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One of the first “Blue Note’s” I bought and liked was Grant Green’s great 1963 album Idle Moments. Up to that point most Blue Notes I had heard I thought were pretty insipid and wondered what all the fuss was about. And to be fair, at that time, I was just dipping my toes into the Jazz pond and hadn’t quite got it.
The copy I bought was one of a well meaning and good value series “mastered from the original tapes” by Blue Note (US), cut at Capitol Mastering. That must be some 15 years ago now. In the intervening years the Blue Note catalogue has been mined by three of the biggest and best vinyl re-issue lables in the history of Vinyl – Classic Records, Analogue Productions and Music Matters.
And so we find ourselves in 2014 with two HQ variations readily available – both I believe cut by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes. One, an Analogue Productions issue, sees the recording split over 4 sides and cut at 45 rpm (c 2009). While the new kid on the block was cut last year at 33.33 rpm and is on the Music Matters label. The word was that Kevin G has recently rewired his Mastering Cutting Complex and this had made a great improvement in the resulting output. Having been a believer in effect of different cables for over 30 years and more recently exposed to the benefits of (home made) silver cables last year I thought it was worth a comparison of these two versions of Idle Moments.
And yes there is quite a difference – however I am struggling to explain it – for at the end of the day I would be quite happy to live with either version. Just a few seconds after swopping over the records I stopped analysing and just listened to the music. What can I say? The MM version is crisper, the detail in say Joe Henderson’s Sax is much clearer and dynamic but at the expense of it sounding like the instruments as opposed to a band performance in a club. By comparison the AP 45 is more muted but atmospheric and I found it easier to listen to the whole. As to which is more faithful to the recording I have no idea – gut feel says you should take the best bits of both. I think a further listening session is required just to check my conclusion tho’. Oh and both records have been cleaned – but with the AP version having the benefit of a Walker Audio Prelude clean, which has the sort of effect of opening out the recording more than Disc Doctor MRC which tends to give sharper sound – writing this now I am questioning my sanity but what the ……
Also I am sure I read that Blue Note are also re-entering the vinyl market and righting the wrongs of these recent audiophile reissues – whatever that means.
Bottom line is that Idle Moments is, for me, a great early ’60′s Guitar led Jazz lp and am grateful of the re-issue boys bringing it to my attention. As for the numerous versions – there are so many great deserving recording still to be re-discovered that it would be nice to move on a bit – how about the Cecil Taylor Blue Note’s or Ornette’s Stockholm excursions? or even better move out of Blue Note for a while – and help ORG dig the Atlantic catalogue – Oh Yeah, Blues & Roots, The Clown????????????? just for starters.
I woke up early on Saturday morning and made straight for the Downs with my MTB on the car roof.
It is nice now the days are getting longer, the sun appears more frequently and the wind is less vicious.
What I hadn’t bargained for was various “rave” vans pumping out a heavy beat and blocking up the car park at the top of Ditchling Beacon. But hey ho there was space to park.
A fairly straight-forward figure of 8 (asleep) was the order of the day – just over 10 miles and 1100ft of muddy climbing, nice and taxing, but no overly so.
The ground conditions are getting better as the winter receeds. Although there were still some very goooooopy sections to make it 100% concentratio. One short climb I rode twice was different both times – the first time the mud was quite like plasticine – but some 45mins or so later it had thawed a bit in the sun and was much more slippery. Thankfully this time all the puddles I encountered we below pedal height!
I was aiming to go out again today but found my bike had a flat tire this morning and with the sun out warming the air I started on some overdue maintenance – I am now waiting for two new chainrings – it was not just the mud causing chain suck on my granny ring on recent rides but some not that pretty worn teeth.
Looking approximately north across the top of the South Downs
Yesterday the strong winds and rain were back, but Saturday was lovely. It meant that for the first time in over a month I found myself back on my MTB saddle on the South Downs. To be honest I wasn’t very adventurous in my choice of route – I chose well ridden paths, with an mix of surfaces and gradients to test the ground conditions and my fitness.
I stated at Foredown Tower heading straight up to the South Downs Way above Fulking. I then turned left towards Truleigh Hill. Left again down towards Southwick before turning left again almost back to the start. I then pointed myelf in the direction of Devils Dyke. Once there I decided to knock up some easy mileage on tamac down to the A27. I cut off road down to Hove Park and picked up the Old Shoreham Road back towards the start. Not quite 16.5 miles – but enough to make my legs feel tired.
The ground conditions were variable but almost all rideable – no muddy falls today – but I still got caught out by a couple of ponds across the path that were as deep or deeper than my bottom bracket – arrrggghhh frozen wet feet. One path in particular had changed since I last rode with a meandering foot deep gulley cut in it by the heavy rain, and another section was mud a foot deep where cattle had been milling round a gate in the bottom of a valley.
At the end I was muddy, tired, wet and happy!
