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Your wife introduced us a few weeks ago, just after the Bill Frisell Harmony performance at the Big Ears Festival. I had just finished sobbing over the “We Shall Overcome” arrangement, so not at my most composed. I tried to express a sliver of what your work has meant to me, but it did not come out quite as clarion clear as I had hoped. You were gracious even as you seemed baffled by my prattling.
I don’t blame you. I have had, over the years, at least half a dozen opportunities to walk up to you and tell you my how-Bill-Frisell-changed-my-life story. I never really wanted to because I knew that my words would never convey the immensity of the thing. When I met Carole earlier that day, I joked about how I would probably never tell you – or anyone – the whole thing. And because she is kind and lovely, she took me in hand and introduced us so I could get it over with, and, alas, I was a fumble-tongued fanboy. But I’m a better writer than talker, so here goes my shot at redemption.
In Fall, 2003, my family hosted a 3-month guitar course at our home in Atlanta. Anywhere from 16 to 23 guitarists bunked into our house, all of us cooking and cleaning and working together to create some truly wonderful music. The recording that came from those weeks represent, to my ears, the best of what is generally known as Guitar Craft.1Guitar Craft was founded by Robert Fripp in 1985 and continues to this day under a variety of different guises. Plenty of info out there for the curious. It was a tremendous experience, one of the keystones in my life as a musician.
And then came November. It was over, the cadre of scruffy guitarists scattered back to the winds, our bustling beehive of a home pretty darned empty. I was left wondering what next for my work as a musician. The Guitar Craft approach is highly disciplined, with an emphasis placed on technical precision. In fairness, it is about much more than this, and the music is, at its best, breathtaking. But after 3 months of fine tuning to where sustained cross-picking of 16th notes at 132 bpm is like falling off a log, I will aver that the emphasis on chops began to feel a bit weighty. Further, Guitar Craft is excellent training for learning how to work productively with other Guitar Craft players. But the roadmap for working with non-GC folks – which was my looming reality with everyone gone home – was not clear. I needed to figure something out.
In December, as a reward for her superhuman forbearance, I took Stanwyck to New York for a spree. She is a painter, so it was mostly to be about visual art. But it happened that you were playing the Vanguard with Kenny and Tony, so we decided to check it out. I was vaguely familiar with your work, so I was not really prepared for what happened. I was expecting some jazz chops, man, some blazing and scorching, some primo face melting. Instead, I got a Hank Williams tune. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. A Dylan joint. Some three-chord folk ditties. What the World Needs Now, fer cryin out loud.
I mean, come the fuck on, man. And yet, I was captivated, my drink untouched. I was in, totally there, ready for whatever you did next.
And then you started Jules Styne’s People Who Need People, and I laughed out loud. More of a guffaw, really. And you stopped and looked around and said, “You think I’m joking or what?” and went ahead and played it. And I was in perfect heaven.2You can hear this on the Further East/West album. Yes indeed, I once recorded with Bill Frisell.
I did not think you were joking. I laughed because I felt this liberation at the idea that any song is worthy, any song can be a vehicle for your joy. It was not about chops or speed or any of the stuff that – while valuable to a point – had begun to get in my way as a musician.
So I walked out of the High Church of Vanguard with ideas, ways to move into another phase of work. Standing on the street corner at 7th Ave. South and Perry Street, abrim with a sense of possibility and momentum, I turned to Stanwyck and said, “I think my inner Jerry just got permission to come out and play.”
So when I got home I started listening to ALL the Frisell, and all the everything that Frisell pointed to, like Jim Hall and Johnny Smith and Lee Konitz and Paul Motian &c. Going through the Harry Smith and Alan Lomax collections. Learning the standards and originals as best I could in New Standard Tuning because, hey, 20 years of fretboard mapping is not going over the rail just like that.
But more than anything: More than the quirky melodies (hello “Rag” and “Amarillo Barbados”) or the intricate nesting-doll jigsaws of pieces like “Throughout”3Carla Bley is correct. This is a perfect piece., there was something about the attention to space, the willingness to listen and play spare. The idea that a couple of well placed notes might be sufficient, if not superior, to a cascade of shimmering 16ths.
And this somehow started to slip into the everyday of my life. Listening more. Contributing less often, worrying less about whether I can keep up with the fastest hi-flyers.4Full disclosure: I never could. Thinking about texture and negative space and color. Somehow, your playing that night in the Vanguard twigged a response that ran deep and utterly transformed how I worked and thought as a musician and human being. Since then, I have seen you at least two dozen times, and every time, I learn something else about living life tethered to a slab of wood and six wires.
There is no blame or complaint on Guitar Craft in this. The volumes I learned in that orbit continue to reverberate. But the time had come for me to explore a different path. It could have been a different spark than your show, but it wasn’t. Reckon I’m glad it wasn’t an Abba tribute band that weekend, but then again, that might have been pretty damn skippy, too. Music is.
In a way, that night was about connecting me back to the aspects of playing that had made me want to play in the first place (cf. my “inner Jerry” comment). That feeling of connecting with the music in an organic way. The idea of music as an ongoing conversation that can happen between people of a wide range of backgrounds and vocabularies.
Over time I became a different musician, which is to also say that I became a different human being. Maybe not readily apparent to most people around me, but palpable and dramatic from within my own skin.
The day before we met, you and Abigail Washburn hosted a Sound & Silence event. Sitting in a circle of people actively cultivating Silence is a familiar activity for me and is a central part of the Guitar Craft work. (Another thread/strand coming full circle.) Afterwards, during comments, a young woman commented that your guitar playing had imposed a masculine intrusion on her experience. Her experience is her own, and I do not doubt her sincerity, but I found her characterization at odds with how I hear your work.
For better or worse5Worse, I’d suggest., the guitar has become a cliche for phallic excess, a priapic extension of the armadillo-trousered rock god, the guitar community long a hotbed of dudebro exclusion. And Guitar Craft, despite the best intentions and the participation of some fantastically strong women, has historically been something of a sausage fest.
But I do not get that with your playing. Your reserve and propensity to understate, to hear what is being said before contributing, strikes me as more representative of what we might short-handedly call the feminine principle, a manifestation of nurturing and yielding. (And yeah, the whole feminine/masculine dichotomy is every bit as fraught with nonsense as left-right brain or moon/sun energy reductions. But let’s just go ahead on since we got this far.)
Like many of my generation, I was raised to attain standards of masculinity that are not just physically and psychologically impossible; they are utterly ruinous to those who try.6Toxic masculinity is an almost impossibly perfect label for this shit. I have no idea if your upbringing carried the same freight, but as white guys of a certain age, it seems we must have endured some of the same pressures and expectations.
Like I said, the changes in the way I play guitar began to seep across to how I lived, loved, acted as a friend and parent. And vice versa. My pursuit of a feminine aspect of playing flowed back and forth between the playing/non-playing me in a way that helped me shed some of the baggage of my raising and allow myself to embrace a sense of vulnerability as something positive rather than shameful.
It has been a good change. It has been honest and hard earned. And here, 15 years after that first real exposure to your music, I remain utterly grateful for the information you shared and proud of the work I’ve been able to do.
