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MANILA, Philippines – The trial for a qualified theft case filed by San Miguel Holdings Corporation (SMHC) against Indonesian businessman Shadik Wahono and his co-respondents can now proceed. This is after the Court of Appeals (CA) junked their petition to reverse an earlier ruling dated July 11, 2018, that gave the green light to a Marikina City Regional Trial Court (RTC) to put them on trial. The CA ruling, written by Associate Justice Sesinando Villon and dated January 7, 2019, said that Wahono, along with his co-respondents Nadiya Stamboel, Fema Christina Piramide Sayson, and Alvin Bugtas failed to present new arguments. The 4 were accused of qualified theft by SMHC, San Miguel Corporation's infrastructure arm, before a Marikina RTC, after Wahono disbursed without authorization P50 million in funds of Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC) to incorporate another company, Citra Central Expressway Corporation (CCEC). Wahono is San Miguel Holdings' partner for the Skyway Stage 3 project. CMMTC was jointly owned by SMHC and Wahono. SMHC is also a stockholder of CMMTC. Wahono had argued that SMHC and CMMTC did not have the legal personality to file the case against him and his co-respondents, and that the case was moot after the court had addressed it in previous resolutions. It also stuck to its earlier ruling that said Marikina RTC Branch 193 Presiding Judge Alice Gutierrez showed partiality when she dismissed the complaint against Wahono in 2018. This display of bias warranted her removal from the case. Gutierrez had dismissed the complaint against Wahono and Stamboel, both still at-large, and acquitted Sayson and Bugtas. According to the CA, Gutierrez's ruling neither eliminated their civil liability nor deprived the petitioners of their right to seek prosecution. The CA ordered the case to proceed to trial, but this time under another Marikina RTC judge, to be chosen by raffle in accordance with the Rules of Court.

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A New Year..... What Now? As we approach a New Year, there can be a strong pull within us, of wanting to make changes and a need to feel that we are going to be different in some way; do things differently. Perhaps we want to join a gym or change our job, end a relationship or start a new one. We can feel a need to 'spring clean' or to detox. However, what happens if we bring in the New Year and things feel, well, just the same? The stirrings of excitement begin to subside and we feel the old life creep around us again. We get pulled into the same routine with the same patterns of behaviour that bring us the same results time and time again. For some, we can feel we are letting ourselves and others down because we have not made the changes we thought we would. The New Year Resolutions are a distant memory. If we think about how much time and effort we put in everyday, living with negative messages in our heads and our hearts. It goes without saying that we may need to put as much time and effort into changing those messages and making the necessary changes to feel more fulfilled and content with who we are. Yes, using a New Year is a great way to get ourselves motivated to move forward in a more rewarding way in life. But hey, we know the New Year feeling is fleeting and before you know it, that feeling is gone. It is important to hold onto that strong sense of wanting to create change within ourselves. Whether it is January, February, March or April, we have the resources within ourselves to create change. When we start to look more deeply at what makes us unhappy or feel unsettled within ourselves, it can feel a little bit like disturbing the earth. We begin to look at our garden and think about digging it up even though most things seem nicely settled. Why dig it up when it is doing just fine? The garden has the basics of water, light and things are surviving even though they no longer bloom and bring us joy. It can seem much easier to leave the garden well alone, allowing it to grow and remain, just as it always has. For some, this may be fine and they are happy to just pull up the weeds occasionally, knowing the weeds will grow back soon. For some, however, there can be a strong feeling of knowing that this garden needs an infusion of light and life. This garden needs some love and care, some nurturing and also time and hard work. We also know that the garden does not have to be perfect but we want it to be a place that brings us peace and a feeling of being 'at home' with it. Just like the garden, there is no point in putting in all that hard work and effort without then tending regularly; maintaining what we have achieved. New Year, New You Co-dependency: Are you hooked on your relationship?

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Hyderabad: The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the education we impart in our schools, colleges and universities must lead to self discovery, enlightenment and awakening of an individual. He was addressing the gathering at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Andhra Vidyalaya College of Arts, Science & Commerce, in Hyderabad today. The Minister for Education, Telangana, Shri G. Jagdish Reddy and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The Vice President said that by 2020, the median age in India will be just 28, compared to 37 in China and the US, 45 in Western Europe, and 49 in Japan. Demographics is a game changer in economic development and can transform the pace and pattern of economic growth, he added. Shri Naidu said that investing in people through healthcare, quality education, jobs and skills helps build human capital. He further said that though India has made considerable gains in human development, it still grapples from challenges of illiteracy, big barriers to secondary schooling, low-quality public services, and gender discrimination. It is time for India to pursue a much more aggressive education plan, exploiting the new technology opportunities, he added. The Vice President said that there should be renewed focus on gender equality and safety of women through gender sensitization and gender sensitization must begin at the home, schools and colleges. He urged the institution to do everything in its power to encourage more and more young women to avail opportunities of higher education. Saying that even when jobs are available, candidates with the right skill set that fit the job are not available, the Vice President suggested to tackle this issue with the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna 2.0 which has been launched in October 2016 and aims to train 10 Million Youth over a period of 4 years. Advising to pay attention to equity in access to education, the Vice President said that women and girls, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, differently-abled and minority groups need to have a barrier free and equitable access to higher education. Quoting Swami Vivekananda's exhortation a hundred years ago – "Awake, arise and stop not till your goal is reached", Shri Naidu said that this world is full of opportunities and one must seize them. "I am delighted to participate in the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Andhra Vidyalaya College of Arts, Science & Commerce, in Hyderabad today. Completion of 70 years is an important milestone in the journey of any institution. This journey of seven decades stands testament to the institution's unwavering commitment to the cause of providing quality education. I was informed that the A.V. Education Society was established in the year 1944, with an objective of extending educational opportunities to backward sections of the region. The society started A. V. College in 1968 to provide Under Graduate education to students in the region and later expanded to provide Post Graduate education. In the last seven decades, the institution has produced many eminent Indians who have been doing great service to this country. It is noteworthy that many of its alumni are holding top positions in a number of organizations in India and abroad. I am happy to know that Justice Subhash Reddy, Judge of the High Court of A.P; Capt. K. Usha, first woman Army Officer; Pullela Gopi Chand, National Coach, Badminton; Gagan Narang, Olympian and Champion Shooter and several other achievers and successful professionals are alumni of this great institution. It is heartening to note that in its vision statement, the institution envisages the empowerment of individuals through the pursuit of excellence. India is blessed with a huge demographic capital. By 2020, the median age in India will be just 28, compared to 37 in China and the US, 45 in Western Europe, and 49 in Japan. Demographics is a game changer in economic development and can transform the pace and pattern of economic growth. I believe that it is this energetic, inventive and enterprising youth population that will write India's glorious story of prosperity. But a lot depends upon whether the bulge in working population can be properly educated and trained. India has to create enough jobs to employ the 10 million more people who are set to join the labor force every year. India has to invest more and more efficiently in people. Human capital is already the largest component of global wealth and one of the most crucial and fast growing components of India's wealth. Many international agencies including the World Bank believe that India really has the potential to become the human resource capital of the world. Though India has made considerable gains in human development, it still grapples from challenges of illiteracy, big barriers to secondary schooling, low-quality public services, and gender discrimination. The Government of India has undertaken a number of proactive initiatives for the betterment of Higher Education in India. From the SWAYAM Prabha programme which takes high quality educational content to the most backward areas using satellite communication through 32 DTH channels to the National Digital Library (NDL) which is a virtual repository of learning resources, a number of innovative initiatives now define India's Higher Education potential. Government has also embarked upon a mission to build several "Institutions of Eminence" (IoE) in public and private domain, so that they are rated among the best global institutions, propelling India to the status of being a favored destination to the world for Higher Education. We have also come up with a number of encouraging, out of the box ideas such as the Smart India Hackathon initiative that promotes innovation to find solutions for common problems faced by the society at large. It is time for India to pursue a much more aggressive education plan, exploiting the new technology opportunities including Massive Open Online Courses and virtual classrooms to the best possible extent. No country can achieve its potential and meet the daunting challenges of the 21st century without the full participation of working population, both women and men. Discrimination against women have a crippling impact on economic development. There should be renewed focus on gender equality and safety of women through gender sensitization. Gender sensitization must begin at the home, schools and colleges. I urge this institution to do everything in its power to encourage more and more young women to avail opportunities of higher education. It is time that we reassess and re-evaluate our approach and our strategy towards higher education. While we have considerably expanded our education system and more young people are in schools and colleges than ever before, there is clearly a crisis of quality. The learning attainment surveys speak of significant learning gaps. While India is home to a few world-class institutes that cater to higher education there are a large number of mediocre institutions that operate in our country. A massive ranking exercise, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was launched in 2015 for various categories of institutions such as Universities, Engineering colleges, Management Institutions etc. It is a decisive step in the direction of ushering in accountability and transparency in the higher educational institutions of India. Besides unemployment, India also faces a problem of unemployability. Even when jobs are available, candidates with the right skill set that fit the job are not available. To tackle this issue, the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna 2.0 has been launched in October 2016. It aims to train 10 Million Youth over a period of 4 years. Since its launch, it has trained and certified over 3.5 million young people. It is high time that we focus on vocational education in schools in addition with improving learning outcomes in reading, writing and basic Mathematics. The quality of education both in terms of the curriculum and teaching methodology also needs to be redefined and refined. We need to ensure that our youth are ready for the job market. We also need to equip them with the entrepreneurial skills to become job creators. We have to fully exploit the limitless possibilities of the digital revolution we are experiencing now to fortify our higher education. We must prepare our youngsters to ride this wave of technology and to harness its potential to the best possible extent. We also need to pay attention to equity in access to education. Women and girls, Scheduled Castes and Tribes, differently-abled and minority groups need to have a barrier free and equitable access to higher education. India is firmly committed to the ideals social justice and equitable opportunities to education become a crucial first step towards achieving social democracy. For our higher Educational Institutions to become centres of global excellence, we must constantly strive to promote autonomy and quality and create an enabling environment for educational institutions to chart their own paths to excellence. We must build meaningful collaborations with the best educational institutions from around the globe and seek to learn and adapt the best practices followed by them in teaching, research and curriculum to suit our needs. We have already launched the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) an initiative to provide opportunities for Indian students & faculty to interact with the best academic and industry experts from around the world. Many more such partnerships have to be nurtured and fostered. We also have to invest significant amount of resources in training teachers to make them highly competent. Our education sector is facing new challenges and we need teachers who are capable of rising to the occasion to effectively tackle these tests. While I agree that education should lead to employment and livelihood security, I do not believe that a job is the ultimate aim of education. We must ensure that the education we impart in our schools, colleges and universities leads to self discovery, enlightenment and awakening of an individual. Education must empower the student in a holistic manner by ensuring all-round development of his/ her personality. Education must build a strong character, inculcate ethical and moral values and also impart essential life skills, apart from leadership qualities. Education should bring out the best in man and lead to his enlightenment and empowerment. It is an instrument for socio-economic transformation. Education is the process of continuous, lifelong learning and does not end with the acquisition of a degree. Always aim and strive to achieve excellence in your chosen domain. Never get demoralized by temporary setbacks as every experience teaches a new lesson in life. Maintain equanimity in all situations, be confident but not arrogant. This world is full of opportunities. You must seize them. As Swami Vivekananda exhorted a hundred years ago- "Awake, arise and stop not till your goal is reached". I hope that AV College is successful in its quest to provide quality education. I urge you to do your best to mould global citizens who are well equipped to deal with any challenge that the competitive, fast paced world of the 21st century throws their way. I wish each and every one of you the very best in your future endeavours.

