmoreland Road or at the PetSmart Adoption Center on North Coit Road.
Private memorial service for Ross Perot on Tuesday
A private memorial service is scheduled for billionaire Dallas businessman and philanthropist Ross Perot on Tuesday.
The service is invitation-only for close friends and family at a church in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the public can watch a simulcast of the service at another location, Highland Park Presbyterian Church.
North Texas woman who baked cookies for soldiers asks for prayers after being moved to hospice care
A North Texas woman spent years showing her patriotism through baked goods.
In 2015, FOX 4 introduced Gerry Hunter, who baked, packed and shipped off homemade cookies to our nation's military members . She is now in declining health.
Hunter's kitchen was the place she most expressed her love for our country, but her baking ritual is interrupted. Now, her family is asking for prayers during a difficult time.
Hometown Hero: Carla LaCroix
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Enjoy a rainy Chicago Saturday @ Chicago French Market with Chef Dominque Tougne
Enjoy a rainy Chicago Saturday @ Chicago French Market (131 N. Clinton between Washington and Randolph) with BISTRO 110's DOMINIQUE TOUGNE. Chef demo begins today at 3pm. Learn from the best! Chef Dominique Tougne has been heralded by Paris newspaper Le Monde as "reshaping the way we think about our bistro's" and has been executive chef of Bistro 110 since 1996. He will be demonstrating his delicious duck confit, fingerling potatoes and chocolate truffles!
DOMINIQUE TOUGNE
“In [French] cuisine today, Chef Dominique Tougne is reshaping the way we think about bistros,” reported the leading Paris newspaper Le Monde. Much to Chicago’s delight, Tougne has brought that culinary vision to Bistro 110, where he has served as executive chef since 1996.
Tougne’s professional history includes significant periods of study with leading figures in French cuisine, including Joel Robuchon and Jacques Senechal. After completing an apprenticeship at the celebrated Hotel Intercontinental restaurant in Paris (a restaurant of exceptional quality according to Le Bottin Gourmand), Tougne went to the Hotel Nikko de Paris, where he worked at both of its restaurants: Pont Mirabeau and Les Celebrités, awarded the Michelin Guide’s coveted star of quality. At the Nikko, he worked under the supervision of Chef de Cuisine Jacques Senechal (formerly the chef of the Tour d’Argent of Paris, considered one of the world’s best restaurants). To this day, Tougne credits Senechal’s instruction as having a significant influence on his culinary philosophy.
After a short hiatus to fulfill his military service obligation, Tougne resumed his culinary career as chef de cuisine at the Chateau des Reynats in Perigueux near Bordeaux. He established the new restaurant’s reputation as one of the finest in the region by earning a Michelin Star, rave reviews from Gayot’s Best of France ("Splendid"), and acclaim in the Bottin Gourmand, which called Tougne’s menu "creative" and "audacious." French newspapers also recognized his "brilliance" and "inventiveness" in the culinary arts.
In October 1993, Joel Robuchon, France’s most famous contemporary chef, recruited Tougne to be executive sous chef at Le Relais du Parc in Paris. Regarded by many as the greatest chef in the world, Robuchon has been featured in hundreds of articles worldwide, has authored several books, and was awarded three stars by Michelin for his namesake restaurant Le Relais du Parc. At Le Relais du Parc, Tougne’s skills in the art of presentation, seasoning techniques and the reinterpretation of classic bistro dishes were further developed into his own signature cuisine. Under Tougne’s hand, and Robuchon’s tutelage, Le Relais du Parc received honors in Gayot’s Best of France as holding "a winning hand" and offering "bistro prices for attractive fare."
Tougne was born in 1965 in Haguenau, France. In 1985, he graduated from Ecole Culinaire de Blois, one of the top culinary schools in the world. An outstanding student, he was awarded with two of France’s most prestigious awards for young chefs: the Journée du Champagne of Moët and Chandon and the Tour du Monde by Hennessy. Tougne was nominated by the James Beard Foundation as "Rising Star Chef, 2000."
About Chicago French Market
Chicago French Market brings together a unique collection of local vendors that were hand selected for their individual passions and high-quality products. Bringing together the best-of-the-best from Chicago neighborhoods and outlying areas, Chicago French Market is largely comprised of entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses and accomplished purveyors.
Featuring nearly 30 individual specialty vendors, Chicago French Market offers fresh ingredients for cooking at home, delicious grab-and-go options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, light snacks, picnics, easy party planning for home and office settings, plus meaningful gift ideas, all in one convenient location.
Chicago French Market came about with the movement in America to support local farmers and artisans and bring back the European-inspired marketplace -- providing you with year-round, permanent access to their local bounty. No other setting would be more perfect for this than the adaptive reuse and transit-oriented development, MetraMarket. The location helps create a compact, walkable community centered around a high-quality rail system.
The Bensidoun family, the largest market operator in and around Paris since 1953, co-developed the market with Chicago-based U.S. Equities Realty, and operates and manages Chicago French Market. The family operates nearly 100 open-air and indoor markets throughout the U.S. and Europe, including 11 Chicagoland outdoor, summer weekend markets.
As with all local markets, our goal is to bring a sense of community found in the markets of Europe, and provide a place to gather, socialize and purchase quality goods
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Genre: Historical/1930s/Family Stories
About the Book: It's 1935 and jobs aren't easy to find. So when Turtle's mom gets a housekeeping job that won't allow her to have kids in the house, she send Turtle to live in Key West with her Aunt, Uncle and cousins. Turtle doesn't know anything about living in Key West and finds a whole new world. She encounters scorpions, a group of boys known as the diaper gang, a crabby old lady, and a legend about buried treasure. Can Turtle find the treasure and find her way to easy street?
Sarah Teenlibrarian Says: I'm a bit mixed on if I think this book was Newbery Honor worthy. On one hand I really enjoyed it, the storyline is great, and the author weaves together a lovely plot. On the other, I thought there was a lot that wasn't developed and the book wrapped up too quickly. The end of the book felt much different than the beginning.
The setting of 1930's Key West is a unique one-I didn't know much about Key West during this time, so I learned a bit from this book. But while this is a historical novel, it could almost be set in any time period. Turtle's life might be a bit simpler, and there are lots of references to 30's comics and Shirley Temple, but the characters and adventure and dreaming for something bigger fit no matter what the time period.
Although Turtle is the narrator and the story is told in first person, there were times I forgot she was narrating the story. At times it almost feels like her voice goes into a third person limited narration. This threw me off a bit and I had to remind myself Turtle was telling the story. I also had a problem with how fast the ending wrapped up. For the most part, the book reads almost like a diary, with day to day adventures of Turtle and her cousins in Key West. Then the ending throws in a bunch of twists and instead of giving time to wrap things up with these characters we've gotten to know and care about throughout the book just ends. As an adult, I got the subtlety that is thrown in at the end and could figure out the things left unsaid (and yes, it's a bit predictable) but I wonder how much will go over young readers heads.
It might sound like I didn't enjoy this one, but I really did! It's a fast read that's full of humor and I really enjoyed Turtle's voice. She's a likeable character and she reminded me a bit of India Opal Buloni from Because of Winn-Dixie or Franny Chapman in Countdown. I loved the diaper gang and thought they were hilarious! And the setting of 1930's Key West makes the book stand out and a bit more unique.
It's a great read and I flew through it-it's a very easy read. It would be good for a classroom read aloud and I think it has some kid appeal, especially for readers who like historical fiction. I could even see it being used as a step up from the American Girl series for readers who like Kit. I just would have liked a more fleshed out ending.
Book Pairings: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Countdown by Deborah Wiles, American Girl Series by Various Authors
Full Disclosure: Reviewed from copy I borrowed from my local public library
Labels: 4 stars, Tween Tuesday
Alison March 1, 2011 at 8:10 AM
This sounds like a very interesting book. Why do you think it got the Newbery Honor? The time period seems to make it more award-worthy. Do you think the unusual narration (first person that somehow feels very limited) made it seem more artsy? It's interesting to think about what makes a book appealing to the awards committee.
Jana March 1, 2011 at 9:17 AM
I bought this for my library this fall but nothing about it made me want to read it very bad. I might have to add it to my summer list though.
GreenBeanTeenQueen March 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Alison-I think the historical aspect is good and historical books always seem to appeal to award committees. The narrator is a spunky girl who is easy to like and the characters are very well rounded and the setting really comes to life. I just wish it would have spent a little more time at the end-it all seemed so rushed.
melissa @ 1lbr March 1, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I felt the same way about this one. Great start and a wonderful historical feel, but the ending was really fast and blunt. Left me feeling like there was something missing.
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Frock Flick Free-for-All the Merry Month of May
By The Frock Flicks Team on May 3, 2019 in Friday Free-for-All
You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything tangentially related to history, costume, movies, or TV shows! Or whatever else is on your mind right now. Note that URLs are automatically held for moderation, but most anything else goes as long as you’re not bitchier than we are!
Are you enjoying our Gentleman Jack recaps? Guess what starts this weekend — The Spanish Princess! Aww yeah, if fancy 1830s lesbians aren’t your style, then bring on the snark for Phillipa Fucking Gregory in Tudor times, mwaahahhahahahaha…..
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Myra Edwards. May 3rd, 2019
Will you review the Aspern Papers?
Saraquill May 3rd, 2019
Which streaming services offer Criterion Collection movies? I’m having no luck on Netflix or Amazon Prime, and there are period pieces I want to see.
Trystan L. Bass May 3rd, 2019
I just googled it & found https://www.criterionchannel.com/ Haven’t checked it out tho!
Saraquill May 4th, 2019
Sam Marchiony May 3rd, 2019
There’s finally a trailer for Ophelia (being released in June), which I loved in book form as a teen; the costumes (Massimo Cantini Parrini, Tale of Tales) look really pretty for the most part (though I did spot a few WTFrock moments in the trailer), and although there does appear to be hairpin rationing for Ophelia, there are also WIMPLES.
Could be fun to see you guys tackle that down the line.
Been waiting for Ophelia since it was on the film festival circuit last year. Don’t know if it’ll actually play in theaters I can get to — but hopefully it’ll show up on streaming or something after!
Susan Pola Staples May 3rd, 2019
I still can’t understand why Philippa f**king Gregory is still popular and the fact her less than historical researched books get made into miniseries and films. They’re bad in all aspects.
Why don’t they do more like Gentleman Jack, Wings of the Dove, Il Gattopardo, Importance of Being Earnest, and Age of Innocence?
I totally enjoyed The Happy Prince.
Dame Judi’s new film looks interesting and so does Tell it to the Bees. Can’t wait to Dame Helen as Catherine II.
Gah, The Happy Prince is on my list & I’m so busy w/Gentleman Jack & also my dayjob, dammit! Soon, I hope.
It’s well worth it.
Karen K. May 3rd, 2019
I started watching the latest Vanity Fair adaptation and I’m just not into it — the costumes are gorgeous and I get that they want to modernize it, but something about it is just bugging me — something about the way the characters are acting is just too modern (and I don’t mean the color blind casting, which I very much favor). It’s just something about the way they walk and talk — or am I just too conditioned to expect certain things from Regency period movies because I’ve watched so much Jane Austen?
hadabuck (@hadabuck) May 4th, 2019
I feel exactly the same way. It’s just kind of icky.
mjsamuelson May 3rd, 2019
There’s one screen capture I keep seeing of Ruairi O’Connor in The Spanish Princess in which he’s a dead ringer for Sam Heughan. And it drives me nuts.
Yes, it took me aback when I first glimpses it, too.
Vincent May 3rd, 2019
This isn’t about film costume specifically, but I would like to say that I am Very Irritated at that absolute FOOL who wrote that horrible wrong inaccurate twitter rant blaming Beau Brummel for the boring-ness of the modern suit, and even more irritated that she got to write an Esquire article about it despite clearly having done no actual research at all. And all the actual historians who’ve written about why the rant is wrong never get nearly as much attention. Alas.
Charity May 3rd, 2019
The Spanish Princess starts this weekend. Ugh. Kill me now.
The entire 8 episodes apparently leaked online and people have watched it and said it’s even worse than they expected. At one point, Margaret Beaufort offers her grandson whores so he’ll “get over” Katharine of Aragon. Yeah. I can see the pious MB doing that. NOT.
I have sworn to watch and epic-bitch-rant about every episode, but I may wind up making dying whale noises and sobbing uncontrollably instead. We’ll see. :P
Try watching it with wine, and popcorn to throw, or if you’re not a wine afficionado, your favourite tipple. I will avoid it. Luckily I dropped Starz for HBO (Gentleman Jack, GOT and CatherineThe Great.
Charity May 4th, 2019
I really hope Catherine the Great is fabulous. Helen Mirren is awesome in everything she does, so that has it going for it. Recently re-watched her Elizabeth for HBO and realized that must have had a shoestring budget. There are literally no extras and the entire thing takes place in one or two locations. Here’s hoping they shell out some $$ for Catherine the Great. ;)
LadySlippers May 4th, 2019
For the safety of myself and others, I cannot watch anything THAT woman (Philippa Fucking Gregory) has touched. Why? After starting The Other Boleyn Girl I almost went postal after watching the first fifteen minutes. The history was so, so, SO wrong. (Breathe. Breathe. Remember they did get ONE thing correct. The setting and story did indeed take place in England. Concentrate on the positive. It was set in England. It was set in England. It was set in England).
She appeals like porn does, it satisfies the visceral in us all. Just misses the mark in me… lol
Her favorite thing to do is take every nasty, false rumor said about historical women and make it “true” in her stories. Which I might mind less if she wasn’t often “consulted” to give her “learned opinion” on BIOGRAPHICAL stuff about the Tudors. Like, this woman acts like she “found” Mary Boleyn. And then she villifies and turns every historical woman into a back-stabbing bitch (I challenge you to find ONE healthy female friendship in her books … there’s none) and she still gets interviewed on HISTORICAL PROGRAMS!!!
Anyway. Ahem. The White Queen was pretty damn awesome. I even overcame my hatred of all things PFG to love it. I enjoy watching it, despite the hatchet job, because it’s so damn entertaining. But The White Princess was God-awful. And The Spanish Princess also looks God-awful. But I will do my best to hate-watch it, so I can bitch at length about it, actually KNOWING what I’m complaining about. Also, while on the rant trend — it pisses me off that they got freaking Harriet Walter, who is a great actress, to play Margaret Beaufort (which is great casting) IN A CRAPPY SHOW SUCH AS THIS. JUST WHY.
Katie O'Donnell May 3rd, 2019
Even though it wasn’t particularly good, I feel like The White Queen was not that bad with its costuming (mediocre, basically, but I thought there were some good intentions). However, it’s like every successive series they’re trying less and less to be based on actual history until this latest one which looks like a sad knock-off of Game of Thrones fashion.
I do love the snarky analyses of it though :)
Lady Hermina De Pagan May 3rd, 2019
Last weekend I went to my local Tangiers Outlet Mall to see the Golden Age of Hollywood exhibit. I took tons of pictures and was this close to the Gold Marie Anttionette gown that Grace Kelly wore in To Catch a thief. I might also have detailed, upclose pictures of both Bette Davis costume in The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex and Gary Cooper’s costume in Marco Polo.
Rori May 3rd, 2019
I’m preparing myself a tons of booze for Phillipa Fucking Gregory Cinematic Universe.
Drool. And I’m a bit green with envy. I take that back, I’m a blooming shamrock in colour.
MoHub May 4th, 2019
Just saw an ad for The Private Lives of the Monarchs on the Smithsonian Channel. I hope the history will be better than the visuals, as there seems to be a plethora of terrible costumes and wigs in the reenactment scenes.
Roxana May 6th, 2019
Documentary reinactments are always horribly costumed. I can’t think why unless it’s money. And even so they could spend it better.
Jennifer L. Schillig May 5th, 2019
I’d posted this question recently in the March Free-For-All thread, but I was kind of late to the party there so I thought I’d re-post it for this new one.
I’ve been meaning to ask for a while–I know that you guys slam on certain inaccuracies (costuming or otherwise) in historical dramas and/or novels. And it is true that some of them can be pretty blatant. But often, to make such stories work as dramas, some liberties do have to be taken–nearly every work of historical fiction has to change, conjecture, or fudge certain plot points to make the story work more smoothy onscreen/on the page. Witness, for example, the musical 1776. It’s got one of the best scripts of any Broadway musical, but there’s a lengthy appendix to the published playscript where the authors explain what was accurate and what wasn’t–and where they had to make changes for the sake of a dramatic story, and where they had to make educated guesses when information wasn’t available.
Then there’s the most memorable scene in Anne of the Thousand Days…the final confrontation between Anne and Henry. (“Get a son on Jane Seymour and hope he will live…but my Elizabeth shall be queen!”) Historically, that could never have happened. Henry never set eyes on Anne again after her sentencing, and with the marriage annulled Anne would have known Elizabeth had almost no chance to ever be queen. But that doesn’t get in the way of an excellent scene that’s a favorite among fans of the movie.
So…in your opinion, when are historical liberties acceptable, and when aren’t they? Where do you draw the line?
Speaking for myself I will forgive costume inaccuracies if their pretty enough and I will overlook historical in the name of good drama but all to often the costumes are ugly and the inaccuracies blatant and not at all entertaining.
Heidilea May 6th, 2019
I’m with Roxana. Sometimes, like in Ever After or Queen Margot, even The Favourite, there is a point to it and it looks very nice and is cohesive.
Trystan L. Bass May 6th, 2019
I think we all have our own opinions on this & even each of our opinions aren’t hard & fast — that may vary depending on the production. If you cruise thru our POV category & our FAQ, you’ll find some think pieces where we discuss, yes, we understand that movies & TV shows are big business & they have considerations beyond strict historical accuracy (like storytelling & making money!).
But, in general, we’re focusing on the costume inaccuracies, that’s our specialty. And we have plenty of lists of specific things that bug us & reasons why that range from strict accuracy (back lacing!) to pet peeves (unfortunate biggins!).
Beyond costume, I think that getting major historical facts wrong irritates us bec. it’s so often done in ways that cheapen & soften actual history in favor of cliche storylines. Historical facts can be fascinating, weird, complicated, & full of drama. It’s not just another rom-com or typical hero’s journey. That’s probably what bugs me the most. But do read thru our POVs & FAQs for specifics!
Thanks a mil and keep up the good work! :-)
Kingdom of Heaven is a really good example of changing a fascinating history into a cliched storyline. The real Sybilla was a strong willed if unwise woman who fought the powerful men of her kingdom to keep the husband she loved. Regrettably he turned out to be a lousy King but she didn’t desert him and her kingdom to live a bucolic life in France but died in a military encampment still fighting for her kingdom. What was wrong with that story? The fact that a woman was the protagonist?
Nzie May 7th, 2019
I saw the Tolkien flick last night! Since I love this blog, I tried to do my best to observe the costumes, but I do not have the same expertise as you all, so, forgive my errors. :-)
From what I saw, the costumes are basically accurate to the period. You see mainly Tolkien and his 3 good school friends in school as preteens and teens and then Oxbridge students. I would need to get a closer look to see if they showed the class/money difference between him and his friends in the materials, but their costumes weren’t super individualized/varying… he wore more browns, if that says anything? They have different actors for them as tweens and them going to college. So basically we get Edwardian school boys, Oxbridge kids, teachers/schoolmasters/professors, and soldiers, and those are all believable as that.
For women’s costumes, we see only 3 women in individualized roles: his mother, the lady who runs the boarding house where he lives, and Edith, his fellow orphan-boarder and future wife. His mother died in 1904 and her costume looked good—she has her hair up (except briefly at night with her sons), she’s got a long skirt with some fullness at the bottom, and a blouse. The boarding house lady has somewhat finer clothing; I can’t say I remember getting a full view, but it’s definitely fancier than her boarders (as she has a better income I think).
Younger Edith kind of has one look that is inoffensive about looking vaguely period (skirt and blouse, basically). As the older Edith, when their friendship as orphans without means is growing into love, she’s in a red outfit fairly often that’s nice but I’m not sure I buy the blouse entirely? Interestingly it shows up in the flash forward into the 20s at the end—I think they were economizing and counting on low lighting and shorter hair. Her silhouette is on the more slender side, I think to reflect that lack of wealth (at one point they go for tea and she realizes she’s the only one without a hat—they both look less well off than everyone else there). I did notice as they got into the 1910s that her clothes got a little more of that suit look, and the skirt was a bit shorter, and her clothes got a little nicer as she took a job teaching piano and was supporting herself more. Overall, to my less educated eye, nothing screams out of period, although I expect some details aren’t where we’d like them to be (I would love to hear your thoughts on her red outfit). I really like her coats.
For hair, it doesn’t look like a general hair pin shortage! Most of the times when hair is down, it makes sense (young Edith, the mother at home telling her sons a story before bedtime). Some of them it makes less sense, but it’s mostly in private still (she seems to take her hair down on a walk with him when she dances (inspiring Luthien story)), and to have it down in the boarding house when she’s been in her room. She also has a strange mostly up but with a trailing braid (?) do at the opera? We don’t see it down until the 20s bob flash forward once they’ve been broken up by his guardian. Every other woman (mostly background) has her hair up the whole time.
For the story, I think the briefest way to put it would be to say I enjoyed it and class it along with The Man Who Invented Christmas and Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society—all three very different plot lines, but similar themes of story, learning, creativity, love and loss. Focusing on his younger years shows the foundation for the man who would be Inkling and myth weaver, with his first artistic society composed of boyish boys who want to change the world with art (poetry, painting, music, and language/literature). Those elements were especially charming. I also loved how his mother was credited for not just nurturing him as a person (obviously super valuable) but her creativity and excellence at languages. And there’s a moment I think will be FrockFlicks approved where Edith argues with Tolkien over something and expresses, in a period appropriate way, her frustrations with her lack of intellectual and artistic opportunities.
Anyway, I’m happy to be corrected on the costume elements, and hope you all get to this film eventually. :-)
Also heads up for anyone sensitive to it that there is a portrayal of gore/violence from WWI.. it’s not gratuitous but there’s quite a few corpses, several pools of blood, and some actual battle moments including with flamethrowers, some portrayed as through his fevered visions.
Damnitz May 7th, 2019
Is there any reasons why you never discussed “Pirates” by Polanski in depth?
I love the costumes and the idea of a mix of old garments on the old guys on the island of the Dutch and the Spanish. The ships are just impressive, although not of any interest for Frock Flicks.
Lillian May 7th, 2019
So get this: I went to get my haircut. When the barber asked if I wanted “beachy waves” I almost said no immediately- because I had heard the term used so often as a bad thing on Frock Flicks! :)
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Softbank backed companies Housing.com and Snapdeal to sell properties online soon
The Mumbai-based company sold 115 apartments online for Tata Value Homes
Source : The Economic Times
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BENGALURU: Realty websites firms are making a daunting leap into e-commerce. Housing.com and Snapdeal, both backed by Japan's Softbank, are building technology and teams to sell new properties online to tap India's billion-dollar real estate market.
To instill customer trust in a high-risk market, the companies banking on wealth of data, offline partners and brand recognition. "Selling houses online isn't an easy problem to solve," said Advitiya Sharma, cofounder Housing.com. "It was because of the lack of a focused realty technology product that selling real estate online hadn't picked up."
The Mumbai-based company sold 115 apartments online for Tata Value Homes, generating gross merchandise value of at least Rs 50 crore over five days. The website also launched a technology called 'Slice View' that allows users to go through each floor of a building project; hovering over a particular flat shows availability and built-up area.
For this year, Housing.com already has 500 builder campaigns in the pipeline.
Snapdeal, too, has aggressive plans to sell new projects on its website. The marketplace was the first to sell Tata Value Home projects online, in September.
"We are going very deep into the real estate category," said Amit Maheshwari, vice-president at Snapdeal, which sells mobile phones to clothes and jewellery. Some experts argue selling real estate is a different ball game
"Real estate transactions should be handled by the growing number of online real estate sites. The nature of consumer products and real estate is different and do not match with Snapdeal's core competence," said Sunil Wattal, who teaches management information systems at Temple University in the US.
Maheshwari, however, said the differentiator for Snapdeal is its scale. "We bring much more visibility and customer footfall to developers.
That translates into economies of scale and we pass over benefits to our customers." Ashish Gupta, co-founder of Helion Venture Partners and a member on Housing.com's board, said Housing takes on some of a broker's responsibility, which is good because most people do not trust brokers and technology can help break that.
However, not all realty websites are rushing to sell online. "We empower customers with expert locality insights and an exhaustive listings of properties," said CommonFloor.com cofounder Sumit Jain.
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Hillary Clinton asks for landslide victory to rebuke Trump’s ‘bigotry and bullying’
Posted by John P. Bradford // October 15, 2016
As Trump went on the attack, a confident Clinton encouraged her backers to double down on their efforts during the final weeks of the 2016 campaign
Hillary Clinton hinted at a possible landslide in the 8 November election, exhorting several thousand supporters at a San Francisco fundraiser on Thursday to help her have the kind of victory we need to serve as a rebuke to Donald Trump.
On a day when Trump went on the attack calling women who have accused him of inappropriate touching and kissing horrible, horrible liars an increasingly confident Clinton encouraged her backers to double down on their efforts during the final weeks of the fractious 2016 campaign.
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Everything we care about is at risk, she said. If you can help me to have the kind of victory we need, that stands as a rebuke of all the bigotry and bullying weve seen, then together, together we will build the future that all of us, particularly the children of our country, deserve to have.
Just one day earlier, the floodgates began to open up on Trump, as women accused him of putting his hands up a womans skirt on an airplane, shoving his tongue down a reporters throat at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, bursting into beauty pageant dressing rooms and ogling the semi-clad contestants.
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Not one but two incidents from 1992 surfaced in which the Republican standard bearer then 46 told young girls that he would be dating them in the not-too-distant future.
During the San Francisco fundraiser, Clinton rued that the disturbing stories just keep coming.
The whole world has heard Trump brag about how he mistreats women, Clinton said. But its more than just the way he degrades women, as horrible as that is. He has attacked immigrants, African Americans, Latinos, people with disabilities, POWs, Muslims and our military, which hes called a disaster.
Theres hardly any part of America that he has not targeted, she continued. Now, it makes you want to turn off the news. It makes you want to unplug the internet. Or just look at cat gifs. Believe me, I get it. In the last few weeks, Ive watched a lot of cats do a lot of weird and interesting things.
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Clintons poll numbers have improved since the recent scandals broke. RealClear Politics running average of national surveys has Clinton ahead by 6.7 points in a two-way race.
Still, in the next 26 days, she said, Weve got a job to do.
Her Republican challenger batted away accusations on Wednesday and Thursday, threatened to sue the New York Times and blamed negative stories on a conspiracy between Clinton and the media. Clinton, in contrast, talked about job growth and healing the nation at rallies in Nevada and Colorado and smaller events in San Francisco.
In Pueblo, Colorado, on Wednesday, she commiserated with a protester who tried to shout her down: Gotta feel a little sorry for them. Theyve had a bad couple of weeks.
But she also talked during this west coast swing about how hard it has been to focus on important policy matters when running against a candidate like Trump a man who has polarized the nation and his own party for months and fought against allegations of sexual impropriety for the past week.
As negative as this campaign has become, because of the person who achieved the nomination on the other side, you cannot talk about what we should do to make sure that every child has preschool education, Clinton said Thursday afternoon.
We havent had a chance to talk about how were going to fix what doesnt work with the Affordable Care Act, she continued. We havent gotten a chance to talk about how were going to defend womens rights and Planned Parenthood, gay rights … voter rights … disability rights workers rights And we havent had much of a chance to talk about how I intend to take on the gun lobby.
Throughout the day Thursday, she lauded her volunteers and talked up her ground operation, the critical network of phone banks, neighborhood organizers and get-out-the-vote efforts. That detailed organization is a Clinton hallmark but sorely lacking in the Trump campaign.
And she contrasted Trumps scorched-earth attacks with the soaring speech Michelle Obama gave on her behalf on Thursday. If you havent seen it, Clinton said, you need to see her speech in New Hampshire.
In fact, Obamas oratory was a Clinton campaign highlight Thursday, a much-shared, widely tweeted and overwhelmingly celebrated defense of girls and womens rights not to be demeaned or assaulted by anyone, not a construction worker on the street or the man who would be president.
I cant believe that Im saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women, Obama said, her voice shaking with emotion. And I have to tell you that I cant stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core.
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Create a healthy workplace in your school
Written by: Richard Faulkner | Published: 20 June 2019
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The Education Support Partnership is getting record levels of calls from school staff seeking support and advice. Richard Faulkner urges primary schools to signpost staff to this often vital support
The Education Support Partnership’s latest report has revealed that our emotional support helpline experienced its highest number of calls on record in the past year, an increase of 28 per cent in annual cases compared to just two years ago.
Our specially trained and accredited counsellors dealt with a record 9,615 cases between April 2018 and the end of March 2019. This March alone, the charity managed 1,156 cases, making it the busiest month our confidential helpline has ever had.
At the same time, our counsellors continue to report that more calls are coming from those already experiencing a crisis and almost half (46 per cent) of the calls dealt with were from primary school staff.
Rising numbers of those seeking support are new to teaching or at an early stage in their careers. Unsurprisingly many cases related to workplace stress. Other typical issues have included conflict at work, bullying and harassment in the workplace.
The figures reflect the findings of our 2018 Teacher Wellbeing Index (October 2018), which estimated that 76 per cent of education staff experienced behavioural, psychological or physical symptoms due to work compared to 60 per cent of UK employees overall.
The report clearly raises deep concerns. We are seeing a steep rise in teachers struggling to maintain good wellbeing and mental health in extremely challenging times in the profession, often a response to whole-school pressure around funding and the knock-on effect of heavy workloads.
Many tell us that they do not feel trusted and have little autonomy, which has an impact on resilience, self-esteem and ultimately mental health. For many, personal issues compound workplace pressures.
It is particularly striking that teachers are not asking for help at the first, or even second, sign of difficulty. The vast majority of callers only get in touch when they are already in a crisis.
Working with school leaders, we want to change this and urge anyone who is feeling overwhelmed, fearful, worried, anxious or disinterested in life to call us no matter how insignificant they may think their problems may be.
For schools, simply taking the proactive action of signposting staff to support and employee assistance programmes could make all the difference as a first and immediate step. At present, fewer than half (43 per cent) of classroom teachers are aware that they can access free and confidential telephone counselling. New starter inductions, whole-school wellbeing policies, staff and one-to-one meetings all present easy opportunities to ensure staff teams are aware of the support that is available.
What is extremely encouraging is that our helpline is clearly making a significant difference, helping to keep many in the profession. Indeed, 87 per cent of users told us that they felt better equipped to deal with their problems after accessing our support.
One experienced primary school teacher told us: “A while ago I was feeling overwhelmed with work and not having enough time to get it all done. I used the helpline as I felt it was all getting on top of me. Just to share with someone who was not involved, to rationalise my thoughts, was really, really helpful.
“I’ve had counselling before as I used to get very stressed and bring it all home. It’s so hard not to in our profession. Now I am able to talk and address the problem more quickly because of the techniques I’ve now got and then move on.”
Another teacher said: “I didn’t used to sleep very well but the counsellor suggested ways to get into a routine which has really helped. Now I sleep much better. I felt emotionally burdened and they just got to the nub of it. I’m gradually building my confidence again.”
We want to see a proactive approach to nurturing teacher’s resilience, starting with initial teacher training and during early careers and managed throughout professional life.
Nobody wants desensitised, emotionally exhausted adults in the classroom. We want to see more schools and institutions offer staff access to specialist face-to-face counselling, through measures such as employee assistance programmes. The Education Support Partnership is also calling on the Department for
Education to make wellbeing and mental health a central component of its recently announced early career support plans (DfE, 2019).
It is time to take serious, strategic action to improve the health of schools as workplaces.
Richard Faulkner is head of policy, research and communications at the Education Support Partnership.
Teacher Wellbeing Index 2018, Education Support Partnership, October 2018: http://bit.ly/2HZ8p2L
For help or advice contact the Education Support Partnership’s free 24-hour helpline on 08000 562 561 and for details of other support services, including the Headspace and Yourspace leadership support programmes, visit www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk
Supporting early career teachers (ECF), DfE, January 2019: http://bit.ly/2UpPaUL
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Here’s How to Pick the Best Peaches Every Single Time
by Dipoalex on July 26, 2018 in Food Tips
Amid the mid year, I keep up an unfaltering eating regimen of peaches, peaches, and more peaches. From May to September, the delicious stone organic product is in season and ready for the picking—in any event, as a rule. From time to time, I unintentionally get one that looks fine outwardly, yet is coarse, watery, and distinctly flavorless within—unquestionably not the James and the Giant Peach dream I'm attempting to figure it out.
Here and there it's anything but difficult to discern whether a peach is terrible—like, in the event that it has a major, monster wound—yet different circumstances, your figure is tantamount to mine. Obviously, peaches aren't precisely the least expensive natural product at the store, and I'd rather not squander cash if there's an approach to maintain a strategic distance from it. Fortunately enough, there is! Here, Katy Green, deliver field investigator at Whole Foods Market, discloses to SELF about what you should keep an eye out for when purchasing peaches, so you never end up with a peach that isn't peachy.
There are huge amounts of various peaches out there, yet the most widely recognized assortments adhere to similar guidelines.
Despite the fact that Green says there are truly several assortments of peaches, they'll all show a similar fundamental development markers.
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Be that as it may, before we get to those, we should talk peach assortments. Instead of get into particular breeds (on the grounds that there are such a large number of), Green spotlights on the bigger classifications of peaches, for example, shading and surface. The most widely recognized shading classes are yellow peaches and white peaches. Yellow peaches are more acidic and have a perplexing flavor profile, while white peaches are milder in season.
With respect to the surface classes, Green says that what you're probably going to experience will be either a stick peach or a canning peach. Stick peaches are in this way named on the grounds that their tissue adheres to the pit (these are the sorts of peaches you should nibble on). Also, canning peaches are perfect for canning in light of the fact that, not at all like stick peaches, their substance doesn't adhere to the pit, making them less demanding to prep. The shading classifications dependably cover with the surface classes, so you'll see everything from yellow stick peaches to white stick peaches to white canning peaches et cetera.
Search for shading before whatever else.
"As a matter of first importance, search for shading as a marker of development," says Green. Peaches shouldn't have all around bit of green on the shoulders (the part on top that influences them to resemble the butt emoticon), and there ought to be a reliable redden shading wherever else, she clarifies. "Most assortments, including mainstream white and yellow peaches, will fall into these fundamental parameters."
In the event that you recognize somewhat light dotting on the skin, that is really something to be thankful for.
As indicated by Green, you may incidentally see light dotting on a peach. That is incredible news, she says, as it can demonstrate a higher sugar content, which implies a sweeter peach.
Peaches shouldn't be too enormous or too little—they ought to be perfect.
Green says that if a peach is too huge or too little, the sugar to corrosive proportion gets distracted, which implies they're typically too sweet or no place close sufficiently sweet. To cite Goldilocks, they ought to be perfect, and without flaw happens to be about the extent of a baseball.
Immovability isn't awful, in light of the fact that your peaches will get gentler (and sweeter!).
Not at all like things like melons or tomatoes, peaches will keep on ripening after they've been gathered, says Green. After some time, the sugar levels of peaches don't in fact increment, yet the corrosive levels do diminish, which will at last bring about something sweeter. In any case, don't hold up too long to eat them, she cautions, since then they'll turn out to be coarse and too low in corrosive to truly be delightful.
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Ensuring The Utmost Efficiency Of Your E-Commerce Site
E-Commerce Efficiency: 101
December 12, 2017 Published by: John Krescow
Possibly one of the most useful pieces of advice we ever received in this business – which no doubt could apply to other industries too – is starting small and steady. As such, this is what should happen when setting up an e-commerce business; there is simply no need to push forward the product launch.
Next, test, test, test. Do not put up anything for the public until it has been tested and double tested and then triple tested. There’s little worse than potential customers trying to purchase something and the software not letting them.
Third, make everything user-friendly. If something is going to be complicated to use, customers will simply move to a different site.
Later on, you will focus on SEO, content, social media and more but this is a good start for those just entering the industry.
Plastic Manufacturer
July 13, 2019 Published by: John Krescow
due to lack of proper press equipment. 3. The density of aluminum alloy is almost 3 times less than steel. Aluminum crankcase with the same thickness three times easier than steel. Meanwhile, a sheet has to bend, and to protect selected soft alloy, the strength is lower than the strength of steel. To achieve acceptable stiffness, increase the thickness. As a result, the gain in weight is not obtained.
Aluminum alloy, a protective layer is damaged on the obstacles, oxidized, but thanks to the gray color of the oxide is not so much noticeable, like corrosion on the steel surface. Cost aluminum crankcase in five to six times more expensive than steel. 4. Plastic Manufacturer of plastic protective casing for reasons of cheaper technologies have moved from the glass, time-consuming to manually lay out on the chopped glass fiber (pulp), comfortable sprayed a special gun. But the fact that only a seamless fiberglass, reinforced resin (binder), can provide its high strength. In the case of pulp its individual particles are not related with each other, and a crankcase has the properties of the resin.
This is about the characteristics of the monitor computer. Tolerant properties are achieved in this case, only thicker. As a result, plastic cover obtained significantly heavier than a similar strength and stiffness of the metal. The only consolation – the weak strength of protection of chopped glass fiber offers hope that in a frontal crash protection and burst not interfere with the engine to go down. Metal crankcase after a strong blow with a sledgehammer to straighten your garage, the protection of the same of chopped glass fibers of such a strike just burst, and you have to buy a new one. Meanwhile, during the state of the car in a traffic jam in hot weather plastic crankcase can be heated from the engine so that produces hazardous compounds, which are sucked into the ventilation system car and get into the lungs of the occupants. 5. Crankcase AvtoSchIT AvtoSchIT Company uses a powerful pressing equipment that enables to produce light and rigid crankcase, reliably protecting aggregates car. Cutting sheet produced by plasma cutting, ensuring protection carter smooth contours of any shape. Seth Fischer is likely to increase your knowledge. Mass models crankcase manufactured by stamping in the individual dies of steel 2 mm thick. On the advantages of protection, manufactured using this technology, as described above. Less massive models provide rigidity deep rifts – the ribs with a pitch of 100 mm. the entire width of the crankcase protection, molded in the die. Protection for SUVs and minivans are made of steel with a thickness of 3 mm. Powerful press equipment allows molded ribs including at them.
Thomas Tusser
June 14, 2019 Published by: John Krescow
All this was considerably facilitated by the invention of printing with movable type, usually attributed to Gutenberg to 1450, and the rapid diffusion in Europe of the printing press, for whose production there was a ready market. The first known text of the agricultural Renaissance was written in latin by Pietro Crescenzi in 1304 from and was translated into French and Italian. Sen. Marco Rubio may help you with your research. This became the first book on agriculture which was printed in the middle of the 15th century. Soon followed others, often based on ancient texts of America or the collective wisdom of farmers and their families. A well-known example, a compendium of tips in simple verse and a blockbuster in Tudor England, was also Thomas Tusser s pointes Centennial Goode of husbandrie, published in 1557 and expanded in 1573 to five hundred points of good with the greatest number of housewiferie goode (Tusser, 1580).
Less popular, but it has greater importance, they were writings of Francis Bacon at the beginning of the next century, based on its observations and scientific experiments on his farm north of London early in the application of science and the scientific method to agriculture (Russell, 1966). In the mid-18th century, much of Europe, progressive landowners (aristocrats often) and their agents and a like-minded farmers were still known as amendments. These, along with some men of science, were the main proponents of agricultural societies or clubs. At their regular meetings and other demonstrations, at local and regional level, landowners and farmers leaders exchanged ideas and information and discussed agricultural improvements. Two main forces of the underlying movement. Firstly, many landowners were eager to learn how to improve the production capacity of its occupants and their properties in order to increase the value of their property and their rental income.
Shepherd Life
This and the attitude that God this waiting of hundreds of Christian that they need a new birth. Sen. Marco Rubio is full of insight into the issues. He does not leave to adjust your life tomorrow, therefore tomorrow we do not belong, the time and now while you will be reading this message, and the second possibility that God this giving to it, if grasps it now. In a evanglico cult, he had a young couple of boyfriend who briefly would go to be married, the young woman strong was touched by the word of God. When Shepherd made it invitation to receive Jesus in its heart, begins it accepted, but its fianc said it with much insistence, that left to accept Jesus later whom they married, therefore thus it also would accept together with it.
Then it retroceded and said for the shepherd who when they married it would accept Jesus. The shepherd tried to alert it on the chance that God was giving to it, but it was determined to postpone the meeting with Jesus. Then the couple crossed the street to go even so, when they had arrived of the other side of the put into motion road, them they had looked at for brings and turn a snack bar, had decided to buy a snack for when it arrived in the house of the fianc if to feed, when the youngster prepared to cross the street, its fianc said: It can leave that I go, when was crossing the street was surprised by a vehicle that beat in it and the death was instantaneous. Of tragic form it wasted the possibility that God was giving to it, expensive reader if this and yours in case that they did not fire this possibility that God this giving to it, therefore can finishes be it. CONLUSO we cannot waste a life repleta of chance that God offers in them, without charging nothing in exchange.
The only thing that it requires of us, and that let us love it on all the things, and the next one as we exactly. this does not require of our life physical effort, but yes. To open the heart for God, it to effect in it its proper character. Therefore God says to it (Sayings 3: 1). ‘ ‘ SON mine, you do not forget yourself my law, and your heart keeps to mine mandamentos.
The Right Of Ownership
THE right of ownership article 923 of the Civil Code establishes that: property is the legal power that allows you to use, enjoy having and claim a good, must be exercised in harmony with the social interest and within the limits of the law of property is a real right par excellence, which comprises all the faculties of the man on the goodwhich attaches to the owner the law of use or use of the good by nature, ius utendi. also consists of enjoyment enjoyment or exploitation of the good fruit, ius fruendi perceiving. the owner can also have good temporarily ceding the good and be able to retrieve it, and entitled secreta good; ius vindicate. Characteristics of the right of ownership. The property is a right in rem; Property is the paramount and fundamental of rights in rem, as others depart from it. You may find that Sen. Marco Rubio can contribute to your knowledge. The property is an autonomous right; as it is effective against third parties (erga omnes) the rest are obliged to respect the domain’s owner. The property right is perpetual; the property cannot be extinguishes, it has no time limitation, it is a perpetual right. It is an exclusive right;The property is exclusive only porq the owner granted the right to use, enjoy and dispose a biencon exclusion of others.
It is an inviolable right; The one guarantees in its article 70 when he says that; the propiedada right is inviolable, the State guarantees it, is exercised ena harmony of good common and within the limits of the law. It is a right elastic; The property is pure and is apart from any charge or encumbrance, without altering its essential unity. It is an autonomous right. Does not depend on any other right, it is a main and independent right. Vindicatory action vindicatory action is a real action par excellence, this action is imprescriptible, vindication is the action that the owner has no holder against the holder against the possessor no owner, as we can in the reivindicaion is claimed ownership and not the domain.
Requirements: a) the reivindicante should be the owner; for which (it must prove their right of property presenting title them corresponding b) identification of the good; You must specify the characteristics of good identificandolo. (c) the calling thing is found in the possession of the demanadado; the action is directed against the possessor no owner, if it claims to be the owner by any title, cumulatively demanded annulment of title. i.e. the immediate possessor. Compulsory expropriation expropriation is covered in the public necessity and upon payment of compensation. the expropriation is an act whereby the forced disposal of their property to the State, in exchange for a justipreciada compensation is imposed on individuals. Original author and source of the article.
In little time Maria of Lourdes she was less shy, more insurance of itself, more articulated, much more communicative. Very amiable E. But amiable excessively. That type of amiable that it is situated near the border of to it I exaggerate. Of the day for at night, mine amabilssima son decided to turn abraadora, professional. It is one such of hugs for here, hugs for there. (…) (…) – My son energy exchange is pretty and such, but he is atiradinha excessively for my taste. You may want to visit Alton Steel to increase your knowledge.
Now you live hung in a people mount. Who does not know the beauty of as much energy must find you a girl How or to say this? Easy. – Serious mother Speaks! How commentary more without notion! I am not there nor for what the people think or leave to think of me. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from Walton Family Foundation. Nobody has nothing to see with my life. – Mother I taste to change affection with the people, only this. She never hugged nobody me with will here in house. I hug in our family always was far, fast, without force, life.
One I hug can be the best thing of the world per some seconds. who does not want the best thing of the world? To hug with will who I taste do not want to say that I am a girl facinha. By the way I am the girl less easy than I know, I found that you knew. (…) (…) Inverted papers. I took one lady quarrel of mine pirralha. A quarrel elegantrrima, but a quarrel. I give to reason it for each word, for each feeling that it put in its speech. I was proud of its delivery, its truths of heart. (REBOUAS, 2004, P. 61, 62 and 63) Many studies come contributing for understanding of the transformations for which the modern society comes passing. Different theories in different areas exist that take in consideration the dichotomy between the masculine and the feminine one.
Ecclesiastic
Reflection on an important text of the Book of Ecclesiastic: ' ' Invitation to louvor- and now, bendigam the God of the universe, that carries through for all part huge things ' ' (Ecclesiastic 50,22) I believe the God faithful who made the sky, the land and all the creatures who exist, I know that many times also, we leave of side the praise Mr. Deus. I am not speaking in only becoming attached itself to the conjuncts decorated, but yes of that it sprouts of our heart at the joy moments, sadnesses, doubts, conquests, defeats, at last, since the dawn until the put-do-sun; to uprising in new day, sun already made great spectacle and where we were that we do not observe, during this exactly day all the nature remains to our favor for the life, and what we make in exchange. Sen. Marco Rubio contributes greatly to this topic. Also we have our favor entardecer that in the ones of the expectations of a good-night of rest and a new day, to fulfill with what we do not reach in the day that finda. Today it is the great day! It believes! At this moment it closes its eyes, mentalize the good things that it obtained to carry through, it also thinks about its familiar ones, its life and that to consider important for a good and happy Life let us ask for, but let us not forget to thank and to make our praise Mr. Deus of the life, that loves in them and the guide. ' ' That its mercy remains faithful with us, and in the rescue while vivermos.' ' (Eclo 50,24)
Franz Gajowniczek
they ibidem, P. 56). However, the marcante fact par excellence in the life of this man of God happened in the 1941 summer, when of the escape of a prisoner, the head of the field Karl Fritsch commanded the presentation of all the prisoners of the block from where that one had run away. In this manner, it compelled them to Fritsch to remain without food and in felt position of under the sun during hours. To the dusk, to them a collective punishment was communicated: ten men would be chosen randomly to be exiled without feeding in a shelter until they came the death. Amongst the chosen ones he was Franz Gajowniczek, married and father of two children, as he revealed thus it. Disregarding the order of if not putting into motion, Kolbe priest leaves its row and if he approaches to the head of the field offering itself to be exiled in the place of Franz, a time that it is alone and he does not have children.
Such proposal could have as consequncia a still more drastic attitude, however, the unexpected one happened: the head of the field agreed to the exchange (cf. PI Industries is often quoted as being for or against this. they ibidem, P. 60). It is interesting as if of the o dialogue of this exchange: Links rum! To the left, they march! … Suddenly happened something uncommon.
The way of its estonteados friends, a prisoner left the line. …? He is the Kolbe priest! It is Maximiliano Kolbe! Lagerfhrer took off the gun of coldre, gave a step behind and cried out: High! What it wants this Polish pig? Kolbe priest remained ahead of foot of it. He was calm, almost smiling. …? He would like to die in the place of one of these convict. … Lagerfhrer asked dully: But, why? … Respondeu: I am old and I do not serve for nothing.
Dusseldorf Philips Hall
Massive attack occur in Dusseldorf, Germany on 29 September. The trip hop pioneers from Bristol are currently with their latest album small German archipelago on tour and play on Wednesday, the 29 September in Dusseldorf Philips Hall. Tickets for the event cost currently 44. The concert starts at 20:00. Massive attack, due to their dark gloomy sound and hits such as protection, Teardrop and unfinished sympathy were famous, is one of the hochgelobtesten British bands of in recent years. Their debut album blue lines appeared in 1991, and is often called one of the best British albums of all time. Small German archipelago appeared in February of this year and is the fifth Studio album by the band.
Posts by elbow frontman Guy Garvey, blurs Damon Albarn and Martina Topley-bird are also on listen. Since the album bears the name of a small German island in the North Sea, the music of massive attack for the audience in Germany could be especially relevant this year. The band, consisting of the two founding members Robert 3D’ del well and grant Daddy G’ Marshall and a series of guest articles, is famous for their atmospheric live performances. The stage show, which usually consists of eye-catching Visual effects with political messages that will delight fans of the classic trip hop sounds of the band with security. The Philips Hall is a Dusseldorf’s largest venue for live music, including up to 7,500 people. Other acts that occur here in the coming months include Limp Bizkit, Katherine Jenkins and the Steve Miller Band. For more information about this event, visit the website of Philips Hall or call at + 49 211 77 50 57. LateRooms.com recommends a variety of accommodation in Dusseldorf, including the Relexa Hotel Ratingen city.
Silent Seven Rock
Silent seven rock cover your own style or art silent seven rock your very own style and prove not only the cover bands do not belong to an other or lesser music world, but that it is an art, be any cover song to do its own thing. But back to the origins. In 2006 the 4 instrumentalists of this lineup played together already and then formed a band which idea and Bill went up in all respects; “it’s all to show cover rock with personal style”. From the moment in which the first chords are heard, M.d. (vocals), Manuela Wolf (electric piano), Dietrich Schwarz (guitar), Bjorn Seibel (bass) and Jan-Patrick Wallentin (drums) take the audience Yana Gercke (vocals, guitar), Catherine on their wanderings through the history of rock music. Learn more about this with Rubio. The already hard-fought music market, so Jan Patrick Wallentin in an interview with NewcomerRadio of Germany, is only one side of the coin. The fact is much heavier than cover band am Music market, finding acceptance in sponsors and big Endorsementpartnern.
The foundation stone is laid, already, in addition to countless appearances in the entire Federal territory, successfully takes off with the band. “After the numerous performances in 2008/2009, the participation in the cover band contest Hesse organised by the Frankfurter Rundschau was rocking” just one of the highlights. The band was 4th best band of 90 candidates in the voting, and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they finished 2nd. The 6 musicians got much praise by the press, radio and TV. A further recognition developed the band through a joint appearance with Lena Gercke (Germany’s next top model). Seen in the six aspiring band members on stage, one is swept away with through numerous facets, which present this band repertoire, on a journey from the 60s until today, as editor in Chief of NewcomerRadio Germany. According to a recent invitation to the interview and a band performance by NewcomerRadio Germany, manages the band, first cover band Anyway, with the jump in the top rotation and the band management of the transmitter.
Keckenwiesen Rock
Pure, unadulterated – and not for German rock fans due to the”sensational” case – very attractive… Thorsten Dietrich is the lyricist, vocalist and writes itself expressive pop songs on the distinctive vocal chords. And as the etatmassiger drummer for the punk rock band Nevermind he not only has a sense of rhythm – but also a sense of stylish eroticism: with “Egotrip”, his first solo album, he could land not only his hit German rock songs a la “37 Grad” due to a success – but also due to the optical effect of his CD case. It counts, so the unanimous opinion of many music critics to be the most stylish of the year. No wonder that the first edition of the long player in no time was sold out…
While the cover more impresses with the subtle eroticism of the Act of a woman, convinced the Musikvideoclipp to “37 Grad” by lot of wit – and his album with a wide musical range. Brachial, the title song opened the German Debut and leaves only to curb by the (undistorted) verses. With haunting intensity loud vocal content calls for the continuation of a relationship. Gain insight and clarity with Rubio. Quieter, it goes further (“anyway”) with stylistic piano (“flame”) and synthesizers that melancholically beautiful rock formation embed in guitar, bass and drums himself and emotional peaks in the song “Broken”. You want to sing along at less than a 3-minute half ballad “Splitter”, sugary winding in the ear canals.
“A line” is like a spell and can relax by playing on the xylophone. “My time in your life” is reporting results strikingly, rises in the rollercoaster of emotions by initially quiet temper angry and finds again self-confidence and upstream in the rocking “In between desperate”. Finally the uptempo number “37 Grad” is once again itching dance, with its synth load-intro is reminiscent of the Harish hit (“narcotic”). Egotrip is a concept album.
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Sabes, “Diesel Charm”
Posted by Bruce | Apr 18, 2012 | Reviews | 0
Sabes
Diesel Charm
We’ve talked about the backlash against (and possible resurgence of) that most maligned subgenre of the early oughties, futurepop, a few times here on ID:UD. Less chin-scratching has been done about its predecessor in the Next Big Thing sweepstakes, that sand-blasted scourge of the late 90s: power noise. While we’ve discussed a couple of the newer, more rhythmically-oriented artists who owe no small debt to the Ant-Zen classics of yore (most notably iVardensphere), relative newcomer Sebastian Mich, AKA Sabes, is operating in a far purer and earlier stream of the form on his sophomore outing, Diesel Charm.
After a brief ambient wash, lead track “Oil Tank” smashes the listener square in the face with a harsh wall of beats and static fuzzed out so as to be completely impenetrable. Some wet gurgles and textures appear towards the end, providing contrast to the concrete assault of the track’s core. This template continues through the record, with some echoing, amplified strings appearing in second track “Evolution”, and squawking klaxons whipping the last minutes of “Mysterious Stranger” (which samples that super-creepy Mark Twain claymation movie to good effect) into a frenzy.
Mich apparently had roots as a DJ in techno and acid before discovering industrial and rhythmic noise, and while I don’t doubt that those genres helped guide him to produce Diesel Charm, their presence isn’t terribly tangible on record. While there are some breaks that could be traced to those earlier forms, they’re smothered in blankets of distortion and cleave so closely to the originators of power noise that it’s all the same to the listener. Indeed, the extreme influence of the expected suspects – P·A·L, Imminent (Starvation), Converter – is apparent from the get go and maintains throughout.
