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The Mobile Museum is a Kickstarter project with a unique aim – to create a mobile museum of cultural activity across 11 housing estates across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Local crowdfunding mission
The idea is pretty simple:
Take a large truck, convert it into a functional museum and travel between these estates to gather photos, words, images and examples of all existing current cultural activities from residents across the area, generating publications, exhibitions and discussions among people who live in the area.
“Contemporary cultural activity across the borough will be documented, mapped and deposited in the collection; from galleries, to photography clubs, reading groups, knitting circles and jigsaw making clubs,” the project team explain.
During the five-month journey across the Barking and Dagenham the museum will create personalized magazines detailing cultural activity across each one of the eleven estates it visits.
This is great, because it should galvanize existing creative activity while also evangelizing and encouraging further work in the sector – and creating a record of what is happening now. What’s interesting too is that this is a classic example of crowfunding from within the community to address a local goal.
The project will culminate in a screening and celebration event at Valance House, the home of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s archives and a museum.
Another strand to the project is reaching out to the local community to encourage them to use the borough’s existing museums, galleries and archives.
The project seems to be an innovative attempt to use crowdfunding to bring communities closer together, to activate creative activity and to break down barriers between communities, while also recording what kind of creative activity is taking place in this part of London today. It seems an interesting example of an innovative project with a clear social and artistic message.
Take a look at the project here.


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News about the new Tesla Model 3 release candidates spotted on public roads are not so breaking anymore – prototypes are being witnessed quite often. But until now most of them were equipped with wheels of the same design – quite common for existing Tesla lineup.
However, a few days ago Youtube channel TheBayAreaRacing published a video with a white prototype equipped with new wheels, designed specifically for Model 3. Quite similar wheels were installed on one of the prototypes during the first presentation of a new Tesla last year.
Probably, soon we will be able to see more prototypes of Tesla Model 3 with different options.


Hyderabad: About 500 residents from Alakaapoor Township formed a peaceful human chain demanding safe drinking water on Sunday at 11 am in Hyderabad. The residents alleged that their demands for safe drinking water have been pending since last four years.
A good number of IT employees live in Alakaapoor Township, which is located in Manikonda municipality and within 8 km radius of Hi-Tech City. For the last four years, the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) has been trying their best to get drinking water connections for residents. The first water applications were made to Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) on June 2015.
The residents of Alakaapoor Township alleged that they had met several officials and elected representatives including MD, ED, CGM Projects, CGM Operations, GM Div18, DGM Div18, MLA, MP, and ministers in the last four years. However, all their applications were rejected, citing a lack of available distribution network. According to residents, their demands for safe drinking water were not met despite instructions by Minister for MA&UD KTR. Reportedly, during a public meeting in Neknampur on April 2017, he instructed Neknampur MD to address the problem.
Annoyed residents mentioned that many apartments are still dependent on private tanker supply and they are worried due to the delay in issuing water connections and laying of distribution lines which is not yet completed. The residents are also upset, as they don’t see any steps taken by the concerned authorities to achieve water supply by the summer of 2020.
Manoj Kumar, Executive Member of Alakaapoor Residents Welfare Association, alleged that there is no allocation of water to township yet. He said, “We haven’t yet received a single drinking water connection for the 4,000 dwelling units with 20,000 plus residents, which are tax assessed by Municipal records. As per rough estimates, the township is spent Rs 6 crore per year for the last three years buying water through private tankers. The private tankers supply borewell water, which is mostly contaminated with sewerage, as the borewells are located closer to the lake.”
He further added that the water they receive come from a depth of 1,800 to 2,000 ft, and are not recommended for drinking purposes. This poses health concerns for adults and children alike. “During the last summer, we bought 5,000 litres as HMWSSB didn’t provide us drinking water citing heavy demands, and CAN number not available. By the time the board started operation of tankers with temporary CAN, it was already late. I feel it is high time that the government started acting on our applications and provide us with drinking water,” Manoj said, adding that private tankers are looting them during the summer as they are charged Rs 2,500 per tanker.
The residents of Alakaapoor township have requested officials to reopen all their closed water applications and to allocate drinking water and start distribution network-related work immediately so that they can get water at least for the next summer. The residents have also warned authorities with a hunger strike from next Sunday onwards if there is no movement on their requests.


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People: Deeley Construction; Centrick; RSC
A Midlands construction company has announced the promotion of two former trainees to director- level positions.
Matthew Lynch and Chris Newman, who have both been with the company for more than a decade, have been promoted to Director roles at Coventry headquartered Deeley Construction.
Lynch, 35 from Coventry, joined the company 17 years ago as a management trainee, rising through the ranks as a quantity surveyor to Commercial Manager in 2019 and has now been appointed as Commercial Director.
He said: “I’ve grown and developed within Deeley Construction professionally and personally since joining as a teenager. Having been with the business for so long, to be given the trust to help shape its future is both an honour and a privilege.
“We have made great progress over the last three years in improving our processes, supply chain management alongside an emphasis on Clients for repeat business and now we are focused on reaping the benefits of that work to bring long-term and continuous growth to the business.”
Newman, 37 from Coventry, joined Deeley Construction in 2013 as a trainee manager. He has been Operations Manager at the business since June 2021, taking a lead role in driving Lean Construction principles, and now takes on the position as Operations Director.
“I’ve had some great opportunities since joining Deeley Construction and it’s a privilege to take this step forward,” said Newman. “We’re proud of the work we have done within the business since the pandemic and that effort is now achieving positive outputs across all of our projects, whilst making us more resilient in the industry.
“The challenges I have faced in my career to date will stand me in good stead for this new role and my focus shall remain on, continuous improvement throughout the business.”
Deeley Construction is the contracting arm of the Deeley Group. The Deeley Group was founded in 1936 and has a history of developing staff from trainee to director level.
Martin Gallagher, managing director of Deeley Construction, said: “Supporting our staff to develop has always been a core value of the Deeley Group, and we are proud to see two people who started as trainees with the business progress to this level.
“Both Chris and Matt have completed degrees during their time with us and have developed into individuals who will be vital to the future of the business.
“I would like to congratulate them both and look forward to working with them closely as we move into what is set to be an incredibly exciting period for Deeley Construction.”
Property specialist Centrick has appointed Charles Lucas as group business development director to help drive the company’s ambitious national growth strategy.
Charles, who has 37 years’ experience in the property sector, has worked on some of the UK’s largest new build developments and managed schemes with high profile clients including Argent, Berkeley, Bellway, Urban Splash, Clarion, Annington, Barratt, Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey.
Centrick, which was established in 2005, specialises in building and estate management, build to rent, PRS asset management, professional service and valuation in addition to land, new homes and investment services.
Charles said: “Joining Centrick at this time in the company’s strategic development is enormously exciting and I hope to add extra impetus to its upward trajectory, strengthening our focus on communication and working closely to grow the service proposition in line with the challenges our clients face every day. It really is a fantastic business full of great people including an exceptional management team and I fully expect to see its national presence grow significantly year on year.”
Phil Johns, group managing director of Centrick, said: “I am very excited to welcome Charles to the Centrick team. He has enormous experience across the property sector and, as our group business development director, he will play a key role in Centrick’s strategic growth with a keen focus on our recognised specialisms.
“Our ambition as a group has always been to deliver a truly exceptional service, building a team of highly skilled property professionals that genuinely care about our clients and the residents we support. The arrival of Charles clearly demonstrates that commitment is stronger than ever.”
Charles, who has been a RICS Fellow (FRICS) since 2011, brings significant experience across commercial, residential and mixed-use property. He joined Mainstay in 2001 as new business development manager and became technical director in 2005. On acquisition by FirstPort in September 2020, he became business development director.
The board of the Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the appointment of Andrew Leveson as Executive Director, working alongside Co-Artistic Directors Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans. Leveson joins the company from the Bridge Theatre (London Theatre Company), where he has been an essential part of the company’s growth since its foundation and is now Director of Finance and Administration. He takes up his role at the RSC at the end of April this year.
Andrew Leveson said: “It is such an honour to be appointed as Executive Director of the RSC. I have been enthralled by RSC productions since my teens and to have the opportunity now to play a key part in leading the next stage of the company’s history with Daniel and Tamara is an incredible privilege and responsibility – humbling and immensely exciting.
“There is a wealth of talent, capacity and experience within the organisation and such potential through the breadth of its work to inspire and transform people’s lives – on stage, online, in the classroom and across the world. I can’t wait to get started.”
Co-Artistic Directors Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans said: “We’re truly delighted that Andrew will join us as the new Executive Director at the RSC. We are inspired by his ambitions for the company, as well as his deep love of theatre. The vast experience and knowledge he has gained as an integral part of the team at the Bridge Theatre will be vital as we begin this new chapter at the RSC.”
Chair of the Board, Shriti Vadera, added, “In Andrew, we have found an Executive Director not only with an understanding of the theatre world, but also a flair for innovation. His experience in the commercial and legal sector will prove invaluable in realising the artistic vision of Daniel and Tamara as they embark on their first season. This period heralds an exciting new direction for the RSC, as Andrew joins Daniel and Tamara at the helm of the company – their combined talents promise a vibrant future.”
Andrew Leveson joined London Theatre Company/the Bridge Theatre in 2015 as General Manager before becoming Director of Finance and Administration, working across all the company’s output since the theatre opened in 2017, and overseeing the growth of the organisation from a start-up to its current incarnation with almost 300 employees. He also created the business model and financial plan for Lightroom, which opened last year with the exhibition David Hockney: Bigger and Closer.
Prior to this, he worked as a corporate lawyer at two leading international law firms and previously as a freelance theatre director and producer. He has been on the Board of the theatre company 1927 since 2018 and was previously on the Board of the Birmingham Opera Company.