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Sweeping The Nation Covermount 3.5: A Very Sweeping Christmas 2 What's this all about? Well, last year, just ahead of party season, we posted more than forty songs you don't find on typical Christmas compilations. Taken in alphabetical order, those whose festive songs we used were: Arcade Fire, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Folds, Big Star, Bright Eyes, the Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, Darlene Love, De La Soul, Eels, The Fall, The Flaming Lips, Fountains of Wayne, Grandaddy, Half Man Half Biscuit, James Brown, Jose Feliciano, Joseph Spence, Joy Zipper, Kate Bush, Lauren Laverne, The Long Blondes, Low, Mew, No Doubt, Okkervil River, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Broggs, The Ramones, Randy Newman, The Raveonettes, Rilo Kiley, The Ronettes, Rufus Wainwright, Saint Etienne, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Snow Patrol, Sufjan Stevens, The Walkmen, The Wedding Present, The White Stripes and XTC. That's enough for two. Anyway, it seemed to go down well, so as it's that most special time of the year again, we thought we'd upload both sets of songs again. So... A Very Sweeping Christmas 1 (don't forget, click 'free' at the bottom of the first page) But that's not all, because after finishing with that, we found we had a few left over, and that for us can only mean one thing... TBC Poundsystem - Losing My Sledge (Perhaps better if you're acquainted with the original Losing My Edge for this one) Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas Arab Strap - Xmas (Baby, Please Come Home) Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow Is Falling Hefner - The Little Baby Hefner's Xmas Song For Holland Emmy The Great & Lightspeed Champion - Christmas In Prison Hot Uncles - The Joy Of Giving (A one-off between Absentee's Dan Michaelson and the Broken Family Band's Steven Adams. First line NSFW) The Bellrays - Merry Christmas Baby Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs Noah And The Whale - To Cyril At Crunkmas Sufjan Stevens - Get Behind Me, Santa! John Cale - Child's Christmas In Wales Harvey Danger - Sometimes You Have To Work On Christmas (Sometimes) Chris T-T - 100,000 Turkeys The Joseph And Mary Chain - The Twelve Days of Christmas (A bringing together of much of the Sunderland scene - the Futureheads, Field Music, the Golden Virgins, Kathryn Williams, This Ain't Vegas, George Washington Brown and Marie Nixon (nee Du Santiago of Kenickie) among others) Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin Lucky Soul - Lonely This Christmas Labels: covermount Christmas comes but once a year So the year in which we passed 1000 posts and didn't notice (it was this one, for the sake of completion) is almost up, and from now until the early days of 2008 is where we go into blogging overdrive as is now traditional. The Weekly Sweep and Weekender are being put away for the rest of the year, the latter to re-emerge anew as detailed in the last one, and instead there's a barrage of words, ideas, charts and flights of fancy coming your way. Here's how we're rolling: tomorrow we're reposting links to A Very Sweeping Christmas Volumes 1 and 2, and in a Christmas reissue spirit, albeit without the sense of being ripped so hard off you'll require a catheter as it's all free, we're adding a third volume. Yeah, another CDR's worth of Christmas songs for your office party, should you wish to take particularly unpleasant aural revenge on your workmates. Then from the 1st to 30th inclusive is our usual rundown of the Sweeping The Nation Top 30 Albums Of The Year, basically everything we've been saying all along about our well established favourite artists expanded to fill a few hundred words a shot while putting them all into some sort of almost conclusive order. Alongside these this year we've actually decided to ask some of those we've spent the last eleven months and more talking up what their own favoured listening of 2007 was, and we'll be running their replies alongside our own prevarications throughout December. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to respond. Alongside these we'll be presenting our final Top 100 singles of the year, harking back to Christmas charts of yore and calculating the detritus of the year. Our usual mighty review of the year's moving and shaking comes on New Year's Eve. We'll also be running a sideline polling the bloggers of the nation to produce the third annual UK Blogger Albums Of The Year Poll. Who will the cognescenti elect to follow Funeral and Return To Cookie Mountain into the almost hallowed hall of fame? You'll see on January 1st. Two days later comes a Class Of '08 Covermount, and then the year begins in earnest yet again. And so this isn't quite so self-absorbed, some things we noticed from watching music this week: British Sea Power are inviting votes on what is Rock Music and what is Non-Rock Music; and the ever reliable fine rock sons of Aldershot Reuben have come up with a Christmas single and the year's first festive video: EDIT: And a second! The ambitiously named Christmas Number One by The Black Arts, which is important as it's the work of Eddie Argos (Art Brut) and Keith TOTP (Art Brut hanger-on and general man about town) guesting with the reconstituted Black Box Recorder, about whom it's rumoured there is proper new material on the horizon: And... The Young Ones has just been issued in full on DVD for the first time, and this sequence, often cut from VHS versions for copyright reasons, has been reinstated - Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve, a conglomerate of Jools Holland, Chris Difford, Stewart Copeland, Rowland Rivron, Derek Griffiths apparently, Peter 'the one who writes loads of TV themes, including The Young Ones' own, not the one out of Field Music' Brewis and others) cover Subterranean Homesick Blues: Labels: embeds, self-promotion, you oughta know They said it couldn't be done ...but ahead of tomorrow's official launch of our festive/end of year activity, three more mp3s acquired through perfectly legal means that we want to drop off with you... First up, a band we namechecked just two days ago, Love Ends Disaster! The Nottingham fivesome, who've drawn comparisons to Talking Heads, British Sea Power and the Only Ones, had the Colin Murray/Huw Stephens/John Kennedy trinity behind them for their last single and they've supported Yo La Tengo, Babyshambles, Foals, Maps and, erm, INXS. Wisely not on their press release, that one, but we have eyes and ears everywhere. Moving on, LED! released a double A side yesterday; they describe this half of it as "an expression of the reverence and respect that they, as young musicians, naturally feel towards Elton John. God bless you Elton and a very Merry Christmas." Love Ends Disaster! - Dinosaur Bring Back The Guns are a lively Houston, Texas band who have just released debut album Dry Futures. This press release reckons they're "an experiment in messing around with music at its molecular level: ignoring rules whenever possible and coming up with songs that obey their own whims". What this means is your usual Les Savy Fav/Q And Not U touchstones for any American band who are a bit jittery and loose with time signatures and basslines, plus a heap of Minutemen and Fugazi. Bring Back The Guns - The Art of Malnutrition This update's Band Who Sent Us A CDR is Tim Goalen And The Tremors, a London outfit who are equally at home with Brand New Cadillac-flavoured rockabilly and Americana country influences Tim Goalen And The Tremors - Let's Make It Alright All Night Labels: downloads You know they're no good One of our favourite ways of passing the time is dissecting newspaper reporting styles, but even by our contemptuously cynical standards the Brighton Evening Argus on Friday printed a piece so completely mad it must have only made it in because the layout team realised they were running a page short. It starts promisingly with the headline: Winehouse says 'no no no' to Rehab with The Argus So what could that be? Do they have an exclusive on Troubled Star Amy Winehouse seeking to come to terms with her issues? We tried to make her go to Rehab, but she said: "No, no, no". Beehived crooner Amy Winehouse has astonishingly rejected an offer of a champagne and canape laden interview with The Argus at Brighton Marina's Rehab bar. We invited the hellraising Amy to the popular venue with the promise she could unburden her soul to one of our top reporters over a leisurely lunch. The rejection, as the troubled star perpares for a rare gig in the city, has left us and a legion of fans gutted. "Astonishing". Local newspaper fails to arrange interview with celebrity. Of course it's in a bar called Rehab, because if the story didn't come off, there's your angle even if they don't get to serve bottles of champagne to a woman commonly thought to have a major drink problem. It's almost like dealing with General Musharraf. Note also that this is "a rare gig", like she's Madonna. Talented Winehouse is due to perform in front of a sell-out crowd at the Brighton Centre on Monday and many of those who bought tickets hoped she would open her heart during a rare visit to the city. Instead of snapping up our offer, the 24-year-old instead went back to black, donning a short sleeved mini dress at the court appearance of caged hubby Blake Fielder-Civil. Eh? The gig is tonight and yet they wanted to take her to Brighton a week in advance? Yeah, how dare she go to court to see her husband's bail proceedings rather than give another rambling, answer-free interview nobody reads. Time her "gutted" "legion of fans" spoke. Kelly James, 23, from Brighton, said: "I thought she might say a few words before the gig. I was hoping. I guess she is too busy trying to sort out Blake at the moment." Rehab owner John Lardner said: "It is disappointing, I know a lot of the guys here were looking forward to meeting her." That's one person who's not really that disappointed and the bar owner. It's virtually a march on Island records. However Winehouse's record label, Island, said they were unable to fix up the interview. A spokeswoman said: "There's no way she can do it." Argh, still half a page to fill. Quick, think hard, team... It comes as the city braces itself for the arrival of drug addict Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty. The former squeeze of leggy model Kate Moss is set to play the Brighton Centre on Sunday, just a day before Winehouse. Security around the Brighton Centre during both gigs is expected to be beefed up with burly staff being provided by the pair's record labels. However Brighton Centre staff said they would not be laying on any extra staff. A spokeswoman said: "I don't think there will be anything out of the ordinary for either of them. It's just business as usual." Again, so much journalese to admire. "Leggy model Kate Moss", and never mind that at 5ft 6 she is commonly thought to be far less leggy than the modelling industry standard. "Burly staff provided by the pair's record labels", as if Island and Rough Trade have bouncers on their payroll rather than it being Showsec's business. Still, at least those going have things in perspective. Thousands of fans have already snapped up tickets to see both singers. Karen Hoy, 40, of Brighton, said: "I can't wait to see Amy Winehouse on Monday as she is currently the number one reality show. "I am going along in the hope she will sing, however, there is an element of voyeurism about going to see her, as her on-off stage performance is a good old fashioned rock and roll lifestyle which is not manufactured by some PR company. "It's just real life tragedy unfolding like Kurt Cobain and Elvis. You want to be able to tell your friends that you saw Winehouse before she died." No, Evening Argus, nothing worthy of comment there. Obviously nobody really calls anyone "currently the number one reality show" or talks in terms of "good old fashioned rock and roll lifestyle which is not manufactured by some PR company", but as we say, space to fill. Good that she's hoping Winehouse will be singing, though. It sounds like no more than Ms Hoy deserves to see, although Amy ODing live on stage might just edge it out for her. Sussex Police also confirmed it had no plans for extra officers to patrol the Brighton Centre. A spokeswoman said: "We trust them to behave themselves." Tch. Redlands, the Viper Room and the Brighton Centre - it's the internationally recognised trinity of music business debauchery. Don't the police even know that? Who's paying their wages? Still, every cloud has a silver lining: While the champagne may have been put on ice for Amy, Rehab is offering a lucky reader a meal for two at its Seasons restaurant to mark the singer's appearance in Brighton. Email us at [email protected] and tell us why you think Amy would make a great date. Answers should be no more than 100 words and entrants must be over 18. The usual Newsquest competition terms and conditions apply. Yeah. That Amy Winehouse, the one who you know is an unreliable drunken heroin-head who won't even talk to the press? You'd love to go on a date with her, you would. We'd like to see how many entries that gets. Labels: it's only because they're getting paid Weekender : pretending to be a circus clown FREE MUSIC: As well as having a right bugger of a Myspace code-wise, New York's The Vandelles would quite like you never to have heard the Raveonettes in your life. Past that, and this is your ever welcome sounding low-down distorted fuzzy beat group rock'n'roll for the youth of today. Oh yeah, and never to have heard the Jesus & Mary Chain. Lovely Weather is their key song. HEY YOU GET OFFA MYSPACE: Winnipeg's Blue Sky Addicts claim to combine "the upbeat joy of Electric Light Orchestra, the enchanting dominance of Sigur Ros, the simple but unpredictable beauty of Hawksley Workman, and the vulnerable sentiments of Stars". There's more Torquil Campbell than Jeff Lynne here, but not by much, and quite a bit of Ben Gibbard and one of that plague of nu-MOR British bands were they not so middly and actually listened to those they portend to take after. There's plenty to enchant, essentially. VISUAL REPRESENTATION: As it's that special time of year, which we'll come back to, some random clips from our big list. A rare video for the Pop Group's She Is Beyond Good And Evil, for instance. Spizzenergi's Where's Captain Kirk? ramshackle live. The Violent Femmes live in 1984. C30 C60 C90 Go! The Shadows in front of an appreciative Belgian TV crowd in 1964. Prime Dusty Springfield. Erm, prime Captain Sensible. All that sort of thing. VIRAL MARKETING: British Sea Power release third album Do You Like Rock Music?, a title we can't make up our minds as to whether it's good or bad, on January 14th. Recorded in Hotel2Tango, Montreal, it gives their 1983-as-now sound a good lick of A Silver! Black Fire paint, as previewed on a recent tour of unlikely places. Lights Out For Darker Skies has been played since at least Brighton in May, while single Waving Flags and whatever this one is called were captured at All Saints Church, Newcastle. FALLING OFF A BLOG: Occasionally we remember we've forgotten to do one of the big hitters in blogworld, such as Hate Something Beautiful, and oddly when we check its latest posts we more often than not find that blog is far more Anglocentric (in this case Kate Nash, Does It Offend You Yeah?, the Ting Tings and someone called The Broken Hearts - London DJs with burlesque fashion, apparently, which has put us right off them before we've heard any of their music) then the top UK bloggers. Odd, that. EVERYBODY GET RANDOM: One more blog? Oh, go on then, it is Pampelmoose, maintained by Dave Allen, four-string maestro from the Gang Of Four. Given their stance on capitalism it's interesting to see him querying whether Band Of Horses were right to sever advertising links with Wal-Mart, but even more interesting are fragments of two of his band's new demos (one's on the sidebar) as free mp3s, with two more promised this week. IN OTHER NEWS: And indeed this is the final Weekender of 2007, just as that was the last Weekly Sweep of this year. It'll be all change once we get the tinsel and turkey out of our system - the Sweep moves to Saturdays, while Weekender goes back to Sundays with a rejigged format incorporating a much shorter but no less thorough version of In Shops Tomorrow. From next weekend, you see, it's time for the STN end of year brouhaha, but that's an entirely different matter and one we'd best get cracking with if you don't mind... Friends Of The Bride are from Raynes Park, SW20, which according to Wikipedia is also home to Richard Briers, ex-Charlton midfielder Graham Stuart and Dave Benson-Phillips off the kids' telly. The Times called them "nu-croon", a title Google also ascribes to Josh Groban and Cherry Ghost. Friends Of The Bride sound like neither. What So You Think You Can Dance, their second far too cool for school single for and generally another ripe picking from Young & Lost Club, does sound like is Brit-beat meets swing meets post-ironic attitude, a sound we've previous labelled "rat pack fuzzpop". As we generally say about bands who sound simultaneously retro and modern, were radio not so much in the pocket of the self-appointed NME zeitgeist this sort of thing should be all over the daytime schedules and picking up more than the small but ever growing cult passing following they currently have. Judging by the turnout and audience participation for their End Of The Road Festival set the Wave Pictures already have a passionate enough live crowd, and of course we're going to love them - two of them are from Leicestershire, they were based for a while in Cardiff, they take their lead from Darren Hayman, they've been on tour with Emmy The Great, they've played with Jeffrey Lewis and have issued records on 4AD and, in the case of the splendid Richmanish double A side We Dress Up Like Snowmen/Now You Are Pregnant, Moshi Moshi's singles club. A very big 2008 album awaits. As if to remind us that we should never have doubted her, Emma Pollock's album Watch The Fireworks is turning into quite the slow burner. That it sounds not that far from the latter days of the Delgados helps, of course, but it's definitely a record bearing a very personal stamp. Paper And Glue has a gorgeous melodic glaze covering an awkward structural feeling and is rightly making Radio 2 sit up and take note. Speaking of ethereal songwriters, presumably Island picked The Piano from PJ Harvey's White Chalk because, featuring drums and a crescendo, it's as close as they'll find to something remotely commercial. Like the rest of the album, it's otherwise totally out of line. This Is Fake DIY have followed Drowned In Sound and PlayLouder into the online magazine-becoming-label market, and their latest signings are Love Ends Disaster!, the Nottingham outfit who've been 'promising' for far too long now without getting their deserved breakthrough's Suzanne/Dinosaur double-A 7" doing the Maximo Park-channelling-Sonic Youth 'thing'. It stays well on the right side of the clean/dirty equation of post-punkishness, which Editors' The Racing Rats is busy leaping Fonz-style. The Electric Soft Parade just had to finish off their comfortably reputation re-establishing No Need To Be Downhearted album campaign with Appropriate Ending, a digital release also bearing covers of Elliott Smith and the Aislers Set. Deerhoof are occasionally called pop by mad people, but Matchbook Seeks Maniac is as sunshine pop as the American underground will ever make, even starting with the Be My Baby beat (see Covermount passim), while Electrelane bid not farewell but adieu, or whichever form they intend the word 'hiatus' to take, with the ethereal shards of In Berlin. Also that Mules single documented last week got moved back. One of the most interesting things in the last couple of years has been the rise of the mini-album, whether giving an up and coming act time to put their older material out while writing for the proper full-length debut or to give an explosive new talent a helping hand. It's very much the latter in the case of Birmingham trio Johnny Foreigner, who've had a couple of ground level 7"s out before but on Arcs Across The City explode into glorious Sony Bravia-style technicolour of taut leftfield heavy riffage and Sonic Youth-cribbing knives through the heart of dull old linearity. Imagine Seafood's American-flavoured melodic hyperactivity colliding at full pelt with Los Campesinos!' million ideas in three minutes or less, but Los Campesinos! (who they've supported on several occasions, as they have Sky Larkin, so it's a foregone conclusion we're going to follow them whatever) if Gareth's love of Xiu Xiu was all-pervading, in one airtight package. By God, this is an exciting 21 minutes 20 seconds to give hope at these end of the year blues. Once upon a time Johnny Foreigner would have had little problem with the blanket genre description 'indie'. Probably. Man, 'indie' used to be such an unbesmirched term, indeed one which told you nothing other than its circumstances of release, often therein acting as its own badge of quality. Of course, twelve or so years ago the majors barged their way into the private party like drunk latecomers possibly tipped off by a Myspace bulletin and now everyone hates it as a subjective we're seeing indie without its rug. How different to 1982-83, when indie was something Peel and perhaps Long played and the rest of broadcast media bought bargepoles specifically for the purpose of not touching that row with, and Cherry Red records brought out its celebrated label sampler Pillows And Prayers, complete with sleeve instruction "pay no more than 99p". Skinflints got to hear the Monochrome Set, Felt, the Nightingales, Attila the Stockbroker, far too many Tracy Thorn and/or Ben Watt projects and a splendidly out of place Quentin Crisp among other luminaries of the student bedsit, and now it's back out with an extra disc of label obscurities (ver Set's Jetset Junta? We'd have thought so!) and a bloody DVD. Someone should mount a sculpture dedicated to this stuff for Trafalgar Square's spare plinth. Pixies were never so downtrodden so they just settled for being the greatest rock band ever (our perspective only). Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies sounds like one of those tribute albums featuring obscure Norwegian light metallers that get flung out into bargain bins every so often, but in fact features British Sea Power (Caribou), Mogwai (Gouge Away), They Might Be Giants, Joy Zipper, the Rosebuds, OK Go and assorted US underground flyweights. They've done all their reforming, but Squeeze head around the country from Monday and take with them self-released document of their summer US tour 5 Live and the second in Glenn Tilbrook's mining of his demos cupboard, In The Sky Above: Demo Tapes 1993-1998. There's quite a bit of Roxy Music revivalism going on at the moment, now that the coast is clear from the half-arsed half reunion tour, and it continues with The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982, featuring the art school dandies doing what they did on video, telly and stage, much commercially unreleased before now. One thing it unfortunately doesn't feature, which we might as well give you as we're in a good mood, is their MusikLaden set of 1973, featuring this version of Re-make/Re-model chiefly notable because a) it's mad and b) the audience are only roused by the drum solo. Sparks, who did a similarly coolly received set for the same show around this time, have fans who would only cheer a drum solo were it fed in by the backdrop projection. Dee Vee Dee - Sparks At The London Forum is a document of their high concept show from last September. Labels: in shops tomorrow The Chiara L's - Kate's Kid [Myspace] Emma Pollock - Paper And Glue [YouTube] Emmy The Great - Gabriel [Myspace] Foals - Balloons [YouTube] Friends Of The Bride - So, You Think You Can Dance? [YouTube] Future Of The Left - Manchasm [mp3 from The Merry Swankster] The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time [Myspace] Holy Fuck - Milkshake [mp3 from nialler9] Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - The Box [YouTube] Johnny Foreigner - The End And Everything Else [Myspace] The Kills - URA Fever [Myspace] Laura Groves - I Am Leaving [Myspace] (This lovely thing, oddly reminiscent to us of Lightspeed Champion in a way, was allowed to slip by virtually unnoticed last month, while Adele's cheap homilies over rejected Melanie C synth string arrangements get the uber-hard sell. What gives?) Lucky Soul - Lips Are Unhappy [YouTube] (So yeah, they won that Last.FM Christmas chart challenge thing and got to play a rooftop gig in 'fresh' mid-November for their promotional troubles. We, however, can only recommend taking part so far, to be exact to the point where the promo blurb references "real music". Are we really not past such linguistic high-minded stupidity?) The Mules - This Is Your Life [Myspace] Pulp - Sunrise [live YouTube] Restlesslist - Dirty Pint [YouTube] This Ain't Vegas - Short Term Long Term [YouTube] Wake The President - Remember Fun? [Myspace] The Wave Pictures - We Dress Up Like Snowmen [Myspace] Wire - Our Time Labels: weekly sweep Fancy a Brewis? Exciting news: School Of Language, the cut and paste project of Field Musician David Brewis, releases debut album Ship To Shore on February 4th, Memphis Industries in Britain, Thrill Jockey in America. It features guest slots for Barry and Jaff from the Futureheads plus one Marie Nixon. That's Marie du Santiago to you. It also looks like he's already got Frank Sidebottom onside. Posted by Simon at 11:56 pm 1 comment: Labels: embeds Rip groove Back in the last post we made reference to how the circle of musical life and regeneration is getting ever smaller. In the couple of days since, something has occurred to us that throws it into even sharper relief - UK garage is back. And not just because Craig David is giving interviews to whoever wants him to speak. You remember UK garage. 2-step, as it became known - first there was speed garage, which was essentially speeded up house with time-stretched vocals, then sub-bass and the removal of two beats per bar made it 2-step, which became in its vocal R&B-mixed form the crossover hit of 1999-2000, which in turn went darker and deeper underground and re-emerged as grime. And now? It's back from the northern clubs where it's been stewing these past few years. At number three in this week's midweeks is T2 feat Jodie's Heartbroken (and fans of absolute disgraces may like to note Micah Richards in the car at the start of the video), which sounds like Artful Dodger, and this is going to be far from the only hit with the broken beats and sped up house over the next year or so. It's apparently being called 'bassline' or 'niche' in the clubs, but we had these genre title debates years ago and frankly it's all the same thing at its core. And after that's been digested, go and listen to the boundary-crossing critical success of Burial's album Untrue, hailed as both the apotheosis and the transcendence of dubstep, but that drumbeat, that bassline, those varispeeded rave diva vocals... we know where that's actually come from. While we're here, on a no less production-minded note but otherwise completely different, Song, By Toad has posted a fine piece about mixing levels that follows the similar piece the late Stylus magazine did a few years ago and makes what's happening clearer. (* Can we point out Wiley's rhyming of 'garage' with 'garage' with 'garage' with 'garage'?) Labels: thinkpieces The scene that celebrates itself Next year, people not born when England played West Germany in the World Cup semi-final will be taking their A-levels. For someone becoming ever more aware of the onward passage of time, that's more than slightly scary. It also goes to show how fast music moves on in this country - a full generation has already moved on since the heyday of acid house, probably the last youth movement connected with music that did actually cause socio-political ructions, the idea that these gatherings were happening without your permission. There's a lot of talk about the tightening coils that make up a timeline of revivalism in the UK music scene, what with nu-rave and baggy influences around at the moment and the enveloping fog of Britpop influences already coming to the fore (why that should be the big issue given the tag 'post-Libertines' is already passe we don't know, but let's move on), which is why it's timely that this week sees compilation box set virtuosos Rhino Records release The Brit Box, a four CD box set shaped like a red telephone box, inevitably, complete with a large booklet featuring contributions from Alan McGee, Stephen Street, Alan Moulder and so forth. It's being sold not only as the first retrospective of what happened in this wave of UK music in the vein of previous Rhino releases Nuggets, Left Of The Dial and One Kiss Can Lead To Another, which will only really impress the US audience it was originally aimed at, but more specifically as a Britpop/Cool Britannia retrospective, which now water actually has passed under respective bridges and the documentarians have had their say might work in itself, but it's far from that, taking a fifteen year sweep of what was going on, cutting off in 1999 when the British music scene finally got over itself. For a bit. While nobody accused Nuggets of being too hasty even though it came out six years after its most contemporary inclusion, fifteen years is a wide angle to take if compressing British guitar music down to a flowchart of cultural studies. But that's theory. What about music? Well, that's soon enough rendered - what we did was ripped, downloaded and variously acquired as many of the 78 tracks as we could in advance, falling just eight short in the end, listened to them and tried to make sense of what actually happened here. It starts with How Soon Is Now? Well, of course it starts with How Soon Is Now?, perhaps even more than the Beatles the single great influence on what follows to this day, through that guitar and that lyrical concern, a strong stylistic link that takes in both Blur and Oasis. These early stages are really more of a cherrypick of what was dispritely going on rather than trying to make a linear narrative, with the Cocteau Twins' Lorelei existing in its own world and three tracks nodding at the continued underlying influence of C86. Interestingly there's an attempt to make them flow in the choices of tracks - Primitive Painters was a standout at the time but other Lawrence songs with less hazy production have aged better, while there's better examples of the Shop Assistants' sharpness than the shimmering attempt Somewhere In China. The Mighty Lemon Drops' charged Byrdsian jangles presage much of what came, but by that token the Wedding Present shouldn't have had pride of place here. We're on firmer ground with the Cure's Just Like Heaven, a song that gets irregular attempts at not so disguised remakes, not least by the Cure themselves for about the next five years, Echo and the Bunnymen's Lips Like Sugar also going towards mining a seam that really didn't have the advantage taken from it until after the nineties, although for our money Back Of Love or Seven Seas would have been better. In retrospect the Jesus and Mary Chain's April Skies, while as dark as reputation suggests, doesn't have anything like the impact of Psychocandy, and after the previous two tracks seems somewhat leaden. And what was it with proper drums being mixed to sound like electronic kits at the time? Although they would become more influential with other songs, Spacemen 3's Walkin' With Jesus also stands alone, as much by its lush minimalism as being between J&MC and the Primitives' endlessly likeable Crash, both of which are on a level with the now sounding underpowered Unbearable by the Wonder Stuff, which sounds like the Mighty Lemon Drops grown up and discovering the joy of record sales when they actually made you money. This is where we turn into the 1990s, and thanks to Oakenfold and those million DJs who claim to have discovered house music are running their clubs and creating a word of mouth that's getting all manner of losers, boozers and jacuzzi users to invest in sequencers. And so it is here, the moment when bands became structurally and crossover-wise ambitious. She Bangs The Drums, The Only One I Know, Step On, Loaded, This Is How It Feels - all as familiar to men aged between 26 and 48 as the national anthem and a lot less dirgelike too. But, certainly in the first two and last cases, also the first strains of successful British music rooted in the 1960s beyond the Beatles, the sounds of Merseybeat, garage and the British Invasion, a connection even more explicit when followed by the Trash Can Sinatras' Obscurity Knocks - a choice which suggests trying to make connections between this era and what came later, as some Pop Will Eat Itself to cement the dance-rock lineage wouldn't have killed - and, with a creeping sense of inevitability, There She Goes. Disc 1 closes with the Sundays' Here's Where The Story Ends, which is its own little microcosm of homegrown UK music of the 90s - 1990's Reading, Writing And Arithmetic was for a few years talked about in hushed tones, at least for as long until they followed it up in 1997, but nowadays is lucky to receive a mention in dispatches. Although, again, there are better songs of theirs - Can't Be Sure, a piece of opaque greatness from two years earlier - you'd now struggle to call this 'indie', bearing more in relation to KT Tunstall than the Long Blondes. Precious little such acoustic-led shilly-shallying on this disc, as we spend most of its eighteen tracks with hair lank, pedals maxed and eyes downwards. The progression is gradual, Ride's Vapour Trail having more than a hint of jangle and strings among its blurred tremelos, and while the Pale Saints more than match up in the hovering guitars and wan vocals, more latter Spacemen 3 than anything, it's not until track three when Loveless, represented by the still extraordinary Only Shallow, arrives to blow the joint apart, and we're off into the realm of the effects. Some found a way through - the tremendously underrated at all stages Lush's For Love makes a link between the Popguns and those around them here - but the Telescopes are fairly evidently taking after Ride while Chapterhouse are Shoegazing 101 makeweights and the Catherine Wheel - quite successful on American college radio, lest we forget - appear to be trying to become the introspective swirling complement to Soundgarden. Inevitably it's this disc which is hit hardest by a lack of download presence, though we doubt Bleach, Five Thirty, the Dylans, Thousand Yard Stare and Moose, whose singer became famous for never looking straight ahead on stage, are bearing up well, although the Family Cat might have offered something. Curve were important on the route to Garbageesque female fronted electro-rock but their dense production and (machined?) drum patterns suggest they were more one of a piece with many of those around. This means we join the story on its way out of shoegazing and realising we're missing some vital component parts. Where, for example, are the clustered guitars and superior darkscaping of the House Of Love at the start, the square pegs and much hinted at of late Kitchens Of Distinction or indeed one of the genre's most important and well remembered bands, Slowdive? Instead we rejoin well on the way to what came with the ragtag Ned's Atomic Dustbin - nice of them to remember, but surely Jesus Jones deserved a mention, although with none of the Britpop-affiliated ends of electro and big beat referred to in the rest of the compilation the dance pastures hinted at with the Mondays and so forth have been abandoned by the compilers. Before Select could get Brett Anderson in front of a blue screen it briefly looked like British guitar music would literally be dragged back kicking and screaming into hard pastures, firstly with Birdland's Shoot You Down, not half as malevolent as it wants to be, and then the Manics, smartly choosing early 'sixteen million and then we'll split' rather than successful, although if the point's being made there are better songs to make it with, as James and Nicky would now attest, than Stay Beautiful. (Note for timeline tracers: it was Birdland disappointment Steve Lamacq invoked in his interview with Richey about commitment that caused the '4 REAL' business). After such sonic pounding the final track is the one that ends up pointing the way best, Teenage Fanclub's still peerless Star Sign, which takes the wall of guitars and does something straightforwardly melodic with them. This, however, was clearly not a vintage period, and the fact we were about to type "where's Carter USM?" confirms it. Now we're into it. 'YANKS GO HOME!' said the famous Select cover, not long after Suede had burst out of nowhere, all makeup, androgyny and suggestions of 'other', The Drowners for many the starting pistol for what was to follow. So here we have... Metal Mickey. Less glam, less lyrically suggestive, less all round. Only then, for some reason, do we get Swervedriver, who have become co-opted into shoegazing retrospectively - pedals, Home Counties - but on Duel resemble a louder Teenage Fanclub. Eugenius are an intriguing addition, a Kurt Cobain favourite whose jangly Breakfast almost predicts the next Fannies album, but if this part, which includes the similar but more attempted ethereal Superstar, is showing the way towards 1995's apogee then it's odd not to see Cud or the Auteurs included. Instead there's an almost token nod to New Order's last great song Regret and James' Laid and, bizarrely, Nick Heyward, who was signed to Creation for a short while for some facile acoustic stuff. Was there an issue with picking something from weller's Wild Wood? It's interesting that at this point we get three bands who didn't really fit in at the time, the Boo Radleys' glorious psychedelic epic Lazarus (an inventive reappropriation of Merseybeat retro, and at least it wasn't the get-out clause of anything from Wake Up!), Saint Etienne's retro-futurism - how the Americans will take to You're In A Bad Way's reference to "watching Bruce on the old Generation Game" is anyone's guess - and Stereolab's reuse of influences most clued-up people still know little about. What this all goes to show, we suppose, is that in 1993-94 there was a lot of music about of quality but it needed to coalesce for wider appreciation. You'll never guess who made the next three tracks, given that build-up. Last first, Common People will remain unimpeachable, doffing its cap to many a direct influence while sounding completely of the time and yet in a way that will never age its quietly shifting sound. Frankly, it's a song about not getting on with middle class art students that resonated for everyone. Oasis come before it with Live Forever, the perfect match of their early fire and Noel's classicist aspirations. (Interesting to note that despite being the ultimate rockist band Noel often namechecked trip-hop and dance music among his listening at the time, only much later thinning it out to just Cotton Mather and Kings Of Leon.) Blur? Intriguingly, their choice is from Parklife but it's Tracy Jacks, not even the most celebrated or well sketched out of the non-single album tracks. Girls And Boys would have fitted the sequencing better, This Is A Low or Badhead would have shown the depths Damon was capable of, Parklife and End Of A Century would be better for the theme. We can only assume they wanted to represent his character study period, which only really came into play on the albums either side of Parklife to wildly varying results. And then the issue really gets clouded with The New Wave Of New Wave, more precisely These Animal Men, who shot for the glam stars but ended up lumpen and somehow just unlikeable. Maybe this and the resolutely second division Mega City Four is the warning from history, the way it might have turned out in a parallel world. Echobelly's Insomniac has aged just as badly, but this is by no means their most representative moment. By now we're well into the Cool Britannia longeurs and assorted hypes, Gene hampered by sledgehammer production, the infamous Menswear's Sleeping In - why not their calling card Daydreamer? - like a modern pisstake of chirpy Cockernee schmindie. Even Supergrass' celebrated Alright doesn't survive all that well, the joi de vivre pulling through a lightweight arrangement, but it's less of a hostage to fortune alongside Cast's own Alright, which now sounds desperately short of ideas. Although that concept is in the eye of the beholder - Elastica didn't have too many different ideas in 1994, yet Stutter still sounds like an invigorating come-on of pure Buzzcockian stock. That's kind of the impression a large part of this CD gives off - those that have commitment and audible personality were few on the ground, and those are the ones you remember. Which means that when we get to the dregs as the music makes the leap from weeklies to daily showbiz columns, some people are in trouble. Are Dodgy one such band? They swept the scene at one point, with Math Priest's Never Mind The Buzzcocks residency and Andy Miller dating Denise van Outen, but minus the quotability presence In A Room suggests they weren't exactly cut out to be frontrunners. Ash might well have been, Girl From Mars one of few of their early songs that have aged well, but they kept taking their eye off the ball. Sleeper fare less well, but again Sale Of The Century shows off Louise Wener's style less well than Inbetweener, and Marion's glam racket is better served by Time than Sleep. Nothing will ever serve better for Kula Shaker. Did we really all go head over heels for Tattva's third hand Small Faces plus mysticism? Actually Ocean Colour Scene do better than expected out of being picked up from the populism reject bin, although the famous riff from The Riverboat Song, now divorced from memories of Chris Evans at his height, sounds horribly underpowered. Babybird's You're Gorgeous is still a textbook lesson in how to wrest a radio friendly anthem from unfriendly sources, although its omnipresence that year did stop Stephen Jones from receiving his songwriting due. The Bluetones' Slight Return? Ooh, this is painful - we don't mind admitting we loved them at the time of Expecting To Fly, but in isolaton twelve years later it's clearly musicians working at the limits of their jangling abilities. The singles from the derided second album have weathered much better. There's also those pushed out through the circumstances of the storytelling - no place for the Longpigs' maximalism, or Space's cheek, or any mention of the bands the fanzine kids followed as a contrasting story to the now mainstream rock hegemony - no Bis, no Kenickie, no early Idlewild, not even Belle & Sebastian. And so the talking stopped. Country House v Roll With It happened, then Morning Glory broke big, then over 1996 and 1997 it all began to ebb away, in contravention of basic physics because it got too big. The smart ones realised that to survive you needed a few out of the way ideas because nobody was standing for straight pub singalong choruses any more. Pub lads wouldn't get Gruff Rhys or Neil Hannon, whose Something 4 The Weekend and Something For The Weekend remain moments of individual flair compromised by Rhino's tracklister acting too smart. We don't know which version of Brimful Of Asha they're using, but no prizes for guessing which of Cornershop's Richman-hinting original and Fatboy Slim's big beateria has weathered best. Has anybody thought about Silver Sun in the last ten years? Album track Service is an odd choice, but its glam beat, power chords and Californian harmonies just about carry through. Jason Pierce's second appearance completely at odds with his surroundings comes with the title track from Spiritualized's Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, still on the subjects of life's etherness and allusions to "taking away the pain" from perhaps the great lost classic of the '90s, routinely described as a masterpiece at the time but overlooked ever since. Plenty of people are still fond of Mansun too, and they don't sound like a lot of their disc compadres either in a very different way, especially when placed next to the post-Oasis bludgeon longeurs masquerading as gradiosity of Hurricane #1's Step Into My World and The Verve's Lucky Man. You can't help thinking it's this sort of radiant self-perpetuating reaching for the showbiz stars that's being replicated to smaller and smaller artistic merit - what is divisible by zero again? - as time passes. Rialto now sound exactly like the recent New Order albums, which probably wasn't their intention at the time. Britpop was conclusively over by this point, but it left a legacy of people who wanted to be in the tabloids at any cost. Exhibit A: there's nothing to Catatonia's Mulder And Scully, even the then sainted Cerys coming off second in an internal likeable vocal style contest with Wener. You Don't Care About Us is a fairly anaemic choice to represent Placebo but is Ace Of Spades next to Gay Dad, the final track and presumably chosen for their own story, hugely hyped in advance followed by instant backlash and mocking ever since. Oh Jim, rather than that much trailed debut single From Earth With Love, doesn't help that cause much. Evidently, UK music didn't learn anything as it went along from its mistakes. Or