When we met, I was wrapped up in this narrative of how important your work had been to me, so it is only natural that I would have been a blithering dope. Maybe next time we meet we can talk about stuff, just a couple of guitar players sharing stories. Like, hey, were you ever a Deadhead? How did you like the Art Ensemble 50th anniversary show? Isn’t Carla Bley the absolute coolest? Or even, hey, you’re married to a painter, too? It’s like we’re twinsies!
Bless you, Bill, and thank you beyond what words can express. Wishing you and your wonderful partner Carole all the best in the world.
See ya around,
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|1.||↑||Guitar Craft was founded by Robert Fripp in 1985 and continues to this day under a variety of different guises. Plenty of info out there for the curious.|
|2.||↑||You can hear this on the Further East/West album. Yes indeed, I once recorded with Bill Frisell.|
|3.||↑||Carla Bley is correct. This is a perfect piece.|
|4.||↑||Full disclosure: I never could.|
|5.||↑||Worse, I’d suggest.|
|6.||↑||Toxic masculinity is an almost impossibly perfect label for this shit.|


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Carly Pearce is here, and she is a force! We’re talking all about her spot on Luke Bryan’s big stadium tour and her ongoing devotion to the Grand Ole Opry. Carly also tells us about taking her boyfriend, Michael Ray, over to Opry legend Jeannie Seely’s house to drink wine and hear stories about country’s colorful history. She also opens up about her first kiss with Michael and how this relationship makes all the ups and downs of past relationships worth it. Ashley digs in to get some good dating advice from Carly while Hunter relates their respective dating histories back to songs on Carly’s debut album, “Every Little Thing.”
If you listen closely, you just might hear Hunter’s dog, Billy Wynette Jones, snoring in the background.

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Swords and SamuraiBook - 2004
This colourful, informative book explains the amazing civilisations of ancient China and Japan. Readers will uncover the mysteries of the silk trade, the way of the warrior, and the lives of emperors and peasants. A variety of projects are included to bring the past to life. Ages 8+.
Publisher: London : 2004
Branch Call Number: JNF 950 STEE
Characteristics: 128 p. : ill. ; 30 cm

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The Latest Strategies For Bay Clean-up
The Chesapeake Bay Program, that multi-state, multi-federal agency partnership working on bay restoration, released Monday the latest set of draft strategies to guide the next steps in restoring America’s largest estuary to the health it once enjoyed.
As expected, it includes calls for more effective management of blue crab harvests, protecting restored oyster reefs and getting better control of storm water run-off. But it also has some new wrinkles.
For the first time since the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement was inked in 1983, the document mentions climate change and the need to prepare low lying areas for the inevitable sea level rise that will come with it. Nick DiPasquale, head of the Chesapeake Bay Program, said the section was included because the topic came up repeatedly during public meetings with scientists and others.
The strategies also take into account existing healthy waters within the bay region.
"It’s the first time we’ve ever acknowledged that there are a lot of really great, clean places from New York to West Virginia to Pennsylvania and everywhere else in between," said Mark Bryer, head of the Nature Conservancy’s Chesapeake Bay Program. "And we, collectively as a partnership, want to protect these places."

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SA40 Cash Index
The SA40 Cash Index has moved to close below the dotted trend line used as the trailing stop loss level, and we now consider a market neutral positioning. The loss of momentum in the upward trend highlights a broader range consolidation environment, with no clear trend bias in place. The outskirts of this range sees resistance at 53090 and support at 50239. The index price is trading more or less in the middle of this range, no man’s land. We are looking for a reversal or break, of support or resistance, before initiating new long or short positions. For now, we are waiting for the next opportunity to present itself. Should the range trade or breakout trade scenario manifest, we will update our view accordingly.
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Inspirational acceptance speeches filled the 2018 Oscars, as winners continued this award season's inclusive dialogue.
Best actress winner, Frances McDormand, asked all the women nominated for an award to stand up during her acceptance speech. She told the audience, "We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed."
McDormand ended her speech saying, "I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider."
Speaking from the perspective of an immigrant, Shape of Water director Guillermo Del Toro delivered a speech about bringing cultures together. He said, "The greatest thing that our art does and our industry does is erase the line in the sand. We should continue doing that, when the world tells us to make it deeper."
Del Toro's sentiments were echoed by the creators of Coco who were not only happy to win an Oscar, but also happy they made a movie representing a different culture. Director Lee Unkrich said, "With Coco we tried to take a step forward toward a world where all children can see characters in movies that look and talk and live like they do. Marginalized people deserve to feel like they belong. Representation matters."
There were many wonderful speeches throughout the show. Some of the other highlights were when Sam Rockwell dedicated his Oscar to deceased friend, Philip Seymour Hoffman. And also when The Silent Child writer Rachel Shenton signed her speech so deaf people could understand. But my personal favorite was when Allison Janney joked, "I did it all by myself."


3D PRINTING & PROCESS ULTIMATE LIST OF ACRONYMS
Confused with variety and creativity of Additive Manufacturing terms? You’re not the only one.
Every 3D Printing Glossary reaches a dead end the moment it tries to embrace terminology of Industrial 3D Printing.
More 3D manufacturing terms, including most popular materials used in AM as well as traditional manufacturing and tooling, on the sister list 3D MULA:
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3DMP = 3D Metal Print
a variation of Direct Energy Deposition↓ metal additive method developed and trademarked by Gefertec, in which an electric arc is used to melt and weld the metal wire, depositing it in layers to create the near-net-shape part. The resulting part usually requires to undergo the additional milling and/or further finishing steps. Similar DED method using wire feedstock instead of powder, but with different source of heat to melt the wire, is ↓EBAM.
Example machine: Gefertec arc603.
3DP = 3D Printing
original name of the ↓CJP process.
3DS = 3D Systems
3SP = SCAN, SPIN AND Selectively Photocure
enhanced ↓SLA process using multi cavity diode laser and rotating mirror assembly instead of galvo mirrors to quickly trace the cross sections of the part, first in Y and then in X direction. Use of the diode rather than solid state laser makes the overall assembly cheaper, and the rotating mirror eliminates any potential focus issues occurring in large format stereolitography machines. Developed by EnvisionTEC in 2013.
Example machine: EnvisionTEC Vector Hi-Res.
ADAM = Atomic Difusion Additive Manufacturing
metal additive process by Markforged using extruded filament-style rods containing plastic binder and approximately 60% metal powders. Metal rods are melted with an extruder in order to deposit layers without the need for protective inert gas atmosphere. The parts require to undergo de-binding and sintering in order to remove the binder.
Example machine: MarkForged Metal X.
BJ = Binder Jetting
a descriptive term for a wide group of processes using the binding agent to adhere the particles of the chosen medium. The resulting parts out of the print bed are in the so-called ‘green state’ and need to be further infiltrated, infused with more medium, and/or undergo thermal and chemical post processing.
The main advantages of Binder Jetting systems are the high speeds and lower operating temperatures. More relaxed a printing process, it allows for more flexibility in terms of particle sizes and type for medium: ceramics, sand, sandstone, polymers, and metal alloys. Layer height is dependant on particle size. In case of metals, there is no need for generating protective inert gas environment.