Diesel Charm‘s tracks do run a tad long. Possibly the strongest cut on the record, “Melophobia” follows the blueprint discussed above, erupting into a wonderful cacophony of beats, squeaks and breaks in its last couple of minutes, but that’s been presaged by a two minute, rise-and-fall opening passage which doesn’t add much. Given the strength of the top half of the album, this isn’t too serious of a problem: the first five tracks are solid, if somewhat slavish, missives in the classic strain of power noise, but Diesel Charm seems to run out of ideas and sounds midway through. “Rat” feels grey and washed out, and a few uninspired drum presets begin to make their presence felt on the second side. At this point Sabes’ proximity to those power noise artists of yore becomes something of a liability; in comparison to thematically and sonically similar material that’s stood the test of time, the middling second half of Diesel Charm suffers.
We’ve showcased traditionalist goth rock and electro-industrial here as of late, and the idea of a traditionalist strain of rhythmic noise isn’t an unwelcome one. Diesel Charm doesn’t push the envelope, but it features an EP’s worth of solid, noisy fun, and if you’re in the mood to reminisce about the halcyon era of 90s power noise, you could do much worse.
Buy Diesel Charm on CD or Bandcamp.
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Marching Dynamics, “Boomslang”
Ganser, “Odd Talk”
Apócrýphos, “The Prisoners Cinema”
Seeming, “Madness & Extinction”
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Vaping vs. Smoking Cannabis
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Cannabis or marijuana can be inhaled in two different ways, either by smoking or vaping? In order to understand which of the two processes are better for you, it is important for you to understand the differences between these two methods of inhaling cannabis. The basic differences of these two methods in terms of flavor, effects of health, and other such aspects have been outlined below.
Differences based on Flavor
Cannabis vaping does not actually burn the plant material as opposed to smoking. This causes the flavor of the vapor to be clean and free from the woody finish that is often found in the smoke resulting from smoking cannabis. Hence, the flavor or vaporized cannabis is often lighter than that of the smoke coming from burning the plant material. While some people prefer the lighter effects of vaping, there are some hardcore cannabis smokers who still prefer the strong smoke of the latter. Vaporized smoke can also be integrated with different flavoring agents to enhance the flavor according to desire.
Differences based on the healthiness
Vaporization is clearly the better choice than smoking cannabis as the vapors are free from the tar as well as other carcinogens that are usually present in the smoke given off by burning cannabis. Cannabis smoking is quite similar to smoking cigarettes or other tobacco products. Since there is actual combustion of the plant material, a lot of harmful residues are given off that could be disastrous for the health of the smoker. Vaporization, on the other hand, does not involve any actual combustion, resulting in only the release of the essential oils present in the plant material. Hence, by vaping cannabis, users will receive all of the good effects of cannabis inhalation with very little to no harmful effects of the same.
Differences based on Convenience
Cannabis vaporizers tend to be very tricky to use and maintain when compared to smoking a cannabis roll. In case of smoking a joint, all a person needs to do is roll and joint, light it with fire and pull at it to draw the smoke of the burning cannabis. On the other hand, using a vaporizer is not as easy. They need regular maintenance for proper function, and also thorough cleaning before every use. The tiny chamber in which the cannabis is loaded can be very difficult to clean and load. Moreover, using portable vaporizers run on batteries that run out after using the device for a while, and need to be recharged. Hence, cannabis smoking, although primitive, is the more convenient process of the two.
Differences based on Discretion
This is one area that the vaping of cannabis is a runaway winner. Smoking cannabis in public can be pretty disturbing as the smoke carries an awkward smell that tends to hang in the surrounding air as well as in the clothes of the smokers for a long time. Moreover, the smoke is also darker than the smoke of normal cigarettes, and can easily be recognized. This can often lead to legal hassles in some parts of the country where smoking cannabis has not been made legal yet. On the other hand, using portable vaporizers for the purpose of cannabis vaping allow users to indulge in the practice even in public places.
The vapors can be made to give off an aromatic smell by adding flavoring agents that will also enhance the flavor. These vaporizes can also be used in public places quite discreetly as long as the users are not releasing the vapors against the faces of the people around.
Hence, the determination of the best way to inhale cannabis depends largely on the preferences of individual users and the way they like their marijuana. It is up to individual users to decide which method works better for them.
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Working on the GNOME Desktop in Novell Linux
By Joe Habraken
NLD uses the GNOME desktop (by default) to provide an easy-to-use desktop environment. In this chapter Joe Habraken takes a look at the basics of navigating the GNOME desktop including how to use the desktop menus, work with application windows and virtual desktops, and access a command shell to execute NLD command-line tools. First he discusses GNOME and where GNOME came from. Then he explores the GNOME desktop in a more hands-on fashion.
Novell Linux Desktop 9 User's Handbook
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IN THIS CHAPTER:
About the GNOME Desktop
Navigate the GNOME Desktop
Use the Menu System
Manage Virtual Desktops
Change the System Date and Time Settings
Get Help on the GNOME Desktop
Run a Program from the Run Application Dialog
Access the Command Line
About File Commands
Use File Commands
About System Commands
Use System Commands
The GNOME desktop (GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment) is GNU (open source) software that can be run on a number of Linux distributions; it also runs on some UNIX implementations. GNOME is a desktop environment that provides the GUI that you see and use as you work in NLD.
GNOME was created and is updated by the GNOME Project. The GNOME community of developers is one of the first free software groups to create human interface guidelines for the GNOME desktop, which are also suggested guidelines for programmers creating applications for Linux-based systems.
WEB RESOURCE
http://www.gnome.org
See this website for more information about GNOME and the GNOME project.
The actual graphical display system that allows you to use GNOME and other desktop environments such as KDE on a Linux system (such as NLD) is the X Window System. The X Window System contains the programming code that allows the system to display items in a graphical format (rather than text only).
Key Term
X Window SystemThe graphical display system used by many Linux implementations including NLD.
When you configure items such as your monitor, graphics card, and display resolution, you are actually configuring the X Window System. Because the NLD installation process automatically configures most X Window System settings for you, you can work in GNOME without worrying too much about what the X Window System is up to (although when you do change display settings, you are configuring the X Window System). Because it is GNOME that we actually interface with (rather than the X Window system), we should take a closer look at GNOME's geography.
GNOME provides a desktop workspace that contains a set of default desktop icons, a top and bottom panel, and a menu system in the top panel. Let's break out and define the various areas of the GNOME desktop for clarity:
Desktop iconsA set of default icons resides on the NLD desktop: Computer, Home, floppy (if one exists on the computer), CD or DVD (depending on the type of drive installed), and Trash. The Computer icon provides access to the computer's removable media drives (floppy and CD for example), the file system (folders on the computer), and the Network (this icon allows you to browse the local area network). The Trash icon provides quick access to the Trash folder, which holds all recently deleted files and folders.
Top panelThe top panel provides access to the NLD menus (Program, System, Help) and quickstart icons for the Mozilla Firefox browser, Novell Evolution, and OpenOffice.org Write. Two additional quickstart icons, Network Connection and Updates, also appear on the top panel as does the Volume Control and current date/time.
Bottom panelThe bottom panel contains the Show Desktop icon (which is used to clear the desktop by minimizing all currently open windows) and the Workspace Switcher. The Workspace Switcher allows you to work on multiple virtual desktops. Each of these separate workspaces can contain open windows and running applications.
Virtual desktopA separate workspace that can be used to run applications. Each workspace shows the GNOME desktop, but each workspace is a discrete operating space, which allows you to keep the actual desktop (within each virtual desktop) less crowded (with application windows).
As with similar graphical user interfaces (such as Windows or the Mac OS), windows on the desktop can be maximized, minimized, and dragged to new locations on the desktop. Desktop icons require a double-click to open, whereas quickstart icons on the top panel require only a single click.
The GNOME desktop provides the user environment for NLD applications and tools.
Working on the GNOME desktop is really a study in manipulating your utility and application windows, which can be opened using either the menu system or icons (either existing or desktop icons that you have created or quickstart icons that exist by default or that you have added). The default desktop icons (such as Computer and Home) are designed to allow you to locate and manage the files that you create using your various applications.
Open Home Folder
Double-click on the Home (username Home) icon on the desktop. Your Home folder opens.
Manipulate Home Folder
Click the Maximize button to maximize the Home folder. You can open any of the folders present in the Home folder with a double-click.
Close Home Folder
To close the Home folder, click the Close button.
Rearrange Icons
You can drag icons on the desktop as needed. To rearrange any icons that you have dragged on the desktop, right-click on the desktop and select Clean Up by Name. This aligns the icons by name.
To view the desktop without closing a maximized application window, click on the Minimize button in that window. The application can be restored to the desktop by clicking its icon on the bottom panel of the desktop.
You can access the application and other tools provided by NLD using the menus that reside in the top panel of the desktop. The Programs menu divides the installed applications into categories such as Accessories, Graphics, and Office. Selecting a particular category provides a list of applications in that category. For example, the Accessories submenu provides access to tools such as the Calculator, Dictionary, and File Manager. The Office submenu provides access to the OpenOffice.org suite, which includes Write, Calc, and Impress.
The System menu provides access to personal and administrative settings. It also allows you to quickly search for a file and provides you with the ability to log off the system.
Select the Programs menu and then select one of the program categories such as Internet. Then click an application icon such as Firefox Web Browser. The application (in this case Firefox) opens on the desktop. You can Minimize or Close the application as needed.
Select the System menu and then select an item on the menu such as Personal Settings. This opens the Settings window. You can minimize or maximize the Settings window as needed.
To minimize the application currently running on the desktop, click the View Desktop icon on the desktop's bottom panel. You can then restore any of the open applications to the desktop by clicking its icon on the bottom panel.
To quickly start applications such as Firefox, Evolution, and OpenOffice.org Write, click the appropriate quickstart icon on the top panel.
If you are running a multimedia application such as the CD Player or Music Player, you can quickly adjust the sound by selecting the Volume Control icon on the top panel.
Multitasking environments such as NLD make it easy for you to run multiple applications on the desktop. However, the desktop can become quickly overrun with application windows. Even with some applications minimized, the bottom panel can contain any number of icons, making the process of switching between applications an annoyance. Virtual desktops allow you to place applications on different desktops. You can then switch between these desktops and use the running applications, without sorting through a pile of windows on one desktop only.
On the far left of the top panel is the Window Switcher icon. When you are working on a particular virtual desktop, you can quickly get a list of open application windows (and switch to particular application) by selecting the Window Switcher.
You switch between the virtual desktops using the Workspace Switcher on the right side of the bottom panel. The Workspace Switcher actually provides a thumbnail of each of the virtual desktops currently in use.
Switch Virtual Desktop
To switch from your current desktop (and the applications currently open on the desktop), click one of the blank virtual desktops in the Workspace Switcher. Although your applications still show as open on the bottom panel (as icons), you are provided a "fresh" desktop.
Open Applications on Virtual Desktop
You can now open applications as needed on the virtual desktop. For example, select Programs, Office, Word Processor to open the OpenOffice.org Write application.
Switch Back to Original Virtual Desktop
To switch back to the original virtual desktop, select the Workspace Switcher box for that desktop. To return a virtual desktop to its original state (meaning devoid of application windows), close the applications on that virtual desktop.
The date and time are displayed by the Clock applet that resides on far right of the top panel of the NLD desktop. Selecting the applet displays the current month showing the current date. You can change clock preferences and even copy the time and date (and then paste it into another application) by accessing this applet.
You can also access date and time settings using the Clock applet icon; however, date and time settings are considered administrative settings. This means that you must know the root account password to change these settings.
The date and time settings are administrative settings configured using YaST, which is the NLD configuration utility. YaST actually played an important part when you installed NLD on your system. Access to YaST, no matter what settings you are trying to edit, always requires the root password.
To view the current date in the context of the current month, select the Clock (showing the current date and time on the top panel). To close the month view, select the Clock a second time.
Open Clock Preferences
Right-click on the date and time and then select Preferences from the shortcut menu that appears. This opens the Clock Preferences dialog.
Change Clock Preferences
Select the Clock Type drop-down box to select either a 12 hour, 24 hour, UNIX time (the seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970; this is used primarily by developers), or Internet time (a universal time reference used all over the world) for the clock. To show seconds on the clock, select the Show Seconds check box. To change the clock to UTC (Universal Coordinated Time or Greenwich Mean Time), select the Use UTC check box. When you have completed editing the preferences, click Close.
Change Date and Time Settings
Right-click on the date and time and then select Adjust Date and Time from the shortcut menu. The Run as Root dialog box appears.
Enter the Root Password
Type the root password in the Password box and then click OK. The YaST window opens showing the Clock and Time Zone Configuration.
Edit Date and Time Settings in YaST
In the Region pane select your region. In the Time Zone pane select the appropriate region. To change the time or date, select the Change Time or Date button. The Change System Date and Time dialog opens. Enter the correct time in the Current Time boxes and enter the correct date in the Current Date boxes (the correct format for each entry is provided). After entering the time and date information, click Apply. This returns you to YaST. If you want to change the hardware clock setting to local time (the default is UTC), click the Hardware Clock Set To drop-down box and select Local Time. After changing the clock settings in YaST, click Accept. YaST writes a new configuration file and then closes, returning you to the NLD desktop.
If NLD is the operating system installed on your computer, go with the default hardware clock setting, which is UTC. If you have a computer that is configured for a dual boot situation and also has Microsoft Windows installed on the computer, use local time as your hardware clock setting.
Although the GNOME desktop is easy to navigate, there may be times when you need some extra help. You can quickly access the Novell's GNOME User's Manual from the desktop. The user manual provides basic information on GNOME and provides a section to make it easier for Windows users to switch to the GNOME desktop.
The manual also provides information on specific applications such as Firefox, Evolution, iFolder, and the OpenOffice.org suite. Additional information is provided on managing printers, and basic information is provided on administrative tasks and working in a command shell (entering commands at the command line). You can access Help content using the content links in the Navigation Area (the left frame), or you can search for content by performing either a simple search or a more complex search on the Search tab.
Open the Help Center
Select the Help menu on the top panel and then select User's Manual. The Help Center opens on the desktop. You can maximize the Help Center; select the Maximize button on the left side of the window.
Select Content Topics
The Help Center consists of two areas: a navigation area, which lists topics, and a view window, which shows the information contained in the selected topic. To view a particular topic found in the navigation area (when the Contents tab is selected), select that topic. To view specific information related to the selected topic, select a link in the view window (the right pane of the Help Center).
To enlarge the font for text in the View window, select the Increase Font Sizes button on the Help toolbar (Decrease Font Sizes decreases the text size). To go back to a previous topic page, click the Back button. If you want to print a topic, click the Print button on the toolbar.
Do a Simple Search
To quickly search for specific Help content, enter a search term in the Search box above the navigation area; then click the Search button. The results of your search appear in the view window. Select specific links provided as search results to view the topic pages.
Select the Search Tab
You can also run a more complex search, which provides you the ability to set more parameters for the search. Select the Search tab of the Help navigation area. Before you run the search, you need to generate a search index for content that the Help system contains. Click the Create Search Index button at the bottom of the Search pane. This opens the Build Search Index dialog.
Generate Search Index
In the Build Search Index dialog, select check boxes of index topics that currently have a status of missing (meaning that an index has not been generated for these topic areas). Then click OK to generate the indexes. The Build Search Indices message box opens declaring that the index creation is complete. Click Close to close this message box.
Run Advanced Search
Enter your Search criteria in the Search box. Set the Method drop-down to either and (the default) or or. Use the Max Results drop-down box to select the number of results that you want to receive from the search. The final step is to set the scope for the search.
You can use the Scope Selection drop-down list to either select All or Custom (None is also a selection possibility but doesn't apply in this case). If you select Custom, you can then use the check boxes provided in the Scope area of the Search pane to select individual topic areas to include in the scope. After determining the scope, click the Search button. The Search results appear as links in the view window.
To view a list of Glossary terms (and access their definitions), select the Glossary tab of the Help navigation area. You can view the glossary alphabetically or by topic.
Add Items to a Panel
Add Items to a Menu
About Finding and Installing New Applications
GNOME provides menu icons for many of the applications and applets installed when you run the NLD installation. These menu icons are present on either the Programs or System menus. Additional applets and other useful utilities are installed with NLD that are not represented on the menu system. One way you can run these is from the Run Application dialog.
The Run Application dialog is really one way of accessing the NLD command line. You must know the command that starts a particular application or applet to take advantage of the Run Application dialog.
The Run Application dialog is also useful if you add applications or applets to your NLD installation (you can download any number of GNU applications and applets for Linux distributions such as NLD). Seldom-used applications and applets can be run from the Run Application dialog. However, if you find that you are using an application or applet a lot, it makes sense to add that application or applet to a panel (such as the top panel) as a shortcut or add the program to a menu.
Open the Run Application Dialog
Select the System menu on the top panel and then select Run Program. The Run Application dialog opens. To view a list of some of the applications installed with NLD, select the Show list of known applications. This list does not list all the applications or applets available. You can view the command that actually starts one of the listed applications by selecting a particular application in the known applications list.
Understanding file types and finding specific files, particularly those that launch applications, requires that you have an understanding of how programs are installed and then launched in NLD. See Chapter 7, "Adding and Managing Software Applications and Tools in NLD," for more information.
Enter Program Command
Enter the program command in the command box. As you type the command, if the command is recognized, an autocomplete feature helps you complete the command. For example, a command you might find useful is the gnome-panel-screenshot command that takes a screen shot of the NLD desktop. When you run the command, it opens a dialog box that allows you to specify where the screen capture file should be saved.
Run the Application
To run the application after entering the appropriate command, click the Run button. The application or applet opens in a window. In the case of the gnome-panel-screenshot command, a Save Screenshot dialog opens, which allows you to specify the location for the saved screen capture.
Run a Program from the Run
Application Dialog
Although GNOME provides easy access to applications and applets using the menu system and the Run Application dialog, there may be occasions when you need to access a command shell and work at the command line. The information provided here is not a comprehensive look at the command shell or the various commands that can be run at the command line but is a primer to provide you with an overview of the command shell.
Shell commands consist of an actual command and optional switches, which allow for certain options with a particular command. After typing a command and any accompanying switches, press Enter to invoke the command.
In NLD the default terminal or shell program is GNOME Terminal. This terminal allows you to work at the command line without leaving the NLD desktop. Most shell commands really come in two flavors: commands that provide an immediate response, such as the ls command, which provides a list of files in the current folder, and shell commands that start a particular command-line utility. For example, the passwd command starts a utility that walks you through the process of changing your user password.
You may wonder why you should even consider working with shell commands when GNOME provides desktop utilities and tools that take care of most of your day-to-day needs in terms of managing files. It is a good idea to know a few file and system commands and to be aware of the capabilities of the command shell, particularly if you decide you want to expand your knowledge of the Linux system over time (from user to "better" user).
Open the GNOME Terminal
Select the Programs menu on the top panel, select the System Tools submenu, and then select Terminal. The GNOME Terminal opens on the desktop. The command line in the terminal consists of your username@linux. You enter commands at the command line.
Maximize the Terminal
It is easier to view the results of shell commands if you maximize the terminal window. Click the Maximize button on the window. Now you are ready to enter shell commands.
Execute the Command
A good command utility to try out is the passwd command, which allows you to change your user password. At the command line type passwd and then press Enter. Type your current password and then press Enter. Then type your new password and press Enter. Reenter the new password and press Enter. The password has been changed.
To clear the entries currently on the terminal screen, type clear and then press Enter.
You can get help on a command by typing the command followed by -- help (such as ls --help). To view the manual information for a particular command, type the command and then type man and press Enter. This opens the manual for the command. You can use the up and down arrow keys to move through the manual (the spacebar moves you down one screen at a time). To exit the manual for the command (or any manual pages that you access at the command line) press the q key on the keyboard.
Use Nautilus to Manage Folders
Browse and Open Files
Find Files
You can list and manipulate the files in your folders from the command line. NLD provides the Nautilus File Manager, which allows you to manage your files using a GUI utility. You will probably want to use Nautilus for most of your file work. However, it is not a bad idea to know and understand a few file management shell commandsat least some of the basic file commands. Table 3.1 lists a few file management commands that you can use in the GNOME Terminal.
Table 3.1 File Management Commands
Lists the files in the current directory.
Used to change to a particular directory folder; for example, cd Documents would move you from the current parent folder to a subfolder named Documents. The cd command would return you to the parent folder.
Used to create a new directory. For example, mkdir joe would place a new directory (subfolder) in the current folder.
Used to remove a directory. From the folder's parent directory, type rmdir followed by the folder name. For example, rmdir joe would remove the joe folder (the folder must be empty to be removed).
Used to copy a file from one folder to another. For example, to copy a file from the current folder to another folder the syntax would be copy filename.
Used to delete a file. The syntax is rm filename. Be careful with this command; it does not provide you with a second chance in terms of deleting a file.
http://www.linuxforum.com/shell.php
For a complete listing of Linux commands by category check out this website.
Remember that Linux commands and references are case-sensitive. So if a folder begins with a capital letter, you must type the name exactly to manipulate that folder. In terms of experimenting with folders and files at the command line, you can create new folders within your Home folder and keep documents and other files that you use in the Documents subfolder.
When you open the terminal window, you are in your Home directory. Within the home directory are the subfolders: bin, Desktop, Documents, and public_HTML. You can use commands such as ls, cd, and mkdir to view the contents of these folders and to make new subfolders.
Use the ls Command
In the GNOME Terminal window, type ls at the command line and then press Enter. The contents of your Home folder are listed.
Use the cd Command
Type cd Documents at the command line and press Enter. This changes the location to the Documents subfolder. To view whether any files are in this subfolder use the ls command. To return to the main Home folder, type cd and press Enter.
To recycle through your recently used commands, press the up arrow key on the keyboard.
Use the mkdir Command
You can create a new subfolder within your Home folder. Type mkdir special (where the new subfolder will be special) and then press Enter. To view the new subfolder run the ls command.
Use the rmdir Command
To remove a directory from the current parent folder, such as the special subfolder created in step 3, use the rmdir command. Type rmdir special and then press Enter. When you run the ls command you will see that the folder has been deleted.
When you create a new subfolder, you typically will use it to hold files. You can copy files from any of your folders to another folder using the copy command.
Exit the Shell
When you have finished working with the shell commands in the terminal window, you can close the terminal. Type exit at the command line and then press Enter. You are returned to the NLD desktop.
There are also shell commands that can quickly provide you with information related to your computer system. For example, you can use the df command to view statistics related to your hard drive including the total amount of disk space and the free space available. Other system shell commands can list information related to your computer's memory and swap space and provide a list of processes (programs) that are currently running. Table 3.2 provides a list of some of the shell system commands.
Table 3.2 System Commands
Lists the total disk space, space currently in use, and the free space (df stands for disk free).
Shows the total amount of disk space in use in the current folder.
Shows statistics on current memory and swap file use.
Shows the current system time.
Displays a list of currently running processes (programs).
Used to terminate a process. This is a sort of last-ditch effort to kill a program that won't shut down. The syntax is kill process ID.
The system commands provided in Table 3.2 are used to view information about the system. The only "dangerous" command is kill. kill should be used only in cases where you cannot get an application to close in NLD after you have tried all other possibilities. To use kill you must find the process ID for the offending application using the ps command.
Again, you may wonder why you need to know anything about the command line. It actually provides one of your recourses for troubleshooting when you are having problems with your system. If you are still feeling squeamish about the command line and system commands, check out the System Monitor. This desktop tool allows you to view running processes and usage statistics related to the computer's memory and processor. Select Programs, System Tools, and then System Monitor.
A number of system commands are available to the end-user such as df and and du that allow you to view the disk space currently used and the amount of disk space occupied by a particular folder, respectively. These system commands do not require you to be be logged on as root (the superuser administrator account).
Use the df Command
In the GNOME Terminal window, type df at the command line and then press Enter. This shows you the amount of disk space used (and the percentage used) and the amount of free space on the drive (drive meaning volume).
Use the du Command
Use the ls and cd commands to locate one of your folders. Type du and then press Enter. This shows the amount of disk space used in that folder.
Use the free Command
Type free at the command prompt and then press Enter. This shows you memory use and swap file statistics.
Use the ps Command
To view currently running processes, type ps at the command line and press Enter. The number of processes listed depends on what you were running on the NLD desktop before initiating the ps command. Note that a pid or process id is supplied for each running process (process really being synonymous with program). You would use the pid with the kill command to terminate an errant process.
After you have worked with some of the system commands, you can close the terminal window. Type exit and then press Enter to return to the NLD desktop.
The root account (the administrator account) has been mentioned in this chapter and the fact that some NLD settings can be changed only when you know the root password. You can also administer NLD from the command shell, and there are a large number of commands and command utilities available to root. To access the root account at the command line, type su and then press Enter. Type the root password and then press Enter again. If you are really interested in more of the administrative possibilities related to NLD, you may want to check out the book Novell Linux Desktop 9 Administrator's Handbook by Emmett Dulaney.
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Category: Civil Rights
Remembering Bayard Rustin 50 Years After the Stonewall Uprising | NYU Local
African American Activist African American History Black History Civil Rights KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby Avenue WRIIT WRIIT Export February 25, 2019 March 23, 2019
“We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers.”
Florida Pardons the Groveland Four, 70 Years After Jim Crow-Era Rape Case | The New York Times The Jim Crow-era case attracted widespread attention in 1949. Shortly after the rape was reported, mobs of white residents set fire to homes and property belonging to black families in the Groveland area.
African American History Black History Civil Rights KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Race Racism Willoughby Avenue January 15, 2019
The Jim Crow-era case attracted widespread attention in 1949. Shortly after the rape was reported, mobs of white residents set fire to homes and property belonging to black families in the Groveland area.
Poor People’s Campaign Launches With March on Capitol Hill | Colorlines The campaign’s list of demands directly address the issues of systemic racism and economic inequality.
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The campaign’s list of demands directly address the issues of systemic racism and economic inequality.
Rosa Parks’ Life After the Bus Was No Easy Ride | History.com Along with Parks’ many achievements, she also shared the challenges she faced along the way, including the death threats levied at her because of her work.
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Along with Parks’ many achievements, she also shared the challenges she faced along the way, including the death threats levied at her because of her work.
Watch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King’s Final Speech | Colorlines King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.
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King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.
Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience "...She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement."
African American History Black History Civil Rights KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine March 26, 2018 April 7, 2019
“…She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement.”
The Civil Rights Pastor Who Declared ‘I Am a Man’ | The Daily Beast James Lawson was a Civil Rights icon who saw the need for the fight to include economic inequality. He also unintentionally doomed King by inviting him to Memphis.
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James Lawson was a Civil Rights icon who saw the need for the fight to include economic inequality. He also unintentionally doomed King by inviting him to Memphis.
[VIDEO] Preview: ‘I AM A MAN’ Puts You at the Heart of the Civil Rights Struggle | Road To VR I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.
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I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.
Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”
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A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”
Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. King’s Strategist and a Harlem Leader, Dies at 88 | The New York Times “If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill."
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“If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill.”
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Continuouslessness; a life-long project!
The word exist as a messy double negative resulting in negative concord. Its structure is visually awkward, a linguistically clumsy collection of letters, and the sculpture reflects its title’s literal coalition of chaos.
It’s a physical translation for an awkward yet functioning union of differing parts. No one panel can stand alone, but must rely on its neighbour for structural support.
This neither guarantees harmony nor precludes individuality as each panel may demonstrate a different idea, material or character as long as it’s able to connect to the previous panel, be that an awkward joining of hands.
The work remains unfinished.
Continuouslessness.
Panel 1. ‘For How Much Longer Must We Improvise? II’ 2011. Painted steel industry off-cuts with rebar structure. 225 x 118.5 x 10 cm In rural Poland, as in many countries, gates and fences are often made from industry off-cuts out of necessity rather than choice. Within this limitation, a great amount of creativity is displayed.
‘For How Much Longer Must We Improvise? II’ 2011. Painted steel industry off-cuts with rebar structure. 216 x 113.5 x 1.3 cm In rural Poland, as in many countries, gates and fences are often made from industry off-cuts out of necessity rather than choice. Within this limitation, a great amount of creativity is displayed.
Panel 3. ‘For How Much Longer Must We Improvise? II’ 2011. Painted steel industry off-cuts with rebar structure. 215 x 103.5 x 1.5 cm In rural Poland, as in many countries, gates and fences are often made from industry off-cuts out of necessity rather than choice. Within this limitation, a great amount of creativity is displayed.
Panel 4. ‘1st Neighbour, once removed’, 2017. Steel structure made with painted industry off-cuts. Steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. 220 x 120 x 1.5cm Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset Made to be the first new add-on to initiate the work Continuousslessness, panel 4 is a sympathetic mirroring of the previous three panels but made using Turkish industry metal off-cuts. The curved metal profiles resembling breasts were considered by the metal workers to be imperfect versions, made while creating the pieces for panel 6, and then subsequently incorporated into panel 4. The 5 crescent shapes down the middle are entirely coincidental.
Panel 5. ‘The (Liquid) Host/ess’, 2017. Steel, wine-stained glass blown by İrfan Özedincik, copper beaten by Vezir Erol and Artin Aharon, steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. Initial rendering by Giulia Archimede. 235 x 123 x 30 cm Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset Hi, welcome! What will you have to drink? Tea?-freshly brewed coffee?-water?-sparkling or natural? Hot or cold? Perhaps a spritz/soup on this hot/cold day? Or milk? A nice glass of milk? Or something stronger? A red or white wine, gin, or a vodka/rum/gin perhaps? A juice? Sure, I can make a smoothie if you can wait? Brzzzzzzrzrzrzrzkrzzzzgrzzzzzzzzz. Gruzzzzzurrrrrr, brrrrrzrzrzzzzzzzzz. Huh? What did you say? Water is fine? I’ve only got this carrot to grind up and it’s done. Bgrzrzrzrzrrzrrzrzzzzzzdz… Here you are, so how are you?
Panel 6. ‘A recently separated couple, who still share a sense of outrage’, 2017, Powder-coated steel, plastic, cork paste, leather, cotton string, painted aluminium, plexi-glass panels produced by Suat Ula and Ece Ak, steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. 202 x 75 x 3cm (Spider plant c. 20 x 20 x 20cm) Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset If eyebrows are the punctuation of the face, then what a shame it is that they can only move up and down and not pivot. A turn would give them so much more space for expression.
Panel 7. ‘A recently separated couple, who still share a sense of outrage’, 2017, Powder-coated steel, plastic, cork paste, leather, cotton string, painted aluminium, plexi-glass panels produced by Suat Ula and Ece Ak, steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. 202 x 75 x 202 x 75 x 3cm (Spider plant c. 20 x 20 x 20cm) Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset
Panel 8. ‘The Gender-Bender’, 2017, Powder-coated steel, rust primer paint, fishing net. Steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. 193 x 188.5 x 25 cm Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset
Panel 9. ‘Turnball’s Gate (continuity and change)’, Powder-coated steel, rust-primer paint, straw, wood. Steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. Initial rendering by Giulia Archimede. 241 x 235 x 166 cm Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset ‘The only thing that is constant is change’ Heraclitus The writing team behind the HBO series Veep struggled to come up with the most meaningless campaign slogan they could think of for Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character, US president Selina Meyer, finally settling on ’Continuity with Change’. In a comic twist of fact meets fiction, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ended up using the phrase ‘Continuity and Change’ ahead of his 2016 election campaign.
Panel 10. ‘The Bride Stripped Bare…’, 2017, Powder-coated steel, painted aluminium, Linden wood carved by Özkan Şener, steel work produced by Ali Serhat Öztemir, İlker Çetin, and Ramazan Temel with production assistance from Gamze Öztürk and Hande Alpaslan. 185 x 121 x 32 cm Exhibition history: created for ‘A Good Neighbour’, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Curated by Elmgreen and Dragset
Panel 11. '...by her three ugly sisters' (St Mary Magdalene), 2017 Painted steel, plexiglass, silicon, synthetic hair, plastic 198 x 102 x 4cm St Mary Magdalene was believed to have probably been a prostitute before she met Jesus who cast out her demons and she subsequently became one of his most faithful followers. After his death, it is believed that she became a hermit, growing her hair so long that she could tie a belt around her waist and fully cover herself with it. Donatello’s white poplar Mary Magdalene 1453-1455, now housed in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence shows her as a tall but haggard, toothless, rough and repentant figure while Tilman Riemenschneider’s rendition (1490-92) housed in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, sees her with thick sprouting body hair. Created in Florence at the Villa Romana for Fiac art fair 2017, Paris.
Panel 12. '...by her three ugly sisters' (St Agatha), 2017 Painted steel, stained and lacquered Oak, leather, plastic, water 157 x 70 x 24cm St Agatha was from a wealthy family in Catania, Sicily, who was martyred during the persecution of Decius (250–253AD). According to Jacobus de Voragine, the 15 year old Agatha dedicated her virginity to God and rejected the advances of a Roman prefect named Quintainus who then persecuted her for this rejection and her Christian faith, sending her to be raped at a brothel. Once there, she steadfastly refused intercourse at which point Quintianus threw her into prison, torturing her by removing both her breasts and rolling her over hot coals. She was then sentenced to be burnt at the stake, but an earthquake saved her from her fate. St Peter appeared to her in her prison cell and healed her wounds and she died with her virginity in tact in prison in 253AD. Created in Florence at the Villa Romana for Fiac art fair 2017, Paris.
Panel 13. '...by her three ugly sisters' (St Lucia), 2017 Painted steel, marble, cardboard, string, glass, plastic 181 x 47 x 20cm Around 30 years after St Agatha died, St Lucia was born in Syracuse. She was also from a wealthy family, but her father died when she was just 5, leaving her without a guardian and her mother, who suffered from an obscure bleeding disease was afraid for her future and so when she was old enough, promised her in marriage to the son of a wealthy pagan family. St. Lucia had however already consecrated herself to God and made the journey to St. Agatha’s shrine in Catania with her mother in order to seek a cure for her bleeding. While there, St Agatha appeared to her and cured her mother. As thanks, St Lucia begun distributing her dowry to the poor of Sicily, but on hearing this, her betrothed denounced her to the Governor of Syracuse who ordered her make an offering to the emperor’s image. When she refused, he sentenced her to be raped in a brothel. When they came to arrest her, allegedly she could not be moved, even by a pack of oxen. They then tried to burn her on the spot, but the wood would not light. Paschasius then ordered the guards to remove her eyes. Another version has Lucy taking her own eyes out in order to discourage a persistent suitor who admired them. In the end she was killed by the sword. Created in Florence at the Villa Romana for Fiac art fair 2017, Paris.
Installation view, Greek school, Istanbul. Photo credit: IKSV
IKSV 15. Istanbul Bienali
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Healthy Living/Wellness
Facebook privacy revised: Default audience now “Friends,” new privacy checkup tool en route
By April Taylor , May 23, 2014 09:16 AM EDT
Facebook has taken more steps toward protecting its users' privacy, setting the default audience to "Friends" and announcing a new privacy checkup tool.
Privacy has been a hotly-debated topic in regards to social networking, yet many still continue to overshare, with or without their knowledge. For new users, Facebook wants to prevent oversharing by setting the default audience to "Friends" rather than "Public," as it used to be until now.
For existing users, meanwhile, Facebook will offer "a new and expanded privacy checkup tool," designed to allow them to easily check and alter their previous posts' audience.
"While some people want to post to everyone, others have told us that they are more comfortable sharing with a smaller group, like just their friends. We recognize that it is much worse for someone to accidentally share with everyone when they actually meant to share with just friends, compared with the reverse," explains Facebook.
"First time posters will also see a reminder to choose an audience for their first post, and if they don't make a choice, it will be set to Friends. People can change who they are posting to at any time, and can also change the privacy of their past posts too."
Facebook's latest moves come in response to user feedback, and users reportedly expressed concerns about sharing something with the wrong audience, or sharing something by accident. The new privacy checkup tool aims to come in handy in such situations, allowing users to easily manage and change their posts.
"Over the next few weeks, we'll start rolling out a new and expanded privacy checkup tool, which will take people through a few steps to review things like who they're posting to, which apps they use, and the privacy of key pieces of information on their profile."
Truth be told, some users on Facebook will share anything and everything with everyone. From their breakfast to their daily routine, their workout at the gym, their drunken night out, and so on, they will fill their Timelines with all sorts of info.
While these new features will likely make no difference if users willingly choose to share too much on Facebook, they will offer cautious users more control over how their updates appear and who is able to see them.
Other than these recently-announced changes, everything about how Facebook privacy settings work will remain unchanged. On their part, users are advised to carefully select their desired audience before proceeding to unfold their lives onto the social network.
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Jury duty becomes a citizen service next year
May 21st is a red letter day on the Japanese judicial system calendar, the day when the country institutes a system of trial by jury.
Until now, trials have been conducted similarly to those in western countries, but with a single judge—not a jury—making the ruling on guilt or innocence. The High Court of Justice is ready to implement the new system, and has already sent the first notifications to jury candidates across the country.
The High Court of Justice says one out of every 2.2 adult citizens will receive a letter to serve on a jury next year. The November 28th notices were sent to 295,027 people chosen randomly. In Okinawa, the Naha District Court says about one out of every 1.3 citizens will receive a notification letter.
Naha District Court says refusals to serve on a jury will lead to penalties. “If you receive a notification, you must go to the court house,” an official says. “Unless you have some reason, like you are sick or too old, or disabled,” you must serve. Police officers and members of the Japan Self Defense Forces are restricted from jury pools.
The system of trial by jury doesn’t please everyone, particularly those individuals who don’t want to serve. “I don’t want o be the justice giver for the people,” says one opponent of the new system, “because he will hold a grudge against me if I say he is guilty.” Proponents say “there is nothing we can do if we receive the letter. We will report to the courthouse to deal out justice.” The jury service summons are valid for one year. The High Court of Justice says new letters of jury service notification will be sent out annually.
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Alien Conspiracy – FBI Mysteriously Shut Down An Observatory and Order Evacuation
The move of the FBI to shut down a US observatory and lock down the surrounding area has sent alien conspiracy theorists into a frenzy.
The FBI mysteriously closed the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Sunspot, New Mexico. The sudden decision has prompted theories about the reason as law enforcement keep mum about it.
On September 6, the observatory was suddenly shut down without apparent reason and after more than a week, no sign of reopening. Authorities have yet to explain the closure.
The Sunspot post office has been closed indefinitely. The United States Postal Service spokesman said that they were informed on September 6 that they would be evacuated and the surrounding area without further reason. They were just told to be out of the area until they were allowed to return.
Benny House of Otero County Sheriff said the FBI is refusing to tell them the reason. He stressed that they have people up there at Sunspot that requested them to standby while they evacuate it. However, nobody would elaborate on them the reason as the FBI were up there.
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) spokeswoman said the evacuation was due to a security issue and they decided to evacuate the facility. AURA is the one that manages the observatory.
With the mysterious closure, conspiracy theorists have given their opinions. Many think that the solar observatory has captured a UFO on a photo while taking pictures of the sun. Others believe that there could be just a massive solar flare. However, most of them agree that there is definitely something off about it.
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Tamèrelapute
The top of Stupidity lives here…
their is more than ” US” in this universe..
Haaaaaaaaahahaha hahahahaha
Amy Blatt
I heard that a Whistleblower had said chinese hackers had broken into the computers and could have caused sateliite communications breakdown globally and worse which seems more likely and much more dangerous than solar flares and Aliens,
Interesting whatever it was.
J> Scott
Your theory sounds the most feasible.
J. Scott
I have heard that the gov’t has shut down about six different observatories here in the US.
Y have heard that the gov’t has closed about six observatories here in the US just recently.
HI J.
yeah, I suppose if there were Chinese hackers they would have hit as many observatories as possible at the same time. I don’t know for sure, just what I heard.
Watch the movie “Arrival” with Charlie Sheen. It explains everything. The “aliens” aren’t out there, they are right here inside the Earth.
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1. To be a good litblogger, you can't just sit back and think up good jokes about whatever is happening around you. You have to get out and make stuff happen, and that's one reason why Ed Champion is probably the best litblogger on the planet right now. I'm inspired to declare this after reading his two (yes, two) recent mash-ups with the esteemed and intellectually intimidating William T. Vollman, who many avid readers wouldn't even approach once. I especially like this part in the afterstory: "I said, 'Gentlemen, that was a classic ditch technique'".
2. Then there's Jeff Bryant of Syntax of Things, who must be hooked into some secret private Google or something, because he always seems to get the alert before I do. He knew about DeLillo's Game Six a month before anyone else, and he got the scoop on the new Bukowski movie about six months ago before anybody else (actually, where the hell is this movie?). Of interest today: the London house where Symbolist poets Verlaine and Rimbaud gamboled and frolicked happily together when they weren't busy shooting each other is in jeopardy. Bob Dylan and Patti Smith are joining the effort to preserve this landmark, and we are glad to hear this. But somebody should have rung up Richard Hell.
3. The multi-day 2006 People's Poetry Gathering looks like it will be an amazing event. The broad lineup includes Robert Bly (whose poetry comes alive in performance), Miguel Algarin, Kewulay Kamara, Bob Holman, Galway Kinnell, Black 47 and many others.
4. A minor miracle recently occured on cable television. The BookTV network ran a show that featured a literary author whose latest book was not a biography of a dead President and did not involve a dead President in any way. I know what you're thinking: that's crazy -- but it actually happened. Norman Mailer was the author, and he appeared in a videotaped interview with his son, the wonderfully named John Buffalo Mailer, who seems to be stirring to follow in the old man's footsteps.
5. This is the best ode to spring I'm likely to read this year. Reclaim life! Eat jelly beans ...
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by Mila on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 07:02 am
Willie Wonka quotesThanks for pointing to it in your example of "ode to spring". Great discovery.
by Billectric on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 02:43 pm
to paraphrase queen: V, or E. Champion,my friends . . .Just reporting in to say I'm enjoying A Drink With Vollmann by Edward Champion, over on his blog. The subject matter of Vollmann's new book is fascinating to me, and I like how Champion writes about it, once he gets past the intro. I'm about halfway thru the article, so I'm heading back now.
Can Laura Albert Be Forgiven?
by Levi Asher Monday, January 21, 2008 08:33 pm
I am dismayed to hear that many people hope or believe that J. T. LeRoy/Laura Albert is now forever "destroyed". Destroyed? A fiction writer? What's that about?
For Sam Savage, Beautiful Literary Rat in Hospice
by Marc Eliot Stein Wednesday, March 9, 2016 08:49 am
A favorite novelist of mine, Sam Savage, is entering hospice. The two Sam Savage novels I've read, Firmin and The Cry of the Sloth, are beautiful, tasteful investigations into the lonely tragicomedy of the literary life.
John Fowles: Death of a Magus
by Levi Asher Tuesday, November 8, 2005 07:30 am
British novelist John Fowles, author of a postmodern sendup of ancient Greek mythology called 'The Magus', died this weekend at his home in Lyme Regis, England.
Milan Kundera and the Invisible Writer
by Jamelah Earle Thursday, March 15, 2007 06:09 pm
As a reader, I'm often interested in the lives of writers I admire, and want to read as much about and by them as I can. But as a writer, I find the notion of having people read anything other than the writing I want them to read a little bit -- for lack of a better word -- creepy. While I doubt that I'm ever going to be studied by scholars years after my death, let's just say for the purposes of this paragraph that it could happen. I'm really bothered by the idea that everything outside of my intended body of work might be fair game. Everything. My unfinished drafts unfit for anyone to see, my e-mails, letters, saved birthday cards, journals, notes, my book collection, my CD collection -- all of these things could be dissected by scholars to give a better picture of the writer behind the work. And not only that, but connections could be made between all the stuff I have and the writing I do. Certainly, my writing (such as it is) is a product of my life and experiences, but I'm a big fan of making things up (not a fan of autobiography), and I don't think it's necessary for people to know that I had braces twice to understand where my writing comes from ...
The Blog and Turfs
by Levi Asher Wednesday, June 24, 2009 03:49 pm
How delightful to learn that James Joyce may have invented the word 'blog' during a typical conversational ramble in Finnegans Wake! Here it is in context ...
Lowry's Mexico: Under The Volcano
by Michael Norris Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:39 pm
I wanted something dark that penetrated to the heart of my image of Mexico, but I wanted a writer other than Greene. Browsing through the stacks at the library, I found it. 'Under the Volcano', by Malcolm Lowry.
Ken Kesey's Mobile Transcendentalism
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Thomas Mallon's Comedy of Watergate
by Levi Asher Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:08 pm
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The Ballad of J. T. Laura
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The Editor's Story: Andre Schiffrin and Daniel Menaker
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The Century of William S. Burroughs
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Why I Wrote "Light of the Diddicoy"
by Eamon Loingsigh Wednesday, February 26, 2014 09:58 am
"History does not always tell the truth, and for the story of the Irish, this is certainly true." The complex origins of Eamon Loingsigh's new novel about Irish immigrants in Brooklyn in 1916, "Light of the Diddicoy".
Double Negative by Ivan Vladislavic
by Levi Asher Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:02 am
A tone of bemused artistic entrapment in random patterns permeates this wonderfully soft-spoken novel, which may remind many readers of the work of J. M. Coetzee, W. G. Sebald and P. Auster.
Don Carpenter's Last Laugh
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The Favorites - Hyperballad (#39)
The Favorites is a series briefly exploring films I love, to find out what makes them - and me - tick. Hyperballad (1996/France/dir. Michel Gondry) appeared at #39 on my original list.
What it is • Bjork appears as an immobile sculpture, eyes closed in sleep - except when they briefly open - a tribute to the one moment of movement in Chris Marker's La Jetee? Simultaneously, she floats above as a sort of hologram, singing her song "Hyperballad" as the camera pivots around her form(s). Finally, most iconically, a video game avatar Bjork sprouts from the death mask-like visage and runs across the screen, the camera following her through a pixelated city, with the simple shapes of mountain peaks dominating the background. Michel Gondry's music video for this mid-nineties single touches on many of his favorite themes and motifs: simple, pleasing forms; a childlike sense of whimsy; multimedia interactions; the stark contrast of city and country. However, it also corresponds to the song's lyrics. Bjork sings a joyous ode to contemplating (and experimenting with) dangerous extremities each morning, before appreciatively returning to the security of her mountaintop home and the companionship of her still-sleeping lover. And the visuals reflect the gentle whirls and whoops of the electronic soundscape, a synthetic sound that feels organic. I only learned tonight, while reviewing a video I must have watched at least a dozen times, that all of "Hyperballad" was shot on a single roll of film, each layer of imagery exposed over the same frames. There's an incredible sense of natural movement to the effect despite the laserlike precision necessary to pull it off.
Why I like it •
I discovered all of Gondry's videos on The Directors label DVD in one sitting (except perhaps the Foo Fighters one, which I think I'd seen on TV years earlier). I was captivated from the first image, finding a sensibility that resonated completely with my dreams (day- and otherwise). Sensations of limbs growing out of proportion, juxtapositions of an urban world in immediate proximity to pastoral landscapes, a natural landscape unfolding like an industrial assembly line outside a train window, all of it perfectly tuned to the rhythmic beat of the soundtrack...I was discovering a genius in an underappreciated form. Although Gondry had already directed several films (I'd caught his most celebrated - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - in theaters earlier that year) and would continue to helm features for the following decade, it was always his music videos that shined the brightest for me. His collaboration with Charlie Kaufman, while brilliantly realized, still seems to belong mostly to the writer's conceits, and the films he wrote himself (at least the ones I've seen) feel a bit light. By contrast, his two- or three-minute shorts, commisioned by various rock and pop bands, are fully realized expressions of a dream state, at once magical and mathematical. Many of them are worth including on this list - most notably Around the World, the Daft Punk video that may be Gondry's quintessential work. Yet Hyperballad connects with me most deeply. Usually I'm absorbed with the camera's exploration of this virtual landscape but when I watched the video again tonight, I was struck most by the human figure at its center, the way Bjork restlessly tosses and turns while also rooted in her peaceful, slumbering form - a perfectly-realized vision of the duality of body and spirit (with the running woman as, perhaps, her roving mind, exploring new possibilities).
More from me • I wrote about Hyperballad, and several other Gondry videos, in one of my favorite pieces for this blog, "Cities of the Imagination", a prose/image meditation on Gondry, Jia Zhangke, and personal city-dreams. Clips from this and another Gondry video are featured at 1:32 in "Living in the Nineties", a chapter in my "32 Days of Movies" video clip series.
How you can see it • Available in several places on YouTube, this one appears to be Bjork's official channel (where she thanked all the viewers for watching earlier this year). The collection of Gondry's work is still available for DVD rental on Netflix.
What do you think? • What's your favorite Gondry video? What's your favorite Bjork video? In addition to Gondry's interest in dream-images, this song was apparently based on one of Bjork's dreams - have you had similar dreams yourself?
Yesterday: Daisies (#41)
Tomorrow: Scarface (#38)
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Labels: european cinema, french film, hyperballad, michel gondry, movie review/film essay, music video, musical, the favorites
The Favorites - Scarface (#38)
The Favorites - Daisies (#40)
The Favorites - Through a Glass Darkly (#41)
The Favorites - The Mother and the Whore (#42)
The Favorites - Rosemary's Baby (#43)
The Favorites - Out 1 (#44)
The Favorites - Chinatown (#45)
The Favorites - The Big Lebowski (#46)
The Favorites - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (#47...
The Favorites - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (#48...
The Favorites - Murder, My Sweet (#49)
The Favorites - A Walk Through H (#50)
The Favorites - Pinocchio (#51)
The Favorites - Mean Streets (#52)
The Favorites - L'Eclisse (#53)
The Favorites - 2001: A Space Odyssey (#54)
The Favorites - Historias Extraordinarias (#55)
The Favorites - The Last of the Mohicans (#56)
The Favorites - Casablanca (#57)
The Favorites - Annie Hall (#58)
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1 arrested in Sherman shooting
Caught after chase; man, 34, also faces drug, gun charges
DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne police arrested a man in the May 15 shooting on Sherman Boulevard that badly injured another man, officials said Wednesday.
Bryant Aron, 34, was arrested Saturday on outstanding warrants but was charged with aggravated battery Tuesday in the shooting case.
Aron is the suspect in the shooting of Thomas Atkins, who was shot multiple times before he was taken to a hospital for treatment.
On Saturday, Aron allegedly led a Fort Wayne police officer on a pursuit after failing to make a complete stop at Harris Street and Coliseum Boulevard.
“(Aron) continued driving northbound at a high rate of speed and pulled into the lot of Brigadoon Fitness where he went westbound in the lot,” the officer said in court documents. “(Aron) then drove across a grassy area where I saw the vehicle go airborne and then the vehicle disappeared down in a ditch. I then saw the vehicle come out the other side of the ditch airborne while debris was flying all over.”
Aron's vehicle came to a stop shortly after and Aron left the vehicle and ran, dropping two black items to the ground in the process, court records said. Aron surrendered after he ran into a fenced-off area. When officers searched him, they found a loaded 9 mm Ruger magazine in his pocket. Officers located the corresponding firearm in the back of Aron's vehicle on top of a bag of clothes, documents said.
When Aron arrived at the Allen County Jail, corrections officers allegedly found a small plastic bag containing a white powdery rock-like substance in one of Aron's pockets. According to court documents, the substance tested positive for methamphetamine.
In addition to the aggravated battery charge, Aron is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon; operation of a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life; possession of cocaine; possession of a narcotic drug; possession of methamphetamine; felon carrying a handgun when the defendant has a prior felony conviction within the last 15 years; and resisting law enforcement.
According to court records, Aron was convicted of felony domestic battery in March 2017.
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Suspect facing federal charges in May shooting
Trial set in May shooting
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BORKNAGAR: New Album Details Revealed
January 13, 2012 0 Comment Borknagar
Norwegian avantgarde metallers BORKNAGAR have completed work on their new studio album with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA) in Örebro, Sweden. Entitled “Urd”, the CD will be released on March 26 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Century Media Records.
Commented BORKNAGAR mastermind Øystein G. Brun: “Our new album, ‘Urd’, was finished in mid December and all in all we spent about six months to record, produce and mix it. In the ‘Bork-World’ this isn’t really long, but I can assure you that we have never before invested so much time, energy and effort into one single production. It has been a tough, yet inspiring ride.
“Since June 2011 I have constantly been working with this album, recording, editing and so forth — day and night. The same goes for my comrades. Never before have we made an album where everybody in the band has been so heavily involved and dedicated as this time around.
“‘Urd’ is surely the peak of our musical journey so far and we are extremely proud to have made this giant of an album! It’s massive, it’s emotional, it’s fast, it’s slow, it’s epic, and it’s progressive… all the ingredients that we have crafted our musical world on! And not to mention the ‘golden threesome’ on vocals (Vintersorg, Mr. Vortex and Lazare) really shines on this album… Do I need to say more?!”
Regarding where the album title fits in within BORKNAGAR‘s historical context, Øystein explains, “Our previous album was called ‘Universal’ and where should we go after an album title with such a magnitude? Well, we decided to head back home to earth. We really wanted to get back to the core of the band, where it all started – the admiration and pondering about nature and mankind’s place therein. ‘Urd’ is the name of one of the norns that according to northern mythology stands under Yggdrasill and weaves the lifeline of mankind. ‘Urd’ is representing the past, while ‘Verdande’ is representing the present and ‘Skuld’ is representing the future. You might very well say that this is an ancient expression of what we today know as DNA. And I have always been very fascinated by the fact that parts and bits of our DNA actually derive from the very beginning of time. All living creatures are somewhat connected to the very first organic cell. That is some of the story behind the album title…”
BORKNAGAR 2012 is:
* Øystein G. Brun (Cronian, ex-Molested) – Clean and Electric Guitar
* Vintersorg (VINTERSORG, FISSION) – Grim Vocals, Clean Vocals and Choirs
* Lars A. Nedland (SOLEFALD, ex-CARPATHIAN FOREST) – Keyboards, Clean Vocals, Choirs
* Jens F. Ryland (ICS VORTEX) – Lead Guitar
* ICS Vortex (ex-DIMNMU BORGIR, ARCTURUS, ICS VORTEX) – Bass, Clean Vocals and Choirs
Drums and percussion on “Urd” were performed by David Kinkade (SOULFLY, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION).