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Indonesia’s foreign ministry expressed its regret on Thursday after a senior Nigerian diplomat was forcibly restrained by immigration officers in Jakarta, prompting the African country to recall its ambassador to Abuja for consultations.
A video of the incident, widely shared on social media and sparking outrage among users, shows the visibly distressed man being restrained inside a vehicle by several men.
“I can’t breathe,” he says at one point in the video, yelling out as his head is pinned to the seat.
The Nigerian foreign ministry described the man as an “accredited Nigerian diplomatic agent” at the Nigerian embassy in Jakarta without revealing his name.
Indonesian foreign ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah said on Thursday the ministry regretted the Aug. 7 incident, and was continuing to communicate with the Nigerian government on the matter.
“That incident was an isolated incident and does not have anything to do with Indonesia’s commitment to performing its duties as a host country as per Vienna conventions on diplomatic relations,” he said.
“The law and human rights ministry has launched an internal investigation as a follow up to that incident.”
The Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama strongly condemned the incident, calling it “an egregious act of international delinquency by Indonesian state actors”.
“The Nigerian government demands appropriate sanctions against the relevant officials and has recalled its ambassador in Indonesia for consultations, including a review of bilateral relations,” Esther Sunsuwa, a foreign ministry spokesperson, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s immigration office defended the actions of its officers, saying the diplomat had been “uncooperative” when questioned in front of a Jakarta apartment.
Ibnu Chuldun, the head of the Jakarta law and human rights agency that oversees immigration, told a streamed news conference on Thursday the diplomat had refused to show his identity cards and subsequently attempted to break the car window with an e-cigarette when apprehended, causing an injury to one officer.
“Immigration has launched an internal coordination to improve on the operational standards when taking action and monitoring on foreigners,” he said.


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So while you’re welcome to spend your Budget on classic sweets—enter, secret family cookie recipe or the full-fat ice cream you can’t do without—these WW desserts are worth taste-testing: They ranked among members’ top tracked recipes of 2019!
For a meal-ender you’ll look forward to or a special occasion treat, try these WW member favorites, which range from sweet breads to decadent chocolate cake and could-eat-the-whole-batch (but-won't!) cookies. Enjoy!
The Most Popular WW Desserts of 2019
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Once niche, music and rhythm games are now a big business. The popularity of Dance Dance Revolution and the money-printing power of Activision’s Guitar Hero have assured the success of the genre. It could be easy to cash-in on the sudden boom in the genre’s popularity, and many are probably already cashing their checks (see: Dancing with the Stars, for example). Fortunately, Planet Moon Studio’s Battle of the Bands doesn’t seem like a shallow attempt to pad THQ’s bank account.
Imagine if you will L.L. Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.” If you’ve crawled out your hole at any point over the past ten years, that shouldn’t be a problem. Now, try to picture the song being played by a metal band. Then, halfway through the song, some dude playing a fiddle fires a gun at the rock band’s guitar player, and the song turns into a country tune. Welcome to the bizarre world of Battle of the Bands.
While this Wii exclusive takes cues from a many rhythm games of the past, its unique style and approach make it one of the more interesting games in the genre. THQ’s Gamer’s Day was the second time I had a chance to go hands-on with Battle of the Bands (my first was a month ago when THQ had their Wii showcase in New York City), and it’s official — I’m pretty sure I’m liking it.
Hit the jump for details and impressions.
Battle of the Bands plays out as a musical tug of war, and has two bands vying for control of a song and the right to play it in their genre of choice. The game will feature seven bands, each representing one of five distinct musical styles – rock, country, hip-hop, Latin, and marching band. Planet Moon have struck gold with this one, folks, and actually brought cover bands into the studio to record genre-bending versions of 30 recognizable songs, ranging from the Gorillaz’s “Feel Good Inc.” to The Soggy Bottom Boy’s “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Do the math, people — that’s 150 different musical tracks, and that’s not evening taking into account the classical treatment that some songs get when you reach the single-player campaign’s “boss band,” Mr. Hong’s Violent Orchestra.
If it sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is, and the results are unsurprisingly hilarious. Tempos are matched for all of the songs, so you’ll seamlessly hear songs blend from one genre to another. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain” performed as a country song. As bands battle one another, on-screen avatars (all represented by highly-stylized, cartoon stereotypes) will physically assault each other with guitars that turn into rocket launchers. Like I said, it’s all pretty ridiculous.
Battle of the Bands is played entirely with the Wii remote, as you try to match on-screen prompts that scroll down in a Guitar Hero-style fashion. But instead of colors you match on a peripheral, you’ll have to shake the remote down, up, left or right, and even poke at the screen in rhythm. Imagine Electronic Art’s Boogie, with one key difference — the movements you’re making with your wrist tie into the songs well, and most importantly, Battle of the Bands is actually kind of fun. Getting into the song, it seemed like the motions I was required to do made sense, and there was some nice rumble feedback with the controller that gave it a little extra punch.
The battle portion really comes into play when players can launch special attacks (think Guitar Hero III’s battle mode) and during the game’s “Face Off” moments, which has players tossing green skulls at one another’s screen. By hitting skull icons as they scroll up the screen, skulls will fly in the direction of your opponent, which they can then block with timed presses of the Wii remote’s B button. Like the motion controls, the timing is tied to the song and rhythm, and can get quite tricky when a barrage of skulls is launched in your direction.
By no means is Battle of the Bands going to be a replacement for something like Guitar Hero or Rock Band, and anyone who sees the game in action and makes any kind of real comparison is way off the mark. Instead, it looks to be a fun, incredibly hilarious diversion from the popular peripheral-based titles, and may even become a party favorite among friends. On that note, I’m off to work on the Battle of the Band drinking game, which I’m on a strict deadline to get done before the game’s release later this month.


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Spanner Crabs in Phuket
This is something new I discovered in Phuket. I was traveling around Southern Thailand with my friends for almost two weeks and when we were traveling from Phuket to the mainland, we stopped at the food stalls after passing by the Phuket Bridge.
You can find food stalls selling fruits such as pineapples and dried seafood such as dried anchovies, dried shrimps and dried cuttlefish.
This is one of the food that caught our attention is this weird looking “creature” in big steamers. This “thing” never impressed me on first impression. It has hard shells and it looks like mini “kaiju”.
To our surprise, the local sellers told us this is a crab! Well, we have seen many types of crabs in our life but this is our first. Thus, I did some research and found out this is called Spanner Crabs.
The Spanner crab is Ranina Ranina or also known as red frog crab. It is popular long the east coast of Australia, from Yeppoon in Queensland to Nowra on the south coast of New South Wales. There is also a population to the north of Perth in Western Australia. These crabs are also found in the eastern coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia, Japan and Hawaii and Vietnam according to Wikipedia but seeing this in Phuket Thailand is bonus.
We bought a kilo of the steamed spanner crabs and they are cheap. We got a few crabs for 100 Baht. Thus, we stopped by at a nearby restaurant in Phang Nga to taste it. To eat this, you need to peel of the main shell and the meat taste exactly like the usual crabs. You need to get your hands dirty to eat this and there is no meat in the claws or legs unlike the usual crabs. The meat is fresh and juicy despite its ugly looking. This is definitely worth to try.
Please take note that these spanner crabs are seasonal and on our recent trip to Phuket we find none in the same food stalls near the Phuket Bridge.
The best way to travel around Phuket is by self drive. Self drive in Thailand is safe, fun and easy.