BMD = Bound Metal Deposition
metal additive process by Desktop Metal similar to ↑ADAM where filament-style rods containing wax, binder and metal particles are extruded and layered without the need for protective atmosphere. An important innovation here is a ceramic layer ('Ceramic Release Layer') which is being deposited between the part and the support structures, allowing for easier post-processing of the part before de-binding and sintering.
Example machine: Desktop Metal Studio System.
CAD = Computer Aided Design
CAM = Computer Aided Manufacturing
CDLM = Continuous digital light manufacturing
patent-protected additive manufacturing process by EnvisionTEC based on the DLP approach enhanced by moving ERM (Enhanced Resolution Module) that allows for double exposure of pixels to light while photo-curing the resin.
Example machine: EnvisionTEC VIDA HD cDLM.
CJP = Colour Jet Printing
additive process developed by ZCorp (later acquired by 3D Systems), sometimes also referred to as Colour Jetting, Binder Jetting or 3DP.
Example machine: 3D Systems' Projet660Pro.
CLIP = Continuous Liquid Interface Production
first step of two-step additive process by Carbon3D in which thermoset resins are cured with projector light via oxygen-permeable window, allowing continuos resin flow and minimising the appearance of layers.
Example machine: Carbon3D M1.
DED = Directed Energy Deposition
one of 7 categories by which ISO/ATSM classifies the types of Additive Manufacturing processes (correct as of 2018). DED is a process where focused thermal energy (generated by laser, electron beam or plasma arc) is used to fuse materials by melting them as they are being deposited; example processes: ↓DMLS, ↓SLM, ↓EBM
DfAM = Design For Additive Manufacturing
set of design guidelines for additive manufacturing process different from the rules guiding other manufacturing methods. Main guidelines advocate the model to be solid, manifold and watertight and walls to have a minimal thickness - the particulars vary according to the 3D printing process.
As of 2018, DfAM might also refer to: Diversity in Additive Manufacturing.
DLP = Digital Light Processing
resin curing additive method using projector light instead of laser (↓SLA) to create parts. Main advantages of using projector light versus laser is the increased surface area cured by a single exposure, which results in faster 3D printing process; main downside: weaker acrylic rather than epoxy-based resins.
Example machine: B9 Creations' B9 Creator.
DLS = Digital Light Synthesis
two step additive manufacturing process developed by Carbon3D, consisting of CLIP as a first stage of the process, and thermal curing which finalises the mechanical properties of the material as second.
Example Machine: Carbon3D M3.
DMLM = Direct Metal Laser Melting
additive laser powder bed process by German company Concept Laser, as of 2017 part of GE Additive.
Example Machine: Concept Laser MLab Cusing R.
DMLS = Direct Metal Laser Sintering
powder bed process using an infrared laser (usually either CO2 or fibre laser) to selectively melt the cross sections of the printed parts on bed filled with metal powder. Due to high energy generated to meet different melting points of alloys, the parts require support structures designed within the powder bed, to act as heatsinks.
Example machine: EOS Cooksongold M080 Precious.
DMP = Direct Metal Printing
powder-bed laser metal 3D printing process by 3D Systems, in which layers of metal are sintered in protective inert gas atmosphere. Green parts require significant levels of chemical and mechanical post-processing.
Example machine: 3D Systems' DMP Flex 100.
EBAM = Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
a ↑DED method similar to wire laser welding.
EBM = Electron Beam Melting
powder-bed metal additive manufacturing method using concentrated electron beam in order to melt and fuse the powder particles. Slower than comparable laser systems. EBM parts are denser and less porous than parts from ↑DLMS and Binder Jetting, and don't require any ↓HIP treatments. Developed in 1997 by Swedish company Arcam (as of 2017, part of GE Additive).
Example machine: Arcam EBM Q10 Plus.
EOS = Electro Optical Systems
German manufacturer of reliable industrial polyamide (↓SLS) and metal (↑DLMS) sintering systems designed for large volume production. Company provides an entire ecosystem of hardware, software and post-processing units.
Example machine: Formiga P110.
FDM = Fused Deposition Modelling
material deposition process in which a pre-prepared thermoplastic in form of a filament undergoes the hot-end extrusion and subsequent deposition on either composite, metal, aluminum or borosilicate glass build plate. Two most popular axis systems are Cartesian and Delta.
Example machine: Ultimaker S5.
FFF = Fused Filament Fabrication
see: ↑FDM; thermoplastic hot-end extrusion process originally registered under FFF name by 3D Systems in the early 1990's. Both terms can now be used interchangeably, however seems that some companies favour FFF over FDM in their press materials so as not to infringe the copyright (an ongoing investigation).
FGF = Fused Granular Fabrication
large scale extrusion process from pellets by Belgian company Colossus. FGF machines are self contained, fitted in the old shipping containers, and are fit to process a wide range of both new and post-consumer plastics in form of pellets.
Current largest FGF machine has a build volume of 2.67m x 1m x 1.5m, and can process up to 15kg of material per hour.
HIP = Hot Isostatic Pressing
post-processing infiltration process for porous metal AM parts from powder systems, especially Binder Jetting. The green part is infiltrated with another material to improve mechanical properties.
Example use: Peweter-filled Stainless Steel.
HSS = High Speed Sintering
inkjet-based nylon sintering process developed in 2003 by Prof. Neil Hopkinson and Loughborough University. HSS is faster compared to the traditional nylon ↓SLS process thanks to the application of infrared (IR) absorbing fluid deposited between layers of polyamide via Xaar printheads. The areas are then simultaneously exposed to the large-surface infrared lamp that melts and sinters loose polymeric powder. The amounts of IR fluid can be regulated throughout the build, enabling for printing items in greyscale, with future potential to incorporate full colour printhead jetting.
Example machine: Voxeljet VX200 HSS.
(HS)DM = (High Speed) Digital Moulding
air-permeable membrane-enhanced ↑DLP technology, similar to ↑CLIP, powering 3D Systems’ Figure 4 modular printing and finishing system, as well as NextDent 5100 3D printer. Digital Moulding allows for high-speed continuous production of functional parts at record speeds.
Example machine: 3D Systems Figure 4 Standalone
HTLS = High Temperature Laser Sinering
LCM = Litography-Based Ceramic Manufacturing
an open LED-based process for sinterable ceramic powders, with special focus for high-performance ceramics, developed and patented by Austrian company Lithoz. Current printable ceramic materials include yttria stabilised zirconia, highly biocompatible and bioinert alumina, bioresorbable TCP (tricalcium phosphate), and, as of recent, simulated lunar regolith.
Example machine: Lithoz CeraFab 7500.
Example material: LithaBone TCP 300.
LENS = Laser Engineering Net Shape
LMD = Laser Metal Deposition
↑DED method of printing metals by melting the material as it is being deposited. There are two variants of this model: powder↓LMDp and wire ↓LMDw
LMD-p = Laser Metal Deposition - powder
also known as “blown powder“ method; metal additive method in which the powder feedstock is being pumped through the nozzle and melted with laser as the new layer is deposited.
LMD-w = laser metal Deposition - wire
metal 3D printing method in which a wire feedstock is melted by laser in order to deposit metal in layers. Wire ↑LMD has certain advantaged over the powder bed methods [↓SLM, ↑DLMS (↓SLS), ↑EBM], namely cost and accessibility of the base material compared to the engineered AM metal powders.