rather it did, and can repeat them when required. Weekender : our face is a foreign food FREE MUSIC: Chris Walla likes to keep irons in the fire - guitarist in Death Cab For Cutie, he's also made his name behind the production console with credits including the last two Decemberists albums, Nada Surf, Hot Hot Heat, The Thermals and Tegan & Sara. Now he's breaking solo, Field Manual set for a US January release despite a recent setback when his hard drive was briefly confiscated by Homeland Security while crossing the Canadian border. Sing Again will not pose a threat to your livelihood, but it is Shins-esque sunshine pop with a serrated edge just lurking beneath. HEY YOU GET OFFA MYSPACE: We get a lot of emails, but that's what comes of badly organised spam filters. Occasionally we do get emails alerting us to decent new bands, one such being New York's Your 33 Black Angels. Doubtless this has been around the mid-ranking mp3 blogs at least four times by now, and we're fully aware of this sort of thing in the wake of that Idolator piece, but even before that their self-released album Lonely Street had earned special commendation from Rolling Stone editor David Fricke in September. They follow in the Brooklyn area recent years garage trend, not garage in the scrappy fall-down way but in the indiepop kids in a garage getting their smarter ideas into fruition sense, with echoes of the work of Stephen Malkmus and his compadre the Silver Jews' David Berman filtered through the likes of Hot Hot Heat and on through to Lou Reed. VISUAL REPRESENTATION: This was only ever going to be given over to one band this week, with My Bloody Valentine reformation ticket demand briefly crashing both the Roundhouse online box office and Seetickets. Why is this important? Soon, Feed Me With Your Kiss and You Made Me Realise are three examples of why it's important. Kevin Shields could never quite fully explain why himself at the time, as when interviewed in 1990 by Edward Ball and featured on Rapido two years later, although he'd got better at it by 2000 and this past month, looking back and confirming the reunion to The Make-Up/weird War/Nation Of Ulysses' Ian Svenonius. Perhaps it's best expressed live, despite the 1990-91 mic-distorting levels as with I Only Said, When You Sleep, Only Shallow and even Sunny Sundae Smile. At least, we assume it is under all the feedback. FALLING OFF A BLOG: Who Killed The Mixtape? likes Curb Your Enthusiasm. Score one point there. They also have a wide range of mp3s and embeds. Score many more. EVERYBODY GET RANDOM: One of the most common 'whatever happened to...?' queries, mid-90s UK subsection, has been answered by Under The Radar magazine, who have tracked down Lush's Miki Berenyi, who is very forthcoming on the band's history and reveals that bar the odd guest vocal she has no plans to take up music again. And yes, we're aware that everyone knew she worked for TV Times for a bit, but that's hardly where the smitten wanted to see her. IN OTHER NEWS: In a quite notable set of charts (the Spice Girls Children In Need single falling? We blame Fearne Cotton), Amy Winehouse's Back To Black shot up, pun only half-intended, to number 30. Winehouse's parents, you may recall, once appealed to the public to stop buying her album and were 'rewarded' by it climbing back up to number two. All publicity really is good publicity. This is more like it, plenty of 7"s, CDs and downloads to go round this week. Even for those who go down the Harvey/Marshall route of the emotionally charged while not overbearing female singer-songwriter, Scout Niblett can take some getting used to, even if there's fewer drum-powered songs than before on her current album This Fool Can Die Now. The single taken from it is the closest it ever remotely comes to commercial, Kiss being a duet with Will Oldham that resembles Cat Power in an iron maiden (no, not Iron Maiden, an actual iron maiden). Brighton duo/trio/loads Restlesslist, who form quite a solid piece of the interconnected Whitecentric web of Brighton music, seem to be appealing to a wider audience then they might have expected, their last single appearing in Mixmag's top fifty tracks of 2006. Your pilled up clubber would literally shit themselves at Dirty Pint, the imaginary soundtrack to an fairground ghost train based on Hammer Horror soundtracks. Just down the road literally and musically metaphorically, the Go! Team's Proof Of Youth received some criticism for its snail-like progression from the Thunder Lightning Strike sound, but in reality their style is so singular and so indubtedly theirs that it'd be difficult to see how much further it could be stretched. Third single The Wrath Of Marcie is therefore bracing funk brass, hip hop drums, half-buried Ninja rhymes and cartoon theme interludes, this one seemingly quoting J Geils Band's Centerfold. Baby-faced quasi-rustic folk storyteller and occasional National Theatre Shakespearian actor Johnny Flynn has somehow ended up on Vertigo Records (The Killers, Razorlight, Dirty Pretty Things, Amy Macdonald, One Kooks Night Only), and it'll be a nightmare for whoever's charged with trying to feed his sound through the A&R/publicity machine. The Box sees him continue to make his own corner of the London nu-'folk' scene. He's also subject of Rubbish ContactMusic Review Of The Week, wherein it is confidently stated "no matter how hard he may try, he will always be compared to Newton Faulkner". By that token the Raveonettes will forever be in the shadow of Amy Winehouse, being as both have betrayed Wall Of Sound influences in the past. The Danish ice duo again have their handstamped sound no matter where they take it, Dead Sound coming on with spooky distorted J&MC with Velvets to taste. Opinionated storyteller Chris T-T got distracted from his London trilogy of albums by his 9 Red Songs political repositioning for a good two or three years, but Capital is due out in February and advance notice is given on the This Gun Is Not A Gun EP. The album manages both the ying and yang of STN's musical worldview, featuring as it does both Emmy The Great and one of Razorlight (the drummer). The Rumble Strips do what they do, again, on Time, the Mules step out from the shadow of all their famous and talented friends with their very British take on Talking Heads '77, This Is Your Life; Australian youths Operator Please leave behind their meta-table tennis contextualising for the more streamlined Leave It Alone; Make Model, now on EMI, turn tail on their Canadian-influenced post-postrock for a more Heavenly-esque poppier/dark lyrical side on The Was; and the indefatigable Helen Love preview February's new album with the usual Ramones/J-Pop bubblegum of It's My Club. Just as excitingly, someone's finally uploaded the video for Long Live The UK Music Scene, even if we suspect Ocean Colour Scene have now indeed sold more singles than Gina G. Not much new to speak of, evidently. We're a UK music blog, so we're forced by law to namecheck Girls Aloud's Tangled Up, even if the new single sounds for the first time in their careers (bar the covers) like A N Other Girl Group. That's what happens when you recontextualise pop, everyone works out eventually what you were doing. Meanwhile Bonnie Prince Billy, or if you're Amazon Bonnie Prince Charlie, delves into the covers stopgap drawer on Ask Forgiveness and comes out with Bjork, Danzig, R Kelly, Merle Haggard and Phil Ochs. GoodBooks are probably as well renowned for their remixes as their originals, so it's no wonder that they've commissioned download-only Control Freaks, tracks from their underrated Control album reworked by the likes of the Teenagers (inevitably, being one guitar band with remix chops reworking another), Crystal Castles, Kissy Sell Out, Minotaur Shock and Lo-Fi-Fnk. Also going the repackaging route are Gorillaz, with second odds and sods compilation D-Sides, and Bloc Party, whose A Weekend In The City has grown Flux (after I Still Remember) and a DVD of Reading set and videos. Nowhere near as frenetic but just as heartfelt, The Drift Collective documents the highly promising Devon-based with Brighton offshoot folk label's best acts, including Thirty Pounds Of Bone, Mary Hampton, The R G Morrison and Actress Hands' Matt Eaton. New Boots And Panties is about to hit thirty, and reissued best of Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll demonstrates why no home should be without some Dury. 5CD set The Brit Box catalogues most of the notables that took guitar music through the 1990s - we'll be covering this in greater detail later in the week. Sufjan Stevens' Songs For Christmas is one of many festive issues this week. For no tie-in reason that we can make out, Neko Case's country-noir second and third full-lengths, Furnace Room Lullaby and Blacklisted, also return. "Am I going to have to do this by myself?" It had never occurred to us before that for all the words written about the TV broadcast and CD and everything read into its significance, Nirvana Unplugged In New York, recorded fourteen years ago today, has never previously been released in visual form. This has the whole thing for the first time, plus rehearsal footage and a documentary. You've probably heard the 13th Floor Elevators' disciples more than you've heard their own garage psychedelia, and it's probable you know even more about leader Roky Erickson's subsequent RP McMurphy-esque mental breakdown and three years in a mental hospital for the criminally insane. Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators by Paul Drummond, with Julian Cope on foreword, tries to unpick legend from fact with everybody involved as interviewees. Burial - Archangel [mp3 from Analog Giant] (Yeah, look at us being all hip. Truth be told, being whitey we have no idea what dubstep actually is except that this transcends its ideas and limitations, and while, like much of Massive Attack's work, we get enveloped in its unique sonic envelope - Untrue is a great late night journey album, even just walking through town - it's not something we make a great emotional connection with. Still, this is as remarkable a piece of bass booster-breaking and subjugation of something long though passe, UK garage/two-step, as can be) David Bowie - Be My Wife [YouTube] The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time [mp3 from I Shook The Royal Throne] Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone [Myspace] The Go! Team - The Wrath Of Marcie [YouTube] Katy Rose - Rosemary [Myspace] (And here lies a story. Californian life survivor Rose emerged into the post-Avril field in 2004, had a small amount of MTV success, got dropped, disappeared for the best part of three years and has re-emerged sounding like Fiona Apple fronting Garbage produced by Xenomania for 4AD) Love Ends Disaster! - Suzanne [Myspace] Luke Leighfield - If I Try [Myspace] My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise [YouTube] The School - All I Wanna Do Is [Myspace] Forward Rhydian If we can be said to have many traditions this early on, one is that about this time every year we take a look at the advance betting on the Christmas number one. Of course, as commercialisation of the number one spot takes over, it's all been ruined - you won't be able to find a bookie taking bets on whoever wins the X Factor being the festive leader. What can be done? Well, last.fm have had an idea - they've corralled three young bands into a competition, Christmas Chart Attack, where subscribers can vote for one and the winner will, it says here, "take their track and go head-to-head with the X Factor winner, to decide who tops the charts this December", apparently by offering it as a 40p download. The reason we mention it is that one of the bands involved is Lucky Soul, and in this situation, who cares about the other two candidates. Not that in a just world they should need a viral gimmick to become stars, given the quality of their album, but as it is what you need to do before Monday is go to its auto-play page and click on the heart symbol in the embedded player to register a vote. Together we can send Lips Are Unhappy into the Christmas top 130. Back in the non-virtual world they've not got a clue, Ladbrokes having dropped their usual online book, not even offering Excluding X-Factor. Luckily there are no depths to which Paddy Power will sink, especially given their What Will Happen Next To Amy Winehouse? book (Win a Grammy 13-8 favourite, file for divorce 20-1, be snapped fighting with Lily Allen 25-1, start dating Pete Doherty 40-1, receive an ASBO 50-1, become the face of Ragu 100-1 - don't quite understand that last one), so here's what they reckon we'll be pointedly shunning the Cowelltopia for: 7-4 Spice Girls - Headlines It's likely not to make number one this week, when it's the official Children In Need record! A five week slow burn is really pushing it 3-1 Sugbabes - Change 3-1 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 8-1 Mutya Buena feat. Amy Winehouse - B-Boy Baby Now, Winehouse, if you could just put the pipe aside for a moment and answer this - if you love the Shangri-Las as much as you say you do, why are you doing backing vocals on a R&B 'update' of Be My Baby? 10-1 Shaun The Sheep - Life's A Treat And to think we credited Aardman with some imagination. It's the opening theme to Shaun's CBBC series, as sung by Vic Reeves. And if that doesn't demonstrate something about Vic Reeves' current career trajectory, nothing will. 18-1 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 20-1 Connie Talbot - Somewhere Over The Rainbow Not the Sound Of Music stage Maria, that's Connie Fisher. This is a six year old from Britain's Got Talent and possibly the latest in a long line of precocious pre-teens pushed into million pound record deals and a Christmastime single who are never heard of again (cf All Angels, Declan Galbraith) It gets really dull from then on, with all sorts of guesswork - yeah, Snow Patrol could suddenly rear back up the charts, but don't expect much change on your 50-1 - and a dark horse back at 100-1 if it gets publicity, Annie Lennox's charity single Sing featuring guest vocals from a whole host of female singers, wherein Madonna, Dido, Celine Dion, Pink, Shakira, Joss Stone, the Sugababes and KT Tunstall rub mastertape shoulders with Beth Gibbons, kd lang, Beth Orton, Martha Wainwright and, most intriguingly, Shingai Shoniwa from the Noisettes. Which is all very well, but... this Christmas race list. It's not very wide-ranging, is it? We all get peeved by chancers and noveltists, but nobody seems to be bothering trying to score populist approval any more. Not even a new Nizlopi. GRRR Books Gambaccini, Read, Rice and Rice, of course, originators of the Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles. The reason why we bring this up: why is last year's volume being repromoted with massive piles in bookstores this year without its usual update? Is someone going out of business? An Illustrated Guide To... Squeeze On 26th November the reformed Squeeze, or reformed in the sense it ever was for a good half of its lifespan in being Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook and others (returning bassist John Bentley and Stephen Large and Simon Hanson from Tilbrook's band The Fluffers, to be exact), begin a UK tour they thought might never happen. The figureheads, having been tarred at their peak with Rolling Stone's 'new Lennon & McCartney' tag, never made it to How Do You Sleep? levels of antipathy - the split was too civil for that - but there was a barely disguised depth of feeling between the pair well before the parting of band ways. Although the impasse long thawed completely, Difford has intimated that the tour is only happening because Universal wanted to promote this year's Essential Squeeze compilation, their tenth Best Of, and although Tilbrook has made encouraging noises about an eventual album and Difford has spoken of getting his own long gestated Squeeze musical going both are releasing solo albums next year. Whatever, it brings back into the spotlight one of the most literate and effective bands Britain has produced in the last thirty years or so. In 1973, 18 year old Chris Difford placed a guitarist wanted advert in a shop in Blackheath, to which one of few respondents was 15 year old hippy Glenn Tilbrook. As their friendship and musical partnership blossomed the more musically able Tilbrook took up the melodic side while the longer standing songwriting half concentrated on lyrics, and the pair played at the bottom of bills for a couple of years, mostly under the name Skyco. On the side Tilbrook continued to sketch out songs with talented pianist schoolfriend Julian Holland, Jools to one and all, who Difford has described as resembling a Hell's Angel hanger-on at the time, if you can imagine such a thing. Mutual acquaintance Harry Kakoulli, who'd been in a band with future Only One and briefly Tilbrook flatmate Peter Perrett, joined the nascent outfit on bass, and with shortlived drummer Paul Gunn the band built up a south London following throughout 1975 under a name taken from a late Velvet Underground album. Perrett's friend's friend Miles Copeland was a managerial mover and shaker who would later turn his brother Stewart's band The Police into worldwide superstars, and he convinced the teenagers to sign a managerial contract that year on the promise of better paid gigs, handing over an unrecoupable fifty percent of all publishing rights in the process. A couple of aborted sessions followed before sessioner Gilson Lavis joined as drummer and a set of demos was finally recorded. Watching some of the session was John Cale, who produced debut release Packet Of Three EP, which sold 25,000 copies on the tiny Deptford Fun City label. Cale was entrusted the self-titled debut album, but, heavily reliant on drink and drugs at this point, insisted first off that the band ditch all their road-tested songs and come up with a whole new set in the studio which abandoned their harmonic post-Beatles melodies for aggressiveness and subjects he suggested. Both main parties disown the album, released in March 1978, the two singles being the sole album tracks produced by the band themselves when ill health forced Cale out early. The first, Take Me I'm Yours, went top twenty, while Copeland hired a cramping van and drove them round America's byways for two months. Take Me, I'm Yours With a stockpile of their own earlier unreleased songs, second album syndrome was quelled until A&M recommended they scrap the sessions with Pink Floyd engineer Brian Humphries, the band ending up co-producing it themselves with first album engineer John Wood to what everyone refers to as superior results. Writing Cool For Cats, for a start, which ended up as the title track of the album released in March 1979. Difford took influence from Ian Dury, Nick Drake and the crew of local ne'er do wells who were hanging around the band at the time, while Tilbrook's musical experimentation was encouraged, early synths dotted about the record. The album is full of band classics - Slap And Tickle, Goodbye Girl, Cool For Cats - inspired by the musical segments of The Benny Hill Show - and Up The Junction, written in New Orleans in the Dylan reportage style. The last two sold a combined million records and the latter two tracks both reached number two as singles, so on with ever lengthening tours they went. Slap And Tickle At the end of 1979 Kakoulli was sacked, replaced by John Bentley, and after a single Christmas Day was curiously banned by the BBC and flopped as a result, Squeeze went back into the studio with three albums' worth of Difford songs, the best of which became Argybargy, a less successful but no less succinctly captured collection. Just after its February 1980 release Holland, who was seen as the band's calming internal force but had been sidelined during much of the previous two albums' recording sessions, left to pursue his own musical and soon enough televisual projects. Copeland was also summarily excommunicated as manager, Chris and Glenn feeling he'd taken his eye off the Squeeze ball as the Police rose steadily. Instead they hooked up with Stiff Records founder Jake Riviera, now operating his own management company, and his associate Elvis Costello agreed to produce the May 1981 fourth album East Side Story alongside Undertones producer Roger Bechirian. Operating to strict working hours and pub banning orders so work could be completed before Elvis' other commitments, the decision was also made to bring in Paul Carrack on vocals and keyboard. It was his soul background that encouraged the band to come up with Tempted, a song Difford admits is partly autobiographical, and at Costello's suggestion to put Carrack on lead. Widely regarded as their pinnacle, it's almost a theme album of love either going wrong or setting about things the wrong way, shaded by soul and country and moving away from earlier blanket accusations of a sexist nature. Labelled With Love went to number four, aided by B-side joke Squabs On Forty Fab, a Stars On 45-style disco medley of previous singles. In Quintessence Squabs On Forty Fab By then Riviera and A&M had already come to loggerheads, and when having promised a contractless agreement Riviera presented a lengthy and detailed document for signing the die was cast against the manager. Five years' pauseless work behind them Squeeze needed rest; instead what they got was studio time for another album and a new keyboard player after the pivotal Carrack left, Don Snow his replacement. Sweets From A Stranger, released in May 1982 and produced, as much has he could with Tilbrook in particular dominating proceedings, by Phil MacDonald, was a major step backwards, exacerbating existing tensions and not selling half as well in Britain, although America proved less elusive. Standalone single Annie Get Your Gun also failed to make the top 40, the band surprised to find its producer had recorded all but lead vocals in their absence, and with members wracked in heavy drinking and success falling apart it was decided to end the band from late 1982, a hits compilation Singles 45s And Under being issued. Difford and Tilbrook were reconciled by playwright John Turner, who wrote a script around their songs called Labelled With Love and with their musical arrangements ran it for three months at the Albany Theatre, Deptford. This led to Difford & Tilbrook, using mostly leftover songs from the previous two albums, a more grandiose and not nearly achieved take on the Squeeze sound. It didn't help that both had got into hard drugs and still didn't trust the other anyway, and that the album didn't sell. The Argybargy line-up reformed for a charity show in January 1985 which was so successful the proper name was resuscitated without Bentley, Keith Wilkinson taking up the bass, and the band also got back together with Miles Copeland despite an outstanding legal action over royalties. August's Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti was recorded in Belgium with Paul Young producer Laurie Latham but sounds like a band re-entering the studio before they're ready, inconsistency squared with 80s production values. The Soft Boys' Andy Metcalfe came on tour as a second keyboard player and stayed for September 1987's Babylon And On, recorded in six different studios at great expense but their most consistent album since East Side Story. Their biggest selling too, going gold in America on the back of an Ade Edmondson-directed video for Hourglass and a proper hit in 853-5937, Tilbrook's old phone number allied to a song they thought was so throwaway they refused to play it live even after it had broken big. Tilbrook took a co-producer's credit, leading to further internal fallouts and what he now calls the lowest point in his partnership with Difford, although in public things were going better than ever with a successful Bowie support slot and a Madison Square Garden sellout. Metcalfe replaced by Matt Irving, the task again of following up a hugely successful album fell to September 1989's Frank, which was even more artistically successful, Difford back to lyrical sharpness, Tilbrook ever improving as an arranger, Holland and Lavis on form. Of course, it sank without trace commercially. Love Circles Holland's televisual CV was increasing and he jumped ship afterwards, and when A&M was taken over the band were dumped. Warners Bros picked them up and the two's personal lives changed - Glenn divorcing his much-unloved by bandmates wife, Chris getting married for the second time - but a soul-destroying Fleetwood Mac support tour and Difford's deteriorating mental state, as well as disputes with producer Tony Berg, meant August 1991's Play went similarly unrewarded. Both men remain proud of the album despite a much less happy-go-lucky lyrical content and overly smooth production. Lavis left again, Warners dropped them (although they were picked up by...A&M) and Difford walked out literally on the eve of an American tour to get to grips with his drinking. Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas from Costello's Attractions filled in for the tour, but Tilbrook was left alone up front. Difford meanwhile went through rehabilitation and rejoined the outside world in autumn 1992. Carrack returned and Thomas continued for September 1993's revitalising Some Fantastic Place, the title track a tribute to Glenn's ex-girlfriend Maxine, who had acted as a middleman when the pair had fallen out and had recently died of leukaemia. Upbeat in tone if not lyrically, Difford's words often musing on man's relationships with women, men and drink, everyone pushing the same way for once led to a favourite recording for everyone, if again more successful in reviews than sales. Aimee Mann, who Difford had worked with, played several shows on the album's tour as a band member. Some Fantastic Place Carrack and Thomas disappeared again, Kevin Wilkinson the new drummer, and Copeland finally severed band ties before Ridiculous, which, released in November 1995, saw the band positioned as godfathers of Britpop and managed a couple of top 40 placings, but by now that was the limit of Squeeze's commercial ability. In 1997 they found themselves £30,000 in the hole on unpaid tax and were dropped by A&M again. Tilbrook's Quixotic label released Down In The Valley, a single to mark Charlton Athletic's 1998 Division 1 play-off final appearance featuring squad members, before changing the rest of the band completely, including Jools' younger brother Chris Holland on keys. An entirely new band and a rushed recording, Tilbrook producing, led to November 1998's Domino, a last album as regretted by the frontmen as the first. Although both were out of ideas and patience with the band, neither admitted it at the time until in January 1999 Difford, depressed and feeling his demons return, walked out on an American tour again at the last moment. Personal clashes followed until Difford decided to finally call the partnership off, the band's last gig to date being in Aberdeen on November 27th 1999. Difford went on to write for and manage others and has released two solo albums, 2003's I Didn't Get Where I Am, co-written with It Bites' Francis Dunnery, and last year's live retrospective South East Side Story. Tilbrook has also released two albums, 2001's The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook and 2005's Transatlantic Ping Pong, which featured a Difford co-write, and was the subject of the 2006 documentary film One For The Road, which followed him round America in a hired RV. Tilbrook released an album of early Squeeze demos, The Past Has Been Bottled, joined Difford onstage for a couple of songs at Glastonbury 2003 and there was a one-off acoustic session to launch Squeeze Song By Song, an oral history both contributed to with Jim Drury, but Squeeze only properly resuscitated at the Return to the Summer of Love Party at Hawkhurst, Kent in July, followed by a headline slot at Guilfest and some US dates in August supported by Fountains Of Wayne. It may or may not go any further once the tour wraps up on December 11th, but there's been a long and bumpy but worthwhile road getting there. Labels: illustrated guide Probably the oddest thing we've ever posted Pagan Wanderer Lu, who you may be aware we quite like, has got in touch. For reasons that remain vague if decidedly excellent, he's putting together a compilation album, possibly for charity although it's up in the air at this early stage, of original songs about the giant isopod crustacean. All contributors are welcome - get in contact via its Myspace page before December 5th - and we hear there's more than one STN favourite interested. If you're as musically talented as us, pass this message on. If you can't do that, be aware that PWL, Napoleon IIIrd and Applicants are touring together from tomorrow, taking in London, Manchester, Oxford, Brighton, Cardiff and Warrington (Modernaire rather than Applicants there). And if you come across a giant isopod, remember their staple diet. Weekender : fresher than fresh FREE MUSIC: So there's quite a bit of hype building around Yeasayer, a band who've found the midpoint between Arcade Fire and Fleetwood Mac, Danielson and Midlake. It's proving far more popular than that sort of juxtaposition and unhip referencing would suggest. 2080 is the expansive single from album All Hour Cymbals. HEY YOU GET OFFA MYSPACE: We're slightly late to the punch, as these released an album in January and have had a couple of EPs out since, but it's high time we got fuzzy again, and that's a role The Manhattan Love Suicides fulfil splendidly. The Leeds outfit, who evolved from the great lost band of 1999 Pop Threat (we still have the Fierce Panda EP they featured on), know their way around Sonic Youth and the Jesus & Mary Chain, know their way around C86 and girl groups (doesn't everyone?) and follow the pure, well, pop threat lineage of the Shop Assistants, Primitives, Heavenly, Duke Spirit and A Sunny Day In Glasgow. VISUAL REPRESENTATION: This week Elvis Costello declared both that he's not interested in making any more albums and that, after a tetchy encounter with the 2005 Glastonbury crowd, he's not going to play live in Britain any more. On recent Costello form this can only mean he'll be announcing a full spring tour within the week, but in the meantime we can dine out on his TV debut performing Alison, Oliver's Army on Kenny Everett's show, his helping Fiona Apple cover I Want You helping Diana Krall and Willie Nelson do Crazy and the song he wrote for Dave Edmunds, Girls Talk. VIRAL MARKETING: And so to 2008, and first out of the preview blocks are the Mystery Jets, who've just been on a belated US tour and try out their new songs on a small tour starting on the 25th ahead of release (March, whispers say). In the meantime they've made us all a lovely illustrative clip including one of the new songs, very much bearing producer Erol Alkan's fingerprints. As well as sounding a bit like GoodBooks. FALLING OFF A BLOG: Everyone's Got Nothing To Say has, oh, the usual interesting stuff. (Not to denigrate their work in any way, but recommending blogs every week and having to write something about them too out of fairness... well, it gets a bit limiting eventually.) EVERYBODY GET RANDOM: Here's something that's come out of nowhere, and even the obsessives we passed it on to knew nothing about it - a new Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album! The first for 35 years, all living original members are on plus Fry, Edmondson and Jupitus adding vocals to an immense number of new tracks, although we can't say our excitement on the news hasn't been compromised by the press release including the 'promise' of "a hilarious new take on the Kaiser Chiefs' I Predict A Riot". IN OTHER NEWS: As you may have read, Christmas is approaching, and Sufjan Stevens is overly full of the festive spirit. Not only are Asthmatic Kitty streaming all five discs' worth of his Christmas box set, but they've set up a competition for one lucky entrant to write a Xmas song to give to Sufjan. He will buy up the rights to said song... and give you the rights back to one of his new songs in return. That's all explained better on that same link. Not much again this week, as all the really decent upcoming releases seem to have been moved to the end of the month. As there's lots to get through elsewhere this week we'll keep this brief, so as not to mention the Bloc Party single that tries to show their electro side but instead shows their Eiffel 65 side. Maths Class are really part of this whole post-punk-funk/mathrock Battles/Foals movement that was still coalescing when they came to our attention, in one of those synergic tricks musical timelines like to play every so often. Emporio Laser has all the tricks - it's electronically inclined, it's made for spasmodic dancing and it sounds a little like Q And Not U. You'd think with Jack Penate rockabillying his way into the nation's hearts EMI might have actually done something more with Vincent Vincent & The Villains, but there you go - On My Own leaks out this week. Correcto are the latest product of the Glasgow scene love-in, containing one of The Royal We and Franz's Paul Thompson. Joni is their appropriately pop-angular opening shot. Our leadoff choice this week is a four track, 25 minute record, but we had all the farrago about whether these are EPs or mini-albums last week and it bored us already. It is, however, Wire, and for that respect is due, especially as we thought Colin Newman had finally conclusively left the band. Read & Burn 03 is the long-awaited third part in their "series of 'research and development' vehicles", the first two of which were put together in 2003 to form the band's last album Send, although apparently this will be a standalone release. Who knows what sort of post-post-post-punk drone will be involved here. In terms of proper full lengths, slim pickings - the Raveonettes return with much the same fuzz-Spector sound on Lust Lust Lust but in reduced circumstances on Fierce Panda, Fugazi bassist Joe Lally calls on Ian MacKaye's production and the guitar of Guy Picciotto (producer, lest we forget, of Standing In The Way Of Control) for a subtler take on the band's hardcore dynamics on Nothing Is Underrated and if pedal steel-driven hushed country rockers Japancakes calling their new album Loveless seems odd, there's a reason for it - it's a pedal steel-driven hushed country rock reinterpretation of My Bloody Valentine's classic, top to bottom. It might even rival Jeffrey Lewis for single album covers record of the year. LCD Soundsystem's Nike advert composition 45:33 makes it to CD for the first time, so you can spot which bit James Murphy reappopriated for Someone Great. Entertainingly, it's not 45:33 long. As he's been promising for a while now since regaining the rights to all his work, Darren Hayman has remastered his Richman-for-the-British-indie-kids meisterwork Breaking God's Heart and extended it with early singles including the recently lauded here Pull Yourself Together, B-sides, rare EP tracks, outtakes and whatever else he found in his cupboard. Despite being far more realistically grounded lyrically, it's a fair bet Hayman has heard some Robyn Hitchcock in his life. I Wanna Go Backwards is a five CD box set that randomly picks out (and these are also being reissued seperately for those already planning Christmas spending) 1981 solo debut Black Snake Diamond Role, 1984's I Often Dream Of Trains and its unoffical follow-up, 1990's Eye, gives them the remastering brushdown and adds While Thatcher Mauled Britain Part 1 & 2, a newly compiled two-disc collection of b-sides, outtakes and home demo recordings, many of them previously unreleased in the manner of kindred spirit Andy Partridge's Fuzzy Warbles series. More box sets are promised. Les Savy Fav's long awaited emergence to take the artpunk crown that's been rightfully theirs all along, the Henry VII to so many others' Perkin Warbeck, means the reissues are on. The Cat And The Cobra is probably their weakest album, it still demonstrates how far ahead of populism's curve they were in 1999, and it's got We've Got Boxes and Who Rocks The Party? on it. Still on the sort of collegiate rock college radio wouldn't play, being the Neutral Milk Hotel album that isn't In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, On Avery Island has some trouble receiving its due, a lo-fi tinderbox of ideas and arrangements that wouldn't find their niche for a couple of years yet. Unless you're talking about the largely horrible American punk sub-movement, you can't claim to know about ska and not be aware of the Skatalites, the Jamaican studio collective who included pretty much anyone who was anyone in the instrument-playing ranks and backed the vast majority of the classic mid-60s vocal originators too. With a band active for so long bewaring of cheap imitations is always a worry, so tread carefully but skankingly so around mid-90s set Ska Splash, the excellently titled saxophonist tribute The Authentic Ska Sound Of Tommy McCook and studio reunion with the great Laurel Aitken Clash Of The Ska Titans. A very different country's alternative musical heritage comes from Os Mutantes, the leading lights, not that we in the west knew it at the time, of Brazil's Tropicalia movement. 1968 debut Os Mutantes sounds immense, blending psychedelia, Beach Boys song cycles, orchestral pop and found sound of all shapes. Finally, while we can never fully condone a mid-price compilation, Nervous Tension is subtitled 'The EMI Post Punk Collection' and so finds room for Wire, Gang Of Four, Public Image Ltd, Buzzcocks, XTC, Magazine, The Stranglers, The Monochrome Set, The Skids and Scars. Read this. "Girls Aloud - Style, offers an exclusive insight into what it takes to create the look of the hottest girl group in the UK. From award ceremonies to nights out on the town, Girls Aloud know how to rock a look and here they share their favourite tips and sought after industry advice on how to look great in front of the cameras. 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The Best And Worst Back Pain Advice We sort the out-of-date from what really works By Aimee Whitenack If dust bunnies slowly took over Susan Cameron's home, she would have a good excuse: "My husband does the vacuuming," says the 47-year-old teacher from North Andover, MA. She has to bow out of housework to keep her back pain from flaring up. Though it doesn't sound like much of a sacrifice, Cameron has been forced to forgo pleasures, too. I haven't been to a cocktail party in years, she says. All that standing triggers such pain. Even an achoo is hazardous: I don't dare sneeze while standing straight up my back will pay dearly. Like Cameron, at least 80% of the population will have a significant episode of lower-back pain at some point in life. And as if debilitating discomfort weren't enough, a chronic ache could even cause your brain to shrink as much as 11% over 10 years, notes recent research from the Northwestern University Institute of Neuroscience. Brains normally lose volume with age, but constant pain may double the deficit. Experts, however, are hopeful that some of the atrophy can be reversed if the pain is effectively treated. So the question becomes: How should you treat an aching back? There are so many options out there. Use ice or heat? See a chiropractor or a surgeon? Get rest or exercise? It's hard to know what to do. Researchers say that a lot of the standard advice is unhelpful, and sometimes even harmful. Don't worry, though: We've got your back. OUT-OF-DATE: Get plenty of rest. For years, back-pain sufferers were told to avoid activity and hit the hay. If you go to bed for a week, however, muscles deteriorate, which can worsen pain, says Jeffrey Wang, MD, chief of orthopaedic spine service at the UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center. THE LATEST: Up and at 'em. Even if you're hurting, it's best not to spend more than three days in the sack. As soon as you can bear it, get into a mild form of exercise. When 101 adults with chronic back pain did gentle yoga, they experienced a faster recovery than those who consulted a self-help book or took more strenuous exercise classes, say researchers at the University of Washington. And after three months, the yogis were using less than half the pain meds their peers were taking. Other low-stress activities like swimming and walking help, too. Ironically, a new UCLA study found that these kinds of workouts are more effective than the back exercises frequently prescribed by physical therapists probably because people often do doc-recommended moves incorrectly. [pagebreak] OUT-OF-DATE: Anti-inflammatories are the drug of choice. Although anti-inflammatory meds such as ibuprofen and naproxen are a great way to ease occasional pain, back experts now say that another kind of drug may be worth trying when discomfort is chronic. THE LATEST: Antidepressants help relieve persistent pain. An analysis of seven studies found that chronic lower-back pain sufferers who took antidepressants called serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors—Effexor XR is one—showed up to a 45% improvement in pain. That's more relief than is typical with anti-inflammatories. OUT-OF-DATE: Cold is the only temp that quells sharp pain. Traditionally, docs have recommended icing acute pain (the kind that comes on quickly); heat was for chronic soreness. THE LATEST: Bring on the heat. Research from Johns Hopkins University shows that wearing a portable heat wrap for eight hours on three consecutive days reduces the intensity of back pain by 60% and benefits last up to 14 days. For more help, John Mayer, PhD, research director at the US Spine & Sport Foundation in San Diego, suggests stretching, too. He found that 72% of those who do both treatments for five days quickly bounce back to their normal selves. OUT-OF-DATE: Everyone can benefit from chiropractic manipulation. At least, that's what some chiropractors and doctors would've had you think. Many have routinely advised this approach with mixed results. THE LATEST: It can help the right patients. Research from the University of Utah suggests a simple way to predict if you'll benefit from an adjustment. Has your pain lasted for fewer than 16 days? Does all discomfort remain above the knee? If you can answer yes to both questions, there's an 84% chance that manipulation would do you good. (Further research is needed to understand why it works best on these patients.)[pagebreak] OUT-OF-DATE: Sleep on a firm mattress. While supersquishy beds are definitely bad for your back, very firm ones can increase pressure on the spine and worsen pain, say Spanish researchers. THE LATEST: Go softer. A study of 313 people revealed that those who caught Zzzs on a medium-firm mattress were more likely to report pain improvement than those on a firmer one. To help ease nighttime discomfort even more, tuck a pillow under your knees if you sleep on your back, between your knees if you're a side sleeper, or beneath your stomach and hips if you snooze on your belly. (For more bed-buying advice, see The Best Bed For Your Back.) Bonus: 6 More Ways To Sidestep Pain: Nix the high heels. They force you to arch your back, making your spinal muscles work harder. Move it. When standing for a long time, rock from heels to toes or shift your weight from one foot to the other to keep your spine mobile. And for every 20 minutes of sitting, get up and walk for three. Use a step stool. It'll curb over-reaching, which often triggers pain. Don't smoke. It diminishes the blood supply to discs, leading to degeneration. Shed pounds. If you're obese, losing weight can significantly improve pain. (Need help? Check out these 100 simple ways to lose weight.) Drink milk. 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Q: c# Read/Write pixel colors not working I am trying to create a simple image format, which writes for every pixel the argb color to a file, I used this code to get and set all List<Color> pixels = new List<Color>(); Bitmap img = new Bitmap("*imagePath*"); for (int i = 0; i < img.Width; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < img.Height; j++) { Color pixel = img.GetPixel(i,j); pixels.Add(pixel); } } from: How can I read image pixels' values as RGB into 2d array? And then I write every pixel on a new line: foreach(Color p in pixels) { streamWriter.WriteLine(p.ToArgb) } streamWriter.Close(); and then if I try to read it: OpenFileDialog op = new OpenFileDialog(); op.ShowDialog(); StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(op.FileName); int x = 1920; int y = 1080; Bitmap img = new Bitmap(x,y); for (int i = 0; i < img.Width; i++) { string rl = sr.ReadLine(); for (int j = 0; j < img.Height; j++) { img.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(Int32.Parse(rl))); } } pictureBox1.Image = img; but from this bmp file, I get this output: does someone knows how to fix this? thanks in advance. A: When you write the pixels, you are writing each one in a separate line. However, when reading, you are reading a single line per column, and then using that same color value for every row of the column. instead, call ReadLine inside the innermost loop. for (int i = 0; i < img.Width; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < img.Height; j++) { string rl = sr.ReadLine(); img.SetPixel(i, j, Color.FromArgb(Int32.Parse(rl))); } } Needless to add, this image format is incredibly inefficient in terms of space, and in it's current implementation also in read and write performance. You would be wise to use it only as a learning exercise.