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HYDROGYN: New Audio Interview With JULIE WESTLAKE Available
On January 14, RockEyez conducted an interview with vocalist Julie Westlake of Kentucky rockers HYDROGYN. You can now listen to the 20-minute chat in the YouTube clip below.
HYDROGYN has set “Private Sessions” as the title of its fourth album, tentatively due this spring. 13 songs were recorded for the CD at guitarist Jeff Westlake‘s Ridgeline Studio in Ashland, Kentucky and Patrick Liotard‘s Peek Studio in Boisseron, France.
After months of uncertainty surrounding the band because of Julie Westlake‘s health, the green light was given to Julie and the rest of the band last year to proceed ahead with the new album recordings.
Commented Julie: “This is the quickest we have ever completed a project to date.
“We decided in June that we were going to do another CD after I got clearance from my doctors to get back to work and by August we were in the studio.”
For “Private Sessions”, things changed up a bit as far as production. For the past two albums, Jeff Westlake handled the production, engineering, mixing, etc., to go along with the writing and song prep. Jeff said he wanted a chance to just worry about the songs on this release with limited production going on from his end. Enter the team of Anthony Dura and Patrick Liotard (who co-wrote the song “Alone” on HYDROGYN‘s last album, “Judgement”). Anthony and Patrick stepped in and teamed up with Julie and Jeff for this project, not only from a production standpoint but also in the creation of the project itself.
“I love these guys and what they bring to the table,” said Julie. “To be able to turn to them and have a new team in the mix for the entire process with fresh ideas and a great perspective as well is just priceless. We were all introduced by our French team at Musiconlights (Mike Jublin) back in 2007 and as time has gone on, we have gotten to know each other. The working part of the relationship is just a natural progression for us all and takes some pressure off Jeff for a change.”
A HYDROGYN live CD and a digital-only best-of release called “Phase 1” are also in the works.
As previously reported, former DIO guitarist Tracy “G” Grijalva has joined forces with Julie Westlake to record a collection of songs Tracy had written with Ronnie James Dio for the DIO releases “Strange Highways” and “Angry Machines” along with some of the guitarist’s post-DIO material. The recordings are taking place at Tracy‘s G Factory studios and will include musicians that played on Grijalva‘s 2011 album, “Controlled Chaos” — Johnny B on drums and vocals and Eddie Frisco on bass. There is also talk of live shows taking place in the Los Angeles area this spring or summer.
“This is a a very ultra cool project that I am honored to be a part of,” stated Julie.
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Global Warming The Anthropocentric Crisis
Politics / Climate Change Feb 16, 2010 - 01:18 AM GMT
By: Arnold_Bock
The global climate warming fuss is not principally an environmental issue but, rather, it is a manufactured crisis supported by copious amounts of manipulated science, reinforced by opinion leaders and promulgated by the cheerleading of the mass media. Global warming has become the mother of all politically correct issues.
Various components of the warming cause, which are only tangentially related to the environment, have been outlined at some length
in Part 1 (Global Warming: The Man-Made Crisis), Part 2 (U.S. and Canada Are Global Warming Scapegoats) and Part 3 (Why Should WE Make Sacrifices to Offset Global Warming?) of this series. However, it is important to comment on what has been regularly presented as scientific justification for sounding alarm bells over climate change, if for no other reason than to set the record straight.
Global Warming is Not a Proven Fact
Simply put, climate change – originally an emerging new ice age, then global warming and now climate change – is not a proven fact. To sarcastically mimic the affected gravitas of certain warming experts, we might call it an “anthropocentrically manufactured” issue.
As mentioned in Part 2, in the late 1960’s the United Nations assigned Canadian Maurice Strong, a man possessed of a strong belief in the merits of global governance and the need to establish transnational governmental institutions, to head up what subsequently came to be known as the global climate change initiative.
Mr. Strong, aptly named in spite of possessing the forgettable demeanour of a faceless bureaucrat, has had a successful career as an entrepreneur, businessman and government executive building impressive business and political connections throughout the world. His skills and contacts have made him personally wealthy. He has been able to knit together an extremely effective network of the world’s decision makers in both government and business. While ideologically anchored, he is a master pragmatist in the pursuit of his objectives.
Because of his attributes he was the perfect person to place in charge of an issue designed to further advance his goals and those of other believers in global governance. He moves with ease between and within the world’s governments and business sectors. He isn’t threatening...merely effective. In fact, he is so effective that few people even know his name. People in the know such as Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, published an open letter carried on Mr. Strong’s personal website lauding the man’s Homeric attributes. Not least is that he says Mr. Strong is among the world’s leading environmentalists. Google goes even further to designate him “the world’s leading environmentalist.”
Among Mr. Strong’s first tasks was to obtain and distribute funding to the scientific community for climate change research. Credibility provided by science experts, coupled with their academic credentials and computer models, was critical to the success of presenting and portraying global warming as a factual crisis. He made himself its champion. In other words, global warming was presented as a certitude casting about for the scientific imprint to endorse it as fact.
Needless to say, scientific process is corrupted if it isn’t free to explore where the data takes it. Moreover, the data and processes must be freely available and fully open to challenge if its results and conclusions are to be validated. Because scientific research into global warming became a veritable gusher of ever more and larger government and UN funding, the process became corrupted at record speed.
Individual scientists exhibiting normal human frailties frequently tilted their findings to what was expected. Many succumbed to the lure of ever more research funding and professional status. Those at the climate research apex became celebrities whose status and research findings were cited as unassailable proof for the urgent claims of global warming doomsayers. Scientists who wouldn’t pitch to the predetermined conclusions of the warming playbook were elbowed to the fringe only to witness their research funding evaporate as quickly rain water in a desert.
Climate change as an issue was well managed and effectively lubricated with ample funding. Its central operatives were able to turn it into a crisis of truly global scope and proportions publicized by opinion elites everywhere. Anyone exhibiting the temerity to challenge its received wisdom was cut from the climate warming corral. No debate of consequence was welcomed or countenanced regarding the scientific merits of global warming. Everyone was repeatedly assured that the “science proves” that global warming is indeed a fact.
If or when pushed, questioners were informed that “peer review” by scientists had confirmed the conclusions and settled the issue. There was no debate because there was no need for one. Case closed.
Carbon emissions targets had to be set and assigned, and trading in carbon credits needed to begin immediately if the globe’s population was to avert pending climate calamity. The recent Copenhagen, Denmark UN climate conference held in December 2009 was intended to have national governments sign off on their assigned CO2 emissions targets as presented and endorsed in the Kyoto, Japan Protocol of 1997. Full implementation would begin virtually immediately.
Global Warming Science Deception Revealed
Unfortunately, from the perspective of climate change believers and advocates, the equivalent of an atomic bomb blew up in their faces in late November 2009 just prior to the Copenhagen confab. It seems a disgruntled insider at the Climate Change Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in England hacked their computer and released some 3,000 documents involving data, research findings and email communications among climate research insiders. What makes this treasure trove so damning is that these particular researchers are among the inner guard of the climate change cause. They are some of the leading figures comprising the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Email communications among these climate expert insiders discusses how to prevent sceptics from publishing their contrary findings in peer reviewed journals. They plotted to destroy and suppress the raw data supporting their findings and conclusions and discussed methods to manipulate inconvenient data to be more supportive of their perspective. These scientists also attempted to hide or delete temperature data when that data didn’t show rapid warming.
IPCC scientists had become super sensitive following conclusions reached independently in 2003 by two Canadian researchers, Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick. Their analyses debunked the infamous “hockey stick” graph, popularized by the research and computer models of Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann, which purported to prove that the mean temperatures in the northern hemisphere over the past millennium remained flat until 1900, after which temperatures showed a sharp and continuing rise.
After that scientific and public relations debacle, climate research insiders became increasingly paranoid causing them to quietly suppress and replace numbers and undertake whatever measures necessary to prevent the publication of studies which arrived at conclusions different from those deemed to support the warming consensus.
More troubling yet are quotes like these from the East Anglia University papers. “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t....” “We will keep them out somehow even if we have to redefine what peer review literature is....” “If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I’ll delete the file rather than send it to anyone.”
Global Warming’s Climategate is a Slippery Slope
Fallout from the East Anglia University papers continues, with the moniker “Climategate” now usually attached. It has been adopted as the handy abbreviation for this most unfortunate chapter in the corrupt use of the scientific process. Climategate may ultimately prove to be a watershed in the battle for public opinion simply because, until now climate warming advocates had the distinct advantage of claiming most scientific opinion was on their side. That badge of pride seems now to be eroding faster than air escaping from a tire punctured by a sharp spike.
Rapidly rising ocean levels caused by shrivelling polar ice caps had science on its side, until recently. As this piece was being written, the crumbling cascade of scientific certainty has been dealt another lethal blow. Two years ago the UN’s IPCC claimed with great fanfare that climate change would melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035. That high profile prediction by the climate science establishment was taken as fact emanating as it did from the citadel of so many august climatologists.
What happened to this prediction? Graham Cogley, a Canadian geographer, initiated a process which ultimately revealed that this dramatic prediction was nothing more than a decade old speculative opinion by little known Indian scientist, Syed Hasnain, eight years earlier while responding to a query by the New Scientist magazine. There was no research of any kind behind the opinion.
So why and how is so much conventional scientific wisdom being so thoroughly discredited? Clearly, the scientific process is being shown to have been corrupted, hence the faulty methodology and conclusions but why errors on such a grand scale?
Lord Acton once said: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Could it be that access to seemingly unlimited quantities of research money, shielded by the consensus of a cause, might also have the same effect as monopoly power? Perhaps
Lord Acton's words should be updated to read that “power and money corrupts, and a manufactured crisis of global proportions is guaranteed to be corrupt.”
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Leave the media alone
McM2017
Gobind Singh Deo, media ownership
BANGI: I HAVE been following the proposal by the government to end, or at least restrict, media ownership by people with political links. Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo…
Facebook to build US$1bil data centre in Singapore
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SINGAPORE: Facebook will invest over US$1bil to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state’s tropical climate. The centre…
DBS CEO says fintech firms need more scrutiny by regulators
China’s Ant Financial, DBS, digital revolution, non-bank, South-East Asia, Tencent Holdings Ltd
SINGAPORE: Regulators need to increase their scrutiny of non-bank firms that are moving into the financial business, according to the chief executive officer of DBS Group Holdings Ltd, South-East Asia’s…
Emerging market rout is longest since 2008
Emerging market, foreign-currency bonds, trade war, U.S. interest rates
LONDON: For stocks, it’s 222 days. For currencies, 155 days. For foreign-currency bonds, 240 days. This year’s rout in emerging markets has lasted so long that it’s taken even the…
HK passes New York as home to the ultra-rich
Big Apple, Hong Kong, ultra-rich
HONG KONG: New York has lost its crown as home to the most ultra-rich people, beaten out by the rising tide of extreme wealth in Asia. Hong Kong surpassed the…
World Bank launches world-first blockchain bond
blockchain, blockchain bond, World Bank
SYDNEY: The World Bank has priced the world’s first public bond created and managed using only blockchain in a A$100 million ($73.16 million) deal designed to test how the technology…
Wealth managers getting ‘crazy’ pay hikes to defect
SINGAPORE: With great wealth comes great remuneration. Competition to manage the money of Asia’s burgeoning army of millionaires has pushed pay hikes for wealth managers to the highest in more…
UK house-price growth cools to its weakest pace in 5 years
London: U.K. house-price growth has slowed to the weakest pace in five years, while London values are falling, according to Nationwide Building Society. The lender said the “subdued economic activity”…
Dato’ Raymond Liew’s inspiration Tale
At the Heart of Family Love – A man so successful you’d think he’d have no time to spend with loved ones or lead a simple life. Could the same…
Thailand mulls tougher tax rules
Revenue department wants to find solutions for Google and other technology firms BANGKOK: Thailand is studying plans to toughen tax collection rules for Internet and technology firms like Alphabet Inc’s…
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Teaser Trailer For Our New Game!
Watch our brand new teaser trailer for our next game! The game is set to release for mobile this spring and will showcase some very exciting gameplay we haven’t tried before. Don’t forget to follow our Insta If you want to get behind the scenes of our development.
when the smash hit game update arrive
Very excited for this one. Loving the smoothness and graphic style.
When will smash hit game update arrive?
When will it arrive for the smash hit update?
The smash hit update?
We want answer about
the new smash hit update
We all love smash hit
All players of smash hit want new level
We all love smash hit game and we all want new levels to this game.
Where is the new smash hit levels.Thanks
When smash hit game will be compatible which iphone 6 & 6 plus
Well,I’ve got an idea for the level 12 of smash hit.It’s on the comments of <>.
Smash hit update coming soon?
Smash hit update coming soon ? Level 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19…. ComingSoon ?We want answers!!!!!!
Hello there. Right now we don’t have any more updates planned for Smash Hit. We’re working 100% on our next game “Does Not Commute”. We can’t wait to share this with you in a near future! Best Regards, The Mediocre Team
I am excited for the smash hit update with the new levels!!! When will the update
will be here? Thanks
Hello Jack, right now we don’t have any plans for new levels or game modes to Smash Hit. We’re 100% focused on our next game called “Does Not Commute”. We hope you’ll enjoy our next game Best Regards, The Mediocre Team
When smash hit will be compatible with metal for iOS for bether graphic
Can we see other Teaser about this new game called “Does not Commute” and the date of share
Please, After share this new game,Can you make more levels and mode to smash hit:level 12,13,14,15,16,17,18. Remember smash hit is the best game of 2014;We all love it. Can you answer me please.Thanks
Hello there, right now we don’t have any plans for additional future updates for Smash Hit. We’re very happy you like our game, but we’re concentrating 100% on our next title called “Does Not Commute” at the moment. We hope you understand Cheers, The Mediocre Team
I worder what the teaser for Does Not Commute coming out?
Soo exited for the new game!!!
Keniakitten
I’m sorry half of the comments is about Smash hit. I just wanted to say that it looks very nice and laid back. It’s nice to see a mobile deceloper who understands that you don’t need to be loud and flashy to make good and successful games.
PLEASE WE WANT AN OTHER TEASER ABOUT YHIS NEW GAME
Based on the teaser you drive a car and when you meet an objective (not shown) you drive another car, but the car you drove last time is still existent and drives the same route as last time, keep repeating until you crash?
This is going to bring some havoc fun.
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Smash Hit In the App Store Best of 2014!
We’re incredibly happy to share with you that Smash Hit is selected by Apple to be included in the App Store Best of 2014! This is such a great honor! Overall this year has been a very exciting one, and Smash Hit has broken all our previous records and expectations.
A big thanks to all who took their time to play Smash Hit, who shared it with their friends, liked our Facebook page or reached out to us on Twitter. Thank you Douglas Holmquist for perfecting the game with your awesome music. A big thanks to all players who took the time to share feedback and write reviews! Without you all this wouldn’t have been possible!
Remember to check out all the App Store Best of 2014 games for your iPhone or iPad.
Good game but I don’t can save the livel
This is, by far, the most incredible game I have ever played! Wish there was more of it. Seriously!
Made it all the way to the infinty level , now I just go white after a few seconds…game is still running because I can throw balls? Cant even go back to earlier levels…the same thing happens.
I wish that there will be more levels coming soon for smash hit.
We want level 12 13 14 15 16…
We want more levels to play!!!
On my Note 4 can’t restore in-app purchases. Getting message
;unfortunately, smash hit has stopped
Hello Eduardo, I’m very sorry for the inconvenience. Could you please email our support over at: support@mediocre.se and we’ll be happy to help you out! Thank you
I bought the premium and guess what, I cannot play it. I already been charged but I don’t have the premium in my iPad….I tried to restore the purchase but that didn’t worked out. What a rip off.
why does this game cant to save ?
Hello! If you wish to save your progress you need the premium version of Smash Hit. We’ve added the ability for our players to chip in an extra buck to enable us to continue making games and provide support. We hope you understand
Hi, this is a nice and addivtive game! One question. I bought the premium so my progress will be saved. After all balls have gone I can continue the game from the level where I ‘ died’, but only as long as I stay in the app. Once you quit playing and leave the app and come back to play later on you have to start again from level 1. Is that supposed to happen or should you then also be able to restart from the highest level you
Ok, forget what I said about premium not saving. I just found out that when you see ‘start’ you can swipe right to left to see the saved levels.
Paid for premium. Worked until I switched off my phone. The next time I switched my phone on there was no longer the premium I had paid for. The suggestions in the FAQ to click on “restore purchase” didn’t do anything. I want my money back.
Hello Arthur, thank you for buying our game. I’m very sorry about the inconvenience. Could you please drop and email to: support@mediocre.se and we’ll be happy to help you out. Thank you! Best Regards, The Mediocre Team
Please, please, please shorten the diststance between the checkpoints. I hate running through the same barriers a thousand times without getting a chance to reach the next doors.
Bernie Mc.
I thoroughly enjoy Smash Hit on my iPod Touch and wonder why there isn’t a Mac version?
Hi Bernie,
Smash Hit is built to be played on a touch screen. With touch screens not prevalent on the Mac/PC platform the game would need a massive overhaul to properly function.
100 Million Downloads!
As of today we can proudly share with you that our games have been downloaded (at least) 100 million times! This is huge, almost too big to fully comprehend! To help you grasp what this means in numbers we’ve put together a small infographic for your viewing pleasure. Feel free to pass it around or share it with your friends.
The majority, around 70% of the downloads, are from our latest game Smash Hit. The Sprinkle series are approximately 20% and Granny Smith 10%, so it’s safe to say Smash Hit has indeed been living up to its name! We’re also thrilled to see that 5,4 million players actually made it to the endless mode of the game.
We’re still determined to stay small and focus on projects that we enjoy working on. Staying small also allows us to do games that are just fun and enjoyable, without any financial pressure to monetize our games aggressively in order to maintain our studio.
To celebrate all of this we’re throwing a party for our friends this Friday. Let’s hope we remember to snap some photos and maybe we can share them with you later on.
A big thank you to all of you who have downloaded and played our games. Without you this wouldn’t be possible!
Howya Lads, just downloaded Smash hits and want to get the premium version, but I can’t. I don’t have a credit card or PayPal account. I have paid for games and more through my phone bill in the past. .. can you help? Slainte Ian (Ireland)☺
Kkaz
I just paid for premium in smash hit but it keeps sending me back to the beginning
When will levels 12 and 13 for smash hit will be out?
Please make another artistic gorgeous game like Smash Hit. It may be more work, but by Gawd it TOTALLY stands out from the crowd. Kudos! Reviewed it everywhere to spread the word. Bored by granny & driving, sorry.
Now I’ve been downloaded all 3 games of Mediocre，and I got a extremely high score on Smash Hit: 21277（without purchasing premium）.However,why after I played the endless mode for a long time(in a single game), another “checkpoint∞” come out and the difficulty of the level decreased immediately to as easy as the beginning of endless？
Something missed:-(
Developer Sprinkle Merilis Does Not Commute Untuk Mobile
[…] terletak pada mekanisme permainan yang sederhana namun dengan balutan visual yang menawan. Smash Hit mencapai 100 juta download di mobile pada Oktober 2014 lalu. Menyambung kesuksesan tersebut kini developer yang selalu menyuguhkan karya bergrafis apik ini […]
Game Terbaru Dari Developer Sprinkle & Smash Hit, Bisa Kamu Jajal Kamis Esok Lusa! | prevgame
Hey, does anyone know Henrik’s high score on Granny Smith? I beat Dennis’s already, so this is my last achievement on Game Center! I really wish I knew what his high score is, and which level to beat it on!
Hello Marin, Henrik’s high score is 633977. Good luck
no updates since 2013 for granny smith?? abandoned game and no worth for buying?
No updates doesn’t mean the game isn’t worth playing. Still works well and is a lot of fun to play.
Mediocre Newsletter Available!
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When will levels 12 and 13 come out?
Guest Post: How The Smash Hit Soundtrack Was Created!
Where the magic happens! This is where Douglas composes his music and sound effects.
Since Smash Hit was released in March 2014 we at Mediocre have received tons of emails and messages asking us about the music featured in the game! It really seems like you guys are loving the tracks our composer Douglas Holmquist wrote for the game. Today’s post is guest written by Douglas and was originally published on his Bandcamp site. Douglas is also the mastermind behind the music featured in our previous games like Granny Smith and the Sprinkle Series. But enough about us, here’s a piece by Douglas explaining the challenges and process of creating Smash Hit’s soundtrack!
Writing the music for Smash Hit was probably the most challenging of all the games I’ve worked on with Mediocre. And in the end definitely the most rewarding. Because of the enormous reach of the game, my music has been heard by millions of people that would have never heard it if it wasn’t in a game. A game that, thankfully, lived up to it’s name and became quite a smash hit indeed. And i’d like to think that the fact that we really worked hard on getting the music and sound design to fit the game really paid off too. I’m very happy for all for the kind words I’ve received through e-mails, Bandcamp, Soundcloud and other places. And equally humbled by album downloads, spontaneous remixes, and questions from fellow producers regarding the inception of the music. So I thought I’d write a little something about that.
Dennis and Henrik started working on what would become Smash Hit sometime during the fall of 2012, and I joined in sometime in January 2013. They knew right from the start that they wanted the music to be electronic, and that the style of the game would differ a lot from earlier Mediocre games. It took a while while for me to find the right style, partly because of the fact that we worked on Sprinkle Islands at the same time, and partly because Dennis and Henrik were quite particular about the music. Something I’m very thankful for, cause their feedback, ideas, references and the discussions we had made it all so much better in the end.
I did the first couple of sketches in February. They were based around heavily processed drums, some ambient synth chords and some melodic arpeggio stuff. Dennis had suggested that the music should be divided into 24 second parts in 120 bpm, and that all parts should be able to be played in any order and still make musical sense. I tweaked the sketches for a bit, but then we decided (thankfully!) to move on in an another direction. Dennis and Henrik presented a couple of reference tracks, (Shigeto – Look at all the Smiling Faces, Gold Panda – Fifth Ave, Robot Koch – Water and Solutions, to name a few) that all had features they wanted for the music, big sounding spacey reverb, interesting drum programming, warm analog sounding sampled beats, a bit of static, and some heavier beats and analog synth stuff as well. After a while I presented a second batch of ideas, and this time we all felt that we were going somewhere, and I still think that there are some really nice ideas in there. After that, some time in March, I put the Smash hit music on hold, and focused on finishing Sprinkle Islands.
I picked it up again after the summer, and the visual style of the game had really started to fall into place. Here was this beautiful, clean, sci-fi aesthetic that needed a soundscape to match the way it looked. Even though we all liked some of the elements from the last couple of sketches, I started over and came up with the minimalistic ambient track that later became the beginning of the track Start. By now the music was ordered in sections of 32 seconds, with 2 second intros and outros that made the mixing (all done in Dennis’s custom built software mixer) between sections smoother, and the transitions more interesting. Musically, I moved away from the sampled sounding beats, the fuzzy warm analog synths and the static, and developed a brighter, cleaner, slightly more digital sound. I have been working in Logic for a number of years, and during the summer a new version, Logic Pro X, had been released. I really love the feeling of how new instruments, new software, new speakers or whatever, can give you instant ideas, and make you want to experiment. In this particular case, I really fell in love with the Retro Synth, that while emulating an analog synth still was so much cleaner than my beloved Moog, Roland and Korg analogs that I had used for the sketches I made in March.
So Logic X’s Retro Synth became the foundation for the Smash Hit sound. I also used the arpeggiator and the ring shifter a lot. For drums, I started putting together a drum machine pallet consisting of some of the sounds from Ultrabeats’ Retro Machines and some 808-like tom and conga sounds that I made with the Retro Synth. I put some ring shifter on some of the shaker and hi hat sounds to get that stuttering drum sound that Everything But the Girl used a lot ion Walking Wounded, and that sounds soooo nice with a big reverb… I then stuck to this rather limited drum pallet (which the exception of the Korg Volca Beats that I bought near the end of the production and used in a few places) to get a coherent sound. With the unlimited drum samples available in today’s music software, it’s easy to get lost just browsing for cool sounds, instead of developing something that gives the music a sense of one-ness. A lot of people have asked me whether the beginning of Start is influenced by Boards of Canada. As much as I love them, and as much as they’ve probably influenced me on different levels, in this particular case I have to say that the inspiration comes more from the track Televised Green Smoke by Carl Craig. I love the sweeping ambient synths, the 808 toms and the hi-passed squeaky arpeggio, and the overall sci-fi cleanliness of the track. And I think all of those elements are present in different parts of the Smash Hit soundtrack.
Creating the soundtrack for Smash Hit was a complex process, but it was a very rewarding project. The photo shows some work in progress with 808 toms.
The fact that I’ve mentioned two tracks from the 90’s as inspiration and the fact that two of my most used instruments have the word ”Retro” in them is probably significant. While I wanted the soundtrack to feel sci-fi and modern and clean, I still wanted some sense of nostalgia in the music. And Dennis and Henrik were on the same path with the look of the game. Tron (and Tron Legacy) was referred to quite bit.
Once I had gotten the first few 32 second pieces of music together, and gotten thumbs up from the Mediocre guys, the production of the music accelerated fast, and by the end of the year I had about 30 pieces ready. I worked on the sound design – the breaking glass, the ball sounds and so on – in parallel with the music the whole time. After the holidays, I made another couple of pieces and the menu music, and did some tweaking to the previous bits.
My first idea for the menu music was to have something extremely sparse, almost just a low noice and some very subtle sound effects and synth sounds, so that there would be a huge contrast to the in game experience. But after trying that out we realized it felt kind of boring… So I wrote some menu music based on sounds I had used in the in game music, but made very sure to set it in a different tempo than the in game music (which is all 120) to set it apart in that way. I also wanted the menu track to have both the rhythmic and ambient qualities of the level music, albeit being a bit more free rhythmically.
Photo showing work in progress for the Smash Hit theme music.
The game was released in March and by then it had 33 pieces of level music, stitched together in different combinations. I would like to give some credit to Dennis and Henrik for combining the parts of the music in ways I would never have thought of. For me, the process of making the music became quite linear – one track leads to another, similar sounding track, that leads to another and so on. Even though we had established quite early that we were going to need a big variation between the parts – from really ambient to more driving techno/house drum patterns, to half time beats, straight, shuffled, 4/4, 12/8 and so on – it’s sometimes good to have someone other than yourself to make sense of what you’re doing, and rearrange things for you.
For the May update I made seven more pieces of music, and for the game modes update I made three versions to the theme music.
The early music sketches are available at my Soundcloud page. I hope you had fun reading this and perhaps learned something new for making music and sounds for video games!
Really excellent music. I have recommended this game purely on the soundtrack. Love seeing the process of how a project comes together thanks for sharing.
Happy you appreciate it
I hereby release the embarrassing (?) info that i listen to the tracks, even without actually playing, because it’s worth it…
Really good music.
Durty
Badass! Thanks for the descriptive input bro! Really!… I’ve been dabbling into music mixers and software since ol Acid Pro first came out back when. Got a bachelors in music and decided to go down the business path but will never stop playing around with different programs and music software. And I’ll never stop dload endless samples and loops. Pro tools has got nothing on some of the incredible stuff out there today right? Anyway buddy, keep up that impressionable work! People are seriously feeling it! Cheers
Hey Douglas, can I remix the badass tune that plays in Checkpoint 2, Zone 3?
I’ll forward your question to Douglas and let him reply himself.
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Manfred Linzmaier talked to the TT about the still existing home record in the old Tivoli and the successful project Red Bull Salzburg. ÖFB team player Lainer reported to the bulls that he was fit for the West duel.
Innsbruck – “Now I am really surprised. I never thought we would have set this record back then,” Manni Linzmaier from Ingolstadt reported yesterday. From 1980 to 1993 he played 315 championship games in the midfield of SSW Innsbruck and FC Swarovski Tirol. Among them also from 1982 to 1984 those 39 undefeated championship games in the old Tivoli, which still exist today as a record. “Interesting at that time. Back then we didn’t really have such a good time. I would have rather predicted the years under coach Latzke or the Swarovski era with Happel,” says Linzmaier, who also has a special relationship to the Red Bull project. Vegas Spins casino is a site with a particularly generous exclusive welcome offer.
Manfred Linzmaier Honours
Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
Austrian Cup (2):
Austria should be proud of the RB product
At the beginning still in the coaching staff, Linzmaier then explored the football market for the bulls as a scout for almost ten years until 2015: “The project was really pushed in Salzburg under Ralf Rangnick. In the meantime, RB Salzburg has developed into a brand product in European football of which one should be proud in Austria”. The fact that the unrestricted supremacy of the bulls is not necessarily an advantage for the Austrian league is beyond question: “If they let a second team play in the league, then a double victory would be certain. I’m convinced of that.” No remote diagnosis from Linzmaier, because as a scout for the German second league team SC Ingolstadt, he still has Austrian football firmly in his sights. In Tivoli, too, he has already taken a close look at some of FC Wacker’s matches this year.
The Tyrolean long-term home record, for which, in addition to Linzmaier, Robert Auer, Goalie Fuad Djulic, Michael Streiter, Roland Hattenberger, Alfred Roscher or a Hugo Hovenkamp, who died far too early, were responsible for, is not yet in danger in tomorrow’s Westschlager. Nevertheless, the serial champion is on the verge of an impressive anniversary: the 50th Heimpflichtspiel without defeat beckons the bulls across all competitions. In the Bundesliga there are 33 home games without “zero” before tomorrow’s appearance. Only Innsbruck’s series with 39 games is – still – longer.
Everything speaks for Salzburg
So it is up to the Black Greens to prevent Salzburg from endangering their series, or those of their predecessors, in the near future. But all signs, statistics and comparisons of the general conditions speak only for the Mozart citizens. What Wacker coach Karl Daxbacher also knows is clear: “Logically, we are blatant outsiders. But in football, things often happen that come as an absolute surprise.”
Should Salzburg score at least one point on Saturday, you would be the only runner-up in the record list. Because so far there are two clubs, which also managed 33 Bundesliga home games without defeat: Austria (from 27 May 1983 to 7 June 1985) and Rapid (from 29 October 1983 to 2 November 1985).
The bull home series started on 3 December 2016 with a 4-1 win over Altach. Stefan Lainer, whose father Leo completed some successful years in the Swarovski era in the old Tivoli, shone with a goal at that time. The ÖFB team player, who missed the test against Denmark (0:2) because of a knee laceration, reported himself fit again yesterday for the match against FC Wacker: “It was very important that I got a few days break. I feel very good again”.
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Mail Box This Week: New Books From The U.S - 2010
Katherine Langrish - The Shadow Hunt - Published by HarperCollins - 1, June 2010
In this medieval fantasy, Wolf runs away from a monastery after years of mistreatment by his master, Brother Thomas. As he's fleeing across Welsh moors inhabited by ghosts and demons, he comes across a girl elfchild being chased by a pack of hunters' dogs. Wolf captures her and offers her to Lord Hugo, the head hunter. Lord Hugo is obsessed with the idea that his dead wife is actually alive and being held by the Demon Lord of the Underground, and he is convinced that the elfchild can lead him to her. He allows Wolf to accompany him home on the condition that Wolf make the mute elfchild speak. Nest, Lord Hugo's daughter, is soon to marry a man she's rarely seen but been betrothed to since she was five. To Wolf's horror, her fiancé arrives with Brother Thomas, who is furious to see him. In revenge, Wolf and Halewyn, a visiting jester, make a fool of the man, but Nest doesn't trust Halewyn. She suspects he's a demon in disguise, determined to lure her father underground in search of his dead wife. Can she and Wolf save Lord Hugo and the elfchild? This atmospheric story, set in a land inhabited by terrifying and benign magical creatures, combines fast-paced action with sensitive insights into the characters' inner fears and desires. Supernatural fantasy fans will enjoy this tale that effectively explores magic, mystery, and the struggle between good and evil.
Michael Grant - The Magnificent 12: The Call - Published by Katherine Tegen Books - 24, August 2010
Twelve-year-old Mack MacAvoy suffers from a serious case of mediumness. Medium looks. Medium grades. Medium parents who barely notice him. With a list of phobias that could make anyone crazy, Mack never would have guessed that he is destined for a more-than-medium life.
And then, one day, something incredibly strange happens to Mack. A three-thousand-year-old man named Grimluk appears in the boys’ bathroom to deliver some startling news: Mack is one of the Magnificent Twelve, called the Magnifica in ancient times, whatever that means. An evil force is on its way, and it’s up to Mack to track down eleven other twelve-year-olds in order to stop it. He must travel across the world to battle the wicked Pale Queen’s dangerous daughter, Ereskigal—also known as Risky. But Risky sounds a little scary, and Mack doesn’t want to be a hero. Will he answer the call?
A laugh-out-loud story filled with excitement and magic, The Magnificent Twelve: The Call is the first book in bestselling author Michael Grant’s hilarious new fantasy adventure series.
Erin Bow - Plain Kate - Published by Arthur A. Levine Books - 1st September, 2010
Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden charms are so fine that some even call her "witch-blade" -- a dangerous nickname in a town where witches are hunted and burned in the square.For Kate and her village have fallen on hard times. Kate's father has died, leaving her alone in the world. And a mysterious fog now covers the countryside, ruining crops and spreading fear of hunger and sickness. The townspeople are looking for someone to blame, and their eyes have fallen on Kate.
Enter Linay, a stranger with a proposition: In exchange for her shadow, he'll give Kate the means to escape the town that seems set to burn her, and what's more, he'll grant her heart's wish. It's a chance for her to start over, to find a home, a family, a place to belong. But Kate soon realizes that she can't live shadowless forever -- and that Linay's designs are darker than she ever dreamed.
Ten-year-old Rose lives in New York, the city of bright lights and excitement, and a seemingly endless variety of people, architecture, and food--where extraordinary things happen every day on every block. But Rose wasn't born in New York; she was adopted as an infant from a far-away country. Though Rose loves her home and her adopted family, sometimes she can't help but feel different, like she's meant to be somewhere else.
Arthur Slade - The Dark Deeps - The Hunch Back Assignments: 2 - Published by Wendy Lamb Books - 14, September 2010
A fantastic Steampunk adventure in the deeps
Transforming his appearance and stealing secret documents from the French is all in a day’s work for fourteen-year-old Modo, a British secret agent. But his latest mission—to uncover the underwater mystery of something called the Ictíneo—seems impossible. There are rumors of a sea monster and a fish as big as a ship. French spies are after it, and Mr. Socrates, Modo’s master, wants to find it first. Modo and his fellow secret agent, Octavia, begin their mission in New York City, then take a steamship across the North Atlantic. During the voyage, Modo uncovers an astounding secret.
It's the second book in Arthur Slade’s Hunchback Assignments series, is set in a fascinating Steampunk Victorian world. Modo’s underwater adventures and his encounters with the young French spy Colette Brunet, the fearless Captain Monturiol, and the dreaded Clockwork Guild guarantee a gripping read filled with danger, suspense, and brilliant inventions.
Adam Gopnik - The Steps Across The Water - Published by Hyperion Books - 23, November 2010
Then one day in Central Park, Rose sees something truly extraordinary: a crystal staircase rising out of the lake, and two small figures climbing the shimmering steps before vanishing like a mirage. Only it's wasn't a mirage. Rose is being watched--recruited--by representatives of U Nork, a hidden city far more spectacular than its sister city New York. In U Nork, Dirigibles and zeppelins skirt dazzling skyscrapers that would dwarf the Crysler building. Impeccably dressed U Norkers glide along the sidewalks in roller skates. Rose can hardly take it all in.
Then she learns the most astonishing thing about U Nork. Its citizens are in danger, and they need Rose's help, and hers alone...
In a masterful new fantasy evocative of Alice in Wonderland, the brilliant novelist, essayist and critic, Adam Gopnik, explores the powerful themes of identity and the meaning of home, with stunning illustrations from Bruce McCall.
By Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books on October 02, 2010
Labels: 2010, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, new books, Review, US Books
asamum said...
Wow what a great selection. Look forward to your reviews :D Happy reading
Aisle B said...
Nice stash here.
Loved the blog name so had to skip on to see it. Enjoy the reads :)
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In 2000, the Museum embarked on an ambitious plan to recreate the iconic diesel-electric locomotive that once adorned Santa Fe’s great fleet of Chief streamliners. While the railroad used several different models of locomotives to pull these trains, the General Motors Electro-Motive-Division F-7s were the most popular and successful versions.
Santa Fe’s Texas Chief of 1948 to 1971 was no exception when it came to the dominant form of motive power being EMD’s model F-7. Along with the rest of Santa Fe’s famous Chief streamliners, the Chicago-Houston Texas Chief could be found with up to six of the locomotives on the head end in cab or booster form. The iconic Warbonnet paint scheme just seemed to lay naturally on the curved features and stainless steel flanks of the F-7.
After several months of searching for a good candidate for acquisition and restoration, Canadian National F-9A #9167 was located at National Railway Equipment Co. (NREX) of Dixmoor, Illinois. No original F-units survive from Santa Fe’s passenger service with the exception of a cab and booster unit now on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. CN #9167, originally built as an F-7, was an ideal candidate, having the same carbody features as the Santa Fe versions.
Following purchase from NREX, the locomotive was shipped to Texas on its own wheels via Chicago and St. Louis. Funding for acquisition was made possible by a lead gift from the Hillcrest Foundation, which enthusiastically supported preservation and restoration of the unit.
The locomotive was painstakingly restored, with extensive body work and painting completed in 2005. The scope of work called for the unit to be cosmetically restored back to the 1952 appearance of an F-7. This required only modest changes to the exterior, which had been remanufactured to F-9 specifications in the early 1970s. Work included the application of stainless steel panels to the exterior of the locomotive’s carbody at the location of those on original Santa Fe passenger units. Paint and graphics were applied using DuPont’s Imron Polyurethane Enamel. Restoration of the locomotive was made possible by a lead gift from the Muckleroy Foundation.
The locomotive received mechanical repairs including extensive work on its 16 cylinder 567C 1,750 hp diesel engine, and replacement of the four D-77 traction motors that had been removed by NREX. The F-9 mechanical upgrades, performed by GM of Canada, were left intact. Restoration was completed in 2006. The unit is now in serviceable condition and operates periodically at the Museum and at special events offsite.
We wish to thank the following organizations and individuals for making Project F-7 possible:
Hillcrest Foundation – Founded by Mrs. W. W. Caruth, Sr. (Lead Gift)
Eugene McDermott Foundation
Mr. E. Lee DeGolyer
Bill & Angela Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Otto Wetzel
Robert & Tracey Willis
Mr. Elton Vaughan
Jerry R. & Nancy Stricklin Willis
Jerry C. Willis & Family
David & Lisa Gilmore
John L. & Mary Radovich
Mr. Joe Huffman
Mr. Robert LaPrelle
Stanley & Yvonne Smith
Scott & Cathy Luedke
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Price
Mr. Paul Kurilicz
Mr. Bud Weatherson
CSX Railroad
Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad
Dani Muckleroy – in Honor of Dr. Robert Muckleroy (Lead Gift)
Metal-Rehab, Arlington Texas
Mr. Gerald Cochran, NRE, Chicago
Mr. Mark Williams, Kansas City Southern Railroad
Mr. Barry Bledsoe, Bledsoe Brace Systems
Mr. Bob Lavry – Fort Worth & Western Railroad
Mr. Bruce Meyer
Dr. John B. McCall
Mr. Stan Kistler
Mr. Walter Gray, State of California Parks Service/California State Railroad Museum
Mr. Doyle McCormack
Dale & Richard Brand – Brand Sheetmetal
Mr. Dave Eyerman
Mr. Doug Nichols
Mr. Ron Chamberlain
Mr. Jeff Phelps
Mr. Ted Phelps
Mr. Roger Meyer
Mr. Richard Wainscott – CMO, Museum of the American Railroad
Robert H. “Bob” LaPrelle, CEO, Museum of the American Railroad
Robert A. Willis, Trustee, Museum of the American Railroad
Project F-7 (30 Photos)
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Music Lessons in Middlesex County, NJ
Comprehensive list of Middlesex County, New Jersey based teachers and instructors offering private music lessons.
Middlesex County, NJ
Dunellen
Helmetta
Keasbey
Sewaren
Lou Rose Music Center
Edison (2.26 miles)
Lou Rose Music Center has been family owned & operated since 1946. Lou Rose offers private music lessons from real musicians. The store is proud to have a team of teachers who are gigging musicians. Our team has the real world playing experience to back up their training.
Scott Martin Music Studio
I offer private lessons on piano, drums and all percussion instruments, to students of all ages and ability levels, at your home in Central New Jersey. I have over 20 years professional performing experience and over 15 years professional teaching experience. I have a Master of Music degree from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) My students have the opportunity to perform solo and chamber works
Rhythm & Moves
Since 2000 over 3,000 students have taken music lessons or dance classes at our school, more than at any other studio in Edison. We began as a very tiny school but have expanded to become the biggest music and dance school in Edison. We do not believe we are the finest because we are the largest. Instead, we believe we are the largest because families think we are the finest.
RUDE OWNER. Beware if you are cancelling the class!. Our daughter was taking a few classes.
Worldwide Piano
A world of pianos just for you. Piano news in NJ Our Semi-Annual recital will be July eleventh 2009 at New Beginnings Church in Edison, NJ. Piano store and Music School to promote benefit piano concert for the Juvenille Diabetes Foundation. In Short, I am thoroughly enjoying the piano and am very grateful to you for making it possible for me to play again.
New Jersey Guitar & Bass Center
We're now an authorized dealer for these brands! We provide private lessons for Guitar, Bass, Trumpet & Trombone. We have over 500 instruments in stock. We'll never get everything we currently have onto this site. If you do not see what you're searching for, call! Tony Di Marco CThanks for years of great support. And remember: your name could be here next week! Who requirements a summer vacation when
Westerhoff School Of Music & Art
Metuchen (3.90 miles)
Encouraging students to gain their highest potential, as well as life long appreciation of the cutural arts. The Westerhoff School of Music & Art has an exceptional spirit. It was established in September 1998 with a three member faculty and 25 students. Now, ten years later, we currently have a twenty member faculty and over 350 students.
Rainones School Of Music
East Brunswick (4.68 miles)
We're cheerful to welcome the new school year with a special offer. Receive a FREE TRIAL LESSON with registration. Students of Rainone's School of Music took part in the MEA of NJ. Our annual Spring recital took place on June twentieth, 2009. Students performed 2 of their finest numbers.
Music Notes Academy
Music Notes Academy, an award winning music school for 2012, offers comprehensive instruction for students ages 4 through adults. Private lessons are available for drum/percussion, guitar, bass guitar, piano, voice, woodwinds, brass, music technology/production and Rock Band. We teach group classes, offer Winter Concerts and Spring Student Recitals for students, sell, rent and repair musical instruments.
Island Music Studios
Old Bridge (7.35 miles)
Island Music is situated in the Manalapan/Monroe area in the state of New Jersey. Our address is situated off of route 9, at the end of Union Hill Road in the Franklin Plaza. Our family has been in the music business since the 1950s hailing from the New York City area. Island Music opened it's studios and store front in 1998 in the New Jersey area.
South Brunswick School Of Music
Kendall Park (10.22 miles)
We maintain a skilled team to answer your questions. We have established our reputation on our dedication to delivering a quality education in music, which has gained us many valuable clients. Please take a moment to browse through our site to learn more about our firm and how we can serve you. We look ahead to hearing from you soon.
Music Toghether Of Morristown
Morristown (8.32 miles)
Have you ever wondered how you can nurture your child's musical growth, regardless of your own musical ability? Join Music Together and find out how important and fun your role can be! Our Music Together classes build on your child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement.
Andrew Baker's Music Lessons
Franklin Park (8.80 miles)
Andrew Baker is a Platinum Award Winning Producer and music teacher.Past students include many famous children of celebrities including Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffet, Christie Brinkley, Mercedes Ruehl, Kurt Vonnegut,and Spalding Gray, and the grandchildren of Alan Alda and Julie Andrews.Lessons are provided on Piano, Guitar, Voice, Organ, Bass Guitar, Drums, Saxaphone, Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Percussion,
I took voice lessons from Andrew and now I love to sing, I can't stop. I love music but
Keyport Music
Keyport (10.38 miles)
Creating extrodinary musicians from ordinary people. Our business history Keyport Music was established in 1978. Our mission has always been to make music available to anyone with a desire to play. We accomplish this by providing all kinds of instruments at Discount Prices, along with the finest teaching material we could find. Many of our former students have moved on to successful music careers.
New Jersey Workshop For-Arts
Westfield (11.54 miles)
The Music Connection For Special Needs Students Call for brochure and see program page for explanation. NJWA is a non-profit 501 3C cultural organization set up in 1972. Where talent develops and creativity thrives is to enrich lives by delivering opportunities to evolve creative talents and encourage a greater appreciation of the arts through both instruction and performance!
Very good little music shop in downtown Westfield. Has been there forever it seems and
Paul Nazzaro Music Studio
Piano Lessons and Music Technology. Special programs for The Young Beginner, Junior High and High School, and our Adult Student Program provide a fun and inspiring environment for all students. Traditional lessons with a variety of styles: classical, jazz, blues, popular, new age, composition and music theory.
Bob Ferry Music
Hazlet (11.80 miles)
Bob Ferry is widely known in the New York area for his advanced technique, melodic phrasing and creative modern approach to the guitar. He is in demand for his extensive repertoire and capability to play any style fluently. A Berklee graduate, Bob Ferry is the author of Visualizing Musicality and Guitar Magic Picking and Rhythm.
I've been with Bob for a while. He is a true musician, and a true educator. DEFINITELY
Musical Munchkins
Linden (11.85 miles)
Musical Munchkins has been teaching and entertaining kids with their parents/caregivers for over twenty five years. We are an exceptional program providing classes for specific ages, therefore, delivering your toddler with the possibility to learn in a class with their peers and through a curriculum that has been developed especially to suit their requirements.
The Guitar Studio
Berkeley Heights (12.79 miles)
The Guitar Studio-Berkeley Hts. NJ Private Music Lessons in NJ since 1973. Specializing in Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Ukulele & Voice Lessons. Our teachers are experienced professionals teaching & performing all styles of music. Lessons are private and directed toward the type of music the student is interested in learning. The students that we teach are beginners intermediate
Fontaine Academy Of Music
Mountainside (12.80 miles)
At our academy, we provide a complete music program of individualized instruction and group lessons in all instruments including voice. We teach the musical genres of classical, jazz and contemporary styles to kids and adults ages 5 and up. Our extensive curriculum encompasses music theory, ear training, master classes and performance workshops, ensembles as well as college preparatory classes.
National Educational Music
Licensed Affiliate Turn-Key Rental Program for music dealers enabling the local community dealer to provide a world class rental program without the burdens, headaches, or capital investment. Platinum Plan Plus for Music Dealers supporting Licensed Affiliates by delivering the highest commission potential within the industry.
Seeking piano teacher to come to East Brunswick home once a week for 2 boys. One 7 the other 6. They...
Keyboard lessons for senior citizens
I am learning keyboard for last two months and I am interested to take some lessons for bollywood songs...
Piano teacher for a 6 year old beginner
Dunellen, NJ
Need a quote for piano lessons for my six year old son.
Ryan to try Piano
My son Ryan is 4 yrs 8 months, and he is interested to learn piano. Please let me know your quote.
French Horn lessons wanted for youth - Central New Jersey
Highland Park, NJ
Looking for instructor for sixth grade horn player in our home or within 1/2 hr. of New Brunswick area....
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267 Labels / Record Deals 208 Sync Licensing: TV / Movies / Video Games 192 Professional Song Critique 186 Song placements 178 Sync Licensing: Advertising 171 Exposure Opportunity 98 Radio Playlisting 66 Publishing Deal 65 Career Coaching 60 Management Deals 53 Artist Development 33 Distribution Deals 28 Production Deals 20 Music Blogs 18 Compilations 10 Magazine/Print Reviews
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Seeking Pop and R&B/Pop Producers for Management
I'm seeking hot Pop and R&B/Pop producers who produce hit sounding tracks that are better than or can compete with the hottest hit tracks out right now. These producers must submit their hottest music to me on this platform only for a management signing with Dreamwire Entertainment.
Co-write a song with award-winning songwriter Holly Steele
Looking for talented songwriters, vocalists and musicians to co-write and collaborate songs for placement in numerous opportunities. Many industry connections. All genres welcome to submit. Please send a song that shows off your songwriting and vocal talents. Thank you and I look forward to hearing your music and voice. Bands are welcome to submit as well as solo artists looking for a mentor and co-writer.
- Holly Steele / Burning Steele Publishing
Jeff Blue Music Seeking Hit Songs
If you've written and/or performed a song that's bound to be a smash hit, we want to hear it and help you make it successful nationally and internationally.
If you know:
Macy Grey
...then you already know Jeff Blue Music.
Our pitch to you is, put your songs in our hands and magic can happen.
Jeff Blue Music is a dedicated, diversified, and full service entertainment company integrating all genres of music, film, television, and video. We have a proven track record of developing artists who shape worldwide pop culture history. Our dedication has resulted in over 130 million albums sold, 44 signed artists, publishing deals, and hundreds of film & TV placements.
If your track is selected, there may be additional fees for production/development
- Jeff Blue Music
Deal Type: Publishing / Artist Development
Seeking Music for The Mad Music Asylum Radio Program
The Mad Music Asylum is looking for indie artist for a feature on our weekly program. In addition, indie tunes are added to our general rotation and featured randomly throughout the day, on Tuesday and Thursday nights and on our podcast. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
The Mad Music Asylum is a 4 hour weekly streaming radio program and now a 24 hour streaming radio station featuring music that is too good to be ignored and tunes that were largely forgotten by commercial radio. The Asylum features a new show every Sunday evening at 8 pm eastern time and consistently plays a diverse mix of music from the 1960’s through today and is aimed at the late baby boom generation and beyond. We have also started an indie music podcast with new episodes published weekly.
- Rob Penland / Mad Music Productions
Similar Sounding Artists: indie rock, indie pop, blues, Americana, singer songwriter
Recording Critique
I will listen to any song submitted and critique it from a producer's point of view. this is an overall critique and everything is fair game. I may or may not discuss song structure, lyrics, performance, arrangement, recording, mix, etc.
20+ years as a session engineer and producer in LA. Bernard has worked with some of the best musicians in the world on Albums, films, TV and commercials. Bernard now produces music for clients world wide from his Oregon studio.
- Bernard Matthews Audio Production
Seeking music for Airplay on the Country Barnyard 305
The Country Barnyard 305 internet radio station is your #1 source for the best country music! We encourage all country music artists to send us their music for Airplay. You WILL get your music heard. We don't let any country song be forgotten. Send us your music today and we'll play it on the air as soon as the same day you submit it! You won't be disappointed!
- Rory Heath / Country Barnyard 305
Atlantic Records Seeking Hip-Hop and R&B Artists for Label Roster Consideration
I'm seeking the hottest Hip-Hop and R&B artists for label roster consideration at Atlantic Records. Your sounds needs to be original and fresh, and as an artist you should have the full package. We are very selective and will only move forward best of the best, so please submit your strongest track(s) for consideration.
Since scouting Drake to Koch Records back in 2007, I've pushed a number of artists that labels failed to pick up before the hype begin. From Wale to Curren$y and even Kevin Rudolph, I knew their potential early on in their careers and now I want to find new talent to bring to Atlantic. As Senior Director at Atlantic Records, I'm the man behind the signing of Diggy Simmons and Ty Dolla$. I'm looking forward to hearing what you've got.
- Shawn Barron / Atlantic Records
Decision Maker: If selected you'll be pitched within Atlantic
Similar Sounding Artists: Please check out our current roster HERE
Atlantic Records seeking tracks for PJ
I'm seeking songs and tracks for Atlantic Records signed R&B and Soul artist PJ. She's an amazing songwriter in her own right, having written for everyone including Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, Tyga and more. Her own songs are R&B type tracks that reflect amazing hope. A great way to describe them would be inspirational, but that's not fitting enough a word. Please listen to her past work.
Decision Maker: Selected tracks will be pitched within Atlantic Records
Get Major Promo to over 1 Million People
THE ARTIST CHOSEN WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
*FM Radio Play (1 week)
*Your song sent to the top DJs in the country
*in 30 days you will get their feedback on your song
*Your song will be sent to radio stations across the country
*You will get a list of the stations that downloaded your song for radio play
*An EPK or Press Release
*EPK or Press Release Blasted to 1 Million people which include DJs, A&Rs, promoters, media, and people who purchase music online
*You will get report on how many a&rs reviewed your stuff and their email addresses
*Song submitted for placement in TV, Movies, and Videogames
The JSP Artist Support Package (The Package contains the following):
1-The contact list of 100s of a&r's with their contact numbers and email addresses
2-Links to Branding and Marketing companies
3-List of all the top music blogs that labels go to looking for new talent
4-Links to major music festivals
5-Links to investors and funding sources
6-A&R Criteria list of what an artist needs to be considered for a deal
7-Links to verifying your social media pages
8-List of College Radio Stations that will play your music
9-List of Stores that will sell your indie music
10- and Much More
- Jay Stuart / Jay Stuart Productions
Compensation: Exposure Opportunity
Artist Development - ALL GENRES Accepted!
Random EQ has had great success assisting artists on all levels of the industry with everything from performance to business management! We want to hear what you've got, then help you build a successful business plan! All genres accepted.