LMF = Laser Metal Fusion
alternative term for powder-bed, laser melting process (identical to ↓SLM, ↑DMLS, or metal ↓SLS). LMF is often found in relation to German hardware manufacturer Trumpf - it is possible that the term was originally trademarked by the company (an ongoing investigation).
LOM = LAminated Object Manufacturing
also known as Sheet Lamination, a process in which sheets of materials are bonded to form an object. The cross sections of the object can be either pre-cut prior to the bonding, or cut to shape after deposition. The Original patent for LOM dates back to 1988 and the no-longer existent Helisys Corporation.
Example machine: MCOR Iris.
LS = Laser Sintering
another term used interchangeably with ↓SLS, often exclusively found in Stratasys publishing materials, perhaps for copyright reasons (an ongoing investigation).
MJF = Multi Jet Fusion
high-speed Nylon PA11/PA12 sintering process developed by HP and launched in 2016. As of 2018, the machines can only process single polymeric material, with plans to launch a full-colour version in the last quarter of 2019.
Example machine: HP Multi Jet Fusion 4210.
MJM - Multi Jet Modelling
see ↓MJP; sometimes also used in reference to the machines using the technology (Multi Jet Modeler).
MJP = Multi Jet Printing
multi-material system developed by 3D Systems in which parts are created by jetting and UV curing of the target material along with removable wax support. The use of UV curing and removable support allows for higher precision and more complex geometries. Sometimes also referred to as ↑MJM.
Example machine: 3D Systems' 3500HD Max.
Example material: VisiJet M3 Procast.
NPJ = Nano Particle Jetting
relatively new Metal and Ceramic additive process by Israeli company XJet, able to create parts by jetting material nanoparticles encapsulated in liquid droplets that evaporate in elevated temperature of the build chamber (+-300° Celsius), leaving behind the desired part fused together on a particle level.
Example machine: XJet Carmel 1400 AM System.
PBF = Powder Bed Fusion
a process in which thermal energy selectively fuses regions of a powder bed; one of 7 categories by which ISO/ATSM classifies the types of Additive Manufacturing processes (correct as of 2018).
PJ = PolyJet
multi-material process developed by Stratasys in which the parts are being jetted and UV cured simultaneously with a support material. Depending on the materials, certain properties like A offshore hardness can be altered prior to printing which allows for greater material flexibility. Soluble support material allows for creating more complex geometries, while some of the machines also support full colour textures.
Example machine: Stratasys J750.
Example material: Agilus 30 Clear.
PPU = POST PROCESSING UNIT
cleaning station used for gross removal of the unprocessed material from the completed part. It can be either built-in, external but integrated, or independent stand-alone unit. PPU plays an important role in most powder recovery systems, with some units included in the price of the system and some coming as optional extras. It is especially important issue to discuss prior to investing into any Metal AM systems.
PSA = Pre-stretched Assembly
a specially engineered consumable tray made with rigid metal frame and mechanically stretched separation film, to prevent any malformations and layer drops caused by resin weighing down the vat. Used for EnvisionTEC’s Desktop and Perfactory systems.
RSP = Rapid Solidification Process
part of the powder atomisation process in metallurgy, in which droplets of molten metal are cooled rapidly over the heatsink. Widely used in order to create pulverised metal powders of various alloys for Additive Manufacturing (powder-bed or DED), or Pressed Metal applications.
Example process: Nanoval Process.
SHS = Selective Heat Sintering
SLA = StereoLitography (AParatus)
process in which liquid photo-sensitive resin is solidified in cross-sectional layers in the process of photo-polymerisation by ultraviolet light generated by laser; considered to be the original 3D printing method by 'the father of 3D Printing' Charles 'Chuck' Hull, with the US patent dating back to 1984.
Example machine: 3DSystems' SLA iPro 8000.
Example material: Accura ClearView.
SLM = Selective Laser Melting
SLS = Selective Laser Sintering
STEP = Selective Toner Electrophotographic Process
new 3D printing process announced in first quarter of 2018 by Evolve Additive, a spinoff company of Stratasys. Based on the principles of electrophotographic printing (EP, laser printing) widely used in office 2D printers, the technology promises 50 times faster manufacturing times compared to other polymer AM processes, and capabilities to process real pulverised engineering plastics rather than optimised composites, further reducing AM costs to the injection moulding levels. As of September 2018, the first machine is officially in its Alpha stage.
STS = StrataSys
method developed by researchers from University of Sheffield. Acronym means absolutely nothing.
TLM = Tiled Laser Melting
patent-pending powder bed metal fiber laser sintering process by Portugese company Adira. The innovation of the process lies in uniform laser sintering in constrained, slightly overlapping areas, thus enabling significantly larger part output without any visible joinery or potential loss of strength on the weld.
Example machine: Adira AddCreator (AC).
Voxel = Vo(lumetric) (Pi)xel
Company behind original powder-based printhead jetting system where layers of the material are joined by binders jetted through printheads. The process had been later updated to print in full colour by incorporating magenta, cyan, yellow and black inks into the process. ZCorporation (ZCorp for short) had been acquired by 3D Systems in 2012, and the name is still used to describe both the process or the actual machine using engineered composite ('core') and binder. Until this day, plaster (sandstone) remains one of the most economical full colour entry-level prosumer systems on the market. 3D Systems stopped investing in R&D of this technology in 2012, with Projet 660Pro and 860Pro remaining the last released models.
Example machine: ZCorp 510.
Example material: VisiJet PXL Core.
If you don't enter the tiger's cave, you won't catch the cub.
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Obama and the ghostly winds of Quinquenio Gris
It’s like a perfect Aristotle tale. President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba back in 2016 introduced some outstanding action to the Island’s visual art market, but how did a new rule like the 2018 Decreto 349 unfold into a seamlessly matching third act of in-e-volution?
After Mr. Obama’s landing in Havana got things spiced up beyond imagination, another new arrival promises to be crucial for the international Cuban visual art market and all aspects of the arts in general. It’s the landing of Decreto 349, an allegedly resurrected ghost of Quinquenio Gris (The Five Year Gray Period), that time during the 1970s in which a sort of Caribbean Stalinist inquisition ruled every aspect of the Cuban cultural life.
<< On December 23, 2018, relevant emergent, mid and top-career Cuban visual artists got together with a statement “La plástica cubana se dedica al fútbol” (Cuban visual artists quit and turn into soccer). The artistic performative action came up as a protest to Decreto 349, a 2018 alleged censoring document proclaimed by the Cuban Government. >>
The whole Cuban art ecosphere talks about Decreto 349, although in this post we will only care about visual art trading, so let’s try to hint into the association among the document and our main points of interest.
Just as when Obama’s visit, the 2018 cultural Decree brings a lot a fuss, it’s just that in about what seems opposite directions…; and many even see the two as consequential moments.
Notes to the facts:
- First, in 2015, President Barack Obama made some fixes to the US- Cuba relations and the international art market made a definite shift to get closer to Cuban visual arts. It was a vibrant moment for even private initiatives that formally started managing what, up to that day, only State-run institutions had been allowed to... Even blossoming private galleries!
- And then Decreto 349 comes out in 2018, allegedly ascended straight from the darkness.