Looking towards Worthing from above Southwick
Not an untypical scene in Amsterdam – bikes chained to railings everywhere
Several things this week have made me think about cycle helmets and cycle safety. And I hope you don’t mind me sharing them with you.
i) 4 times in the last week cars have cut me up while cycling to or from my local station – the last was this evening was on the road coming out of the station car park – a car overtaook me coming up to the T junction and pulled in while along side of me – what an impatient arse – I had lights on and high-viz jacket and backpack – luckily we didn’t hit – I took avoiding action. What the hell is wrong with these people – is it the effect of the long winter?????
ii) I was saddened but not suprised earlier this evening with the news that Michael Schumacher is unlikely to make a full recovery – yes I know he was skiing – but what would have happened if he hadn’t been wearing a helmet?
iii) It is one year and one day from when I almost killed myself coming off my bike – I had been “retired” almost 4 weeks and the weather had been foul – but I was determined to go for a ride – I had decided which train I was going to catch to the “downs” but was running late – instead on being sensible I hurried a bit and must have just misjudged a 90 degree bend – the road was slippery – my front wheel went – and I head butted tarmac at about 20mph. This is a bend I had cycled round almost every working day for 13 years. My helmet was somewhat compressed by the impact but saved my skull, my jacket and leggings were torn – but I was able to get up and walk about a mile to our local A&E. Nothing broken but it took me many, many, weeks to feel close to normal – and sometimes I swear in damp weather my head still aches at the point of impact – and I am not really sure If I am the same as I was before the accident. Which bring me to…
iv) Walking round central Amsterdam you can’t be help notice the cyclists and bikes locked up everywhere. What is surprising is the massive difference there is to both London and Brighton in behavior, dress and bike style. In Amsterdam the bikes whiz round pedestrians, cars and lorries like flies – yet no one gets angry. You do that in London and…… There were kids in kiddie seats, young and old alike pedalling fast, but not racing – was anyone wearing a helmet? NO! was anyone wearing high-viz clothing? NO! In London late last year there were a spate of cyclist fatalities in a space of a week or so, and a sorry tale of a kid who didn’t listen to his dad and then wasn’t able to listen to his dad. Is Amsterdam different? I thought I would look for some statistics on the web – wow there are some interesting comparisons – but what caught my eye was a quote from a woman who I think had moved from the US to Amsterdam, taking her cycle helemt with her but not using it in the 10 or so years she been there because it was safe because of the culture and acceptance of bikes – all I can say is don’t make a mistake – I have first hand experience and have seen others come off bikes with their helmets bearing the brunt of the damage.
I’ll come back to less serious stuff next time. XXXXXX
Messing about with the Vinyl Passion Dust Buster stylus cleaner I mentioned a few weeks ago – I started inspecting my stylus after playing each side or a record – and saw some interesting results. Most worrying was a white dusty residue going part way up the cantilver, found after playing a couple of new and cleaned records. As yet I haven’t identified the culprit, and not sure I ever will, but one was a brand new pressing from one of the top 2 record pressing plants in the US. At least the VPDB works a treat.
This, partially, led me to adding in a second layer of cleaning starting with a copy of Nina Simone’s US Colpix pressing of ‘At Newport’ (see earlier blog). Over this last weekend, as I didn’t really feel up to strenuous bike exercise, I conducted a limited experiment using The Disc Doctor’s Miracle Record Cleaner “For the sound you thought you bought!” using fresh DDMRC Pads on a DDMRC Brush, prior to “sonicing” them.
You can see the results in the photo’s below. These have made me stop and question what is the right cleaning process. When I next have time and feel like some mindless repetive task activity I will do some more controlled experiments. As someone said, clean, clean and clean again – not sure I have the patience for this level of attention that often but in the name of scienc……..
DDMRC Residue after cleaning Nina simone ‘At Newport”
45 mins later as the bubbles break down
DDMRC residue after cleaning a mix of new ‘old’ records and some not so old records – not quite as bad as Nina “At Newport’
Left; DDMRC residue after cleaning 10 pre-cleaned records
Right: DDMRC before use
6 month old RCM rollers and filter vs new
Quite a few months ago I had booked a trip to Amsterdam – it ticked the bill in value for money and bucket list points – not that I have actually written a bucket list – but hey ho off to Amsterdam we shall go…..
Well the trip and came and went last week – a break of less than 48 hours – just one night away – that seemed much longer.
Walking round Amsterdam soaking up the atmosphere (quite literally on Thursday with the rain).
Sorting out Vermeer’s from Van Gough and Rembrandt and trying mint tea.
Trying not to get mown down by a bike or falling in a canal.