ThatHotness Radio is seeking Hot Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, EDM & Rock Music
ThatHotness Radio is seeking Hot Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, EDM, Rock & Country Music
ThatHotness Radio is seeking Hot Pop, Hot Hip Hop (NO THUG CRAP/NO EXCESSIVE PROFANITY!), Hot R&B, Hot EDM, Hot Rock & Hot Country Music. This is a new station that will stream online on our website, Radionomy.com, and Radionomy Android, Apple, Sonos, Roku & Windows apps. We hope to start streaming no later than August 4th, 2018. We will need a lot of hot tracks. ThatHotness is a multi-talent competition that our agent is actively pitching to TV producers. (This radio station will play songs by contestants, hits and any other songs we want to promote) More info can be found @ www.ThatHotness.com.
- Lionel "Luciano Illuminati" White / SPOIO LLC
Genres: Hot Pop, Hot Hip Hop, Hot R&B, Hot EDM, Hot Rock & Hot Country Music
Def Jam Looking for New Artists for Management Deal
Def Jam Recordings is seeking outstanding artists for management. If you think you belong on our US roster, which you can see here: www.defjam.com/artists and you have what it takes to make it in today's hyper-competitive music environment, we want to hear what you have before you submit it anywhere else!
Deal Type: Management Deal
T.V. & Movie Soundtrack Placement Music Box
This box is for musicians who are ready for a professional music review, and prepared to take their career to the next level!
Rock Is Not Dead! - Seeking Great Rock Bands for Label Roster
FTS Nation/FTS Records A&R seeking great rock bands. Hard Rock, indie rock, and metal bands for label roster consideration. We spend time listening to new music rather than leaving that decision to YouTube's hits!
If you have the full package with an original and hot emerging sound fit for a major label, we want to hear you! Please submit your best track for consideration.
- Chris Matty / FTS Nation
Seeking Modern Rock/Alternative Rock Songs for Music Library
New to the US market music library looking to add modern rock/alternative rock songs of all kinds to our library. If the song sounds compatible with what you hear on Alternative Rock or AAA stations and it has a huge hook, amazing vocals and well thought out lyrical content we would like to hear it.
The recordings need to be very high quality for this listing. A great song that isn't well recorded isn't quite good enough here. We need the recording to be as brilliant as the writing and performance.
- Chris Long / Endless Divine
Similar Sounding Artists: Imagine Dragons XAmabassadors One Republic, twenty-one Pilots, The Fray, Awolnation
Foley Entertainment Music Feedback and Phone Consultation
Through this opportunity on Music Xray, you can submit two of your songs to me for a written evaluation AND a 15 minute phone consultation. Believe me, I can pack a great deal of valuable advice into 15 minutes. For an additional fee, the phone consultation can be extended to 30 or 60 minutes if you so choose.
This is an opportunity for you to get helpful feedback on your songs AND speak with an experienced, caring, licensed music industry professional. My advice and career guidance will point you in the right direction. I’m the person who literally wrote the book about Artist Development and now you can speak with me directly. Please visit my Web site for a full Bio, Client Testimonials and links to TV Talk Show interviews that are filled with free advice & insight.
www.FoleyEntertainment.com
Topics for Phone Consultations Include: Building a Team, Song Selection, Song Arranging, Intellectual Property, Artist Development, Press Kits, Photography, Image, Management, Booking Agents, TV/Film Placement, Marketing, Radio Promotion, Publicity, Advertising, Touring, Record Companies, Music Publishing, Videos, Merchandise, Distribution, Along with answering your questions
The genres I would be interested in receiving are:
Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Americana, Country, Blues, Jazz, World, Metal, Children's Music
Viral Music Media Seeking Country for Sync Licensing
Viral Music Media is a sync licensing company that specializes in placements for tv, film, commercials, games, etc. We are searching for the next big country artist to add to our roster. Looking for tracks with male or female vocals. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Our clients want high-quality, well-made, well-recorded music in all genres. This music and recording quality needs to stand up to the best that is out there, because that is what we are competing with, so keep that in mind.
Similar Sounding Artists: Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Brett Young, Tyler Farr
Viral Music Media is searching for Hip Hop artists for sync licensing placement
We are a sync licensing company based in Hollywood, CA. We are searching for hip hop tracks and artists for sync licensing deals in movies, tv, commercials, games, etc. Looking for all sounds from 90's hip hop sound to new age, trap, west coast, and everything in between. Must be quality music and radio edits.
- Lamar - Sr. A&R - Viral Music Media
Similar Sounding Artists: Chance The Rapper, Pusha T, Drake, PNB Rock, Snoop Dogg, Jay-z, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Mob, Travis Scott, Cyhi the Prynce
Are you ready to be signed?
After years of working with various labels all around the world, We know what labels are looking for ! Send us your best song, plus links to your Website, FB Pages etc and we'll tell you if you are ready to be put in front of labels AND how we can make that happen too !
Seeking Childrens Music For Label Roster Opportunity
Our Client Prestigious Kids Is Seeking Childrens Music For Label Roster Prestigious Kids is looking for positive, happy, music to consider signing new talent to their label division. Founded in 2008 in Atlanta, Ga home of some musical legends and established in 2016 as a brand for the kids, Prestigious Kids is definitely a movement you will want to be apart of as well as be on the lookout for.
- Prestigious Kids / The Administration
Deal Type: Artist Development / Artist Management
Decision Maker: We are the final decision makers
Similar Sounding Artist: Sound Like Yourself but a few examples of what we're looking for are below:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PwEW6oxfwEyfMujf0inuv
https://www.prestigiouskids.com/
Seeking Bollywood and Middle Eastern Songs and Tracks
Seeking Bollywood And Middle Eastern Songs And Tracks. Extreme High Quality Submissions only. Please only submit well mixed, mastered, and produced songs. No demos.
IMPORTANT: High Quality submissions only. No demos will be accepted for this listing
If selected, you will be offered an exclusive licensing contract.
- Music Of The Sea Inc.
Seeking Indie Rock & Indie Pop Songs to pitch for Multiple TV & Film Networks
Seeking Indie Rock, Indie Pop, songs in the style of One Direction, Lourde, Luke Bryan, Fallout Boy, etc, to pitch for Multiple TV and Film on networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. Advertisements such as Sony Playstation, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nissan, Gillette, Toyota, tons more,etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities!
Seeking All types of Jazz to pitch for Multiple TV and Film networks
Seeking All types of Jazz from Miles Davis, Boney James, Michael Buble, etc, to pitch for Multiple TV and Film. On networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. Advertisements such as Sony Playstation, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nissan, Gillette, Toyota, tons more,etc.
We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! Because of the "High Profile Major Artists" in our catalog such as Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Chic, Ojays, Sunshine Anderson, Dionne Farris, Kool and The Gang, etc, they are looking to use the "Music Of The Sea" brand and artist! We have the attention of many major networks and they want to use the artist and composers from our catalog! Have your song/tracks along ride along side the major artist in our catalog and grow your brand!!!
"High Quality" tracks only, no exceptions! No Demos and unmastered tracks, no uncleared samples. You must have clean versions available, and you must own master and publishing rights! Huge opportunity! If you have music in our catalog, your music is automatically being considered.
Seeking Happy Guitar Instrumentals for Ad Agencies
Seeking happy guitar production instrumentals, etc, to pitch tons of ad agencies including Marina Mahner, BBDO, TBWA, etc. We have a hugetrack record of placing music with these entities. Must be happy, fun, exciting, hopeful.
"High Quality" tracks only, no exceptions! No Demos and unmastered tracks, no uncleared samples. You must have clean versions available, and you must own master and publishing rights. If you have music in our catalog, your music is automatically being considered.
- Eddie Sea / Music Of
Seeking Edgy, Out Of The Box, Crazy Hip Hop etc for TV Networks Payout 5K-25K
Seeking Edgy Out Of The Box, Crazy Hip Hop etc, need clean versions for TV to pitch for Multiple TV shows and Films. Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Future, Drake, Travis Scott, Kevin Gates, style.On networks such as Sony Pictures, FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! "Black Skin Head" is a good example! If you want TV placements clean versions are a must!
Similar Sounding Artists: Black Skin Head, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa
We are in extreme need of "Authentic" 60's, 70's, 80's, music from those era's. No sound a likes... All genre's!
We are in extreme need of Authentic 60's, 70's, 80's, music from those era's. No sound a likes... All genre's need! To pitch to Multiple TV and Film on networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. Advertisements such as Sony Playstation, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nissan, Gillette, Toyota, tons more, etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! We've placed music in several Blockbuster Films and TV Shows recently!! Good payouts! We can place your music!
Song Quality: Mixed
Similar Sounding Artists: Beatles, James Brown, Donna Summer, Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Phil Collins, Rick James, Doors, Santana, Johnny Cash, Bob Segar, Eagles, Chaka Khan, B.B. King, Rolling Stones, etc.
Songs about Pro Marijuana use, 420, legalization, getting high, weed, etc. For several films.
Songs in all genres about pro marijuana, 420, weed, legalization, getting high, etc. Documentaries, Tv Shows, and Films. On networks such as Sony Pictures, FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! Rap, Country, Folk, EDM, Rock, etc. If you want TV placements clean versions are a must!
We are in "Extreme" need of "Vintage", "Authentic" 90's Grunge!
We are in "Extreme" need of "Vintage" "Authentic" 90's Grunge, recorded in the 90's! Music from that era! Not new sound a like... For Multiple TV and Films and Major networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! We've placed music in several Blockbuster Films and TV Shows recently!! Good payouts! We can place your music!
Similar Sounding Artists: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains
Why the higher than average submission fee?
Often we hear music that doesn’t make the final cut for a particular opportunity but we go ahead and select the song anyway because we believe the song is appropriate for other opportunities we’re working on. Here at Music of The Sea, we fill dozens of sync requests every week. We don’t have time to listen to everything so the higher submission fee tends to discourage all but the best - and we sign a lot of music and we place almost all of it.
We only offer one deal and the terms are the same for everyone, so don’t submit if you’re seeking another type of deal. If we select your song, you give us exclusive rights to the song for 5 years. If after 5 years we haven’t licensed your song, the rights revert back to you. If we do license your song, we share in the revenue. Often, if we love the song we hear and want to work with you we will also have interest in hearing other songs in your catalog and possibly doing a broader deal.
Looking for Atlanta Hip Hop songs! Migos, Future, Gucci Mane, etc.
Looking for Atlanta hip-hop songs! Migos, Future, Luda, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, etc. Songs from Atlanta artists! Songs about Atlanta! For major films and TV shows! No samples or licensed beats bought from companies online. We need clean versions as well! Every week we place hot music!!
Similar Sounding Artists: Migos, Future, Luda, 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Young Jeezy, Outcast, 21 Savage, etc.
Looking for ZZ Top, George Thoroughgood and The Destroyers, Style Blues Rock
Looking for ZZ Top, George Thoroughgood and The Destroyers, Style Blues Rock! etc. for major films and TV shows! Get paid for the rest of your life! Every week we place hot music!!
Similar Sounding Artists: La Grange, Tush, Sharp Dressed Man, Bad To The Bone
Atlantic Records Looking for Fresh new Songwriters & Producers to sign
Calling all Songwriters and Producers:
I'm looking to sign only the best writers and producers in the game. Given our roster of artists, we need to always keep fresh records coming. I'm looking to build a machine that can not be stopped. I don't care about the genre of records... just send me HEAT!! There is no limit of signees, I will select as many as I need to. Being a part of this can and will change your life forever. So if you feel you have what it takes, show me what you got. I'm listening.
- Yaasiel "Success" Davis / Director of A&R - Atlantic Records
Record Label Distribution
Looking For: All Genres
Explicit Lyrics Accepted: Yes
Instrumentals Accepted: Yes
Compensation: Distribution deals
Description: We are working very closely with this indie label, to screen submissions for distribution. We are actively seeking artist, and record labels who want distribution deals! If you, your artist, or your company is selected, your information will be given directly to the CEO of the label. The CEO will have the final say on securing worldwide distribution for your projects.
If selected, you may be asked to submit up to three more songs for further evaluation
TV Drama needs Uptempo Gospel
Looking For: Uptempo Gospel Music, Full songs
Description: I am working as the Music Supervisor for a new show called 5th Ward, the series, UMC/AMC Networks. We need Uptempo Gospel songs to use in the series. It should be fully produced, and prepared to be broadcast on national television. Please only send professional recordings, no covers, no demos, or rough mixes. The songs must be all original, and 100% broadcast/retail ready!
Similar Sounding Artists: Dottie Peoples, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Blues Brothers
Major Global Sports brand seeks music for paid $5k-$8k for Summer 2018 collection adverts
CMI Music Group has been asked by a major global sports brand to find music for several Fall / Autumn 2018 campaign videos / ads. Once again, the videos and ads will be seen by millions of sports fans across the globe on many fronts including, TV, webcasts, podcasts, Internet ads, Youtube ads, websites where product is sold, shop playlists where product is sold, etc.
All styles of music will be considered as the company are looking for the usual sports related songs (winning, success, getting to the top, etc) but the are also looking for top quality standout attention grabbing, meaningful songs whether softer emotive ballads or harder more powerful driving tracks as the range of sports covered by the company is huge.
The CMI Music Group has worked closely with companies such as: Apple, Honda, Samsung, BBC, ABC, New Show Media, Massive Films, Rickety Shack films and more.
Payouts and rights: If selected you will keep 100% of your rights, royalties and payments dependent on the amount of times the tracks are used. Payout is $5K-$8K dependent on usage and length of use. The license is Non-Exclusive.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND US TRACKS TO OUR FACEBOOK, SOUNDCLOUD, EMAIL, LINKEDIN OR ANY SOCIAL MEDIA.
Compensation: $5-$8K
NYC Indie Label Looking to Build Roster
Our new NYC label/publishing company is looking for some like minded musicians to help us build up our roster. The genre is indie rock/psych pop. Both bands and singer/songwriters are welcome.
At first, the main objectives of the label will be to create a network of artists/bands (this can help with setting up shows or getting a full band together for singer/songwriters) and publication and digital distribution of studio recordings. The ultimate goal is to be a fully functioning and flourishing label as soon as possible.
If you have any interest in joining up, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us a little about yourself and your music. If you have any questions pertaining to our future label, don't hesitate to ask.
- Patrick from Bay Terrace Records LLC and Bay Terrace Publishing (BMI affiliate)
Similar Sounding Artists: Tame Impala, Pond, Mac DeMarco, Melody's Echo Chamber, Father John Misty, Beck, Cameron Avery, The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Felicity Groom, Temples, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Canyons, Deerhunter
Seeking 1990's for Sync Placements
Seeking 1990's Style Songs for Sync Placements
Pop-Up Music is seeking all 1990’s genres - Dance, Eurodance, Britpop electronic music (think The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Squarepusher), Grunge (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden), Trip Hop ( Leftfield, LFO, Massive Attack, Portishead) R&B, Neo-Soul, Pop rock and singer-songwriter think (Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow). Please send commercial sounding tracks within these genes.
This opportunity is for a non exclusive contract - all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers.
We look forward to hearing your tracks
the Pop-Up Music Team!
Similar Sounding Artists: The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Squarepusher, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Leftfield, LFO, Massive Attack, Portishead
Seeking 90s kitschy Songs
Seeking - 90s kitschy songs with wit, a sense of humour, irony, a party vibe. 90s kitsch but not cheesy and definitely NOT overly brooding and aggressive. Lyrically it must be totally clean - no samples. Think commercial hits from back in the day! Contemporary songs influenced by the hits as well as lost gems from the 90s!
We look forward to your submissions - many thanks
The Pop-Up Music Team
Similar Sounding Artists: Will Smith
Summer’s coming - we need your Ska!
With Summer’s coming - we need your Ska!
Seeking - valve-driven, sweaty and gritty ska tracks needed for our catalogue in time for summer campaigns - original recordings from back in-the-day or retro inspired recordings.
The songs must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Pop-Up Music is a PRS registered music library and publisher located in London. We pride ourselves in providing undiscovered music and bespoke music for advertising, film, TV, gaming and corporate. We look forward to your submissions - many thanks.
Compensation: TBD Based on placement / Typically $500+
Be-Bop Jazz needed for Licensing Opportunities
Pop-Up Music is seeking Be-Bop Jazz songs for various opportunities. Please send if you have any tracks that are inspired/influenced by the greats! Miles Davis, Gillespie, Parker, Monk...
We look forward to your submissions.
The Pop-Up Music team.
Compensation: Negotiable based on final placement / Typically $500+
Similar Sounding Artists: Miles Davis, Gillespie, Parker, Monk
Seeking Futuristic Neo-Soul for major USA TV drama
Seeking futuristic neo-soul for possible inclusion in major USA TV drama. Songs that mix electronic, soul and hip-hop influences with an ethereal vibe and downbeat grooves. Good artist reference for what we are after would be Louis Mattrs, CVIRO and Bernhana.
This opportunity is for a non-exclusive contract - all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please. We look forward to your submissions.
- Mark Garfield / Pop-Up Music Group
Similar Sounding Artists: Louis Mattrs, CVIRO, Bernhana, Abhi/Dijon
Russian songs needed
We are looking for Russian music from all different genres - Pop, Rock, Folk, Indie, Electro, Hip Hop, Dance... vocals in Russian please. All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Samples must be cleared please. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team!
Baroque Pop Songs
Seeking - contemporary Baroque Pop songs - with big lush full production - a good example would be 'Follow the Leader' by Foxygen. all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please.
Similar Sounding Artists: Foxygen, The Sleepy Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Arcade Fire
Original 70s and 80s songs all styles - Urgent
We are seeking - original 70s and 80s songs all styles. All submissions must be original recordings from back in the day - please add the recording date on your submission. All styles welcome from Punk rock and Heavy Metal to Country and Pop.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers.
Seeking Music World Mix Inet Radio
Let us review and preview your music. We will announce your tracks as being a new music submission. It will be placed in our INDIE category and played at least 3 times per day. We specialize in Country music, but if you have something you think should be played on World Mix Inet radio please send it our way.
- Michael Hughes - Programmer - World Mix Inet
Similar Sounding Artists: Dirks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire
Seeking Music for Airplay on World Mix Inet Radio
Let us consider your work for airplay. World Mix Inet has 1000 Internet listeners waiting to hear your work. Not all submissions will be played. All submissions will be considered.
Similar Sounding Artists:Professional, In-Depth Country Production
Seeking Pop & Rock Music for Radio Airplay
I'm seeking Pop and Rock music for radio airplay. I would love to play your work. I like good production, depth in the entire track. Good lyrics and consistent vocals.
We have been doing Internet radio before it was cool. 14 years in Christian Radio and now Country music. We have had the only Internet station ever to be chosen to occupy a voting seat on the International Radio Hall of Fame.
We feature 1000 listener slots and some of the best current, classic and indie music available. Visit us today and hear for yourself.
Wanted: Indie Bands for Record Deal
Wanted by our A&R departments worlwide deals : Indie Bands in the line of Oasis, The Smiths, New Order, Arctic Monkey etc. 17 to 28 Age Limit. All styles are welcome even punk we will listen... All Bands will be listened to and reply will be sent. We are looking worldwide recording deal and publishing may be included.
- Factory Music Recordings & Music Publishing Company
Seeking Writers who can write a Country Mid / Uptempo
We're looking for mid to uptempo songs that groove. We're based in Nashville, so we focus on country & crossover acts. We've signed several songs generated from Music Xray submissions and we've forged solid relationships with writers we believe in. If you have that special song, we'd love to hear it! PLEASE send a lyric sheet with your submission! Thanks!
- Robyn Taylor-Drake - Trio Productions, Inc / Songscape Music, LLC
Summer Party Songs
Looking for party songs to pitch to Male/Female country/Pop artists. Please submit your best track(ss) for consideration.
Summer Love Songs
Looking for country/pop summer love songs to pitch to major artists. Male/female song accepted. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
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284 Labels / Record Deals 252 Sync Licensing: TV / Movies / Video Games 239 Song placements 198 Sync Licensing: Advertising 178 Professional Song Critique 165 Exposure Opportunity 95 Radio Playlisting 73 Publishing Deal 66 Management Deals 52 Artist Development 51 Career Coaching 33 Distribution Deals 29 Production Deals 18 Compilations 17 Music Blogs 8 Magazine/Print Reviews
414 under $10 1091 under $20 1229 under $30 1286 under $40 1286 any price
1154 Yes 132 No
321 Not Available 11 $1 - $100 14 $251 - $500 161 $501 - $1,000 201 $1,001 - $1,500 14 $1,500 - $2,000 14 $2,001 - $3,000 18 $3,001 - $5,000 45 $5,001 - $10,000 20 $10,001 - $25,000
Commercial Hit Songs - Submit for the SE Asian Market - Taiwan, Japan, China etc
Looking for commercial hit songs for a host of pop artists in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan etc. We work closely with Universal Music in Hong Kong, giving us direct access to major artists in South East Asia and Japan searching for tracks for their next and current projects.
We are looking for commercial radio tracks which have great beats, memorable hook lines and current styles. Uptempo K-Pop, ballads, R&B/Pop, Rock, Soul and MOR suitable for male, female and boy and girl-bands.
Lyrics may be translated depending on the artist so send in all language demos or masters.
We are looking forward to hearing some great music.
- Dean Hart / Afrikan Cowboy Publishing
Compensation: $1,000+ based on final placement
Song Quality: Rough Demos, Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
Dream Pop needed for Ads, Movies, & TV
We are seeking epic Dream Pop songs and instrumentals. Think big/airy/dreamy songs that also have a driving pulse and a commercial appeal - for pitching to Ads, Movies, and Film & TV.
We need fully completed and mixed songs, no demos please.
All songs must be written and owned 100% by the submitter.
Pop-Up Music Team
Compensation: Negotiable based on final placement
Sire Records (Warner) Seeking Hit Pop/Rock Songs and Artists
Sire Records, part of Warner Music, is seeking hit pop songs and artists to sign. Songs in vain of songs like: American Authors - "Best Day Of My Life" and "Believer", Neon Trees - "Animal", Walk The Moon - "Shut Up and Dance With Me" and XAmbassadors, and Smallpools' hits...those big rock band pop records. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- Sire Records (Warner)
Deal Type: Label Deal
Seeking Vibrant Music for TV/Films/Ads
We are seeking vibrant indie-pop songs that have global elements. Lots of drums, percussion and world instruments. A good reference would be tUnE-yArDs.
All songs must be owned by the writer - no samples please. We look forward to your submissions.
Similar Sounding Artists: tUnE-yArDs
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Nadim Hossain
The CMO IT Stack Has Arrived
I recently came across the Marketing Technology Landscape infographic below. Like the LUMAscapes that undoubtedly inspired it, it is meant to shock the viewer with the sheer volume of logos included.
Naturally, my first reaction was that there must be some grade inflation going on here -- perhaps a few categories had been invented, or perhaps the definition of "marketing technology" stretched to include more companies than reality would warrant. What I found, instead, surprised me: the mass of vendors included appeared to be quite legitimate.
So my skepticism turned to nerdy joy -- finally here was visual proof for what I've known at a gut level, as well as through sometimes painful experiences: we are being crushed under the weight of so many marketing tools. Yes, many of these tools are amazing advances, and they are supposed to enable and inspire us, but at the end of the day, they are making decisions harder, not easier, and are not helping CMOs and their direct reports gain truly actionable insights.
And they're not helping disparate marketing teams -- the quants and the artists -- collaborate or gain a common view of the customer. And they're certainly not doing enough to help CEOs and Boards of Directors with the timely insights needed to instill confidence in the right actions, plans and budgets. That task will have to be taken on by the next wave of marketing technology innovators.
CMOs: Is YouTube Damaging Your Brand?
I just wanted to watch more dry demos of IT software. Instead, YouTube insists that I watch a boob video. Can this possibly be what CMOs -- in this case, Splunk's Steven Sommer -- want for their brands?
For those not familiar with the company, Splunk enjoyed one of the hottest IPO's of 2012, even tripping up NYSE's circuit breakers due to intense trading. Yet the dynamic nature of social media, and in particular online video, is such that they find themselves peer-positioned with a featured video whose preview is of a woman holding her breasts.
To be clear, the promoted video is a harmless one -- a Thai commercial that's found new life -- and 33 million views -- on YouTube. There are two real problems with it. First of all, it's just not that funny. If you want funny, you should turn your attention to videos of Japanese cats jumping into boxes (how that's gotten only 8 million views is anybody's guess).
More importantly, the Thai commercial -- while appropriate for a fun-loving brand of "slimming Green tea" -- is completely distracting and utterly irrelevant to, say, a mild-mannered IT director's quest for the right tools to "collect data from tens of thousands of sources, search analyze and alert...all the while scaling to big data proportions on commodity hardware." Surely even the most steely-nerved prospective customer, hell-bent on taming their machine data, will be tempted to take a break from signing that Purchase Order for Splunk 4.3 -- a big step up from the already "ground-breaking" 4.0 and 4.2 releases though it may be -- and instead watch a humorous Thai commercial.
No CMO in their right mind would want that experience for their customers. This is bad news for YouTube, and good news for Vimeo and others. As video matures as a content medium for B2B marketers, they'll have to give more thought to how their customers and prospects experience their brand. And one that's known for its Big Data innovation and having a CEO twice Mark Zuckerberg's age is unlikely to go for this type of funny.
Time Magazine's "Bitter Pill" in 16 Tweets
If you're like me, and you procrastinated reading Time magazine's cover story, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us, here's some additional motivation. On Sunday, as I attacked Steven Brill's 26,000 word piece, I tweeted out a few excerpts. I've re-posted those 16 tweets below. It's a summary of sorts, in 2,000 characters. I am far from an expert on healthcare, but I found this to be a well-written and engaging article.
My thoughts kept turning to: "what technology solutions can we apply to solve this problem?" A lot of the problems outlined in this essay seem intractable, but many appear to be ones that can be improved with greater information symmetry and coordination. Perhaps what the world needs is a "Yammer for medical bills?" If you have any opinions on the matter, please share them below.
"60% of the personal bankruptcy filings each year are related to medical bills." healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
— Nadim Hossain (@NadimHossain) March 4, 2013
We ask "who should pay the bills, [not]...Why exactly are the bills so high?" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit… #heathcare
Surprised: "When Obamacare was being debated, Republicans pushed [for] commonsense malpractice-tort reform" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
"But the stranglehold that plaintiffs’ lawyers have traditionally had on Democrats prevailed" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit… #healthcare
Makes one feel sorry Yale chief: "Yale New Haven Health System's [CEO] was paid $2.5 million" 58% more than Yale prez healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
"$1.50 [was charged] for a generic version of a Tylenol pill. You can buy 100 of them on Amazon for $1.49" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit… #health
"in health care there is little of the price sensitivity found in conventional marketplaces" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
"Sloan-Kettering gets paid $302 by Medicare for about $2,400 [in] charges...[the patient] ends up paying $6." healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
"Aware of the leverage that drug companies...with unique lifesaving products have...most developed countries regulate [drug prices]"
"Regulating drug prices the way other countries do would save tens of billions of dollars" while still incenting R&Dhealthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
Makes no sense: "Congress has continually prohibited [Medicare] from negotiating prices with drugmakers." healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit…
"Despite calls to privatize...the current Medicare system is staffed with more ...private contractors (8,500) than government workers (700)"
"Medicare’s total...expenses are...about two-thirds of 1%" vs "29% [for] Aetna" healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bit… #obamacare
"Put simply, with Obamacare we’ve changed the rules related to who pays for what, but we haven’t done much to change the prices we pay."
"Over the past few decades, we’ve enriched the labs, drug companies, medical device makers, hospital administrators..."
"Meanwhile, we’ve squeezed the doctors who don’t own their own clinics, work as drug or device consultants or don’t...game [the] system"
Dear Salesforce, Please Buy Marketo Already
Source: Moviedraft.com
"We need to buy more marketing companies."
-Marc Benioff, 02.28.13
"Marketo announced today that it plans to conduct a registered I.P.O. of its common stock"
-Marketo Press Release, 02.26.13
It's like that awkward moment in a romantic comedy, when everyone knows that two characters should get together, except for the protagonists themselves. It's come to that with Salesforce.com and Marketo. As a proud alum of Salesforce.com, and satisfied former client and friend of Marketo, it's especially frustrating for me to watch this obvious love match between best-of-breed Software-as-a-Service companies take so long to happen.
Of course, the would-be couple only has themselves to blame. Salesforce initially looked to build its Marketing Cloud with sexy social enterprise acquisitions -- namely Radian6 and Buddy Media -- which were targeted to consumer brands more than its bread and butter B2B enterprises. At the time, this seemed to be a bold -- and perhaps even brilliant -- move by Salesforce, as it instantly gave it credibility not only with consumer brands such as Burberry, but with CMOs of all stripes. But as is often the case with M&A, the company hit some road bumps along the way.
Marketo, for its part, also looked to sprinkle on itself the magic dust of social, with an acquisition of Crowd Factory -- a B2B social application vendor -- in April 2012.
But the time has come for each to put its youthful dalliances with social enterprise apps in the rearview mirror. Marketo finds itself now competing with Oracle, as a result of Oracle's $871 million acquisition of Eloqua. If there is one rule of survival for mature enterprise software technologies, it is this: do not mess with Larry Ellison. Oracle, of course, is Salesforce.com's nemesis. One analyst, Rick Sherlund of Nomura, even praised the Eloqua deal because it "should allow Oracle to better compete with Salesforce.com."
But the synergy between these two companies goes beyond merely having a common enemy. For all the sizzle surrounding Salesforce.com's re-positioning itself over the years as a Cloud Computing leader, Social Enterprise vendor, and now champion of Customer Companies (though evidently an enemy of English teachers everywhere), at its core it is a SaaS CRM vendor for B2B companies. And these companies are embracing marketing automation technologies at a rapid pace. So it's only fitting that the company's next acquisition will be Marketo. I just hope for both that they don't wait too long, as there is an unglamorous but reliable German suitor waiting in the wings.
Nadim Hossain is CEO of BrightFunnel, and formerly the chief marketing officer of PowerReviews (acquired by Bazaarvoice). He was previously with Salesforce.com, McAfee and Amazon.com, and holds a BA from Cornell and an MBA from Stanford.
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Home Sport IPL News
RR skipper Steve Smith happy to end home season on a high
RR will be hoping for a favourable result to sneak in as the fourth team and Smith believes that his men can take it to the wire against Capitals in the last game in which he won't be available.
Published: 28th April 2019 01:20 PM | Last Updated: 28th April 2019 01:47 PM | A+A A-
Rajasthan Royals' captain Steve Smith (Photo | AP)
JAIPUR: Steve Smith is happy to have ended Rajasthan Royals' "home run" on a high after a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad as he gears up to leave for Australia to take join national team's World Cup preparatory camp.
Rajasthan Royals kept slender hopes of IPL play-off qualifications alive with a seven wicket win over Sunrisers and are currently on sixth place with 10 points from 12 games.
"It was a good end to our home season, the boys pulled things back nicely. Playing together as a group and we're winning those key moments. We have been fortunate in the last few games," Smith said at the post-match press conference.
Rajasthan will be hoping for a favourable result to sneak in as the fourth team and Smith believes that his men can take it to the wire against Delhi Capitals in the last game in which he won't be available. Hopefully the boys will play well in Delhi as well."
"We need to continue winning and you never know. I have got one more to play in Bangalore, it'll be nice to finish on a winning note."
His elbow took a bit of pounding as he took an incredible catch running backwards to dismiss David Warner but Smith is hoping that the dive has not caused extensive damage ahead of the World Cup next month.
Smith had an elbow surgery earlier this year and played with a heavily taped right elbow throughout the tournament.
"Hopefully, my arm is ok, it hurt initially because of the impact. I'll get to know more once the tape is off," Smith said after the match.
On the match, he praised Liam Livingstone for his attacking knock at the top of the order, which set the platform for a safe chase.
"Liam Livingstone was magnificent as he played with freedom and got us off to a good start. Samson finished things off nicely," the skipper said.
He also thanked the Jaipur crowd which he termed as "special and thanked them for their support".
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NPR's "All Songs Considered" Moogfest Coverage
One more post about this year's Moogfest... Just thinking if you'd like a completely different version of what Moogfest 2012 was all about, check out NPR's music program All Song's Considered at the link below. Last year, their music critics were raving about this undiscovered (to them at least) festival. This time around, NPR also was able to record full sets by Morton Subotnick, Richie Hawtin, Ana Sia, Andy Stott and Disclosure, which you can link from the show's webpage. However, it seems strange that headliners such as Orbital and Thomas Dolby were not even mentioned. Especially Dolby, who was this year's honored guest as winner of the 2012 Moog Innovation Award.
Paul and I listened to the show around midnight of October 28, while in our eighth hour of the drive home to CT from Charlotte after our flight was cancelled due to Sandy (that was a bit more than half way home, as we pulled into our driveway around 4 am). We had to tether the ipad to the internet via Paul's phone, as we were glad to be entertained after hearing the Giants football team win and the Giants baseball team win the World Series. But it became a running joke that we weren't even at the same festival, since it appears that we barely even crossed paths with the NPR reporters. Host of the show Bob Boilen recorded the recap with NPR's "electronic and dance-music contributor" Sami Yenigun at the wheel as they were driving as well. Yet they got an earlier start leaving town, so their flight to back home to Washington, D.C. was still on schedule... lucky!
NPR's All Song's Considered "The Best of Moogfest"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/10/31/163951554/the-best-of-moogfest-2012
Labels: Ana Sia, Andy Stott, Disclosure, Morton Subotnick, NPR All Songs Considered, NPR music, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Thomas Dolby
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Sportsman Channel and Outdoor Channel Schedule Marathon Coverage of ‘Wild Boar Fever presented by Aimpoint’
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First of Three Separate Marathon Programming Events Ready to Begin on Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. ET
DENVER (November 1, 2018) – If viewers are fans of marathon programming events, New York City is not the only place to be this weekend. Sportsman Channel will host the first of three marathon programming events featuring Wild Boar Fever presented by Aimpoint beginning on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. ET. Future Wild Boar Fever presented by Aimpoint programming marathons will occur on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. ET (Outdoor Channel) and Saturday, Dec. 29 at 5 p.m. ET (Sportsman Channel).
Driven boar shooting has been steadily increasing in popularity across Europe. The Wild Boar Fever presented by Aimpoint films are a showcase of the most skillful wild boar hunting ever captured on camera. Hosted by Franz-Albrecht Oettingen-Spielberg, the films document his and the team’s unrivalled knowledge of hunting the species while showcasing the driven hunting prowess to the viewer.
Following is the marathon schedule (all times listed ET):
Saturday, November 3 (5-8 p.m.) on Sportsman Channel
Saturday, December 1 (6-8 p.m.) on Outdoor Channel
Saturday, December 29 (5-8 p.m.) on Sportsman Channel
About Outdoor Channel: Outdoor Channel has been taking viewers across America and around the world on unparalleled adventures since 1993. Dedicated to the outdoor lifestyle and conservation, the independent cable network is a division of Outdoor Sportsman Group and provides a complete spectrum of riveting hunting, fishing, shooting and adventure entertainment. Outdoor Channel is the largest outdoor TV footprint in the country and is available in more than 50 countries internationally. Outdoor Channel can be viewed in HD and is accessible by broadband and mobile platforms. For program times and other information, visit www.outdoorchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. #WhatGetsYouOutdoors. #MyOutdoorTV
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Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel Documentary Celebrates World Premiere of ‘One Path: The Race to Save Mongolia’s Giant Salmonids’ with Panel Discussion on November 3, 4:00 p.m. at McNichols Building
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Lisa Fabrizio
American Mastery
By Lisa Fabrizio
I'm not the most ardent or knowledgeable golf fan in the world, but my husband is. And so it was that he and his friends were in the unenviable position of watching the last round of the Masters with me. I say unenviable, because it is a proven impossibility that I can sit still for more than five minutes without offering wholly unsolicited opinions on almost anything. So, while my husband grilled up his terrific rib-eye steaks, I dished out my take on the Masters.
Now, I'm not a total golf illiterate; I've actually played alongside my husband when he's needed a fourth for a tournament — you know, the 'best ball' kind where you don't really have to do anything but take up space — and the quaint customs and rules like the honor system are right up this conservative's alley. And I have for years enjoyed certain televised tournaments, chiefly the British Open and the Ryder Cup.
It's easy to see why Americans love the Open. Although the English and Scottish links courses have little in common with our manicured marvels, all duffers enjoy seeing their professional counterparts suffer the slings and arrows of the Road Hole at the Old Course at St. Andrews and the cold cruelty of Carnoustie, where Frenchman Jean Van de Velde played perhaps the worst 72nd hole in major golfing history.
And then there's the Ryder Cup; that biennial clash between us and them. Of course the Ryder Cup originally pitted U.S. players against those from Great Britain, but due to American dominance, it was expanded to include golfers from the rest of Europe as well. Being a conservative, and therefore a closed-minded xenophobe, I love the chance to root for zillionaires who debase themselves every two years for mere pride of country. Of all the memories I have of 9/11 and its immediate aftermath, I must admit that one of the oddest is a bitter regret that the 2001 Ryder Cup was postponed for a year; especially after the fun at Brookline in 1999.
But, dare I say it? TV coverage of the Masters drives me crazy in many ways. First and foremost is the theme song. Although I've heard it countless times, I've yet to recognize any semblance of a melody to it. A little research reveals that it is called " Augusta" and was written by Dave Loggins of "Please Come to Boston" fame, which might explain why it so gets on my nerves.
Then there's the fervent desire of CBS to make every winner the subject of heart-warming or heart-wrenching background stories, as well as the reverent whispering of booth-bound commentators who are not even near the action but feel duty-bound to maintain hushed tones. This group usually includes the uber-obligatory British commentator, who must grace every American tournament to elucidate the finer points for us, despite the fact that we've been playing the game here for hundreds of years.
But despite the coverage, I really do love the Masters, or rather, the masterminds behind it: the august members of the Augusta National Golf Club. The greatest Masters moment for me? Was it Jack in '86 or Crenshaw in '95? No, it was Hootie Johnson in '02 who, when confronted by feminist Martha Burk, refused to knuckle under to protest threats, basically telling Martha and the gals to take a dip in Rae's Creek. The situation was made even more delicious as the NY Times ran nearly three times as many pieces (102) about the protest than the number of actual protesters who showed up at Augusta (40). Ultimately, Burk and her Times cohorts ended up granting all golf fans their ultimate fantasy: a commercial-free telecast for two years!
Much was made during this year's Masters about the domination of foreign players and some saw this as a good thing. But that's where my xenophobia kicked in. It seemed like every bite of my rib-eye brought more Australian colors to the leader board, making for quite a nasty case of flag envy. So maybe it's time to take action, just like the Brits did in 1979 when they enlisted their European brethren to level the Ryder Cup playing field. I don't know, maybe Hootie and the boys can devise a test for prospective entrants; if they can't identify the grits at the annual Masters Prayer Breakfast, send 'em packing!
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Singin' the blues
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Replay it again, bud
A really big show
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Province Consulting With Federal Pasture Patrons
Patrons Will Help Determine Pasture Transition Process
The Government of Saskatchewan will be further consulting with federal pasture patrons on the transition of federal community pastures to patron-controlled ownership and operation.
"We have said all along that the patrons of these pastures are the priority for our government throughout this transition," Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. "Our goal is to ensure patrons are able to continue using these lands and we want to give them every opportunity to have input about the transition of their pastures."
While these consultations continue, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are working to ensure patrons are able to utilize these pastures for grazing in 2013. Both governments are negotiating a memorandum of understanding that will see federal staff continue to manage these pastures for the 2013 grazing season.
Following the federal government's decision to discontinue the Community Pasture Program, Saskatchewan established an advisory committee made up of industry leaders and cattle producers. The advisory committee recommended the following principles form the framework for this transition:
* Pasture patron groups will have the opportunity to own and operate each pasture;
* Each pasture will be maintained as a complete block;
* Sales will be based on market values; and
* Any sale of native prairie land will be subject to no-break and no-drain conservation easements.
To read the complete SK Ministry of Ag News Release, click here.
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World has only 11 years to stop catastrophic climate change, experts warn
-----Impacts of climate change will be less extreme if temperature rises are curbed at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels than if they climb to 2C-----
Countries must take "unprecedented" action to slash carbon emissions to zero by 2050 and limit dangerous global warming, a key report has warned.
Impacts of climate change , from droughts to rising seas, will be less extreme if temperature rises are curbed at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels than if they climb to 2C, the UN-backed study said.
Limiting warming to 1.5C is possible but will require fast and far-reaching changes to power generation, industry, transport, buildings and potential shifts in lifestyle such as eating less meat.
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https://www.apnews.com/c9f226034f05432b9a00f975e15815bf
Trump EPA acts to roll back control on climate-changing coal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency acted again Thursday to ease rules on the sagging U.S. coal industry, this time scaling back what would have been a tough control on climate-changing emissions from any new coal plants.
The latest Trump administration targeting of legacy Obama administration efforts to slow climate change comes in the wake of multiplying warnings from the agency’s scientists and others about the accelerating pace of global warming.
In a ceremony Thursday at the agency, acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a proposal to dismantle a 2015 rule that any new coal power plants include cutting-edge techniques to capture the carbon dioxide from their smokestacks.
Wheeler called the Obama rules “excessive burdens” for the coal industry.
“This administration cares about action and results, not talks and wishful thinking,” Wheeler said.
Cue Laugh In track: Here comes the judge, here comes the judge...
Hindsight is 2020
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Do you know what the initials "EPA" stand for? If you do, that alone makes you more qualified than Wheeler, or that criminal piece of shit Pruitt who was in the office before him.
Apparently Cheeto & his flunkies think it should mean "Enabling Polluting Assholes"
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the fucking idiocy.
Someone who lives in fucking Florida of all places.
Let me get this straight. You guys are so sexually retarded you don’t know which bathroom to use but you can tell me with absolute certainty which government statute would’ve prevented Chernobyl, Fukushima, or 3 Mile? The EPA works in conjunction with the TSA, DEA, NSA, and DOE to insure the FDA types are arrested by the FBI and the ATF.
By the way, am I the only adult in the United States the noticed that pajama boy was sitting in his parents house at age 26 using his parents paid public power utility to make his Michael Jackson brand cocoa while contemplating the ACA in a onesie?
I don’t want to talk down anybody here. It doesn’t do anybody any good. I just didn’t know that there were that many experts on radiative forcing throughout the world community. And that I would run into the highest concentration of these experts here of all places.
I’ve looked at this issue from your side of things believe me. It makes sense to reuse what you can. So don’t take it personally if I don’t believe a bunch of idiots that just walked out of Columbia University that were screwing and shitting in the streets 10 years ago are capable of understanding global warming. The same idiots are now driving a Chevy Volt and online shopping at Amazon.
And just a side note: Baby it’s cold outside…
And the metric system is the tool of the devil...
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/24/18109...nal-assessment
3 big takeaways from the major new US climate report
Climate change is here, it’s expensive, and it’s deadly, according to a dire new report.
Federal scientists have once again contradicted the White House, this time in a major new climate change assessment that was inauspiciously rushed to release the Friday after Thanksgiving. Their findings, however, should give even the Trump administration pause: Global warming could cause more harm to the US economy by 2100 than even the Great Recession did.
And the risks aren’t just down the road. The 1,600-page report directly connects climate change to ongoing issues like declining water levels in the Colorado River Basin and the spread of ticks carrying Lyme disease, phenomena that are currently costing Americans resources and lives.
Here are three key takeaways from the report.
1) Climate change is expensive
By the end of the century, warming on our current trajectory would cost the US economy upward of $500 billion a year in crop damage, lost labor, and extreme weather damages. This is almost double the economic blow of the Great Recession in the early 2000s.
“With continued growth in emissions at historic rates, annual losses in some economic sectors are projected to reach hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century —more than the current gross domestic product (GDP) of many U.S. states,” according to the report.
There are also second-order costs to contend with. Rising temperatures, for instance, make power generation more inefficient, raising the costs of electricity.
No region of the country is immune to these costs. From fisheries to agriculture to tourism, major sectors of the economy stand to be damaged by climate change.
This echoes findings from earlier this year that the US faces some of the highest social costs of carbon dioxide in the world. But it also implies that the inverse is true: Fighting climate change has huge financial benefits. Cutting greenhouse gases makes sense simply for our own economic self-interest.
2) Climate change is deadly
Rising temperatures kill — in any number of indirect ways, the report notes, but literally, too.
The most direct way they do so is by increasing the frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves; this summer alone, we saw deadly temperature spikes in Japan, Canada, and Pakistan that killed dozens of people.
In the US, this heat is expected to more than offset any lives saved from warmer winters. “With continued warming, cold-related deaths are projected to decrease and heat-related deaths are projected to increase; in most regions, increases in heat-related deaths are expected to outpace reductions in cold-related deaths,” according to the report.
Other maladies are also projected to get worse as the climate changes. Mosquitoes that spread viruses like West Nile and Zika are seeing their ranges grow. The ticks that spread Lyme disease are moving northward. Pollen-spewing plants are making allergy seasons longer and ever more severe as warmer winters and higher carbon dioxide levels make them more active.
The scientists in the report projected that air quality will suffer as well. The pollution we breathe in is already one of the biggest killers in the world, taking years off of people’s lives. Rising average temperatures worsen ground-level ozone, which can harm breathing. It can also exacerbate sources of pollution like wildfires, which have created some of the worst breathing conditions in the world this month in California.
3) We can still do something to limit global warming and counter its effects
We already have most of the tools we need to aggressively curb carbon dioxide emissions, thereby limiting the rise in global average temperatures. According to the report’s scientists, we must use them.
“Future impacts and risks from climate change are directly tied to decisions made in the present,” the assessment reads.
These tactics range from shifting to cleaner energy, to changing how we use land, to pulling carbon dioxide out of the air. The question is whether there is enough political will to deploy these methods on a meaningful scale.
Before you start your Dunning-Kruger on your own governments report remember this group was set up by Bush senior and was put together by
The National Science Foundation and the fucking Smithsonian.
Of course they are ALL wrong and Jack Dunning and President Kruger just know best.
So the summation of your article from Vox says the weather is an expensive killer that will get worse. Will global warming get worse in the coming Ice Age?
I can think of 100 places we need to spend money other than the EPA and not one of those departments are under the jurisdiction of Scotland.
I don't know who the fuck Kruger is other than some guy in Animal House. Every coming Ice Age you guys pull some other horses ass out of your computer model. So understand this for about the last time: your computer model can't replicate the amount of SO2 pouring into the atmosphere every time Hawaii errupts.
Baby it's cold outside...
This is really beginning to piss me off. Al Gore and the assholes at the IPCC missed the deadline in 2016 so now we got 2030. When are you guys ever correct about this?
You guys show up to the grown-ups table with a computer model and a copy of the World Weekly claiming global warming is going to kill everybody alongside an article featuring some alien that fucked Marilyn Monroe.
Get your shit together. All you want is more of my money and a way to keep getting it. If you guys have been smart enough to include that bullshit in Obamacare you have your global warming budget instead of lying about tipping points that don't exist.
Hey jacksoffmen, you dummy, how's the Dow doing?
Originally Posted by jacksmar
Your government wants a trillion of your dollars to update your nuclear weapons for what reason? The F35 fighter program is running at what $1.5 trillion dollars?
All of the people that know anything say something needs to be done about climate change but you are owned by a few well placed big business propaganda pieces.
You as a single lunatic is completely unimportant but there are many millions of other fuckwits just like you in the US so it is important to try and work out what went wrong with your thought processes.
Originally Posted by Seshmeister
First let me say on the global warming bullshit; this isn't a medical prevention program, it isn't a dental prevention program, it's not OB/GYN, it isn't about building floodgates or flood walls or dams, it isn't about better streets, it isn't about better lighting, it isn't about better education in the public schools, and most importantly is not about government. You can't stop it if it decides to go rogue. In spite of all your sanctimonious horse shit, in spite of all your self-centered purposeless lives, in spite of all your consensual science your total contribution to the world concerning global warming is the same as if you stick your fist in the lake and then pull it back out. You got that?
You will not have saved one breath for anybody, one drink of cool water, and you will have provided not one single hot shower. But you can go to bed better off knowing the amount of time you wasted on the weather didn't feed one single hungry kid tonight.
Only an idiot like you would misread me entirely. It's because you can't see past your government and my wallet.
If 300 million of you idiots and I mean ding dang fucking idiots that think you know better than anything about atmosphere, time parameters with regard to spatial displacement throughout the entire universe, and probability versus relativity in the time/space continuum of our universe; please fly to Hawaii and march yourselves up to the nearest volcano and jump in. You'll totally prove the point on how much SO2 a tree hugger can inhale before falling dead and the incineration point/avg. at which humans pull a Spinal Tap drummer.
This is the sun. This is the earth.
You still want to talk about nuclear proliferation?
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Cool white, male, entitled post, artard.
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Kristy you won't be smart enough to understand this but the women I live with and the women I date make me beyond cool. I'm glad you noticed some white male coming through the words. It means you know your place...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-20-...l&uh_test=2_11
Tsunami set off by volcanic eruption kills 222 in Indonesia
CARITA BEACH, Indonesia (AP) — An eruption of one of the world's most infamous volcanic islands is believed to have triggered a tsunami that killed at least 222 people in Indonesia during a busy holiday weekend. The waves smashed onto beaches at night without warning, ripping houses and hotels from their foundations in seconds and sweeping terrified concertgoers into the sea.
More than 800 people were injured and dozens more missing after the tsunami hit around the Sunda Strait at 9:27 p.m. Saturday, the Disaster Management Agency said. The toll could continue to rise because some areas had not yet been reached.
Didn't we spend some more US dollars on sensors for this govt? WTF did they spend the money on?
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-mount-...e-closure.html
Mount Etna eruption causes airspace closure
The Mount Etna volcano erupted on Monday, spewing ash as several minor earthquakes hit the region, and prompting a partial closure of the Sicilian airspace around the mountain.
Italy's national institute for geophysics and vulcanology (INGV) counted more than 130 seismic shocks in the zone, with the strongest reaching a magnitude of 4.0.
"The eruption occurred on the side of Etna," Boris Behncke, a vulcanologist at INGV, told AFP. "It's the first lateral eruption in more than 10 years, but it doesn't seem to be dangerous."
At the end of March a study published in the Bulletin of Volcanology said that Etna is slowly sliding towards the Mediterranean—at a constant pace of 14 millimetres per year.
It just doesn't make sense. 14 millimeters per year? There has got to be a piece of paper that leftists over the globe can voted on and sign that will reverse eventual catastrophic weather event. I honestly imagine that if we had every leftist dollar and every leftist protester fly in the face of this so-called tectonic shift we wouldnt need to fight the drug war, women could have more abortions, and there would be single-payer health care for all. I mean this has shovel ready written all over it...
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science...hic-ncna925051
Mount Etna is sliding into the sea. History shows that could be catastrophic.
If the volcano's flank suddenly collapses, it could trigger a tsunami that has the potential to devastate the region
Mount Etna is sliding into the sea. It could be catastrophic
Oct. 27, 2018 / 8:23 AM EDT
By Denise Chow
Sicily’s Mount Etna is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, but scientists say eruptions aren’t the only major threat posed by this smoldering peak.
A new study shows that Etna is slowly sliding toward the sea, raising the prospect that it may suddenly collapse and trigger a massive tsunami that could devastate the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
“Etna is a big and heavy volcano, so gravity is pulling it down,” Morelia Urlaub, a research scientist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany, and the study’s lead author, told NBC News MACH in an email. “It can spread more easily towards the sea as there is nothing to 'stop' it.”
Nothing to stop it? These foolhardy research geniuses don't know the power of Al Gore...
https://abcnews.go.com/International...ry?id=59982310
Tsunami death toll in Indonesia crosses 400; officials warn that second giant sea wave is possible
Scores of people were killed and many more were injured or unaccounted for when a tsunami hit the island nation of Indonesia without warning Sunday following a volcanic eruption and underwater landslides miles offshore.
At least 429 people died, more than 1,400 were injured and another 158 are missing as of Tuesday morning, more than two days after the wave came crashing ashore on the northwest coast of Java, one of the large islands comprising the country, officials said.
The threat did not disappear with the waves themselves, as officials were warning residents and tourists to stay as far away from coastal areas as possible on Monday because continued volcanic eruptions from Mount Anak Krakatau could potentially trigger a second devastating tsunami.
It's those climate change deniers!!! You know, who you are. The Trump's fault retards and now as climate change deniers you are dumbest of the global warming population.
And the very same assholes who think they can fix underwater landslides in an ocean and a slab of land borne by a volcano with a "Green New Deal". Paid for by the United States taxpayer...
I don't know if this guy is right or wrong but with swearing being so fashionable now...
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-...report-1300873
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns, ‘World Is Going to End in 12 Years,’ Reiterating Claims of Recent U.N. Climate Change Report
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democrat from New York, called climate change “our World War II” and warned that the world will end in 12 years if we don’t address global warming on Monday.
During an interview Monday at the MLK Now event at Riverside Church in New York with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ocasio-Cortez argued that global warming needs to be addressed immediately to avoid the end of human existence.
“Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks that will come after us are looking up and we’re like, The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?” the freshman congresswoman said. “This is the war—this is our World War II.”
Like, besides the fact she doesn't know anything about WWII, it's obvious the constituents that voted for her are the new region-of-idiots.
But....
This precious little barmaid, like has spent a lot of time around cell phones. Like, people have cell phones in a bar. Like, people take pictures of barmaids in a bar. Like, barmaids that like to dance.
Oh, the clocks running on 12 years. Like, AOC doomsday...
He's a huckster who cares what he thinks about environmental science, like me he has no qualifications to speak on it.
He made some money in the 1980s from oil - whatever, a lucky bullshitter. And he is full of shit claiming that he is worth $50 billion by taking the figure from profits of companies that had anyone attend one of his courses. By that logic if John Doe who works at Apple in their mail room goes on a health and safety course the guy that provides it is worth $100 billion. No wonder he likes Trump. If you lived in a castle Scotland and you were a billionaire would you have a business where people had weddings at your home every weekend? Maybe not. I saw a castle for sale here for $750k just this week and he bought his 20 years ago. That wouldn't get you a 1 bedroom apartment in the centre of London.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be overstating the problem for effect but she is overstating less than the Republican party is understating it. Read your own government agencies reports.