When Americans’ President landed in Havana four years ago, everyone got excited; finally, it would be set away all the fencing separating Cuban artists from the American public, sometimes denoted as the natural market of the Cuban visual arts. However, up to the date, here we are dissecting the symbolism and trying to summarize things up to put in an actual picture of the practice of commercializing Cuban fine art.
And that’s mostly it because all we can be precisely right about are our analyses and conclusions. So here they are.
Allegedly and in the overall, Decreto 349 has no direct intentions, declared or undeclared, in regards to distribution or art market per se. However, since in essence the document appears to be a regulatory tool, it would be a good heads- up to watch out what’s in your emergency kit.
So there is an essential question to go after: how the not fully stated aims of the Decree are about to unveil in regards to visual art trading?
Well, Decreto 349 some say is an explicit consequence of many things, including Mr. Obama’s visit. Those who subscribe, also prophet that the stormy document stepped in to make a full statement about the health of the still state-run cultural affairs apparatus reigning in Cuba.
It's good to mention that in this over four years period we’ve gone through a cycle of acts of good faith, undeclared cultural policy adjustments, hope and despair, a sequence of events in which we can trace down clues of some, perhaps, determining factors of what twists are up to come around. The mastery will be in the ability to read between the lines.
So here you are, right on the verge of closing our glorious five years Quinquenio of hope for not more solitude after the beginning of the thawing of the US- Cuba relations and the consequent 2016 Obamas’ visit.
It’s been a flashy Quinquenio of wait for more favorable happenings whiting the national arena that would help our conducting in the international art bazaar.
It's been a long wait, and now we have to sit tight and see, just like the elders always say to us.
We are so diligent at listening to our commanders that, as in about to everything, we are going to sit again and wait. In the meantime, some will point out a slight symmetry among the after Obama 2016 visit unfoldings and the made-up new ruling that some artists insist on seeing as a longing for Quinquenio Gris.
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2014 Huskies Baseball Preview
The Huskies will open up play this Thursday at 3 p.m in Newport News, Va. They are playing in the Apprentice School tournament against conference foes Kutztown and Lock Haven University along with a couple Virginia schools. The Huskies finished last season 21-26, but overcame a 17 game losing streak to finish close to .500 on the season. The Huskies were crippled with inexperience last season, as their three, four, and five hitters were all freshman. All three of those hitters returned along with a senior laden pitching staff. Here’s a look at your 2014 Huskies baseball team.
Last season the Huskies infield was comprised of two freshmen, a sophomore, and a junior. They were inexperienced, but very talented. With Brian Almand, reigning PSAC Freshman of the Year, moving from third base to shortstop, Tim Ravel will be able to slide over to his natural position of second base from shortstop. Over at first base, Joey Casselberry, who didn’t make an error last season, will once again man the right side of the infield. The newcomer to the infield is Gloucester Community College transfer Eric Frain. Frain was a part of a Gloucester team that won the Junior College World Series last year. He will provide the Huskies with a strong glove and the ability to keep the defense on their heels with his bunting ability.
James Ott will also be relied on to play either first or third base and provide the Huskies with the power that they need in their lineup.
The Huskies are fortunate to return their entire outfield from last season. Senior Brad Smith will be starting in center field for his last season, a position that he has held down since his freshman year. Smith in Centerfield will save many runs with his defense. A converted infielder, Nick Mazza will be back in the outfield for his second season. The sweet swinging lefty was impossible to strike out towards the end of last year, and was even named Husky of the Week at the end of last season. Junior A.J. Stump exploded onto the Huskies scene last year. Stump labored through his freshman year where he only had four at bats. A year later he was the starting right fielder. He will be back this season in right field once again.
Arguably the Huskies strongest position is the catching position. They certainly have three capable catchers and they will all share time behind the dish. Senior Tim Kurucz will be the Huskies opening day catcher. Behind him is sophomore Corey Baiada. Baiada also has a strong arm but garners most of his attention at the plate. As a freshman, he clubbed two grand slams and batted .291 in the four hole. Freshman Damin Muth will round out the catching crew. Muth impressed the coaches with his ability to swing the bat this fall. He will certainly have his time to shine this season.
One of this team’s many strengths should be its ability to throw the baseball. The Huskies pitching staff is very deep, with fourteen pitchers who can all get the job done. The senior class is experienced. Led by Casey Cooperman, the fourth year starter is looking to build off of a season where he posted a 2.36 ERA. Kyle Hunter, who was PSAC pitcher of the year his freshman year, has battled arm injuries since his fantastic freshman campaign. He will look to finish his senior year strong. The additional seniors Eric Geedey and Nick Donofry, are currently battling through arm injuries and should be able to help the Huskies down the road. Converted closer Tyler Hill will join the rotation this spring. The crafty left-hander will lo
ok to continue to overmatch hitters in a starting role this year. The two young stars of this pitching staff are Matt Jaskolka and Bryce Mengel. Jaskolka impressed new pitching coach Josh Epstein, with his ability to blow hitters away with his 90+ MPH fastball and his swing and miss slider. Mengel, a freshman, is extremely crafty. While his fastball may only hit 80 MPH, he has the ability to keep hitters off balance with his change-up. Fresh off a season where he was recovering from ACL surgery, the Huskies new closer will be Ryuta
Amaike. The hard throwing right-hander from Tokyo, Japan will be relied on to close down games for the Huskies this season.
This is one of Head Coach Mike Collins strongest teams in his nine years manning the helm. This team certainly has the talent and the experience to not only make the playoffs but to make a deep run in the playoffs. Make sure you can come up to Danny Litwhiler Field this spring to check out your Huskies and follow them on twitter @BloomUBaseball.BU Huskies Baseball Preview


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- They are refusing DO67 ERRs and BL04 JOBs alike in their number plate blacklist
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Whether you're a BO04 ZZY driver or just a plain old BA67 TRD on the road, we've all been entertained or offended by personalised number plates on UK vehicles.
But the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are attempting to clean up our filthy roads by refusing DO67 ERRs and BL04 JOBs alike.
Around 300 offensive number plates that will not be released next week when 67 vehicle registrations become available are NO67 FUN, NO67 END, MU67 GED, DO67 ERR, BA67 TRD and ST67 BBD.
Cleaning up the filth: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are refusing DO67 ERRs and BL04 JOBs alike in their latest blacklist of offensive number plates (mock-up image)
The blacklist comes after the number plate JH11 HAD was spotted in Newport, South Wales, in June, and reported to authorities. It was subsequently withdrawn, as the DVLA said the plate 'slipped through the net'.
Other combinations such as JE** HAD and *J11 HAD were also banned, according to information released to BBC Wales following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
The Swansea-based agency said it has a responsibility make sure the combination used on registration numbers 'does not cause upset or offence'.
Combinations included on the DVLA blacklist are:
-2011 vehicle registrations: BO11 OC*, DR11 GG* and PO11 CE*
The FOI letter continued: 'Such numbers are withheld if they are likely to cause offence or embarrassment to the general population in this country on the grounds of political, racial and religious sensitivities or simply because they are in poor taste when displayed correctly on a number plate.'
Banned combinations cannot be issued or sold at a DVLA Personalised Registration auction.
The agency has an exhaustive list of potentially naughty, nasty and offensive number plates, which it updates annually.