The highlight was going to see the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Concert-Gebouw, where they performed Beethoven’s 8th and 9th Symphonies, conducted by the marvellous Ivan Fischer. Arguably were were a bit too close to the stage – but the tickets were affordable – from our seats you could really appreciate the effort, musicianship and artistry. Seeing and hearing the 4 solo vocalists in the 4th movement of the 9th was thrilling and informative. All 4, Papatanasiu, Fink, Fritz and Finley were in fantastic voice that seemed perfect for the 190 year old score – but it is unfair just to highlight these 4, brilliant as they were, everyone seemed on top form. The long, standing ovation was well deserved and appeared to be appreciated – the violinists we were close to had moist eyes.
I will now be able to listen at home with a more informed ear on what orchestral music really sounds like.
Now to find a good concert programmes with Janáček’s Sinfonietta and then maybe Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (hopefully by the Budapest Festival Orchetra).
Anyone for Cake?
Oops sorry I forgot camera’s were not allowed
So simple – so nice – mint tea.
Ssssh I am thinking.


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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone have wrapped up the shooting of Soojit Sircar’s ‘Piku’ and the duo shares a great relationship. This is the second time Big B and Deepika are playing the role of a father-daughter after ‘Aarakshan’ and they really bonds well on and off the screen.
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Gambling Addiction – Strategies For Treating and Preventing Gambling Addiction
People suffering from gambling addiction tend to gamble for a variety of reasons. Many individuals find gambling an escape from boredom or the stresses of daily life. Gambling is a way to soothe feelings of anger, boredom, or even social isolation. However, it can also be a detrimental habit that has both psychological and physical effects. The article below outlines several strategies for treating gambling addiction. It also highlights important prevention strategies to help those struggling with gambling addiction recover from this problem.
Responsible gambling involves understanding the odds and knowing when to stop. A responsible gambler expects to lose money, and budgets for gambling as an expense instead of a way to make money. By understanding what drives a person to gamble, the individual can learn to control their impulses and avoid compulsive gambling. This article also includes tips for preventing compulsive gambling and provides resources for healthy, fun gambling. Gambling can lead to serious financial problems if it isn’t controlled.
In addition to physical consequences, a gambling binge can lead to financial problems and emotional distress. As a result, a person with gambling problems may need therapy. Behavioral therapy helps reduce the urge to gamble. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a form of cognitive therapy that focuses on modifying the way a person thinks about gambling. Behavior therapy involves changing a person’s thinking patterns to minimize the impact of gambling on their life.

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Produced by Biafra. Edited by John Cuniberti at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco. Recorded live on one of those DAT machines that certain wanna-be vice presidents want to ban at Bogart’s, Long Beach, California on 14 December 1988. Engineer: Adrian DeMichele. House sound: Joe Simon.
“Love American Death Squad Style” originally released on the Alternative Tentacles compilation LP Oops! wrong stereotype. Recorded live at the Ritz, New York, 7 April 1988.
In 1986 I was just beginning to seriously get into rock and metal music. Queen—A Kind of Magic came out that year, Metallica—Master of Puppets, Slayer—Reign in Blood. That was a good year. But I also remember in the music press at the time, in Kerrang! and Metal Hammer, worrying reports of a right-wing Christian group called PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) from the US, headed up by future vice-president Al Gore’s wife Tipper Gore. PMRC’s goal was to increase parental control over the access of children to music regarded as violent, sexual or drug-related. It was PMRC that are responsible for the introduction of the ‘Parental Advisory’ stickers on the albums.
I remember discussions at our Scripture Union group at high school about why certain music genres were dangerous, about the dangers of backmasked messages. Rock, punk, metal, rap, were all at the top of those lists. And, of course, those were the genres that my friends and I preferred. I didn’t buy any of their arguments (I actually found Tipper Gore’s name more frightening than any of the music!). I continued to listen to metal. And look how I turned out! And the kind of blog I started.
Meanwhile in the US, Jello Biafra, lead singer of the Californian punk rock band the Dead Kennedy’s was arrested and taken to trial for obscenity over the artwork of their album Frankechrist (1985) which featured a poster of Penis Landscape by Swiss artist HR Giger. The trial in 1987 almost bankrupted Alternative Tentacles Records, and resulted in a hung (not hanged!) jury: seven against five in favour of acquittal.
High Priest of Harmful Matter: Tales From the Trial is the second spoken word album by Jello Biafra himself. It’s a double CD released, the first disc Biafra focuses on censorship in the US (1. “Intro—Love American death squad style”, and 2. “Talk on censorship”); on the second he describes his own experience of the events that led to the 1987 obscenity trial.
Having been aware of some of these issues at the time as a teenager, I found this a fascinating recording. Biafra is a great performer, a great communicator. At times a public speaker and lecturer, at times almost a beat poet. It’s fascinating hearing about this from the inside.
I’m not a great supporter of censorship. I’m in favour of people thinking for themselves, being responsible for their own decisions.
I’m not sure how often I will listen to this spoken word album, but I’ll definitely keep it for my kids to listen to. Once they’ve grown out of Chuggington and Charlie and Lola audiobooks.