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This paper presents experimental data for co-current spontaneous imbibition into cores having bulk volumes from 0.1 to 12 cm3. Simple experiments of brine imbibing into air-filled cores were carried out. Homogeneous sandstone cores (Berea and Bentheim) and a carbonate core (Mt. Gambier) were used in the experiments. The experimental data were scaled using the scaling laws reported in the literature. The results demonstrate that reliable experimental data of spontaneous imbibition can be...[Show more] obtained for the small cores of homogeneous porous rocks. Such data are of immense interest for validating the predictive value of network models based on micro-CT images of rock fragments with bulk volumes as small as 0.3 cm3. The data for cores of different sizes were satisfactorily scaled using five different methods[6, 11, 14, 15, 28] l5' 18I The recovery models proposed by Ma et a. and Viksund etal., produced an excellent match for the normalized gas recovery data. Although the Li and Hom11 successfully correlated the imbibed water volume as a function of time, the model failed to correlate the normalized recovery data. A comparison of the scaled data with data previously reported for water-gas systems showed excellent agreement.

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Q: SaveResult Get Failed records on Insert I would like to insert list of records, catch various exceptions, and if the exception is something I can't handle send the offending objects for manual processing. I can write most of what I need, but one thing has me stumped, the return information in the SaveResult class after a Database.Insert. There is a similar question with an accepted answer, however the ID is null so there is not a way to access the object that failed to be inserted. How to capture those records that was unable to get inserted? From the documentation on SaveResult and Exception handling: SaveResult Into To Exception Handlign SF shows: Database.insert(contacts, false); Which returns the SaveResult. However the only methods available in the SR are: * *getErrors() *getId() *isSuccess() None of these help on determining the records that fail on an insert. getErrors provides additional error reporting about the exact error, getId only works on updates, isSuccess is a boolean. The code below demonstrates my issue: Account a = new Account(Name = ''); Database.SaveResult SR = Database.insert(a, False); System.debug('SaveResult: ' + SR); Debug: DEBUG|SaveResult: Database.SaveResult[getErrors=(Database.Error[getFields=(Name);getMessage=Required fields are missing: [Name];getStatusCode=REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING;]);getId=null;isSuccess=false;] Is there a way to access the failed records on an insert? One thought I had was if there is a failure loop though the original list and weed out the ones that have an ID and handle the exceptions that way. But I think that would get tedious with loop after loops as I try to handle the exceptions and continue to have failures. UPDATE: As a proof of concept for the above List<Account> accs = new List<Account>(); Account a = new Account(Name = 'TestingAccOne'); Account b = new Account(Name = ''); accs.add(a); accs.add(b); Database.SaveResult[] SR = Database.insert(accs, False); System.debug('SaveResult: ' + SR); System.debug('accs: ' + accs); Debug: SR: USER_DEBUG [7]|DEBUG|SaveResult: (Database.SaveResult[getErrors=();getId=001R000000sLHNhIAO;isSuccess=true;], Database.SaveResult[getErrors=(Database.Error[getFields=(Name);getMessage=Required fields are missing: [Name];getStatusCode=REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING;]);getId=null;isSuccess=false;]) List: USER_DEBUG [8]|DEBUG|accs: (Account:{Name=TestingAccOne, Id=001R000000sLHNhIAO}, Account:{Name=}) From the above I'm leaning toward removing all records from the above list with an ID and then can focus on the offending ones. Any suggestions and input are greatly appreciated. A: There is no actual record to get if the insert fails, and no ID available as the record was never created. What you can do is loop through the resultset, and look at other attributes of your records. The List you are inserting will be in the same order as the resultset. So, you could do something like this: List<Account> accs = new List<Account>(); Account a = new Account(Name = 'TestingAccOne'); Account b = new Account(Name = ''); accs.add(a); accs.add(b); Database.SaveResult[] SR = Database.insert(accs, False); System.debug('SaveResult: ' + SR); System.debug('accs: ' + accs); for(Integer i=0;i<SR.size();i++){ if(!SR[i].isSuccess()){//only look at failures, or NOT Successes system.debug(SR[i]. getErrors())); system.debug(accs[i]); //instead of debug, you could have an email processor something else that looks at that record and the error message } } A: getId() would return a value only when the DML is a success. There is no way to Id of the object that was never inserted.Even if you use try/catch block to get the Id, the result would be null. getDmlId() method of DMLException class returns Id of the failed record (only when the Id already exist). A: There is no way to get ids but you can get failed records like this. Account[] accts = new List<Account>{ new Account(Name='Account1'), new Account(phone='482937489')}; Database.SaveResult[] srList = Database.insert(accts, false); List<Account> failedaccounts = new List<Account>(); for (Account a: accts) { if(a.Id==null){ failedaccounts.add(a); } } system.debug('failedaccounts '+ failedaccounts);

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History of Hymns: 'Whom Shall I Send?' by Joshua Taylor "Whom Shall I Send?" by Fred Pratt Green, The United Methodist Hymnal, 582 Whom shall I send? our Maker cries; and many, when they hear God's voice, are sure where their vocation lies; but many shrink from such a choice.* * ©1968, 1971 Hope Publishing Company (Carol Stream, IL 60188). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Trinity Sunday, the Sunday in the liturgical calendar immediately following Pentecost, brings together two seemingly disparate topics: the doctrine of the Trinity and the responsibility of discipleship that begins with the story in the second chapter of Acts. United Methodist liturgical theologian Daniel T. Benedict notes in his article "Trinity Sunday" for Discipleship Ministries that: We are a people born and bred to praise the triune God and to live lives grounded in God as Trinity… [Trinity Sunday provides the opportunity for] serious soul searching about what it means to be a people who know a God whose presence and action is revealed and active as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Benedict, n.p.). What are we called to do as Christians? The call to live as disciples, baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20) provides the formula of our Christian response for Trinity Sunday. Who is to answer this call? Isaiah 6:1-8, the appointed Old Testament passage in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary, provides the question. In verse 8, God calls out, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" The writer faithfully responds, "Here am I; send me!" British Methodist pastor Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000), providing a hymn based on this scripture, "Whom Shall I Send?," voices a musical response. Written in 1970, "Whom Shall I Send?" was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church in Canada for a meeting of youth considering Christian ministry as a vocation (Young, 706). It was first published in the author's 26 Hymns (1971) in Great Britain and then in The Hymns and Ballads of Fred Pratt Green, ed. Bernard Braley (Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing Co, 1982). The United Methodist Hymnal (1989) is the only denominational collection in the United States to incorporate this hymn. The first stanza, written in a simple abab rhyme scheme, leaves room for doubt in the response of the faithful, joining a corpus of relatively few hymns that have provided space for such questions. (See the full text at https://www.hopepublishing.com/find-hymns-hw/hw3090.aspx.) In his General Rules for membership in the Methodist Society (1738), John Wesley held that the only thing required of those seeking to become members was, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins." In laying out his three primary rules, Wesley called all who sought to be members to do no harm by avoiding evil of every kind. (United Methodist Church, n.p.). Pratt Green's hymn acknowledges the challenge of adhering to this rule for those considering Christian vocation. He aptly names the predicament in his second stanza: For who can serve a God so pure, or claim to speak in such a name… while doubt makes every step unsure, and self-confuses every aim.* However, Wesley points out that wherever this [desire] is really fixed in the soul, it will be shown by its fruits," suggesting a movement to deeper faith by those who desire it. Similarly, Pratt Green's hymn pivots in the third stanza to acknowledging the power of God to work through the person whom God has called. Pratt Green writes, "And yet, believing God who calls / knows what we are and still may be." The third stanza ends with a declaration drawn directly from Isaiah 6:8, "Lord, send me!" He concludes in the fourth stanza with, "those who are called God purifies." Like Abraham, Moses, Naomi, David, the disciples, and Paul, Pratt Green's poetry recognizes God's choice to work through flawed people to share hope with a flawed world. Set to the tune DEUS TUORUM MILITUM, "Whom Shall I Send?" is one hymn among over 100 hymn texts by Fred Pratt Green that appear in denominational hymnals today (Hymnary.org). Born in 1903 near Liverpool, Pratt Green was a Methodist minister who published his first collection of hymns in 1971. Especially popular in the United States thanks to the promotion of eminent British hymnologist Erik Routley (1917-1982), Pratt Green was named a fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1982. The deliberate and simple language, as well as the popularity and proliferation of his hymns in hymnals published since 1970 in the UK and USA, frequently drew comparisons to Charles Wesley (1707-1788), much to the author's chagrin (Harris, n. p.). "Whom Shall I Send?" joins other hymns by Fred Pratt Green in capturing the human condition and the challenges of living a faithful life—including the better known "How Clear is Our Vocation, Lord" (1981), which highlights many of the same themes. (See full text at https://www.hopepublishing.com/find-hymns-hw/hw3282.aspx.) The hymn might also be paired in worship with Daniel Schutte's (b. 1947) "Here I Am, Lord" (1981). Like Pratt Green's text, Schutte's song highlights the paradox of the powerful God with the "poor" people being called (Hawn, n.p.). Pairing the two provides the opportunity to highlight the different musical approaches of contemporary hymnody and Roman Catholic renewal music for the same scripture reference. "Whom Shall I Send?" is also an appropriate selection for ordination services. Sources and Further Reading: Daniel T. Benedict. "Trinity Sunday." Discipleship Ministries https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/trinity-sunday. Maureen Harris. "Fred Pratt Green." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed March 13, 2019, http://www.hymnology.co.uk/f/fred-pratt-green. C. Michael Hawn. "History of Hymns: Here I Am, Lord." Discipleship Ministries. https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-here-i-am-lord. John Wesley's General Rules of United Societies, http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/the-general-rules-of-the-methodist-church. Carlton Young. Companion to The United Methodist Hymnal. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993). Joshua Taylor is the Director of Worship and Music at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, Texas and a candidate in the Doctor of Pastoral Music program at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, where he studies hymnology with Dr. C. Michael Hawn. Categories: History of Hymns, Hymnals By Name, The United Methodist Hymnal

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Vigil planned for slain officer Candlelight service set to honor Russell A candlelight vigil for slain Blair County Corrections Officer Rhonda Russell will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Central Court building, 615 Fourth St., rear. The public is invited. There will be a moment of silence, prayers, candles and stories about Russell, who was killed Nov. 17 when an inmate awaiting a hearing disarmed her and was holding her hostage. Russell was wounded when an Altoona police officer fired a shot at the inmate who moved Russell into the line of fire. She was pronounced dead at UPMC Altoona. The Blair County Prison Board earlier announced a law enforcement memorial service will be held for Russell at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 29, at the Blair County Convention Center along Convention Center Boulevard, Altoona. The service will be open to the public. Convention Center Boulevard will be closed to regular traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. The road will be open for those attending the memorial service.

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Stress: How Do You Respond to It? How do you respond to both? When it comes to stress, have you ever noticed how one day you may feel like you can take on the world, but the next day, you feel like your world is falling apart? There are a lot of factors that may influence how we handle stress related to our loved one's prostate cancer. Take this short quiz to learn what some of them are and how vulnerable you may be to stress. What happens when you are upset or afraid? If you answered b, you may be more vulnerable to stress. What's your level of confidence? Helpguide. Understanding stress. http://www.helpguide.org/mental/stress_signs.htm. Accessed January 15, 2009.

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Blackbeard needs helping finding a few of his items before he can set sail in search of that precious treasure that all pirates live their land fearing lives for! Each stage is timed and the items you are required to find increase each level. One downfall is that sometimes you are required to find the same objects you have found and they are still in the same location, I know it is lame. So this hidden objects game is a bit easy but we will make it up to you soon with some new games but this is a great one for kids. Gold Ahoy is one of our many Hidden Object Games that we publish on TheGamerStop.com. This game is also tagged as a Hidden Objects game. Click the play button to start having fun. To play even more free games, view our popular and new games page. If you want to play more games like this, then you can simply check out the games inside the game tags that are the most relevant to your interests or the Hidden Object Games category or the games like this game page at the end of the game tags.

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neonics cam bishop Joined: November 7th, 2010, 5:37 am Location: Spencer, MA Contact cam bishop Unread post by cam bishop » December 2nd, 2014, 11:53 am I agree with Walter... Beekeeper blames fellow beekeepers for losses Says poor management, not neonicotiniod pesticides to blame for deaths next play/pause pre Grimsby Lincoln News By Amanda Moore GRIMSBY — Whether neonicotiniod pesticides are toxic to bees is not up for debate. Researchers agree on that fact. When bees are exposed to the chemical, their lives are threatened. What is up for debate, according to a top University of Guelph researcher who has spent years researching the impacts of neonics on honey bees, is whether or not their use presents an "unacceptable risk" to hives. "The fact that neonics are toxic to bess is not debatable," said Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree, who is the environmental chair in the department of environmental science at the University of Guelph. "Neonicotiniod is an insecticide and bees are insects. The question is whether or not neonics will cause the demise of bees." According to Scott-Dupree and a West Lincoln beekeeper, the answer to that question is no, despite a $400-million lawsuit recently filed by Sun Parlor Honey Ltd. and Munro Honey, two of Ontario's largest honey producers, on behalf of all Canadian beekeepers, against Bayer Cropscience Inc. and Syngenta Canada. The lawsuit alleges that Bayer, Syngenta and their parent companies were negligent in their design, manufacture, sale and distribution of neonicotiniod pesticides. The claimants are seeking $400 million in damages alleging that the use of these pesticides in agriculture is causing bee colonies to collapse. Neonicotiniod pesticides protect seed from worms and other insects that could otherwise destroy a crop. Bees and other insects are exposed to the pesticides in two ways: by consuming the pollen on treated crops of by ingesting pesticide-laden dust stirred up during the planting process. Several studies have linked the use of neonics to widespread bee losses. An evaluation by Health Canada in 2012, a year when bee loss was reported at 242 different bee yards in the province, found that neonicotiniod-treated corn contributed to the majority of the bee mortalities. A West Lincoln beekeeper has a very different opinion on the matter. Walter Zimmermann of Little Wolf Apiaries says that poor management practices are to blame for bee deaths in this province. In the past three years the Caistor Centre farmer and beekeeper has not lost a single hive, which he credits to his stringent management practices. "There are as many management styles as there are bee keepers in Canada," said Zimmermann. "Things will go wrong for people." Zimmemann credits his hive health to his own management system which looks at factors like genetics, hygiene, disease and pest control. "Management is a clock," said Zimmermann, "and beekeeping is all about timing. "What the beekeepers are experiencing, they've brought on themselves." Zimmermann grows corn treated with neonicotiniods next to hives. In the past three years he's had a bumper crop of corn and no impact on his hives. He said the Ontario government's intentions of regulating the use of neonicotiniod pesticides will have negative impacts on the farming world. "Harm will come from this," he said. The Ministry of Agriculture announced it the summer that it would hold stakeholder meetings with farmers, beekeepers and pesticide makers with the intent of developing a licensing system to be in place by next fall when seed orders are placed by farmers. Scott-Dupree said despite reports from the United States and Europe there have been no cases of colony collapse disorder in Canada and that bee losses are actually on the decline. She said other causes blamed for the losses such as genetically modified crops, wifi signals and chemical trails are all unlikely causes of bee losses. Scott-Dupree said a lack of crop diversity in Ontario could be one reason. "Monoculture is very problematic," said Scott-Dupree, noting the majority of Ontario's farm lands have been planted with three main crops: corn, soy and wheat. "Bees like diversity in what they eat," she added noting the big three offer little by way of nutrition for bees. Scott-Dupree said other factors such as parasitic varroa mites and viruses are also likely contributors to bee losses. Scott-Dupree carried out field trials in 2012 on canola fields near Guelph, Ont. A total of 10, two-hectare fields were planted with canola — a crop high in bee-attracting pollen — 10 kilometres apart. Half of the fields were treated with neonics, half were not. Bees exposed to clothianidin, a Bayer neonicotiniod, produced virtually the same amount of honey as those in the untreated fields, said Scott-Dupree, who noted there were little effects of exposure visible from the research. Her study was recently published in a peer reviewed journal. circle7honey.com Millbury, MA WHGANDNORAHG Re: neonics & lawsuit Unread post by WHGANDNORAHG » December 3rd, 2014, 2:14 pm Here is what we found recently on a blog ... An ILL-ADVISED Ontario bee-keeper class-action-lawsuit has been filed by lawyers representing anti-pesticide and litigious bee-keepers to recover alleged damages suffered due to neonicotinoid insecticides used by the agriculture industry since 2006. Observers predict that the litigious bee-keepers will LOSE THIS LAWSUIT, and will NOT RECOVER ANY LOSSES AND DAMAGES. The lawsuit will fail to prove that ONLY neonicotinoid insecticides were to blame for bee losses. According to leading expert Dr Ernesto Guzman, neonicotinoid poisoning is, of course, a factor, but it is NOT the only factor. http://wp.me/p1jq40-6WJ The bee-keeper lawsuit will also fail to avoid the fact that there is no bee crisis caused by neonicotinoid insecticides, since only a very limited number of bee-keepers have reported losses. The lawsuit will prove that bee-keepers were simply negligent and incompetent with their management practices. It will prove that they failed to perform due diligence to control varroa mites, nosema fungus, tobacco ringspot virus, and other pests that damage bees. The real causes of bee mortality are these pests that bee-keepers appear to be unable or unwilling to properly control. They would rather lay false blame against neonicotinoid insecticides. The bee-keeper lawsuit will fail to prove that there is even a bee crisis with neonicotinoid insecticides. There is no such bee crisis according to leading experts like Dr Ernesto Guzman, who has stated that there is evidence that varroa mites are the primary problem associated to bee losses in southern Ontario, and neonicotinoid insecticides have been associated to only some isolated cases of colony losses. The bee-keeper lawsuit will even fail to prove that there is any bee crisis at all. There is no bee crisis according to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who has stated that many bee-keeping operations have NOT been affected and have been able to maintain strong and healthy bee colonies, as evidenced by hive strength and honey production. There is no bee crisis according to Statistics Canada, which has stated that the number of honey bee colonies are up, and NOT down, in the province of Ontario and across Canada. The bee-keeper lawsuit will be unable to explain that the Canadian Honeybee Industry is actually thriving, with the total number of bee-keepers in Canada actually rising dramatically since 2008. The lawsuit will be unable to explain that Canada's honey yield is twice the world's average. It will be unable to explain why Canadian Honey Council actively opposes prohibition against neonicotinoid insecticides. The bee-keeper lawsuit will be unable to contradict the fact that there is no bee crisis caused by neonicotinoid insecticides. The lawsuit will fail to prove that bee-keepers did NOT tamper with the samples provided to Health Canada which measured some detectable insecticide ingredient. It will also fail to prove that the mere ability to measure or detect the presence of insecticide ingredient in a bee colony is NOT an indication that it harmed bees. The lawsuit will also fail to explain why bee-keepers are violating federal law by using illegal and unregistered products to control bee pests. Observers have consistently pointed out to how much profit the anti-pesticide bee-keepers will make if they succeed in a class-action lawsuit. They appear motivated by mere profit and greed. There is NO bee crisis with neonicotinoid insecticides, and THE LAWSUIT WILL FAIL ! However, there IS a bee crisis with negligent and incompetent bee-keepers. Even if the Ontario lawsuit is somehow successful, we would still have bee losses because many bee-keepers are NOT competent to manage their hives. Re: neonics Unread post by Allen Dick » December 3rd, 2014, 10:38 pm Do you have a link to the blog? If so, please post it. Thanks. Google did not turn it up when I searched. Countryboy Joined: November 8th, 2010, 9:37 pm Contact Countryboy Unread post by Countryboy » December 4th, 2014, 5:20 pm I had a little more luck with a Google search. I found this link. The blog post was linked as a reply from Facebook. https://counterinformation.wordpress.co ... esticides/ B. Farmer Honey Central Ohio

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My SHOOT NewsPage View From the pages of... Originally published here on Monday, Apr. 26, 2021 Tatjana Green Joins Alkemy X's Directorial Roster Tatjana Green NEW YORK -- Production company Alkemy X has added director Tatjana Green to its roster for U.S. commercial representation. The Canadian/German filmmaker combines a broad background as a creative director, art director and designer on the agency side with over a decade of on-set and location experience. Green has directed a diverse range of commercials, short films, music videos and filmed content series for clients like Sony, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, ESPN, Warner and Walmart, as well as a 2020 Super Bowl spot for P&G. Her work has been featured and awarded at such top festivals as the Webby Awards, Berlin Independent Film Festival, Hollyshorts LA Film Festival, LA Femme Film Festival, Austin Music Video Festival, and Toronto Independent Film Festival. She brings a uniquely holistic perspective to her role as a director, with regular hands-on experience across all aspects of the commercial production process, spanning branding, costuming and producing. Nick Pitcavage, Alkemy X executive producer, said of Green, "Her upbeat style, charming sense of humor and creative storytelling gives her work a signature approach that is unmatched. Tatjana fits right in with our roster of highly visual directors and adds a refreshing sensibility that strengthens our offering to our clients." Green said she was drawn to the "supportive culture" at Alkemy X based on a "true spirit of collaboration." Additionally, Green said, "Their experience in original content development and working on major entertainment titles also is exciting to me as a filmmaker." Green started her career as a creative director, working at various European advertising agencies for eight years. She transitioned into the film industry, wanting to help smaller ideas see the light of day by helping with production. In 2010, she founded Brought To You By, an agency and production company hybrid that brought a brand-driven approach from agency veterans to the creative production process. Trained at the elite Bauhaus in Germany, Green brings design philosophy and aesthetic to each set. Now based in NYC and Toronto, she continues to balance her commercial work with her film projects, including a current feature documentary exploring how the legal system could change for incarcerated mothers who suffer from postpartum psychosis. Green was previously repped in the U.S. by ArtClass. © DCA Business Media LLC. All rights reserved. This NewsPage Post is powered by SHOOTonline.com. Matt LeBoeuf Owen Shapiro Empress Studios Richard Goldstein Kristin Redman Rob Jacobs Naked City Films

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require 'spec_helper' include Restspec::Schema::Types describe DateType do let(:type) { DateType.new } let(:attribute) { double } describe '#example_for' do it 'returns a valid date' do expect(type.example_for(attribute).match(DateType::DATE_FORMAT)).to be_present end end describe '#valid?' do it 'validates dates in the ISO 8601 format' do expect(type.valid?(attribute, '2014-12-19')).to eq(true) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '2014/12/19')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '2014-12-19 01:31:10')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '20141219')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '2014-19-12')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '19-12-2014')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '12-19-2014')).to eq(false) expect(type.valid?(attribute, '19/12/2014')).to eq(false) end end end

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Domenic Troiano AllMusic Review by Rudyard Kennedy On his excellent self-titled solo debut from 1972, Domenic Troiano had proved himself to be a capable tunesmith, a surprisingly good vocalist (with a strong resemblance to Donald Fagen), and a first-class musician able to play in a style that was equal parts jazzy (à la Steely Dan) and rootsy (à la Bob Dylan and the Band). But perhaps because the Fagen-led Steely Dan subsequently hit the Top Ten twice that year, while Dylan and the Band were both in chart limbo, on this 1973 follow-up album, Troiano downplays the rootsier side of his music and concentrates on establishing a slicker, jazzier Steely Dan-like sound. In the end, in fact, Tricky ends up sounding so reminiscent of early Steely Dan that this record's few deviations (good and bad) from the Dan's trademarked jazz-influenced vibe really stand out: It's doubtful, for instance, that either the delightful rockin' violin solo on "If You See Me" or the dubious mall-Muzak strings on "My Old Toronto Home" would have been featured in a Becker/Fagen arrangement. As well, Troiano doesn't have the same wry, sometimes obscure, lyrical sensibility as Becker and Fagen, leading to a set of more straightforward songs (which, considering Steely Dan's occasionally pretentious lyrics, isn't necessarily a bad thing). Still, Tricky stands on its own as a good example of jazz and R&B-influenced pop of the early '70s, with a standout lead track in the nostalgic "All Night Radio Show." After listening to this album, though, there will be no doubt in your mind as to why Donald Fagen tapped Troiano for some post-Steely Dan session work...and why that work ended up sounding just like Steely Dan. All Night Radio Show If You See Me My Old Toronto Home All I Need Is Music Waymon Glasco Blues for Ollie Will Smith / Domenic Troiano I'll Get My Own The Greaser

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Q: Check if intervals overlap I have a set of activities $A$, where each activity $i \in A$ has a starting date $s_i$ and an end date $e_i$ (or equivalently a starting date and a duration $d_i$). Therefore, each activity can be represented as an interval $[s_i, e_i]$. Notice that $s_i$ and $e_i$ (or $d_i$) are known. I want to check if there are overlapping activities, that is activities that are scheduled to be performed (at least partially) during the same time period(s). For example, considering three activities $i$, $j$ and $k$: [-----](i) [-------](j) [--------](k) s_k e_k activities $i$ and $j$ are overlapping. I know that one criteria is the following $(*)$ if: $$ \max_{i \in A}(e_i) - \min_{j \in A}(s_j) < \sum_{a \in A}d_a$$ then there are some overlapping activities. But this is not enough, as in the case depicted above; in such a case, I can compare each couple $(i,j)$ with the following criteria $(**)$: if $$ e_i > s_j \vee e_j > s_i $$ then the two activities $i$ and $j$ overlap. My questions are: are the two criteria $(*)$ and $(**)$ sufficient to detect all the possible overlaps? If yes, how can I prove it? Are there other criteria?

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Q: Multiple populate include array of objects I have Mongoose orderSchema that includes a user field that references another collection and an address field that references another collection and an array orderItems of objects that each reference another collection const mongoose = require('mongoose'); const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ userName: { type: String, required: true }, phoneNumber: { type: Number, required: true }, }); const AddressSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ street: { type: String, required: true }, city: { type: String, required: true }, state: { type: String, required: true }, zipCode: { type: String, required: true }, }); const ItemSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ name: { type: String, required: true }, price: { type: Number, required: true }, }); const OrderSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ oderNo: { type: No, required: true }, user: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User' }, address: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Address' }, orderItems: [ { item: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Item' }, quantity: { type: Number, required: true }, }, ], }); const User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema); const Address = mongoose.model('Address', AddressSchema); const Item = mongoose.model('Item', ItemSchema); const Order = mongoose.model('Order', OrderSchema); module.exports = { User, Address, Item, Order, }; How can I implement a router to find all orders using Express.js? My version given below it doesn't work const { Order } = require('path/to/your/models'); const orders = await Order.find().populate('user address orderItems.item'); res.render('orders', { orders }); I need to use order data in orders.ejs ` <% if (orders) { %> <h2>Orders</h2> <% for (const order of orders) { %> <h3>Order Details</h3> <p>Order Number: <%= order.orderNo %></p> <p>User Name: <%= order.user.userName %></p> <p>Phone Number: <%= order.user.phoneNumber %></p> <p>Address: <%= order.address.street %>, <%= order.address.city %>, <%= order.address.state %>, <%= order.address.zipCode %></p> <h4>Order Items:</h4> <ul> <% for (const orderItem of order.orderItems) { %> <li><%= orderItem.item.name %>, <%= orderItem.quantity%></li> <% } %> </ul> <% } %> <% } else { %> <p>Orders not found.</p> <% } %> Errors : Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'street') cannot read : <%= order.user.userName %> <%= orderItem.item.name %> <%= order.address.street %> <%= order.address.city %> <%= order.address.state %> <%= order.address.zipCode %></p> I have checked the database and there are no issues with the fields and object id

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The Write Up with Owen Egerton The Write Up: The Story Behind the StorytellersWhat does it mean to be a writer? What is the creative process? How do you publish your work? What inspires you to write? When did you become a writer?Each month screenwriter, novelist and performer Owen Egerton sits down with all sorts of writers—from playwrights to poets—to talk about their lives and careers."There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." — Ernest Hemingway"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." — Gustave Flaubert"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."― Jack KerouacSupport for The Write Up comes from Headwater's School, providing a Montessori foundation leading to an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. K.A. Holt on Zombies, Haiku and Combating Helicopter Parenting KUT 90.5 | By Owen Egerton Rebecca McInroy Published June 17, 2015 at 4:31 PM CDT Kari Anne Roy It's a true pleasure to get to sit down with Holt on The Write Up and discuss her craft and career and how she balances daily life, deadlines and being a mother of three. Join us as we chat about the attraction of writing for a younger audience, her love for underdogs and preteen ne'er-do-wells, and the allure of poetry. Her novel Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel won praise from readers all over the nation. Her poetry shines in her collection Haiku Mama: Because 17 Syllables is All You Have Time to Read, written under the name Kari Anne Roy, is a collection of haikus hilariously bemoaning the struggles and joys of parenting. In 2010 Holt combined the two genres and started writing middle grade novels in verse. Her first, Brains for Lunch (A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!), followed the misadventures of a preteen zombie dealing with all the romantic challenges of middle school while also being one of the living dead. Rhyme Schemer follows a middle school bully with a secret passion for poetry. In her forthcoming novel in verse, House Arrest, a young boy journals about his struggles through a year of probation and his younger brother's health crisis. Holt's antiheroes pop with life (even the undead ones). She depicts the emotional and social pre-teen challenges of her young characters with pitch-perfect humor and riveting authenticity. She manages to avoid condescending to her readers or artificially endowing her middle grade characters with adult takes on the world. She nails the wildly turbulent thoughts and feelings of a 7th grader – and does it in verse. Holt has a knack for bringing poetry to surprising places. In 2013 Holt and fellow Austinites Jodi Egerton, Sean Petrie and David Fruchter took a love of vintage typewriters and public poetry and formed Typewriter Rodeo. The group can be found at music concerts, museum openings, and SXSW parties banging out spontaneous poems on old school typewriters. Holt, again writing as Kari Anne Roy, is also a celebrated blogger known for fearlessly diving into difficult issues ranging from abortion legislation to CPS investigations. Her insights are supported by relentless honesty and a wry wit. More than one entry on her blog haikuoftheday.com has gone viral and emerged on the national scene. K.A. Holt loves middle grade novels and poetry, and has a gift for both. Life & ArtsThe Write Up Owen Egerton Owen Egerton is an author, performer, and screenwriter. His works include the short story collection How Best to Avoid Dying, the Zach Scott produced play The Other Side of Sleep and several screenplays. As a screenwriter he has written for Warner Brothers, Fox, Disney and many others. He and his partners' screenplay Bobbie Sue was ranked on the 2008 Blacklist before selling to Warner Brothers. A new paperback edition of his novel The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God will be released in 2012 by Soft Skull Press. Egerton has been honored as one of Austin's top comic performers and voted Austin's favorite author in 2007, 2008 and 2010 by the readers of the Austin Chronicle. See stories by Owen Egerton Rebecca McInroy is an award-winning show creator, host, and executive producer for KUT, KUTX, and KUT.ORG. See stories by Rebecca McInroy At Least 4 Texans Charged With Storming U.S. Capitol Author Scott Blackwood on Appreciating The Beauty Between Life and Death Questions that lead to no answers. Wounds that never quite heal. The unhinged time of tragedy and grief. 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As a former professional rhythmic gymnast and London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medallist (group all-around), Marta Pagnini was the perfect ambassador for the young athletes participating at the 17th edition of ISF Gymnasiade. Marta joined ISF youth on several sites of Gymnasiade - School Summer Games 2018, held from May 2-9 in Marrakech, Morocco. Young rhythmic gymnasts had a good reason to be excited, but also a little bit nervous. Marta paid close attention to the youth athletes aspiring to follow her footsteps into the world of professional gymnastics. Aleksandra from Ukraine and Viktoria from Cyprus both had a chance of speaking to Marta on their Olympic aspirations, gymnastics routines, balancing school with training, and more. At first sight, wrestling and rhythmic gymnastics might not have that much in common. But both sports demand a high level of commitment, discipline and practice. Marta also stopped by at Azzouzia Hall, Marrakech, where the Gymnasiade wrestling competition was being held. Tharollo, a young wrestler from South Africa, spoke to Marta on his time in Morocoo, competing at Gymnasiade, Olympic dream and the similarities between wrestling and gymnastics. Marta first joined ISF as an ambassador in 2017 at the ISF seminar and Gymnasaide 2020 host city announcement in Olbia, Italy. We thank Marta for her willingness to join ISF youth and taking the time to meet, talk and inspire the young school sport athletes.

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È stato deputato all'Assemblea Costituente. Di professione insegnante, fu Alto Commissario Aggiunto per l'igiene e la Sanità pubblica nel III e IV Governo De Gasperi. Collegamenti esterni Deputati dell'Assemblea Costituente (Italia)

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I have had the privilege to work with Pat Brummett, the former Clinical Coordinator at the Project Renewal Recovery Center Outpatient Clinic both as a counselor new to the field and as the Program Director of the Clinic. When asked to write a brief essay about Pat a few descriptive words immediately came to mind: Dedication, Experience and Integrity. Pat was truly a CASAC (Certified Alcohol Substance Abuse Counselor) at heart; it was a calling for her, one she excelled at and one that she always took great pride in. Pat's 20 + years of experience working as a counselor and supervisor on the Bowery with the homeless population provided a sense of confidence to her peers; there seemed to be no incident or client issue that Pat hadn't dealt with as we always turned to her for sound clinical input and guidance. Although the clients and staff all miss Pat's presence we wish her the very best in the next phase of her life.