A DVLA spokesman said: 'Many people enjoy displaying a personalised number plate and the vast majority of registration numbers are made available - but we hold back any combinations that may cause offence, embarrassment or are in poor taste.
'We try to identify all combinations that may cause offence, and on the rare occasion where potentially offensive numbers slip through the net, steps are taken to withdraw the number.'
The DVLA has an exhaustive list of potentially naughty, nasty and offensive number plates (including the above), which it updates annually
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Shri Modi addresses public meetings in Karjan, Panchela, Bayad, Jalotara, Patan, Vijapur and Gandhinagar
Shri Modi launches scathing attack on Congress over FDI in retail. Seeks answers on the news report that Walmart paid Rs. 125 crore to enter India
Who pocketed these Rs. 125 crore and who has ruined the lives of the traders of India? In the court of the people let us show that a nation of 120 crore people cannot be bought: Shri Modi
Today Mrs. Sonia Gandhi came to Gujarat. She chose Dakor and Siddhpur so that Congress sins may be washed but Congress sins are such that even taking a dip in Siddhpur will not help: Shri Modi
I think Sonia Ben got papers of her 2007 speech. There was nothing about 2012 in it. She talked about 57 dark zones but haven’t dark zones gone? Asks Shri Modi
If Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has to talk about what Pandit Nehru did 50 years ago, you are admitting nothing happened for so many years: CM
You are shedding crocodile tears to farmers: CM to Mrs. Sonia Gandhi
For some people politics is a business, they believe in working for themselves only. Can we give such people a chance in Gujarat? Asks Shri Modi
Shri Modi talks of success of Sujalam Sufalam Yojana in North Gujarat
Mrs. Sonia Gandhi talks about poor law & order situation in Gujarat. Delhi is referred to as ‘crime capital’ and Gujarat is refereed to as ‘curfew free state!’ says Shri Modi
As an economist would have expected Prime Minister to rise above votebank politics: Shri Modi
On Monday 10th December 2012 Shri Narendra Modi addressed large public meetings in Karjan (Vadodara district), Panchela Bayad (Sabarkantha district), Jalotara (Banaskantha district), Patan (Patan district), Vijapur (Mehsana district) and Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar district). Shri Modi talked about the development initiatives in Gujarat and came down heavily on the Congress for their anti-Gujarat mindset. He delivered a fitting reply to Congress President, who addressed rallies in 2 places of Gujarat.
The Chief Minister talked at length about the development that has taken place in Gandhinagar over the last decade. He said that over the last decade Gandhinagar has emerged as an education capital with renowned Universities imparting quality education to students. He added that the city will see tremendous development in the field of solar energy and he also pointed out how the city would become a hub for conference tourism with the state of the art Mahatma Mandir.
The Chief Minister took on the UPA over the FDI in retail and expressed scathing criticism about the news report that Walmart paid Rs. 125 crore to enter India. He asked who pocketed these Rs. 125 crore and who has ruined the lives of the traders of India? He affirmed that the Congress may have won in the Parliament but it is for the people to show them that in the court of people that this decision is not acceptable. “A nation of 120 crore cannot be bought!” he avowed.
Shri Modi reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to Karamcharis and stated categorically that the development in Gujarat would not be possible without the lakhs of Karmayogis of Gujarat.
On Mrs. Sonia Gandhi addressing rallies in Patan and Siddhpur, Shri Modi commented, “She chose Dakor and Siddhpur so that the Congress’ sins are washed but their sins are such that even taking a dip in Siddhpur will not help.” On her speech he pointed, “I think Mrs. Sonia Gandhi got her 2007 speech with her. There was no issue of 2012! She says there are 57 dark zones but haven’t all dark zones gone? Fact that she was talking about dark zones shows she does not even have latest information.”
The Chief Minister declared that the fact that Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has to quote Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, she is admitting that the Congress has not done anything since then.He said, “In Siddhpur Mrs. Sonia Gandhi spoke about Pandit Nehru. But after him many CMs, PMs came what did they do? Talk on that atleast. If you have to talk about what Pandit Nehru did 50 years ago you are admitting nothing happened for so many years and you deserve to be uprooted from Gujarat!”
Puncturing Mrs. Sonia Gandhi’s lie on electricity situation in Gujarat he declared, “Madam Sonia ji, its better if you do not talk about electricity. Remember 4 months ago 19 states, 60 crore people in darkness. When the world media wrote about the darkness in India, they wrote that Gujarat where there was uninterrupted power!” The Chief Minister recalled that during Congress rule Langdi Vijli (interrupted power) was very common and this was because the Governments then did not build adequate substations. He stated, “During the Congress years 15 sub stations were built per year, we build the same number in a month!”He talked about the success of the Jyotigram Yojana in giving 24/7 power to the people.
Urging Mrs. Sonia Gandhi not to shed crocodile tears for the farmers, Shri Modi stated that despite having the machinery of the Centre, perennial rivers the Centre could not meet its target of 4% agriculture growth and was stuck at 2.5% whereas despite having only the Narmada, Tapi and a Rann constituting a large part of the state, Gujarat witnessed 11% growth in agriculture. He explained in detail how the overnight cotton export ban by the Centre caused immense losses to Gujarat’s farmers that too when prices were highest.
Taking on the UPA chairperson for her comment that there is unemployment in Gujarat, Shri Modi pointed, “Have you seen a youngster from Gujarat seeking a job outside? There is no district in India whose youngster is not working in Gujarat and sending money home.” He also cited a Government of India report that stated that Gujarat has the lowest unemployment in India and opined, “You do not trust us but you trust your Government? Your Government said in a report that if there is a state with the lowest unemployment it is Gujarat.”
He punctured the Congress lies that it was the Gujarat Government that delayed the Sardar Sarovar Dam. He shared that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru did the Shilanyas of the project and after that nothing happened for the next 26 years. Likewise, Mrs. Indira Gandhi did not act on the file for 9 years and now Congress leaders accuse BJP of delaying the project! He listed the obstructionist attitude of the Centre be it not allowing permission to build gates on the project or the fact that Shri Modi had to fast for getting permission to raise height of the dam.
Commenting on Mrs. Sonia Gandhi’s statement that the law and order situation in Gujarat is poor, Shri Modi stated that after the elections Mrs. Sonia Gandhi should visit the cities of Gujarat and on the streets she would find women riding scooters even during midnight. Shri Modi asked if the same could be said for Congress-ruled Delhi, where women do not venture out after sunset. He pointed for Delhi people say ‘crime capital’ whereas for Gujarat it is said ‘curfew free state!’
Similarly, he attacked Mrs. Sonia Gandhi’s canard on the condition of women in Gujarat and reminded her that it was in Congress-ruled Haryana that rapes were happening everyday and she herself had to visit the victim.
Pointing to the lack of issues in the Congress campaign, Shri Modi affirmed that all Mrs. Sonia Gandhi could talk in South Gujarat was that her mother-in-law came here and as because you supported her please support us. He said that it would be better if she pointed out what the Congress did for Tribal communities, for the development of Gujarat but except abusing him they do not have any issue in the elections. Referring to a Congress leader’s comment that Shri Modi is a Vanar (monkey), the Chief Minister avowed that those who have read the Ramayana know the power of Vanar Shakti where Lord Hanuman is the embodiment of Bhakti and service. “If I am a Vanar then 6 crore Gujaratis are my Ram. Serving them is like serving Lord Ram for me.”