Review score: As this isn’t a music album I’m not going to give it a score.

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Amsterdam Light Festival is an annual light art festival in the Netherlands that presents the rapidly developing concept of light art in all its forms. After five successful editions, the festival will return to Amsterdam’s city center for the 2017-2018 edition. The festival invites creators from around the world to submit their creative interpretations of the theme EXISTENTIAL.
Amsterdam Light Festival presents two exhibitions, following two routes in Amsterdam’s city center, each with its own unique interpretation of the festival’s theme.
Water Colors boat route
Amsterdam Light Festival champions artworks that connect the essential elements of light and people’s EXISTENTIAL needs and dreams, making people more aware of their existential being. For the Water Colors boat route, we are looking for monumental proposals on, above or in the water that connect with the city, its inhabitants, and its visitors.
Illuminade walking route
For the Illuminade walking route, we hope to see beautiful interpretations and installations that bring the EXISTENTIAL qualities of light back to the basics and provide a stage for natural miracles and occurrences. We are looking for artworks that you can touch, walk through, connect with and react to.
Competition Website: https://amsterdamlightfestival.com/en/cfc


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Store surveillance video of Yarmouth “upskirting” suspect [PRESS PLAY]
YARMOUTH – The following the is the actual YPD press statement:
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On Sunday July 15, 2017 at approximately 7PM Yarmouth Police Department Patrol Officer Marc Thibeault met with the owner of a local business at Yarmouth Police Department Headquarters who was reporting incidents of the crime of upskirting that occurred in her womens clothing store earlier in the day at approximately 2PM.
The upskirting occurred several times in the store to different unsuspecting females.
The unknown male suspect was captured by the in-store surveillance camera system and is now wanted by the Yarmouth Police Department.
Surveillance video clearly shows the suspect who was videotaping unsuspecting females with his cellphone, under their skirts throughout the store.
One of the victims is a 9 year old girl.
The suspect is possibly a Hispanic male 5’7″ tall with black “scraggly” hair and a mustache. He was missing a front tooth and spoke clear English.
If you have any information about this suspect please contact the Yarmouth Police Department immediately at 508.775.0445 extension 0 or Lieutenant Michael A. Bryant at email@example.com
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Analgesia is the absence of pain sensations; analgesia through medication is intended to relieve pain. There are several categories of analgesics used for house rabbits, depending upon the location and type of pain involved:
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Local anesthetics are used to control pain for minor, relatively non-invasive surgical procedures: skin tag removal, skin biopsies, flushing of blocked tear ducts, etc. These anesthetics may come in the form of an injection just under the skin, as drops, or as a preparation that is rubbed onto the skin. Local anesthetics are short-acting and not meant for long-term use.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are analgesics which are able to control inflammation. Different NSAIDS have different levels of potency. Your veterinarian will assess your pet and determine which type and dose of NSAID will work best for your pet. A rabbit requiring long-term NSAIDs for chronic conditions such as arthritis should be monitored for any signs of GI or kidney problems; your veterinarian may want periodic check-ups and to ensure that there are no negative side effects from the NSAID use. Generally, corticosteroids should not be given at the same time as NSAIDs due to the increased risk of gastric ulcers. Ask your veterinarian whether the NSAIDs should be withheld prior to any surgery (potential issues with the kidneys). Again, this all varies with the type and strength of the NSAID prescribed. Rabbits metabolize these drugs fairly quickly, and smaller doses given 12 hours apart generally provide more consistent relief than one larger dose every 24 hours.
NSAIDS are frequently prescribed to control the pain of GI disease, postsurgical care, chronic inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, abscesses, acute ear infections and the like. In America, one commonly used is meloxicam (Metacam, Petcam).
Opioid analgesics (narcotics) are the strongest and most effective pain relievers, but there are drawbacks to their use. Opioid drugs have a short duration of action (only 2-4 hours), with the exception of buprenorphine (Buprenex) which lasts up to 12 hours. These drugs are controlled by the Federal Drug Administration and it is difficult for veterinarians to prescribe them for home use.
Veterinarians would most likely use opioids on rabbits just before, during and/or after surgery, for post-op care, for trauma cases, and in cases where it is useful to keep the rabbit calm and quiet, as these drugs usually have a sedative effect. Most of these drugs are given by injection, but buprenex can also be given ‘sub-lingually’ (along the gum line). Drugs in this category include morphine, butorphanol, pentazocine, meperidine, nalozone, and oxymorphone.