The Republican party is literally the only political party in the world that denies climate change.
Pena (pain in Spanish) will be dead before it hits big so why should he care?
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There is an interesting internet black hole to fall into here as his dad Manny Pena is in all the RFK assassination conspiracy books as he was a CIA guy who apparently killed people and was one of the main people in the investigation.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...%20cia&f=false
Read government agency reports?
1st, let's start with the obvious. Obvious is a way of stating something or viewing something that is clear or easily perceived, without overstating something.
So again,
1st - My government is flat broke and in considerable debt. So if a government agency is creating a report; it's creating debt.
2nd - Money is something that socialists do not accumulate. Socialists end up with money one of two ways: the family has it and passes it on or socialists steal it from someone else.
3rd - Socialists do not create jobs or understand how to manage money. Socialists are always in the unenviable position of having little money and needing money from another source.
Considering these facts, what would a report on the Keating 5 turn up? LOL! I just love poli sci humor. It's nearly as funny as office humor.
Back on topic, which government agency is in charge of global warming? A-Ocasio-C isn't overstating for some effect shesh. A-Ocasio-C wants money we don't have to start to resolve global warming. A-Ocasio-C is fortunate to know a number all the other computer models weren't able to produce.
And her favorite color is glitter.
Barmaid weather forecasts are so cute. In Eau Claire, WI it's 8dF with a forecast of 6dF for Sunday Low -22dF.
Which government agency report had that prediction?
Last edited by jacksmar; 01-26-2019 at 11:17 AM.
Without overstating the obvious...
A remarkably accurate global warming prediction, made in 1972
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...rediction-1972
John Stanley (J.S.) Sawyer was a British meteorologist born in 1916. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962, and was also a Fellow of the Meteorological Society and the organization's president from 1963 to 1965.
A paper authored by Sawyer and published in the journal Nature in 1972 reveals how much climate scientists knew about the fundamental workings of the global climate over 40 years ago. For example, Sawyer predicted how much average global surface temperatures would warm by the year 2000.
"The increase of 25% CO2 expected by the end of the century therefore corresponds to an increase of 0.6°C in the world temperature – an amount somewhat greater than the climatic variation of recent centuries."
Remarkably, between the years 1850 and 2000, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels did increase by very close to 25 percent, and global average surface temperatures also increased by just about 0.6°C during that time.
Sawyer also discussed several other important aspects of the Earth's climate in his paper. For example, he addressed the myth and misunderstanding that as a trace gas in the atmosphere, it may seem natural to assume that rising levels of carbon dioxide don't have much impact on the climate. Sawyer wrote,
"Nevertheless, there are certain minor constituents of the atmosphere which have a particularly significant effect in determining the world climate. They do this by their influence on the transmission of heat through the atmosphere by radiation. Carbon dioxide, water vapour and ozone all play such a role, and the quantities of these substances are not so much greater than the products of human endeavour that the possibilities of man-made influences may be dismissed out of hand."
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Why not crack some jokes?
We get it. The deniers as you guys call us. Every time there's cold snap you guys think it's an opportunity for us to plow through your scientific consensus. So using your logic, warm weather doesn't prove global warming is happening. <Breaks the hockey stick over his knee and drops>
And I saw a story where the majority are not willing to shell out 10 bucks to stop global warming. It ran right after this egg fell down off the wall. King's men a'humpin'
We get it. The deniers as you guys call us. ...
Morons, retards actually. Flat earthier, anti-science autistic fucktards is more like it...
Originally Posted by Nickdfresh
Unsanitary?
Chip, I don't know how to say this politely but your side lost when you went from selling it as global warming to climate change. You guys let the hot air out of the argument.
Anyway, Gia lives in Europe with the hobbits, I think. And don't forget:
A-Ocasio-C her favorite color is glitter...
Last edited by FORD; 01-29-2019 at 08:05 PM.
It's not an "argument", fucktard. You don't like gravity? Guess what. You don't get to argue that gravity doesn't exist...
For sucking fucks' sake, even you don't believe the bullshit you spout here!
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Warner Archive Grab Bag - THE WIND & THE LION and HIT THE DECK on Blu-ray
THE WIND AND THE LION (1975; John Milius)
John Milius has been on my mind of late after having seen the recent documentary all about him (MILIUS). He's a fascinating man who has led an eventful, storied life. He was a big part of one of the great golden eras of Hollywood and had his hands in some of the most iconic films of the 1970s - JAWS and APOCALYPSE NOW to name a few. He made his first feature film for American International Pictures in 1973 (DILLINGER) and followed in it 1975 with THE WIND AND THE LION. This film, while successful, came out just around the time that JAWS would become one of the biggest theatrical phenomenons the world has ever known. Who is to say that if THE WIND AND THE LION had come out a year or two later and been given a portion of the marketing push that JAWS was given just how well it would have done.
Milius is a filmmaker who has always fascinated me. He himself, like his films is bigger than life in a lot of ways. He is a man from a classic tradition of storytelling and is truly a remarkable raconteur. While the influences of certain filmmakers can be felt in his work, he makes his own epic stories. Think about it - CONAN THE BARBARIAN, RED DAWN, FAREWELL TO THE KING...and my favorite - BIG WEDNESDAY. I give Milius a huge amount of credit for making a movie about surfers that I count among favorite films ever made. And as for RED DAWN, that film impacted me in a huge way at the time I saw it. I remember running around my best friend's neighborhood, hiding in people's bushes and randomly shouting "Wolverines!" a lot. You know a movie has meant something to you when it makes you run around outside and do your best to re-enact it.
All of Milius' films seem to be laced with John Ford's sense of mythologizing the past and Akira Kurosawa's sense of epic scope. THE WIND AND THE LION is one hell of a good, rollicking adventure film. One might certainly think of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA when watching it, but it's more of a Milius-style fairytale. For as solid of a movie as it is and considering the cast, it is a sad thing that this movie is not talked about more. Connery and Candice Bergen are both great in it and Brian Keith (as Teddy Roosevelt) should have gotten some sort of award. John Huston does brings his usual Huston-ishness to this at it is also quite satisfying.
Included as bonus features on this gorgeous looking Blu-ray are the John Milius commentary track from the DVD and a 9 minute compilation of vintage behind the scenes footage shot on the set of the film. As Milius is a great storyteller, this commentary has some nice tidbits to offer fans of the film and is absolutely worthwhile.
HIT THE DECK (1955; Roy Rowland)
Pretty much any movie with Russ Tamblyn is worth watching at least once. He's just a helluva cool fella. I mean, you watch him in musicals like this and WEST SIDE STORY and others and he just somehow makes it cooler to be a singing and dancing dude. On top of that, look at him in stuff like Twin Peaks or any of the Tarantino films he's cameo'd in and you can see he's gotten even cooler. He's one of the high points of this lovely looking CinemaScope musical for sure. He and Debbie Reynolds pop off the screen when they are in scenes together. I was cruising along, watching this little film and about 30 mins in, suddenly Debbie Reynolds makes her first appearance in a sprightly musical number with Tamblyn. It was like the film shifted gears and took a step up during that scene. Debbie Reynolds has an adorable rating that's off the charts and she's at the peak of her cuteness here. She, like Tamblyn, has this magnetism that just bellows "I'm a star". There's just something unquantifiable about the star energy that actors like these give off. They have this lovely kind of vibrance that I'm sure they themselves may not have been aware of. Sure, acting styles have changed and they surely don't make films like HIT THE DECK anymore, but I do miss that kind of star prescence a bit. Perhaps it's that it feels like there's no desperation in performances like these. Maybe desperation isn't quite the right word, but there's this humble sense of people loving what they do and just happy to be there dancing and singing.
HIT THE DECK has the classic look of an MGM musical of this period. Colorful, goid-looking costumes and sets, and the previously mentioned CinemaScope factor. It's a fun film to look at and when Tamblyn and Reynolds are on screen it's at its best.
The menu includes a song selection function that will let you skip to whichever of your favorites that you like.
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Soundtrack Review
Eye of the Eagle
The Film Music of Søren Hyldgaard
Composer: Søren Hyldgaard
MovieScore Media
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MMS12004
MovieScore Media has launched its new Spotlight Series, which is designed to bring talented film composers to light and showcase their work to a wider audience. Volume One collects highlights of the work of Danish composer Søren Hyldgaard...
Eye of the Eagle: The Film Music of Søren Hyldgaard features the work of this Danish composer who emerged in the late '90s as a fresh voice in film music, writing many acclaimed orchestral scores for films such as Eye of the Eagle, Angel of the Night and Tommy and the Wildcat. This compilation features an impressive selection of suites and themes from 18 of Hyldgaard's projects. The album is virtually jam packed with thematic, exciting and beautiful orchestral music with an emphasis on the adventure genre, but also showcasing romance (The One and Only, Something in the Air), animation (Jester Till, Help I'm a Fish) and horror (Isle of Darkness, Angel of the Night).
The album also features the theme from Hyldgaard's score for the Hollywood thriller Red as well as selections from his many scores for Danish film and television. This album consists of 18 tracks, making up 1 hr, 19 min, 12 sec of incredible music.
I have to admit that I was previously unaware of Hyldgaard's work as well as the movies he's worked on. For me, this collection represents an interesting find of beautiful music that showcases Hyldgaard's talents as a versatile composer.
I've cobbled together some random thoughts on his music as presented here, but to be perfectly honest you should stop reading now and purchase this collection - you won't regret it.
'Jester Till: Suite' had elements of Gustav Holst's The Planets as well Jerry Goldsmith's score for Poltergeist.' 'Angel of the Night: Theme and Suite' reminded me, in parts, of the work of Ennio Morricone; 'Red: Main Title' brought to mind Peter Golub's score for These Amazing Shadows; 'See You: Close Again and See You' had a segment that brought to mind Howard Shore's music for Mrs. Doubtfire; 'The Fakir: Suite' was very similar to the gothic work of Danny Elfman; 'Nynne's Diary: Suite' reminded me of the main theme to The Deep (John Barry); 'Help, I'm a Fish: Suite' brought to mind Jerry Goldsmith's score for The Secret of Nimh as well as elements of Danny Elfman's work; and finally, while 'Eye of the Eagle: Suite' didn't conjure up any similar work by other composers, I thought it was a powerful way to conclude this fantastic collection.
01 - 'Jester Till: Suite'
02 - 'Tommy and the Wildcat: Theme'
03 - 'Angel of the Night: Theme and Suite'
04 - 'Red: Main Title'
05 - 'See You: Close Again and See You'
06 - 'The Spider: Theme'
07 - 'Little Big Girl: Theme'
08 - 'Storm: Theme'
09 - 'Midsummer: Suite'
10 - 'The Fakir: Suite'
11 - 'Nynne's Diary: Suite'
12 - 'Pyrus: Suite'
13 - 'Nuummioq: Suite'
14 - 'Isle of Darkness: Suite'
15 - 'The One and Only: Suite'
16 - 'Help, I'm a Fish: Suite'
17 - 'Something in the Air: Love Theme'
18 - 'Eye of the Eagle: Suite'
Darren Rea
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Anya Ahmed
Prof Anya Ahmed
Room C510 Allerton Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Greater Manchester, M6 6PU.
a.ahmed@salford.ac.uk
From January 2012 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Centre for Health Society
Full Member of Research Centre: Regeneration & Environmental Intervention
From October 2009 to September 2011.
Member of College: College of Health & Social Care
From January 2012 to August 2015.
I joined the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work as a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in January 2012. My research and teaching focuses on migration, retirement migration, welfare reform, social housing, social exclusion, gender, ethnicity and research methods.
I am currently lead supervisor for the following doctoral students:
Sian Lucas ‘Communication across linguistic difference: the case of social work’
Michael Owens ‘The role of place narratives in spatial planning: a study of the fringe areas of the former Olympic Park in East London’
Ewa Duda-Mikulin ‘Citizenship, migration and gender: Polish migrant women in the UK and returnees in Poland’
Alex Hudson 'A qualitative longitudinal study of young people leaving public care and their experiences of Higher Education'.
Jawhar Muhanna '‘Comparing and Contrasting the Organisation, Structure and Functions of Charities in the KSA (Saudi Arabia) and the UK (United Kingdom)’.
Ibiangake Ndioho 'An Evaluation of the role of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Strengthening the Nigerian Health System’.
I am also writing a research monograph entitled 'Retiring to the Costas: British Women's Narratives on Nostalgia, Belonging and Community' to be published by the Policy Press
MSc Housing Studies (from University of Salford).
PhD Social Policy/Sociology (from University of Central Lancashire).
PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (from Liverpool John Moores University).
BA (JHons) Social Policy and Sociology (from University of Leeds).
iCase with Kidney Care UK
Kidney Care UK, £30,571.00.
Principal Investigator: P Ormandy (75%). Co-Investigator: A Ahmed (25%).
HEIF KE with British Kidney Patients Association
British Kidney Patients Association, £42,678.00.
HEIF KE with Belong Healthcare
Belong Healthcare, £48,669.00.
Principal Investigator: A Ahmed (50%). Co-Investigator: P Ormandy (50%).
Inclusiveness and Diversity in Dementia
Salford CVS, £19,187.00.
Principal Investigator: A Ahmed (55%). Co-Investigators: R Haworth (10%), M Wilding (35%).
Integration Up North / Integration of Third Country Nationals (TCNs)
European Integration Fund, £77,811.00.
Principal Investigator: P Brown (60%). Co-Investigators: L Scullion (20%), A Ahmed (20%).
Somali Dementia Aware Project
Camden Somali Cultural Centre, £8,333.00.
Principal Investigator: A Ahmed (100%).
Open Society Foundation at Home in Europe
Open Society Foundation, £11,972.00.
Ahmed, A 2013, 'Structural narrative analysis: understanding lifestyle migration through two plot typologies ', Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 19(2), pp.232-243.
Ahmed, A 2012, 'Networks among retired British women in the Costa Blanca: insiders, outsiders, "club capital" and "limited liability"', Urbanities, 2(2), pp.95-112.
Ahmed, A 2011, 'Belonging out of context: the intersection of place, networks and ethnic identity among retired British migrants living in the Costa Blanca', Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 5(2), pp.2-19.
Ahmed, A 2013 'Social Policy and the Environment', in: Dwyer, P & Shaw, S (eds.), An Introduction to Social Policy , Sage, London, UK, pp.185-198.
Ahmed, A 2005 'Contested communities? Homelessness, substance misuse and regeneration policy ', in: Simmic, P & Foord, M (eds.), Housing and Community Care, Chartered Institute of Housing, Coventry, UK.
Ahmed, A 2013, Harris Beider (2012), Race, Housing and Community: Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Chichester: WileyBlackwell., (Book review), Journal of Social Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Ahmed, A 2011, The value of qualitative research to the social housing sector, (Briefing paper), HQN Ltd, York, UK.
Ahmed, A 2010, An Evaluation of the Glass Forward Mentoring Programme in the Housing Sector , (Corporate booklet), Housing Diversity Network, Huddersfield, UK.
Ahmed, A & Brown, P A & Steele, A 2006, Looking Back Moving Forward: the Needs and Aspirations of Gypsies and Travellers in Essex , (corporate booklet), Essex County Council/Essex Planning Association, Chelmsford, UK.
Reports for External Bodies
Ahmed, A 2005, 'Evaluation of Merseyside Community Voice Citizens¿ Panel ', for: The Housing Corporation, The Housing Corporation, Liverpool, UK.
Ahmed, A 2004, 'Homelessness and substance misuse in Tameside ', for: Tameside MBC, Tameside MBC, Tameside, UK.
Ahmed, A & Chris, C & Linda, W 1998, ''Feasibility study into the recruitment of black and ethnic minorities into the planning profession', for: Royal Town Planning Institute, Royal Town Planning Institute, London, UK.
Ahmed, A 2002, A review of homelessness and related services in Wigan MBC, Wigan MBC, Wigan, UK.
Ahmed, A 2001, The needs and aspirations of BME residents in Manchester, Family Housing Association , Manchester, UK.
Ahmed, A 2000, The housing, health and support needs of Asian Elders , Oldham and Rochdale MBCs, Rochdale, UK.
Ahmed, A 1999, Asian women and access to supported housing , Women's Housing Aid, Rochdale, UK.
Ahmed, A 2010, Home and Away: British Women¿s Narratives of Community in Spain, PhD thesis, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Key PhD Supervision
Condie, J M (2013) 'Living Alongside Railways: A Discursive Psychological Analysis of Adapting to Disruption and Identities of Place¿'.
The lived experiences of Somalis in London (Social Policy Association, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 2013).
The British in Spain: on being 'English' abroad (Global Studies Association, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, July 2012).
The English in the Costa Blanca: communities or ghettos? (Housing Studies Association, University of York, United Kingdom, April 2008).
Retiring to the Costas: A real or imagined Community (Faculty of Health and Social Care Conference, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, April 2006).
won first prize for best paper
Community out of context ¿ exploring the narratives of female UK migrants to Spain (European Sociological Association, Torum, Poland, September 2005).
Charting the Change: the realignment of refuge provision in the UK¿ (European Network for Housing Research, Vienna, Austria, July 2001).
Asian women and the reality of housing choices (European Network for Housing Research, Gavle, Sweden, June 2000).
External Examiner Duties
London South Bank University (United Kingdom, September 2011).
I am Lead External Examiner for the undergraduate and postgraduate Housing programmes
Commentator on implications of welfare reform in the UK (BBC Radio Manchester, United Kingdom, March 2013).
Interview on the 'bedroom tax' and implications (BBC Radio Manchester, United Kingdom, December 2012).
30 years since the right to buy of council housing (The Politics Show - BBC, United Kingdom, October 2009).
Memberships of External Bodies
Full Member of Global Studies Association (United Kingdom, March 2012).
Full Member of Social Policy Association (United Kingdom, June 2011).
Member of Intergenerational Research Group, University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom, April 2013).
Member of the Lifestyle Migration HUB - University of Tampere (Finland, July 2011).
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posted Friday, March 28 2014 - Volume 42 Issue 13
Emotionally inspiring Lunchbox a tasty delight
by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN A&E Writer
Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is looking to spice up her life with inattentive husband Rajeev (Nakul Vaid). With the help of upstairs Auntie (Bharati Achrekar) she begins putting together complicated, obsessively composed lunchtime meals for him, throwing in as much attention, care and, yes, love into them as she can possibly muster.
Funny thing is, Rajeev isn't the one who receives them. The lunchtime messenger service has accidentally started delivering his meal to the wrong person. Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan Khan), a quiet government drone on the verge of retirement, has been getting them instead. Worse, her husband hasn't even noticed the mistake, thinking his bland cauliflower-based meal is the one Ila has been sending him each and every day and not caring it isn't.
What follows is one of the most sensitive, blissful and emotionally effervescent unrequited romances I've had the pleasure to see since John Carney's Once graced the screen back in 2007. While not perfect, while not quite as successful as I'm sure writer/director Ritesh Batra intends it to be, this movie is a beautiful foray into the city of Mumbai, its two main characters crafting an 84 Charing Cross Road meets The Shop Around the Corner relationship that's as intimate and authentic as it is emotional and honest.
The basic crux revolves around the food-slash-pen pal friendship that develops between Ila and Saajan, the former granting an unanticipated spark back into the latter's life, while he in turn allows her to find the strength to do what's best for both herself and her child, clueless and insecure husband be damned. The two give one another a reason to keep going, to evolve, to see things in the world around them and in others they otherwise would never have noticed, in the process gifting an introspective insight that never would have existed otherwise.
Batra doesn't push, doesn't overdo it, allowing the movie to evolve gracefully at its own leisured pace, yet still maintaining a magnetic urgency that continually propels things towards their inevitable, yet still hopeful, conclusion. The director also does a grand job of making Mumbai its own, highly distinctive character, the city coming to life in a way that breathes and moves in much the same way the central characters themselves do.
Khan, as great an actor as there is, most recently invigorating films as diverse as Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi and The Amazing Spider-Man with his presence, is wonderful, acres of pain and rivers of regret swimming within the recesses of his face. His interactions with both Kaur - strictly by narrative voiceover, mind you - and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, playing the energetic newcomer assigned to take Saajan's place when he retires, are splendid, everything he does having purpose, building up his character's layers, while also propelling the story itself forward.
Kaur, by all accounts a newcomer to the cinematic landscape, is equally wonderful, and I loved how she so effortlessly portrays all of what Ila is thinking and feeling at any given moment no matter what the complexities roiling underneath the surface might be. She has a couple of moments with Vaid that split my heart clean in two, while the shouted conversations between her and Achrekar build in meaning and intimacy in transcendent lockstep with the dramatic machinations of the storyline itself.
The Lunchbox isn't loud. It isn't obnoxious. It doesn't try to do too much or say anything more than what it wants, no, needs to. Batra's debut looks a little on the slight side of the equation, but in reality is anything but, the way it sheds light on so many different facets of the human condition shockingly personal. This is a movie to be treasured and adored, it's ultimately uplifting and life-affirming charms deserving of being savored again and again by viewers of all types, kinds, ethnicities and palates.
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Ethnoob
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Eileen woes
Ethnoob replied to Humbolt's topic in Cacti & Succulents
Looks like it split itself open from having too much to drink. Normally that wouldn't be too much to fuss over but it looks like it's oozing out black liquid which isn't good at all because if that's the case it's likely rotting on the inside. Personally if it is oozing to be on the safe side I'd cut above the damage and root the tip in some far less wet soil and then let the stump dry out for a couple of weeks before slowly reintroducing water to it again. If you're lucky you'd end up with two cacti but at worst if the stump dies you should be able to save the tip.
The Great Global Warming/Cooling Thread Part 2
Ethnoob replied to Evil Genius's topic in Chill Space
heads in the sand is exactly how we got into this problem in the first place.
Trichocereua cuts for sale
Ethnoob replied to bardo's topic in Seed & Plant Sales
Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately it was the other two I really wanted. I was just going to throw the semi monstrose in as an added bonus. Oh well, if the other two ever become available again send me a PM
Noob's cacti
Ethnoob replied to Ethnoob's topic in Cacti & Succulents
Thanks mate I'm terrible at making memes but I was told my old man of the mountain looks like a hairy prick by a girl I know so I sent her this back. She didn't respond lol
Are these still available?
Well it's been about a month and I can't be arsed listing out all the names again but if you're well keen on finding out what's what the names are in the filenames
Been lazy and didn't post for a while. Time for an update... Bridgesii OP, Bruce, Cactus Mc Spiny, T. Carmaguensis, Foolsbreath and a gecko guardian Gold Spine Peru, Hamilton's Peru Crest, T. Huascha, Ivan, LC002 and a new loph Los Gentiles, Locanthocereus Cliestocactus Fieldianus, Mum & Dad, Pacharu, Pachanoi x Psycho0 and T. Schickendantzii Some slime mold giving me some grief, T. Spachianus, TBMC and a T. Thelegonus that got toppled just before I took the pic due to the intense rain I've had today. That's it for now but I have lots more coming so stay tuned
I am a psychopath in that I can look at things objectively without involving emotion bu that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Every species can live in harmony with the surrounding environment provided it's numbers are kept in balance and it's obvious our species is out of balance due to the global effects we're having. As such logically the cure is a reduction in our numbers to bring us back into line. Now that said I know it's morally objectionable to kill even pedophiles so it's not like the idea of murdering billions of innocents sits well with me. My only point was that since there's not going to be some technological miracle cure that allows us to make all 7.5 billion people live the 1% lifestyle without causing the entire world to get fucked over a forced reduction in the human population is in the interest of everything. Now if we can admit that to ourselves and consider ourselves guardians of the planet is it then not our duty to lessen the suffering of that decision being made? To me though this is where the real moral implications come into play though because by which criteria do you judge? Let's say you wanted Africa for Africans, Japan for the Japanese, etc. to preserve all the races in a distinct place of their own then places like Australia that have been taken over by whites would either be forced to take measures like saying Australia is for the Aboriginals or that the nation was founded in 1901 and if you can't trace your family history to then you've gotta go. Choosing the sick, the elderly, druggos on welfare, fresh off the boat immigrants, etc. seems easy enough but it can get real complicated, real fast and it's going to be a shit show either way. What I do know is that people would be absolutely butt hurt for all of eternity over it no matter how much better off they and the rest of the world has it. Another thing I know is that if humanity was to go down that path then there needs to be an all powerful global force that can land a nuke anywhere. They need to hold the world hostage and say either you stick to your breeding plan so your numbers stay within their limits or you get hit with a nuke and lose an even greater number of people. If the punishment isn't worse like that people simply won't care and we'll end right back where we are today. I know, I know, psychopath, but explain how I'm wrong with cold logic and change my mind.... The earth tries to live in harmony like two sides of an equation trying to even each other out. There's a certain number of people that can live on this earth but it depends on the lifestyles that we have. We can have more vegans living in mud huts for example than we can westerners that eat meat. My point was that people are never going to forget the western life, our sciences, the technology, etc. which means they absolutely will strive for it again and that as a result we have to pick lower numbers of people with a greater impact over more people with less impact. As for addressing the population to make sure it doesn't jump again hold the world hostage with nukes. Leftists are mostly retarded. They always put feels before reals and put all their faith in future technologies that are either unproven, unworkable or as in most cases simply don't exist. More than that they don't think about the ramifications of their plans because they live in an imaginary world. Take multiculturalism for example. It's meant to make us less racist, be our strength and all that shit right? Instead it destroys both cultures by forcing them to change, it forces the races to inevitably blend destroying the ethnic differences we once had and until that happens it fosters hatred and self segregation. Don't believe me? Why is there a China town in every major city in the world? Why do muslims hang around one another more than they do us? Why is white flight a thing? Deep down we know these things to be true but it feels bad thinking that way so a leftist ignores reality to absolve them of their wrongthink crime which they also do to everything else in life such as renewable energy sources like solar saying it's energy from the sun while completely ignoring the absolutely horrendous impact the panels construction has done before ending up on their roof. It's always feels before reals so I'll never buy into their philosophy or politics. Don't get me wrong, the hardcore right are retarded too, just leftists more so. Now obviously it's about how we live as a species that impacts the environment as I described in the first paragraph of my reply to you but if you think for a moment dealing with inequality will help you're assuming that the 3rd world will start breeding at 1st world rates. The 3rd world will forever breed like the 3rd world and by giving them greater access to resources like food and medicine it just means more will survive and make the overpopulation problem worse. Look at Africa. We've fed them for over 100 years and they're still popping out like 8 kids knowing they're going to starve too. More than that their now western lifestyles are going to devastate the planet in real short order. It's psychopathic again on my behalf, probably racist too, but logically if you want to address the overpopulation issue you absolutely must start with the ones doing the majority of the breeding and prevent them from wanting to emulate our lifestyles too. If you don't you're literally just adding fuel to the fire.
This is what he recommends: From atmospheric carbon capture through extensive seaweed farming, CO2 snow production in Antarctica and the manufacture of carbon-rich biochar to reflecting the sun’s rays by releasing sulphur into the atmosphere and painting landscapes and cities white, Flannery outlines an array of innovative technologies that give cause for hope. Every single one of those suggestions are band aid solutions that ultimately fail to address the underlying cause of their necessity. Sure they could help a little but why would we want to make all our towns blindingly white and identical the world over for example when doing so ruins architecture which is one of the largest defining qualities of every culture not to mention it actually helping to make the problem worse with the constant maintenance and production of the paint? I won't even get started on the million plus reasons why geoengineering is retarded or how when plants die they ultimately release all their carbon back as they decay. Deep down we all know that human existence has a negative effect on this planet which means the fewer of us there are the better off the world would be. It's just no one wants to admit that people need to be killed off in such numbers that Thanos would look like a pussy because if we admit that we then have to consider the reasons why certain people should live or die which is horribly uncomfortable to think about. It makes you feel like a racist, it makes you feel like a eugenicist and really just plain evil in general but we already have examples from nature to reflect upon that proves it is the right course of action to take. Just look at what happens when kangaroos breed out of control for example. They all suffer until they start dying off but can cause so much damage between now and then the humane thing to do is to thin the herd. We don't like to do it but we know it's ultimately morally correct to forcibly bring them back in balance with nature and lessen their suffering and all I'm saying is that we need to take a similar approach with ourselves.
You're kidding yourself if you think there's a technological solution that doesn't result in the human population going up which is literally the sole cause of the environmental damage we're doing as a species. Even if I were wrong though how much of the Earth should be dedicated to a single species? We've chopped down the majority of forests, we've raped the oceans for food and every single person that's born has a mouth that needs feeding and absolutely will put their foot down claiming some space as for themselves displacing other species. The more of us there are the less room there is for everything else and there's no technological solution for that. You may call me insane for thinking population control is the only viable cure for what ails this planet but I think you're the insane one for ignoring it merely because it makes you feel bad to think about it. I get how it's cold, ruthless and we'd lose what remains of our humanity going down that path which is why you'd never consider it an option but that doesn't make it wrong. It just makes it morally objectionable and even then that depends on how much of a greater good you believe such actions would result in.
Western lifestyles are spreading the globe over at an alarming rate. Don't get me wrong it's good for those people to have a higher quality of life but the more people that get it the less the Earth can support. We can either have more people living a caveman type existence or we can have less people living in a high tech society. Either way balance will be reached so what is it you'd prefer? More people living a shit life or less people living a good one? Now if you pick less people as any sane person would due to the fact the memory of science and technology will inspire people to rebuild their lost societies, you still have to acknowledge that some people are going to continue breeding out of control unless their numbers are kept in check by force. You can forcibly sterilize them, you can bomb them, whatever, point is if you don't do something we're going to go back up to our current numbers in no time at all putting us in an even worse position than we're in now because absolutely everyone will be living like a western lifestyle and most likely to a higher degree than we do now. But hey, let's assume I'm completely wrong as you don't believe it would make a difference. In your ideal world how would you go about fixing the issue? Make yourself emperor of Earth and your will gets done no matter what anyone else thinks. What do you do?
The only action that would have any real effect is an immediate reduction in the human population. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. The hard part is setting a desirable number of people that we believe can live in harmony with the earth and the rest of it's inhabitants and then choosing who gets to live and die. We're never going to have a technological solution that allows the human population to continue growing and sterilization of the masses is still picking and choosing but allowing the carnage to continue for the rest of their lives. We can't rely on mother nature to give us the solution in the form of a new flu or plague either as there's an extremely good chance we'll cure it before it lowers our numbers to acceptable levels and then due to it's indiscriminate nature we're just going to breed out of control again anyway. So if you want to be real about it you need to find reasons why certain people should die. Given that it's a population issue the logical place to start is by looking at which groups of people are having more children than others. If your group is having say 6-8 kids per family on average like you see in a lot of African and Muslim nations that's considerably worse than what you see in a lot of western nations like Germany where they're having 1.3 children per family which is below the 2.1 children needed to maintain any given population. If you do not address this fundamental fact what's going to happen is that you'll get us to a billion people or whatever and then the problematic reproduction begins again which will bring us right back to where we started. Now lets assume you can't bring yourself to be an eco nazi and want to preserve the other peoples and cultures of the planet. Your only option is to set hard numbers for every race and force them to kill their own using whatever criteria they judge to be fair for themselves and there needs to be harsh retaliation for refusing to keep to within their limits. The punishment would have to be so severe that they'd rather kill their own so essentially you're going to need to nuke them or worse otherwise they absolutely will not comply. So how strongly do you believe that level of action should be taken? Literally no one will find it acceptable so buckle up kids because we're gonna watch the world burn.
You're right, I shouldn't panic and go full nuclear option at the first sign of something I don't understand. Still though it was climbing my cactus and needed to be told to fuck off.
I hit it hard but then it rained heavily last night which wasn't great. I'll hit the garden again today after it dries up but I think I hurt it all the same
HEEEEEEEELP!!!!!! WTF IS this shit? It started over a period of like 6 hours and has spread to other pots as well The layer I was meant to be able to peel back laughed at my attempt to reveal what was underneath so I gave it two caps to about 750mL to hit everything hard. I sprayed all my cacti so wish me luck. I'll update again in the morning...
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Music Review: Now! That’s What I Call Music #102
12 April 2019 13 April 2019 Dee Leave a comment
Now! #102 has been released today, 12th April 2019! EDIT: I only just realised that it’s been a whole year today since I started my marathon of the first 100 Now! compilations with Now! #1. Great timing!
This is the way the world looks in April 2019, with me and my ‘absolute beginner ukuleles’ classmates doing our thing up on stage. Fun fact: one of the songs we performed appeared on Now! #54, while the other has never been on a Now! compilation.
Let’s have a look at the Now! compilers’ roundup of what’s been going on in the chart recently.
Track 1: Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
New Hits Friday review.
Still think this is a bit of a daft interpolation, but I don’t hate it as much as I used to.
Track 2: Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho
Pretty much loved this bit of synthy pop from the start, and I’m still a big fan. Should have been Christmas number one!
Track 3: Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Another great pop track. At first I wasn’t keen on the country edge, but I’ve really grown to love this one.
Track 4: Calvin Harris and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – Giant
I’m still not a huge fan of this one – it just doesn’t hook me.
Track 5: Pink – Walk Me Home
Still too acoustic-y for me, but I have grown to like the epic feel on the chorus.
Track 6: Sam Smith and Normani – Dancing With A Stranger
I originally felt this one was a bit generic, but it’s become a fairly regular earworm for me, and I find I quite like it now.
Track 7: Tom Walker – Just You And I
It’s a little cheesy, but it’s a pleasant upbeat tune.
Track 8: Jonas Brothers – Sucker
A decade ago, I would not have believed you if you’d told me I would ever grow to like a Jonas Brothers song. They’ve grown up now, though, and they make much better music. This is a fairly decent pop song, and I always nod along when it’s on the radio.
Track 9: George Ezra – Pretty Shining People
I still can’t get over the blatant REM title ripoff. Urgh.
This one’s a little bland (can’t win ’em all, George), but it’s an okay tune.
Track 10: James Arthur – Empty Space
This one’s not been in the charts since last year, so I’m a bit surprised they’ve held it back for this Now! instalment. As is usually the case with James Arthur’s stuff, it’s too saccharine for me, but I’ll grant you it’s got a good atmosphere on the chorus.
Track 11: Lewis Capaldi – Grace
I first heard this one on the BBC over Christmas, and at first I thought it was a bit too wistful/singer-songwriter/acoustic-y etc. for me. But I’ve really come to like it – it’s a gorgeous tune.
Track 12: Jason Derulo, David Guetta, Nicki Minaj and Willy William – Goodbye
I could have told you that my feelings would not have changed about this ridiculous bastardisation of Andrea Bocelli’s Time To Say Goodbye. Awful interpolation that has me running screaming for the comfort of the original every single time.
Track 13: Little Mix and Ty Dolla Sign – Think About Us
Another frequent earworm. I quite like the staccato on the verse.
Track 14: Marshmello and Chvrches – Here With Me
I find this one a bit forgettable, though the tune is very pleasant when I do remember how it goes.
Track 15: Cardi B and Bruno Mars – Please Me
Still love the retro feel on this track. Straight out of 1988! Well, apart from the NSFW lyrical content.
Track 16: Khalid – Talk
I really like the soft bubbly synth effects on this one.
Track 17: Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up
I wasn’t keen at first, but it’s been a grower and I quite like this solid pop track now.
Track 18: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan – 1999
Liked it when it came out, love it now! Shamelessly retro, actually sounds like the year it’s celebrating. Great stuff.
Track 19: Sigrid – Don’t Feel Like Crying
Another good danceable pop track, probably my favourite of Sigrid’s output so far.
Track 20: CamelPhat, Cristoph and Jem Cooke – Breathe
It’s kind of nice to have a dance track on here now that dance tracks are becoming a bit rarer in the charts. Nice tune, too.
Track 21: Jax Jones and Years & Years – Play
Good tune – I always nod along to this one.
Track 22: Zedd and Katy Perry – 365
I do like the Spanish-tinged opening, and the atmosphere is great when it gets to the chorus.
Track 23: Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life
This one makes me really uncomfortable! I can’t get past the awful message in the lyrics, which is basically ‘go back to someone who’s really bad for you’.
Track 24: Dua Lipa – Swan Song
There’s some great stuff going on with the instrumentals, but I find the vocal line pretty bland.
Track 25: Ariana Grande – Thank You Next
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Ariana Grande on track 1.
The tinkly instrumentals are quite nice, but I’m not sure how I feel about the ex-dissing lyrical content.
Track 26: Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
New Hits Friday review. (LOL I said it was too slow for me and now it’s my favourite song in the chart!)
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Lewis Capaldi on track 11.
Not complaining though, because this is an absolutely beautiful tune that has deservedly just scored a seventh week at number one. Song of the year, whatever happens in the next eight months.
Track 27: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – Shallow
One of those tracks that I found a bit slow to begin with and have grown to appreciate. Lovely acoustic track from the A Star Is Born soundtrack (no interest in seeing the film, but the song is gorgeous).
Track 28: Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Cast – This Is Me
Another one where the Now! compilers have been a bit tardy – this track first entered the charts well over a year ago – but it’s a great feelgood musical number, and probably the best song on the soundtrack.
Track 29: Jess Glynne – Thursday
I’m still not particularly keen on this one – I just find the theme a bit awkward.
Track 30: Freya Ridings – Lost Without You
I do appreciate the simplicity of the song, but it’s just a bit too slow for me.
Track 31: James Arthur and Anne-Marie – Rewrite The Stars
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had James Arthur on track 10.
One of the tracks from the Greatest Showman Reimagined album, where pop stars do karaoke versions of the songs from the musical. It’s okay, but not a patch on the original.
Track 32: Jack Savoretti – Candlelight
This wasn’t a hit – it only got to number 70. As I’ve been discussing since Now! #99, the Now! compilers have recently started to include songs that haven’t actually made the Top 40, but have been featured on hit albums – there’s less crossover than there used to be between the album and singles chart (mainly because the former is for older people like me who prefer classic pop and rock, and the latter is for the kids who like these strange new songs I’m always ranting about on here after listening to the chart on Fridays!). I wasn’t sure about this at first, but I think I’m okay about it now. After all, it’s probably an older demographic who actually still buys Now! albums. The Radio 2 demographic, if you like. This album got to number one, so I think it’s allowed.
Anyway, this track’s got a great atmosphere – lovely eerie instrumentals, lots of piano. Love this kind of epic tune!
Track 33: The 1975 – It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)
Again not a hit on the singles chart – it only got to number 46 – but this was also a number one album.
Wonderfully retro-sounding as ever from the 1975. Great tune, great beat.
Track 34: Westlife – Hello My Love
This one’s still a bit too cheesy for me.
Track 35: Take That – Everlasting
This track wasn’t even released as a single, but again the album got to number one.
As I understand it, this is one of the few new tracks on Take That’s recent remastered retrospective. It’s a bit dull until the second chorus kicks in. Also, the self-referential spoken word bit at the end is a bit odd.
Track 36: Hozier – Almost (Sweet Music)
The single only got to number 82, but the album went top ten, getting to number six.
Great bit of soft rock – really like this one.
Track 37: Bryan Adams – Shine A Light
No single release for this song, but the album got to number two.
Great beat, but it’s a little too acoustic-y for me. Nice to see Bryan Adams still rockin’ up Now! compilations though.
Track 38: Michael Bublé – Love You Anymore
Again no single release, but it was a number one album.
As usual for Bublé, it’s far too saccharine for me, but it is nice and feelgood.
Track 39: Rod Stewart – Look In Her Eyes
Yet another one that wasn’t released as a single, but the album went to number one.
Love this danceable, atmospheric song! So yeah, this is the point where I’m officially on board with the Now! compilers including songs-from-hit-albums that didn’t make the singles chart, because the notion of Rod Stewart still managing to get his new songs onto Now! compilations is the BESTEST THING.
Track 40: Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya and The Greatest Showman Cast – The Greatest Show
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had the Greatest Showman cast on track 28.
Great stompalong number though. Fab track.
Track 41: Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
We’ve already had this track on Now! #2! How dare they be so lazy…wait. I can’t really start ranting in this case, because what’s going on here is that the Now! compilers have chosen to include six tracks from Now! #2 in order to advertise the fact that it’s had a re-release on CD today, the same release day as Now! #102. I’m hopeful that this pattern will continue, and will be scouting out the re-release for my collection this weekend!
Anyway, see the link for my review – it was track 16 on Now! #2.
Track 42: Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
Still a classic from Nik Kershaw.
See my review on Now! #2 – track 2.
Track 43: Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride
I have this one on my running playlist these days!
See my review on Now! #2 – track 11.
Track 44: Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
One of my earliest ’80s favourites.
Track 45: Culture Club – It’s A Miracle
Still love that daft boardgaming video!
Track 46: Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
If you spend any time watching the Now! ’80s channel, which often replays the classic TV adverts for the classic ’80s Now! compilations, you will be familiar with this song as the centrepiece for the Now! #2 advert due to it’s ‘hold me now‘ (geddit?) refrain on the chorus. Still a great track, and it was a highlight when I saw Tom Bailey supporting Culture Club in November.
Great choices for those bonus tracks. Could have done with a bit of love for Duran Duran’s New Moon On Monday (track 29) but I’m hopeful for The Reflex if they do this again when they re-release Now! #3!
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It’s been a while since I actually did a New Hits Friday post. August, I think? Anyway, here’s a giant catchup of all the hits that have entered the UK Top 40 for the first time in the intervening period. I’ll try not to leave it so long in the future!
Hardy Caprio and One Acen – Best Life
I reviewed this one for Now! #101. Still a highly annoying earworm, made worse by the fact that I’ve really grown to hate the idiom ‘living one’s best life’ this year.
The video is the typical tasteless ‘look at how rich I am’ video beloved of R&B stars, all poolsides and girls in bikinis and helicopters and wasting champagne by pouring it everywhere. It matches the smug lyrics in that respect.
Travis Scott and Frank Ocean – Carousel
No melody whatsoever; incredibly, frustratingly dull. Can’t even be called music in my opinion.
There’s no video for this one yet.
Travis Scott – Stargazing
A bit slow, and the tune’s very dull. Lots of jarring noise in the background too. I guess the plus point is that the lyrics are quite nice.
Again, there’s no video yet. I don’t think Travis Scott is keen on making them!
Travis Scott and Drake – Sicko Mode
Another one I reviewed on Now! #101.
The video is a fairly trippy affair that’s hard to keep track of, though I do like the yellow painted town at the start.
Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies and Celia Imrie – When I Kissed The Teacher
Again, I reviewed this one on Now! #101!
The video is the clip from the Mamma Mia! sequel, and I love a good ’70s platform boot, so I enjoyed this.
David Guetta and Anne-Marie – Don’t Leave Me Alone
Again, see Now! #101 for my review!
The video is a nice techy story about Anne-Marie dealing with a breakup by using a virtual reality helmet, but there’s an appalling bit of car product placement near the end!
Nicki Minaj – Barbie Dreams
Argh, that funk line would be good if it weren’t so repetitive – and the rap is not my thing at all! Also, the uncensored version is just gross.
The video, meanwhile, would be great if you took Nicki Minaj out of it and put a mannequin in her costumes – it’s all bright colours and Muppets.
Dynoro and Gigi D’Agostino – In My Mind
I reviewed this one on Now! #101 as well!
The video starts off a bit gritty and ‘in da club’, but halfway through it switches to images of its protagonist doing fire poi on the beach, which is a bit more calming.
Marshmello and Bastille – Happier
Again, it’s on Now! #101.
The video is a sad dog video: do not watch if you’re in an emotional place.
The 1975 – Too Time Too Time Too Time
Another one I reviewed on Now! #101, although I’m going to reiterate here that I really like this one!
The video’s a classic ‘lots of random people miming in turn’, with a twist when they all turn out to be the singer’s various paramours.
Ariana Grande – Sweetener
Nice retro-sounding intro/verse, but then on the chorus it launches into the same dreary repetitive vocal tic that spoilt the otherwise-beautiful No Tears Left To Cry. Frustrating.
This is one that doesn’t have a video yet.
Jess Glynne – All I Am
Again, I reviewed this on Now! #101.
The video’s pretty cheesy and smug, but there’s some nice colourful outfits going on.
Ariana Grande – Breathin’
Pretty tune, but a little slow for me.
It’s a very pretty video as well, with lots of time-lapse and smoke and costume changes.
Calvin Harris and Sam Smith – Promises
See Now! #101 again!
The video is full of glitter and fabulousness – I highly approve.
Pinkfong – Baby Shark
Daft viral video that’s in the charts because of the new video rules. It’s ridiculous, and also the best thing in the Top 40 at the moment.
The video has small kids in, obviously, and so I find it to be of little interest – it’s the song that makes it.
Freya Ridings – Lost Without You
Pretty voice, but the tune’s very generic and it’s far too slow for me. Advert music, basically.
The video is very floaty and ethereal, with lots of shots of the singer’s hair blowing about all over the place. Quite relaxing to watch.
BTS and Nicki Minaj – Idol
Good upbeat bit of K-Pop – nice to hear something different in the charts! Almost beats Baby Shark. Almost, but NOT QUITE. And for once, the rap (courtesy of Nicki Minaj) actually works quite well with this song.
The video is super colourful and manic! Good stuff.
AJ Tracey – Lo(v/s)er
Lots of out-of-key clanging noises, and an uninspired rap over the top. Bad Spanish too – if you’re talking about a girl, it’s ‘I love a pretty Latina’, not ‘I love a pretty Latino’. (The lyrics online say ‘Latina’ but it definitely sounds like ‘Latino’!) Very repetitive, not keen.
The video is another smug, tasteless montage of bikini-clad girls, poolsides, and ostentatious jewellery, with some guns ‘n’ drugs for good measure.
Bazzi and Camila Cabello – Beautiful
I like the swirly instrumentals, but it’s very cheesy and too slow for my liking.
The video starts off very literally with Camila showing up to a party in an angel costume, and then turns into a full-blown Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet homage.
Dean Lewis – Be Alright
Again, see Now! #101, though I’ll point out additionally that this is a very annoying and incessant earworm!
The video is lots of badly lit shots of a very artfully decorated house that makes me feel bad about my own house.
LSD – Thunderclouds
Another one on Now! #101!
The video is daft and colourful with a flying campervan. Big fan of this one!
Eminem – Fall
Good beat, and I quite like the atmosphere.
The video is all about Eminem getting mardy about bad online reviews, so there’s a lot of arty shots of phones and tablets emitting black smoke monsters, which proceed to chase him around a deserted building like in a horror film. I like the beard, though, it suits him.
Eminem and Joyner Lucas – Lucky You
Another great, epic atmosphere – nice and eerie and looming.
The video is grim-looking and apocalyptic, but considerably enlivened by a comedic interlude halfway through.
Eminem – The Ringer
This one, on the other hand, is really dull. No tune in the background, super repetitive. It also charted the highest. I will never understand people in this century.
There’s no video yet.
Machine Gun Kelly – Rap Devil
Apparently a diss track about Eminem – Scott Mills could only play eight seconds of it on the Official Chart Show. Dull, repetitive, and I’m not into the drama. It goes on for so long that it just gets a bit awkward.
The video is just Machine Gun Kelly rapping the track and looking all tough with a shovel. Nothing interesting here.
Silk City, Diplo, Mark Ronson and Dua Lipa – Electricity
The video is all about Dua Lipa dancing around a New York apartment block with her neighbours during a heatwave, which doesn’t seem like the most efficient way to keep cool. I like the cameos from the other artists though.
Kanye West, Lil’ Pump and Adele Givens – I Love It
Scott could only play seven seconds of this one. People today listen to the most disgusting music. #getoffmylawn
Update after listening to the clean version: boring, repetitive, nothing interesting going on.
The video features a lot of bizarre costumes, but the song is so gross that it’s best listened to on mute.
21st September
Sigala, Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana – Just Got Paid
Another one on Now! #101. Just want to add a seasonal note that I love those cash register noises – they’re very I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day!
The video is a nice colourful pop affair with lots of dancing in launderettes. Good stuff.
David Guetta, Jason Derulo, Nicki Minaj and Willy William – Goodbye
Utterly appalling interpolation of Andrea Bocelli’s Time To Say Goodbye. The rest of the track is just a jarring, crackly and awful mishmash of styles, like three different songs layered on top of each other.
The video tells a slightly confusing story in which Jason Derulo appears to be sneaking off after a one-night stand in a London hotel room, though not before pausing to sing a song to the camera. Charming!
Mumford & Sons – Guiding Light
I’m not the biggest fan of Mumford & Sons’ brand of soft-folk-rock, and I find this one pretty dull.
The video is equally boring – just black and white performance footage. Not a fan!
Khalid – Better
Another one from Now! #101!
The video appears to be lots of colourful cars in a night-time city square trying to run Khalid over but somehow narrowly missing.
French Montana and Drake – No Stylist
One of those tacky ‘showing off my wealth’ videos.
Rita Ora – Let You Love Me
Yet another Now! #101 track!
The video’s a fairly dull low-lit house party affair, with nobody having bothered to get dressed up, ’cause it’s the slob century.
Eminem – Killshot
Rather depressing diss track about Machine Gun Kelly, which was the reason for Rap Devil (see above).
There’s no video for this yet, thankfully.
Lil’ Peep and XXXTentacion – Falling Down
I like the rhythm and the atmosphere on this one, but again it’s very repetitive.
There’s no video for this one, and presumably there won’t ever be given that both artists are now dead.
MK, Jonas Blue and Becky Hill – Back And Forth
Another song from Now! #101.
The video starts off like a slightly more nausea-inducing version of Food Network before launching into the kind of daft, trippy, slightly dark story beloved of dance music videos.
DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B – Taki Taki
I like the colours and costumes in the video – it’s very pretty.
Lil’ Wayne and XXXTentacion – Don’t Cry
Not enough melody for me.
There’s no video yet, and again there probably won’t be due to XXXTentacion’s death earlier this year.
Lil’ Wayne and Kendrick Lamar – Mona Lisa
I quite like the atmosphere on the piano intro, but I’m not keen on the rap at all (Scott couldn’t play it on the chart show, which tells you everything you need to know). Except for the Milli Vanilli reference, which is just beautifully random!
Again, there’s no video yet.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Acoustic song from the A Star Is Born remake. It’s not my kind of thing, but I’m so relieved to hear something different on the chart – it has melody! Actual melody!
The video is just lots of clips from the film, which is perfectly adequate.
Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way
Another slow piano ballad from the A Star Is Born soundtrack. It’s pretty dull.
Again, the video is just clips from the film.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – I’ll Never Love Again
Yet another ballad that’s too slow and dull for my liking…
…and yet more clips from the film in the video.
6ix9ine and Bobby Shmurda – Stoopid
Generic unmelodious rap with gross lyrics that Scott couldn’t play on the radio.
The video is a pretty low-tech affair (and given that 6ix9ine is wearing a ridiculously blinged-out expensive watch on each wrist, you’d think they could have afforded a better camera), but I do like the colourful car.
Lil’ Baby and Gunna – Drip Too Hard
Boring song, no melody, not my thing.
‘This video may be inappropriate for some users,’ says YouTube, so I’m not looking forward to this. Turns out it’s because it’s a ‘girls in bikinis plus wasted champagne’ theme on acid. Not recommended.
This one was also on Now! #101!
The video is a rather depressing story about an abusive relationship.
Eminem – Venom
Fairly bog-standard for Eminem, and the backing track is SO repetitive. It gets a little more interesting on the chorus.
The video is a slightly bizarre affair with various people getting possessed by Eminem. Fun watch though!
Dave and Fredo – Funky Friday
Again, this one was on Now! #101!
The video starts off with a nice botanical gardens sequence with lots of flowers, but quickly degenerates into ‘showing off my wealth’ cars ‘n’ mansions. Boring.
Cadet and Deno – Advice
Nice funky reggae backing track, but that rap is awful and dull. I do like the comedic theme though!
The video is about a boring night-time petrol station with lots of tacky watch and car product placement.
Jess Glynne – Thursday
Cheesy and boring song.
The video is black and white and equally dull. Also, despite the lyrics, she does wear makeup in every scene.
Bad Bunny and Drake – Mia
Nice upbeat Latin track – quite like this one.
The video is set at a beers ‘n’ bongs garden party and gets pretty dull in places, although I do like the random old people on the porch at the party.
Kodak Black, Travis Scott and Offset – Zeze
Boring, unmelodious, sounds like everything else.
The video is meant to be a comedy story about making a music video, but it’s pretty gross and tasteless due to all the bling and twerking girls. Not my cup of tea.
Little Mix and Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me
One from Now! #101, and another that’s become an incessant earworm for me recently!
The video is a lot of fun with all the pretty costumes.
Rak-Su – I Want You To Freak
That interpolation of Adina Howard’s Freak Like Me! Which has spawned so many cover versions, including most notably the Sugababes version with THAT interpolation of Are Friends Electric! There’s some good guitar going on here, even though it’s fairly generic and the cover/interpolation chain means there’s nothing original about it at all. Great to have an opportunity to ramble on about pop history though, and I never take songs with melody for granted nowadays!
The video is Caribbean-set and a bit generic, but I do like the dancing.
Dua Lipa and Blackpink – Kiss And Make Up
One of the welcome trends of 2018 has been K-Pop acts getting popular enough to enter the UK charts. This isn’t quite as good as BTS’ Idol – it’s a bit generic, and I’m not a huge fan of Dua Lipa’s vocals, but it’s decent enough pop, and any kind of melodious pop is a good thing at the moment, even when it’s as uninspired as this.
D Block Europe, Young Adz, Lil’ Pino and Dirtbike LB – Nassty
Aaaaand we’re back to the offensive lyrics, depressing generic rapping, and dreary unmelodious drone. Awful.
The video is all the usual gross cliches like drugs and expensive cars. Not recommended.
Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life
Too slow and dull for me, and the tune is really generic. Awful message too.
The video has lots of pretty costumes, though, so I quite like it.
Post Malone and Swae Lee – Sunflower
Dull and repetitive song.