Shri Modi urged people to reject dynastic politics. He said that for many people politics is a business and they believe in working for themselves only. “Can we give such people a chance in Gujarat?” the Chief Minister questioned and added that such people will never work for the interests of society.
The Chief Minister recalled that when he brought the Sujalam Sufalam Yojana, the Congress left no stone unturned to mislead the people and spread things like ‘Modi is a liar’ but he asked the people if the Sujalam Sufalam Yojana has not become a reality! Shri Modi affirmed that the Gujarat Government gave water to North Gujarat and further said that in the Congress rule, if they did even one thing they would use it for the 4 subsequent elections. He pointed that even the Centre has noted that Gujarat’s water table has risen from 3m to 13m and this is due to the steps taken by the state Government.
The Chief Minister declared that one can go to any part of Gujarat and in a radius of 25 km in any direction, one can see some or the other development work happening. He shared that very often people ask ‘how does Modi get the money’ to which he said that the money was always there, just that it is now completely spent for the welfare of the people! Shri Modi stated that he has no family or son-in-law so who would he accumulate for. “6 crore Gujaratis are my family. Their happiness is my happiness!” he opined.On the development front he categorically stated, “We have done more development in the last 10 years as compared to the development by Congress in their 40 years.”
He shared that if any youngster seeks a loan to start a new initiative, the Government would be the guarantor. “I am doing this because I have faith in the youth of Gujarat” he opined.
On the development of North Gujarat he shared that earlier youngsters front his region would go to Surat and Mumbai but that has stopped. The same region that was known for its scorching heat is now home to Asia’s largest solar park!
Shri Modi affirmed that if the Congress-led Government in Delhi had adopted Gujarat’s Disha then the Durdasha of the nation would not be what it is today.The Chief Minister expressed disappointment with the PM’s speech and said that as an economist one would have expected him to rise above votebank politics.He called upon the people to fulfill Gandhi ji’s dream of dismantling the Congress and termed it as the perfect tribute to the Father of the Nation.
The public meetings saw record attendance by people across all age groups and communities.


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I give all the credit to the central banks. World-wide cooperation, world-wide calamity. It's nice that we're all in it together.
In related news, an African diplomat was pleading with Western nations not to cut off foreign aid. Because it's so effective at eliminating poverty in Africa, you know. Ron Paul described foreign aid as "taking money from poor people in rich countries, and giving it to rich people in poor countries." That seems to be accurate. Look at the Myanmar situation, for example. The aid that went into the country was used by the authoritarian regime in charge to strengthen its grip on power. Sanctions aren't any better. Both cost us money, and don't help the bad situations.

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SATURDAY’s GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKENDJun 8, 2019
A regular collection of links to writings and broadcasts in other media
ABC’s Saturday Extra with Geraldine Doogue (from 0730 to 0900 or on their website in case you miss it).
New Zealand’s priorities
In championing a budget focused on “wellbeing” New Zealand has signalled a shift in thinking about priorities. Arthur Grimes is a former chief economist for NZ’s Reserve Bank and is now Professor of Wellbeing and Public Policy at Victoria University. He joins Saturday Extra to discuss the pros and cons of his country’s initiative.
Trump and China
The US’s attack on China over trade is the wrong war, fought in the wrong way, on the wrong terrain. The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf pulls no punches in his latest column about the trade war.
Coal, or its absence
Everyone talks about phasing out coal – but how will people employed in the coal industry make the transition to other jobs? And what would our economy look like without coal? Chris Briggs from the Institute of Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, and Professor Frank Jotzo, director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, ANU, offer some clarity.
The Vietnam War as we remember it
Journalist and historian Mark Dapin delves into the truth behind six popular myths that have dogged Australia’s memory of the Vietnam War.
The history of kinder transport, with guest Dr Anna Hájková, Associate Professor of History at the University of Warwick. She covers history of the Holocaust, Jewish history, feminist, gender and queer history.
The Government’s assault on democracy
The Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government may be disunited on many policy fronts, but it is of one mind when it comes to keeping its maladministration and assaults on democracy from public scrutiny.
ABC Chair Ita Buttrose has issued a formal statement, in which she asserts what should be in a democracy’s constitution and basic norms of governance: “legitimate journalistic endeavours that expose flawed decision-making or matters that policy makers and public servants would simply prefer were secret, should not automatically and conveniently be classed as issues of national security.”
The raids have made world news: Australia may well be the world’s most secretive democracy is the headline of Damien Cave’s article in the New York Times. His article covers not only the Stasi-style raids on the ABC and on Sunday Telegraph’s Annika Smethurst, but also the government’s cover-up of its illegal spying on Timor (the “Witness K” case), defamation laws, and state government measures to suppress news of court proceedings.
While Dutton and Morrison try to wash their hands of responsibility, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, speaking on the ABC Breakfast show, states the basic principle that the government is responsible for actions under laws it enacts: the police should not be scapegoats for the government’s failings.
Centre Alliance Senators Rex Patrick and Stirling Griff will push for a constitutional amendment to include protection for press freedom. (We might remember that in 1988 the Hawke Government put to a referendum a constitutional amendment to enshrine certain basic freedoms but it was defeated after a hysterical and deceitful scare campaign by the Liberal Opposition.)
Their case is supported by the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, whose website includes a statement by Peter Greste: “Politicians act on behalf of those who employ them; that is, us Australian voters and tax-payers. As their employers, we have both a right and a responsibility to know what is being done in our names”. The AJF site also includes a short statement on the raid on Annika Smethurst.
If your source of European news has been confined to the reports from the ABC’s London journalists, you may have missed news of the Danish election, where Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s centre-right coalition has lost power to Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats. It was a decisive victory that saw a large fall in support for parties on the far right. The Social Democrats campaigned on the need for greater action to address climate change and against Rasmussen’s cuts to government services. In contrast to other Danish parties on the left, the Social Democrats support strong controls on immigration.
What may surprise some Australians is the failure of Rasmussen’s policies of cutting taxes and spending to have gained electoral support, even though, at 46 per cent of GDP, Denmark’s taxes are the world’s second-highest. Australia’s tax to GDP ratio, at 28 per cent, is almost the lowest for a “developed” country, but you would not believe it if you listen to the government’s propaganda.
Still making sense of the European elections
Centrist political parties are still reeling over their poor performance in the European elections. Writing in Social Europe, Sheri Berman of New York’s Barnard College discusses how established parties might respond to the success of “niche parties”. She warns about the risk of “accommodative strategies” (as when centre-right parties take on the policies of far-right parties). Such strategies are likely to backfire because they legitimise and strengthen the niche party.
And of the Australian election
This Government is already awful, writes Mark Buckley on his Ask Bucko blog. Morrison’s win “was the time to stamp his authority on government, and signal his intention of lifting standards”. But he hasn’t – it’s the same old mob (with a few absences).
Schwartz Media’s 7 am podcast on Friday includes a report (in slightly unconventional style) of Karen Middleton’s interview with Anthony Albanese, following his return from his post-election trip thorough Queensland. Middleton is the chief political correspondent for the Saturday Paper and author of Albanese: Telling it Straight.