Your rabbit-savvy veterinarian should be able to advise you as to an appropriate plan for easing your rabbit’s pain after a diagnosis has been made. Not every drug is appropriate or completely effective for every rabbit and every condition. A variety of rabbit-safe analgesics are available for prescription, from mild to potent depending upon the diagnosis
In addition to giving the medication exactly as prescribed, there are other measures you can take to promote the comfort and well-being of your rabbit. In addition to the stress of being physically compromised, your rabbit has many environmental stressors to deal with: leaving his habitat and traveling to a strange veterinary clinic full of scary noises, unfamiliar people and strange odors. The veterinary staff will need to hold him, feel around on him, possibly look into his mouth or even restrain him for drawing blood or for other procedures.
You can provide comfort to your bunny by speaking to him in soft, soothing tones, petting him, and perhaps bringing along a familiar stuffed toy or blanket (if your bunny has one). Some individuals bring along the companion rabbit to comfort a bunny who is hospitalized, and this works well for many bunnies, but – speaking from experience - there are definitely companion rabbits who become stressed and ill themselves from being at the veterinary clinic with the patient!
Your veterinarian will likely send your rabbits home with you as soon as possible, as rabbits fare better and heal faster at home in their familiar surroundings. Be sure to communicate with your veterinarian as to any changes in your rabbit, as well as how your rabbit is responding to treatment. Handle your rabbit even more carefully and gently than usual and let him rest as much as possible in a clean, quiet, temperature-controlled environment. Keep him eating – this is more critical than ever to prevent GI stasis, as your bunny is already stressed out by his illness.
With good veterinary care, proper pain medication and your tender, loving care, your rabbit should be well on the road to recovery!
You may also wish to read 'When Your Rabbit Needs Special Care' by Lucile Moore and Kathi Smith
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TEWKSBURY — There’s a certain kind of magic in being able to grow your own food, Laetitia Won says.
For Won, the magic started nearly two decades ago when she and her husband bought a house on an acre of land in Tewksbury. With a sizeable plot of land at her disposal, Won decided to make use of it.
“I had to do something with it and I had always been fascinated with growing food,” Won said. “To me, there’s a magic in being capable of doing that or causing that. And growing food brings me a sense of security.”
Without any knowledge on the topic of growing her own food at the time, Won started experimenting with the land surrounding her home and reaching out to more experienced gardeners in the area.
Her digging led her to the Northeast Organic Farmers Association, which according to their website, are a nonprofit of “farmers, gardeners, landscape professionals and consumers working to promote healthy food, organic farming practices and a cleaner environment.”
“I started taking classes and I heard about different ways of gardening that are much smarter than the typical way I had always heard of,” Won said. “I learned about soil, started taking more classes and reading books. Little by little, it became clearer that the only way to garden that is worthwhile is to work with nature. That’s something I completely focus on now and it’s something I really want to teach people.”
Won started providing talks of her own on food-growth topics. She also formerly served as the manager of the Tewksbury Public Library Community Garden.
The mother of two’s fascination and constantly growing knowledge of gardening led to the founding of her own edible landscaping and soil regeneration business. The business, which is about a year old, is called Earthling on the Loose.
How it works is Won first meets with her customers to help them establish what they want out of their garden. She also determines what the garden wants.
Won takes soil samples and sends them to a lab for testing. The soil analysis determines the level of nutrient availability in the customer’s soil. Won can then determine the deficiencies or excesses in the soil to establish a nutrient-management plan.
“Soil amendments” are materials which are then worked into the soil to enhance its physical properties, Won said. Soil amendments include things like compost, saw dust and wood ash.
“Balance is the key to fertility,” Won explains. “The number one thing is to create an environment where the soil life can thrive.”
When the soil is healthy, the plants can be introduced to the landscape. Won grows her own seedlings and currently offers 250 different plants, including tomatos, carrots, peppers, potatoes, lettuce, kale, to name a few. She also offers a variety of flowers and herbs.
“Herbs — even if you don’t harvest them — are extremely useful for the other plants in the garden,” Won said. “That’s the key to garden success is to mix vegetables, herbs and flowers.”
Earthling on the Loose goes beyond just helping the customer grow nutritious food out of rich, healthy soil. There’s also the aesthetics in the garden’s development.
“There’s one thing I dislike about traditional vegetable garden. They’re ugly,” she said. “There are rows. Why do people grow in rows when they don’t need to mechanically harvest things? I see no reason why growing food should not be beautiful.”
Right now Won handles all the operations of Earthling on the Loose. However, she would eventually like to spend more time focusing on the design work, while bringing in employees to work on other aspects of the job, like the digging.
Won pitches the idea of hiring ex-convicts who might have trouble finding work.
“Being in the soil, it is so calming, centering and healing,” Won said. “I think everyone should do it, but especially the most hurt populations who would greatly benefit from it.”
According to Won, when she first started gardening, she followed the conventional way of gardening, which tends to be to force nature.
“But nature doesn’t like to be forced and it will fight it every step of the way,” Won said. “Then you have less successful plant grow, which leads to actions like spraying things to kill insects, sun drying or other things.