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CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED: 14 MARCH 2014
30 May 2014
School of Arts
Birkbeck, University of London
Supported by the Feminist Review Trust
Keynote: Victoria Hesford (SUNY Stony Brook University), author of Feeling Womens Liberation (Duke UP, 2013)
Papers are invited for an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the work of Kate Millett. Millett became an iconic figure of second wave feminism after the publication of Sexual Politics in 1970. As one of the first pieces of academic feminism to come out of the American academy, Sexual Politics was a handbook of the Womens Liberation Movement. Moreover, after appearing on the cover of Time Magazine in the same year as Sexual Politics was published, Millett became one of the Movements most recognizable faces. However, arguably, Millett has since largely disappeared from both the public eye and contemporary feminism, despite the fact that she has continued to publish (Flying , The Prostitution Papers , The Loony-Bin Trip , Sita , and Mother Millet), make films (Three Lives , Not a Love Story , The Real Yoko Ono ), and sculpt.
In aiming to reflect on/account for/address/redress some of this silence, this conference is compelled on the one hand, by recent calls in feminism to re-engage with the second wave (see Hemmings Why Stories Matter, Duke, 2011) and to re-visit foundational feminist texts (see Merck and Sanfords Further Adventures of the Dialectic of Sex, Palgrave, 2010). Moreover, it is also influenced by Victoria Hesfords recent Feeling Womens Liberation (Duke, 2013), which places Millett as a central figure in the production and remembrance of the Womens Liberation Movement. Hesfords publication signals that now is perhaps a timely moment to create a larger dialogue about Millett; to ask questions about Milletts role in feminist history; and to discuss how her work is situated in and amongst contemporary feminist concerns. The conference thus aims to: consider new frameworks for approaching Milletts past or ongoing work; interrogate the politics and possibilities of the second wave; explore the politics of memory, forgetting, and citation in feminism; critically reflect on the potential difficulties of some of Milletts past work travelling into the present; and to consider whether and how (despite her ongoing feminist work) Millett might be produced as ‘untimely’ in the feminist present. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
Affect and the second wave
Feminism and autobiographical writing
Feminism and forgetting
Generational politics or the politics of mother/daughter relationships
Lesbian politics and the Womens Liberation Movement
Narrating mental illness
Non-monogamy as feminist politics
Race and feminism
Sexuality and the second wave
Sexual Politics and feminist literary criticism
The media and the second wave
The Womens Liberation Movement
The conference invites proposals for individual papers, panels, or artistic responses from any discipline and theoretical perspective. Submissions are welcome from students, activists, artists, academics, and unaffiliated researchers. Please send a title and 300 word abstract for a 20 minute paper along with your name, affiliation (if applicable), and 100 word bibliography to firstname.lastname@example.org by 14 March 2014.
The conference is organized by Dr Sam McBean (Birkbeck, University of London) and is being supported by the Feminist Review Trust.
Select papers will be sought for publication as part of an edited collection. For further information please email Sam at email@example.com
Conference website: flyingkatemillettconference.wordpress.com

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Open Call for Papers, Issue 3.2 (Winter 2018)
Open Call for Papers, Issue 3.2 (Winter 2018)
Journal Title: Ex-position
Publication Date: June 2019
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2018
Shakespeare on Screen in the Digital Era: The Montpellier Congress
Dates: Thursday 26, Friday 27, Saturday 28 September 2019
Venue: Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, site Saint Charles (France)
Conference coordinators: Sarah Hatchuel (GRIC, EA 4314, Université Le Havre Normandie) and Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (IRCL, UMR5186, CNRS/ Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3)
OLH Special Collections – Call for Articles:
Waste: Papers on Disposability, Decay, and Depletion
C P A R A C S I S
Center for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia
Print Modernities: An International Conference
30, 31August&1September 2018, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Cartographies and Topologies of Identity] is a research forum to take place on March 1, 2018, at Université des Antilles-Schoelcher, Martinique. Organizer Frédéric Lefrançois (CRILLASH-CEREAP) has posted a call for submissions in Fabula: La recherché en littérature. The deadline for submission of abstracts (for papers, artwork, and other creative pieces) is February 10, 2018.
Verge Issue 6.2 - Infrastructure
Edited by Jessamyn Abel (Penn State University) and Leo Coleman (Hunter College)
I am looking to put together a panel on Imperial Borderlands in the British Empire in the 19th Century for the North American Conference on British Studies in Providence RI, in October 2018. My own paper is on Sir Alexander Burnes's _Travels into Bokhara_ (1835); but I would welcome papers on Central Asia, Northern India, Africa, China, Persia, the Middle East, or other contact zones in the world just outside British Imperial reach at the time. Please send detailed abstracts of 500 words by March 1, 2018.
The Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) is pleased to announce its fourth conference, to be held at the University of South Australia in Adelaide on 2-5 October 2018.
The aim of DHA 2018 is to advance and critically assess the uses of digital technologies in humanities research and the communication of its outcomes. The conference offers a supportive, interdisciplinary environment to explore the challenges and opportunities of working with digital tools and techniques.
Borders, Place, and Translations
The 53rd Annual Comparative World Literature Conference
Presented by the Department of Comparative World Literature and Classics
Dates: April 25th-26th, 2018
Location: Anatol Center, California State University, Long Beach
From Starbucks’ retail-branding as a “third place” between home and work to Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities, the places of our lives are simultaneously locations and conceptions. To be in a place is to do the representational work of defining that space’s affective and pragmatic borders.
EXTENDED DEADLINE (15th February 2018)14th International ESSE Conference at BRNO Czech Republic 29 August to 2 September 2018Over the past decades there has been a growing interest in intralingual translation or the “interpretation of verbal signs by means ofother signs of the same language” (Jakobson 1959). This panel aims to provide a forum to explore new theoretical perspectives and the latest developments in intralingual translation. Possible topics for development include diaphasic translation (translation between different registers and notably making texts available to the layperson) the modernization of ancient texts, diglossic translation and papers on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural research.
SSAWW 2018 Triennial Conference in Denver, Colorado
Conference Theme: “Resistance and Recovery across the Americas"
November 7-11, 2018 | Deadline for submissions: February 10, 2018
contact email: firstname.lastname@example.org
In the Company of Margaret Fuller: Unexpected Genealogies of Feminism
Proposals are invited for inclusion in an edited volume titled Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.
2017 was a year of feminist action and 2018 strongly continues this movement: the year began with the national Women’s March in DC, and the year closed with media reporting mass cover-ups of sexual exploitation and abuse in Hollywood and with the reporting of women finding power in uniting their voices. The #metoo movement was birthed and has become a rallying cry for continued awareness of misogynistic practices, collaboration to resist gendered violence, and recover women’s innate worth. Oprah Winfrey summed up these actions in her 2018 Golden Globes speech stating, “Speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.
Remediation has emerged as a keyword in both new media studies and sustainability discourses. While Bolter and Grusin define it in terms of repurposing old media in new forms, Leerom Medovoi traces its ethically promising, yet politically empty rhetoric for environmentalism. Further, Medovoi asserts these dual definitions of remediation converge in Global South ecologies, many of which remain marginalized by mainstream coverage of environmental crises due to their non-spectacular exposure to what Rob Nixon terms “slow violence.” Whereas Medovoi studies ongoing pollution in the Niger Delta, this panel pursues the formal and environmental definitions of remediation as they emerge in African literatures and intersect with new/multi-media more broadly.