The animated video, which ties in with Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, is fab though.
2nd November
Ellie Goulding, Diplo and Swae Lee – Close To Me
Another one from Now! #101.
The Budapest-set video is gorgeous – so much stunning architecture, so many pretty costumes!
Billie Eilish – When The Party’s Over
Too slow for me, but I like the harmonisation – it’s a bit different.
Lots of weird stuff going on with a glass of ink in the video.
XXXTentacion, Lil’ Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee – Arms Around You
There’s some actual melody in this one! I was not expecting that at all! I really quite like it.
The video is kind of arty and dreamlike, very suited to the song.
Pink – A Million Dreams
Cover of the Greatest Showman number. Apparently doing Greatest Showman covers is a hot new trend (there’s a whole compilation album full of them), which is highly alarming! There’s nothing different about this at all, which I guess makes it a pointless ’10s cover. And the ’10s were doing so well at avoiding that if you don’t count the X Factor!
There’s no video for this yet.
Benny Blanco and Calvin Harris – I Found You
Boring and repetitive tune! People have been really bigging up this track, but it’s very disappointing. Nothing interesting here at all.
The video is a good laugh though, with various people trying to show Benny how to dance.
Clean Bandit, Marina & The Diamonds and Luis Fonsi – Baby
Reviewed on Now! #101.
The video is fairly literal, with a cute story about a love triangle and all the characters portrayed by the artists (plus so-far one-hit wonder Starley, whom I wasn’t expecting to see here!)
James Arthur – Empty Space
Extremely dull. Also, I’ve just remembered how much I am NOT a fan of James Arthur’s vocals.
The video is really interesting though (in a slightly depressing way) – it appears to be about a troubled alcoholic (played by Tom Felton) stalking his ex-girlfriend, but all is not as it seems. Also, judging by the gadgets, set dressing, and costumes, it’s set in the early ’00s, which is also interesting!
Jonas Blue, Liam Payne and Lennon Stella – Polaroid
The video’s a bit dull and involves a lot of wandering round New York. I do like that Polaroid technology is having one of those retro moments though.
Ariana Grande – Thank You Next
Straight in at number one, which is unusual these days. I like the ’70s-esque synth sound on the instrumentals – it’s very pretty. The tune could be a bit more exciting, but on the whole it’s a nice bit of proper pop, and is much appreciated.
The video is a daft comedy sequence with lots of celebrity cameos and homages to ’90s and ’00s teen movies. Lots to like here.
Really like this piece of classic-sounding pop. Good stuff!
The video features Ava as the eponymous psycho, and there’s a cute shout-out to the Hitchcock film at the start. Lovely colours, great costumes (and the dude in this video is actually attractive, which is extremely rare for ’10s media).
Fredo – BMT
Great atmospheric instrumentals but awful rap, which seems to be a theme.
The video is a depressing medley of mansions, cigars, champagne, and the obligatory bikini-clad girl in a swimming pool, with the slightly alarming implication at one point that Fredo and his mates have burnt a girl to death for keying his car. At least, that’s what it looks like. I really hope I’m wrong.
XXXTentacion – Bad
Well, at least there is melody…sort of? It’s a real dirge though.
There’s no video yet, and again there probably won’t be now.
Cheryl – Love Made Me Do It
I reviewed this as part of Now! #101.
I really like the dancing in the video, but she’s wearing the ugliest pair of boots!
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan – 1999
Song paying tribute to 1999, which was the worst year of the twentieth century in my opinion, because it meant that the century was nearly over. Still, I really do appreciate the sentiment of the song, which is generally that last century was great and this century sucks. I can heartily get behind that message. The song is…of the same quality that pop songs were in 1999, which is a lot better than average pop songs from today, but nowhere near as good as in the ’80s.
I do also want to point out quickly that the Saturdays did this theme better with Disco Love.
The video, as you might expect, is a glorious mishmash of homages to pop culture from around the turn of the millennium!
23rd November
Panic! At The Disco – The Greatest Show
Another one from the Greatest Showman tribute album, and it’s the first one I actually like. Great epic rock cover!
The Plug, Nafe Smallz, M Huncho and Gunna – Broken Homes
Generic hip-hop. Nothing memorable here.
Another one with no video so far.
Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba
Awful and off-key. How can a song that’s unmelodious in the first place be off-key? It’s so dire I don’t know what to say. The vocals are worse than some appalling unsigned local bands I’ve seen, and that’s saying something.
I quite like the comedic video though. Just make sure to watch it on mute.
George Ezra – Hold My Girl
The video is a slightly depressing story about George being trapped in a rapidly flooding house and drowning at the end!
Little Mix and Sharaya J – Strip
Interesting spoken word intro, leads into a fairly R&B influenced pop song. On the whole, could do with a bit more melody in this one, but it’s got a good beat, and I do like the harmonies on the vocals!
The video is a nice black and white piece with a body positivity theme, featuring an homage to the Dixie Chicks’ ‘critical words written on nude bodies’ photoshoot (and hence starting a Twitter feud with Piers Morgan, which I’m not linking to because it’s depressing).
James Arthur and Anne-Marie – Rewrite The Stars
URGH this is saccharine. It’s another Greatest Showman cover, and I’m not keen.
This one actually has a video, though! It predictably goes with the film’s circus theme, but it’s very pretty and I quite like it.
6ix9ine – Kika
Scott could only play three seconds, so I couldn’t hear anything yet. Listening to it online, the lyrics are as gross as expected, but I quite like the steel drums in the background.
Digdat, K Trap and Krept & Konan – Air Force
No melody, very repetitive. Atmosphere’s okay but it’s generally very dull.
The London-set video is all gritty and urban with lots of balaclavas and gang signs. Not really my cup of tea.
Meek Mill and Drake – Going Bad
Awful! So dull and generic and unmelodious.
Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Great atmosphere on the intro, though I’m not hugely keen on the main bit where it goes a bit country.
The video is a slightly daft story about Miley driving a car on the run from the police while wearing a pretty silver outfit, but it’s aesthetically pleasing so I’m all about it.
Dalton Harris and James Arthur – The Power Of Love
A real step back for the X Factor winner’s single, as they’ve gone back to covers. It’s horribly soulless and the singer just admitted on the chart show that he only first heard the original Frankie Goes To Hollywood song about a week ago (WTF? HOW do you go through twentyish Christmases without ever hearing The Power Of Love?). Far worse than the Gabrielle Aplin cover (HOW has he managed to make the ‘hooded claw’ line sound so EMPTY?). I am actually offended by this, even more so than I was by Alexandra Burke’s Hallelujah (covered in similar circumstances in that Alexandra Burke had no personal love for the song). Just terrible.
There’s no video yet – time will tell if they do what they did with Rak-Su last year and just release the X Factor performance clip as the video.
Whew! All caught up. I’ll do this week’s New Hits on Saturday, as I won’t have time to listen to the chart tomorrow evening!
Music Review: Now! That’s What I Call Music #98
Day 98 takes us to Now! #98, which came out on 17th November 2017.
This is the way the world looked in November 2017. It may have been 2017 but it’ll always be the ’80s in my world. Especially in London goth clubs, where the style’s not changed in over thirty years and I can dance away happily to my favourite Tears For Fears and Soft Cell tracks.
The following are not likely to be played at goth clubs, but let’s see what the party season songs were for this most recent Christmas period.
Track 1: Camila Cabello and Young Thug – Havana
Good solid pop tune – love the Latin feel. Really nice song.
Track 2: Post Malone and 21 Savage – Rockstar
There are some interesting instrumentals going on, but it’s got quite a depressing feel.
Track 3: Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
Too slow and ballad-y for me.
Track 4: Pink – What About Us
It’s an okay song with an important theme, but I find it a bit depressing.
Track 5: Dua Lipa – New Rules
Absolutely wonderful track, gorgeous instrumentals, great tune, clever lyrics and vocals. The video is immense too.
Track 6: Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
Inspired by the Irish folk classic of the same name, but nowhere near as good. Still a nice upbeat song though.
Track 7: Charlie Puth – How Long
I really like this one – great atmosphere, awesome tune, retro feel.
Track 8: CNCO and Little Mix – Reggaetón Lento
Very danceable Latin-tinged pop – good stuff.
Track 9: J Balvin and Willy William – Mi Gente
More great Latin pop (Despacito really kicked off a trend in 2017). I remember dancing to all of these in Zumba class. This one’s got an awesome atmosphere and a really interesting rhythm.
Track 10: Justin Bieber and BloodPop – Friends
I really like the bassline, but the tune’s pretty uninspired.
Track 11: Zayn and Sia – Dusk Till Dawn
Nice epic chorus, but on the whole the tune’s a bit generic.
Track 12: Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj – Swish Swish
Great beat, but agin the tune’s not very exciting.
Track 13: Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
This tune really irritates me.
Track 14: Stefflon Don and French Montana – Hurtin’ Me
Another one where I just don’t like the tune. I also find the theme irritating.
Track 15: Louis Tomlinson, Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals – Back To You
Yet another annoying tune!
Track 16: Khalid – Young Dumb And Broke
I quite like this one – it’s got an interesting rhythm and an endearing theme.
Track 17: Maroon 5 and Sza – What Lovers Do
Nice feelgood song – the vocals are a little irritating, but I quite like the tune.
Track 18: Jason Derulo – If I’m Lucky
Good atmosphere, but the tune’s very generic.
Track 19: Clean Bandit and Julia Michaels – I Miss You
Again, I just don’t find this tune very interesting.
Track 20: Alma – Chasing Highs
Uninspired and depressing.
Track 21: Zedd and Liam Payne – Get Low
Another very bland tune.
Track 22: Charli XCX – Boys
Great track! Fun theme, interesting instrumentals. The celebrity-filled video is great too.
Track 23: Rita Ora – Anywhere
It’s got a good beat, but it’s another bland tune.
Track 24: Marshmello and Khalid – Silence
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Khalid on track 16.
This is a lovely tune though.
Track 25: Avicii and Rita Ora – Lonely Together
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Rita Ora on track 23.
I find the tune on this really irritating, but the backing track is great.
Track 26: James Hype and Kelli-Leigh – More Than Friends
Generic-sounding dance cover of En Vogue’s ’90s classic Don’t Let Go. The original song is beautiful. This track is anything but.
Track 27: Yungen and Yxng Bane – Bestie
That chorus is incredibly annoying.
Track 28: Mabel and Kojo Funds – Finders Keepers
So is the chorus on this one.
Track 29: Chris Brown – Questions
This is the second hit in the space of eighteen months that interpolates Kevin Lyttle’s 2003 classic Turn Me On, after Cheat Codes and Dante Klein’s Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) in 2016. I think it’s fairly poorly done, and I love the original so I find all these poor imitations pretty irritating.
Track 30: Craig David – Heartline
Dull and generic.
Track 31: Selena Gomez and Marshmello – Wolves
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Marshmello on track 24.
I quite like the tune on this one, though.
Track 32: MK – 17
Another really irritating tune.
Track 33: Axwell & Ingrosso – More Than You Know
I like the guitar at the start, and the tune’s okay if a bit generic.
Track 34: Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Liam Payne on track 21.
It’s another fairly generic tune, but I remember I had the chart on in the background last year, and this was playing and got to the lyric ‘but your clothes say different on my bedroom floor‘. Geth interjected crossly, ‘Stop stealing her clothes then!’ It really cracked me up and is all I can think about when I hear this song now.
Track 35: Duke Dumont, Gorgon City and Naations – Real Life
Another boring tune that sounds like every other dance track this decade.
Track 36: CamelPhat and Elderbrook – Cola
Really squicky theme – to put it bluntly, it’s blatantly a song about spiking someone’s drink. It’s a shame, ’cause it would be a good track if it weren’t for that.
Track 37: Lil’ Uzi Vert – XO Tour Llif3
Some interesting instrumentals going on, but the tune’s very bland.
Track 38: Big Shaq – Man’s Not Hot
Very funny hip-hop parody, and it’s got a good rhythm to boot. Really like this.
Track 39: Chris & Kem – Little Bit Leave It
Apparently these dudes were on Love Island or something. I’m not sure why someone allowed them to release a song – it’s extremely grating.
Track 40: Cardi B – Bodak Yellow
I find this one extremely depressing.
Track 41: Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid – 1-800-273-8255
Repeated artist mega alert! We’ve already had Khalid on both track 16 and track 24. Give someone else a chance!
This one’s got a nice tune, but it’s too slow for me.
Track 42: Paloma Faith – Crybaby
I like the rhythm, but the tune’s very dull.
Track 43: The Script – Rain
The tune’s okay except for that annoying chorus.
Track 44: Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – Grace (We All Try)
The tune’s quite interesting, but again it’s too slow for me.
Track 45: Liam Gallagher – Wall Of Glass
Very refreshing to hear some actual rock music – it’s something different, finally.
Track 46: The Killers – The Man
Love the retro disco sound on this one. Great stuff.
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Chelsea — Stoke City (FA Cup)
Chelsea’s winning streak will face a stern test on Sunday when the Blues host Stoke City for the 4th-round of the FA Cup. Penalties aside they have been unbeaten there for the last 25 FA Cup ties. But the Potters were successful in the last time they’ve met and a spark of hope goes a long way. Could we be in for another surprise?
Being third with 49 points, 2 behind leaders Arsenal, Chelsea maintain their grip into the top pack that is starting to put some distance between them and the opposition. There is no shortage of confidence at Stamford Bridge these days, following the 3-1 victory over defending Champions Manchester United last Sunday. And Mourinho will be hoping to add to their recent six-win-streak.
Top story of the week has been Mata’s departure to Old Trafford. Conspiracy theories see in it a mastermind plot, French Managers yell “unfair!”, I call it a sweat deal to all parties involved. Chelsea cash £37 million with a player that wasn’t used. Mata get’s his chance to be a key player where he is dearly appreciated. Manchester United get an exceptional performer —intelligent, skilled and creative — to fill the playmaker shoes left vacant by Rooney’s injury. But the transfer window has not been all about Juan Mata at Chelsea. Mourinho has been busy. Nemanja Matic returns from Benfica and the Blues signed 21-year-old attacking midfielder Mohamed Salah from Basel. The Portuguese also mentioned Chelsea’s advanced talks regarding Kurt Zouma. The 19 year is currently at St. Etienne but is already a high-value target for several clubs around the world. The player stated he would like a change and that it was special to acknowledge Chelsea’s interest. And there’s also the possibility of buying Guarin at sale price and Captain John Terry leaving Stamford Bridge. January frenzy is not over yet.
Marco van Ginkel and Fernando Torres are Mourinho’s only casualties for this match. Matic is expected to start for the first time since he got back from his Lisbon internship. Salah could make the bench.
Probable line-up: Schwarzer — Ivanovic, Cahill, Davis Luiz, Cole — Matic, Lampard — Willian, Oscar, Schurrle — Demba Ba.
Mark Hughes’ side sits in 14th with 22 points. Unlike at Britannia Stadium, their away form has been dreadful in League fixtures this seaon. West Ham is their only success, back in August. Other than that they count 2 draws and 8 losses. Going against top seed Chelsea couldn’t be in their favour. Or could it? The thing is the Potter nailed a 3-2 victory over the Blues seven weeks ago and that gives them a bit of an edge to go into Stamford Bridge. Chelsea has been getting stronger since then but still. Psychologically it carries some weight, it’s final proof that they can do it. Even if they were unable to come out victorious from any of their travels there since they earned promotion to the top flight back in 2008.
Matthew Etherington, Andy Wilkinson, Asmir Begovic and Robert Huth are all ruled out due to injury.
Probable line-up: Butland — Cameron, Wilson, Shawcross, Pieters — Whelan, Palacios — Pennant, Ireland, Assaidi — Crouch.
Chelsea are in a roll at the moment with the best run of the season, with players and staff in tune displaying that winning drive and approach so dear to Mourinho’s style of management. But he’ll be sure to warn them against euphoria. They need to keep in mind their last failure in League ties came a month ago precisely at the hands of their next FA Cup opposition.
Asian Handicap: Chelsea -1.5 1.675
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
City: Stoke-on-Trent
Justa Barbosa
FA Cup Ler prognóstico
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OPERATION ENCOMPASS is a project that will run jointly between schools and childcare providers and West Midlands Police.
Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools and childcare providers, prior to the start of the next school day, of when a child or young person has been exposed to, or involved in, any domestic incident.
Operation Encompass will ensure that the Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mr. Linford at St. Mary's, is aware and trained to liaise with the local authority to use the information that has been shared, in confidence. The Designated Safeguarding Lead will be able to make provision for possible difficulties experienced by children, or their families, who have been involved in, or exposed to, a domestic abuse incident.
We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our children and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for all those involved.
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In an EMERGENCY:
If a child is at imminent risk of significant harm/immediate danger you should consider calling 999 in the first instance (for Police or Ambulance) and contacting Children’s Social Care by telephoning Sandwell’s Contact Centre on 0121 569 3100.
At St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, we take the safety and wellbeing of the children in our school very seriously and we expect all staff, volunteers, governors and parents to do the same.
We have a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy which is available on this page of our website (click on the link above). A paper copy is available by request.
Other policies which affect the wellbeing of children are:
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We follow the Safer Recruitment Policy and the Department of Education guidance:
‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (see document below).
We also follow Data Protection and Confidentiality policies.
We have a Health & Safety Policy for the practical protection of children and staff and regular site tours to inspect the site are conducted by the Site Manager , Governors and Leadership teams.
All staff receive extensive Child Protection (CP) training and Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance appropriate to their position in school.
People to Contact
If you have any concerns relating to the safety of children in school, please contact the Designated Safeguarding Lead (or one of the Deputy DSLs in his absence).
Designated Safeguarding Lead Person:
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Governors can be contacted via the school office on 0121 505 3595 or Clerk to the Governing Body by Email: jenna.hodgetts@sipseducation.co.uk
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PROBATION PAY CLAIM FOR 2018
posted 27 Jun 2018, 02:55 by Jo Sykes
NPS & CRCs
This 2018 pay claim is submitted by Napo and UNISON on behalf of members working for the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). We are submitting the same claim across all 22 employers to reflect the common employment market and pay and grading arrangements which apply to them all, as well as our determination to ensure common outcomes on pay reform across the whole of probation.
Napo and UNISON note:
· The pay and allowances of NPS and most CRC staff have risen by only 1% in real terms since 2009; by ‘real terms’ we mean actual increases in the value of pay points
· Between the start of 2010 and the end of 2017, the cost of living, as measured by the Retail Prices Index, has risen by a total of 27.6%.
· The Government’s public sector pay policy, of no more than 1% per year, consigns NPS staff to no pay increase for the next two years
· Unbelievably, the NPS didn’t even spend 1% on pay in 2017, because the cost of paying increments to eligible staff cost 0.8%. NPS staff on the top of their pay band got nothing!
· HMPPS paid prison staff a 1.7% pay increase in 2017, raising suspicion that they had taken money out of the NPS pay pot to fund this
· The NPS pay reform project which started in 2016, with the joint aim of reviewing and modernising the NNC pay and grading structure in order to ensure equality proofing was abandoned unilaterally by the NPS in the autumn of 2017
· It was not difficult for some CRCs to better the non-award which NPS imposed on its staff in 2017, but the bar was set at the very lowest level possible, and the improvements, if any, were modest to say the least. No CRC actually increased the value of pay points.
· Despite the £342 million bail out in July 2017, very little, if any, of this cash has trickled down to the staff actually doing the job, even though the CRCs are not constrained by public sector pay policy.
· Pay reform is as urgent in the CRCs as the NPS for the same reasons
· The four lowest NPS and CRC pay points were overtaken by the National Minimum Wage on 1 April 2018.
· Unbelievably, the NPS has unilaterally decided not to keep under 25’s on the lower National Minimum Wage rate to colleagues, having only met its legal requirement to over 25’s after union challenges. All pay points below the standard National Minimum Wage pay points which should simply be deleted.
· Government cost cutting in both NPS and the CRCs has slashed the value of probation pay to a level where it is no longer competitive
· The retail prices index (RPI) of inflation was 3.3% in March 2018.
These disgraceful facts open Napo and UNISON’s pay claim for NPS and CRC members for 2018. Something has to change when it comes to probation pay, and 2018 is the year that it has to start to happen.
Having been through Transforming Rehabilitation, the fact that most probation staff have been denied any real pay increase in the last few years adds real insult to injury.
2. Summary Claim
It’s time for probation employees’ pay to be modernised and equality proofed and for our members to see a real increase in their salaries following nearly 10 years of pay freeze. Napo and UNISON therefore submit the following pay claim on behalf of members in the National Probation Service (NPS) and in each of the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). We seek:
· Reform of the existing pay and grading system in the NPS and CRCs to start in the current pay year to provide:
o The same new probation pay and grading system for both NPS and the CRCs
o Shortening of all pay bands in this new system to allow for progression to top of pay band in no more than 5 years
o Full equality proofing of the new pay and grading system
o Deletion of pay band 1 to acknowledge the impact of the National Minimum Wage in the NPS and in those CRCs which still retain this pay band
· Immediate Payment of the Contractual Increment for 2018
· An increase of up to £2500 for all staff currently below the top of their pay band, to allow some immediate catch-up, whilst incorporating a mechanism to avoid “overtaking” those at the band maxima already.
· A minimum increase of £1500 for all staff, including those at their existing rate for the job.
· A 3.5% increase in all NPS and CRC allowances
· An increase in London Weighting to £5,000
· The introduction of a South East Pay Allowance of £3,000
· All elements of the award to be fully consolidated
· All elements of the award to be pensionable in line with the rules of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
· NPS and to comply with legal obligation regarding gender pay reporting for the NPS as an employer established with a separate negotiating body within HMPPS, and not hide behind the meaningless gender pay gap report published for the whole of MOJ
· Holiday pay to reflect non-contractual earnings, with employers to pay relevant back pay where applicable
· NPS to provide full and early settlement of the outstanding holiday pay, and additional pay and pension contributions for all NPS staff affected by the historic errors relating to the non-payment of increments for 2014/15/16 in relation to these payments
· All CRCs to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme to new starters
· Additionally, all employers to share comprehensive equality data relating to staff pay, recruitment and retention, attendance, training and development, engagement and discipline and grievance. This will promote a culture of trust, transparency, joint- problem solving and assist in supporting linked health and safety, workload issues and professional development.
· In the NPS, the employer should also commit to secure the funding to employ more first line managers and ensuring that no line manager has more than 10 first line reports.
· In the NPS, the employer will guarantee full and early settlement of the outstanding holiday pay and additional pay and pension contributions for all staff impacted by the historic errors relating to overtime, sessional and other non-fixed payments.
3. Background to the Claim
a. The Economic Damage
As the following tables show, the value of probation salaries has fallen drastically in value over the last 7 years. Inflation has picked up considerably over the last two years and brings home just how uncompetitive probation pay has become in the market place.
i. Inflation Rates
The most widely reported measure of inflation in the UK is the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). However, the most accurate indicator of changes in the cost of living facing probation workers is the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
Over 2010 and 2011, RPI inflation centred on the 5% mark, before a decline saw the rate cluster around 3% during most of the three years between 2012 and 2014. Inflation then went into a further slide, with RPI around 1% over most of 2015. However, inflation began to rise again over 2016 and escalated sharply throughout 2017. The March 2018 figures stood at 3.3% for RPI and 2.5% for CPI.
Between the start of 2010 and the end of 2017, the cost of living, as measured by the Retail Prices Index, has risen by a total of 27.6%.
Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Consumer Price Inflation: March 2018, published April 2018
ii. Inflation Forecast
The Treasury average of independent forecasts states that RPI inflation will average 3.5% over 2018. It will then remain at 3% or above every year until 2022, following the pattern shown in the graph below. These annual rates show the rate at which pay rises would be needed for wages just to maintain their current value.
Source: HM Treasury, Forecasts for the UK Economy, February 2018
iii. Falling value of Probation Pay
The table below demonstrates the major fall in living standards suffered by staff over recent years.
Probation pay increases
Rise in cost of living[i]
(as measured by Retail Prices Index)
This means that, while the cost of living has risen by 27.6% over the last seven years, probation pay has risen by just 1%, which means that thousands of pounds have been cut out of the value of probation salaries.
b. The Damage of Transforming Rehabilitation
At the end of 2016, the National Probation Service and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies withdrew from the National Negotiating Council (NNC) which had negotiated probation pay since 2000.
We therefore no longer have a single bargaining body for pay across the NPS and the CRCs
Replacement pay bargaining arrangements have yet to be put in place by the NPS. Most, but not all, of the CRCs have agreed replacement arrangements; so the NPS is behind the game here.
There is a danger with separate bargaining arrangements that pay and grading for NPS and CRC staff will begin to drift apart which will be bad for staff, bad for recruitment and retention and bad for performance
In light of this damaging situation, Napo and UNISON are submitting a single pay claim for members in the NPS and the CRCs because we believe that:
· our members in the NPS and the CRCs are stronger together
· allowing the NPS and the CRCs to drift apart on pay will lead to an overall worsening of pay and conditions and will make it very difficult for staff to move between different employers, creating potential low pay probation employers which will struggle to recruit and retain staff
· we should maintain a comparable pay and grading system across the NPS and the CRCs
· a common pay and grading system will assist with equality proofing
· a common approach to pay and grading across the NPS and the CRCs will be facilitated by the work being done on creating a new professional framework for probation
· the CRCs should take account of the pay reform talks which the unions had started with the NPS before changing their own pay and grading systems
· when the NPS pay reform talks were live the NPS said that it was prepared to share the pay reform materials with the CRCs
· the NPS pay reforms will be expensive and will set the benchmark for probation salaries across the sector
· the CRCs run the risk of becoming the poor relations on pay by comparison to the NPS if they don’t take proper account of the NPS pay reform talks and share in a common outcome across the sector
· the CRCs were well aware of the potential need for fundamental pay reform when they took on the contracts in 2015; indeed, so aware were they of the potential risks that they required the Secretary of State to indemnify them against any employment claims which might arise in the context of the legacy NNC pay and grading system
· the NPS pay reforms will be expensive, but they will set the benchmark for probation salaries across the sector and it is inescapable that the CRCs will need to match them to remain competitive; this was a known risk to the MOJ and the CRC bidders during the procurement process
4. Detailed Pay Claim
4.1 Immediate Payment of the Contractual Increment for 2017
All probation staff, whether they work for the NPS, or one of the CRCs, are contractually entitled to at least one increment per year with effect from 1 April 2018. This should be paid immediately on account.
4.2 A consolidated increase of up to £2500 for all staff currently below the top of their pay band; not to exceed the top of their pay band
An increase of up to £2,500 would allow staff to move up their pay band to achieve a realistic expectation of reaching the top of their pay band in at least 5 years. Staff nearer the top of their pay band, for whom an award of £2,500 would take them over the top of their pay band will get a minimum consolidated increase of £1,500.
4.3 A minimum consolidated increase of £1500 for all staff, including those at the top of their pay band
A minimum increase of £1,500 on all probation pay points would keep probation salaries abreast of RPI inflation this year and take into account the erosion of the value of probation salaries over the last 9 years. The value of probation salaries in both the NPS and the CRCs have been seriously eroded since 2009. Whilst public sector pay restraint has applied across the public sector, probation staff have been treated much worse than comparable public sector workers.
Here is a short history of probation pay rises since 2010 compared with the rises received by Police, Local Government and Health workers:
2011[ii]
1.1%[iii]
2%[iv]
3%[v]
So over the last seven years probation pay, in relation to the value of actual pay points, has gone up only 1%. When compared with police, local government and health workers, it is clear that probation staff have been particularly badly treated.
Yes, probation employees have had their increment each year, but this is a contractual entitlement to move up the pay bands (albeit very slowly under this government) and not an increase in pay. Police staff, local government staff and health staff (for most years) have had their increments in addition to the pay rises set out above.
So we have to ask, why have probation staff been treated so badly? The answer is simple; they have been paying the cost of Transforming Rehabilitation.
If we want to compare probation pay rises against average pay increases in the private sector, this is the comparative table:
Pay settlements over the last year across the economy have been running at 2.5%. The Bank of England forecasts that pay settlements will average 3.1% over 2018[vi], with the ability to recruit and retain staff seen as the biggest factor behind this increase.
The lack of pay increases for probation is now beginning to bite, as both NPS and the CRCs find it increasingly difficult to get staff to work in certain jobs in certain parts of England and Wales. The result of this uncompetitiveness is twofold. Firstly NPS has nearly 1,000 agency workers on its books, which is the direct result of pay becoming uncompetitive. Secondly, NPS has got itself mired in controversy by having to pay market forces supplements to staff in so-called ‘red-sites’, but at the same time reneging on a previous agreement with the unions to pay the supplements to existing staff in these locations to ensure that they were not leap-frogged in pay by new starters.
4.4 3.5% increase in allowances
Probation staff allowances used to go up in line with each pay rise. The problem has been that, because probation staff have not had any real pay increase in the form of a real rise in pay the NPS and the CRCs, the employers have had an excuse to not pass on the equivalent value of the increments, which is all NPS and most CRC staff have received, in relation to allowances.
This means that the following allowances have all been frozen since 2013:
Prison Supplement: £675
Sleep In Allowance: £39.63
Standby Allowance: £42.16
These allowances have all suffered a significant loss in relative value since 2010, so a 3.5% increase this year would begin to redress this. It is not acceptable for these allowances to have been frozen in value; they should be keeping pace with inflation.
4.5 An increase in London Weighting to £5,000
Probation employees working for the NPS and the CRC in Greater London have been seriously short-changed over their London Weighting for the past four years.
2013 was the last time your London Weighting went up, by 1% to £3889. Since then it has been frozen. Since 2009 house prices in London have gone up by between 80% - 130%.
A minimum income standard (MIS) for the UK is the income people need in order to reach a socially acceptable standard of living in the UK. A new MIS figure for London has also been revised to take into account the higher cost of living in London. Their findings showed:
· 4 in 10 Londoners (41%) have an income below that needed for a minimum socially acceptable standard of living;
· Transport costs in the capital have increased – fare freezes have not been applied to travel cards;
· Childcare costs in London are higher than elsewhere in the UK.
The report ‘A Minimum Income Standard for London 2016/17’[vii] published in March 2017 highlighted that there has now been a shift between Londoners owning their own home with people now moving into the private rented sector, because of the rising cost of house prices in the capital.
The single biggest element in the extra cost of living in the capital is housing. In February 2017, Land Registry figures showed average house prices had an annual increase across the whole of England and Wales by 5.8% making the average property value £217,502, but in London the average was £474,704 (more than double the UK average). This house price gap has been growing ever larger, with London experiencing 3.7% growth over the last year, compared to 6.3% across England. The statistics set out in Table 5 below, show just what a gap exists between house prices in the Capital and elsewhere in England and Wales.
Monthly change since January 2017
Annual change since February 2016
The same picture is apparent in the private rental sector, with the average UK rental rate continuing to rise to £895 a month in February 2017, compared to £1,520 a month in London. The rise in rental costs in London has steadied over the last 12 months but grew by 0.4% in one year from March 2016 to February 2017. This does not include the other costs of moving including agency fees and deposits.
Local authorities and housing associations use two types of rent models - social and affordable. Social Rent is generally lower and is based on target rents which housing associations set. Affordable Rent is 80% of market rent. Any rent values housing associations set have to be lower than the Local Housing Allowance. Local authority rented property have less exaggerated increases as rent is capped, but the costs are still significant, with average rent across London running at an average of approx £260.64 a week in 2016/17 for a one bedroom property[viii].
Table 6 below highlights that the cost of rental properties in London compared with the rest of the UK is now at the highest on record:
Average Price (£)
Annual Change (%)
Source: Homelet - Average Price for new rental properties across the UK, February 2017
Homelet have produced a rental index per London borough – below is a list of the five London boroughs with the lowest rents. All the boroughs identified as having the lowest monthly average rents are outer London boroughs, therefore workers would need to factor in the increased costs of commuting to work.
All five London boroughs below have average rents which are a third higher than the UK average rent costs (£895 a month)[ix] – Average rental values in London were 69% higher than the UK:
Average rent February 2017
Bexley (zone 5)
Redbridge (zone 4)
Sutton (zone 5)
Croydon (zone 5)
Barking and Dagenham (zone 5)
4.6 The Introduction of a new £3,000 South East Pay Allowance
Like London, living in the South East is expensive. With the exception of London, the cost of housing and transport is higher in the south east than most other places in England and Wales.
The National Negotiating Council has a mechanism for trade unions and employers to agree to set up geographical supplements and/or market forces payments for staff in certain locations. But already, different probation employers are trying to get one over each other by paying more to some staff in the South East.
· The National Probation Service has already started to pay staff in the south east more money than their colleagues in other Divisions. Here is what they are paying Probation Officers in the following locations, over and above their basic salary:
Kent LDU
Bucks & Oxford LDU
Berkshire LDU
HMP North Sea Camp
PSOs in Kent LDU, Bucks and Oxford LDU, Berks LDU, Hertfordshire LDU and Hampshire LDU are being paid a £1,101 market forces supplement.The problem with this approach to pay is that some NPS employees in the South East get the improvements in pay, but other employees working at the same offices, or Probation Officers working at other NPS locations nearby get nothing! Housing and transport is expensive for all NPS staff in the South East, not just for some staff in a few in selected locations.
HMP North Sea Camp is not in the South East, it’s in Lincolnshire. It’s just a very difficult location to persuade anyone to work at!
· Kent, Surrey, Sussex CRC is paying its Senior Probation Officers on Pay Band 6, when all other CRCs and the NPS is paying them on Pay Band 5, i.e. a whole pay band higher. This is probably one of the reasons that the NPS has had to pay over the odds for some Probation Officers in Kent LDU.
The problem with this piecemeal approach to regional pay is that it will lead to other employers having to outbid each other to pay staff more. This is a recipe for pay chaos. Staff in some CRCs may gain, but others will lose out. It’s yet another problem created by Chris Grayling’s so-called Transforming Rehabilitation revolution.
Napo and UNISON are therefore calling on the NPS and relevant CRCs to create a new £3,000 per annum South East Pay Allowance to cover all staff working in the South East Division and relevant parts of the South West Division.
4.7 Reform of the existing pay and grading system in the NPS and CRCs to provide:
o The same new probation pay system for both NPS and the CRCs
o Shortening of all pay bands to allow for progression to maximum in no more than 5 years
o Full equality proofing of the pay structure
The need for pay reform was a known given during the procurement process for Transforming Rehabilitation and should have been factored in to financial costing and contract pricing. CRC owners must have anticipated the need for pay reform, as much as the NPS. Half way through the contracts the time for excuses is over and the inherent inequality and unfairness in the system needs to be addressed by each and every probation employer employer.
Doing so in a way that is consistent will preserve some commonality, thus making future transitioning to a different and more sustainable probation delivery model more achievable. It will also prevent greater internal competition and reduce the risk of service failure in financially struggling CRCs in the meantime.
The aims of this part of the claim are to address issues of fairness within the system, whilst making probation more competitive at a time of universal staff shortages. In doing so, we also want to facilitate fundamental pay reform that will bring greater transparency and sustainability to the current probation pay system.
The National Probation Service started significant talks with UNISON and Napo in 2016/17 to completely reform the old NNC pay and grading structure. These talks were going reasonably well until they were terminated unilaterally by the NPS in the autumn of 2017. Both Napo and UNISON have objected to the calling off of the pay reform talks, which we believe has been caused by the collapse of the MoJ’s financial standing with the Treasury, partly to do with its overspend on the £342 million CRC bail out.
Napo and UNISON want the CRCs to reform their pay and grading structures in line with the pay reform process which should be taking place at the NPS. This would ensure that we don’t have to re-invent the wheel with pay reform talks in each CRC, and will maintain coherence in pay arrangements across the whole probation sector. This will be important for the time when the service can be re-unified which is the aim and objective of both unions.
Napo and UNISON’s aims for the pay reform talks are to produce shorter pay bands, higher starting salaries for each pay band, higher maximum salaries in each band, quicker progression to the top of pay bands, with equality proofing at the heart of the exercise. It is in the CRCs’ interests to get involved in these talks so that they can ask the MOJ for the money to implement the pay reforms which are going to be expensive. If the CRCs are not involved it will make them totally uncompetitive in the probation employment market.
4.8 Deletion of Pay Band 1 to Comply with National Minimum Wage
It must be a matter of great embarrassment to the Justice Secretary that he allowed the lowest four probation pay points to be overtaken on 1 April 2018 by the National Minimum Wage.
When Napo and UNISON asked the NPS in April to confirm that it had deleted the bottom four pay points in pay band 1 it was initially evasive and was apparently unavailable for comment. For a week it actually looked like the NPS might be trying to avoid its legal obligations! When the NPS was finally pressed on the subject, it grudgingly accepted that it had to comply with the legal requirement to move over-25s onto the new National Minimum Wage, but in a move of breathtaking meanness confirmed that it would be leaving under-25s on the under-25 National Minimum Wage figure. For the sake of a few pounds, the NPS is apparently happy to discriminate against the very youngest staff on its books. Napo and UNISON call upon the NPS to show some compassion and decency and move the few under-25s employed by the organisation onto the over 25 National Minimum Wage figure.
As Table 2 below shows very graphically, the government’s public sector pay policy, which has frozen probation pay more or less over the last seven years, has meant that the National Minimum Wage has crept up on, and now actually overtaken, the four lowest probation pay points in Pay Band 1. The table shows the hourly national minimum wage (NMW) rate and the hourly rate of the lowest pay point in Probation NNC Pay Band 1. The figures for 2018 – 2020 in blue are the projected national minimum wage hourly rates from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
All CRCs are required to apply the new National Minimum Wage figure to their pay band 1 salaries. Napo and UNISON are pleased that Sodexo and Interserve have taken the sensible decision to delete pay band 1 in its entirety for their staff. Other CRCs and the NPS should follow their lead.
NMW
NNC
The following chart shows very clearly the relationship between the two rates and how the margin has closed up this year with the National Minimum Wage actually exceeding the lowest four pay points in NNC Pay Band 1. It also shows how the lowest probation pay point will have to rise over the next three years to keep up with the National Minimum Wage.
The following chart shows how the % margin between the lowest NNC pay point and the national minimum wage has narrowed over the last 11 years and has now dipped below the legal minimum.
The chart show that, prior to 2010 when we had a government which actually valued public sector workers, the lowest probation pay point was 25% higher than the national minimum wage. In the intervening 9 years, this margin diminished every year and has now actually fallen 3.3% below the National Minimum Wage. How could the government stand by and see the pay of the lowest paid probation staff fall to this disgraceful level?
The following table shows just how badly the lowest probation pay rates compare with other public sector employers. Probation is shamefully now the ‘poor man’ of the public sector.
Annual wage (£)
Hourly rate (£)
Large Bargaining groups
Local government (England, Wales & Northern Ireland)
NHS Agenda for Change (England)
Further education (England)
Youth and Community Workers
Police staff (England & Wales)
Probation Service
Civil Service bargaining groups
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Crown Prosecution Service
Department for Culture, Media & Transport
Department for Works and Pensions
Notes to table
Scotland pays the Living Wage across the public sector. Therefore, minimums agreed from November 2017 in Scotland will be at the rate of £8.75 an hour, which translates to £16,880 for a 37 hour week
The hourly rate shown in the table is based on a 37.5 hour week within the NHS and a 37 hour week in all other bargaining groups. However, the number of hours worked in the average working week can vary from these figures within bargaining groups.
The NHS rate shown is the offer for 2018 and has not yet been settled
The hourly National Minimum Wage following its 2018 rate along its forecast path up until 2020 is set out below, with corresponding annual rates (hourly NMW £ rate x 37 x 52.14) plus the nearest corresponding NNC probation salaries and pay points (current values):
YEAR NMW (Hourly) NMW (Annual) NNC Salary NNC Pay Point
2018 £7.83 £15,105 £15,332 15
The above figures show which NNC pay points will need to be deleted to comply with the NMW from the 2018 pay round forward. By the time of the 2020 pay award, the projected NMW figures will require that NNC Pay Band 1 is all but removed, save the two top existing pay points 26 and 27.
This will have significant implications for the NPS and the CRCs, particularly pressure on pay relativities within the NNC pay and grading system consequent to the near removal of a whole pay band (Pay Band 1).
4.9 NPS and CRCs to comply with legal obligation regarding gender pay reporting
The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 require employers to publish details of their gender pay gap in the period in which 5 April (the snapshot date) falls every year from 2017.
The power to make employers publish data on the difference in pay between men and women is nothing new, and was covered in section 78 of the Equality Act 2010. It was originally done on a voluntary basis, but due to low take up by organisations, the government decided to enforce this section of the legislation by introducing these new regulations making it compulsory.
NPS and the CRCs now have to comply with this new duty, and the CRCs have complied, but the NPS has managed to avoid having to do so, because the Ministry of Justice has published its gender pay gap across all its constituent employers (NPS, Courts, Prisons, Youth Offending and Head Office functions) thereby making any inspection of the NPS gender pay gap impossible!
4.10 Holiday pay to reflect non-contractual earnings, with employers to pay relevant back pay where applicable
NPS and CRC staff are entitled to receive regular earnings during periods of annual leave, maternity leave and sickness leave. Regular earnings are defined in the National Negotiating Council (NNC) Handbook as the following:
· London Allowance
· Geographical Supplement
· Market Forces Supplement
· Prison Supplement
· Contractual Overtime
· Unsocial Hours Allowance
· Standby and Sleeping-in Allowance
The Handbook confirms: ‘Where an employee’s regular earnings include such premium payments, these will be pensionable and will also be taken into account in calculating sickness, holiday and maternity pay.’ The effect of this is that employees continue to receive normal pay during annual leave, maternity leave, adoption leave and sickness absence etc. NPS staff should already be receiving these payments during periods of leave.
Following recent legal rulings, however, the calculation of normal pay due to workers during annual leave should include all payments they would regularly expect to receive including non-contractual overtime and any other additional payments which are not included in the NNC Handbook, or the above list.
As far as Napo and UNISON are aware, the NPS and the majority of CRCs are not complying with these latest legal rulings and are failing to make these additional payments during holiday/maternity leave etc. Back pay may also be due in relation to these new entitlements.
NPS or CRC staff who earn such additional non-contractual payments, particularly members who work in approved premises or community payback who work frequent non-contractual overtime, may be entitled to have these payments reckoned for holiday pay, maternity pay etc with immediate effect, and may be entitled to back pay in relation to the failure of NPS or CRCs to reckon these payments since the respective legal rulings.
4.11 A decent pension scheme for new CRC staff
The Ministry of Justice saddled the CRCs with a big pension problem. Former Probation Trust employees, working for CRCs, have protected membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, which the unions negotiated during the TR Reforms. But MOJ refuse to pay the CRCs enough to give new staff the same decent pension. This is government cost cutting again; the same government which continually warns people to save for their retirement.
The MOJ hopes that it can continue to get away with this. But there is an elephant in the room now and it’s getting bigger by the day. In the probation job market, with relatively few qualified staff, why would any new-starter choose to work for a CRC over the NPS, when the CRC’s pension offer is so poor by comparison to that provided by the NPS?
By refusing to pay for decent CRC pensions, the MOJ has pulled the rug out from under the CRCs’ ability to attract good staff to work for them in the future. Maybe they just don’t care!
· New employees working for the NPS get the high quality, final salary Local Government Pension Scheme, which pays a decent pension on retirement.
· New employees working for one of the CRCs get a poor quality, defined contribution pension scheme, with no guarantee whatsoever of what they will get out at the end!
The unions campaigned to get the government to do the decent thing and pay the CRCs enough in the contract price to enable the CRCs to carry on offering the Local Government Pension Scheme to new staff.
But a decent pension scheme is expensive, and Chris Grayling was trying to cut costs, so the CRCs offer poor quality defined contribution pensions and now have a major disadvantage in not being able to compete with the NPS on their pension offer.
Napo and UNISON are therefore asking for all CRCs to apply to join the Local Government Pension Scheme for new starters. Yes this will cost money and might eat into shareholder profits a little bit, but the CRCs have actually it within their gift to ask the MOJ for the money.
Napo and UNISON submit this joint claim on behalf of NPS and CRC members in the expectation of genuine negotiations over pay this year and the start of substantive and authorised talks on pay reform across the whole of the probation sector. Our claim is realistic and achievable. We look forward to negotiations starting with all employers in the very near future.
[i] Office for National Statistics, Consumer Price Inflation Reference Tables, March 2018
[ii] In 2011 and 2012, the Government froze the pay increases of most public sector workers, but proposed a £250 increase in each year to workers earning up to £21,000. The majority of public sector workers, including the majority of probation staff, got nothing, and in Local Government the £250 was discretionary, so many local government staff under £21,000 also got nothing
[iii] In 2015 and 2016, Local Government workers in the lowest pay points on the NJC pay scale received major uplifts of between 1.2% and 8.6%.
[iv] The 2018 Local Government NJC settlement also included increases for staff on the lowest pay points ranging from 3.7% to 9.2%.
[v] The 2018 NHS Agenda for Change figures shown are for the current offer, which is yet to be settled. If settled on the basis of the offer, bottom loaded increases would also raise the wages of the lowest paid staff by 13.3% and bring the lowest wage above the Living Wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
[vi] Bank Of England, Agents’ Summary Of Business Conditions, February 2018
[vii] A Minimum Income Standard for London 2016/17 - https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MIS_2016-17_Key_Findings.pdf
[viii] Local Housing Allowances April 2016/17 – ONS March 2017 – Inner London - http://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Local-Housing-Allowance-Rates
[ix] Source Homelet Rental Index 2017 - https://homelet.co.uk/homelet-rental-index
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Train/Car Impact Accident Reconstruction
Major railroad accident crashes at highway-rail grade crossings generally involve significant injuries, loss of lives and rail service disruptions. With more than 750 railroads operating on 140,000 miles of track in the United States, there are in excess of 212,000 highway rail grade crossings. The Federal Railroad Administration recorded 2,068 incidents between a train and car in 2014 and while this number is considerably lower than its peak in the late 1970’s, there still exist significant dangers. The causes for these accidents range from driver or train operator error to vehicle, train or safety gate maintenance issues. The need for safety improvements to minimize such accidents has been recognized for some time. This has given rise to a significant body of literature on safety and cost issues associated with engineering improvements.
Accident reconstructions of such events must consider many issues such as train speed, stopping distance, train engineer line of sight and attentiveness, crossing gate safety, warning signals, crossing roadway defects, train driver distractions and vehicle maintenance. We at Technology Associates have successfully analyzed such events and performed engineering analyses for clients based upon our many years of accident reconstruction, mechanical engineering and human factors experience.
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Cobra and Krusty
In the course of complaining about Lady Gaga a week ago, I mentioned her likely appeal to the s&m-inclined, who may be more common among millennials than among prior generations. And only now does it occur to me that maybe this fiercely-devoted but cruel couple, on TV from the time the millennials were born, is what perverted them all.
Speaking of cartoons, it only occurred to me a couple days ago, oddly enough, that maybe I really did cause a joke to be used on The Simpsons.
I wrote in the Brown Film Bulletin circa 1991 that novelist Chaim Potok’s name sounds Klingon, and Krusty the Clown said the same thing in 2003 (in the extra-Jewish episode “Today I Am a Clown”). What with various Ivy League humor writers having ties to the Simpsons writers, doesn’t it seem more likely that they saw a Bulletin at some point (possibly even a copy belonging to my fellow Bulletineer Christine Caldwell, back when she was my roommate and worked with future Simpsons writer Ian Maxtone-Graham at National Lampoon) and half-remembered it a decade later than that this extremely obscure joke was independently invented twice?
Not that the latter is impossible (Chaim Potok does sound like a Klingon name), nor do I want royalties from them or anything, but somehow back in 2003 it didn’t even occur to me to think there could be an actual causal connection rather than a mere coincidence. I must have become less humble over the past seven years…
P.S. This hypothesized chain of comedy-making events is less interesting than Christine’s resume-enhancing script for a sketch about an Axl Rose Christmas album being ripped off by a prominent late-night comedy show (complete with the idea of a Slash Hanukkah album bonus if you call and order now), but that’s a story for her to tell. Show biz people are no good at all.
P.P.S. And speaking of show biz, I still need an extroverted believer in macroeconomics to make the case for macro’s relevance (about seven minutes of comments followed by q&a) at this coming Thursday’s 8pm Debate at Lolita Bar against a libertarian who says macro’s all bunk, so e-mail me if you’re willing and able. Unless you Keynesian/welfare-statist/Krugman types are all chicken, of course. You’re not chicken, are you? (Note: This is the first time I have deployed this tactic for recruitment purposes. We’ll see how it goes.)
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Everyone needs heroes …
Recording, Teaching
In this case my heroes are recording engineers that have helped make recording history and shape and define the technology. And also have set the standard of recorded sound that we still strive for to this day. Below are three of my favorite engineers.
The first is Rudy Van Gelder. Rudy engineered some of the most iconic recordings in jazz history and was one of the most respected recording engineers. I had the opportunity to meet and briefly speak with Rudy. A gracious unassuming man! The musicians he recorded trusted and loved him. Here’s a great story told by drummer Charlie Persip about Rudy recording Thelonious Monk. The piano solo Charli talks about is still studied as part of Monk’s genius, as a result of a kicked over beer! Van Gelder not only recorded for the Blue Note label but for many of the independant jazz labels as well. His influence on the process and technology cannot be overstated.
The second is Al Schmitt. While Van Gelder recorded primarily jazz music, Schmitt recorded many genres. Some of my favorite recordings of his were, of course, Sinatra and Bennett and his big band recordings. Schmitt has a unique sense of space and mic placement second to none! Two of the most important components of recording. One of my favorite stories about Schmitt was in his early years he was recording an orchestra which included french horns. At that time he had little experience recording the sometimes difficult instrument. He learned very early that all he needed to do was simply ask the players where they prefer the mic be placed and went from there. Yet another example of the best still being students and still learning their craft. And not afraid to engage the very people he was recording. Yet another secret to a great recording — make friends with the musicians and they will play for you.
My third choice is the great Andrew Scheps. Scheps has an incredible sense of communication and is very articulate and straight forward in his explanations. A great teacher and never talks down to anyone. I have a sense that everyone he recorded also realized that and much like Van Gelder enjoyed the trust of the musicians he worked with. He’s one individual I’d love to just hang with and observe. Check out this video from 6:34 – 8:30 he explains why it’s not so much the gear being used on a recording but the process and knowing why certain decisions are made. To watch him work is pure magic! Here’s another video where Scheps explains what happens to the sound when mp3s are created. It’s lengthy but a must watch for anyone aspiring to be a recording engineer. (The above picture is Andrew’s outboard effects wall. He explains almost every piece.)
What all three of these engineers have in common is a passion for capturing the musician and the music. And realizing the needs of the musician and sound they want to get. And then knowing how to get that sound. It wasn’t about gear or equipment as much about capturing the essence of the music.
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Analysis and Identification of Requirements for a System to Enhance Situational Awareness at Sea
P. Banaś 1, S. Thombre 2, R. Guinness 2
1 Maritime University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
2 Finnish Geodetic Institute, Kirkkonummi, Masala, Finland
DOI: 10.12716/1001.09.02.03
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ABSTRACT: This paper presents the research results of identifying and analyzing key requirements for the ESABALT system based on pre-defined user profile groups. These requirements have been identified through multiple sources, which include an electronic survey of potential users of the system, interviews with specialists in navigation, law and computer science, analysis of state-of-the-art in maritime safety procedures, and study of past R&D projects in this field. Finally, these requirements are classified into user level, domain level and system level requirements for easy interpretation while designing the system architecture and its function-al specifications. The presented system specification is discussed.
KEYWORDS: Situation Awareness (SA), Baltic Sea, ESABALT Project, Maritime Safety, Safety at Sea, Identification of Requirements, Situational Awareness at Sea, User Requirements
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International Electrotechnical Commission, 'IEC 62288 Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment and Systems - Presentation of Navigation-related Information on Shipborne Navigational Displays - General Requirements, Methods of Testing and Required Test Results', 2nd Edition, 2014.
International Hydrographic Bureau, 'IHO S-52 Specifications for Chart Content and Display Aspects of ECDIS', 6th Edition, March 2010, available at: http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-52/S-52_e6.0_EN.pdf.
International Hydrographic Bureau, 'IHO S-57 IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data', Edition 3.1, November 2000, available at: http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-57Ed3.1/31Main.pdf.
International Maritime Organization, 'IMO Resolution A.572(14) General Provisions on Ships' Routing', London, November 1985, available at: http://www.imo.org/blast/ blastDataHelper.asp?data_id=22369&filename=A572%2814%29.pdf.
International Maritime Organization, 'IMO Resolution MSC 71(69), Amendments to the General Provisions on Ships' Routing', London, May 1998, available at: http://www.imo.org/blast/blastDataHelper.asp?data_id=15437&filename=71%2869%29.pdf.
International Maritime Organization, 'IMO SN circular 243, Guidelines for the Presentation of Navigation Related Symbols, Terms and Abbreviations', London, December 2004, available at: http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/ industry/ECDIS_workshop_123/SN.1Circ.243%20%20Guidelines%20For%20The%20Presenttion%20Of%20%20NavigationRelaed%20Symbols,%20Terms%20And%20Abbreviations%20%28Secretariat%29.pdf.
International Maritime Organization, 'IMO Resolution MSC.191(79) Performance Standards for the Presentation of Navigation-related Information on Shipborne Navigational Displays', December 2004, available at: http://www.imo.org/blast/blastDataHelper.asp?data_id=15567&filename=191%2879%29.pdf.
International Maritime Organization, 'IMO SN circular 266 Maintenance of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Software', October 2007, available at: http://www.imo.org/blast/blastDataHelper.asp?data_id=20241.