“It’s not a healthy relation to the soil and to nature,” she added. “When you start with asking the soil what it wants, then you work with nature. Once that’s established, it’s basically hands off. You adapt the ecosystem to both feed the soil and feed you.”
To contact Won and her business Earthling on the Loose, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Here’s the short version: a cabby was arrested after being attacked by two drunken women who claimed he took their cell phone. The cabby, Jaaphar Abdul-Hamid, is suing the city over his arrest.
Meanwhile, the “highly drunk girl,” began yelling, “I am fine, I only need a bathroom” and demanded to be taken to a gas station or a Dunkin’ Donuts, the suit says.
As Abdul-Hamid pleaded with them to leave the cab, the “highly drunk girl” spit on his face through the open partition. Both women then got out, leaving the passenger-side door open.
But when Abdul-Hamid went to close their door, the “highly drunk girl” hopped into the driver’s seat and dropped his keys down a sewer drain. And when Abdul-Hamid tried to call the cops, the women attacked him, knocking his cellphone to the ground, and the “moderately drunk” woman stuck it in her purse.
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Organic syntheses often rely on C–C bond-forming reactions to create complex structures. However, strategically breaking a C–C bond can also be useful in synthesis. This can be challenging due to the low reactivity of C–C bonds.
Peng Hu, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, and colleagues have developed a visible-light-promoted, iron-catalyzed reaction of alcohols that gives ketones or aldehydes via a C–C bond cleavage (pictured). The team converted different cyclic or linear alcohols in the presence of FeCl3 as a catalyst, tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBACl) as a source of chloride ions, bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl) disulfide (TRIP2S2) as a radical source, and 2,4,6-collidine to bind the formed HCl under a blue LED. They used tertiary, secondary, and primary alcohols with a wide range of substituents.
The desired products were obtained in moderate to excellent yields. The reaction has a broad substrate scope and good functional group tolerance. The researchers propose that the mechanism proceeds via a pathway promoted by a chlorine radical, which is generated from [FeCl4]− upon excitation by light. This chlorine radical reacts with the alcohol to generate an alkoxy radical, followed by the C–C bond breaking and a hydrogen-atom transfer to give the desired products.
- Iron-Catalyzed C–C Single-Bond Cleavage of Alcohols,
Wei Liu, Qiang Wu, Miao Wang, Yahao Huang, Peng Hu,
Org. Lett. 2021.

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Thanks, Matthew. This is really helpful info.
Elizabeth, lose the chlorine filter, just add a water holding tank with aeration. It will degas that Chlorine right out. Make sure your lines from the rafts are larger than the inflow, so that they can drain quickly. The shower head will likely get clogged in the end too, so I'd loose that too. A packed column will do the same thing will less issues.
I just added a float valve (Grainger part # 6AMA7, $8.17) and an in-line chlorine filter, hooked up to municipal water, to keep the sump tank from running low because of evaporation. This is intended to help keep the water levels running on auto-pilot. I have one of these that I use to maintain a constant water level in a reservoir that I use to supply my chicken watering manifold. It works great and effectively isolates the watering system from the line pressure, which is about 90 psi at my house. This way I don't get any leaks in my plumbing joints.
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Hey guys!! Before I begin, I just wanna say that I didn’t get much work on the car at all because my parents were away last week, and I was on a retreat over the weekend and I just got back today. However, my dad was so anxious to take the engine apart some more that he worked alone yesterday on it while I was away.
Bad news. it turns out the we do have to take the engine to a machine shop because there was some cylinder wear after all. We’ll probably take it to the shop this week. On the other hand, everything else looks pretty dang good. Right now, we are trying to decide which engine rebuild kit we should buy. If anybody has any recommendations then comment and Ill check it out. I could use all the help I could get.
Anyway, like the cartoon pig said at the end of the classic cartoons that I watched when I was younger, “Th-th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” ‘Cause not every teenager can write a blog post after a nearly sleepless weekend at camp, but I can!” Thanks for reading, and God bless ya’ll!


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Levi Colwill wears the No 26, is a graduate of the Chelsea academy, plays at centre-back and is comfortable with the ball at his feet. No wonder there are a lot of supporters calling him “the next John Terry”.
You may think it would be a connection the 19-year-old would want to shy away from. Terry is probably Chelsea’s greatest homegrown player. He won 15 major trophies, 78 England caps and captained the club for more than a decade.
But just as he acts on the football pitch, the teenager is not fazed. “I’ll take it,” he tells The Athletic. “I’m not going to complain. It’s not a bad thing to be called the new John Terry.
“I haven’t made the comparison myself so the fans and media can make whatever comparisons they want to make, it isn’t going to affect me.
“John Terry is a club legend and leader, someone every centre-back at Chelsea should look up to. A great guy and player. I’ve not had the chance to speak to him too much. When he was around the academy building we’d have the odd little chat but it’d be more of a, ‘Hi, how are you?’, kind of thing, not on a personal level about football or things like that.”