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Toronto police assault trial: Closing arguments point fingers in various directions By Alyshah HashamCourts Reporter Thu., Jan. 23, 2014timer3 min. read A judge must now decide whether two Toronto police constables took every opportunity to beat up an obnoxious suspect or whether the man fabricated his allegations of being assaulted in police custody. Keith Ryan was arrested in April 2011 for allegedly attacking parking enforcement officer Devon Henry. Ryan has testified that Constables Manpreet Kharbar and Paul Ramos assaulted him in three separate instances while he was being processed at 14 Division. First, in the parking lot where, Ryan told the court, he was taken out of the police cruiser, punched in the face and thrown to the ground. Kharbar then pressed his "gritty boot" on Ryan's face. While in the entryway, Ryan says, he was hit by both Ramos and Kharbar in the head and chest and slammed into a wall. The final alleged assault took place in the search room where, Ryan said, he was struck by both Ramos and Kharbar — and by parking enforcement officer Henry, who barged into the room and punched Ryan in the face. Henry, who unsuccessfully claimed he had no conscious control when punching Ryan, has been found guilty of assault and was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. Ramos and Kharbar deny ever assaulting Ryan, or assisting Henry in assaulting Ryan. In closing arguments Thursday in the trial that began last July, Crown Attorney Michael Perlin told Justice Robert Kelly to reject all the defence evidence in the case. "Officers Ramos and Kharbar seized every chance to beat Keith Ryan," he began, later describing the alleged "brazen" assaults. He suggested that the two officers had ample motive for this: Ryan had attacked a fellow officer, he was obnoxious during the ride to the station, and was dating his arresting officer's ex-girlfriend. Kharbar's lawyer, Harry Black, argued those could hardly be considered motives for "a serious crime putting their careers, their reputations at risk." Moments after the assault in the search room, Ramos lied on video that a cut on Ryan's face happened because he resisted the search and had to be restrained, Perlin said. The two officers only revealed that Henry entered the search room two hours later in "self-serving attempts to deflect blame," after it was determined Ryan needed medical attention, according to the Crown's written submissions. Perlin maintained that Ryan was a reliable and credible witness who said on video before the third alleged assault that he had been hit, making it a "coincidence" that he was later assaulted by Henry. Peter Brauti, the lawyer representing Ramos, argued that the Crown's theories are "not grounded in reality." Ryan, he said, is neither credible nor reliable and admitted during cross-examination that he'd lied to everyone involved in the case. He also was motivated to lie about police brutality to avoid assault charges and to get a sizeable windfall from a lawsuit, Brauti said. Brauti also noted that after the first two alleged assaults there was no evidence of any injuries in photos and video of Ryan, apart from some redness that might have been there before he was arrested. The delay in Ramos and Kharbar reporting what happened with Henry in the search room was because their immediate supervisor, Sgt. Richard Rowsome, told them to cover it up, said Brauti. Rowsome also lied to the court, added Brauti. During the trial, Rowsome admitted to being "inept" and told the court he had been disciplined for his failure to properly deal with the incident. According to Rowsome's notes, he entered the search room during the altercation and told Henry to leave, something corroborated by the testimony of Ramos, Kharbar and Ryan, according to written submissions of the defence. However, Rowsome denied this during his testimony. "If this were not a criminal trial, Sgt. Rowsome's evidence would be comical," said the defence submissions. Ramos and Kharbar finally went to a different supervising officer and reported Henry's assault on Ryan, Brauti said. "They were dealing with something unique, way above their paygrade," said Brauti. Kelly is expected to deliver a judgment on April 24, exactly three years after the alleged assaults took place. Ryan has yet to face trial for his alleged assault of Henry.

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Kenmare - Poor Clare Convent, Kenmare, The Women Who did not Sit and Wait, by Sr. Philomena McCarthy, 1999. County Longford - Killoe, History of a County Longford Parish, by Rev. Owen Devaney, 1981. Quaker Records Dublin, Abstract of Wills, by P. Beryl Eustace and Olive C. Goodbody 1992. The Famine in Waterford 1845-1850, by Des Cowman & Donald Brady, 1995.

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What does is mean to default on a Federal Student Loan? Being in "default" means that you have not followed through with the terms agreed upon in your promissory note, which dictates a schedule for your payments. The promissory note is the legal document you sign when taking out a loan. If you do not make payments on their due dates, then you are in default. If you make monthly repayments, you loan is only considered to be in default if you have missed payments for 270 days. If you make repayments fewer than once a month, your loan is in default after 330 days of missing payments (these circumstances are associated only with FFEL Programs loans). After you have missed your first payment, your loan is delinquent and will continue as such until all of your payments have been made. The delinquencies will be reported, resulting in a negative credit score. A negative credit score will prevent you from borrowing money and will also increase your interest rates. Overall, it is essential that you are fully up-to-date with your payments. Upon arrival of your bill, you must be prepared to start making payments. You will be required to pay the total unpaid sum of your loan and any interest. You will no longer be eligible to obtain plans (e.g. deferment, repayment). You will not be able to receive any additional financial aid for school. Your loan account is delegated to a collection agency. Your loan will be delinquent, and as a result, your credit score will decrease. Your tax returns (federal and state) may be withheld by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS will then use these tax returns to pay off portions of your student loan debt. Eventually, your loan debt will accumulate due to penalties such as late fees, collection fees, attorney's fees, and other related expenses. The federal government may require your employer to engage in a wage garnishment. Legal action may be taken against you, and you may lose the purchasing and selling privileges of your assets. If you work for the federal government, 15% of your disposable income may be used to repay your loan via Federal Salary Offset. It will take a very long time to restore and improve your credit. WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY STUDENT LOAN IS IN DEFAULT STATUS? Don't know where to turn? Our attorneys in New York can help you understand your options for resolving outstading federal student loans, which may include loan rehabilitation, consolidation, settlement, loan discharge, or forgiveness. Once the loans are removed from default status, a borrower would want to enroll onto a payment plan such as income-based repayment in order to affordably repay the remaining balance. Our lawyers can help you identify which payment plans may be available to you. Contact our lawyers at the number provided below. We can help you build a plan to resolve your defaulted student loans. You have been approved for deferment. There is a possibility that the payments you've made were not documented properly in your account. If any of these scenarios apply to you, call your servicer to advise them of the issue. If you need further assistance, contact our student loan law firm at (888) 301-0584.

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WARREN GAME REPORT: Senators return home after dropping road trip finale in Philadelphia Ken Warren Updated: December 7, 2019 5:34 PM EST Fittingly in a contest with twists and turns aplenty, this one was very much in doubt until the Flyers' Scott Laughton took the steam out of the Senators with the game winner with less than five minutes remaining. Flyers 4, Senators 3 PHILADELPHIA — The road trip ended the way it started. With too many untimely mistakes, it was a case of two steps forward, two steps back for the Ottawa Senators in Saturday's chippy, back-and-forth 4-3 defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers. Ultimately, Scott Laughton scored the winner with 4:49 remaining, beating Senators goaltender Anders Nilsson only 11 seconds after Anthony Duclair had tied the game 3-3 with his second goal of the afternoon. Brady Tkachuk also scored for the Senators, while Travis Konecny, Shayne Gostisbehere and Ivan Provorov scored the other Flyers goals. Accordingly, the Senators returned home from the five-game, 10-day trek with only a single win, with that coming Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers. Oskar Lindblom of the Philadelphia Flyers tries to score on Anders Nilsson of the Ottawa Senators as Thomas Chabot defends in the third period at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images "We were in it for most of the game and we ended up shooting ourselves in the foot," defenceman Dylan DeMelo said. "That was the common theme of the road trip. A lot of self-inflicted wounds for us, and that's something our group will learn. "On the road, you have to play smart, you have to play 60 minutes. You can beat yourself. You have to play with extra detail. You have to play with extra structure." The Senators did deliver plenty of fight in a game that had a little bit of everything. Nick Paul of the Ottawa Senators gets a stick to the face from Jakub Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers in the third period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images There were injuries, including Senators goaltender Craig Anderson leaving early with a lower-body ailment and Flyers winger Travis Konecny departing with an upper-body injury following a solid open-ice hit from Mark Borowiecki. And there was bad blood resulting from the hit. In addition, there were weird bounces and a few odd goals, which tend to happen in afternoon games. For the Senators, though, there wasn't anything tangible in the points column after rallying to tie the game three times. "Definitely frustrating," Tkachuk said. "Just a couple of hiccups because our team never gives up and is never out of the game, so it was a pretty frustrating one, for sure." Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators and Matt Niskanen of the Philadelphia Flyers collide in the first period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images Provorov scored early in the third period to give the Flyers the 3-2 lead, but Duclair finished off a pretty feet from Thomas Chabot to tie the game 3-3 with five minutes to go. Then came the Laughton game-winner. Back in the second, Duclair tied the game 2-2, scoring shorthanded after Gostisbehere and Flyers goaltender Carter Hart crossed signals. Connor Brown, left, Anthony Duclair and Ron Hainsey of the Ottawa Senators celebrate a goal against the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images As bizarre as the play was, it was in keeping with the theme of strange events. Perhaps it has something to do with players' body clocks being out of sync, but afternoon games often lend themselves to the unusual. The Flyers entered Saturday's game following Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, a rare blip in what has been an impressive ride up the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference standings in November. They've been especially strong at home, facing the Senators with an 11-2-4 mark at the Wells Fargo Center. Connor Brown of the Ottawa Senators positions himself in from of Carter Hart and Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers in the first period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images Much of that success has come thanks to the hands and feet of Hart, the 21-year-old goaltender who stepped into the net with a sparkling record of 7-1-2, a 1.48 goals-against average and a .944 save percentage in the building this season. The Flyers should have had no reason to look past the Senators, considering they lost to the Senators 2-1 on Nov. 15. Anderson and the Senators, meanwhile, were looking to build off their come-from-behind 5-2 victory over Edmonton, a bright light in what had been a tough road trek. "For a 20-year-old kid to play with that kind of jam…on this trip I thought he started to take a leadership role in that department. I thought he dragged us into the battle tonight." The coach talks about Brady Tkachuk and more after tonight's game in Philly. pic.twitter.com/M8cc7lRh1H — Ottawa Senators (@Senators) December 7, 2019 The trip opened with three losses: 7-2 against the Minnesota Wild, 3-1 to the Calgary Flames and 5-2 versus the Vancouver Canucks. Given all that, it should have been advantage Philadelphia. Once the puck dropped to set off the wild, wacky and weird first period, however, all bets were off. The opening seven minutes were bizarre. Philippe Myers of the Philadelphia Flyers and Anthony Duclair of the Ottawa Senators battle for the puck in the first period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images In that span, Konecny and Gostisbehere — on an extended delayed penalty call — scored for the Flyers and Tkachuk replied for the Senators. The period also featured another goal — the puck went in after taking a strange bounce off the back of Anderson — that was overturned after video review ruled the play offside. That play also spelled the end for Anderson, who limped off before being replaced by Nilsson. All of the above seemed to inspire a late-period rally by the Senators, who didn't yield a shot against Nilsson in the final 13:44 of the period. Before the opening 20 minutes were over, Borowiecki delivered his hit on Konecny in the middle of the ice. Konecny didn't return to the game and the NHL could possibly look at the play to determine if a suspension is warranted, but no penalty was called on the play. Colin White and goaltender Anders Nilsson of the Ottawa Senators lay on the ice after Scott Laughton of the Philadelphia Flyers scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images The Flyers were looking for revenge and eventually Jakub Voracek squared off with Nick Paul. Early in the second period, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Laughton also fought. "I don't think it was anything special," Pageau said of the fight, which came following a questionable hit from Laughton. "I don't think it was a heavyweight battle, just a couple of little punches here and there, and we sat for five minutes." Pageau was shaking his head at another game that managed to slip away. "It would have felt really good if we could have won this one," he said. "We've had some good periods, bad periods, but there were a lot of good things to take out (of the road trip), too. What's good is we went down as a team and we battled as a team trying to come back." The Senators' Nick Paul scraps with the Flyers' Jakub Voracek in the first period of Saturday's game in Philadelphia. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images Thomas Chabot of the Senators, left, peers skyward while Flyers celebrate a goal in the first period of Saturday's contest in Philadelphia. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images Mark Borowiecki, left, and Dylan DeMelo of the Ottawa Senators battle for control of the puck with a fallen Kevin Hayes of the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images Gritty watches the Flyers' game against the Ottawa Senators in the third period. Drew Hallowell / Getty Images [email protected] Twitter.com/Citizenkwarren Victorious 67's reignite old rivalry with Gatineau LOGAN'S RUN: Brown may be in jeopardy of demotion after playing five minutes against Oilers Carleton holds off tough Ottawa in men's basketball thriller Game Day: Blackhawks at Maple Leafs Game Day: Flames at Maple Leafs Game Day: Maple Leafs at Devils

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The Rycote Wireless Receiver Camera Bracket is a safe way to attach a wireless microphone receiver to your camera via a hot shoe or ¼" mount. Featuring a brass thumb wheel, solid construction and 4 soft grip pads, the Wireless Receiver is a secure bracket that professionals can trust and depend on in the field. The two hook and loop straps can safely hold more than one receiver thanks to their large size. The receiver compatibility is now also extended thanks to the larger dimensions – suitable for most portable wireless receivers. Four soft grip pads on the base of the bracket ensure your receiver stays put. The Wireless Receiver Bracket comes complete with shoe mount. A ¼" mounting point on the base gives more mounting options when attaching your bracket to a camera. Most wireless receivers - maximum strap length 22cm (allowing for velcro grip).

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Rarely found on a Plaque, our Artists turned the Marine Corps Force Recon Emblem into a stunning Wood Art Plaque. U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance units are tasked with providing a Marine Commander information about his operational area. Recon Marines are tasked with a wide variety of "direct action" missions which provide a Marine Amphibious Ready Group with a limited special operations capability.

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The Fray: "'Helios' Is Much Brighter Than Our Last Album" With just days to go before The Fray perform Fuse Live: The Fray Presented by TaxSlayer.com, we caught up with the Denver rockers and found out what we can expect from their upcoming fourth album Helios. "Helios is lot brighter than [our last album] Scars and Stories. With this one, it was purposeful: Let's change everything. How we're writing it, how we're recording it," guitarist Joe King says. "The last one, Scars and Stories, was a dark time for us. But with this record, we're having babies, I'm getting married—there's great things happening in life. We came out of that period of time and now we can breathe again." In the video above, frontman Isaac Slade also explains how playing old songs can occasionally be uncomfortable. "Some songs are hard," Slade admits. "They're like an old jacket that doesn't fit." Keep an eye out for their upcoming fourth album, Helios, to drop on February 25. But before Helios hits, the Fray are rocking Fuse studios live and commercial-free on February 3! Watch Fuse Live: The Fray Presented by TaxSlayer.com this Monday at 8p/7c via this live stream or on Fuse's cable channel (use our Channel Finder to locate Fuse in your area). Want to help the Fray choose their setlist? Vote for which songs the Denver rockers should play right here.

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We are happy to tailor make tours to give you (and your friends) a chance to explore Iceland in a private and exclusive way. When joining a regular group tour you might not always be happy with your travel companions, in fact sometimes an annoying fellow guest can spoil the fun of an otherwise great tour. So for your future Iceland visit why not gather a group of friends and like- minded people and ask us for an unbinding quote for your personal perfect small group vacation in Iceland? Be it in self -drive mode or with a knowledgeable guide, from simple guesthouses or self catering cottages to 4 Star luxury hotels. Add for example easy hikes, glacier walks, lava caves, visits to farms and local artists or even a genuine Icelandic cooking seminar. You name it – we organize it! With our own fleet of buses and professional and dedicated guides we have received much praise for all of our tours and our attention to detail – be it in summer or winter time! ​Get inspired here by some sample itineraries! Family tours have been increasingly popular in Iceland. In the last years we have been organizing lots of tailor made tours for small and bigger families - with fun guides who will keep the kids busy with great outdoor adventures like horseback riding, kayaking, glacier walks and Viking handicraft. And besides – what place in the world is better situated for fun geology and history lessons than Iceland? What a great way to spend some quality time together! Sample ideas for Family Summer and Winter Itineraries can be found here! the perfect route and find suitable accommodation within your budget. We cater for groups of all sizes, travelling by bus, car, on foot and even on horseback! ​ We are happy to make you an offer for guided and non-guided tours. Preferred dates – many hotels and other accommodation are getting booked up early especially during summer time – so make sure to book early to have the greatest choice. Preferred accommodation: starting from sleeping bag accommodation in basic mountain huts to private rooms with shared or private bathrooms, 3-4 star hotels, farm accommodation, self catering cottages – there is a lot to choose from! In terms of sightseeing – any sights you have heard of and would definitely like to visit? Is it glaciers, volcanoes, lava caves, waterfalls, hot springs or the Northern Lights that fascinate you? Any activities that you fancy such as snow scooter on glaciers, tours with husky dogs, horse back riding, river jet, hiking, kayaking, glacier walks etc. Would you like to cover a lot in terms of distances or is it slow travel you prefer? And last but not least a rough budget per guest.

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Profit Distribution and Limited Liability Companies You and Your Startup Business's Money Sources of Inspiration for Starting a Business 6 Tips for Success in Starting a Business Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet Limited Liability Companies For Dummies, 3rd Edition By Jennifer Reuting With most entities, if a shareholder owns 10 percent of the company, he can receive only 10 percent of the profits that are distributed, no more and no less. With an LLC, you have freedom to choose! You don't have to split the profits in accordance with the percentage of ownership. If all the members agree, and you have a legitimate reason for doing so (the IRS won't accept tax evasion as a legitimate reason!), you can give 40 percent of the profits to someone who owns 20 percent of the business, or give 10 percent to someone who owns 50 percent. For example, say you and John decide to partner together to create a web design company. You choose to partner 50/50, and you alone are putting in the initial $20,000 needed to get the venture started. You'll both be sharing the workload. But do you think that splitting the profits 50/50 is fair when you're the only one putting up capital? So being the smart cookie that you are, you and John decide to form an LLC. You distribute 50 percent of the company to John and 50 percent to yourself. In the LLC's operating agreement, you agree that you get first dibs on the profits until they reach $22,000 (giving you 10 percent interest on your initial investment). After you're paid off, you and John will split the profits equally.

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by Jason Bryant | Nov 17, 2019 | Rocked Up | 0 comments http://traffic.libsyn.com/rockedup/Rocked_Up_S1E10.mp3 For a solid year, Neil Erisman was it when it came to the new wrestling program at Little Rock. He was every coach, every recruiting coordinator, he ran every errand that needed to be run. He did all this while awaiting the completion of his offices and wrestling facility and with a wife and three – soon to be four – kids at home. It might have been the busiest year of the young coach's life. But when it came time to hire an assistant coach, there were over four dozen candidates interviewed. Some were close friends from his time at Oklahoma State, others were coaches who were looking for upward mobility and a good paycheck. Then there were the ones who were true coaches, but ultimately one candidate stood out above the rest. Coach Erisman wasn't just hiring an assistant coach, he was hiring the other part of his staff that would create the coaching unit to pilot Little Rock wrestling into its maiden wrestling season. Remember the situation when Little Rock hired Erisman to be their head coach? Did they go for the high profile national champion? The seasoned Division I assistant or the sexy name hire? They went with a guy who had a passion to build and a passion to teach. Erisman did the same when he selected Javier Maldonado as Little Rock's first assistant wrestling coach. Welcome to Rocked Up, the story of the foundation and formation of the first Division I college wrestling program in Arkansas, starting in November of 2019 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. This is the 10th edition of this story. We started the journey developing the foundation of wrestling in the state of Arkansas and now we've moved on to the formation of the team, because to tell the full story of this program, you have to start at the very beginning. In 2018-19, Javier Maldonado was leading Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida to its second straight Top 20 finish at the NAIA National Championships. Southeastern was the first varsity college wrestling program in the state of Florida in nearly three decades. The school put an emphasis on wrestling and building the profile of the sport and the school, doing it with one of their native sons. Maldonado is a Florida native. Rocked Up is a presentation of the Mat Talk Podcast Network and can be found on the web at GetRockedUp.com or at MatTalkOnline.com. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN TO THE SHOW Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member and supporting the show. You'll get some cool stuff too. Direct link for the visually impaired

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Service & aftermarket Engine workshops Machining Workshop Reman engine About BOS Power MTU Distributor HSEQ Hydrogen - fuel of the future Low-cost hydrogen production with electrolysers using green electricity (renewable energy sources) The cost-efficient and reliant production of 'green hydrogen' through electrolysis is central to the reduction of greenhouse gases and overall decarbonization of energy systems. 'Green hydrogen' can be produced in ways that give off no carbon emissions, and that's where solar parks and wind turbines come in – supplying the electrolysers with electricity generated with zero CO2 emissions. The innovative PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) technology of Hoeller Electrolyzer, which Rolls-Royce partially bought in 2022, enables more efficient electrolysis than before. The new technology will be used in Rolls-Royce's future mtu electrolyzers. What is hydrogen? Hydrogen is not a source of energy such as solar, wind, natural gas, and oil and there are hardly any naturally occurring sources or reservoirs of hydrogen on earth. It can be produced by using the process of electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This process requires energy which can be provided by fossil fuels or by renewable sources of energy such as solar or wind. As an element in Power-to-X hydrogen can also be used as a building block for producing a wide range of other fuels and products, such as e-fuels for transport by road, sea, rail or even air in a near future. It can also be used in industry to replace so-called gray hydrogen - i.e. hydrogen from natural gas. The hydrogen must be kept in a suitable container until it is ready to be used in a fuel cell to produce electricity or in a gas turbine that can run on hydrogen. As such, hydrogen is a way of storing and transporting energy, but not a source of energy itself. Electrolysis – a true zero emission enabler Electrolysis is the electrochemical process that uses electricity to break water into hydrogen and oxygen. This production of hydrogen is energy demanding thus also potentially a heavy contributor of greenhouse gasses. Read more about PEM technology here Read about the use of hydrogen technology in the Finnish wind industry here Fuel cells – a clean, reliable, and efficient source of high-quality electric power Climate-neutral production of power and energy Fuel cells are a key component in hydrogen generators that use the energy stored in hydrogen to generate electrical energy by means of an electrochemical process. Hydrogen and oxygen are combined and thereby electricity is generated. The byproduct of this process is water and heat and therefore no greenhouse gases are emitted. A biproduct from the electrochemical process is waste heat which can be reused for either production processes or district heating, thereby increasing the efficiency of the units. Continuous power supply with fuel cells The fuel cell works similarly to a battery, but unlike the battery, the fuel cell does not discharge during use, because it is continuously supplied with fuel and air in step with the electricity it produces. As opposed to Battery Energy Storage Solutions there are no limitations in the continuity of power supply when using fuel cell technology. Fuel cells continue to generate power if fuel is provided. No need for recharging or change of batteries. Output electricity for direct use or fed into the grid The electrical output of fuel cells is converted from the DC-current from the electrochemical process via converters to an alternating current (AC) that can be as a low voltage supply directly used or transformed into medium or high voltage by means of step-up transformers to be fed into the grid. In addition to being a clean and efficient process, fuel cells are a quiet source of power. Due to the size and design of the fuel cell a modular, scalable, and redundant design is easily obtained and thereby an increase in securing the continuity in power for critical infrastructure. Would you like to know more about hydrogen and fuel cell technololgy and solutions? Contact us below for more information and help. This is your direct contact to our experts – wherever you are in the Nordics we are here to support you! Michael Kærager [email protected] Tobias Ogard Energy Storage Specialist The Nordics [email protected] Christian Wober [email protected] Jess Thorsen [email protected] Jussi Mäkinen [email protected] Gunnar Aasbø Senior Sales Manager PowerGen [email protected] Nordic Importer and distributor of