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On March 10, we held a Press Conference at DeWitt Town Court before Harry Murray’s sentencing hearing. The Press Conference provided an opportunity for Harry to speak about his trial and his activism, and Mary Anne Grady Flores was present to talk about her time in jail, her recently granted stay and her appeal which is pending before the New York State Supreme Court awaiting a decision as to whether they will rule on it.
Harry Murray to be sentenced at 8pm Mary Anne Grady Flores released on bail Press Conference: DeWitt Town Court, E. Syracuse, N.Y. March 10, 7:15pm Syracuse, N.Y. The Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars invites the press and public to hear from drone resisters Mary Anne Grady Flores, released on bail Monday night, and Prof. Harry Murray. Judge David Gideon will sentence Nazareth College Professor Murray in the DeWitt Town Court on Thursday at 8pm. Convicted of
Grandma Drone Resister Released on Bail Pending Court of Appeals Decision A court has ordered that Mary Anne Grady Flores be released on $5,000 cash bail from the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville NY on Monday, March 7, pending the New York State Court of Appeals decision on whether it will consider her case. That decision could take a month or two. Should the court decide to take the case, it could be quite a long time before it
Phil Runkel, Dorothy Day Archivist and Activist, Found Guilty of Trespassing in Wisconsin By Joy First On Friday February 19 Phil Runkel was found guilty of trespassing in Juneau County, WI by Judge Paul Curran after a 22 minute trial. Phil had joined nine other activists in attempting to walk onto the Volk Field Air National Guard base and meet with the commander to share our concerns about the training of drone pilots that takes place there. District Attorney Mike
Volk Protesters arraigned February 25th, 2016, Update: Volk Field, Wisconsin, Action to Protest Drone warfare On February 24th, two co-coordinators of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Brian Terrell and Kathy Kelly, appeared before Judge Curran from the Juneau County jail via the jail’s video link. The two had been held overnight. They were served documents charging them with trespass at the “dwelling” of Volk Field. Pilots train at Volk Field to operate Shadow Drones over other countries. Kelly told Judge Curran
Joy First, Grandmother Activist, Found Guilty of Trespassing in Juneau County, WI by Joy First of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, NCNR On February 9, 2016 Judge Paul Curran found me guilty of trespass for walking onto the Air National Guard Base at Volk Field in Wisconsin on August 26, 2015. I joined eight others who wanted to deliver a message to Base Commander Colonel David Romuald, demanding that he immediately end the program of training pilots to operate
Grandmother and Long-time activist Joyce Ellwanger Guilty of Trespass in Wisconsin Report by Joy First of NCNR, The National Coalition for Nonviolent Resistance Joyce Ellwanger was found guilty of trespassing by Judge Paul Curran in Juneau County court on Friday January 22, 2016. Though Curran never formerly pronounced a verdict saying Joyce was guilty, he said she trespassed and he imposed a sentence in another heavy-handed trial for the nine activists who were arrested at Volk Field in August 2015.
CATHOLIC WORKER, PEACE ACTIVIST DON TIMMERMAN FOUND GUILTY IN JUNEAU COUNTY, WI Report by Joy First of NCNR, The National Coalition for Nonviolent Resistance In another farcical trial for the 14 activists arrested at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin, Don Timmerman was found guilty of trespass in a Juneau County trial presided over by Judge Curran on February 1. Apparently Judge Curran, who said he did not want to consolidate our trials because it could be prejudicial
BONNIE BLOCK FOUND GUILTY OF TRESPASS — AGAIN Report by Bonnie Block of NCNR, The National Coalition for Nonviolent Resistance Joy First is the usual reporter on the trials of Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones activists but she is in Washington, D.C. for the NCNR action on “The Real State of the Union. So I’ll report on my bench trial on January 8th. My statement to the court is below. After I read the first paragraph the District Attorney
January 27: Harry Murray was convicted of Trespass in a Bench Trial with Judge David Gideon Presiding. Harry was charged for participating in a die-in April 28, 2013 when he was arrested with 30 other people for blocking the access road leading into thebase compound. An OGA charge had been dropped prior to the trial. College Professor, Catholic Worker, NonViolent Civil Resister, Peace Activist Harry Murray came presented his case pro se. He asserted that US policy of targeted


2017 was one hell of a year and if you don’t remember everything that happened, Mad Skillz has you covered. According to Complex, the Virginia rapper is known for talking about news and entertainment stories that summed up the entire year. In this five minute and 42 second rap over “Big Rich Town” he creatively dished out verses.
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Jeannie Ritter strides into the governor’s mansion, takes off her denim jacket and looks around for a place to sit. The room is filled with the kind of carved wood furniture and oil paintings that you’d find in a museum.
She makes a quick decision: Let’s go upstairs to the family quarters. But she adds a warning. “It looks like a bomb went off.”
And, well, it does. But your place would too if you had only days before moving a busy household that includes four kids, a nephew, the family cat and a harried husband who was just sworn in as governor of Colorado.
Getting her house in order is a priority for Jeannie Ritter. But it’s not only about unpacking boxes. As Colorado’s first lady, she plans to direct her own energy to public service, with an initial focus on access to mental health services.
It will be an ample challenge. Colorado’s recent budget crisis hit hard, leaving much to be done to re-establish mental health priorities.
Ritter isn’t alone among Colorado’s recent first ladies in crafting a personal agenda. Frances Owens focused on children’s issues, particularly early intervention for children with disabilities. Bea Romer advocated on behalf of family issues, especially literacy. Dottie Lamm chaired the governor’s task force for children and families and advocated for women’s and children’s rights. Ritter is out of the gate quickly, part learning tour, part advocacy.
Something you notice right away about Jeannie Ritter is her lack of artifice. She is willing to let you see who she is, busy house and all, and how she’s going about constructing her agenda.
She is the first to say she is not an expert on mental health. But she brings a studious perspective shaped by her training as a teacher for emotionally disturbed children and having an older sister who suffers from bipolar disorder.
“I will never know more than the people I’m connecting with,” she says. “What my role can be is to take their knowledge and promote it to the next level.”
She is spending her days “diving in,” as she puts it, going to meetings and visiting different groups. Her first official speech as first lady came earlier this month at the Adam’s Mark Hotel before a meeting of mental health advocates and service providers.
The participants convened to develop strategies to show legislators that mental health services deserve strong support. Given the reductions in mental health services over the last few years, it was a dispirited bunch.
Jeanne Rohner, president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Colorado, said the mood began to change when Jeannie Ritter started talking. “She brought hope where there was no hope,” Rohner said. “The room just totally energized because they saw the potential that we could do something.”
Mental health specialists say there are signs of movement. A bill before the state Senate would mandate expanded insurance coverage for mental illnesses, a measure that advocates see as important.
Another key public policy piece, Rohner said, is to divert mentally ill inmates out of the criminal justice system. As a longtime district attorney, Gov. Bill Ritter is well aware of the connection between law enforcement and the strains of mental illness and last week he announced he’ll ask the legislature to fund an effort to reduce the prison recidivism rate. His proposal includes $3.1 million in 2007-08 for mental health services and substance abuse treatment and $858,438 for transitional mental health beds.
Rohner is convinced that the governor’s initiative will benefit the state far more than simply adding more and more prison beds.
The state never has been a leader in mental health spending. For instance, in 2001 Colorado spent $64 per person on mental health services while the national average was $81. The state department of mental health, which has a $154 million budget for mental health services this year, plans to ask for an additional $77 million over the next five years.
Jeannie Ritter says that she has come to realize how mental health issues reach into so many different arenas. She had just returned from a meeting of the Denver Crime Prevention and Control Commission recently when she spoke to The Denver Post. She was taken with how many of those at the table saw the same problems but didn’t have the right tools to deal with them.
Regina Huerter, executive director of the commission, offers a compelling example. On any given day, she says, 350 to 400 Denver County jail inmates are suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. They should be in treatment, she says. That costs about $12,000 a year per patient while incarceration runs about $30,000 annually. But the facilities and programs don’t exist to accommodate them.
Having the first lady’s ear on such matters, Huerter said, will do nothing but help.
“She’s the right person to talk about this and help raise awareness,” Huerter said. “She gets it. It’s not about people being crazy. It’s an illness that needs to be treated.”
Jeannie Ritter is also keenly interested in boosting literacy, and said she’d be hard-pressed to turn down an opportunity to promote the cause. Recently, she visited Blair Caldwell Library in Five Points reading a Clifford the Big Red Dog book to young children.
With mental health, Ritter knows she has chosen to focus on a particularly difficult problem, one where “success” may prove elusive and difficult to quantify. But there is something about helping the worst off that draws her. She served in the Peace Corps in Tunisia for a year in the 1980s. And the story about her and her husband’s three years in Zambia working as lay missionaries at a food distribution center is well-known.
She says that it brings satisfaction to offer a hand to those ill-equipped to help themselves. The thought makes her introspective about her own motivations. “Is it selfish if it also meets your own needs?” she wonders.
Regardless, she sees the platform afforded the first lady as a valuable opportunity to try to improve access and delivery of mental health services in Colorado.
“Imagine being 50 and someone comes up to you and taps you on the head with a wand and says, ‘Look at this world of issues and pick one to focus on.”‘
She plans to go at it full bore, listening to those on the front lines and shining a light on their needs, without worrying too much about how her efforts are judged.
“If it gets people talking, it will have been the right thing,” she said.
Mental health in Colorado
Sources: Mental Health America; Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 2005; National Alliance for the Mentally Ill; Colorado Department of Corrections; Mental Health Association of Colorado