By choosing to wear the same number at Huddersfield that Terry wore at Chelsea, it might appear to be a deliberate attempt to be likened to the former England captain.
But Colwill explains: “Everyone is saying it’s because of John, but it’s because that’s the date of my birthday (Colwill was born on February 26, 2003). It was my number when I was growing up, even if I was just playing a football game on Playstation.
“When Huddersfield told me I was going to get the No 26 shirt it was perfect. Obviously, all the Chelsea fans started comparing me to John Terry. Have I thought about changing it because of that? No.”
This is not a sign of overconfidence or arrogance. After talking to him as well as watching him play, he has all the hallmarks of a mature young man heading to the top.
Colwill will never forget his first and only trip to Wembley Stadium in 2014. He was a budding footballer having joined Chelsea’s academy at under-nines level. His first memories of kicking a football were as a four-year-old with his dad, also called Levi, outside the family flat in Southampton.
But when he walked out with uncles Byron and Barry Mason at the national stadium eight years ago, it really sparked his ambition. Levi’s relatives were part of the Sholing — a non-League club from Southampton — team who beat West Auckland Town in the FA Vase Trophy final. Levi was one of the mascots, walking out and then standing with Barry as the teams lined up before kick-off.
“In the picture, I’m just looking out at the stadium,” he says. “I remember thinking, ‘This is amazing. One day hopefully I will be playing here’. I haven’t played there yet but hopefully soon.”
His wish could be granted at the end of this month. Technically Huddersfield still have a chance of automatic promotion from the Championship, but their goal difference is markedly inferior to second-placed Bournemouth (+33 to +15). Bournemouth, like Nottingham Forest in third, have two games left to play, whereas Huddersfield have just one to close the three-point gap that exists between them (Forest are level with Huddersfield on 79 points but ahead on goal difference +34).
Realistically, Huddersfield are going to need to win the play-offs to return to the Premier League after relegation in 2019.
What it would mean to him to help Huddersfield go up? “Everything,” he says. “This isn’t just my team, it’s my family. If we go up it will be the best thing ever.
“Being asked to play under that pressure is part of the learning curve. It is something you won’t get to experience much in your career. Playing with this team, the togetherness that we have, it will be a good challenge for us to prove ourselves.
“With my uncles winning at Wembley already, it also means I have a tough act to follow. Hopefully, I can carry on the family’s winning record. They will be messaging me about it beforehand if we get there, 100 per cent!”
There were several clubs keen on taking Colwill on loan last summer, but Huddersfield acted fast. They made a strong pitch to Chelsea academy director Neil Bath and loan technical coach Carlo Cudicini before pre-season, explaining how they would use and develop him.
It helped that there was already trust between the two clubs due to the positive experiences Trevoh Chalobah, who is now part of the first team at Stamford Bridge, and Kasey Palmer enjoyed when they were on loan in West Yorkshire.
Chelsea agreed to the season-long switch and convinced Colwill to sign a new four-year deal, too. It has worked out, although there have been low moments. His appearance in the 2-1 win over Coventry City on Saturday was just his seventh start of 2022. He had made 20 before the turn of the year.
This is his first campaign at senior level so inevitably injuries have been a factor. He has had ankle, knee and hip problems to deal with this season, plus COVID-19.
“It’s been tough for my body physically,” he says. “I have had a few niggles here and there and it’s been frustrating. Championship football, first-team football, is so much different from the academy. My body is still adjusting now. Even when I’ve been trying to get back fit, it’s been harder to catch up because nothing is like the games, nothing is like the 90 minutes.
“It’s tough to watch matches, especially when they are little injuries and I don’t know how I’ve done them or what I can do to prevent them.”
No one can accuse Colwill of being to blame for his absences or that he is not looking after himself while he lives on his own, far away from his parents Levi and Deborah, for the first time in his life. Although there is one confession that may alarm some readers.
“I can cook a bit,” he says. “I give everything a go but I do like a spaghetti bolognese. You can’t go wrong, can you? I have mine with a bit of salad cream (a sweeter version of mayonnaise), it’s easy. My family are all big salad cream lovers so we have it with a lot of our meals.
“What do I do when I’m not training? I sleep mainly. I’m always tired! After training, I will cook some food, watch TV and have a nap. Boring but I enjoy it. It’s been a lot easier living away from home than I imagined because I’m doing what I love. Even when I’m not playing, just being around the team makes me happy.”
It is evident his parents still play a huge role in his life. The rising levels of expectation surrounding their son mean their advice and protection could prove crucial to his development.
“They’re the most important people in my career,” he says. “They know what I’m like, who I am as a person. If I ever do get a bit big-headed, they remind me where I come from and how hard we have all had to work to get to this point. This is just the start. We know there is a lot more to go through as a family and to achieve as a family.