The Australian economy
On the same day that housing speculators were celebrating the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates, the Productivity Commission produced its annual Productivity Bulletin. The figures do not put six years of Coalition economic management in a good light. Labour productivity (economic output per hour worked) has been on a downslide for at least five years. As economist Paul Krugman said, “productivity … isn’t everything, but in the long run it’s nearly everything”.
Then there were the ABS National Accounts, showing that our economic growth has fallen to levels last experienced during the Global Financial Crisis.
Technically it can be claimed that Australia has gone almost 30 years without a recession. That’s because a “recession” is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. But we have been saved from a “recession” by population growth. In terms of per-capita GDP, and in terms of people’s lived experiences, we are in recession, just as we were in 2008.
Even on a per-capita basis, GDP is not necessarily a sound indicator of well-being, particularly if the income from GDP is not well-distributed among Australians or if some of it accrues overseas. Writing in the Canberra Times, in a criticism of the government’s “jobs and growth” mantra, John Hewson reminds us that GDP “ignores the social and environmental consequences of the pursuit of economic growth, as well as not necessarily being a measure of our nation’s happiness and well-being”.
The government has run the economy into the ground is the headline of Greg Jericho’s article in The Guardian. In a series of informative graphs he takes readers through the components of Australia’s economic collapse, including the fall in household disposable income (probably the most meaningful indicator in terms of people’s well-being) and the profit-wages share of GDP.
Anyone hoping for a coal-led economic recovery would do well to look at another piece of economic news this week, the speech Australia’s Resource Industry – A Look into the Crystal Ball, by Alexandra Heath, head of economic analysis at the Reserve Bank. Even if the world hasn’t yet met peak demand for thermal coal, it will do so within the next year or so. In all of our big thermal coal customers – Japan, China and South Korea – there are plans to shift to cleaner energy resources. (Demand for metallurgical coal is inked to steel production, and is more assured – for now.)
In light of these forecasts the enthusiasm of the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments for the Adani development makes no sense, but writing in The Conversation John Quiggin puts forward some possible explanations, one of which involves a rather large slice of our taxes being spent to keep the project alive until the next election.
A factory of fear – the dark art of political deception
Writing in the Canberra Times James Murphy describes the work of political strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, who once helped guide campaigns for John Howard and is now helping Boris Johnson in his bid to wreck Europe’s postwar liberal order. Murphy describes how Crosby has learned from US Republican strategist Lee Atwater: “belligerent rhetoric, personal smear campaigns, push polling, and dog whistling on race”.
Hannah Arendt for our times
Writing in Commonweal, John Thompson re-visits the work of Hannah Arendt, with reviews of all her most important works and pointers to their relevance to the politics of our present days. “Her work has experienced a sudden rise in popularity and prominence – thanks mostly to the parallel rise of the most demagogic American president in at least a hundred years.” Arendt was most critical of those who withdraw from participation in political life, a point relevant to our times: Essential research reveals that a large proportion of Australians were disengaged with the issues in last month’s election. She also pointed out that democratic resurgence can result from what may seem at the time to be quite small or tokenistic citizen actions.
Normandy’s beaches 75 years on
The New Yorker corrects a historical misunderstanding about the 1944 Normandy landings.
Saturday’s Good Reading and Listening is compiled by Ian McAuley
Watch out tomorrow, Sunday, for Peter Sainsbury’s Sunday environment round up


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Progress in low voltage reversible electrowetting with lubricated polymer honeycomb substrates
Low-voltage electrowetting on liquid infused films realized with lubricated honeycomb polymer surfaces is reported. Introduction of ethylene carbonate into the polymer (polycarbonate) matrix allowed an increase in the sensitivity of the scheme. A theoretical analysis of the thermodynamics of the electrowetting on a liquid infused film is reported. Fitting of experimental data to theoretical curves allowed an estimation of the specific capacity of the double layer. An analysis of the viscous dissipation taking place under the proposed electrowetting scheme is presented.

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Ryan seacrest dating american idol contestant april byers dating
He dated actress Julianne Hough from June 2010 until March 2013. He frequently had arguments with Simon Cowell on the set of American Idol.
American Idol announced its Top 10 of Season 12 last night and, to no one's surprise, Charlie Askew was not among the group of finalists.The contestant suffered through a mini meltdown on Wednesday night, struggling through a rendition of "Mama" and then confiding to Ryan Seacrest on stage that he's really an unhappy individual.You won't see her on the list of winners from the Golden Globes, but Katharine Mc Phee certainly accomplished a rare red carpet feat before Sunday's ceremony: Leaving Ryan Seacrest at a loss for words.Julianne Hough may be dating American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, but she has a huge crush on Idol top five performer, Phillip Phillips.Last night, Seacrest revealed to America that his girlfriend blushed when Phillip Phillips walked by and said that he was “yummy.” Did you see the episode?
If you missed it, you can read the recap target="_blank"HERE.

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Cookbook: Easy Everyday Slow Cooker Recipes by Donna-Marie Pye
Inside: Convenient recipes makes this a great cookbook for nights when you want delicious, soul-satisfying meals.
If you are needing to cook for two, four or eight people, this cookbook has you covered. Whether you are wanting a globally inspired dish or traditional cuisines you will find 200 recipes that you and your family are sure to enjoy.
Favorites: A few of my favorites that my family devoured were the Christmas Cake Beans and Couscous, Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup, Holy Mole Chili and Snickerdoodle Cheesecake. Who knew cheesecake in a slow cooker tasted so good?!
*The book even has kid favorite recipes which is perfect for those picky little eaters.

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Cecil the lion, a famous black-maned resident of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, died at the hands of an American dentist, conservationists report.
They say Walter Palmer paid $55,000 to hunt and kill Cecil with a bow and arrow. The incident occurred around July 6, with a professional hunting outfit reportedly luring Cecil outside the boundaries of the protected reserve using a dead animal as bait.
“Mr. Palmer shot Cecil with a bow and arrow but this shot didn’t kill him,” Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, said in a statement. “They tracked him down and found him 40 hours later when they shot him with a gun. Cecil, who was known all over the world would have earned millions of dollars just from sightseeing. Walter Palmer apparently paid $55,000 for the kill.”
It wasn’t the first kill for Palmer, who has multiple photos posted on the website Trophy Hunt America showing the Minnesota resident posing with dead lions, rhinos, water buffalo, warthogs, and other animals.
“As far as I understand, Walter believes that he might have shot that lion that has been referred to as Cecil,” the spokesperson said. “What he’ll tell you is that he had the proper legal permits and he had hired several professional guides, so he’s not denying that he may be the person who shot this lion. He is a big-game hunter; he hunts the world over.”
Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter who led Palmer to Cecil, has reportedly been suspended indefinitely from the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association for the way the hunt was carried out.
“ZPHGA reiterates it will not tolerate any illegal hunting or any unethical practices by any of its members and their staff,” the organization said in a statement. “We will await the completion of the current investigation by Zimbabwe Parks Wildlife Management Authority before commenting any further.”
“I used to drive down the railway line road following Cecil and had to wait for him to get off the road,” Orford said last week. “This walking in front of the vehicle would go on for ages. Other times he would lie in the road, and you had to drive off the road to go around him.”
Source: Associated Press