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Recent papers ACP Letters Measurement reports SI overview articles Many thanks to Cristina Facchini and Rolf Sander and welcome to Barbara Ervens as executive editor of ACP First ACP Letter: The value of remote marine aerosol measurements for constraining radiative forcing uncertainty Atmospheric evolution of emissions from a boreal forest fire: the formation of highly functionalized oxygen-, nitrogen-, and sulfur-containing organic compounds Observing the timescales of aerosol–cloud interactions in snapshot satellite images New ACP Letter: How alkaline compounds control atmospheric aerosol particle acidity Changes in biomass burning, wetland extent, or agriculture drive atmospheric NH3 trends in select African regions EGU publications ACP, 21, 16349–16361, 2021 Articles | Volume 21, issue 21 Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16349–16361, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16349-2021 Research article 08 Nov 2021 Research article | 08 Nov 2021 Dipole pattern of summer ozone pollution in the east of China and its connection with climate variability Xiaoqing Ma and Zhicong Yin Show only first author papers Show all papers Comparison of the influence of two types of cold surge on haze dispersion in eastern China Shiyue Zhang, Gang Zeng, Xiaoye Yang, Ruixi Wu, and Zhicong Yin Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 15185–15197, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15185-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15185-2021, 2021 This study classified the winter cold surge in eastern China into blocking cold surge and wave-train cold surge and investigated the difference of haze dispersion ability between the two types. The results show that the haze dispersion of blocking cold surge is weaker than that of wave-train cold surge. In the past 4 decades, the frequency of wave-train (blocking) cold surge shows a downward (upward) trend, which means that the ability of cold surge to disperse haze is declining. Decadal changes of connections among late-spring snow cover in West Siberia, summer Eurasia teleconnection and O3-related meteorology in North China Zhicong Yin, Yu Wan, and Huijun Wang Severe ozone pollution frequently occurred in North China and obviously damages human health and ecosystems. The meteorological conditions effectively affect the variations in ozone pollution by modulating the natural emissions of O3 precursors and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere. In this study, the interannual relationship between ozone-related meteorology and late-spring snow cover in West Siberia was explored, and the reasons of its decadal change were also physically explained. Related subject area Subject: Aerosols | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes) Aerosol absorption in global models from AeroCom phase III Maria Sand, Bjørn H. Samset, Gunnar Myhre, Jonas Gliß, Susanne E. Bauer, Huisheng Bian, Mian Chin, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Paul Ginoux, Zak Kipling, Alf Kirkevåg, Harri Kokkola, Philippe Le Sager, Marianne T. Lund, Hitoshi Matsui, Twan van Noije, Dirk J. L. Olivié, Samuel Remy, Michael Schulz, Philip Stier, Camilla W. Stjern, Toshihiko Takemura, Kostas Tsigaridis, Svetlana G. Tsyro, and Duncan Watson-Parris Absorption of shortwave radiation by aerosols can modify precipitation and clouds but is poorly constrained in models. A total of 15 different aerosol models from AeroCom phase III have reported total aerosol absorption, and for the first time, 11 of these models have reported in a consistent experiment the contributions to absorption from black carbon, dust, and organic aerosol. Here, we document the model diversity in aerosol absorption. A black carbon peak and its sources in the free troposphere of Beijing induced by cyclone lifting and transport from central China Zhenbin Wang, Bin Zhu, Hanqing Kang, Wen Lu, Shuqi Yan, Delong Zhao, Weihang Zhang, and Jinhui Gao In this paper, by using WRF-Chem with a black carbon (BC) tagging technique, we investigate the formation mechanism and regional sources of a BC peak in the free troposphere observed by aircraft flights. Local sources dominated BC from the surface to about 700 m (78.5 %), while the BC peak in the free troposphere was almost entirely imported from external sources (99.8 %). Our results indicate that cyclone systems can quickly lift BC up to the free troposphere, as well as extend its lifetime. Competing effects of aerosol reductions and circulation changes for future improvements in Beijing haze Liang Guo, Laura J. Wilcox, Massimo Bollasina, Steven T. Turnock, Marianne T. Lund, and Lixia Zhang Severe haze remains serious over Beijing despite emissions decreasing since 2008. Future haze changes in four scenarios are studied. The pattern conducive to haze weather increases with the atmospheric warming caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases. However, the actual haze intensity, measured by either PM2.5 or optical depth, decreases with aerosol emissions. We show that only using the weather pattern index to predict the future change of Beijing haze is insufficient. Understanding the surface temperature response and its uncertainty to CO2, CH4, black carbon, and sulfate Kalle Nordling, Hannele Korhonen, Jouni Räisänen, Antti-Ilari Partanen, Bjørn H. Samset, and Joonas Merikanto Understanding the temperature responses to different climate forcing agents, such as greenhouse gases and aerosols, is crucial for understanding future regional climate changes. In climate models, the regional temperature responses vary for all forcing agents, but the causes of this variability are poorly understood. For all forcing agents, the main component contributing to variance in regional surface temperature responses between the climate models is the clear-sky longwave emissivity. Surface deposition of marine fog and its treatment in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model Peter A. Taylor, Zheqi Chen, Li Cheng, Soudeh Afsharian, Wensong Weng, George A. Isaac, Terry W. Bullock, and Yongsheng Chen In marine fog, droplets will impact the water surface, collide and coalesce. This removal process is underestimated or ignored in many fog and weather forecast models. A new atmospheric boundary layer approach is proposed and tested in a standard weather forecast model (Weather Research and Forecasting, WRF). New profile measurements through marine fog layers are suggested. Assessing the potential efficacy of marine cloud brightening for cooling Earth using a simple heuristic model A simple model is described to assess the potential for increasing solar reflection by augmenting the aerosol population below marine low clouds, which increases the concentration of cloud droplets. The model is used to predict global cooling from marine cloud brightening climate intervention as a function of the quantity, size, and lifetime of salt particles injected per sprayer, the number of sprayers deployed, the cloud updraft speed, and unperturbed aerosol size distribution. Aerosol effects on electrification and lightning discharges in a multicell thunderstorm simulated by the WRF-ELEC model Mengyu Sun, Dongxia Liu, Xiushu Qie, Edward R. Mansell, Yoav Yair, Alexandre O. Fierro, Shanfeng Yuan, Zhixiong Chen, and Dongfang Wang By acting as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), increasing aerosol loading tends to enhance lightning activity through microphysical processes. We investigated the aerosol effects on the development of a thunderstorm. A two-moment bulk microphysics scheme and bulk lightning model were coupled in the WRF Model to simulate a multicell thunderstorm. Sensitivity experiments show that the enhancement of lightning activity under polluted conditions results from an increasing ice crystal number. The response of the Amazon ecosystem to the photosynthetically active radiation fields: integrating impacts of biomass burning aerosol and clouds in the NASA GEOS Earth system model Huisheng Bian, Eunjee Lee, Randal D. Koster, Donifan Barahona, Mian Chin, Peter R. Colarco, Anton Darmenov, Sarith Mahanama, Michael Manyin, Peter Norris, John Shilling, Hongbin Yu, and Fanwei Zeng The study using the NASA Earth system model shows ~2.6 % increase in burning season gross primary production and ~1.5 % increase in annual net primary production across the Amazon Basin during 2010–2016 due to the change in surface downward direct and diffuse photosynthetically active radiation by biomass burning aerosols. Such an aerosol effect is strongly dependent on the presence of clouds. The cloud fraction at which aerosols switch from stimulating to inhibiting plant growth occurs at ~0.8. "Warm cover": precursory strong signals for haze pollution hidden in the middle troposphere Xiangde Xu, Wenyue Cai, Tianliang Zhao, Xinfa Qiu, Wenhui Zhu, Chan Sun, Peng Yan, Chunzhu Wang, and Fei Ge We found that the structure of atmospheric thermodynamics in the troposphere can be regarded as a strong forewarning signal for variations of surface PM2.5 concentration in heavy air pollution. The MAPM (Mapping Air Pollution eMissions) method for inferring particulate matter emissions maps at city scale from in situ concentration measurements: description and demonstration of capability Brian Nathan, Stefanie Kremser, Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, Greg Bodeker, Leroy Bird, Ethan Dale, Dongqi Lin, Gustavo Olivares, and Elizabeth Somervell The MAPM project showcases a method to improve estimates of PM2.5 emissions through an advanced statistical technique that is still new to the aerosol community. Using Christchurch, NZ, as a test bed, measurements from a field campaign in winter 2019 are incorporated into this new approach. An overestimation from local inventory estimates is identified. This technique may be exported to other urban areas in need. Characteristics of surface energy balance and atmospheric circulation during hot-and-polluted episodes and their synergistic relationships with urban heat islands over the Pearl River Delta region Ifeanyichukwu C. Nduka, Chi-Yung Tam, Jianping Guo, and Steve Hung Lam Yim This study analyzed the nature, mechanisms and drivers for hot-and-polluted episodes (HPEs) in the Pearl River Delta, China. A total of eight HPEs were identified and can be grouped into three clusters of HPEs that were respectively driven (1) by weak subsidence and convection induced by approaching tropical cyclones, (2) by calm conditions with low wind speed in the lower atmosphere and (3) by the combination of both aforementioned conditions. Influence of sea salt aerosols on the development of Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Enrique Pravia-Sarabia, Juan José Gómez-Navarro, Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero, and Juan Pedro Montávez Given the hazardous nature of medicanes, studies focused on understanding and quantifying the processes governing their formation have become paramount for present and future disaster risk reduction. Therefore, enhancing the modeling and forecasting capabilities of such events is of crucial importance. In this sense, the authors find that the microphysical processes, and specifically the wind--sea salt aerosol feedback, play a key role in their development and thus should not be neglected. Quantification of uncertainties in the assessment of an atmospheric release source applied to the autumn 2017 106Ru event Joffrey Dumont Le Brazidec, Marc Bocquet, Olivier Saunier, and Yelva Roustan The assessment of the environmental consequences of a radionuclide release depends on the estimation of its source. This paper aims to develop inverse Bayesian methods which combine transport models with measurements, in order to reconstruct the ensemble of possible sources. Three methods to quantify uncertainties based on the definition of probability distributions and the physical models are proposed and evaluated for the case of 106Ru releases over Europe in 2017. Forecasting and identifying the meteorological and hydrological conditions favoring the occurrence of severe hazes in Beijing and Shanghai using deep learning Chien Wang Haze caused by abundant atmospheric aerosols has become a serious environmental issue in many countries. An innovative deep-learning machine has been developed to forecast the occurrence of hazes in two Asian megacities (Beijing and Shanghai) and has achieved good overall accuracy. Using this machine, typical regional meteorological and hydrological regimes associated with haze and non-haze events in the two cities have also been, arguably for the first time, successfully categorized. Improving prediction of trans-boundary biomass burning plume dispersion: from northern peninsular Southeast Asia to downwind western North Pacific Ocean Maggie Chel-Gee Ooi, Ming-Tung Chuang, Joshua S. Fu, Steven S. Kong, Wei-Syun Huang, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, Sittichai Pimonsree, Andy Chan, Shantanu Kumar Pani, and Neng-Huei Lin There is very limited local modeling effort in Southeast Asia, where haze is an annually recurring threat. In this work, the accuracy of haze prediction is improved not only at the burning source but also at the downwind site in northern Southeast Asia to highlight the influence of trans-boundary haze, which is often regional. The burning haze is carried to the populated west of Taiwan via several mechanisms, with the most severe conditions related to the boreal winter pressure system. Hyperfine-Resolution Mapping of On-Road Vehicle Emissions with Comprehensive Traffic Monitoring and Intelligent Transportation System Linhui Jiang, Yan Xia, Lu Wang, Xue Chen, Jianjie Ye, Tangyan Hou, Liqiang Wang, Yibo Zhang, Mengying Li, Zhen Li, Zhe Song, Yaping Jiang, Weiping Liu, Pengfei Li, Daniel Rosenfeld, John H. Seinfeld, and Shaocai Yu Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-533,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-533, 2021 Revised manuscript accepted for ACP This paper establishes a bottom-up approach to reveal a unique pattern of urban on-road vehicle emissions at 1 ~ 3 orders of magnitude higher spatial resolution than current inventories. The results show that the hourly average on-road vehicle emissions of CO, NOx, HC, and PM2.5 are 74 kg, 40 kg, 8 kg, and 2 kg, respectively. Integrating our traffic-monitoring-based approach with urban measurements, we could address major data gaps between urban air pollutant emissions and concentrations. Better representation of dust can improve climate models with too weak an African monsoon Yves Balkanski, Rémy Bonnet, Olivier Boucher, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, and Jérôme Servonnat Earth system models have persistent biases that impinge on our ability to make robust future regional predictions of precipitation. For the last 15 years, there has been little improvement in these biases. This work presents an accurate representation of dust absorption based upon observed dust mineralogical composition and size distribution. The striking result is that this more accurate representation improves tropical precipitations for climate models with too weak an African monsoon. Reduced light absorption of black carbon (BC) and its influence on BC-boundary-layer interactions during "APEC Blue" Meng Gao, Yang Yang, Hong Liao, Bin Zhu, Yuxuan Zhang, Zirui Liu, Xiao Lu, Chen Wang, Qiming Zhou, Yuesi Wang, Qiang Zhang, Gregory R. Carmichael, and Jianlin Hu Light absorption and radiative forcing of black carbon (BC) is influenced by both BC itself and its interactions with other aerosol chemical compositions. In this study, we used the online coupled WRF-Chem model to examine how emission control measures during the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference affect the mixing state and light absorption of BC and the associated implications for BC-PBL interactions. Present and future aerosol impacts on Arctic climate change in the GISS-E2.1 Earth system model Ulas Im, Kostas Tsigaridis, Gregory Faluvegi, Peter L. Langen, Joshua P. French, Rashed Mahmood, Manu A. Thomas, Knut von Salzen, Daniel C. Thomas, Cynthia H. Whaley, Zbigniew Klimont, Henrik Skov, and Jørgen Brandt Future (2015–2050) simulations of the aerosol burdens and their radiative forcing and climate impacts over the Arctic under various emission projections show that although the Arctic aerosol burdens are projected to decrease significantly by 10 to 60 %, regardless of the magnitude of aerosol reductions, surface air temperatures will continue to increase by 1.9–2.6 ℃, while sea-ice extent will continue to decrease, implying reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to mitigate climate change. Evaluation of natural aerosols in CRESCENDO Earth system models (ESMs): mineral dust Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Yves Balkanski, Samuel Albani, Tommi Bergman, Ken Carslaw, Anne Cozic, Chris Dearden, Beatrice Marticorena, Martine Michou, Twan van Noije, Pierre Nabat, Fiona M. O'Connor, Dirk Olivié, Joseph M. Prospero, Philippe Le Sager, Michael Schulz, and Catherine Scott Thousands of tons of dust are emitted into the atmosphere every year, producing important impacts on the Earth system. However, current global climate models are not yet able to reproduce dust emissions, transport and depositions with the desirable accuracy. Our study analyses five different Earth system models to report aspects to be improved to reproduce better available observations, increase the consistency between models and therefore decrease the current uncertainties. On the contribution of fast and slow responses to precipitation changes caused by aerosol perturbations Shipeng Zhang, Philip Stier, and Duncan Watson-Parris The relationship between aerosol-induced changes in atmospheric energetics and precipitation responses across different scales is studied in terms of fast (radiatively or microphysically mediated) and slow (temperature-mediated) responses. We introduced a method to decompose rainfall changes into contributions from clouds, aerosols, and clear–clean sky from an energetic perspective. It provides a way to better interpret and quantify the precipitation changes caused by aerosol perturbations. Impact of modified turbulent diffusion of PM2.5 aerosol in WRF-Chem simulations in Eastern China Wenxing Jia and Xiaoye Zhang Heavy aerosol pollution incidents have attracted much attention since 2013, but the temporal and spatial limitations of observations and the inaccuracy of simulation are a stumbling block of assessing pollution mechanisms. The correct simulation of boundary layer mixing process of pollutant is a challenge for mesoscale numerical models. What rainfall rates are most important to wet removal of different aerosol types? Yong Wang, Wenwen Xia, and Guang J. Zhang This study developed a novel approach to detect what rainfall rates climatologically are most efficient for wet removal of different aerosol types and applied it to a global climate model (GCM). Results show that light rain has a disproportionate control on aerosol wet scavenging with distinct rain rates for different aerosol sizes. The approach can be applied to other GCMs to better understand the aerosol wet scavenging by rainfall, which is important to better simulating aerosols. 15-year variability of desert dust optical depth on global and regional scales Stavros-Andreas Logothetis, Vasileios Salamalikis, Antonis Gkikas, Stelios Kazadzis, Vassilis Amiridis, and Andreas Kazantzidis This study investigates the temporal trends of dust optical depth (DOD; 550 nm) on global, regional and seasonal scales over the 15-year period (2003–2017), using the MIDAS (ModIs Dust AeroSol) data set. The findings of this study revealed that the DOD was increased across the Central Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula with opposite trends over the Eastern and Western Sahara, the Thar and Gobi Deserts, in Bodélé Depression and in south Mediterranean. Exploring the uncertainties in the aviation soot-cirrus effect Mattia Righi, Johannes Hendricks, and Christof Gerhard Beer A global climate model is applied to simulate the impact of aviation soot on natural cirrus clouds. A large number of numerical experiments is performed to analyse how the quantification of the resulting climate impact is affected by known uncertainties. These concern the ability of aviation soot to nucleate ice and the role of model dynamics. Our results show that both aspects are important for the quantification of this effect and that discrepancies among different model studies still exist. Global–regional nested simulation of particle number concentration by combing microphysical processes with an evolving organic aerosol module Xueshun Chen, Fangqun Yu, Wenyi Yang, Yele Sun, Huansheng Chen, Wei Du, Jian Zhao, Ying Wei, Lianfang Wei, Huiyun Du, Zhe Wang, Qizhong Wu, Jie Li, Junling An, and Zifa Wang Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 9343–9366, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9343-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9343-2021, 2021 Atmospheric aerosol particles have significant climate and health effects that depend on aerosol size, composition, and mixing state. A new global-regional nested aerosol model with an advanced particle microphysics module and a volatility basis set organic aerosol module was developed to simulate aerosol microphysical processes. Simulations strongly suggest the important role of anthropogenic organic species in particle formation over the areas influenced by anthropogenic sources. Molecular scale description of interfacial mass transfer in phase separated aqueous secondary organic aerosol Mária Lbadaoui-Darvas, Satoshi Takahama, and Athanasios Nenes Aerosol-cloud interactions constitute the most uncertain contribution to climate change. The uptake kinetics of water by aerosol is a central process of cloud droplet formation, yet its molecular scale mechanism is unknown. We use molecular simulations to study this process for phase-separated organic particles. Our results explain the increased cloud condensation activity of such particles and can be generalised over various compositions, thus may serve as a basis for future models. Elevated 3D structures of PM2.5 and impact of complex terrain-forcing circulations on heavy haze pollution over Sichuan Basin, China Zhuozhi Shu, Yubao Liu, Tianliang Zhao, Junrong Xia, Chenggang Wang, Le Cao, Haoliang Wang, Lei Zhang, Yu Zheng, Lijuan Shen, Lei Luo, and Yueqing Li Focusing on a heavy haze pollution event in the Sichuan Basin (SCB), we investigated the elevated 3D structure of PM2.5 and trans-boundary transport with the WRF-Chem simulation. It is remarkable for vertical PM2.5 that the unique hollows were structured, which which occurred by the interaction of vortex circulations and topographic effects. The SCB was regarded as the major air pollutant source with the trans-boundary transport of PM2.5 affecting atmospheric environment changes. Modelling the size distribution of aggregated volcanic ash and implications for operational atmospheric dispersion modelling Frances Beckett, Eduardo Rossi, Benjamin Devenish, Claire Witham, and Costanza Bonadonna As volcanic ash is transported through the atmosphere it may collide and stick together to form aggregates. Neglecting the process of aggregation in atmospheric dispersion models could lead to inaccurate forecasts used by civil aviation for hazard assessment. We have developed an aggregation scheme for use with the model NAME, which is used by the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. Using our scheme, we investigate the impact of aggregation on simulations of the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 ash cloud. Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance Jasper F. Kok, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Samuel Albani, Yves Balkanski, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Mian Chin, Peter R. Colarco, Douglas S. Hamilton, Yue Huang, Akinori Ito, Martina Klose, Danny M. Leung, Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Vincenzo Obiso, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Adriana Rocha-Lima, Jessica S. Wan, and Chloe A. Whicker Desert dust interacts with virtually every component of the Earth system, including the climate system. We develop a new methodology to represent the global dust cycle that integrates observational constraints on the properties and abundance of desert dust with global atmospheric model simulations. We show that the resulting representation of the global dust cycle is more accurate than what can be obtained from a large number of current climate global atmospheric models. Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust Jasper F. Kok, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Samuel Albani, Yves Balkanski, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Mian Chin, Peter R. Colarco, Douglas S. Hamilton, Yue Huang, Akinori Ito, Martina Klose, Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Vincenzo Obiso, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Adriana Rocha-Lima, and Jessica S. Wan The many impacts of dust on the Earth system depend on dust mineralogy, which varies between dust source regions. We constrain the contribution of the world's main dust source regions by integrating dust observations with global model simulations. We find that Asian dust contributes more and that North African dust contributes less than models account for. We obtain a dataset of each source region's contribution to the dust cycle that can be used to constrain dust impacts on the Earth system. Effect of volcanic emissions on clouds during the 2008 and 2018 Kilauea degassing events Katherine H. Breen, Donifan Barahona, Tianle Yuan, Huisheng Bian, and Scott C. James Increases in atmospheric aerosols affect the scattering and absorption of solar radiation by altering the macrophysical and microphysical processes of clouds. We analyzed aerosol–cloud interactions in response to degassing events from the Kilauea volcano in 2008 and 2018 by comparing satellite and simulated cloud properties. Results showed a threshold response to overcome meteorological effects that is largely controlled by aerosol concentration, composition, plume height, and ENSO state. Wintertime direct radiative effects due to black carbon (BC) over the Indo-Gangetic Plain as modelled with new BC emission inventories in CHIMERE Sanhita Ghosh, Shubha Verma, Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath, and Laurent Menut Wintertime direct radiative perturbation due to black carbon (BC) aerosols was assessed over the Indo-Gangetic Plain with an efficiently modelled BC distribution. The atmospheric radiative warming due to BC was about 50–70 % larger than surface cooling. Compared to the atmosphere without BC, for which a net cooling at the top of the atmosphere was exhibited, enhanced atmospheric radiative warming by 2–3 times and a reduction in surface cooling by 10–20 % were found due to BC. Future changes in Beijing haze events under different anthropogenic aerosol emission scenarios Lixia Zhang, Laura J. Wilcox, Nick J. Dunstone, David J. Paynter, Shuai Hu, Massimo Bollasina, Donghuan Li, Jonathan K. P. Shonk, and Liwei Zou The projected frequency of circulation patterns associated with haze events and global warming increases significantly due to weakening of the East Asian winter monsoon. Rapid reduction in anthropogenic aerosol further increases the frequency of circulation patterns, but haze events are less dangerous. We revealed competing effects of aerosol emission reductions on future haze events through their direct contribution to haze intensity and their influence on the atmospheric circulation patterns. Present-day radiative effect from radiation-absorbing aerosols in snow Paolo Tuccella, Giovanni Pitari, Valentina Colaiuda, Edoardo Raparelli, and Gabriele Curci We calculate the radiation-absorbing aerosol quantity in snow with a global chemical and transport atmospheric model, validated with global observations. The perturbation to snow albedo and related climatic impact are assessed. The resulting average radiative flux change in snow is 0.068 W m−2. Black carbon is a major contributor (+0.033 W m−2), followed by dust (+0.012 W m−2) and brown carbon (+0.0066 W m−2). The impact is also characterized by significant seasonal and geographical variability. Seasonal variation in atmospheric pollutants transport in central Chile: dynamics and consequences Rémy Lapere, Laurent Menut, Sylvain Mailler, and Nicolás Huneeus Based on modeling, the transport dynamics of ozone and fine particles in central Chile are investigated. Santiago emissions are found to influence air quality along a 1000 km plume as far as Argentina and northern Chile. In turn, emissions outside the metropolis contribute significantly to its recorded particles concentration. Emissions of precursors from Santiago are found to lead to the formation of a persistent ozone bubble in altitude, a phenomenon which is described for the first time. Non-equilibrium interplay between gas–particle partitioning and multiphase chemical reactions of semi-volatile compounds: mechanistic insights and practical implications for atmospheric modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Jake Wilson, Ulrich Pöschl, Manabu Shiraiwa, and Thomas Berkemeier This work explores the gas–particle partitioning of PAHs on soot with a kinetic model. We show that the equilibration timescale depends on PAH molecular structure, temperature, and particle number concentration. We explore scenarios in which the particulate fraction is perturbed from equilibrium by chemical loss and discuss implications for chemical transport models that assume instantaneous equilibration at each model time step. Aerosol acidity and liquid water content regulate the dry deposition of inorganic reactive nitrogen Athanasios Nenes, Spyros N. Pandis, Maria Kanakidou, Armistead G. Russell, Shaojie Song, Petros Vasilakos, and Rodney J. Weber Ecosystems and air quality are affected by the dry deposition of inorganic reactive nitrogen (Nr, the sum of ammonium and nitrate). Its large variability is driven by the large difference in deposition velocity of N when in the gas or particle phase. Here we show that aerosol liquid water and acidity, by affecting gas–particle partitioning, modulate the dry deposition velocity of NH3, HNO3, and Nr worldwide. These effects explain the rapid accumulation of nitrate aerosol during haze events. Enhanced light absorption and reduced snow albedo due to internally mixed mineral dust in grains of snow Tenglong Shi, Jiecan Cui, Yang Chen, Yue Zhou, Wei Pu, Xuanye Xu, Quanliang Chen, Xuelei Zhang, and Xin Wang We assess the effect of dust external and internal mixing with snow grains on the absorption coefficient and albedo of snowpack. The results suggest that dust–snow internal mixing strongly enhances snow absorption coefficient and albedo reduction relative to external mixing. Meanwhile, the possible non-uniform distribution of dust in snow grains may lead to significantly different values of absorption coefficient and albedo of snowpack in the visible spectral range. Coral-reef-derived dimethyl sulfide and the climatic impact of the loss of coral reefs Sonya L. Fiddes, Matthew T. Woodhouse, Todd P. Lane, and Robyn Schofield Coral reefs are known to produce the aerosol precursor dimethyl sulfide (DMS). Currently, this source of coral DMS is unaccounted for in climate modelling, and the impact of coral reef extinction on aerosol and climate is unknown. In this study, we address this problem using a coupled chemistry–climate model for the first time. We find that coral reefs make a minimal contribution to the aerosol population and are unlikely to play a role in climate modulation. A weather regime characterisation of winter biomass aerosol transport from southern Africa Marco Gaetani, Benjamin Pohl, Maria del Carmen Alvarez Castro, Cyrille Flamant, and Paola Formenti During the dry austral winter, forest fires in tropical Africa emit large amount of smoke in the atmosphere, with large impacts on climate and air quality. The study of the relationship between atmospheric circulation and smoke transport shows that midlatitude atmospheric disturbances may deflect the smoke from the Tropical Africa towards southern Africa. Understanding the distribution of the smoke in the region is very important for climate modelling and air quality monitoring. How Asian aerosols impact regional surface temperatures across the globe Joonas Merikanto, Kalle Nordling, Petri Räisänen, Jouni Räisänen, Declan O'Donnell, Antti-Ilari Partanen, and Hannele Korhonen Human-induced aerosols concentrate around their emission sources, yet their climate effects span far and wide. Here, we use two climate models to robustly identify the mechanisms of how Asian anthropogenic aerosols impact temperatures across the globe. A total removal of Asian anthropogenic aerosols increases the global temperatures by 0.26 ± 0.04 °C in the models, with the strongest warming taking place over the Arctic due to increased atmospheric transport of energy towards the high north. Air quality deterioration episode associated with typhoon over the complex topographic environment in central Taiwan Chuan-Yao Lin, Yang-Fan Sheng, Wan-Chin Chen, Charles C. K. Chou, Yi-Yun Chien, and Wen-Mei Chen Taiwan and Hong Kong experience air quality deterioration as typhoons approach. However, the mechanism of the formation of poor air quality may differ and still not be well documented in Taiwan. The interaction between easterly typhoon circulation and Taiwan's Central Mountain Range resulted in a lee side vortex formation. Simulation results indicated that the combination of the lee vortex and land-sea breeze, as well as the boundary layer development, were the key mechanisms. Combining POLDER-3 satellite observations and WRF-Chem numerical simulations to derive biomass burning aerosol properties over the Southeast Atlantic region Alexandre Siméon, Fabien Waquet, Jean-Christophe Péré, Fabrice Ducos, François Thieuleux, Fanny Peers, Solène Turquety, and Isabelle Chiapello For the first time, we accurately modelled the optical properties of the biomass burning aerosols (BBA) observed over the Southeast Atlantic region during their transport above clouds and over their source regions, combining a meteorology coupled with chemistry model (WRF-Chem) with innovative satellite absorbing aerosol retrievals (POLDER-3). Our results suggest low but non negligible brown carbon fraction (3 %) for the chemical composition of the BBA plumes observed over the source regions. Aerosol dynamics and dispersion of radioactive particles Pontus von Schoenberg, Peter Tunved, Håkan Grahn, Alfred Wiedensohler, Radovan Krejci, and Niklas Brännström In a radiological emergency preparedness system, Lagrangian particle dispersion models are often used to track the dispersion of radioactive material. In this study we have shown the importance of simulating advanced aerosol dynamic processes that are commonly neglected or simplified in these simulations. We show that inclusion of detailed ambient-aerosol dynamics can play a large role in the model result in simulations adopting a more detailed representation of aerosol–cloud interactions. Development and intercity transferability of land-use regression models for predicting ambient PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and O3 concentrations in northern Taiwan Zhiyuan Li, Kin-Fai Ho, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, and Steve Hung Lam Yim This study established land-use regression (LUR) models using only routine air quality measurement data to support long-term health studies in an Asian metropolitan area. The established LUR models captured the spatial variability in exposure to air pollution with remarkable predictive accuracy. This is the first Asian study to evaluate intercity transferability of LUR models, and it highlights that there exist uncertainties when transferring LUR models between nearby cities. Constraints on global aerosol number concentration, SO2 and condensation sink in UKESM1 using ATom measurements Ananth Ranjithkumar, Hamish Gordon, Christina Williamson, Andrew Rollins, Kirsty Pringle, Agnieszka Kupc, Nathan Luke Abraham, Charles Brock, and Ken Carslaw The effect aerosols have on climate can be better understood by studying their vertical and spatial distribution throughout the atmosphere. We use observation data from the ATom campaign and evaluate the vertical profile of aerosol number concentration, sulfur dioxide and condensation sink using the UKESM (UK Earth System Model). We identify uncertainties in key atmospheric processes that help improve their theoretical representation in global climate models. Reduced effective radiative forcing from cloud-aerosol interactions (ERFaci) with improved treatment of early aerosol growth in an Earth System Model Sara Marie Blichner, Moa Kristina Sporre, and Terje Koren Berntsen In this study we quantify how a new way of modeling the formation of new particles in the atmosphere, affects the estimated cooling from aerosol-cloud interactions since pre-industrial times. Our improved scheme merges two common approaches to aerosol modelling: a sectional scheme for treating the early growth and the pre-existing modal scheme in the NorESM. We find that the cooling from aerosol-cloud interactions since pre-industrial time is reduced by 10 % when the new scheme is used. Turbulence-permitting air pollution simulation for the Stuttgart metropolitan area Thomas Schwitalla, Hans-Stefan Bauer, Kirsten Warrach-Sagi, Thomas Bönisch, and Volker Wulfmeyer A prototype of an air quality forecasting system (AQFS) on a turbulence-permitting (TP) horizontal resolution of 50 m is developed. AQFS is based on the WRF-Chem model and uses high-resolution emission data from different pollution sources. A simulation case study of a typical winter day in south Germany serves as a test bed. Results indicate that the complex topography plays an important role for the horizontal and vertical pollution distribution over the Stuttgart metropolitan area. More articles (45) Cited articles Behera, S. K. and Yamagata, T.: Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 327–330, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL011451, 2001. Bey, I., Jacob, D. J., Yantosca, R. M., Logan, J. A., Field, B., Fiore, A. M., Li, Q., Liu, H., Mickley, L. 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TerraLib is an open source GIS software library to support the development of customized geographical applications. It is written in C++ language and uses third-party libraries to provide typical GIS functions (e.g. geometry handling, image processing, spatial reference systems) and innovative functions and algorithms (e.g. spatio-temporal data processing). In this page you can find a set of resources useful to GIS developers, who can understand and program in C++ language and are interested in building their own GIS applications using TerraLib. In this section you will find the instructions to obtain TerraLib source code, its organization and how to build the library in different programming environments, in order to start developing your applications. TerraLib is organized in modules such that each contains everything necessary to execute only one aspect of a given functionality. This organization is expressed in the source code organization 1). However, a module might be dependent on other TerraLib module and/or third-party libraries. The building tools 2) reflect the modules dependencies. This section will introduce you to the main core modules of TerraLib. The link Modules gives you a general overview of all TerraLib modules and its dependencies. This topic discuss the TerraLib's change management and control.

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Tablescape at the end of a long, shared meal with my dear friend Marianne. Almost every shared meal at my home has colored pencils (and a colorable table covering) at the center. What if there were such a thing as you and me and another around a common table? The thing is I know you and you know me well enough to laugh and joke and easily smile, but this other is different, unknown. Smiles come forced and small around the other, constant wonderings of "am I being polite enough"? Would mama approve of the niceties being exchanged among you and me and another? What if you and me and another gathered around a common table? What if you and me and another gathered 'round a common table and shared in our own version of Eucharist as we tore in to a home-cooked meal and drank a local wine? What if in and through wiping sauce off mouths and groans of deliciousness you and me and another found something in common? A love for hiking or a book or the bond that we have all once loved and lost? What if over bread and wine you and me and another open-wide with toothy grins and tentative hearts and just as with flour, salt, and yeast–three very different things–become something better than our individual parts? What if you and me and another become us? Shortly after the untimely death of one of my favorite college professors, Dr. David Duke, I bought myself a small cactus to remind myself that life is prickly sometimes. When I moved into my current house after my divorce the previous owners left a plant on the kitchen windowsill–a cactus. This centerpiece is a reminder that this has been a particularly prickly year…and all will be okay, beautiful even.

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Kapil Sharma During College Days Was A Big Time Wedding Crasher! Home » Bollywood News » Did You Know? Kapil Sharma During College Days Was A Big Time Wedding Crasher! Did You Know? Kapil Sharma During College Days Was A Big Time Wedding Crasher! Kapil said: "This is one experience I can never forget" Comedian-actor-producer Kapil Sharma, who will marry his girlfriend Ginni Chatrath on December 12, has opened up about attending weddings during his college days just to eat good food. He made an appearance on the show Indian Idol 10 where he spoke about his college days when he gate-crashed weddings with his friends in Delhi, read a statement. Kapil said: "During our college days, my friends and I used to go to weddings to eat good food. Once we got caught red-handed by an uncle. My friend made up a story saying that the food in our college mess got over and that we didn't have anything to eat.