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Britain has finally left the EU, ushering in a healing process to bring the country back together after Brexit.
The UK is waking up to its first full day as a non-EU member in 47 years after formally leaving the bloc at 11pm.
Nearly four years after voters decided by 52% to 48% to quit, politicians from all sides called on Leavers and Remainers to set aside their differences, as the nation immediately entered an 11-month transition.
An hour before Britain’s exit, Boris Johnson, who led the 2016 Vote Leave campaign, said in a pre-recorded TV address: “Tonight we are leaving the European Union.
“For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come, and there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.
“And then of course there is a third group – perhaps the biggest – who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
“I understand all those feelings and our job as the Government – my job – is to bring this country together now and take us forward.”
He added: “When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success – and whatever the bumps in the road ahead, I know that we will succeed.
“We have obeyed the people, we have taken back the tools of self-government.
“Now is the time to use those tools to unleash the full potential of this brilliant country and to make better the lives of everyone in every corner of our United Kingdom.”
“Whatever side we took in the Brexit debate we now need to bring the country together to shape our common future.”
Earlier, the Prime Minister held a symbolic Cabinet meeting in Sunderland – the first city to announce its referendum result after the vote on June 23, 2016.
Later, Mr Johnson flew back to London to host a low-key reception in Downing Street.
Guests included Cabinet Ministers, No10 staff, officials who were involved in the Brexit negotiations and supporters of the battle to leave the EU.
They were served English sparkling wine and canapes including fillet of lamb on toast, Shropshire blue cheese, beef and Yorkshire pudding with horseradish sauce, mushrooms tarts and roast chicken skewers.
An illuminated clock counting down to 11pm was projected onto Downing Street.
Other buildings in Whitehall were lit up in red, white and blue, including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, HM Revenue and Customs, the Scotland Office, the Wales Office and the Cabinet Office.
But while there were pleas for unity, EU supporters staged protests in Liverpool, Doncaster and Harrogate while Brexiteers in Westminster chanted anti-EU slogans.
As Union flags flew in Parliament Square and The Mall, the UK flag was lowered from its pole at the European Council building – formally bringing an end to the UK’s membership.
European Council President Charles Michel, the former PM of Belgium, admitted: “Today is an exceptional day for the European Union and today probably we have mixed feelings.
“It’s never a happy moment when someone leaves but we are opening a new chapter, and we will devote all our energy to building a stronger and more ambitious European Union.”
EU leaders issued a stark warning that shifting away from the bloc’s rules will leave the UK with weakened access to the single market.
Mr Michel said: “The more the UK will diverge from the EU standards, the less the access to the single market they will have.”
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen added: “Britain will become a third country, and for all third countries, the following applies – only those who acknowledge the rules of the common market can benefit fully from the common market.”
She warned: “We want to have the best possible relationship with the United Kingdom but it will never be as good as membership.”
Senior Cabinet Minister Michael Gove admitted trade with the EU would not be “frictionless” after the transition deal ends on December 31.
He said: “We want trade to be as frictionless as possible but the EU is clear, you can only have fully frictionless trade if you accept all of their rules, if you accept all their laws, you are subordinate to their judges, you are subordinate to their political structures.”
The Government wants to strike a trade deal with the EU before the transition period finishes.
But ministers also plan to target a pact with the US.
American Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson hailed a “historic day in British history”.
“On behalf of the United States Government, I would like to wish the United Kingdom every success as you chart a new path outside of the European Union,” he said.
“America shares your optimism and excitement about the many opportunities the future will bring.”
One of the key drivers of the Leave vote was record migration from Europe through EU freedom of movement.
Labour leadership hopeful Keir Starmer signalled he will bring back freedom of movement if he becomes PM.
Vowing to “make the case” for migration’s benefits and free movement, he said in a speech at Westminster Cathedral Hall: ”I want families to be able to live together, whether that’s in Europe or here, and I want people in this country, in the United Kingdom, to be able to go and study in Europe just as they can now and people in Europe to be able to come and study here.”
Asked directly if he would “bring back” free movement for EU citizens, he told the Mirror: “Yes, of course – bring back, argue for, challenge.”
Mr Starmer, who led the Shadow Cabinet battle to push Mr Corbyn towards backing a second referendum, said: “We’ve had the Brexit divide – it’s gone deep.
“We’ve now got to win the peace, we’ve got to win what comes next.”
Mr Johnson now faces huge pressure to deliver on his 2016 referendum and 2019 election promises.
He pledged £350million a week extra for the NHS during the Brexit battle and a boost to Britain’s economy from leaving the bloc.
During the run-up to December’s general election, he also made a string of promises to the North and Midlands, where voters handed him a thumping Commons majority.
But his commitments to the North and Midlands will be questioned if he scraps the planned HS2 railway, which will slash journey times and boost capacity between London and Birmingham, and Leeds and Manchester.
He is also under pressure to cut net migration, with many Leave supporters opting to quit the bloc so the numbers heading to the UK can be reduced.
Latest figures show annual net migration – the difference between the numbers coming to the UK and those leaving each year – running at 212,000.
The PM also faces renewed calls to tackle climate change, having vowed to “lead the global fight against climate change by delivering on our world-leading target of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050”.
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Albion annexation concerns expressed
MARSHALL - Marshall Public Schools parent Franco Domingo does not support his school district annexing Albion Public Schools.
Under the proposed annexation, which would need to be approved by Albion voters, Marshall's school district would essentially absorb the Albion school system.
Although Marshall would benefit from the state revenues associated with the extra students, it would also inherit Albion's operational debt and liabilities, such as two vacant buildings.
However, according to the current proposal, the taxpayers in what was previously the Albion Public Schools district would continue to pay off their bonded indebtedness while the original Marshall Public Schools taxpayer would take care of Marshall's debt if the annexation was passed by voters.
For Domingo, the benefits do not outweigh what he sees as the risks. He said no one he has talked to in Marshall supports annexing Albion.
"I still think assuming their responsibilities is a bad idea and ultimately bad for our community," Domingo said after a Monday forum for residents about the proposal. "From a business perspective, it makes no sense whatsoever. And I see zero benefit for the Marshall community and plenty of benefit for the Albion community."
About 65 people, some of whom were Albion residents, attended Monday's forum at Marshall High School. During the forum, Marshall Superintendent Randy Davis presented information on the timelines, financial implications and potential benefits of annexing Albion.
He also gave some information about how the Albion Board of Education is currently exploring the possibility of expanding its current cooperative agreement with Marshall so the former district's middle schoolers learn in Marshall as soon as January.
Under the cooperative agreement, only Albion's high school-age children attend Marshall High School after they graduate 8th grade. Expanding the agreement to sixth- to eighth-graders is merely a proposal at this time.
If annexation moves forward, Albion voters could determine the plan's future on the May election ballot.
Some residents at Monday's meeting asked questions on various aspects of the proposals, including impact on taxpayers, staffing and transportation.
If Davis recommends annexing Albion and the Marshall Board of Education approves moving forward, he said the plan still hinges on whether the district earns a competitive state grant of up to $5 million that pays for annexation-related costs.
Some of the operational debt that Marshall could incur if it annexes Albion could be covered by the grant. Davis said the Michigan Department of Treasury also said they would "figure out" what to do with the $1.8 million operational deficit that Albion carries from last year and would be inherited by Marshall so that Marshall would not be "saddled" by that specific debt.
There isn't much competition on the horizon for this grant, Davis said.
"The board has already told me that if we don't get that grant at a level that we're requesting, that's probably going to be a showstopper," Davis said.
In a separate meeting Monday night, the Albion City Council voted 4-3 for a resolution disapproving of the annexation, City Manager Sheryl Mitchell said Tuesday in a news release. The resolution said five issues stand in the way of council acceptance of the annexation proposal:
• A clear plan for repaying existing loans and debt
• Time for the city and public to review the state grant application
• An explanation of how Albion school will operate for the rest of this school year
• A "minimum estimate" of how long Marshall would continue to operate a school in Albion
• A detailed plan for an alternative to annexation -- a "consolidation of services" option.
Mayor Joe Domingo and council members Garrett Brown, Rebecca Decker and Lenn Reid voted for the resolution; members Maurice Barnes, Cheryl Krause and Andrew French voted against it.
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NRI businessman from Ahmedabad owns a flying car
Vol 2 | Issue 19
Subhash Shihora, an NRI businessman from Ahmedabad, is the proud owner of India’s first flying car, which can be driven on road like a car and take off like an aircraft at the press of a button.
“It is just like a small plane when it flies but a mere push of button enables the wings to fold, transforming it into a car,” said Shihora. While on road the machine looks like a sophisticated sports car, and onlookers will not be able to identify its unique flying prowess.
Dream car: For Subhash Shihora the flying car has made hopping from meetings from one city to the other a smooth affair
The flying car named ‘Transition’ came with a price tag of Rs.1.25 crore in the US. However, Shihora paid heavy duty, which worked out to about 300-400 percent of the actual price, to bring it to India.
He has got clearance from the concerned agencies, including the aviation department and National Security Agency, to operate the car in the country.
“Since I have a large place in Ahmedabad, the car will be parked here. I will be able to attend meetings in different cities in a day; from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, then to Bangalore, Hyderabad and back home,” said Shihora.
However he is a bit wary of driving the car on rough and crowded Indian roads where even the cows and buffaloes have their rights to squat at will. He said whatever rules are applicable for 2-4 seater aircraft would be applicable for his flying car.
He needs the airport to take off and land his flying car. The operation is also easy as folding and extending of the wings is done from inside the cockpit.
A major stake-holder in the Rs 2 Lakh crore Urok Consultancy firm in UK, Shihora bought the flying car from ‘Terrafugia’, a firm in Massachusetts, headed by former NASA experts.
A few from NASA quit their jobs to give wings to their dream of making commercial flying cars and started Terrafugia in 2006. Derived from Latin, ‘Terrafugia’ means ‘escape the earth’.