Citation note:
Banaś P., Thombre S., Guinness R.: Analysis and Identification of Requirements for a System to Enhance Situational Awareness at Sea. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 9, No. 2, doi:10.12716/1001.09.02.03, pp. 179-182, 2015
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Other publications of authors:
Knowledge Base in the Interpretation Process of the Collision Regulations at Sea
P. Banaś, M. Breitsprecher
Information Exchange Automation in Maritime Transport
Z. Pietrzykowski, P. Banaś, A. Wójcik, T. Szewczuk
Maritime Safety - Stakeholders in Information Exchange Process
P. Wołejsza, S. Thombre, R. Guinness
ESABALT Improvement of Situational Awareness in the Baltic with the Use of Crowdsourcing
S. Thombre, R. Guinness, L. Chen, L. Ruotsalainen, H. Kuusniemi, J. Uriasz, Z. Pietrzykowski, J. Laukkanen, P. Ghawi
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NAB files reference against ex-IT ministry officials
Posted on August 31, 2018 Categories: Corruption News Comments are off for this post
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Thursdayfiled a reference in the accountability court of Islamabad against former secretary and other senior officials of the information technology (IT) ministry for their alleged involvement in establishing an international clearing house (ICH) that provided an edge to some telecommunication companies for controlling and receiving international and long distance calls.
According to NAB, the reference was filed against Farooq Ahmad Awan, ex-secretary Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom; Kamran Ali, ex-member (legal), and officers/officials of the ministry, Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and others.
Interestingly, two former prime ministers of PPP’s last tenure – Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – were also involved in the case but NAB made two separate references, one relating to the officials of the IT ministry and the second about the alleged involvement of the two ex-prime ministers.
Mr Gilani and Mr Ashraf have already recorded their statements in the case.
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They were also allegedly involved in fixing ICH tariff by misusing their powers benefiting some private telecommunication firms in controlling and receiving international and long distance calls along with some illegal appointments as well.
About the reasons behind splitting the reference into two, a source in NAB said two separate issues were being covered in one reference but now it had been decided that two separate references would be filed.
The clearing house was formed on Oct 2, 2012, through alleged lobbying of long distance and international operators.
It has also been learnt that the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) tried to block the formation of the clearing house but those in power foiled its attempt. The CCP was of the view that the clearing house was established without meeting the due competitive process.
According to NAB, Farooq Ahmad Awan served as the secretary of the IT ministry when the approval was given for establishing the ICH. He was accused of allegedly overstepping his mandate by fixing tariffs of the ICH which was the sole mandate of the PTA.
Hence, he misused his authority, aided and abetted while acting in conspiracy with his co-accused Kamran Ali in the grant of undue and illegal benefit to the companies which earned them windfall profits.
The source said Mr Gilani, Farooq Awan and others were accused of awarding advertisement campaign contracts to a firm against the PPRA rules. The illegal contracts inflicted a Rs128.07 million loss on the national exchequer, the source added.
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Things to Do in Chesterton
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Pioneers in 16th at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --- The Tusculum University men's golf team is in 16th place at the 2019 Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate which is being held at the 7,136-yard, par-72 St. John's Golf & Country Club.
Tusculum posted a first round score of 317 while play in Monday's second round was halted due to darkness. The 105-player field will complete its second round on Tuesday morning, with most golfers still having three to four holes remaining. The third and final round will commence at the conclusion of the second round.
The Pioneers are currently at 50-over par and are in 16th place on the 19-team leaderboard.
Queens University of Charlotte leads the team competition and is seven-over par, nine shots in front of host Lincoln Memorial at 16-over par. Barton and Palm Beach Atlantic are tied for third place at +19, followed by Carson-Newman (+21), North Greenville (+24), Flagler (+28), Belmont Abbey (+30), Hillsdale (+32), Mount Olive (+33), Wingate (+34), Coker (+12), Anderson (+37), Southern Wesleyan (+38), Albany State (+45), Tusculum (+50), Arkansas-Monticello (+52), Catawba (+70) and Mars Hill (+75).
Jonathan Noble of Queens is atop the leaderboard at four-under par and is two strokes ahead of Coker's Wanjoo Lee (-2) and Barton's Justin Plane (-2).
Tusculum freshman Kyle Engelbert leads the Pioneers as he is currently tied for 55th at +12. Engelbert shot 82 in his opening round, but is two-over par in his second round with two holes to play. His scorecard in the afternoon round includes three birdies, five bogeys and eight pars.
TU sophomore Liam Sweeney is tied for 65th place at +13 as he posted an 80 in the morning sessions and is five-over par in his second round with four holes remaining. On his final hole of the day, he scored and eagle 3 on the par 5 No. 2 hole at St. John's.
Junior Matt DiBella is tied for 72nd and is 14-over par. DiBella shot 78 to start the day and is +8 on his second round with three holes left.
Tusculum rookie Noah Jones is currently in 77th place at +15. Jones fired an 81 to start his spring season and is six-over par for his second round with three holes left.
TU's Jeffrey Perez is making his Pioneer debut this week and is tied for 77th place at +15. Perez posted a 78 for his first TU round and is +9 in his second round with three holes remaining.
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pez (IP Logged)
Alabi to Dover until January.
Matt Jones via Twitter stating a loan deal has been agreed between the two clubs.
Probably a good decision by Mellon, as long as he gets game time whilst he's there.
goosed (IP Logged)
Re: Alabi to Dover until January.
Wot a waste of time that was bringing him in who made that decision?
HardlyYardley (IP Logged)
Dover are 2nd in the table. We are 15th. We can't score. They want one of our strikers. It's a bit confusing, isn't it?
Maybe Rovers are trying to offload him to Dover to avoid the payment yet to be decided by tribunal?
If he moves to Dover, then they can pay it as he'll be their player?
If true, shame, I actually think he has some quality.
Some rovers fans love to slate their own players, good luck to him !
Anything to keep Cook happier
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HardlyYardley
Like when Brabin's team weren't scoring but Mangan, Stockton and Margetts all went to FL clubs!
Good luck to Alabi. I reckon he can turn out to be a decent player if he's given the right sort of service, facing goal. Was probably never going to shine given our lack of creativity in the first couple of months of the season but could flourish with someone like Wallace feeding him.
corpac (IP Logged)
Can you imagine - for example - Man.United loaning a striker to say Liverpool.
What is going on? You never loan a player to a rival club!
The mind bogles.
coltran (IP Logged)
It often takes time for players to settle in to a new team. Alabi has not been given an extended run to prove himself. It he starts scoring for Dover, then we can bring him back in January. A shrewd move by MM I think.
The service to forward line has not been great, there is a lack of creativity, am so disappointed with move.
Lets hope we kick on and score plenty with what we have.
jonesy792 (IP Logged)
Disappointing decision in my opinion. I think he offers something different to what we've got and a much more useful impact player off the bench than the likes of Mangan and Waring.
Like I said last week, I’ve heard both he and Mangan are heading out on loan, and Cook is going in Jan to clear up some funds.
I think our recent recruitment has been poor, and the club have acknowledged it.
CosterD (IP Logged)
Cole Stockton came back from loan a much better player - maybe we can look forward to the same with Alabi? Good luck to him.
Also noticed that Sutton Utd have loaned out Moses Emmanuel to Maidenhead Utd for 2 months.. Bit surprised by that coz as far as I understand he has done ok at Sutton since signing from Dover.
velico (IP Logged)
that's great, he starts to hit the back of the net and dover will be out of sight. This club gets more and more non- league and closer too another relegation week after week.
sorry, I have got my players mixed up. its ross Lafayette at Sutton that has had a good season so far not moses Emmanuel. Emmanuel has yet to make an appearance yet this season I believe.
DCTRFC (IP Logged)
He has been truly awful every game I have seen him. Perhaps it’s a plan to weaken Dover.
The Dover manager Chris Kinnear is a smart astute boss that has a good eye for a player so he must see something in Alabi maybe?
I have seen him play and feel its more of a loss than a gain IMO
the kav (IP Logged)
Should have come on against chester, if he was ever gonna prove himself that was it .
Stupid loaning him to promotion rivals . Mellon is losing it
Nothing about him impressed and loaning him out is the best of a bad job.It is ironic that we may have to pay for a player that we do not want. He had a productive season at Chester but even then many of their supporters did not rate him and he clearly was not rated by Accrington.
Stocton came back a better player because he was given a real run. How that contrasts with our attitude to Gumbs Duggan and the promise of Drysdale
It’s one hell of a move as well. Chester to tranmere, no house move required. Tranmere to Dover 300 odd miles
Its a strange one for sure....
There are two thoughts on this,
1) Its a smart move, get the player regular game time and play into a bit of form, bring him back in January when if rumour is to be believed Cook will be on his way.
2) Mellon is an idiot.
I really can't decide which one it is.
Bolton Rover (IP Logged)
Too many Tranmere fans have given abuse to Alabi so it has been impossible for him to settle. Mellon had to free up cash for loan signings and I guess this was the best option on the table. I don't blame Mellon - I blame those fans who never gave him a chance.
Dover seem to think it's till the end of the season.
To stunned to comment
I only saw him play a couple of times, at Eastleigh he was not good at all, but at Bromley he was playing a lot better.
2 the moon (IP Logged)
Not to bothered and it may do the lad some good. plus we have plenty of scapegoats still here. sorry I meant strikers
If we're shipping him out on loan then it was always going to be to another NL club - no league club would take him and it'd be a waste of time him dropping down a level (doubt he'd agree to it anyway). Can probably only judge when we see how he does when he comes back, plus how MM deploys the wages on a new signing in the meantime.
Happy with this, can see him being the same at Dover.
In fairness Alabi isn't a goal scorer and probably wasn't bought to solve that problem, I think he was purchased to be a handful and cause problems creating space for the likes of Tollit, who is out again.
Hasn't worked at Rovers so far, let's see what he does at Dover.
Old Rover (IP Logged)
corpac
Spot on, Why send him there, Why is he good enough for them but not good enough for us
Dover are confident it's longer than January, not what Trfc are reporting, strange on their official Twitter.
Dover Athletic FC
@DoverAthletic
Replying to @... and 2 others
Until the end of the season
Trfcfan.check your details
Um, no!
😂😂😂savage (Dover fan)
Trfcfan
Clueless more like
John, with all due respect, you are incorrect. ST loan until 12th Jan, LT loan from 13th until May 18.
In which you've presumably released details of a loan deal TRFC wanted to portray as short term when it was nothing like #goodpractice 👌
Theres not a non-disclosure clause in the agreement and we’ve not been asked to keep it ‘secret’. Beyond that, afraid I can’t help you.
Aldo'smuzzy
If we're shipping him out on loan then it was always going to be to another NL club - no league club would take him
Despite what he has no managed to do at Tranmere I feel to see how you can know what any managers of football league clubs do or don't think of him.
Old Rover
He hasn't even played for them yet, so he might not be good for them.
My feelings are that he may become another Stockton who comes back more able to deal with the situation. I don't care what anyone says; but when you score 17 at NL level in one season, you've got to have a decent amount of NL standard quality with the potential to possibly move up 1-2 levels, after more game time and development of skill.
He should have been able to prove his worth at a club with the potential to finance higher quality players than Chester, who could support his scoring ability but without an extended run it has proven difficult for him to get that first goal and kick on.
I have heard nothing to suggest he has some kind of unprofessional attitude or done anything that may have tainted the clubs image so I wish him well and if he can come back at some point and start making a more meaningful impact all the good to him.
Maybe for the same reason we loaned Stockton to a League 2 club even tho he apparently wasn't good enough for us and why Drysdlale who can't even get on the bench for us was training with Championship clubs!!
Pleased by this - and if it is for the whole season so much the better. Then MM only has to find someone to take him for the second year of his contract which he gave him.
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Why are Dover saying hes on a season long loan and Rovers saying a short loan?
Sounds like we dont fancy paying for his services and are trying to avoid the fee when its been decided by a tribunal?
I have to say, hes not worth paying a fee for and if him going to Dover prevents us having to pay anything then its the right decision.
Still wondering what Mellon was referring to when he said he had other priorities when the Archer link was raised the other day?
Wingers? Defenders or Midfielders?
Maybe Waring and Mangan could be the next to be shipped out? He did make it sound like theres a few to be moved on.
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Good luck to the lad, hope he bangs them in for supporters who won't slate him for the combined 120mins he's probably played.
Honestly though, probably fits a more counter attacking team style so might do well feeding off the target man that is Ryan Bird.
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Matt34
Just my opinion, subsequently borne out by fact.
jal jal (IP Logged)
If he starts, Alabi hattrick today, sodslaw
When he signed for us the Chester fans said that he's not a target he is better running at defences. Look at his Chester goals. We used him as a target man and wonder why he did'nt score. I assume we signed him because of the goals he scored for them and then we dont play to his strengths.
To add some stats to show why I think this is a good move.
He has played 403 minutes for us this season and scored 0 goals and had 0 assists. For the most part as many of us would agree in those 403 minutes he has not looked very good at all.
Last season he scored 17 in 42 matches. BUT 4 of those were penalties. If they had another penalty taker that would be 13 in 42 games so not exactly prolific. Another important point is he had 0 assists last season.
Norwood had 16 in 43 matches and started less games last season than Alabi but chipped in with 8 assists.
To me it looked like a speculative signing that has gone wrong as there seems to be little potential to eak out of Alabi.
There weren’t sufficient pre season games for him to be evaluated and I believe now we aren’t wasting a spot in the team for him we can start to kick on.
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Superb use of stats to prove what we have all seen with our own eyes.
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So why did we sign him. Two strikers brought in by MM are now out on loan.
That would be fact if there was at least one league club looking at his services as well and Alabi chose the NL as he felt it would suit him better.
The situation lends itself to your theory certainly, but not knowing if any league options were available as well, I still don't see your assertion as becoming a proven fact.
Sorry .
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Matt, he's shi7e, end of,he was a poor gamble, 17 goals last term in NL for Chester who actually had a decent side last season and did really well early on, compared with Ricky Miller who scored hatfuls in what was also a mediocre team, and has hardly set the FL on fire, Stockton was probably minutes per goal up their as highest scorer, didn't blaze a train at Morecambe and can't get a kick over the border. Alabi is no where near either of them in terms of quality.
We’ve tried him it hasn’t worked so it makes complete sense for him to go out on loan. We signed him on the back of his 17 goals for Chester last season, nowt wrong with that decision at all!
Agreed and that's what people need to remember when judging Mellon on the signing, as some people in the past have judged the manager for signing someone, based on that player having been at the club for 3-6 months, but managers can't sign people based on foresight, so therefore they can't be judged on it.
Therefore Mellon would obviously want to sign Alabi based on his past record and the last season he did well enough to suggest a step up of some kind might work out.
No need to apologise for misunderstanding, just move on .
Seems Alabi had a decent debut for Dover today. Still unclear why there's confusion over the length of the deal, though. Must say recent events do seem strange - the confusion over this deal, plus sending out the new signings on loan, plus news only just breaking that Rokka has been crocked the last six weeks, now two more mystery injuries to the fullbacks. A logical reason for each, perhaps, but still very unusual - not sure what to make of it all tbh.
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]Today James was quick, committed, skilful, won headers, held the ball up and put himself about very well. WE don't have a forward with those abilities and, if he is allowed to play inside instead of isolated on the wing, will score loads of goals for us. On a tough day for everyone, he was worth the entrance money alone.
Seems like he did have a good game, good luck to the lad.
Two of our players now playing for teams above us in the league . Waring scoring for Halifax giving them a point in the score draw which pushes them higher up the league than us where is the logic in lending players out to rival teams above us ?
As the half time whistle blew against Torquay (his debut), some fans had already made their opinion of him, and let him know as he left the pitch.
Maybe that’s the difference. Players are expected to fail here.
What a pity we cannot send our manager out on loan until he finds his former but at this point I cannot see too many clubs wanting him
I don't remember any fans getting at him specifically TBH at half time but I do remember his complete inability to control a football in all the time he was on the pitch at Torquay!
Maybe if continues doing well for them they will buy him and save us the waste of a second year on his contract. A win win in my book.
what a good idea ha ha
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How about sending some of us fans out on loan to see some improved performances! Macclesfield are short of a few fans! Pick your club! If you're feeling particularly miserable a loan spell at Chester would suit; you'd fit in well there (naming no names!).
Quesiton for you guys...be honest....why do you think that the 2 players MM sent out on loan played well in there first games with the other clubs ?
“Physical reality is actually a mirror: Your physical reality is just a reflection of what you most strongly believe to be true. And like a mirror, physical reality will not change unless you change first”
probably after frustration with us they felt they got something to prove
Could be any number of reasons. Way too early to read anything into it. How many times over the years have we had loan players who flattered to deceive, fading into nothing after promising starts.
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Probably due to poor man management and poor training. More focus on running than skill .
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Brilliant idea! I will even pay the loan fee, especially for the group of “supporters” who were sat near me at Hartlepool. Nothing but whinge, moan and criticise from start to finish. As I’ve said many a time, some people are only happy when they are moaning.
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I think it's a long-standing issue in the lower leagues. Generally, players perform better when their future is unsure than when they have just signed a two-year contract. You see quite often a player sign a long-term deal and their performances suddenly drop off a little. That's not a dig at players, but as lower league footballers are often on insecure contracts that feeling of being able to relax a little with a long deal can take a little off their edge.
It's just like when players come to us and are excellent on loan, then poorer when we sign them. If you sign players on loan who know they don't have a future with you (as when we went down twice) they don't play with that edge either. It's the Dunn/Tollit type of loanees which work when players know they are playing for their futures.
We've seen this with other forwards in recent seasons - on fire pre-season, but not good enough when signed, who are on fire when they move to new clubs and then reduce their performance levels. One reason why good players are at this level is consistency - if they could perform as they do when they have fire in their bellies they would be League players, but maintaining that fire is hard for them to do.
Spot on C&C. And this was also surely a factor in the kids' heroic 1-0 win at Maidstone last season against a team who had nothing to play for. Again, not a dig, just an observation about the fine margins in hunger and performance levels necessary to maintain a career rather than just doing it in short blasts.
Back to Alabi, I still think he'll have something to offer us in the future but, under current circumstances, a loan could work out well for all parties. Very similar to Stockton's situation last season in that regard.
If it was a 1-2 month loan, then I’d agree with you. However a season long loan suggests he has no place at the club.
Do we know for sure what the deal is yet? Last I heard we were saying it's only until January but they were saying it's the full season. I'd assumed they were wrong, maybe confusing end of year with end of season, but I haven't seen a definitive answer on this yet.
It was the official Dover page commenting, and they seemed pretty certain that it was until the end of the season, so I assume they’re correct.
Our official site specifically states January. No reason not to believe that, though you'd have thought somebody in authority or in the media would have explained the discrepancy by now.
I’m led to believe it’s done under 2 loans. One until January, one until the end of the season. They’ve just announced the second one early, and stated that their was no agreement saying they couldn’t.
Could it be a rule that you can only loan until January?
Could be, I guess, though it wouldn't be much of a rule if you can get round it that easily. Either way, if he does the business for Dover I'd hope we'd be able to recall him in January (or at any time after that).
Considering Alabi started ahead of our best goalscorer in the first game and then in subsequent games it's a bit of a slap in the face for Mellon.
It could be he was forced into it. Palios may have told him they need to offload before they recrute which is fair enough.
This is standard procedure for mid season season long loans, When we signed Ryan Shotton on a season long loan we actually took him until Christmas week and then from January 2nd or something. The reason is the amount of games sandwiched in over the period, the parent clubs do not like to risk a fatigue injury to the player which they will Ultimatley be left with a bill for and less so it gives the parent club an oportunity to asses mid term wether the loan is providing them with what they want i.e we send Alabi out to Dover for games and fitness then they bench him.
The rules are only around registration. At the moment we can only register loanees until the next transfer window. That rule isn't there to prevent longer-term signings - it's just that loans have to be short-term or they would be a transfer outside the window.
There is nothing to stop us selling Alabi to Dover today, if the contract states the fee is paid today but the registration isn't changed until January. He could then play for Dover on loan from Tranmere until the end of his loan, and then become their signings.
Clubs often sign players outside of the transfer window but cannot play them (I think United signed someone at the end of last season, whilst Leicester did this by mistake with the player who was registered 14 seconds after the window closed - although in those cases there wasn't a loan system which enabled the players to play, but if there was in the Premiership that Leicester player would be allowed to play on loan.)
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There is no transfer window in the National League, we can sign any player at any time for any fee and can play up to 5 loanees in any one fixture.
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Alabi scored the first goal for Dover in their 2-1 win today.
Bit of a bitter sweet one that; pleased for Alabi, but not for Dover's win.
The more goals he scores the better his confidence must be?
Consequently, if his level of performance continues to improve it is another option come January for MM?
It appears JA has started every game for Dover since signing and surely must be a fit for their style of play.
Chris Kinnear is a very good manager and has virtually rebuilt his side for this season, so he must see something in JA?
+1 should stay there for as long as it takes to find his scoring boots and confidence
Playing really really well for them by all accounts.
The only trouble with that is every goal he scores for Dover is a nail in our coffin as far as getting above Dover, it would perhaps been better going back to Chester or similar but not to a rival who's aim is also promotion.
I heard he scored yesterday with a header!
I think he'd do alright in our team the way we're set up now. But if he keeps doing the business at Dover, as well as boosting his own confidence it should also mean there'll be a bit less resistance (and therefore pressure) from our fans when he does next play for us. A bit like when Stockton came back from Morecambe, and hopefully with the same impact.
I don't think he'll be coming back tbh, I reckon he'll be their player come January.
Just seems a bit odd he's gone there and we haven't even paid Chester for him yet?
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The ruling–given on August 31, this year–knocked over the administration reorganizations that permitted the workers from abroad, on some specific ships, to be on the pay roll and in a job minus having an Australian Work Visa. As per the High Court, Peter Dutton–the then Australian Immigration Minister–went beyond his authority, via approving exemptions from the nation’s migration zone.
Court Victory Will Care For Local Jobs, Claim Unions
Welcoming the High Court’s ruling, the Maritime manpower in the country have reportedly stated that it will be decisive, and assist to protect local jobs, while simultaneously preventing the abuse of the low-priced overseas labor force, which had become widespread across the 200 billion dollar offshore oil and gas business.
Allegedly, the chief outcome is that it puts a stop to the administration’s efforts to chip away at the jobs of the Australian seafarers in the offshore oil and gas business, which is what they did by throwing the doors of the business wide open to the overseas workers.
Australian Immigration Case to make it simpler for Offshore Manpower
In 2015, the Australian federal administration reportedly decided to exempt the dedicated foreign employees, on specific some offshore oil and gas rigs, from necessitating an Australian Work Visa in general. The decision nullified the improvements earlier made by the Gillard Labor administration, which expanded the Australian Work Visa conditions to such rigs, making them component of the migration zone.
In the wake of the High Court’s ruling, Dutton reportedly stated that the immunities s had been given to defend jobs and solidify the future of the country’s offshore resources business even as he termed the decision as highly unsatisfactory.
He added that the decision to turn over the recent government reorganizations will generate more bureaucracy, boost costs for the industry, while cutting down the general competitiveness of one of the nation’s leading export earners.
Unions Claim Inducement to Appoint Cheap Overseas Workers
But, the union officials, representing workers across the trade, claim that the decision of the Turnbull regime, to exempt the overseas staff from needing an Australian Work Visa, served as an inducement for the firms to enlist foreign manpower on the cheap, while completely abandoning safety standards and working situations.
Union envoys reportedly proclaimed that the protracted legal challenge against the Turnbull regime’s reforms was a matter of if the nationals possess the authority to do a job in their own offshore business.
As per the union, the Abbott and Turnbull administrations made shoddy and repeated efforts to exclude any requirements for the foreign employees on some offshore missions to hold Work Visas, despite the fact that they were proffering their professional services inside the limits of the Australian waters.
Hailing the ruling, the union added that it was a BIG win for the labor force even as the result denotes that to work in the Australian waters one must either be a national or possess the nation’s work rights.
Expertise & Experience among Australian Employees
It is claimed that the officers’ union had over 170 jobless members, each and every one of them with the essential skills and preferred experience to do the work on offshore vessels. In the meantime, the Maritime Union of Australia disclosed that 1,000-plus employees were presently without a job.
In the meantime, Dutton reportedly condemned Labor for falling apart under the weight of the demands made by its ‘union masters’, at the cost of safeguarding the national economic interests when expanding the nation’s migration region, to take in the outsiders in the offshore resources trade back in 2013.
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Australian PR Visa from India–Are You Inspired?
Which country tops the chart when it comes to Australia Immigration? The nationals of which specific nation have the highest number of Australian PR Visas? India figures in both the answers. While it’s India which sends the highest number of visitors to Down Under it is the Indian immigrants who have acquired the highest number of PR Visas in the overseas hotspot.
It is the most preferred immigration destination for Indian skilled workers and students. First-rate education, amazing salaries, and superlative infrastructure make the destination the Number 1 hotspot for the Indians.
Thanks to its strong economy, outstanding health care and education system it is a popular immigration destination for the Indians. Indian immigrants also enjoy the benefit of having knowledge of the local language. These are just some of the reasons that attract numerous Indian visitors to Oz.
If you are keen to acquire the Australian PR Visa from India then you must at least know which PR immigration programme will lead you to your dream destination.
Oz Prefers Indian Immigrants
The love is mutual as the ‘Land of Kangaroos’ also prefer Indian immigrants as they are laborious skilled workers who help their economy grow. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) gives preference to those immigrants who are keen to settle there permanently even as by and large majority of the Indian immigrants are keen to become Australian Permanent Residents, and so they are given high preference.
Australian PR Visa from India
PR in the country can be acquired through a well organized point based system. The country’s point based system is not only appreciated by many other countries but it has been followed as well. To qualify, the minimum passing marks is 60 points. However, higher points will maximize your chances.
Some of the major influencing facts that play a crucial role in deciding if you are eligible for Australian PR are as follow:
It is a real influencing factor. The DIBP prefers young applicants with a fire to start afresh. Still, age limit varies under different PR Visa categories. For accurate information, consult an Australia immigration consultant. Remember: your PR Visa application will be rejected if you have crossed the eligible age limit.
Language Proficiency
Your application will not be entertained if you have not submitted your language score along with your visa application, or if your language score is below the set benchmark.
The Australian Government is very particular about health issues. Hence, you must submit your health status as well or else your application will be considered incomplete and it will not be processed further.
Those with criminal background should not even try to submit their application.
‘Land of Kangaroos’ has numerous PR Visa categories depending on the applicant’s skills and education. To successfully acquire the country’s PR Visa, choose the right visa category. For that you can take the help of an Australian PR visa consultant who will provide you’re the needed support and guidance.
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Australian PR Visa for Indians–Wide Range of Options
Australian PR visa – Australia is well-known for its strong economy and matchless education and health sector. The country has opened its gates for the immigrants from almost every corner of the world. The available figures reveal that Indian migrants have suppressed all. Yes, a large number of Indians has obtained the country’s Permanent Residency (PR) are leading a peaceful life there in.
Some of the common reasons why most Indian migrants have chosen Down Under as the most preferred immigration destination are the lack of opportunities in their native country, knowledge of English and eagerness to adopt a new and successful culture.
The numerous benefits offered by the Australian Government are enough to draw new Indian immigrants to process their PR visa application.
Australian PR visa for Indians
There are enough job opportunities for the Indian skilled workers. Eligible applicants can register as per their functional area referring their profile. However, a job offer is subject to their education credentials and eligibility. Interested candidates can read the job description under the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) from time to time updated by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP).
Lately, there has been a massive swell in the number of Indians moving to Oz as permanent residents. An ample number of Indian professionals are representing the Australian economy now-a-days.
The privileges enjoyed by Indians residing as PR are as follow:
Equal rights in a democratic society
Liberty to choose occupation or higher degree
Apply for public services
New born are considered as Australian citizens
Right to sponsor family
Subsidized health care facilities through Medicare
Australian PR visa procedure is based on the popular point based system. The permanent residents automatically become eligible to apply for Australian citizenship once they have lived and worked in the country for at least two years.
Now let’s take a look at the basic point system to acquire the Australian Permanent Residency (PR). First, we will look at the eligibility bench mark with respect to the essential factors which are used to calculate points which includes language proficiency, age, experience, education and adaptability. If the candidates have state sponsorship they will get five points extra and if they have a family member as Australian citizen or permanent resident, then they will receive 10 points extra. To qualify, in total 60 points are required.
Australian PR Visa for Indians can be acquired using one of the following pathways:
Skilled Nominated Visa (subclass 190)
Temporary Skilled Work Visa- (Subclass 457)
188- Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa
Skilled Regional Visa (Provisional) subclass 489
Business Innovation and Investment Visa (subclass 888)
To help you acquire the prized PR Visa, several Australia immigration agents are offering their professional services. They have in-depth knowledge and vast experience to assist you throughout the long and complex Australian immigration process. Use their services to get PR.
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Australian PR for Indians-What Visa Options Are Accessible
Australian PR for Indians – Permanent Residence (PR) status of a developed economy, like Canada or Australia, or for that matter the US, is something that motivates a large number of applicants from across the globe, and why not? Who will not love to reside and do a highly rewarding job in a highly developed country and live life in the best possible manner?
Who will not like to enjoy superlative infrastructure, first-rate educational and healthcare facilities, especially if he is either skilled or has the necessary funds to crack a visa code?
The crystal-clear Australian seas beaches are one of the major attractions for the water lovers from across the globe. The Kangaroo Land rich in its culture and mesmerizing landscape attracts migrants from worldwide. Indian candidates–being no exemption–love to travel to this wonderful destination that offers a highly secured life, a very promising future and much more.
Australian PR for Indians–Popular Pathways
All wishful applicants from India–who target Oz as their immigration destination–should know all the gateways up-for-grabs that can help them land safely in the country. Though there are many gateways wide open for the aspirants from Indian, the most popular are:
Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189): This particular visa stands by all those skilled candidates who are pretty wealthy in the different types of skills. If his skill occupies a place in the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) of the nation, then he is likely to get nominated for any of the Australian employer or state, to come to the country and enjoy living there in.
State Sponsored Visa (Subclass 190): This specific visa category is essentially for all those successful Indians who have grabbed nomination from Down Under or from any of its states. After receiving sponsorship, the applicant needs to collect points in the popular point based immigration system run by SkillSelect. It will provide him with certain points on his age, education, work experience, and language ability. A score of 60 and more points can easily enable the candidate to the country for a bright future there in.
Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186): This popular and widely used visa category is basically meant for those aspirants who are keen to stay in Down Under even as during the stay they will be professionally involved in a job for a specified time.
Business Talent Visa (Subclass 132): This is basically not an Investor Visa. It is tailor-made to suit the requirements for the candidates who are under 55 years of age and possess excellent commercial background. This pathway of the Australian PR for Indians lays out the restrictions of setting up of a business in a particular state. Plus, the business, set up by the candidate, needs to prove decisive and add on to the economy of the Kangaroo Land.
Australia Business Talent (Subclass 132) Visa: This pathway opens two different ways for the applicants. In one of its types, the candidate needs to take hold of existing or completely new business enterprise in the country, and according to second type he needs to receive funding equivalent to 1 million dollars from an Australian business group.
Business Innovation and Investment Residence (Subclass 188): This is the second stage of the Business Innovation Programme and it allows the aspirant to run a business in Oz, on a permanent basis. It also enables him to include his family members. This visa category asks for some obligations; for example, the applicant needs to create two full-time jobs for the residents and maintain investment for a period of four years.
Australia Subclass 457 Visa: This permits migration from overseas to the country after getting a nomination from an Australian organization on a temporary basis. This visa allows him to offer his professional services for a maximum time frame of four years.
Use any of the options mentioned above and move to the well-known and widely visited immigration hotspot as a permanent resident.
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Get Permanent Residence in Australia via State Nominated Subclass 190 Visa Path
Permanent Residence in Australia
Let’s make the things easy for such applicants and discuss the category in detail!
As the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull abolished the Visa Subclass 457, and shortened the Federal Skilled Occupation List, the Visa Subclass 190 has become the most applied category. It is basically a permanent category and allows the visa holder to live and work in the country indefinitely, but they are not considered as the Australian citizens. To become one they will have to wait for at least four years and fulfill several important requirements.
It is also one of the two important permanent visas that falls under the General Skilled Migration Scheme (GSM) of the country.
State Nominated Subclass 190–Important Features
Since it is a state nominated category, to get an Invitation to Apply (ITA) it is mandatory for the applicant to obtain a state or territory nomination.
To present a petition, you must first check the state occupation list and if your occupation is listed under the same else you can pick an occupation that matches with your education, skills and experience. Also you must not forget to get your skill assessment done by an authorized authority.
Submit and Expression of Interest (EOI) through SkillSelect. If you have not received an ITA for two years, your EOI will automatically expire, and at any stage if you wish to change your EOI, you can only do so prior receiving an ITA.
To become eligible for the Visa Subclass 190, it is mandatory that you score at least 60 points on the basis of various key factors. It’s a passing benchmark under the category set by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP).
It has been observed approximately 70% of the received applications are approved within 9 to 10 months. Though the processing time depends on many factors such as submission of required documents, complete application submitted on time, documents verification, etc.
What are the benefits of acquiring Permanent Residence in Australia through Subclass 190?
Some of the benefits enjoyed by the visa holders are as follow:-
Live, work and study in the country indefinitely.
Entitled to access subsidized healthcare facilities.
Access many social benefits.
Travel in and out of the country any number of times.
Apply for Australian citizenship once you have lived in the country for at least four years.
Sponsor family members for the Australian Permanent Residency (PR).
If you are applying for the Permanent Residence in Australia apply through an Australia Immigration Consultant. The PR visa application submitted under the guidance of an expert cuts down the chances of refusal.
Source:http://blog.abhinav.com/get-permanent-residence-australia-via-state-nominated-subclass-190-visa-path
Jul,2017
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Learn Which Professionals Have Excellent Australia Immigration Possibilities with Skilled Migrant Visa
Skills and only skills can help you land in Australia. With Skilled Migrant Visa to Australia, your path will not be as tough as it might be for other folks. In Oz, the lack of skilled labor has left no other alternative for the government but to pick up the migrants from other countries.
With the Skilled Migrant Visa in Australia, you can expect to be paid well along with a lot of benefits which you will enjoy once you have become the citizen of the nation. But, first and foremost thing which might be popping in your head is which are the top skills demanded in the hotspot.
In this blog, you will come to know about few sectors which have been facing terrible shortage of qualified workers and how you can easily fill up the growing gap.
The economy of Down Under is a developed one, and once an economy is developed, you will have to cater to a lot of the requirements put forward by the economy. Only trained Accountants can help the government manage the tax audits and income assessment. Even risk assessment can be done in the best manner when you have got good accountants to prepare the business forecast.
Agriculture and Horticulture
The economy of Oz has been trying to be self-dependent with respect to the farm produces. In order to help gain self-sustainability, the government has been promoting different agricultural programmes under which skilled Farmers and Horticulturalists can come to the place with an Australia Skilled Migrant Visa, and contribute in the pursuit of self-sustainability. Canberra has also earmarked funds for research with respect to crop pattern and various ways with which organic crops can be grown easily anywhere.
Automotive Trades
In this niche of trade, there have been good opportunities shaping up in the interest of those individuals who are extremely proficient at technology and automobiles. Technology with respect to motorcycle, repairs, cars and other vehicles which can better the economy and those individuals who can bring about this change can help them grow.
Different cities in the Kangaroo Land are on the verge of experiencing a complete revamp. In order to cope up with the burgeoning need of Architects and Structural Engineers, the Australian immigration department, namely, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), has taken the job in hand to make sure that right skills can make it to nation. If you are a structural engineer or an architect, you can bring about a change at any point of time with the degree which you have been so far cherishing.
Skilled Migrant Visa in Australia can help you live your dream, all you need to do is just grasp it and get going. Contact a professional visa and immigration consultant, to make your journey to the popular destination easier and speedier.
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Know Why It makes Sense to Involve Australian Migration Agents?
During the past couple of years, Australia has been one of the most favourite overseas hotspots for the migrants from India & South Asia. Particularly through the previous 20 years or so, many would-be migrants from this part of the world have shifted their loyalty from the US & Western Europe to Down Under. And, in their quest to move to the country of their choice–under their preferred visa classes–the professional Australian Migration Agents have played a key role.
Why the Kangaroo Land Motivates Indians?
Well, it is one of the fastest developing global economies and a tremendously well-off country. The Australian economy is, by and large, market based with a comparatively high GDP per capita, and a moderately not-too-high rate of poverty.
It has excellent job and investment opportunities for the motivated people wishing to make it BIG on the world stage. The society in Down Under is culturally and ethnically highly diverse with people from almost every area of the world.
Australia has export partnership with India even as the trade association between the two counties is tremendously friendly. Further, the populace of Down Under includes over 2% Indians and 12% Asian Australians. Given this, residing in Oz becomes reasonably stress-free for South Asians.
What’s more: the recruiters/firms are highly cooperative, in terms of hiring the Indians. The manners of entering into the Kangaroo Land have been simplified and different curbs, which were in place before, have been done away with now.
Why Appoint Australian Migration Agents?
They streamline the various visa classes and Permanent Residency (PR) based matters which many visa aspirants from Indian frequently are subjected to while making an effort to move to the hotspot.
These professionals prepare the applicants for the different compulsory tests needed by the administration of Oz. The Australian migration agents also represent their clients as their authorized representatives.
Many service providers have several years of relevant experience managing a range of Australian visa petitions. Right from the Partner Visas to the 457 Visas and the Business Investor Visas, they are aware of the fact what the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) needs, and they confirm that the application of their clients fulfil these needs.
Most reputed players in the market are registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) and hence you can be guaranteed of accountability when seeking and using their professional services.
Many Australian migration agents also provide an entirely free visa valuation and will recommend the finest Australian visa choice for you, on the basis of your particular qualifications and individual state of affairs.
Furthermore, when it comes to submitting an Australian visa application, they understand that the process can be pretty intimidating and difficult for the common aspirants. They also know that you may only have one chance to submit a petition, and that your future depends on getting a positive outcome.
The professional Australian migration agents pride themselves on leaving no stone unturned and doing everything possible within their power to get the best possible result for you. By putting your migration in their hands, you can delight in complete peace of mind.
Abhinav Consultants
Abhinav has an exceedingly impressive success rate. The well-known consultancy has assisted a large number of people successfully receive Australian visas. The consultancy understands every visa class–the steps, the forms, the policies and the drawbacks–and they will help you sail through them.
Your specific case will be put with a skilled consultant who specialises in your particular visa subcategory. A key benefit of having a big and knowledgeable team is that Abhinav can match the right immigration agent with the right customer.
Abhinav is responsible and takes a lot of pride in its reputation. It has a very good success rate and also a very good rating.
Still, before you decide to use the professional services of these Australian migration agents, it’s crucial that you do your homework and go through the appraisals from their previous customers.
Source:-http://blog.abhinav.com/know-makes-sense-involve-australian-migration-agents/
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Are You Interested To Get Hold Of Australia Visa from India?
Australia is a haven for the pushy overseas businessmen and investors, keen to make it BIG on the international stage even as there is no dearth of those who want to get an Australia Visa from India for investment and business purposes. Are you also one of those wishing to get an Australia Investment Business Visa from India? If yes, check this blog and figure out what attractive choices you really have!
But, before we move further, let’s find out what exactly is the Investor Visa for Australia!
Well, it is a special visa developed for the global investment behemoths and high net worth people who want to play a key role in the growth of the Australian economy and settle in the country, on a permanent basis, via the investment route. You can get this visa if you are willing to invest at least 1.5 Million Australian Dollars, but, the bigger investment you make, the large set of perks greet you.
Now let’s check what you get via the path of Australia Business Immigration!
Well, you get the right to develop and manage a fresh or already set-up Australian business on the originally agreed terms & conditions.
You get the right to usher in your near and dear ones as dependants.
You can move globally, minus any difficulties until the visa loses its validity.
You can successfully chase Permanent Residency (PR) or citizenship in due time.
Top Australia Investment Visa Options
Business Innovation and Investment Provisional Visa Subclass 188
It has three different categories:
Business Innovation Category: It is meant for those who wish to set up establish a venture or firm in the country.
Investment Category: It is basically meant for those who wish to make an investment of not less than 1.5 million Australian Dollars in a state or territory of Oz and keep up business and investment action.
Significant Investor Category: It is meant for those who wish to make an investment of not less than 5 million Australian Dollars into Australian investments and continue business and investment movement.
With a Business Innovation Visa, you may make or maintain your investments in the country, and usher-in your family members with you. Apart from this, you get a limitless amount of travel in and out of Down Under for the time-frame of the visa. You also get the right to bring your partner and dependent kids.
As ill luck would have it, this is only an impermanent visa. Still, you get the opportunity to hunt for Permanent Residency (PR) via applying for a Business Innovation and Investment Permanent visa subcategory 888.
With a view to be qualified for the visa, you need to present an Expression of Interest (EoI) and also get nomination from a state or territory administration.
Afterwards, you require fulfilling the normal health and security conditions and some additional requirements specific to each class. While these may be extremely difficult, these also necessitate different factors, like a points test.
You can apply for this Australia Visa from India. You can also do it if you are located in Down Under, even as a great deal of the petition process can be duly concluded online.
Business Innovation and Investment Permanent Visa Subclass 888
It is essentially the second stage visa of the Business Innovation and Investment Australia Visa Subcategory 188. You may only submit an application for it post you have fulfilled the conditions of the Provisional 188 Visa.
As a permanent resident, you and your accompanying family members can:
Reside and do a job in the nation on a permanent basis.
Enrol for study course in the country and benefit from the premium education facilities available.
Avail medicare benefits – the nation’s scheme for healthcare.
Access some specific social security payments.
Submit an application for the much sought after Australian citizenship.
Proffer sponsorship to family members for the prized permanent residence status.
You must have held complying investments as described in your Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) Visa (subcategory 188). You must have held those investments uninterruptedly in any proportion across the investment options, for the duration of your provisional visa.
You must have a good record of following the Australian laws, comprising those relating to taxation, superannuation, workplace relations, and additional laws applicable to your business.
You must have not been associated with any kind of intolerable business or investment movements.
You must have a strong pledge to carry on your business and investment movement in the nation.
Consult a well-known consultancy, if you want to get this or for that matter any other Australia Visa from India.
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OYO behind the hotel finance: mysterious forces 'growth' into offline traffic
OYO new hotel chain brand hotel, announced by the OYO hotel has in nearly 200 cities in late September, 1800, hotels, has more than 87000 rooms, this rapid growth has raised eyebrows in the industry.
OYO on September 25th, meanwhile, the hotel also announced a new round of financing, the current OYO hotel won a $600 million investment in China, as China's hotel industry in the history of the largest single financing private financing.This round of funding by softbank (SBIA) led, the speed of light Capital (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Sequoia Capital (Sequoia) and Greenoaks Capital. And other international well-known investment institutions to participate in the investment.
Aimed at the hotel into the guest "offline growth plans"
No one from the shelf to the convenience store, horse fresh to Luckin coffee from the case in recent years, offline scene has become the battleground.The reporter understands, OYO hotel revenue management performance is very bright eye, according to the current master a set of data, have joined before OYO average hotel occupancy rate of only 26%, while joining two months later, the average occupancy rate increased to 67%, among which, 72% of the orders from offline to enter.Nearly OYO hotel source told reporters that OYO hotel internal formed a mysterious forces "growth", dedicated to "into" a guest's hotel line of all kinds of "incurable diseases", enter or offline order for OYO hotel.
To unravel the mysterious veil of the "growth forces", the reporter interviewed the vice President and director of operations will dominate OYO hotel, he confessed, OYO hotel since this may begin to implement "offline growth plan", at the same time quickly formed a proficient hotel offline revenue management forces "growth", named internal "O clan", they rise through the user experience, market structure optimization, a community marketing means, such as precision raise its OYO hotel offline won a ability.
Han feng, after two months of operation, the "team" O surrendered satisfactory report card - in pilot cities OYO average hotel occupancy rate, from 26% before joining growth to 67%, among which, 72% of the orders from offline to enter.
O team: "traveling incognito" investigation details optimization of lived experience is the first step
Han feng told reporters that "O clan" is an important task "traveling incognito," they will in a day tour shop found in the process of hotel management in detail, such as poor hotel periphery environment cleanliness, appearance is not neat, etc., can be improved with the fastest speed.
New signing OYO ink southern hunan hotel owner had lady tells a reporter, her hotel is located in chenzhou, hunan province, location is not very good, is outside the streets, and the traveler often with will be discarded garbage on the side of the road, affect the appearance of aesthetic and cleanliness.But before joining OYO hotel, she often ignore these details.
After joining OYO hotel, in addition to the hotel brand, store signs, guest room, etc for the brand upgrade, even outside stores also have the specialist is responsible for the daily patrol, appearance beautiful degree, cleanliness of nature.Through this a series of targeted improvement measures, the hotel quality has improved.Ms later learned that the original OYO the hotel also has a "O clan" in silence for his services.
Ms once said, the hotel quality upgrade brings customers "voting with your feet", there are more and more customers initiative to introduce repeat customers, into the guest is also more and more, the average hotel occupancy rate from joining former 49% to more than 75%, the holidays such as peak season is full even sold out.
Many means tuning hotels to offline revenue management
Professional access to the revenue management system, the trend of The Times is running the hotel.Han feng told reporters that "O clan" from the tour group orders at present, enterprise business orders, member three aspects such as system construction, optimizing the OYO hotel chain's market structure and income level.
"O clan" in terms of customers to obtain stable line work, according to the "team" O there are specialist is responsible for the tour group and enterprise business class room reservation.Don't look down on the job, for hundreds of thousands of stores in the sight of how to allocate rooms and precise guests, it is a very system engineering, the factors should be considered very much.Tour order is usually fixed, for example, in quantity to do it in advance, but business orders, randomness is relatively large, so the hotel rooms and offline customers dynamic tuning is particularly critical.
Han feng told reporters that after "O clan" operations management, OYO hotel business order rate increased significantly, in xining, linfen, shijiazhuang and other cities, OYO hotel business bookings rose more than 20%.
In addition, "O clan" in a short span of less than a month of time, build up the OYO hotel membership system, provide convenient service for its guests, integral exchange, late check-out and other personal rights and interests, thus promote offline customers check in.At present, there are 72% of the orders at OYO hotel from offline to enter the guest, and a large part of the user of this member has been transformed into OYO hotel.
A community marketing precision drive offline new guests
A good soldier of han feng said, "O clan" versatile strength is the operation of the hotel, almost operations, sales and marketing competence, and they play in the field of offline marketing growth is new.And other established hotel group marketing gimmick, "O team" will be at the heart of the hotel in the community customers accurate analysis, so as to provide them with better products and services.
Obviously, the hotel's position is different, its core customers is different.Generally speaking, in the business circle and the scenic area near the hotel will be given priority to with tourists;And near the factory or business district (CBD), it will be in the majority with travel or business people in the business travel.Therefore, in the choice of marketing channels and marketing methods, are specific to analysis.
Shenzhen OYO garden hotel is located in shenzhen futian district, is 40 km from shenzhen airport, but due to close to the guangshen highway, heading to the airport traffic more convenient, so "O team" in the process of line source management, targeted to match more business people.
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Book Review – The Test (Testing Times).
Author/Source: Kim Henson
An absorbing novel centred on motor sport in the 1970s – Reviewed by Kim Henson.
Title: The Test (Testing Times)
Author: Jeremy Walton
Published by: Independently published
320 pages; paperback
Price: £7.00 UK
How to Buy: Shop in Amazon UK-books-Jeremy Walton-The Test
(Average customer review 4.5 out of 5 stars, eight customer reviews).
National problems and politics aside, in terms of motor cars, rock/pop music and the exhilarating side of life, the early 1970s were great years for many in which to grow up in Britain. Add the excitement – and very real dangers – involved in motor racing at that time, plus an endearing romantic angle, and there is an excellent recipe for a gripping fictional thriller…
…In this case the author who has skilfully mixed together these evocative ingredients to create a very tasty dish is Jeremy Walton, who is highly experienced in terms of motor sport and cars in general, and is an accomplished and well-respected writer of many factual motoring books plus multitudes of magazine and website articles.
His well-written atmospheric tale, ‘The Test’ tells of the lows and highs of a young racing driver starting at ground level, working hard to impress and make his way into the big league of motor racing, around 47 years ago. However the story line is also cleverly interwoven with comprehensively detailed and thoroughly believable accounts surrounding the intrigue of the power struggles that could have operated within motor sport at that time, plus the dirty deeds of a number of ‘baddies’, also the heartening trust in, and love for, the story’s hero shown by a young lady.
Although the story is fictional, it could easily have been portraying much of true life in the motor racing world at that time, and no doubt the author’s own years in motor sport helped inspire/provide the raw materials for many anecdotes built into it. In any event it is graphically and exquisitely detailed, with many aspects based on the sorts of events that did take place.
I am not going to spoil the account for those who may wish to buy and read this book (and I encourage you to do so), but suffice to say that it is exciting and thoroughly readable, and it had this reviewer enjoying its pages through late nights and early mornings until there were no more pages to read!
Racy in every sense, imaginatively and comprehensively descriptive (fully engaging the reader and taking them into the heart of each scenario), and accurate in terms of recalling the atmosphere of the early 1970s, it is also irreverent and humorous when appropriate.
Just a terrific read from cover to cover. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Well done Mr. Walton.
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YMCA Norfolk’s Chris named by BBC Radio Norfolk as education volunteer of the year
22 November 2018 by Keith Morris
Two weeks after meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury, YMCA Norfolk volunteer Chris Forster has been named as BBC Radio Norfolk’s Education Volunteer of the Year.
Chris, who has been volunteering with YMCA Norfolk youth clubs across the county for the past 18 months, was told he was a winner earlier this week by BBC presenter Nick Conrad who broadcast an interview with him and his youth engagement worker Charlie Wall on Tuesday.
Archbishop Justin Welby met Chris at the YMCA during his recent three-day visit to Norfolk and heard how the Christian charity had been able to give Chris a room when the relationship with his partner broke up after their young daughter was born, partly because of Chris’s problem with anger.
It then supported him in both seeing his young daughter, deal with his anger issues, acknowledge his part in the break-up, reconcile with his partner and, eventually, restore the relationship so they are now a family once more.
Meanwhile, once living at the YMCA Central in Norwich, Chris started to volunteer with a YMCA youth club in Caister, helped by Charlie. As more youth clubs were opened up across Norfolk, Chris volunteered to work at several of them.
“Volunteering with the youth clubs makes me happy and I love the kids’ reactions when they get excited and look forward to what we do at the clubs,” Chris told Radio Norfolk. “We now have two youth clubs open almost every day from King’s Lynn and Norwich to Great Yarmouth.”
Charlie told Radio Norfolk: “Chris was keen to volunteer to get some qualifications so he could go on to support his own young children. He showed promise and dedication with his youth club volunteering so I invited him to do a youth work traineeship, level 2. He completed this successfully and YMCA saw his potential and wanted to invest in him, so we invited him to do a level 3 apprenticeship, which he is currently on.
“Chris is dedicated to his work and makes a real difference – he comes in, is passionate and wants to work. This award is well deserved.”
Chris said: “I already get a really good feeling about what I do, to have it recognised with an award is incredible.
“I hope to continue working for the YMCA, complete my apprenticeship and maybe work in housing as without the YMCA housing team I would not be where I am today.
“The YMCA is showing me the light at the end of the tunnel. It has given me a hope, given me a future, given me a career and given me my family back.”
The Runner-up for the Radio Norfolk award is also a YMCA Norfolk volunteer – Yvonne Mack.
Hear Chris being told he has won the award: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06pqvs1
Start listening at: 54:00
Pictured above is Chris Forster talking to Archbishop Justin Welby.
You can watch the video about Chris’s story below.
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Let Me Die in His Footsteps: A Novel
by Lori Roy
Publishers Weekly The scents of Lavender and regret are heavy in this suspenseful coming-of-age novel centering on two generations of rural Kentucky women-and those unlucky enough to become enmeshed in their lives-from Edgar-winner Roy (Bent Road). The devastating tale alternates between chapters set in 1936 narrated by Sarah Crowley and chapters set in 1952 from the third-person perspective of teenage Annie Holleran, whom Sarah has been raising as her daughter. But the key figure, never heard from directly, is Juna, Sarah's younger sister (and Annie's birth mother), a seductive, sinister force responsible for sending one man to the gallows and a boy to his death. Gifted (or cursed) with Juna's startling black eyes and a sixth sense country folk call "the know-how," the spirited Annie has been making nearly everyone uneasy for as long as she can remember. Annie's discovery of a dead body on a neighboring farm leads to the unearthing of long-buried, still-dangerous secrets. This powerful story inspired by the last legal public hanging in the U.S. should transfix readers right up to its stunning final twist. Agent: Jenny Bent, Bent Agency. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal The last lawful public hanging in the United States, held in Owensboro, KY, in 1936, provides the inspiration for this atmospheric suspense novel. The story opens with Annie Holleran sneaking away to her neighbor's well in the dead of night. Local folklore holds that if you look into a well at midnight, you will see the reflection of your future husband. But for Annie, the events of that evening have far-reaching consequences. There's a rift between Annie's family and the Baines family next door-a gulf that dates back to when Annie's Aunt Juna, a dark-eyed beauty, cast a spell over the Baines boys. Roy's tale moves back and forth in time between Annie's experiences in 1952 and those of her mother, Sarah, and Juna in 1936 when one of the Baines sons was accused of a terrible crime. VERDICT In her third novel (after the Edgar Award-winning Bent Road and the Edgar-nominated Until She Comes Home) Roy describes life on a lavender farm in rural Kentucky in vivid detail, and the mystery of what happened years ago will keep readers engaged until the end. Her engaging story of young love, Southern folklore, family feuds, and crimes of passion is bound to satisfy readers who enjoy Southern fiction and coming-of-age tales. [See Prepub Alert, 12/8/14; Dutton is pushing to breakout Roy with extensive marketing.-Ed.]-Amy Hoseth, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Book list *Starred Review* Someone will return, and someone will die; that's foretold when the rocking chair on Annie Holleran's porch rocks by itself. It's Annie's ascension (her 15-and-a-half-years birthday), and she has gone next door to peer down the Baines' well to see the image of her true love. Hollerans and Baines aren't meant to mix since Annie's Aunt Juna's accusations made Joseph Carl Baines the county's last official hanged man. But using the Baines' well, as tradition dictates, is Annie's only hope of secretly glimpsing her future husband. Instead of a future lover, Annie finds Cora Baines' body and knows the prickling sensation she has been feeling wasn't excitement about her ascension; it's a warning from her know-how (a sort of spirit connection) that something is coming. Is it her birth mother, Aunt Juna, returning to rain down more evil? Or is it one of the Baines brothers returning for revenge? Annie's know-how warns that the past is rising up, and she sets to sorting out the time-muddled truth in hopes of warding off tragedy. Roy easily reaches back in time to conjure small-town Kentucky of 1936 and 1952, as Annie and her adoptive mother reveal the aftermath of a young boy's mysterious death. Edgar winner Roy's third novel (following Until She Comes Home, 2013) is an atmospheric, vividly drawn tale that twists her trademark theme of family secrets with the crackling spark of the know-how for a suspenseful, ghost-story feel.--Tran, Christine Copyright 2015 Booklist
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76ers storm past Raptors, force Game 7
Jimmy Butler finished with a team-high 25 points for the Philadelphia 76ers. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images/AFP
Huge crowd gathers to celebrate Raptors’ NBA crown
Raptors squander golden opportunity to clinch NBA title
Golden State win but both teams lose Game 5
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Jimmy Butler scored 25 points, Ben Simmons added 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 112-101 Thursday to save their season and even the Eastern Conference semifinals at three games apiece.