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La salade de poulpe tunisienne est une spécialité culinaire de Tunisie usuellement servie en entrée mais aussi en amuse-gueule en tant que kémia. Il s'agit en réalité d'une salade de fruits de mer, plus précisément de poulpe mariné dans de l'huile d'olive, de l'ail écrasé et du jus de citron ou du vinaigre, puis assaisonné de persil et d'oignons émincés et parfois de menthe séchée et hachée avant de servir. Le poulpe doit être préalablement battu puis cuit pour que sa chair soit tendre. Notes et références Articles connexes Poulpe à la provençale Cuisine tunisienne Salade (plat) Spécialité à base de céphalopode

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A new era of Penny Dreadful begins in first City of Angels trailer Meet Natalie Dormer's shape-shifting demon Magda. By Nick Romano Penny for your thoughts? How about a Penny Dreadful. Penny Dreadful: City of Angels' first trailer has officially descended upon us, bringing with it a battle for humanity's very soul. On one side is Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer as shape-shifting demon Magda, who believes humans will always succumb to their more monstrous temptations. On the other is Magda's sister Santa Muerte, the Holy Angel of Death played by Knock Knock's Lorenza Izzo, who believes in their inherent goodness. Who will be proven right? "All mankind needs to become the monster he truly is, is being told he can," Magda says in the footage. "And when this world is burned, there will be no one… no one but you and me, sister." Penny Dreadful creator John Logan sees City of Angels as a spiritual descendant to the first series, which starred Eva Green and concluded in 2016. The main story at play here follows Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), the LAPD's first Chicano detective in the 1930s, during the construction of the Arroyo Seco Parkway that displaces Tiago's family. "I wanted to tell a story about a Latino family under pressure because of all the forces at play — not only in freeway building but also in crime, law enforcement, and immigration policy," Logan previously told EW. Being that this is a Penny Dreadful, there's also a murder connected to Día de Muertos that kickstarts this saga. Glimpsed in the trailer are three of Magda's human forms, which we'll meet in season 1 of City of Angels. It's through these guises that she stirs the pot of human affairs. The series will premiere Sunday, April 26 at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime. Penny Dreadful first look: Natalie Dormer descends upon the City of Angels Game of Thrones vet Natalie Dormer heads to new Penny Dreadful series Nathan Lane joins Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

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Paintballing in Bariloche February 13, 2013 by Arianwen Morris 9 Comments I'd been staying in the scenic lakeside town of Bariloche in Argentina. The town is famous for its ski slopes, but I'm not a skier and I was there in the Argentinian summer, when most of the snow had melted away. The more normal activities to do in the area include hiking, rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, horse riding and cycling. But, when I heard that a bunch of guys from my hostel were off paint balling, I made it clear I wanted to join them. I've never been paint balling before. It's one of those activities a lot of my girlfriends aren't interested in. Either they've seen the bruises their friends have received, or they are forever put off because of that episode of Biker Grove, where PJ gets blinded by paint. I have to admit, I had his Geordie whining in my head as the cab pulled up to the centre. I remember that clip as clearly as if it were yesterday. It's probably cost the paint balling industry a small fortune by scaring off my entire generation. Nevertheless, it was time to bite the bullet. The paint balling centre is a short cab ride (about $40ARS) from the centre of Bariloche. I'd gathered with the boys from my hostel that morning, and we'd headed over to the local Jewish hang out – an experience in itself! Despite having dated a Jewish guy for 2 years back in London, it was still pretty interesting (and daunting) to sit in a room in the centre of an Argentinian town, surrounded by Israelis of various levels of commitment to the Jewish religion. Some were wearing the scull cap, tallit (prayer shawl) and tefillin (leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment), and praying fervently in a small room to the side. I felt like an imposter as the rest chatted in Hebrew and wrote backwards characters in their notebooks. We pulled up to the paint balling centre 15 minutes later and I started to have pangs of doubt. I'd never shot a gun before, let alone hit a target, and I was about to go head to head with ex-military soldiers! Perhaps it wasn't the cleverest decision. We got dressed up in minimal protective gear – a mask, a helmet and a plastic apron that denoted which team we were on. And we were ready to go. $85ARS bought us 100 bullets each. We stood in a circle and played a variation of 'Paper, Scissors, Stone' to decide who would be on which team. Better that than the painful school yard technique of team captains selecting individuals until the weakest stands alone looking pitiful…that would definitely have been me! Each team got a big inflatable donkey and hid it behind the last barrier on their side of the field. We made up our own rules. Anyone who was shot had to leave the pitch. The winning team was either the one that shot all the opposing team's members, or the one that managed to steal the other team's mascot and bring it back to their base. The initial run wasn't too bad. Everyone was so preoccupied with finding good cover, behind a wooden fence, sand bags or metal barrels, that they weren't shooting too much. But next came the inevitable stalemate. I sat behind a plank of wood for what seemed like forever waiting for some movement and not daring to dash to the next, for fear of being pummelled with bullets by the reds. Eventually, I got bored and made a dash for it. Miraculously, I made it unscathed, but as I hid there catching my breath, one of the other team came from behind the corner and shot me in the leg. Man, did it hurt – but only momentarily. And when I saw the injury my opponent had received in the crossfire, I felt a surge of pride. We played a few games until the bullets ran out and I returned my weapon feeling relieved to have survived, and also glad that I've never before been in a situation that relies on good shooting ability. Would I do it again? Probably. It was a blast. But maybe next time, I'll work on persuading my female pals back home to accompany me, rather than going head to head with a group of well-built guys trained in mortal combat! For the record, this is what my bruises looked like…for weeks after… I've been paintball'in a few times and it's always a great time. My friends played competitively so it was always one sided. It only stings for a second if that, but I took one shot in the collar bone, felt that for a little longer! Ouch! I was surprised by how little protective gear we got. But I guess if you can't handle a little pain, you really shouldn't be there :) I am one of those girlie friends who are scarred by the voice of PJ "my eyes, my eyes" – I, like you, can still see the yellow paint all over his little eyes. Just like I can still remember Josh blinding himself in Neighbours with acetone while varnishing his surfboard back in 1991. It made me feel really sick; although that might have been because I was eating Findus Crispy Pancakes at the time (not kidding!). For this reason, you will NEVER find me varnishing a surfboard. Rebecca recently posted..Great chaat at Chowpatty: Bhel puri I'm glad TV is teaching you such important life lessons… Ron | Active Planet Travels says Ha! Looks like you had a rad time! Paint balling is definitely one of those childhood memories that still live on to this day. There was one time I had the opportunity to play with a bunch of Special Op's guys up in West Virginia…needless to say I had a great time but got my ass handed to me! lol Ron | Active Planet Travels recently posted..Black Dog Bar & Tables Haha. It wouldn't be so much fun if it wasn't a challenge, right?… Ayngelina says Oh man the thought of paintball gives me such anxiety, I could never do it. I guess being shot at isn't everyone's cup of tea… :) Ethan says Best games ever!!! My weakness from the age of 5 when my brother took me to paintball for the first time. Active, fun, fast game. At what age you started playing paintball? Ethan recently posted..Best Paintball Mask

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Quilting Adventures: Time to re-structure...! Blogging had always been a joy for me. I would often find myself thinking of topics I wanted to share with you. As of late, I cannot say that it has been so. Not because there is nothing happening on the quilt front, but mainly due to what I felt was "lack of time". Knowing I had to do something to regain the joy I felt in blogging, I enrolled in an online class "Blogging your Way 2" with Holly Becker. After listening to her last lecture/podcast, it became clear to me that the issue was not "lack of time" but that I was no longer blogging "from the heart". When you truly enjoy something, you find the time to do it. It has nothing to do with how busy your are, we are all busy. It has to do with making time to do what you enjoy. So yes, I have been a quilting/stitching fool but not a blogging fool. The other issue that became clear to me was that I needed to drop the Fibre Junction blog. When I opened Fibre Junction back in May 2009, I had stated that I wanted to keep the shoppe separate from this blog. I have now come to the realization that Fibre Junction is part of my quilting adventure. As a matter of fact, it is a huge part of my quilting adventure ... and fun too! So stay tune for the Adventures of a Quilter and Shoppe Owner! I would love to hear about your shop adventures, wish I lived closer so I could visit. I am cleaning and watching the planes from the air show, waiting for the new couch to come. Sounds like some serious re-focusing happening there! I am keen to see you regain your blogging mojo and hear your adventures! I have been missing your blog so happy that you will be blogging again. Yay! At least you didn't leave THIS blog!!! Exactly how I feel, I really would like to blog again, I love the atmosphere in the blogging world. I have to think how to motivate me into blogging again.

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Herb Weiss Follow Herb Weiss on WordPress.com AARP Exec Seeks to Change America's Perception of Growing Old Published in Pawtucket Times on March 7, 2016 With the youngest of the aging baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, reaching their fifties, AARP launches a new ad campaign geared at connecting people's hopes and dreams. According to a statement, this initiative was built on the foundation laid by the 2014 launch of Real Possibilities and "You Don't Know 'AARP,'" last month, the nonprofit unveiled its latest ad campaign that shines a spotlight on individuals tackling everything from brain health to new careers, introducing a new meme, "We Hear You." As part of AARP's renewed focus on listening and responding to Americans over age 50, "We Hear You" highlights the many ways the organization celebrates life in extended middle age and helps people turn their dreams into realities. Also new in 2016, the ads feature AARP's CEO Jo Ann Jenkins delivering the iconic "We Hear You" line to underscore the organization's genuine commitment to helping baby boomers take control of their lives and their futures. "We've seen Real Possibilities and "You Don't Know 'AARP'" really take hold over the last two years," said AARP Senior Vice President of Brand Integration Barbara Shipley. "Now, we have a chance to add more momentum by putting a human face on the brand. The campaign shows very real people expressing wants and needs in terms of careers, travel, caregiving, brain health and fraud protection. It also introduces Jo Ann and her "We Hear You" message to prove we are in tune with what people are looking for at this time of their life." According to AARP, since Jenkins became AARP's CEO in 2014, she tirelessly advocated for changing outdated beliefs and sparking new solutions so that everyone can live and age as they choose. The advertising campaign echoes many themes from her forthcoming book Disrupt Aging, most notably "own your age." The book is now available for preorder on Amazon for $15.87 (hardcover). Copies will be available on April 5. The first of the ads features AARP's Life Reimagined program and will air during NBC's primetime all-star tribute to Jim Burrows on Sunday, February 21. The second ad featuring the award-winning AARP the Magazine will air during the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday, February 28. The remaining spots will be rolled out throughout the year. Redefining How We Grow Old Next month, AARP/CEO Jo Ann Jenkins releases her new 272 page book, Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age. AARP's top official suggests it's time to redefine what it means to grow old in America. Throughout its pages the Northern Virginia resident encourages readers to re-think the negative stories they consistently tell themselves and others, urging them to come together to change both the conversation about aging and its reality. While sharing these ideas with others, and meeting fearless people working to change what it means to age in America, Jo Ann was inspired to write her book. Jenkins's life experience and affiliation with AARP, the nation's largest aging organization representing over 38 million members, brings her the needed life experiences to pen this tome. She is the chief executive officer of AARP. Previously, she served as its COO and, before that, president of AARP Foundation, AARP's affiliated charity. Before joining AARP, she was the COO of the Library of Congress. She has received the Library of Congress Distinguished Service Award and in 2015 was named Influencer of the Year by the Nonprofit Times. "60 Is Not the New 40." Jenkins notes that everyone has watched ads on TV or seen and in magazines—"50 is the new 30″ or "60 is the new 40." AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it. In her highly focused but down-to-earth personal style, Jenkins says Disrupt Aging is not about defying aging or denying aging. It's about "owning" your age. In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas—health, wealth, and self—to show people how to embrace opportunities and change the way society looks at getting older. Here, she chronicles her own journey and that of others who are making their mark as disruptors to show readers how we can be active, healthy, and happy as we get older. Through engaging narrative, she touches on all the important issues facing people over age 50 today, from caregiving and mindful living to building age-friendly communities and making our money last. Disrupt Aging provides readers practical, hands-on, highly useful information for a broad range of key issues, including: Taking Control of Your Health; Choosing Where You Live – or Want to Live; Financing Your Future; and Putting Your Experience to Work. In Praise of… Jenkins's philosophy on aging has touched a chord with a number of aging experts and prominent persons who give their thumbs up to the project. Arianna Huffington, cofounder, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, says "Jo Ann Jenkins doesn't just challenge the stereotypes of aging, she reduces them to rubble, showing that our later years can be just as productive, meaningful, and purposeful as our primary working years. Disrupt Aging is for anyone who insists on living a life of connection, engagement, expansion, and possibility—at any age." "Jo Ann Jenkins's Disrupt Aging is spot-on: every single year is a gift. By confronting the most common stereotypes about aging, this book will help us all live each year to the fullest," adds Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org. Even Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion throws in his two cents about Disrupt Aging. . "Jo Ann Jenkins believes that age and experience can expand life's possibilities for all of us. In this personal and thought-provoking book, she inspires us to seize the opportunities that longer lives give us and to embrace aging as something to look forward to, not something to fear." Adds, Dan Marino, former NFL Quarterback, "In Disrupt Aging, Jo Ann Jenkins lays out a game plan for living your best life regardless of your age." Jenkins says that her book is for anyone who wants to continue exploring new possibilities in their later years, to celebrate new discoveries over declines, and to seek out new opportunities to live the best life there is. To order Disrupt Aging, go to http://www.amazon.com. March 7, 2016 by Herb Weiss Categories: Aging | Tags: AARP, care giving, Disrupt Aging, Disrupt Aging: A Bodl New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Aging, Jo Ann Jenkins, Libarary of Congress, Real Possibilities | 5 Comments ← Abate Joins Exclusive Class of Musicians Social Security Gets Attention at Debate → 5 thoughts on "AARP Exec Seeks to Change America's Perception of Growing Old" lesleymclaughlin says: March 8, 2016 at 9:05 am What AARP is not addressing is the aging population that has lived in poverty, and those who have had physically demanding, yet low paying jobs. For them, 60 is the same old 60, and God bless them if they see 70 or 80! AARP, interesting and informative as it is, is actually quite elitist and ignores this segment of our elders. Do you suppose the reason is perhaps that these are people who can't afford membership in AARP, so why bother to address their issues? Herb Weiss says: March 8, 2016 at 9:13 am AARP does push for lower income Americans by putting lots of money into lobbying to keep Social Security from being cut. They have issued reports detailing the needs of low income Americans used to lobby Congress. I do not agree with your comment about AARP's extravagant membership fee of $12 is to not affordable. lesleymclaughlin says: March 10, 2016 at 12:05 am To mix metaphors, I guess I'll put THAT in my pipe and eat crow! You aptly underscore in your reply the difference between off-the-cuff opinion (mine) and actual fact (yours). Another good reason to read your posts. I'd close with a smiley face, but it would have to be red. Herb Weiss says: March 10, 2016 at 10:27 am Don't eat crow — just smile lesleymclaughlin says: March 13, 2016 at 9:42 pm ;-} Campaign reminds Veteran caregivers to "Take Care of Themselves" Tech use flourishes during pandemic, particularly among seniors Some Favs… Looking Back at 2021 Resolutions to getting back on track financially a catalyst for positive change Watching over Nursing Homes once again – time for mandated Boosters Aging Group Commencement Speech Long Term Care Continuum Minority Issues National, State and Local Aging Groups Older Ameicans Act Rhode Island General Assembly

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If you're not familiar with ORMs, an ORM is an Object-Relational Mapper, which helps you map objects in your code to tables in your database, without writing SQL. It basically writes the SQL for you, so your objects know how to store and retrieve themselves from a relational database like MySQL or Postgres. ORMs can be a great productivity booster. Most SQL is tedious and repetitive, and maintaining it manually when you change classes (for example, adding or removing fields) is painful. Especially in the early stages of development when you aren't sure of the final data model and you're iterating rapidly, ORMs save a ton of work. And frankly, ORMs make a lot of sense on an ongoing basis too, even for mature, high-traffic systems. You usually can let them write the bulk of the SQL queries for you, intervening only when you find a query that needs to be hinted or tweaked a specific way. Usually this is only necessary for efficiency or performance purposes, or to remove a lot of logic from the app and express it more concisely in SQL, which is better at some kinds of complex set logic operations. But ORMs don't always work great, and like any abstraction that can potentially leak, they have sharp edges that can bite you. One of the most common I've seen over a couple of decades is locking hints for the database. Also known as the horror that is SELECT FOR UPDATE. Why All The Lock Waits? Even if it's not a performance problem now, it's one of those things that escalates so quickly and without warning (again: queueing theory) that it's important to be able to find and analyze SELECT FOR UPDATE queries. That's why, using VividCortex as an example again, there's query intelligence rules built into VividCortex to flag these queries as "potentially bad" even if they're not causing performance problems today. So how does your ORM add locking hints? It depends, of course. Here's examples in the two frameworks we see the most commonly. In Ruby On Rails, the method is .lock and you might see it in your code like the following: User.where("id = 1234").lock(true). The ActiveRecordLockingPessimistic documentation illustrates a bunch of variations on locking, including locking an entire code block so you won't see the locking applied to each statement explicitly. In Django, the method is select_for_update() and the code looks like User.objects.select_for_update().filter(id=1234). The QuerySet API reference documentation has all the details. SELECT FOR UPDATE is powerful and useful. But with great power comes great responsibility. So, like all other powerful and useful things that databases can do for you, awareness is often all that you really need to avoid a potential problem! Next time you see row locking in a query or in your ORM, try to understand the intent behind it, and validate that it's really needed. Databases have powerful concurrency control models to enable concurrent access without race conditions, so if you can avoid serializing access to your data, you will certainly be better off! Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash.

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Hardbacks for this year seem particularly difficult to find in really good condition. The front and rear boards are a lttle marked but clean and bright and the gilt is bright to the front board. The spine has a couple of creases and the odd mark but once again the gilt is bright. The yellow front and rear end papers are in very bright,unmarked,condition.

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Established by about a dozen prominent foundations, the elite group channels huge sums of money through a close-knit network of hundreds of nonprofit organizations to churn out propaganda disguised as science and news. Key tax-exempt recipients of this estimated $10 billion per year environmental lobbying industry include the Sierra Club, Earthworks, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Earth Justice, the climate crisis 350.org and other anti-coal, anti-fracking, and anti-Keystone pipeline pressure groups. The Obama EPA has given more than $27 million in taxpayer-funded grants to major environmental groups. Two singled out with "significant ties to senior EPA officials" — the NRDC and EDF — have each received more than $1 million. The activist groups propagate jointly crafted material under false notions that they are independent, citizen-funded organizations working altruistically. In reality, they operate in tandem with donor agendas, typically to justify a desired predetermined policy outcome. Efforts to ban fracking in New York funded by the Park Foundation and in Colorado by the Schmidt Family Foundation and Tides Foundation are offered as examples. These same foundations have operated in Colorado through two coalitions, Local Control Colorado and Frack Free Colorado. For example, Inside Climate News (ICN) and the Weather Channel teamed up on a 2014 series of "investigative reports" regarding a ginned-up fracking health scare in Texas. According to the New York Times, ICN is an outgrowth of its founder and publisher David Sassoon's consulting work with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), a philanthropic group that emphasizes climate policy. RBF reportedly provided much of the start-up financing for Science First — with additional funding for the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club Foundation — for opposition efforts against the Keystone pipeline and tar sands in general. The Rockefeller Family Fund reportedly offered to help fund the campaign through 350.org. Two months later on March 29, New York AG Eric Schneiderman headlined a press conference of 16 state attorneys general announcing intentions to prosecute organizations who were "committing fraud" by "knowingly deceiving" the public about the threat of man-made climate change. Days later he launched a RICO action against ExxonMobil through legislation originally directed at Mafia figures. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Earl Walker, a former EPA attorney, has filed a RICO suit against both ExxonMobil and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a Washington, DC, think tank. One might be forgiven for thinking that money laundering like this was controlled by the banking regulations that stop us over a few hundred measly pounds. In France its illegal to deal in cash for the price of a nice new caravan. A business owner went to jail losing his business for selling one to a showman who insisted on paying in cash for a deal. Now remind me, was it drugs or terrorism it was supposed to control?

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Brainbombs is a Swedish noise rock band formed 1985 in Hudiksvall. The members are Dan, Peter, Jonas, Drajan, and Lanchy. The latter was also a member of Totalitär. They are notable for their very repetitive, noisy, untuned, raucous sound. Their lyrical themes and concept have been very controversial, as some of the songs depict acts of rape, torture, and murder, similar to the writings of author Peter Sotos, who has been named as an influence for the group. Other artists named as influences for the band include Chrome, James Chance, and Whitehouse, and the group's name comes from a Punishment of Luxury song. Members Current Peter Råberg - vocals Jonas Tiljander - guitar Drajan Bryngelsson - drums Dan Råberg - trumpet Past Members Lanchy Orre - guitar (1986–2007) Discography Studio albums Burning Hell LP/CD (1992, Blackjack) Genius and Brutality... Taste and Power LP/CD (1994, Blackjack) Obey CD (1995, Releasing Eskimo/Slow Dance) Urge to Kill CD (1999, Load) Fucking Mess LP (2008, Lystring) Disposal of a Dead Body 2xLP (2013, Skrammel) Souvenirs LP (2016, Skrammel) Inferno LP (2017, Skrammel) Cold Case LP (2020, Skrammel) Singles and EPs "Jack the Ripper Lover" 7-inch (1989, self-released) "Anne Frank" 7-inch (1990, Big Brothel Communications) "It's a Burning Hell" (1992, Big Ball) Live Action at ROCK ALL, Oslo live 7-inch (1994, Big Ball) Anal Babes/Brainbombs split 7-inch (1995, Demolition Derby/Pit'sbull) "Macht" 7-inch (1999, Gun Court/Wabana) Cheap 12-inch (2003, Load) "Stigma of the Ripper" 7-inch (2003, Tumult) "The Grinder" 7-inch (2004, Ken Rock) "I Need Speed" 7-inch (2006, Big Brothel Communications) "Stinking Memory" 7-inch (2007, Anthem) "Substitute for the Flesh" 7-inch (2009, Burning Hell) Compilation and live albums Brainbombs CD (1999, Load) (Known unofficially as Singles Collection) Brainbombs CD (2007, Polly Maggoo) (Known unofficially as Singles Collection II) Live at Smålands Nation, Lund, Sweden, May 29, 1993 LP (2008, Richie) Other appearances Second Coming from In the Shadow of Death compilation LP (1986, Cold Meat Industry) Psychout Kid and I Detta Satans Rum from Unveiled compilation tape (1986, Mechanik Cassettes) Turned Around (Chrome cover) from King Kong 3 7-inch (1992, King Kong) Time You Left (This World Today) (Hawkwind cover) from Assassins of Silence / Hundred-Watt Violence compilation CD (1995, Ceres Records) References External links Brainbombs on Facebook Brainbombs on Discogs Fan website of Brainbombs Swedish musical groups Tumult Records artists Load Records artists Musical groups established in 1985 Swedish noise rock groups

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Former Lakers Forward Carlos Boozer Announces Retirement After 13-Year NBA Career Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports Lakers News: Kevin Durant Discusses What He Does And Doesn't Miss About Playing Against Kobe Bryant Carlos Boozer last played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers three years ago during the 2015 NBA season. After spending last year with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association, Boozer was unable to garner a contract from an NBA team this past summer. Now with this NBA season in full swing, Boozer officially announced his retirement from basketball, doing so on ESPN. Boozer enjoyed a very solid, and lucrative NBA career. Originally selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2002 NBA Draft, Boozer made headlines when the Cavs released him from his rookie deal. They reportedly had an agreement in place on a long-term deal, but Boozer instead signed a $70 million contract with the Utah Jazz. It was in Utah where Boozer became a star, averaging 19.3 points and 10.5 rebounds over six seasons, making two All-Star teams in the process. He would then spend four seasons with the Chicago Bulls before a final year in the NBA with the Lakers. The Lakers claimed Boozer after he was amnestied by the Bulls. He averaged 11.8 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 49.9 percent from the field in his lone season in Los Angeles. Boozer was never a true superstar player, but he had a long and productive NBA career, even though many fans most fondly remember him for yelling 'AND-ONE' after almost every shot he took. Nonetheless, a 13-year NBA career is nothing to laugh at and Boozer should be very proud for accomplishing all that he did in the league. WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION? CHECK OUT THE NEW LAKERSNATION FORUM CLUB Jesse Buss: Lakers Were 'Terrified' Svi Mykhailiuk Would Be Selected Before No. 47 Pick In 2018 NBA Draft With Jesse Buss at the helm of the scouting department, the Los Angeles Lakers have found gold over recent years… Matthew Moreno Why It's Too Early To Give Up Hope On The 2014-15 Lakers PAGES: 1 | 2 Lakers fans, don't give up hope. The Lakers… Scott Asai Lakers News: Vanessa Bryant Mourns Kobe Bryant's Short Retirement On Four-Year Anniversary Four years ago on April 13, 2016, Kobe Bryant retired at the conclusion of the 2015-16 NBA season with the Los Angeles… Lakers News: Team Signs Jabari Brown To Second 10-Day Contract With the Los Angeles Lakers suffering numerous injuries to the backcourt, the…

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Clubhouse of the TrendTown Travel Community in Second Life. A tiki style house on a tropical beach, where you can meet, dance romantic and get real travel informations. A meeting point for single travellers and other globetrotters in 2ndlife. A nice place for a chat or dance in a peaceful environment at the sea. Many good couple dance poseballs and slowdances. You can also some very cool freebies from item camping meditation poseballs.

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What a great gift! Well, ok it wasn't for me. It was the husband's Father's Day present, but she said it was also sort of for me because I am in it. She posted it on her Tumblr and said "My parents as the farmers in "American Gothic" by Grant Wood because they are farmers now in real life". My daughter is an artist and lives across the world from us. She said that it's only now that she and her siblings are out of the house and I am now busy with my new farmer/horse trainer life that she realizes how much of my time I spent on them all these years. Thank you! I did spend a lot of time on you and your siblings! And now that I am in this new phase, pursuing my dreams, it's like we're both in our twenties .. but I'm doing better! I certainly feel less angst-filled than when I was her age. That's what I remember when I see this picture. Thanks for the wonderful gift!

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It always perplexes me that people assume that this is an either/or decision. Personally, I've read both sides and don't think either extreme is very wise. attempts to fit the entire universe of decisions into a little "logical" human framework are destined to be problematic.

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Do we have individual angels in heaven? What is the correct answer? Heck no Jesus!! Are you out of your mind – put 99% of my assets at risk to save the 1%? Go back to the Canaanite woman – who is the lost sheep? Jesus rejoices over little ones – women, Canaanite women. Did the Jews expect a messiah who cares about all individuals vs a whole nation? Would that not be the comparison, that the individual is more important than the whole of the nation of Israel? Today we FB or Tweet our issues with others. In the old days you went down to the tavern and told your buddies. But remember this – this is the New Israel and we are not just learning how to live in the kingdom with the king – but we are learning how to live with each other. The objective in this piece is to restore and gain a brother. I on the other hand, in my natural flesh – actually count them as anything but a brother and even to the point of a disposable person. Keep working on him. – note that v 15 doesn't say just once and bring in others. Go alone a couple of times and see if you can work it out. You can make a couple of efforts before involving others. You still do not just write him off even though it is getting serious. You are still to work on him as to restore a brother. This is Jesus, through us as individuals and as the church, looking for the lost sheep. But if he still refuses to repent / believe, we now use the office of the keys and we withhold communion – he can still come to church to hear God's word. How do you treat a Gentile or a Tax Collector? You preach the word in its 2 words – Law & Gospel. This is how the church works in the kingdom. Who is this given to, leaders or all? Remember, or at least think about this – this is a promise from Jesus. Here is Jesus amongst the New Israel gathering sinners to himself. This is the continuation of Jesus seeking all to be saved. When we invoke his name, as we do at the beginning of each Divine Worship Service, he has promised to be there and to bless us – which is the forgiveness of sin he won for us at the cross. This week's lesson is very encouraging. I've been a lost sheep most of my life. Does verse 20 only apply to church, or anywhere we share the Gospel as individuals? For example a family bible study or simply sharing the Gospel with individuals in our daily lives? Never mind. Stupid question. He is always pesent with believers. Jesus seems to say He will be with us in a special way where 2 or 3 are gathered in His Name. The context is church discipline, from what I gather. Hi Joel – this must be the problem with books like the Shack – they distract from good Bible study. You are correct the context of this passage is church discipline / reconcilliation. This is not true – Jesus has promised to be with us in his word, the waters of baptism and through the bread and the wine – but he has also instituted the office of the ministry to carry out this function. Who are these "little ones"? Who do they represent today? The little ones are children – infants – the babes. Today they represent the children – infants – the babes. When you check out the texts, the ones who many in the church are too young to have faith, the ones who are too young to receive God's grace directly are indeed the ones who Jesus says are not only qualified, but we are to become like them – or no salvation for us. My note above says to check the Luke 15 passage and in my class we went through that to see that Jesus saves not only uniquley but also unilaterally and that he compares the one he went out and found with repentance — how Jesus even repents us. There is a verse I remember, but not where – in the KJV that states, turn me Lord and I will be turned. I love that. So…does this represent all children? How would they be kept from Jesus today? Being kept from the baptismal font is one way — but I think you knew I would say that. How about by deceiving them into thinking that having Jesus is their choice, but they need to be old enough to make that choice? Can you help me with others? I'm asking…would you say that doing anything that harms the welfare of a child is keeping them from Christ ? Michael – perhaps I would, but I don't think that was what Jesus was speaking about at that time in that passage – and as we all know, a Bible passage cannot mean something to us that it did not mean to the original hearers. So lets draw this out…this passage says that each child has an angel and that angel is a conduit between God and that child. The angel seems to advocate for the child in heaven. Just as Jesus advocates for us regarding the accusations of Satan these angels advocate for the souls of the children.. I'm very curious as to what those angels report in heaven when we refuse to give them sanctuary when they are fleeing poverty and violence. Michael – they may report all the dastardly things – but as I said, I do not think Jesus is speaking about that in this passage. I do not think it's a primary application of this passage either…but allowable as a secondary one. anything is possible except squeezing toothpaste back into the tube. Not you, but I have seen people beat up their congregations with 'allowable' applications. I do not think Jesus was making a political or social application at all. I think it was all are welcome into the kingdom, so do not prevent anyone – even the smallest of people from entering.. MLD, why don't Lutherans give Communion to babies and little children? Xenia – some Lutherans have in the past and there is no Bible or church law against it. It becomes an issue of church order. It seems like the consistent thing to do. I have an honest question, if it is a general Lutheran practice to baptize a very young child, why is it a "Church order" issue to give that baptized child communion? Or, have I misunderstood what a "Church order" is? Church order is just something the church decides to do so that there is order in the church instead of everyone doing any thing at any time. So in this case we will baptize babies because God has promised to save those who are baptized. In the case of communion, which does carry actual forgiveness with it, the church has decided to run people through a catechesis program and have them confirm & confess that faith before approaching the table. There is a distinction between baptism and the Eucharist. The Eucharist must be eaten in a worthy manner, following self examination, because it carries a serious warning. Therefore, catechesis is given before one may partake in the Eucharistic meal. This sounds like a serious warning too.

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Adrian, Illinois Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States Unincorporated community Show map of Illinois Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 91°10′02″W / 40.52083°N 91.16722°W / 40.52083; -91.16722Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 91°10′02″W / 40.52083°N 91.16722°W / 40.52083; -91.16722 Rock Creek Township 213 m (699 ft) GNIS feature ID Adrian is an unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Adrian no longer has a Post Office, but is served by Dallas City. It hosts a grain elevator, Chemagro, and several houses. A former Disciples of Christ Church stands at the west end of the community, but is no longer active. The former one-room school at the east end of the community is now a farm machine shed. Adrian was laid out in the 1870s, taking its name from Adrian, Michigan.[1] A post office has been in operation at Adrian since 1870.[2] Adrian is located at 40°31′15″N 91°10′02″W / 40.52083°N 91.16722°W / 40.52083; -91.16722 at an elevation of 699 feet. ^ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7. ^ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 November 2015. "Adrian". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-19. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Adrian (Illinois). Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Illinois, United States County seat: Carthage Dallas City‡ Plymouth‡ Appanoose Rocky Run-Wilcox Wythe Unincorporated Elderville Joetta Old Niota Stillwell ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties This Hancock County, Illinois location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adrian,_Illinois&oldid=856395448" Unincorporated communities in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Hancock County, Illinois Central Illinois geography stubs This page was last edited on 24 August 2018, at 21:45 (UTC).