Letter: Fairfield malfeasance
Published 10:46 am, Sunday, January 15, 2012
The comments coming out of our Board of Selectmen in response to the "secret letter" revelation described in last Wednesday's Citizen are yet another example of how serious malfeasances are constantly "swept under the rug" by town officials.
This secret letter made it obvious that both former First Selectman Flatto and former Town Attorney Saxl had apparently misled both the state and the RTM. The state had requested that the town relinquish its $6 million share of parking revenues until the state recouped the $19.4 million it would pay to finish the project. Flatto and Saxl apparently agreed to this request without seeking RTM input concerning this serious loss of revenue. However, to protect itself, the state asked Flatto and Saxl if the RTM had approved their authority to make the agreement. In response, Saxl, in vague and inaccurate language, led the state to believe the RTM had given its approval on May 24, 2010 when he knew that was not true. Excuses which strain credulity were later offered by Flatto and Saxl.
So, what was the response of our Board of Selectmen to this startling revelation? Selectman Cristin McCarthy Vahey's summed it up as follows:
"Which essentially leaves us with we are where we are." With a train station open but important lessons learned from the mistakes that were made, she said, "I'm looking at what's our goal going forward from here."
That statement is a classic example of the "just sweep it under the rug" policy that is too often foisted upon innocent taxpayers who must bear the consequences. These were not simply "mistakes." They are yet another example of the failures by Flatto and Saxl to adequately protect town interests on the Metro project.
In response to Selectman Vahey's question, the goal going forward should be sending a message that official malfeasance will no longer be swept under the rug by taking these steps:
Saxl should be removed from all pending matters in which he continues to represent the town.
The town should explore filing an ethics complaint against Flatto and Saxl.
Contractual defaults by Blackrock Realty should no longer be swept under the rug. After forcing the state and the town to pay for its defaults, Blackrock now stands poised to begin its commercial development and reap its profits while escaping liability for failing to perform its contractual obligations. The town (and the state) should explore suing Blackrock for the costs incurred because of Blackrock's defaults. The tripartite agreement raises serious questions concerning Blackrock's liability that could be decided either way by a jury if litigated. Filing such a suit would give the town considerable leverage to obtain a settlement from Blackrock.
History has made it clear that the policy of sweeping official malfeasances under the rug never works to prevent future abuses. It only leaves the taxpayers holding the bag. It's time to reject that policy by pursuing every means to enforce accountability.


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Oh, it already is in the group... man, I'm the best admin there is at the moment Sorry for bothering!
the coloring in this is gorgeous >O< I love the hair, and the ornament on the hair and the shading on the skin turned out really nice =3
Gorgeous piec... she looks amazing.. I like the white on her and almost wish she had on green tights to make it a bit of a green thumb look. Stunning pose!!
Thanks so much! I thought of green tights, but I wanted to have as much skintone as possible (that was the thing I was practicing with this one
Totally sexy! I love her outfit!
That is absolutely stunning!
Lazy or not, she's still absolutely gorgeous Gen. <3
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|I am looking for some pics of some new boxes out or maybe some custom boxes? I have seen some plastic boxes made by loud liquid> are the fiberglass boxes prone to cracking? I have seen 4-6x9's> have you ever seen 6 or 8? |
Thanks for any pics!
|Harold My friend has 8 6x8's in his tower. It has 1000watts going to it. I will get you a Photo,|
|Harold what kind of box is that and where can i find one???|
|I was told that this box is a custom one> and they only made one. It was found on skiers beach on the Ca. Delta. I was told that a local stereo shop made it. |
Grant> sounds good> although> I have tried 8-6x9' on my tower before> Im not sure if thats a great idea unless its more of a show boat> 8-6x9's weighs a ton and I wouldnt want that box to fall on me or any of my passengers> that would hurt! Is the box made out of fiberglass? I would think it would be ok> if the box was all re-enforced with steel> does he ever take the box down> or it stays up all the time?
You got mail
|I JUST BOUGHT A BOX THAT HOLD 6- 6.5... the company is is called wet box... www.wetboxtowers.com |
they are good guys -- i got the one with the X-star logo on it but insteed of the x-star logo i got a AIR logo like on my super air. we are costum painting it,(2-tone) as soon as i get it ready i'll post picks.
the box is very well made 1/4" fibrer glass...
thanks BJ nad NIC
|Right on> those are some nice boxes they make! When I was at boarstock they had a booth there> nice products! |
What kind of speakers will you be putting in?
Any other companies that you guys know of?
Keep the links and pics. coming!
|I built my own! Pics is a little distored but you get the idea. |
|WET Box Towers love them! |
Where are those tower clamps from? I think you mentioned it before, but I can't find the post...
|I've custom built some fiberglass boxes for my tower.. They're at the paint shop now. Hopefully I can have some pix by the end of the week. They are two seperate enclosures that will house a total of two kicker RS6 6.5" speakers and two RS6C 6.5" component speakers. I plan on putting ryno-gear quick release clamps on them.|
|Hey Alan, |
I noticed you have a Moomba. I have a LSV and was thinking about putting tower speakers on. But I was concerned the speakers would hit the bimini top because the bimini top sits kind of high on the tower. Do you have any problems?
|Sounds Unlimited of Modesto make great looking fiberglass boxes, everyone is custom made. You ought to go out there and check them out. Here is a picture of my speaker box made by Sounds Unlimited of Modesto. |
Sounds Unlimited of Modesto
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|Harold, here are some picts of the enclosure I built for my ride. It has 4 MB Quart 6x9's with a Zapco AG200 running it. Acustics are great for this use, loud and clear. Check out the ghost flames done in pearl. I have a friend who also builds these for some shops in town. Let me know if I can help. |
|These replies are great> thanks all for the pics! Have any of you had one of these fiberglass boxes crack? Being out a lot in the delta and going thru a lot of rough water during the summer windy days that all the chop kicks up> I have had an aluminum box crack on me> I had 8- 6x9's mounted in it> but just didnt hold up. I am now running the same box> but only 4-6x9's and its great> I definately reached the limit of that box! |
Eric Lewis> nice box man. Did you reinforce the inside with metal> or is the whole box fiberglass?
|Did you check out http://www.wetboxtowers.com. They've got quite a few on there.|
|Hey Eric and Ben, how much did your custom boxes cost. I'm looking for a custom box for my 02 super air nautique. I really want to go with 6 6X9s or 2 8" and 4 mids. |
(Message edited by scubastevebps on January 08, 2003)
|A while back I saw a box that was made for an air nautique, and the guy gave it away because he misfigured the 6x9 holes. He said he was going to post instructions on how to build one but I never heard from him again, try doing a search for the old post, it did have some decent pictures from what I remember. I too am interested in a box for 4 6x9's, for my Maristar's tower. I would be interested in finding out how much those wet box tower speakerboxes go for (but usually if you have to ask how much you can't afford it!). The guy that started the post on the "free tower speaker" said it only cost around 40 or 50 dollars in materials, and a few hours of time to build. Let me know if anyone remembers it or knows where to find the old post.|
|I saw a fiberglass box on an 03 wakesetter xti. I believe it had 6 6.5"'s and had a dvd player that popped out of the bottom of the box. I think he said sounds unlimited made it too.|
|Here are the brackets I used. |
|oops posted to soon. They are the Pro Werks Billet Bar Mounts. 1 5/8 for the Moomba tower.|
|Alan, How much did that custom box run you it looks GREAT!!}|
|Alan - |
Thanks for the informative post. Finally some tower speaker clamps that don't cost $100 -150. Another question I have is for your Moomba tower are the clamps holding on pretty tight or did you use something to wrap around the tower to make it snug. Are you using only two clamps or are there two more in the back we can't see. And finally this may be an obvious question but how did you attach them to you box. Are the bottom of the clamps threaded so you can just drive a bolt into them. Sorry for the "20 Questions but they look like something I have been looking for.
how did you get those clamps around your bars? they look like they don't open, look as if you can only slide stuff in them.....
nice find thow,,,
You are looking at the bottle mounts not the bar mounts, scroll down the page on their web site to see the proper ones.
|Thanks Harold, The inside of the box has an MDF frame core, with fiberglass reinforcment and solid wood bracket for monuting. I use 3/8in bolts with a 1/8in aluminum plate between the mount and nut. For the SAN, box mounts are shaped to the compound angle of the top tower supports. this allows the box to fit snug against the tower but also have the speakers hang plum. The box secures flat, in addition I put 1/8 in rubber between the box and tower for shock. I believe that if the mounts hold the box secure without play it reduces the chance for cracking,(hate things that rattle or move) I also avoid bomming those big delta and Pedro swells for peace of mind. Eric |
|Stephen, sounds like Ben had his done by Sounds Unlimited, you could call them for a price quote on what you would like to do, they are very accommodating. I could also quote you if you would like, just e-mail me. Suggestion for you would be to consider 6 6.5 speakers, very loud for the rider, although quite bright for the passengers in the boat or 4 6x9's fuller sound, needs a little more power. With the 8's and mids you will loose the goal of getting music to the rider. 6 6x9's make for a big box on a SAN. Ben's looks great because the X 30 is a wider boat with more room on the tower, we have also done an X30 lots of room with moore mounting options. The SAN requires compound angle mounts to keep it low profile so you can get under it with your bimini and forehead! Good luck, Eric|
|Here's some that I built from MDF and Aluminum covered with fiberglass... They're still work in progress as I am waiting on Ryno-gear to make some more 2" brackets and I need to line them with Dynamat yet. They are housing two Kicker R6C's and two R6S component speakers. |
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|Ken, those look great!|
|Thanks, It took a lot of man hours though. I can't wait to get them finished and hear what they sound like.|
| A.P. Sorry for the delay. Here are some photos. I just used the s/s bolts that came with them and bought s/s nut. I used a aluminum plate 4" 1/8 thick on the inside of the box for extra bracing. I only used 2 clamps on my box. |