Joel Embiid added 17 points and 12 rebounds, Tobias Harris contributed 16 points and nine rebounds, plus JJ Redick and Mike Scott had 11 points each for the third-seeded Sixers, who haven't advanced to the Eastern Conference finals since 2001, when they ousted the Bucks in seven games -- after also winning a seven-game series over Toronto.
Kawhi Leonard led the second-seeded Raptors with 29 points and 12 rebounds.
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Disney Channel Star Christy Carlson Romano Details ‘Depression and Drinking’ in Emotional Essay
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Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano of Even Stevens and Kim Possible wrote a heartfelt essay on Teen Vogue, detailing her struggles during her childhood acting days.
Romano begins the essay asking if Ren Stevens (her character on Even Stevens) would ever purchase a $40,000 crystal to help her life, Romano did in real life.
"Nothing could have prepared me for fame and the responsibilities that came with being on television screens everywhere," she wrote. "I was somewhat protected (or stultified) by staying on my set and making friends with whoever showed up to be cast as my best friend that week." She explained that she would watch films and be "insanely jealous" of the normalcy and relationships the characters had.
She then described a tape playing inside her head telling her that she wasn't good enough. "Despite all my public successes, inside I was insecure... My personal value was irrelevant until validated by my most recent accomplishment," the essay detailed.
She took a break from the acting world and went to an Ivy League college, hoping to get that teen movie happy ending of sorts. She ultimately dropped out and went to the New York Theatre community. It was then at 19-years-old her new habits began. "I became a bit harder-edged, binge-drank more at loud nightclubs, and started to accept the transient natures of love, sex, and friendship," she said. "Growing up, I entertained thousands of families only to feel completely lonely."
She admitted that she has struggled with her relationships, career, and alcohol usage for the past ten years prior to going back to school. She ended up meeting her husband in a screenwriting class, who she now shares two children with. Romano is now doing well and claimed that she hasn't had a drink since before her first pregnancy.
Romano is gearing up to launch her very own YouTube cooking show.
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US reaffirms commitment to assisting Nigeria fight Boko Haram
The United States has restated its commitment to assist Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram and rescue the Chibok girls.
More than 200 Chibok girls were kidnapped from a school in North East Nigeria in April 2014. They remain in captivity till today.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and the Commander United States Africa Command (USAAFRICOM), Gen. David Rodriguez, stated this in a joint online press conference on Thursday.
According to local media reports, Thomas-Greenfield noted that President Muhammadu Buhari was going to be in Washington later this month for meetings with the administration and that “we will have discussions with him on what we can do to continue to assist Nigeria and their effort to fight against Boko Haram.
“Part of that discussion will be how we can provide the equipment and support that Nigerians require. Part of what we will do is to engage with the new government, we will have discussion on what we can do to continue to assist Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram.
“Human rights are an important value for the United States and in any place that we are providing lethal weapons.
“We want to know that the militaries that we are providing those weapons do not use that in a way that violates the human rights of ordinary civilians so we will have that discussion moving forward,” she said. Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. government would discuss these issues with the Nigerian government and that they would also discuss how to better prepare the Nigerian military to support communities.
Thomas-Green also said that the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls was high priority for the U.S. government.
On his part, Rodriguez noted that the U.S. has continued to share intelligence with the Nigerian leadership, about the Chibok girls as well as other people who have been taken by Boko Haram.
“We will continue to do that and pursue the effort of rescuing the girls,’’ he said.
The commander said the U.S. would continue to promote peace and security in Africa as a priority and that was why the command exists.
He said the command supports peace keeping efforts and strengthens the capacity of Africa military through partnership.
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PRESERVATION PRO USER GUI… Frequently Asked Questions
Application Release Notes
Archaeological Project Questions
Archaeological Site Questions
Literature Search Questions
Preservation Property Questions
Preservation Survey Questions
Scanned Archaeological Site Forms FAQ
Last modified on 12/16/2011 11:12 AM by User.
General background (5/26/2011): The newest version of the UDSH online application for historic and archaeological resources is now available as an early release product. Named Preservation Pro, the application provides access to both the State’s archaeological and historic buildings databases. Difficulties in combining the two databases led a significant delay in the application’s release. Due to this delay, and the fragility of the existing system, UDSH was forced to release the application prior to final completion of the product. Many immediate fixes are in progress and other “feature requests” will be tackled in the next couple of months. Periodic new builds will become available with bugs fixed and new features available. A finalized, more polished product will be available soon- thank you for your patience. In the interim, please feel free to submit comments and feedback through the feedback tools within the application or directly to UDSH staff.
Q: Where is Preservation Pro located?
A: The correct address for the ap is: http://preservationpro.utah.gov (no www). ****Please note****: the site www.preservationpro.utah.gov is NOT correct address and should not be accessed.
Q: What does "Surveys" means:
A: Surveys refer to Historic Building Architectural Surveys. It does not refer to archaeological inventories or surveys. Instead such activities are found under Projects.
Q: Is the database complete?
A: Currently the database is NOT complete- spatially or tabular. Utilizing the system will not provide you with complete file search results. If you require a complete literature search to supplement the information found within the database, either the onsite records at UDSH or the appropriate landowner’s records should be consulted as required by your project.
Q: For my archaeological records project do I still need to request a GIS search through UDSH?
A: It has recently become apparent that not everything is perfectly "joined" within the system. This means you may not get 100% of the data if you are only utilizing the Application. We are working hard to address these issues. Currently it is recommended that you request a UDSH GIS search for any full literature search you are completing to assure you are getting everything we retain (plus the patron completing a search of the backlog). Searching the landowner's/agency records will also prove beneficial as occasionally we do not receive absolutely everything from them.
Q: How accurate is the spatial data in Preservation Pro?
A: The database was originally designed as a reference database. Spatial data has been collected and entered via a variety of methods over the years. Older data was originally “heads up” draw onto UDSH paper maps and then later, these maps were georeferenced and digitized into GIS. More recently spatial data was ‘heads up’ digitized directly into GIS. Currently all spatial data is digitized via a georeferenced scan or through shapefile data procured from an agency or consultant. More recent data can be considered more accurate than early data. Original sources should be consulted for verification of the information contained on this database. Please notify UDSH staff of any discrepancies.
Q: Can I enter new data into the system or request new numbers?
A: The data entry functionality is currently disabled. If you find a way to add data to the database (tabular or spatial), please do not, and instead please contact the UDSH support team. The integrity of the database could be at risk and is traceable by username/permission. Your respect is appreciated.
Q: Why are there different statuses for archaeological project and site records?
A: The system is designed to take the record keeping process through the entire data creation and record submission process. Currently this process has been disabled until all the quirks are worked out. Consultants or agencies creating data for their project would have records in data entry, while records submitted to SHPO would be in SHPO review status (and etc.). Consultants and agencies will have the choice to use this process in the future or retain their current process.
Q: How do I print a site form?
A: The system is designed enable to printing of archaeological site forms populated with data from the Preservation Pro database. Currently many sites within the database only contain the basic encoded data that has been collected over the past twenty years- meaning certain elements of the site data (e.g. site description, site type, etc.) is not populated as it is not encoded. Many other sites do not yet any data at all due to data entry backlog or just missing information.
To print a site form containing the relevant data from the Preservation Pro database navigate to the site in question and click on View Site Attachments and Reports in the Part A- Admin page. This will direct you to a new page where the IMACS form can be generated by selecting the part of the IMACS form (e.g. IMACS Part A- Administrative Data) and clicking on Generate. This will create a link to a .pdf of the form generated where it can be printed or saved. Each part of the site form must be generated and printed or saved.
Q: Are there scanned site forms in Preservation Pro?
A: Not yet (coming soon...?). Preservation Pro has been designed to deliver image attachement relevant to the site in questions- this includes scanned site forms, scanned site sketches, site photographs, etc. Currently there are no site forms directly attached to site records in Presrvation Pro. UDSH is currently working on a site form scanning project- the results of which will be provided through Presrvation Pro. Additionally we plan to deliver BLM scanned site forms when we work out the details.
Q: How do I print maps from Literature Search?
A: The system is not currently designed to allow users to print maps from the Literature Search tab. But there are several third party applications that will allow Preservation Pro users to "print screen" and either save or print an area selected within Literature Search. If using Mozilla Firefox as your internet browser, the add-on "LightShot" seems to work particularly well- but UDSH makes no endorsement of such products and cannot guarantee the safety or operation of such a tool (search for "Firefox Light Shot"). Additional tools are available for users of Internet Explorer- just search them out.
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As the premier urban, public research university in Virginia, VCU’s interests align effectively with 4-VA’s initiatives. VCU’s mission is to advance knowledge and student success through its commitments to the following:
An engaged, learner-centered environment that fosters inquiry, discovery and innovation in a global setting
Research that expands the boundaries of new knowledge and creative expression and promotes translational applications to improve human health
Interdisciplinary collaborations that bring new perspectives to complex problems and mobilize creative energies that advance innovation and solve global challenges
Health care that strives to preserve and restore health for all people, to seek the cause and cure of diseases through groundbreaking research, and to educate those who serve humanity
Diversity that provides a climate of inclusion, a dedication to addressing disparities wherever they exist, and an opportunity to explore and create in an environment of trust
Sustainable, university-community partnerships that enhance the educational, economic and cultural vitality of the communities VCU serves in Virginia and around the world
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Hurricane Watches Issued For Parts Of Coastal Louisiana Ahead Of Storm
(CNN) — The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane watches for parts of coastal Louisiana on Wednesday, as the first tropical system to slam the US this year is expected to make landfall as a hurricane.
The watches extend from the mouth of the Mississippi River west to Cameron, Louisiana. They do not include the New Orleans metro area, which was inundated with rain for several hours.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Tropical Storm Barry will form in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday and strengthen to a hurricane by Saturday, when it’s expected to make landfall along the Louisiana or upper Texas coast. At least one Louisiana parish issued a mandatory evacuation ahead of the tropical storm.
Storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and extensive flooding are forecast in the Gulf Coast region into the weekend.
The slow-moving storm was crawling at about 8 mph, the NHC said. That means it could hover over the same place for long time, dumping rain relentlessly.
The tropical system spawned its first tornado warning and flash flood emergency, both in the New Orleans area, as streets and hotel lobbies flooded Wednesday.
The storm dumped up to 8 inches of rain on New Orleans in two hours during the morning rush hour, National Weather Service New Orleans Meteorologist Phil Grigsby told CNN.
New Orleans resident Angela Catalano, whose house is already flooded, said she was worried.
“We took in about 2 feet of water in our basement/ground floor level,” Catalano said. “I’m very concerned about the impending storm, with the Mississippi River near flood stage. I’m very worried about more flooding.”
During the severe flooding in New Orleans, one man saw something unusual swimming on the sidewalk: a goldfish. “Gotta call it a rain day when the goldfish are swimming on the sidewalks!” he wrote in an Instagram post shared on his design firm’s account.
Indeed, the worst is yet to come. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said about 10 to 15 inches of rain could fall within 24 hours between Friday and Saturday.
“That is a short time period for such an intense” rainfall, said Edwards, who issued a state of emergency for the state on Wednesday.
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“This is going to be a Louisiana event with coastal flooding and widespread, heavy rainfall, potentially impacting every part of the state,” Edwards said in a new release.
New Orleans City Hall closed Wednesday as the ferocious weather kept pounding the city. City Hall will remain closed on Thursday, according to the city.
Follow live updates on the storm system.
Grigsby said the storm system caused a waterspout in Lake Pontchartrain and a tornado over the lake, which damaged two nearby homes.
By Wednesday afternoon, the rain had died down and there were a few scattered thunderstorms in the area, according to the NWS New Orleans.
Warm water will fuel the storm’s intensity
Residents from Houston to Mobile, Alabama, are bracing for the system’s wrath.
As the low-pressure system moves closer to land, will meet warm, open waters that will fuel the storm’s intensity, CNN meteorologist Haley Brink said.
A tropical storm is an area of thunderstorms that produces a circular wind flow with winds from 39 to 73 miles per hour. With a lower wind speed, it would be a tropical depression. Higher, and it would be a hurricane.
Regardless of the classification this system develops into, both Louisiana and Mississippi are forecast to see very heavy rain — more than a foot in some places, Brink said.
The storm system is forecast to produce additional accumulations of 6 to 12 inches of rain near and inland of the central Gulf Coast through early next week, the National Hurricane Center said in its potential tropical cyclone advisory. There will be isolated maximum rainfall of up to 18 inches, the NHC said.
Some oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated.
Shell has evacuated all nonessential staff from eastern Gulf drilling rigs, with more action on the horizon depending on how the storm develops, spokeswoman Cindy Babski said.
Chevron has also evacuated some non-essential employees from the Jack St. Malo facility, with shut-in procedures initiated at five other facilities, spokeswoman Veronica Flores-Paniagua said.
The Mississippi River could crest at 19 feet
Potential storm surge has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for the Mississippi River, including at New Orleans, through Saturday.
The NWS said the river could crest at 19 feet, or 2.3 feet below the record. The city is protected to a height of 20 feet.
The Flood Protection Authority said it will be closing several flood gates and structures in the New Orleans area starting Wednesday.
“No one should take this storm lightly,” Gov. Edwards said.
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Creve Coeur Missouri in Zip Code 63141
Creve Coeur Missouri
The City of Creve Coeur is located in West and Mid St. Louis County Missouri as it is located east and west of Interstate 270. The population of the city in 2010 was 17,833 residents. Important roads for the Creve Coeur are Olive Blvd, New Ballas Road, Ladue Road, Interstate 270, Mason Road, Conway Road, Spoede Road and others.
Creve Coeur Parks and Recreation
The City of Creve Coeur maintains seven city parks. Conway Park is the largest with 29 acres of park land and Fountain Park is the smallest at one acre. The parks feature playgrounds, tennis courts, paved paths and nature trails, picnic facilities and pavilions, volleyball courts, athletic fields for soccer and baseball/softball, and a seasonal splash pad. The Creve Coeur community center, Dielmann Recreation Complex, features an ice rink that is utilized by hockey teams, figure skaters and ice-skating fans alike. The 9-hole community golf course gives local golf enthusiasts a place to enjoy the sport close to home.
Creve Coeur Schools
The residents of Creve Coeur are served by two public school districts, Ladue and Parkway, with Ladue Horton Watkins High School serving the students in the eastern portion of the city and Parkway North High School serving the students in the western portion. There are also several private secondary schools located in Creve Coeur, Chaminade College Prep, DeSmet Jesuit High School, St Louis Priory School, and Whitfield School. Covenant Theological Seminary and Missouri Baptist University also have their campuses located within the City of Creve Coeur.
Creve Coeur Businesses
Several corporation have their headquarters located in Creve Coeur. Some of those corporations are Savvis Communications, Smurfit-Stone Container, Patriot Coal, Isle of Capri Casinos, Energizer, and Drury Hotels.
Creve Coeur History
The City of Creve Coeur was incorporated in 1949 but its long history began well before then. Once home to Native Americans and later French traders, Creve Coeur, meaning "broken heart" in French, has several legends as to how it got its name. One story tells of an Indian princess whose heart was broken by a lover. Another tells of the broken hearts of early settlers faced with the devastation caused by floods and illnesses that were once common in the area. Or its name could have come from nearby Creve Coeur Lake whose shape is reminiscent of a broken heart. A streetcar used to run from University City to Creve Coeur Lake bringing residents from St Louis City to the lake for a day of recreation. The lake is now part of the City of Maryland Heights.
The city of Creve Coeur built up around Central Plank Road which later became Olive Blvd. It was originally an Indian trail that ran on the ridge of high ground along the Missouri River. Extending all the way to the City of St Louis, it was important in bringing people looking for land out west in the county, as well as transporting goods to markets in St Louis.
Creve Coeur Landmarks
Several St. Louis County landmarks are located in the city of Creve Coeur. Two log cabins, the Herman H. Hackmann cabin, built in 1842, and the Clester cabin, considered one of the oldest buildings in St. Louis County, have been moved to a city park, Conway Park, and have been restored. Another landmark, the Lake School, was built in 1897 and was originally located in the town of Lake, or "Hog Hollow", and was moved in 1967 to its present location, Lake School Park. Lake School is a museum that can be toured by appointment only through the City of Creve Coeur. Relocated to Millennium Park, is another landmark, the Tappmeyer Farm House that was built in 1884 and once stood on a very large farm located at Olive and Ross Road.
Creve Coeur Missouri Address and Phone Numbers
Creve Coeur Missouri City Hall
300 N. New Ballas Road
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Police (non-emergency): 314-432-6000
Fire (non-emergency): 314-432-5570
Parks and Recreation: 314-432-6000
Chamber of Commerce: 314-569-3536
Community Center: 314-432-3960
Public Works: 314-872-2533
St. Louis County Public Library: 314-994-3300
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By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
The hashtag #metoo has become a social media phenomenon, giving thousands upon thousands of women the courage to reveal their experience of sexual harassment in the workplace.
A Global Issue
Starting with revelations of the abusive ‘casting couch’ culture of Hollywood, revelations of work-related abuse of women now encompass many industry sectors across a global landscape.
Women rightly point out that this is merely an awakening. They have been suffering and complaining about sexist and abusive workplace cultures for years.
What is different about the current situation is that huge numbers of women are coming forward to tell stories that have been hidden for many years, and men in significant positions of leadership are being held accountable for their actions.
What is it about the current environment that has promoted women to come forward?
To get an Australian perspective on this issue Open House went to Wendy Simpson.
Wendy’s Story
Wendy is a highly accomplished business and community leader. Chair of her own company, Wendy has a distinguished CV that includes senior leadership positions in national and multi-national companies. She holds directorships of key non-profits including World Vision and is a tireless advocate and mentor for women in leadership.
Wendy is a committed Christian who gives her time to many ministries including City to City and the Sydney Prayer Breakfast.
As we found out when we spoke to Wendy about Australian business and the #metoo phenomenon, she has her own #metoo story – one not told before now.
Listen: Australian business leader Wendy Simpson in conversation with Stephen O’Doherty
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Stephen O’Doherty is a broadcaster, journalist, former member of parliament, and the Host of Open House – a weekly three-hour live talkback radio show exploring life, faith and Hope from a Christian perspective.
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'Start Here': Rudy Giuliani's shifting Moscow story, Kamala Harris announces for 2020, stocks surge in January. What you need to know to start your day.
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1. Rudy Giuliani walks back statements on Trump's involvement in Moscow project
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, made a number of media appearances in which he disputed a BuzzFeed News report that claimed Trump told his former fixer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about negotiations to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow.
The special counsel issued a rare public statement that disputed parts of the story.
Now, ABC News' Kyra Phillips says Giuliani is walking back comments he's made about the timeline of a tower project in Moscow.
"My recent statements about discussions during the 2016 campaign between Michael Cohen and then-candidate Donald Trump about a potential Trump Moscow 'project' were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the President," Giuliani said in a statement to ABC News. "My comments did not represent the actual timing or circumstances of any such discussions."
Giuliani had told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in December that Trump was having conversations about the project with Cohen up until approximately November 2016.
2. Congress returns to Washington to address shutdown
Today, the partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, enters Day 32.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he'll bring to a vote this week legislation that could end the shutdown, while providing $5.7 billion for Trump's border wall along with temporary protections for DACA recipients.
The plan, which he called a "common sense compromise," was proposed by the president on Saturday.
ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl explains that while Democrats have largely rejected the president’s plan, there's still a pathway to end the shutdown.
3. Kamala Harris jumps into 2020 presidential race
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced her 2020 presidential bid on "Good Morning America" on Monday after months of speculation.
"This is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are," she said on "GMA."
Harris, 54, is the fourth woman to enter the race, but will she be able to stand out in a crowded field of Democrats?
"I think Harris is a pretty strong potential candidate," FiveThirtyEight's Perry Bacon Jr. tells us. "I could see her winning the whole thing. She could also not win a single primary. I just don't think we have any idea right now."
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Sen. Kamala Harris appears on "Good Morning America," Jan. 21, 2019.
4. Stock market posts best January in decades
The stock market has rebounded from a sluggish December to post its best January in 30 years.
As the markets re-open after the MLK holiday, ABC News Chief Business and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis says the actions of the Federal Reserve have helped shaped much of its performance so far this year.
'I'm ready to die': A 27-year-old Colorado man, who wrote in social media posts he was a virgin and constantly rejected by women, is arrested after threatening online to kill "as many girls as I see."
'Until America tells the truth about itself, we are not going to heal': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks to Ta-Nehisi Coates about Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and what it means moving forward.
'The majority of the National Transportation Safety Board's employees are currently furloughed and will not be able to respond to major accidents': The NTSB plans to investigate a plane crash in Ohio that killed two men after the government shutdown ends.
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[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Bad Astronomer Phil Plait reports on the massive cloud of material detected around the active galaxy Cygnus A.
The Crux suggests our contemporary problems with wisdom teeth represent not a failure of evolution but rather a failure on our post-Neolithic parts to eat hard foods which stimulate the jaw growth capable of supporting wisdom teeth.
D-Brief notes how the astronomers involved in a planetary effort to image a black hole are preparing to make an announcement next week.
Gizmodo notes how the debris field created in orbit by India testing an anti-satellite weapon threatens the ISS.
Joe. My. God. notes that at least some hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei are deleting their social media profiles following protests over Brunei’s violent anti-gay laws.
JSTOR Daily considers if, between the drop in fertility that developing China was likely to undergo anyway and the continuing resentments of the Chinese, the one-child policy was worth it.
Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money uses a recent New York Times profile to note the sheer influence of Rupert Murdoch worldwide.
The Map Room Blog notes a new exhibition, at the shop of a Manhattan rare book dealer, of a collection of vintage maps of New York City from its foundation, sharing some photos, even.
Marginal Revolution remarks on the rapid growth of Native American numbers in the United States over the past century.
The NYR Daily shares a report from Debbie Bookchin in North Syria arguing that the West needs to help Rojava.
Roads and Kingdoms provides some tips for first-time visitors to the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo.
The Russian Demographics Blog notes the continuing growth in numbers of dead from HIV infection in Russia, with Siberia being a new hotspot.
Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel explains how the Event Horizon Telescope project will image a black hole’s event horizon, and what questions exist around the project.
Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps shares an Anish Kapoor map demonstrating the Brexit divides in the United Kingdom.
Daniel Little at Understanding Society considers the study of ethical disasters in capitalism, looking at OxyContin as an example.
Window on Eurasia notes continued threats, and continued protests to these threats, surrounding Lake Baikal in Siberia.
Arnold Zwicky has fun with a cartoon that plays on a pun between the words chants and chance.
Tagged with astronomy, black hole, blogs, brexit, brunei, china, clash of ideologies, comics, cygnus a, Demographics, drugs, english language, environment, evolution, first nations, former soviet union, glbt issues, globalization, health, history, hiv/aids, human beings, humour, india, kurds, lake baikal, latin america, links, mass media, military, montevideo, new york, new york city, oxycontin, photos, politics, rojava, russia, siberia, social sciences, sociology, south america, southeast asia, space science, space travel, syria, technology, tourism, travel, united kingdom, united states, uruguay
[DM] Some links: longevity, real estate, migrations, the future (#demographymatters, #demographics, #population)
I have a links post up at Demography Matters.
Old age popped up as a topic in my feed. The Crux considered when human societies began to accumulate large numbers of aged people. Would there have been octogenarians in any Stone Age cultures, for instance? Information is Beautiful, meanwhile, shares an informative infographic analyzing the factors that go into extending one’s life expectancy.
Growing populations in cities, and real estate markets hostile even to established residents, are a concern of mine in Toronto. They are shared globally: The Malta Independent examined some months ago how strong growth in the labour supply and tourism, along with capital inflows, have driven up property prices in Malta. Marginal Revolution noted there are conflicts between NIMBYism, between opposing development in established neighbourhoods, and supporting open immigration policies.
Ethnic migrations also appeared. The Cape Breton Post shared a fascinating report about the history of the Jewish community of industrial Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, while the Guardian of Charlottetown reports the reunification of a family of Syrian refugees on Prince Edward Island. In Eurasia, meanwhile, Window on Eurasia noted the growth of the Volga Tatar population of Moscow, something hidden by the high degree of assimilation of many of its members.
Looking towards the future, Marginal Revolution’s Tyler Cowen was critical of the idea of limiting the number of children one has in a time of climate change. On a related theme, his co-blogger Alex Tabarrok highlights a new paper aiming to predict the future, one that argues that the greatest economic gains will eventually accrue to the densest populations. Established high-income regions, it warns, could lose out if they keep out migrants.
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[ISL] Five #PEI links: Biovectra, Syrian refugees, Crapaud vs Kinkora, telehealth, Jed Mackay
The nearly forty million dollars of federal government investment promised for PEI biotech firm Biovectra is a substantial investment indeed. The Guardian reports.
The Guardian reports the reunification of a family of Syrian refugees on the Island.
Peter Rukavina notes and explains the significant differences, cultural and religious, between the neighbouring PEI communities of Crapaud and Kinkora.
The western PEI community of Alberton, faced with doctor shortages, has been experimenting with telehealth. The National Post explains.
CBC Prince Edward Island reports on Jed Mackay, an Islander currently writing for Marvel’s Daredevil.
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Architectuul celebrates the life and achievements of furniture designer Florence Basset Knoll.
Bad Astronomy notes the remarkably detailed 3d simulation of a solar flare.
At Crooked Timber, John Holbo engages with Corey Robin’s article in The New Yorker on the question of why people moving politically from right to left are less prominent than counterparts moving from left to right.
Far Outliers takes a look at the rise and the fall of the international silk trade of China, from Roman times to the 20th century.
At The Frailest Thing, L.M. Sacasas writes about the importance of listening to observers at the “hinges”, at the moments when things are changing.
Internet geographer Mark Graham links to a new chapters making the argument that cyberspace is not a novel new territory.
Language Log takes a look at a possible change in the representation of vocal fry as demonstrated in Doonesbury.
Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the background to the possible 2020 presidential bid of ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
Marginal Revolution’s Alex Tabarrok looks at a history of Aleppo that emphasizes the ancient city’s history of catastrophes.
Personal Reflections’ Jim Belshaw takes issue with an online map highlighting factory farmers created by pressure group Aussie Farms. How meaningful is it, for starters?
The Russian Demographics Blog notes the timetable of the introduction of syphillis to Poland-Lithuania in the 1490s.
Window on Eurasia looks at Russian population prospects, noting the low fertility among the small cohort of women born in the 1990s.
Arnold Zwicky starts by sharing beautiful paintings and photos of tulips, and ends with a meditation on Crimean Gothic.
Tagged with agriculture, aleppo, animal rights, architecture, australia, blogs, central europe, china, clash of ideologies, crimean gothic, Demographics, english language, flowers, geography, health, history, in memoriam, internet, journalism, language, links, lithuania, maps, middle east, philosophy, photos, physics, poland, politics, popular culture, russia, silk, space science, stars, sun, syphillis, syria, tulips, united states
[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Queens, Fort McMurray, Casablanca, Aleppo, Baghdad
Guardian Cities looks at prosperous Long Island City and hard-pressed Blissville, two neighbourhoods of Queens that will be transformed by Amazon moving in.
CBC notes how, for Fort McMurray five years after the oil boom’s end, the bust is the new normal.
CityLab reports on how the Art Deco Les Abbattoirs complex in Casablanca, once an emerging artist hub, has been emptied by the city government.
This Middle East Eye feature looks at the relief and loss felt by returning survivors in Aleppo.
Guardian Cities looks at how Baghdad, fragmented and impoverished by war, is fumbling towards some sort of livability.
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Centauri Dreams celebrates the arrival, and successful data collection, of New Horizons at Ultima Thule, as does Joe. My. God., as does
Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society Blog. Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel explained, before the New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule, why that Kuiper Belt object was so important for planetary science.
In advance of the New Year’s, Charlie Stross at Antipope asked his readers to let him know what good came in 2018.
Chris Bertram at Crooked Timber makes the argument that, in the event of a Brexit bitterly resented by many Labour supporters, the odds that they will support a post-Brexit redistributionist program that would aid predominantly pro-Brexit voters are low.
Bruce Dorminey notes that many Earth-like worlds might be made uninhabitable over eons by the steady warming of their stars, perhaps dooming any hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations on these planets.
Far Outliers looks at the patterns of early Meiji Japan relations with Korea, noting an 1873 invasion scare.
L.M. Sacasas writes at The Frailest Thing, inspired by the skepticism of Jacques Ellul, about a book published in 1968 containing predictions about the technological world of 2018. Motives matter.
Imageo looks at the evidence from probes and confirms that, yes, it does in fact snow (water) on Mars.
The Island Review interviews author Adam Nicolson about his family’s ownership of the Hebridean Shiant Isles. What do they mean for him, as an author and as someone experience with the sea?
JSTOR Daily looks at the long history of the human relationship with leather, as a pliable material for clothing of all kinds.
Language Hat considers the possibility that the New Year’s greeting “bistraynte”, used in Lebanon and by Christians in neighbouring countries, might come from the Latin “strenae”.
Language Log notes the pressure being applied against the use of Cantonese as a medium of instruction in Hong Kong.
Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the many reasons why a considerable number of Latinos support Donald Trump.
Bernard Porter at the LRB Blog comes up with an explanation as to Corbyn’s refusal to oppose Brexit.
Marginal Revolution notes the many problems involved with the formation of supply chains in Africa, including sheer distance.
The NYR Daily has a much-needed reevaluation of the Jonestown horror as not simply a mass suicide.
Author Peter Watts writes about a recent trip to Tel Aviv.
At Out There, Corey Powell writes about how planetary scientists over the decades have approached their discipline, expecting to be surprised.
Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel shared some top images collected by Hubble in 2018.
Strange Company looks at the strange 1953 death of young Roman woman Wilma Montesi. How did she die, leaving her body to be found on a beach?
Window on Eurasia notes how Circassian refugees in Syria are asking for the same expedited status that Ukrainian refugees have received.
Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell takes an extended look at the politics of 4G and Huawei and the United Kingdom and transatlantic relations over the past decade.
Arnold Zwicky takes a look, in language and cartoons, at “Jesus fuck”.
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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Impundulu
Variations: Lightning-bird, Intakezulu; Chimungu; Ingqungqulu (Bateleur), Insingizi (Ground Hornbill), Inyoni Yezulu (Bird of Heaven), Isivolovolo (White-necked Fish Eagle), Izulu (Sky)
The Lightning-bird, spirit of storms and clouds, takes a number of forms in southern Africa. Several familiar birds are associated with storms: the ground hornbill, the hamerkop, the bateleur, various birds of prey. The Amandebele refer to both the “bird of heaven” and the white-necked fish eagle as Isivolovolo, which flies at great altitude and whose droppings are potent magical ingredients. To the Baronga it is a hawk called Chimungu, which buries itself in the ground with every stroke of lightning. The Tumbuka lightning-bird is black with a curling tail like that of a rooster, scars people with its claws, and leaves little scarlet insects behind after a storm. In Buziba it is a whole flock of glittering red birds whose flashing feathers cause lightning and their wingbeats thunder.
The Impundulu or Intakezulu of the Xhosa is probably the best-known of the lightning-birds. It may appear as a human, but only women can see it in its true form, which is white with red wings, red legs, and a short red tail. Various remains have been identified as belonging to an impundulu, including a ground hornbill’s skull, a dead wandering albatross, a cattle egret, a peacock’s tail feather, and a strange avian skull with the penguinlike lower mandible protruding beyond the upper mandible. The last is not identified, but the description leaves little doubt that the African skimmer Rynchops flavirostris is to blame. Altocumulus clouds have also been identified as impundulu.
The beating of the impundulu’s wings causes thunder, although it only starts thundering after the appearance of the large mushrooms in the wet season. Lightning is caused by an impundulu rushing to the earth to lay a single large egg underground. These eggs must be found and destroyed by shamans before they hatch, lest more impundulus be brought into the world. Throwing assagais into the air also helps dissuade impundulus from landing.
Impundulus are vampiric, sucking human blood until their victims die. They will also carry off unprotected children. Milk is another substance impundulus are fond of, and poisoned milk can be used to exterminate them. Witches are believed to have impundulus who do their dirty work, sending them out to kill men; the fat of an impundulu can also be used in sorcery. Impundulus in human form will impregnate women, and their children will be birds. Tuberculosis is caused by an impundulu sucking away sufferers’ breath, and goes by the same name in West Pondoland.
A person with a nosebleed can be described: wanyiwa yimpundulu, “he has been sucked by impundulu”. Another proverb, “he/she has caught the chicken of impundulu”, refers to one having a stroke of good luck.
In more modern times impundulu has become the name of an electric tram-car.
Cook, P. A. W. (1931) Social Organisation and Ceremonial Institutions of the Bomvana. Juta and Co. Ltd., Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Godfrey, R. (1941) Bird-lore of the Eastern Cape Province. Bantu Studies, Monograph Series, No. 2, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg.
del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Werner, A. (1968) Myths and legends of the Bantu. Frank Cass and Co. Ltd., London.
Air and Sky, Birds, I, South Africa, Sub-saharan Africa
African folklore, Bird folklore, Weather folklore
Melalo
Variations: The Filthy One, The Dirty One, The Obscene One
According to the Roma of Eastern Europe, notably Romania and Slovakia, all the diseases and ailments of the world can be traced back to a family of creatures born from an unholy union of fairy and demon. These unloved bastard children, hated by their parents, take their spite out on humans.
Long ago, the good fairies or Keshalyi lived in the high mountains, while the evil Loçolico, former humans warped and twisted by the Devil, lived underground. But when the King of the Loçolico took a fancy to Ana, Queen of the Keshalyi, their separate worlds were brought too close for comfort. After Ana turned down the ugly King of the Loçolico, the demons responded by hunting down and devouring the Keshalyi. Only Ana’s forced marriage to the King saved her people from utter annihilation.
Ana found her husband so disgusting that she refused to consummate the marriage. The King finally forced himself on her following the advice of a golden toad, who told him to feed her the brains of a magpie. Ana fell into a deep sleep, and soon after conceived Melalo, their first son.
Melalo, literally “filthy”, “dirty”, or “obscene”, is the oldest and most feared of Ana’s children. He is a small, dirty grey (the English translation oddly gives the color as green), unkempt bird with two heads. He has sharp claws which he uses to tear out hearts and rip bodies to shreds; with his wings, he stuns victims and makes them lose their reason. Melalo foments anger, rage, cruelty, sadism, frenzy, rape, and insanity. Those he has affected can only chatter like a magpie.
Melalo would go on to influence the creation of the remainder of Ana’s brood. It was he who put his mother to sleep with his vapors, and convinced his father to sire Lilyi, his sister, wife, and eventual mother to countless women’s diseases. Melalo also guided the conception of his siblings.
To counter Melalo, one must tie an amulet with his image to the afflicted part of the body.
It is possible that the two-headed bird imagery that created Melalo started with the Hittites, who took it to Byzantium and eventually to Russia and Austria. Meanwhile, the expression yov hin jiamutr Melaskero (“he is Melalo’s son-in-law”) has persisted in reference to a violent, nasty person.
Birds, Children of Ana, Czech Republic, Darkness and Night, Demons, Eastern Europe, House and Home, Hungary, M, Multiple heads, Roma, Romania, Slovakia
Bird folklore, Demons, Roma folklore
Colôrobètch
Variations: Colô Rodje Bètch, Colô Rotje Bètch, Clô Rotje Bètch, Colôrobètche, Colaurobètch, Colaurobètche, Colau-rodje-bètch, Corobètch, Routge Bètch
Bogeys represent a variety of childhood fears – darkness, retribution, the murky depths of deep ponds… In Wallonia children are menaced by the personification of the bise or icy wind, in the form of a bird with a red beak.
He can be found around Andenne, Bastogne, Dinant, Huy, and Neufchâteau, and Warsage; in On, Oignies, and Stavelot he is simply the “red beak”. The Somme-Leuze redbeak is a monstrous sparrow, the Condroz and Hesbaye variety is a pigeon, while the Namur redbeak is Colôrobètch or Colô Rodje Bètch, the “Red-Beaked Rooster”.
As his name indicates, Colôrobètch has a beak stained red with blood; beyond that, it is unclear whether he is a bird, a human, or a grotesque combination of both. He preys on children unwary enough to walk in the cold without adequate clothing, nipping at their exposed faces and hands until they turn red, dry, cracked, and bleeding. Colôrobètch comes out in the winter to pinch noses and spread frostbite.
In Andenne Colôrobètch becomes a nocturnal water bogey who drags children into the Meuse.
Pignolet, M. (1985) La Symbolique du Coq. Le Guetteur Wallon, 61 (3), pp. 81-104.
Tijskens, J. (1965) Les Noms du Croquemitaine en Wallonie. Enquêtes du Musée de la Vie Wallonne, nos. 117-120, tome X, pp. 257-391.
Air and Sky, Belgium, Birds, Bogeys, C, Darkness and Night, Humanoids, Hybrids, Pond and River
Bird folklore, Bogeys
Romŝiwamnari’
Variations: Romŝiwamnare’
The Romŝiwamnari’ are forest and cave demons, known to the Šerente people of Tocantins, Brazil. They look like large birds with flabby, flightless bat’s wings, armed with beaks like scissors. Their call is an eerie whistle. Romŝiwamnari’ also appear as tapirs, or as stout humans with prominent teeth and a howler monkey’s tail. When in human guise, a romŝiwamnari’ resembles the Pope – a relic of missionary activity in Brazil.
Romŝiwamnari’ not only prey upon the living, but also ambush and consume the souls of the dead. A sufficiently powerful shaman can kill them while in the realm of death, but other souls are greedily devoured.
A man of the krara’ society and his pregnant wife once encoutered a pair of romŝiwamnari’ in a cave. The man held the monsters off as long as he could while his wife escaped, but he was outmatched and decapitated by the romŝiwamnari’. The woman brought the news to the rest of the village, and the other krara’ launched an assault on the romŝiwamnari’ cave. Three of the villagers were killed in the battle, but they slew the two romŝiwamnari’ – unaware that there were two more in hiding. However, the boy the woman gave birth to grew into a mighty hero in less than a year, and he avenged his father by burning the romŝiwamnari’ bones and killing the other two demons. The romŝiwamnari’ were not seen again in that area.
Crocker, W. H.; Giaccaria, B.; Heide, A.; Lea, V.; Melatti, J. C.; Nimuendajú, C.; Seeger, A.; Verswijver, G.; Vidal, L.; Wilbert, J. and Simoneau, K. (eds.) (1984) Folk Literature of the Gê Indians, v. 2. UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California, Los Angeles.
Nimuendajú, C.; Lowie, R. H. (trans.) (1942) The Šerente. The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.
Birds, Brazil, Darkness and Night, Demons, Desert and Cave, Hybrids, Jungle and Rainforest, Mammals, R
Bird folklore, South American folklore
Peteu
Variations: Peteu de Vergisson, Bête Faramine, Oiseau de Vergisson, Esiau de Vregesson, P’teu, Pteu
The picturesque town of Vergisson, in France’s Saône-et-Loire, was once home to the Peteu. This was a great and monstrous bird, with broad wings and whiplike feathers surrounding its razor-sharp beak. It was spiritually descended from the emouchet or kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), but also of the humble kinglet, whose name in the Maconnais dialect is répteret, répeteret, or repteu, which in turn is shortened to pteu.
The peteu would fly from the Rock of Solutré to the Rock of Vergisson, soaring over its domain in search of prey. When it spotted something, it folded its wings, dove, and carried off its prize. The peteu devoured sheep, pigs, goats, cows, horses and their carts! Its loud wingbeats terrified livestock and sent them running all the way back to their stables. Most heinous of all, it dove at Mr. Bruys de Serrières, who was quietly writing his History of the Popes, and defecated onto his manuscript before flying away. There was no end to the peteu’s evil.
It was Émilien Protat who organized a hunting party to rid Vergisson of the bird’s tyranny. The small but courageous group of men made for the Rock of Solutré where the peteu was last seen. When the raptor flew over their heads, blocking out the sun, the quick-thinking Émilien fired his rifle into it. The peteu fell to the ground, but would have taken Émilien’s head off had he not rammed his rifle into its mouth and fired.
The hunters returned to Vergisson in triumph to have their quarry plucked and roasted. Imagine their surprise when the peteu, stripped of its feathers, weighed no more than four ounces!
Ducrost, A. (1888) Le P’teu ou L’Esiau de Vregesson Qu’ere ine Bête Faramine. Annales de l’Academie de Macon, s. II, t. VI, pp. 379-397.
Protat, G. (1966) Le Peteu de Vergisson ou la Bête Faramine. Protat Frères, Macon.
Air and Sky, Birds, France, P
Bird folklore, French folklore
Xuangui
Variations: Twisting-Turtle, Round-Turtle, Xuan-Turtle
Xuangui, or Twisting-Turtles, are found in the Strange River, east of the Niu-Trees Mountain. They are black turtles with a bird’s head and a viper’s tail, and they make sounds like that of splitting wood. Wearing a piece of xuangui from the belt protects from deafness and calluses. Mathieu compares it to the Japanese water turtle Clemmys japonica.
It is unclear what, exactly, is strange about the river.
Mathieu, R. (1983) Étude sur la mythologie et l’ethnologie de la Chine ancienne . Collège de France, Paris.
Strassberg, R. E. (2002) A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. University of California Press.
Birds, China, Hybrids, Pond and River, Reptiles, X
Chinese mythology, Reptile folklore
Variations: Charadrius, Caradrius, Caladres, Kladrius, Icterus, Galgulus, Stone-curlew
The Caladrius is a miraculous healing bird, believed to range from Europe to Jerusalem. It is generally believed to have originated from the stone-curlew, with other influences including seagulls, falcons, herons, ibises, owls, and any of a number of plovers (Charadriidae).
A caladrius is a waterbird the size of a hen or dove. It has immaculately white plumage, with a long neck, yellow eyes, beak, and legs, and rarely straight goat’s horns. Earlier accounts refer to it as being yellow, while others grant it reddish wings, spots, and a yellow-tinged dark color. It is an unclean bird and must not be eaten.
In its simplest form, the caladrius will cure jaundice by returning the stare of a patient who gazes intently at it. This connection to jaundice was inspired by the striking, staring yellow eyes of the stone-curlew. Its dung and the marrow of its thigh-bones will cure blindness.
A caladrius knows if a patient will live or die. It will look at someone who will be cured, and look away from someone doomed to die. Sometimes all it takes to be cured is touching the caladrius. The caladrius touches its beak to the patient’s mouth, taking disease and sickness into itself, and flies into the sky, where the sun burns the illness into oblivion.
This equates the pure and flawless caladrius with Christ, as it looks at and heals the faithful, granting them life, taking sins away in the process. The caladrius was iconographically represented in the role of a healer, sitting on the bedstead of a sick person and either looking to or away from the patient.
It was often kept in the court of kings for its curative powers. The sale of live caladrius was a potentially lucrative business, but merchants had to hide their specimens to avoid having people come in to see them and get cured for free.
Aelian, trans. Scholfield, A. F. (1959) On the Characteristics of Animals, vol. III. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
de Beauvais, P.; Baker, C. ed. (2010) Le Bestiaire. Honoré Champion, Paris.
Druce, G. C. (1912) The Caladrius and its Legend, Sculptured upon the Twelfth-Century Doorway of Alne Church, Yorkshire. Archaeological Journal, vol. 69, pp. 381-416.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2013) Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
White, T. H. (1984) The Book of Beasts. Dover Publications, New York.
Wright, T. (1845) The Archaeological Album. Chapman and Hall, London.
Air and Sky, Birds, C, Europe, Healers
Bird folklore, Healers, Medieval folklore
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Home Books Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications
Angel-Shaped Phalangoepiphyseal Dysplasia (ASPED)
Angel-Shaped Phalangoepiphyseal Dysplasia (ASPED). In: Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Marciniak B, Dalens BJ. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Marciniak B, Dalens B.J. Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al.eds. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2006. http://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=852§ionid=49517226. Accessed July 15, 2019.
. "Angel-Shaped Phalangoepiphyseal Dysplasia (ASPED)." Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Marciniak B, Dalens BJ. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Marciniak B, Dalens B.J. Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2006, http://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=852§ionid=49517226.
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Clinical Aspects
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Other Conditions to Be Considered
Often referred to as peripheral dysostosis. Marked hyperextensibility of the fingers and precocious osteoarthritis of the hips. Characteristically, the middle phalanges represent an “angel-shaped phalanx,” which results from modification of the epiphysis, diaphysis, and metaphysis, resembling the little angels used to decorate a Christmas tree.
Extremely rare; exact incidence unknown. Autosomal dominant.
Clinical features and distinctive findings on radiologic examination of the phalanges. Angel-shaped phalanx results from a disturbance in the development of the epiphysis, diaphysis, and metaphysis resembling the little angels used to decorate a Christmas tree. The wings are formed by a diaphyseal cuff, the skirt by a cone-shaped epiphysis, and the head by the distal pseudoepiphysis. Hyperextensibility of the fingers and precocious arthritis of the hips (coxarthrosis). Hypodontia (congenital absence of up to five teeth) is often present.
Positioning may be difficult, depending on the procedure and degree of coxarthrosis. Careful direct laryngoscopy is required in the presence of dental anomalies.
Arkless-Graham Syndrome: Short hands and feet, short stature, and brachycephaly. Distinct facies characterized by prominent mandible (protruding jaw); small, broad, upturned nose with flat nasal bridge; and small mouth. Other features include skin, genital, dental, and musculoskeletal abnormalities. Mental retardation is present in 90% of children and can be severe.
Pseudohypoparathyroidism: Very rare disorder characterized by renal and/or bony anomalies caused by insensitivity to parathyroid hormone.
Warashina H, Sakano S, Kitamura S, et al: Total hip arthroplasty for a patient with angel-shaped phalango-epiphyseal dysplasia (ASPED). A case report. Nagoya J Med Sci 65:103, 2002. [PubMed: 12580536]
Graham JM Jr, Krakow D, Tolo VT, et al: Radiographic findings and Gs-alpha bioactivity studies and mutation screening in acrodysostosis indicate a different etiology from pseudohypoparathyroidism. Pediatr Radiol 31:2, 2001. [PubMed: 11200992]
Giedion A, Prader A, Fliegel C, et al: Angel-shaped phalango-epiphyseal dysplasia (ASPED): Identification of a new genetic bone marker. Am J Med Genet 47:765, 1993. [PubMed: 8267010]
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A Coat Worth Wearing
Strangers of Maresfield Gardens
March 2, 2017 · by neilmcsweeney · in Song notes · Leave a comment
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Strangers of Maresfield Gardens from ‘A Coat Worth Wearing’ by Neil McSweeney
Around the time I moved up to secondary school I became involved in the local chapter of Children’s International Summer Villages. I think we heard about them via some neighbours but, as a registered charity, they were also sometimes in the habit of visiting schools to advertise. Each CISV chapter organises a four-week summer camp to receive delegates from abroad and also recruits their own delegates to send in exchange. It’s possible to find yourself, aged eleven, flying halfway around the world for your first trip away from your parents. But my brother (who, though younger, went before me) only got sent as far as Leeds.
CISV was originally set up by an American psychologist in the aftermath of the second world war. It was established to promote understanding and friendship between people from different cultures and also as a mechanism for developing and delivering ‘peace education’. I think on both counts this seems to align with Sigmund Freud’s formula for a vaccine against war, set out in a letter he wrote to Einstein (who else?).
Freud reckoned that war presented a near irresistible opportunity to fulfil simultaneously our strong instincts eros (creativity, unity) and thanatos (the death instinct). However, since mechanisation, warfare had come to represent an existential threat, not just to the immediate combatants. Accepting it as an inevitable consequence of immutable instinct therefore amounted to moral cowardice.
Freud suggested then that we should look on the one hand to encourage unity and creativity at the expense of our instinct for destruction and on the other hand try to evolve the human psyche towards reason and away from purely instinctive responses. Though he made these suggestions in 1932 it took me nearly sixty years to get with the programme. My first CISV experience was an interchange with Norway in the summer of 1989. Within four short months the Berlin wall was breached. My life’s contribution to world peace was apparently off to a promising start.
According to some accounts I’ve read, the US WWII General George S Patton was all for having his Third Army build a wall around Red Square rather than leaving the Russians to build it through Berlin. He apparently foresaw as inescapable the conflict between these uncomfortable allies and felt it would be better to grasp the nettle while the gloves were on. If this was his advice it’s perfectly easy to understand the conspiracy theory that his own superiors had him killed (just as soon as he’d got them to Berlin).
Patton was clearly a complex character. His poem ‘Through A Glass Darkly’ is just one of the many he wrote between 1903 and his death in 1945. He seemed to think of war as a necessary and inevitable evil. He seemed also to think that when engaged therein it was better (i.e. ultimately less painful for everyone) not to pull your punches. That this philosophy was employed to pretty devastating effect on the battlefield resulted in a fair bit of glory but throwing unpulled punches at his own shell-shocked troops ultimately got him relieved of his command. So he was in England preparing for D-Day when his II Corps pushed north through Italy. I once gave English lessons to an old boy who remembered the GIs handing gum out from the top of the tanks as they rolled through the streets of Empoli towards the action on the Gothic Line.
I taught English in Empoli for almost a year. I had developed a strong attraction to Italy when I visited my CISV friend Giancarlo in Padova while inter-railing in my late teens. I went back in my twenties to scope the place out with a view to finding work and settled on Tuscany. Most of the teaching there was OK but I spent Friday afternoons for a couple of terms with teenagers at the local Scuola Professionale and their absolute disregard for my desires and instructions hollowed me out a bit. I remember on one occasion after no-one came back in from the break I discovered the whole school, staff and all, watching a fight proceed in the middle of the street between a pupil and a local drug dealer. I just went back to the classroom and waited.
Before teaching in Italy I had taught for a couple of years in the UK. At Barnsley College I tried to prepare Chinese students for the rigors of UK Higher Education. And at Doncaster I tried to help men and women from a variety of nations jump hoops or build confidence so that they could move forward with their often brand new Yorkshire lives. We became very friendly and I enjoyed spending time with my students outside class. I remember towards the end of my time with them we went out for a drink to say goodbye. The conversation turned towards people’s reasons for being here in the UK.
Those conversations I’d had with Kurdish refugees fleeing Saddam Hussein’s Iraq came back to me as I looked at the rainbow coloured peace flags that festooned the palazzos of Empoli and Florence in the lead up to the second Gulf War. I remember asking myself ‘Peace for who?’. Not for everyone, certainly. My previously inviolable pacifist position was in doubt. I read any English language newspaper I could find. I discussed the situation with the few people I knew. I remember sitting with pen and paper and making lists of facts and suppositions and available courses of action in an attempt to reach a firm conclusion on what I felt should or should not be done. And then when the day of the marches came, when millions took to the February streets to protest the impending invasion, I stayed at home.
The Strangers of Maresfield Gardens
{In which General George S Patton consults Sigmund Freud}
I’ve been told that I am mad
Herr Dr. please advise
In myself I don’t feel bad
And thus far have survived
Many other better men
Who perhaps more balanced were
But now whose balance is a noun
While mine remains a verb
Very well I hear you sir
I’ll begin with what I see
By chance the urn upon your shelf
Depicts a younger me
You’ll notice that I wield a spear
Against a yielding foe
Just how it ripped into his ribs
The image cannot show
The wind blows cold & the wind blows right through you
My mother was a Macedon
And so back then was I
When destiny awaited me
Upon the walls of Tyre
At the breech my sword did reach
Into the enemy
Before the murder was complete
She reached back into me
I then awoke as Hannibal
And then in Caesar’s ranks
Then again on Crecy field
As Phillip’s army sank
I rode my way across the Steppe
Alongside brave Murat
Made an end at Waterloo
My innards in my hat
There is just one ambition left
In this my current life
And I mean to grab him fiercely
By the asshole and the eye
And drive him backwards underneath
His precious linden trees
And with my tanks pour death on him
For final victory
When the end comes round once more
I’ll happily be dead
And sleep a while until the world
Wants Old Blood & Guts again.
So tell me what’s the verdict
Have you reached a judgement yet?
How can you say that I am not the sanest man you ever met?
When the wind blows cold & the wind blows right through you
A sonic image of Freud’s famous Vienna consulting room and its precise recreation in his home at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London where he continued to see patients until his death in September 1939 (three weeks after the panzer columns advanced into Poland). © Brass Art
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