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Sam Abell A photography heavyweight looks back Written by Lottie Hedley Andrew Shurtleff Sam Abell, who had a career with National Geographic for over 30 years, was inspired to a photographic life through to the work of Dorothea Lange's black and white images from the Depression. "When I saw her book I saw two things: page after page of photographs that simply stopped you and held you; and the life behind those photographs, the life of an intrepid woman who made a living somehow taking these kinds of photographs. I thought the path forward for me, to live a version of her life, was to go to National Geographic—I would be an intrepid traveller for the high calling of taking meaningful photographs." When I was a boy we had a stereo viewer at home. I think that 3D image I saw gave me an ideal for the still image that I aspired to make. The whole technique of my photography is based on my aspiration to create dimensionality in a flat photograph and the way to do that is to become devoted to the layers in the picture and the separation of those layers. You have to create the power of involvement. If I'm not involved as a viewer then the photograph won't have a life. I won't linger on it. I won't remember it. I think a picture of this for me is a photograph of a tree in a window in Japan. Maybe it is a tree, maybe it is not a tree, maybe a stained-glass window or a painting. I would pass by it every day, twice a day and it would puzzle me. It's a still life of a tree seen through a window but photographed in such a way that the elements all have a visual vibration. I had great teachers, beginning with my dad. He took lessons from a newspaper photographer in town and he'd share what he learned with me, "Compose the picture Sammy, compose the picture and wait." I was a bold boy without a camera, but with a camera in my hands I was brazen and intrepid. With photography as a licence, I would go places and do things that I just wouldn't have done on my own without a camera. Like getting on top of buildings in our town just to see what it looked like to take a picture of Main Street from the church steeple. And that continued in my life, which is why National Geographic was perfect for me. It was all a big photography adventure, but it was also a personal expression of freedom, and photography not only fit well with it, but also enabled it. I strongly resisted digital. I resented it for killing film. Leaving National Geographic, the death of my father and the death of film all happened at about the same time and I stopped photographing for about three years. At that point I was disaffected with photography. I think that it was teaching that brought me back to photography. My students' excitement about photography and their work and their belief in me brought me back. Now I am more demanding. I want my photographs to be more complex, more layered, more nuanced, more suggestive, to have more implications. But, I am looking for and finding images in 1975 that, while not masterpieces, are suggestive of the photographer I was to become. You photograph ahead of yourself. Like the single frame in ten rolls, which I overlooked in the first three edits of images I made during a seal hunt in Newfoundland. It is a photograph of a hold full of seal pelts and that photograph previews who I am going to become: it's quiet, it's a still life but it has a life, and that has been a life-long aspiration of mine, to give still life a life. Sam Abell's latest book The Sam Abell Library: Life and Still Life is a 16-volume collection of which the first installment is available at Radius Books radiusbooks.org Dan Winters Marti Friedlander Joyce Campbell

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Y Duplex Penthouse by Pitsou Kedem Architects Situated in Tel Aviv, Israel, this duplex apartment was completely renovated in 2014 by Pitsou Kedem Architects. Description by Pitsou Kedem Architects This is a small yet complex project of a duplex apartment renovation that was, for the architects, an especially challenging project. How would it be possible to install meaning and architectural values to a roof top apartment in a "standard" uninspired design multi-story building located amongst a row of similar structures in one of Tel Aviv's bourgeois neighborhoods The apartment was designed to integrate with the architectural language and characteristics of other projects by the architectural firm and thus, using modern architectural values, it combines modern elements by using materials in their raw form: exposed concrete wall, iron stairs and furniture, a terrazzo floor, poured on-site and unpainted wood. The space created by the new stairwell, divides the movement and the axis of the existing space in a way that creates a dramatic architectural cross section through the apartment, links the different levels and allows natural light to penetrate the building through glass skylights inserted into the roof of the upper floor. The new cross section creates a double space with transparent glass and a system of moveable wooden slats that makes it possible to create a view between the spaces or to allow privacy and natural light control. The restraint and scale of the apartment design avoiding the use of gimmicks make it into a "timeless architecture". The raw materials and the attempt to create an architecture that was both unfashionable and timeless is complemented by the books and pieces of art hung throughout the apartment including works by the artist Guy Yanai. Despite the fact that the apartments has a small area, the spaces feel large and spacious. The wide and open views out to the scenery and in between the neighberhood buildings create the feeling of a light and airy space. The border between the interior spaces and the balconies is almost totally blurred by a thin glass panel system. The use of the same flooring, purred terrazzo, both inside and outside also contributes to this feeling of continuity. Photography by Amit Geron Visit Pitsou Kedem Architects

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Ask John Hartig about his childhood, and you'll hear about fishing with his father in Northern Michigan, biking around Belle Isle and hiking and canoeing at church camp Up North. Hartig, who manages the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, wants every Michigan kid in even the most urban environment to develop a love for the outdoors and commitment to conservation. And he's trying to recruit more adults to lead the way. Hartig has been an award-winning environmentalist in Michigan for more than 30 years. And during that time, he has seen dramatic improvements. In fact, the Detroit River is one of the most remarkable ecological recovery stories in North America, he says, noting the return of bald eagles, peregrine falcons, lake sturgeon, lake whitefish, walleye and burrowing mayflies in recent years. From I-75, take the West Road Exit (east) that heads toward Trenton. Proceed east approximately one mile and turn right (south) on Allen Road. Proceed south approximately 1.5 mile and turn left (east) on Van Horn Road. Proceed east on Van Horn Road to West Jefferson and turn left (north). Proceed about 100 feet and turn right (east) on Grosse Ile Parkway. Proceed to stop light at Meridian Road and turn right (south). Proceed south on Meridian Road. Head south about two miles to a stop sign at Groh Road. Proceed through the intersection to the parking lot of Large Lakes Research Station. Though there is much left to do, Hartig says the successes so far are a story future conservationists must be told. Nearly 7 million people live within 45 minutes of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 2001 as North America's only international wildlife refuge -- and one of the few urban ones. It includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals and riverfront lands along 48 miles of the Detroit River and western Lake Erie. It protects habitat for 29 species of waterfowl, more than 100 fish species and more than 300 species of birds in Michigan and Ontario, Canada. "Our refuge is like an experiment of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to build an international refuge in a major urban area, and in giving a compelling outdoor recreational and conservation experience, helping that next generation, which is so important," says Hartig, who has written extensively about the Great Lakes, environmental stewardship, and sustainable economic development. Urban refuges and conservation initiatives that make nature experiences part of everyday life are essential because most children are growing up in urban areas, he says. Offering fun, environmental education and interpretative programs is an important part of creating future conservationists. The refuge has worked with about 200 organizations and leveraged more than $33 million for conservation projects in its first 10 years. Hartig wants to promote more partnerships between the generations. That's why he'd like to see every state and federal environmental and conservation office in Michigan adopt a school, and then make it their mission to instill in students a concern for and love of the environment. One way they could do that, he said, is by establishing small natural areas immediately adjacent to those schools, and then regularly teaching conservation and stewardship. "A piece of land doesn't have to be tremendously large in size to give a compelling experience to young kids," he says. Teachers and students have created just such a nature area at Southgate Anderson High School. Those who work with Hartig say his passion for the environment is obvious to all. Refuge office manager Joann Van Aken noted Hartig's ability to talk with anyone and pull them into the story of the Detroit River creates many new devotees to the mission of conservation, sustainability and ecological recovery. Steve Dushane, the refuge's assistant refuge manager, added that Hartig has dedicated much of his life to making the Detroit Riverand surrounding area a better place for both wildlife and all residents of southeastMichigan. "For his passion and commitment to a cleaner, safer environment, each and every one of us owes him a debt of gratitude," Dushane says. Hartig and his wife, Patricia, have three daughters ages 25, 21, and 17. Sounds to me like the right guy for a very important job!

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Q: randomizing according an counter and the counter ends with the exact same value as it started with I'm having some trouble with a weird code structure and I can't seem to find an answer to the problem after 2 hours of try and error. I have 2 variables and an array structure with some sub arrays (this is important for later on) the system is to big to post the full code so here is the problem part: $counter= 10; $times = 20; //Random 1 / 0 while($times > 0){ $number = rand(0,1); if($number == 1) { $counter++; } else { $counter--; } $times--; } So this is straightforward, problem however is that the $total which is 10 at the start has to end on 10 as well, so there has to be 10 times an 1 and 10 times an 0. I tried to work around it using: $number = 0; if ($counter > 0) { $number = 1; $counter--; } Which worked and is a simple solution but see the 'addition 1` But this has to be randomized. And each of those positions is in the actual program an array so shuffling the array isn't an option. TLDR: I need to shuffle only 1 part of an array or have to random generate the 0 or 1 with the given code in the first code sample. And to be honest, I have no idea at this moment how I could do this so any help is appreciated. Addition 1: array( array('I' => 1, 'X' => '7'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => '7'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 1, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), array('I' => 0, 'X' => 'value'), ); each value can occur 2 times (will not always occur 2 times) and if this is the case one of the 2 value has to be 'I' => 1 and 'I' => 0 but the X is filled with a random as well: $x = rand(1, 100) This is the actual structure sorry if I was unclear with the initial post and now my problem is more clear I presume. Addition 2: The expected result: //This is correct 'I' => 1, 'X' => 7 'I' => 0, 'X' => 7 //This is not correct: 'I' => 1, 'X' => 7 'I' => 1, 'X' => 7 //This is not correct 'I' => 0, 'X' => 7 'I' => 0, 'X' => 7 * *10 times an 'I' => 1 *10 times an 'I' => 0 *If an 'X' occurs 2 times see above code sample: A: The simplest solution is to just do a Fisher-Yates Shuffle. That works like this: * *Pick the element at a random position in the array to be last. Swap that with the last so that the right thing is now last. *Pick the element at a random position anywhere other than last to be last. Swap that with the last so that the right thing is now last. *Repeat moving up the array until you have chosen what goes in every position. A: $yourSample = [ 0 => 0, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0, 4 => 0, 5 => 0, 6 => 0, 7 => 0, 8 => 0, 9 => 0, 10 => 1, 11 => 1, 12 => 1, 13 => 1, 14 => 1, 15 => 1, 16 => 1, 17 => 1, 18 => 1, 19 => 1 ]; $total = count($yourSample); $newIndexes = []; for ($i = 0; $i < $total; $i++) { $randItem = array_rand($yourSample); $newIndexes[] = $yourSample[$randItem]; unset($yourSample[$randItem]); } //echo '<pre>'; //var_dump($newIndexes); Is it fits your issue, right? Update 1: <?php function getRandomX($sample, $spe) { $rand = mt_rand(0, 100); foreach ($sample as $element) { if ($element['X'] == $rand and $spe['I'] == $element['I']) { $rand = getRandomX($sample, $spe); } } return $rand; } function makeResult() { $sample = array_merge( array_fill(0, 10, ['I' => 1, 'X' => null]), array_fill(0, 10, ['I' => 0, 'X' => null]) ); shuffle($sample); foreach ($sample as &$value) { $value['X'] = getRandomX($sample, $value); } return $sample; } echo '<pre>'; var_export(makeResult());

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Other factors, such as surface transport facilities and onward connections, will also affect the relative appeal of different airports and some long distance flights may need to operate from the one with the longest runway. For example, LaGuardia Airport is the preferred airport for most of Manhattan due to its proximity, while long-distance routes must use John F. Kennedy International Airport's longer runways. In Finland, the charter establishing Aero O/Y (now Finnair) was signed in the city of Helsinki on September 12, 1923. Junkers F.13 D-335 became the first aircraft of the company, when Aero took delivery of it on March 14, 1924. The first flight was between Helsinki and Tallinn, capital of Estonia, and it took place on March 20, 1924, one week later. Airlines often have a strong seasonality, with traffic low in Winter and peaking in Summer. In Europe the most extreme market are the Greek islands with July/August having more than ten times the winter traffic, as Jet2 is the most seasonal among low-cost carriers with July having seven times the January traffic, whereas legacy carriers are much less with only 85/115% variability.[73] The location to the convention center is amazing. it's close enough to the strip, but if you have a car it's really close. For a cheap hotel this one has giant rooms that are quite private.I had a great price point for this hotel is it just can't be beat $5 for a resort fee is unheard of in Las Vegas and I commend this property. My bed was very comfortable and there was a couch in the living room which was nice to sit at. Germany's Deutsche Luft Hansa was created in 1926 by merger of two airlines, one of them Junkers Luftverkehr. Luft Hansa, due to the Junkers heritage and unlike most other airlines at the time, became a major investor in airlines outside of Europe, providing capital to Varig and Avianca. German airliners built by Junkers, Dornier, and Fokker were among the most advanced in the world at the time. Dubbed the Isle of Flowers and crowned by 4,583-foot Mount Pelee, Martinique may just be the Caribbean's best-kept secret. Some exploration is required to uncover the island's treasures, like the Balata Gardens' Treetop Trail of suspension bridges, Saint-Pierre's 18th-century theater ruins, and the poignant Anse Cafard Slave Memorial. This overseas region of France is also considered the rum capital of the world; follow the Route des Rhums to tour esteemed distilleries like Clement and Rhum JM. Despite continuing efficiency improvements from the major aircraft manufacturers, the expanding demand for global air travel has resulted in growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Currently, the aviation sector, including US domestic and global international travel, make approximately 1.6 percent of global anthropogenic GHG emissions per annum. North America accounts for nearly 40 percent of the world's GHG emissions from aviation fuel use.[79] DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft I was the world's first airline.[1] It was founded on November 16, 1909, with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The Zeppelin Corporation. Its headquarters were in Frankfurt. The first fixed wing scheduled airline was started on January 1, 1914, from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida.[2] The four oldest non-dirigible airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM (1919),[3] Colombia's Avianca (1919),[4] Australia's Qantas (1921),[5] and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923).[6] A group of 27 coral islands that form two atolls in the Indian Ocean, the Cocos Keeling Islands were virtually unheard of until beach activists Brad Farmer and Andrew Short named Cocos Keeling's Cossies Beach as the best in Australia for 2017. Called the continent's last unspoiled paradise, the remote destination is as special for what's not there (high-rise resorts, chain restaurants, crowds, traffic) as what is — pristine white sand and a turquoise lagoon that's home to 30,000 sea turtles. Korcula Island (pronounced KOR-chu-la), also known as the Emerald Isle, is one of the absolute best islands near Dubrovnik. Located in southern Dalmatia, this small, 279-square-kilometer island is a favorite among travelers. A place of culture, history, beauty, and charm, the island of Korcula offers a variety of activities and unique traditions all surrounded by the stunning Adriatic sea and excellent Korcula weather. The state appears on many travel hot lists for 2017, especially thanks to Georgia's quirky, craggy coast that threads throughout a chain of barrier islands — the most idyllic of which may be at the private resort community of Sea Island, with its five-mile stretch of coastline. Historic Mediterranean-style hotel The Cloister recently added 63 rooms, making it the perfect home base for spa-going, golf and even seeing the sea turtles nest. There are many picturesque villages to explore, and the beaches are always far from crowded. If you like walking, the lush vegetation and cliffs are ideal, while if you like to do some underwater exploration, there are many scuba diving and fishing opportunities, too. Additionally, Dugi Otok is home to one of Croatia's best sandy beaches, Sakarun, which some compare to the beaches of the Caribbean, making it a great family spot. We're planning a Greece trip to celebrate our 25th anniversary in September 2017 We plan to arrive in Athens and directly take train to Kalambaka/Meteora (2 nights), then down to Delphi (hotel stay in Athens), a day to see sights in Athens, a day trip to Nafplio and then leave to explore islands. Our plan is to go to Naxos for 4-5 nights, then to Santorini (for our anniversary) for 4 nights, and then to Crete for 5-6 nights. I would like to see Delos and wonder if it's possible to stop in Mykonos, do the tour to Delos and still be able to catch ferry to Naxos the same day? Although Philippine Airlines (PAL) was officially founded on February 26, 1941, its license to operate as an airliner was derived from merged Philippine Aerial Taxi Company (PATCO) established by mining magnate Emmanuel N. Bachrach on December 3, 1930, making it Asia's oldest scheduled carrier still in operation.[52] Commercial air service commenced three weeks later from Manila to Baguio, making it Asia's first airline route. Bachrach's death in 1937 paved the way for its eventual merger with Philippine Airlines in March 1941 and made it Asia's oldest airline. It is also the oldest airline in Asia still operating under its current name.[53] Bachrach's majority share in PATCO was bought by beer magnate Andres R. Soriano in 1939 upon the advice of General Douglas MacArthur and later merged with newly formed Philippine Airlines with PAL as the surviving entity. Soriano has controlling interest in both airlines before the merger. PAL restarted service on March 15, 1941, with a single Beech Model 18 NPC-54 aircraft, which started its daily services between Manila (from Nielson Field) and Baguio, later to expand with larger aircraft such as the DC-3 and Vickers Viscount. Easily reached from both Split and Dubrovnik, Lastovo is packed with 15th- and 16th-century architecture, including countless churches in different styles. The island is rich in history, and the main town is full of the various types of architecture, including beautiful Renaissance houses. Lastovo and its surrounding islands is Croatia's newest Nature Park. I think that's a great plan. Santorini is a must and Milos and Naxos are two islands that have both great beaches and lots to do and see away from the beach. Renting a car and exploring the interior villages of Naxos is a must-do and so is a boat tour around Milos. If you're willing to cut Athens to 2 days, I would recommend Santorini 5 days, Milos 3 days, Naxos 3 days, and Athens 2 days. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Also, many posts on this site contain affiliate links to accommodation and activity booking sites, which means at no extra cost to you if you make a booking, I receive a commission. On July 31, 1946, a chartered Philippine Airlines (PAL) DC-4 ferried 40 American servicemen to Oakland, California, from Nielson Airport in Makati City with stops in Guam, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll and Honolulu, Hawaii, making PAL the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean. A regular service between Manila and San Francisco was started in December. It was during this year that the airline was designated as the flag carrier of Philippines. These little coral islands are surrounded by excellent diving, snorkeling, and white sand beaches, and are filled with friendly locals. Private resorts litter the islands, and a vacation here is also very pricey. Luckily, Bangkok Airways offers cheap flights to and from Thailand. The best time to go to the Maldives is from November to May, when the weather is cool and dry. June through October sees wetter and hotter weather due to the monsoon season. Barbados is one of the most multifaceted Caribbean islands, offering a wide range of accommodations and activities. It has places to stay for visitors of every budget, and a diversity of landscapes and cultural activities. Visitors especially enjoy visiting the lively city of Bridgetown, which dates back to the 17th century. One of the island's most spectacular attractions is Harrison's Cave, an amazing formation that can be seen on a tramway. An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines utilize aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. Hi Dave! One more question, do you know of any resorts with heated pools or private jacuzzis/pools in the room that are heated on islands other than Santorini and Mykonos? Looking for something above 26/27 degrees and can't seem to find any! Elounda Beach resort said they could heat the private pool but it costs 45 EUR per degree! Hoping you know of another option that would allow us to swim comfortably in Early June. Thank you!! common.fragment.mobile.datapicker.screenreader.text Valid date format: two-digit day, two-digit month, then full four-digit year, each separated by a forward slash or space. Example, enter 21 space 09 space 2016 to represent September 21, 2016, or 01/08/2016 to represent August 1, 2016. Alternately, use arrow keys to move through dates in the calendar grid. Computers also allow airlines to predict, with some accuracy, how many passengers will actually fly after making a reservation to fly. This allows airlines to overbook their flights enough to fill the aircraft while accounting for "no-shows", but not enough (in most cases) to force paying passengers off the aircraft for lack of seats, stimulative pricing for low demand flights coupled with overbooking on high demand flights can help reduce this figure. This is especially crucial during tough economic times as airlines undertake massive cuts to ticket prices to retain demand.[65] Anguilla is most famous for its white beaches, and there are more than 30 of these to choose from. It's one of the Caribbean's smaller islands, so you can easily see the whole island if you're there for a few days. This island is perfect for people looking for a quiet and less touristy Caribbean experience. At the same time, you can find some interesting nightlife here to stimulate you after a day relaxing on the beach. On 25 August 1919, the company used DH.16s to pioneer a regular service from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Le Bourget, the first regular international service in the world. The airline soon gained a reputation for reliability, despite problems with bad weather, and began to attract European competition. In November 1919, it won the first British civil airmail contract. Six Royal Air Force Airco DH.9A aircraft were lent to the company, to operate the airmail service between Hawkinge and Cologne. In 1920, they were returned to the Royal Air Force.[7] Hi Dave! I'm planning my honeymoon for early September, starting from Santorini. I'd like to hit Naxos, Paros and finally Milos before returning to Athens. Is this order of islands doable? I'm most concerned about ferries being available to each of the islands, especially Paros to Milos. Are ferries routinely available daily in September? Also, for all these islands would three full days each be too much or not enough? My wife and I aren't into nightlife, just looking for relaxation, great beaches, beautiful water and amazing food! Thanks! Zakynthos is an island of certain extremes: beauty and crass, mass tourism of the worst sort. The islands – like all the Ionian islands is lush and verdant and boasts the now famous 'shipwreck beach' (Navagio) that many seek to travel to and swim at. Yes, it's worth it and numerous excursion boats make the run from ports on the west side of the island. Environmentalists and capitalists clash daggers at Laganas where the mass tourism trade is carried out to the detriment of the Caretta Caretta, or loggerhead turtle that loves the beach as much as British tourists on a binge. Read this page for the background. There is an alternative scene to Laganas at Vasilikos over to the east, but it is much more low-key and less busy.

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WALTON HALL, says Elizabeth Hamilton, tempering family pride with authorial detachment, is a melodramatic house with its own historical melodrama. As the widow of Sir Richard Hamilton, the 9th baronet who, until his recent death at 90, owned the Walton estate of 4,000 Warwickshire acres, Lady Hamilton is not so much the current chatelaine as the house's watchful biographer, the chronicler of the deeds and misdeeds that have etched its history. In 1870, only some 10 years after the fashionable architect Sir George Gilbert Scott rebuilt the original Georgian house in a whoosh of Gothic exuberance, Walton became the most notorious stately home in the land, a blast furnace of scandal that shocked Victorian society. Sir Charles Mordaunt MP had commissioned his impressive new house for the enormous sum of £30,000 to mark his coming of age. Being a sociable cove and still in his early thirties, he enjoyed entertaining his friends there when he wasn't hunting, shooting or fishing - sporting pursuits that appear to have rendered his beautiful, younger wife Harriett bored rigid. One sweltering summer's day in 1868, Sir Charles returned home unexpectedly to find the bewhiskered young Prince of Wales eyeing Lady Mordaunt as she gave a charming demonstration of her carriage-driving skills in front of the house with a pair of prancing white ponies. Sir Charles, knowing the Prince's reputation as a philanderer, told him to leave and ordered his groom to bring the ponies down on to the lawn below the conservatory. Then he dragged his wife from the house and made her watch as they were shot. If Sir Charles considered this a surefire cure for wifely inattentiveness, he was wrong. Unknown to him, Harriett had indeed been dallying with other men, not at Walton but in hotel rooms and summerhouses. But it was only when she gave birth to a blind baby daughter, Violet, in February 1870 that she confessed that he was not the father, and blamed the infant's affliction on a venereal disease. "Charlie," she sobbed, "I have been very wicked. I have done very wrong. With Lord Cole, Sir Frederic Johnstone, and the Prince of Wales and with others, often and in open day." Sir Charles stomped off down Walton's great staircase, thinking hateful thoughts about his wife, whom he now despised, and about the Prince, on whom he vowed vengeance by threatening to name him as a corespondent in an action for divorce. Harriett's family disowned her. Her parents (it was her mother, Lady Louisa Moncreiffe, who famously warned: "Never comment on a likeness") declared that their wayward daughter must be mad. She was whipped away from Walton and imprisoned in a series of rented houses beneath the hostile surveillance of suspicious servants while expensive doctors were hired to diagnose her mental state. Whatever it was, Harriett soon went crazy for real, starving then bingeing, smashing the china, eating coal and chewing the carpet. The Mordaunts protested that she was faking, but after a few months Harriett was declared insane, thwarting moves for a divorce. The Prince of Wales gave evidence, denied impropriety with Harriett, and escaped any cross-questioning. In a subsequent action, Sir Charles finally got his divorce when Lord Cole (probably bribed by the Prince) admitted adultery. Disgraced and divorced at 28, Harriett spent the rest of her days in an asylum and died in 1906. Her daughter Violet, sight restored, grew up to become the 5th Marchioness of Bath, chatelaine of Longleat. Sir Charles remarried. One of his daughters wed handsome Sir Robert Hamilton, whose eldest son Richard inherited Walton and the surrounding estate in 1961. By then the house had been leased to the Army, but Sir Richard, who had worked as a teacher of French, didn't relish the prospect of military manoeuvres in perpetuity on his ancestral acres and determined that his beautiful house should have a proper future. He let it first to a girls' school, St Vincent's. When the school went bust, Walton was converted into a hotel, but that also failed. In the mid-1970s, Danny La Rue took it over, gave it a showbusiness gloss, starred in his own cabaret there and let Liberace loose in the piano bar. But the venture crashed in 1983, leaving La Rue with personal losses of nearly £1 million. A developer stepped in, and the house is now leased to members of a timeshare company who run it as an apartment complex, hotel, conference centre and country club. With its five-storeyed main tower, lofty windows of armorial stained glass and garden colonnade, Walton is a handsome house, even if, as Pevsner complained, it seems "far less imaginatively composed and detailed" than neighbouring Ettington Park. Sir Richard said he once counted a total of 72 bedrooms at Walton, but wasn't certain if that included the service wing with its cold-meat stores, dairy and game larder. The great dining-room where Sir Charles entertained his sporting chums is now the Mordaunt Restaurant and his billiard room a bar. Harriett's bedroom, where she planned her illicit assignations with the Prince and his cronies, has become the Royal Suite, with views over the balcony to the Warwickshire woods beyond. Walton has been coy about giving up its story. It was only in the early 1960s that Elizabeth Hamilton ventured into the muniment room where she found four, large, dusty boxes of papers relating to the Mordaunt scandal. As a historical biographer, she immediately grasped the importance and value of the servants' diaries, letters, doctors' reports, court transcripts and legal bundles that lay within - material that eventually formed unique research material for her exhaustive book about the case. Now 73, and the author of several historical lives, Lady Hamilton thinks Harriett probably faked her madness, at least at first. "But if you do feign insanity, it can become a habit, and you can genuinely go mad," she feels. Although she has always lived elsewhere on the estate, Lady Hamilton seems drawn to the massive hall of golden stone, its melancholy rustling ghosts and the echoes of its cause celebre. "When I first knew it," says Lady Hamilton, "Walton was empty and dilapidated, and certainly had an atmosphere of sadness. But I think Sir Charles planned this house as a place for people. And as soon as you get people around the house, it comes alive again and has a happy aspect." Rosa Lewis, the so-called Duchess of Jermyn Street, once visited Longleat, and paused before a portrait of Violet, Marchioness of Bath, Harriett's little girl now grandly grown. The scandal at Walton would have blown over, Rosa declared, had "certain people" not written letters and if Sir Charles Mordaunt ("the dirty tyke") had observed basic decencies and accepted his wife's adultery without complaint. As the worldly, old hotel-keeper crisply remarked: "No letters, no lawyers and kiss my baby's bottom."

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Hunger strike in Kobanê in solidarity with prisoners continues People in Kobanê stand in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan as well as inhumane conditions and ever-increasing rights violations in prisons. KOBANÊ As the hunger strike initiated by prisoners against the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan marks its 43rd day, the hunger strike that started under the lead of the Council of Martyrs' Families in order to support the action of the prisoners and to protest the arrest of DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has been continuing in Kobanê for 6 days. The hunger strike action is taking place in a tent set up at the Martyr Egid Square in the center of Kobanê. Participants in the action were visited by representatives of TEV-DEM (Movement for Democratic Society) and non-governmental organizations in Kobanê. Speaking here, Sirin district co-mayor Mustafa Muslim expressed their support for the hunger strike action and emphasized that the peoples of North-East Syria are united. Speaking after, Bekir Cerada, a member of the Euphrates Region Justice Council, stated that they will enhance the struggle against the Turkish state which maintains an Ottoman mindset. YPG commander Xalid Reşîd dies in Aleppo More in ROJAVA-SYRIA We will resist until Afrin is liberated, say residents in Shehba Action in solidarity with hunger strikes continues in Qamishlo Autonomous Administration Executive Council holds its second annual meeting

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Q: Why does a dielectric slab move inside the capacitor? The electric field is in Y direction.Therefore shouldn't force be also in the vertical direction.Also if electric field is y direction then what's the force that is pulling the slab inside the capacitor? I am not asking to calculate the force.I am just asking what's the origin of this force A: If the electric field were indeed everywhere exactly in the $y$ direction then you would be correct: there would be no force in the $x$ direction. So I like your question. But in fact the statement that the electric field is in the $y$ direction is an approximation. It is exactly true in the centre of a symmetrical capacitor, and it is close to true inside most of the capacitor when the plates are close. It is also true at points in the plane half way between the plates, whether inside or outside the capacitor. But outside the capacitor and away from the plane of symmetry the electric field is not vertical. It loops around from one plate to the other, so at most places it has a non-zero $x$ component. This non-zero $x$ component produces the force on the dielectric. (The field polarizes the dielectric and then pulls on the charged surfaces that result). A good exercise is to sketch the field lines outside the capacitor, and note the signs of the surface charge it brings about on the dielectric. Then you should be able to confirm that the forces do indeed pull the dielectric in rather than push it out. A: A dielectric material might contain dipoles (molecule compounds and the like of non-symmetric charge-distributions). They effectively have a positive and negative end. They will not move, but can rotate. The electric field aligns those dipoles, meaning they will rotate so that their positive ends point towards the negative plate - and thus attract it - and their negative ends point towards the positive plate - and thus attract it. Let's imagine that the above-plate is the positive one, and the below-plate is the negative one. In between the plates, the field lines are perpendicular. The dipoles align with the field lines and also point perpendicularly. * *Their positive ends are attracted directly downwards *and their negative ends directly upwards. As a whole, the attractive electric forces cancel out so the material as a whole won't want to move perpendicularly. Now, what about the dipoles outside the capacitor, that are close enough to feel the electric field lines? They will also align. * *Those on the lower half of the material will have their positive ends tilted downwards/rightwards (directed towards the negative plate). *Those on the upper half of the material will have their negative ends tilted upwards/rightwards (directed towards the positive plate). The upwards and downwards parts of the attractive forces are again opposite and cancel out. But the two rightwards parts of the forces are not opposite. They add up. In conclusion: There is no net y-directed force. But there is a net x-direction force, towards the capacitor.

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