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Ruined (The Hunger #4) by Jason Brant
The Hunger series is, or was, a trilogy charting the rise of an average schlub, if not an outright loser—a chunky, middle-aged, vaguely “survival stupid” American everyman who relies on (really) dumb luck, sarcasm, and an endearing dedication to slow personal improvement over time.
The transition of Lance is a familiar but enjoyable arc of “a failure at modern life finds success, and himself, only when the world ends”—and along the way, bosses, ex-wives, strongmen, and other annoying sorts are given their just desserts. Good people come and go, too.
As Lance works to keep the muscle and lose the fat, he finds a punky, Mohawk-sporting hottie (Cass) who is tougher, smarter, and swears more than he does in the process. Cass is a fan favorite, and should be.
So there is the core cast, and, without spoilers, the upshot of that highly-recommended three-book journey is to introduce and explore a vampire-leaning (aka “Vladdie”) monster apocalypse that resets humanity in the way of say, the Rot and Ruin series, The Purge of Babylon series, or (sigh) The Walking Dead series… I could list about ten more names of series installments here, but I won’t. You’re welcome. Point being, the only real “problem” is the saturation of the broad concept.
Brant managed to pull-off The Hunger trilogy anyway, because while he doesn’t reach (deliberately) for the creativity and literary value of, say, Rot and Ruin, nor the character-interchangeability (not a compliment) of TWD, he has something most other series phone-ins of the genre do not: humor. A good mix of it, mostly lowbrow, but at the same time, not dirty or nasty. Having read quite a bit of “dark fiction” of late, I also thank the author for avoiding deep dives on bumping uglies and the descriptions of same, because… eh, just because.
Anyway, humor: that’s what made the trilogy work so well. Zombies and vampires are both dead genres (uh, you know what I mean) thanks to overexposure (to the sun, hah!), and short of creating great literature “featuring” these creatures, it’s difficult to imagine anyone resurrecting (hah, but seriously, last time) the scene for quite some time… unless it’s funny.
Humor works in all stages of a bubble, but it’s particularly good fun to stab the needles of satire into yawning repeats and to roll your eyes at established norms—ones that, in honesty, are usually pretty stupid right out of the gate.
Okay, so that was the past, and it brings you up to speed on where Hunger #4 goes, or tries to go, or at least launches from initially. Brant fast-forwards two years, matching the real-world, two-year gap from Hunger book #3 to #4. The conclusion of the trilogy is deftly shifted (not so much reversed) by realistic possibilities that, yay, demand new material and adventures. This might not seem like a big deal, but Brant went for closure with his trilogy, got it, and it would have sucked to see it reopened badly.
But fear not: it’s all good. Lance, Cass, and friends come out of retirement and get moving again in the world of the Walking Dea… err, of a post-apocalyptic world filled with vampire-like demons that can only play at night and, zombie-like, don’t think or talk so much. Well… those were the trilogy’s rules, anyway…
This book moves, and as it screams along, other humans appear, new ones in pretty basic flavors. Aside from the Vladdie invasion/occupation, there are human resettlement and survivor groups with different camps and outlooks. These differences are logical enough, but as screen time is limited, descriptions are extremely taut, and the reliance of emotion is on the trilogy crew.
Would more time with the “bad guys” help? Maybe, but it might also drag, and Jason Brant doesn’t let his junk drag, people. Instead, he has snappy, short dialogue chunks, fun cultural references, self-aware nods to horror and fans of action movies in particular, and this installment is a satisfying fun-guilty-read from sentence one. Literally.
I don’t always love frantic “minimalist thriller” pacing of this kind, personally, but this is less a ding on Brant than it is a question of a whole “new” type of storytelling arising as attention spans and educational levels hit new…
Oh, was I talking?
Anyway, there’s zero fat on any given sentence in the entire book, and that’s a good thing, however it happens.
Hunger #4 is a satisfying and worthwhile expansion of the universe. The “80s action hero smartass” role of Lance and the axe-wielding iconoclast Cass are now familiar, but there is character growth (bro!). For one, they are now parents. If nothing can quite return us to the joy of a first impression for a beloved character, it’s still a fun ride.
The humor returns in #4 as well, but slightly less prevalent, as the book dials slightly more into a tone of loss and concern (as opposed to the somewhat absurdist, zero-day hilarity in the first entries of the series). As humor is hard in fiction, what jokes and laughs do exist are much-appreciated… because, again, it is humor that elevates this above the pack of competitors.
Another strong book in a great series, Hunger #4 very clearly leads into Hunger #5, and the plot, pace, and characterizations are engaging, established, and (thank goodness) the non-human villains are constantly evolving and changing, physically and mentally, such that it isn’t another FPS-on-paperback wearing out its welcome.
Hunger #5? #6? Yes, please!

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Meet the beautiful ice queen of Arendelle, now in a stunning lavender dress with a crown to match! This LEGO® minifigure dp071 Elsa is the perfect addition to your collection, with her trademark quality and attention to detail. From the determined expression to the flowing cape, this minifigure captures the essence of Elsa in every way.
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Russian leasing company Ilyushin Finance (IFC) has ordered 31 Tupolev Tu-204SM airliners from United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The 210-seater twinjets will be produced between 2010-12 at the Aviastar plant in Ulyanovsk.
The core contract is worth $1.5 billion at catalogue prices, is the launch order for the SM version of the twinjet, featuring improved Perm PS-90A2 turbofans, better avionics and onboard systems. This version will stay in production until it is replaced by next-generation MS-21 single-aisle narrowbody.
The deal also contains options for 30 more Tu-204SM airframes, which if firmed up will bring the value of the contract to $3bn. IFC hopes to win orders from international airlines for the aircraft, and says Iranian, Bulgarian and Brazilian airlines have expressed an interest in the Tu-204SM.
UAC president Aleksei Fiodorov says the IFC order is the biggest Tu-204 contact so far, and it gives UAC and the whole of the supply chain the opportunity to cut production costs and manage the production chain “in a better, more effective way”.
Kazan-based KAPO will focus on manufacture of wing section for Aviastar, a decision that will allow streamlined airframe parts production and help cut down costs.
Tupolev president Igor Shevchuk says the current Tu-204-100/300 models will stay in production until 2010, when he expects the SM to win Russian certification.
He says eight Tu-204s will have been delivered by the end of the year: two Tu-204-300 extended range, short fuselage versions to Vladivostok Avia – one of which was delivered this week - and six Tu-204-100Vs to Red Wings. Next year the production will double, with customers including Red Wings, Volga-Dnepr Group and Iran Airtour.
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Preston's Republic of Ireland ace Alan Browne happy to do the business on and off the pitch
Shrewd negotiator Alan Browne has revealed why he chooses not to rely on an agent to do his talking for him after landing a new contract with Preston.
Midfielder Browne put pen to paper on a deal which takes him through to June 2021.
He had two years left on his previous contract but the new terms represent a 12-month extension on that.
It is the fifth new contract he has signed since arriving at Deepdale from Cork City in January 2014.
Browne is something of a rare breed in football in that he does not use an agent.
Last season’s double player of the year winner negotiated this deal with North End over the summer, finalising it since returning for pre-season last week.
He was given an extra few days’ holiday after playing for the Republic of Ireland at the end of last term.
Browne told the Post: “I had an agent when I first came to Preston as a kid, just to get it all done.
“Once that was done, I felt I was with a club where I was happy and could clearly see the progression.
“I thought then I didn’t want to be at any other club so I didn’t see the need for an agent.
“This club has rewarded me as I have gone along and that is testament to them.
“I don’t find it awkward when I’m in negotiations.
“It is business when we are in the room talking but after, it is back to football.
“I negotiate with Peter Ridsdale, while the gaffer has talked to me too.
“It’s good to hear what they say and their views on things.
“When you are negotiating, things go back and forth a bit before you get an agreement.
“I’m happy with what has been said to me and the deal we have agreed.”
Browne saw last season as his best so far in a PNE shirt.
He made 40 starts and nine appearances from the bench, scoring nine goals.
That goals return was good going, bearing in mind he had only managed seven before last term.
Said Browne: “I think I have progressed every year here, no more so than last season.
“Hopefully I can keep on doing that and help the club.”
Browne is the latest in a line of PNE players to sign new deals in recent weeks.
Paul Huntington agreed a new three-year contract on Tuesday, the defender having entered the last 12 months of his previous deal.
During the close season, Darnell Fisher, Tom Clarke, Sean Maguire, Paul Gallagher and Mathew Hudson penned new deals.
North End’s aim is to get the majority of the squad on deals of two years or more.
Negotiations continue with Daniel Johnson, who is in the final year of his deal.

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|Title:||Stress Corrosion Cracking of Austenitic Stainless Steels in Simulated Nuclear Reactor Conditions|
|Authors:||SIEGL Jan; HAUSILD P; NEDBAL Ivan; NOVOTNY Radek|
|Citation:||New Methods of Damage and Failure Analysis of Structural Parts p. 281-290|
|Publisher:||New University, Ostrava|
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|Abstract:||Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of selected austenitic stainless steels was investigated within the SAFELIFE and HPLWR-2 projects. The aim was to identify and describe the specific failure mechanisms in simulated reactor conditions, i.e., a combination of slow strain rate and high temperature in different environments. Slow J-R and standard SCC tests of AISI 304L stainless steel with different degree of cold working, were carried out under BWR condition. Slow strain-rate tensile (SSRT) tests of 316L stainless steel were carried out in ultra-pure demineralized supercritical water (SCW) solution. Tested specimens were subjected to fractographic analysis in order to characterize the failure mechanisms. The specimens failed due to a combination of transgranular SCC and transgranular ductile fracture. The ratio of SCC and ductile fracture was affected by the parameters of tests, in particular by temperature, pressure, oxygen content and strain rate|
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“It is completely unacceptable that less respite care is being provided so far in 2018 compared to last year. He revealed that 1,410 less overnight respite sessions were provided in Dublin South West in 2018 compared to 2017” said Sean Crowe T.D. The TD said that despite all the promises made by the government in 2017 to improve and increase respite care, it is clearly failing those that need this vital service in Dublin South West and across the State.
Teachta Crowe said: “Respite care is one of the most important services provided by the health service. Those who avail of respite services will tell you that it is precious in providing their loved one and their family with much needed rest. “It is utterly unacceptable that despite rising requests and need, less respite care is being provided this year compared to last year. “Figures released to Sinn Féin show that the number of overnight respite sessions accessed by people with a disability fell by up 2,911 sessions in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2017.
“In Dublin South West there were a massive 1,410 less overnight respite sessions provided so far this year compared to 2017. “This situation is completely unacceptable. When provision is cut or
reduced it has serious real life implications for families. “These respite sessions provide respite and relief to parents and families who have a person in the household with a disability; they are some of the hardest pressed and struggling families in the state, and the evidence shows that this government is failing them. “We need to see year on year increases and investment in respite services in order to provide for currently unmet need and future need. You cannot provide less respite to the tune of thousands of hours and expect families who need it not to suffer. “The cutting of these respite sessions has real life implications for families across the State and it has to be reversed as a matter of urgency.”


The blinkx view of video search
May 22 - As shares in the video search company soar on their first day of trading, Blinkx Chief Executive Suranga Chandratillake looks ahead.
After demerging from the British search software specialist Autonomy Corp,. the online video search company Blinkx is making a strong debut on London’s Alternative Investment Market.
The oversubscribed shares were trading as much as 50 percent higher from their placing price within hours of floating.
Blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake tells Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan how the capital generated through the flotation will help the company achieve its aim of becoming the ‘‘remote control’’ for video on the Internet.


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Market Journal: Ag Issues from this Year's Legislature
May 2, 2008
On this week's Market Journal Extension specialists discuss some of the bills passed by the 2008 Legislature that will affect agriculture, including the Beginning Farmer program. This program was expanded so that farm and ranch owners can now rent to family members, given there is a written succession plan.
Also on the program this week:
- Hog market's bright export outlook, but dim profit forecast — Ron Plain, University of Missouri-Columbia extension marketing specialist ;
- Update on the Panhandle wheat crop — Drew Lyon, Extension dryland cropping specialist;;
- Storing distillers grain — John Hay, extension energy educator;
- Weather — Al Dutcher, Nebraska state climatologist
Next week's Market Journal will look at the Clean Water Act , the role of the EPA and its effect on agriculture.
Market Journal broadcast times:
- NET1 - Saturday, 7 a.m. CT
- NET2 - Sunday, 9 a.m. CT
Dish Network, Channel 9411
- Friday, 12:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, 9:30 p.m. CT
- Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. CT

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UN Women in the Pacific
UN Women’s Pacific Office (MCO) works with governments and civil society organisations across 14 Pacific Island countries and territories to address gender inequality, empower women and build more inclusive societies.
Over the last 10 years, Pacific Island countries have taken significant strides towards committing to the protection and promotion of human rights. Despite this, discrimination against women and gender inequality are widely known as the most pervasive and prevalent human rights violations in the Pacific. There remains much work ahead.
While women are increasingly active in the business sector, they are still overrepresented in the informal sector, more likely to be in low wage or unpaid family employment and are more likely to be affected by an economic crisis, as well as climate and health emergencies. The Pacific still has the lowest global percentages of women in leadership roles including the world’s lowest overall average of women in parliament.
And although women are now more protected by domestic violence laws passed across the region, the Pacific still has twice the global average of violence against women. When increasing severe natural disasters strike, women face higher risks of violence and illness, and decreased access to critical services like healthcare, shelter, and food. The issues that women face in the Pacific are complex and often compounding, and UN Women works to address these interlinking issues through four programme areas:
- Governance and Participation in Public Life (GPPL)
- Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE)
- Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG)
- Peace, Security, Humanitarian, and Resilience (PSHR)
The UN Women Pacific Office covers Fiji, Solomon Islands, The Republic of Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands with presence in Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

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