“They drive up to see me a lot. My dad comes to every game, no matter where it is. It’s good to have them so close to me, to keep me humble.
“My parents are the best of both worlds. My dad is more about what happens on the pitch. He’s been watching me play since the start so if it’s anything about what happens on the pitch, I go to him. Off the pitch, I go to mum. She is the one who will constantly remind me that there is a bigger world out there. When I’m down and she can see it, she is always there to give me a hug. It’s a perfect mix.”
It would be understandable if he had developed a bit of ego. The teenager is being talked about as a Chelsea and England player in the making.
Huddersfield have taken other players on loan before they established themselves as Premier League players — Ben Chilwell, Emile Smith Rowe and Chalobah among them — but many at the club describe Colwill as the finest.
Colwill’s rapid development could turn out to be great timing. Chelsea are facing the possibility of needing to replace three defenders in the senior squad this summer. Antonio Rudiger is probably joining Real Madrid, Andreas Christensen has agreed to join Barcelona and Cesar Azpilicueta, despite triggering a one-year option in his contract, could join the Dane at the Nou Camp. It is asking a lot of the eventual new owners to fund top-quality replacements so to have one ready-made from within is a major plus.
A lot of Chelsea supporters are already talking excitedly at the prospect of him being in Tuchel’s squad next season. Plans are in place to look at him during pre-season in July.
“Even though I know there are a lot of people talking about me, I don’t listen,” he says. “I just say it’s all a load of rubbish because if I start playing badly for a few games, they will be saying I’m not good enough. For example, look at how things were going well for me this season and then I had a little injury that kept me out until the end of February. I played one game, scored and then got COVID. It’s been hard to build it back up since.
“It’s just a lot of talk and I don’t buy into it. I haven’t really thought about playing in Chelsea’s first team next season. I haven’t been keeping up with what’s going on with the takeover. I have just been concentrating on Huddersfield. It’s the only thing I can affect right now. I won’t be thinking about what I do next until this season is done.
“Things have been going well. Why am I going to start thinking about the future when I have to concentrate on the present? It has to stay that way.”
Do not underestimate his ambition. Pressed if he thinks he is ready for the Premier League, he said: “I think I’m ready. I’ve learnt a lot this year so the next step I hope will be in the Premier League with Chelsea, Huddersfield or whoever.”
Like any Chelsea loanee, Colwill has benefitted from being assigned a loan player technical coach. The centre-half was working with Paulo Ferreira, whom he has known for a decade. The former Portugal right-back took sessions with Colwill’s under-10s Chelsea side as part of his coaching badges so they have enjoyed a good bond for a long time. But much to his surprise last month, Ferreira left the club after 18 years as a player and staff member.
“To see him leave, at first I was a bit confused,” Colwill says. “I’ve known him for years so when he became my loan manager, we had a good relationship and spoke a lot.
“If there were any games in London, Paulo would be there. He came up to Huddersfield once or twice and if there were any games on TV, he’d watch them too and give me a text after or call. He’d talk to me about what was good and bad, what I needed to improve on. He helped me a lot with my development this season.
“He watched QPR away (Huddersfield lost 1-0) and I told him that I thought I’d had a rubbish game. He was like, ‘I wouldn’t say you were rubbish but it wasn’t the best game you’ve played’. He told me that I hit too many long balls instead of playing it shorter at times, which I totally agreed with. He was right.
“I got a lot of praise from Paulo for how composed I am, my passing, how I can step in and break the press. Even though Paulo has gone, I know I can always go to him. (Former goalkeeper) Carlo Cudicini has stepped in since he left and is doing a good job.
“I’ve improved my defensive side a lot. I’m winning more headers, being more aggressive. When I was playing for Chelsea’s under-23s I wasn’t as much of an aerial threat. But now I can win headers, I can challenge more. I still have a lot to improve. I have to work on my defensive side, marking and things like that. I’ll always look to improve.”
That last comment is appropriate given a player he has studied and idolised from childhood is Thiago Silva, who leads Chelsea’s back line at 37.
Silva joined as a free agent last season after being released by Paris Saint-Germain. It has meant Colwill has had the chance to train with him, not just watch.
“It was surreal,” he says. “I wasn’t daunted though. I just tried to keep my composure and not look like a fanboy. I didn’t get a chance to speak to him properly while I was with the first team.
“What do I like about how he plays? His composure and how he reads the game. The way he is always steps ahead of everyone else and not out of position. He cancels out the danger early and that’s what the great centre-backs do. It’s not about reacting to the danger when an opponent has made a move. It’s about reading the situation early and stopping it. That’s what I try to do.”
A few days after Colwill said this, The Athletic got to see this.
The buzz in the away end at Coventry Building Society Arena is palpable. What looks like more than 2,000 fans have made the trip to see if Huddersfield can get the win they need to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive.
There is no sign of nerves from Colwill in the warm-up, as pass after pass finds a team-mate, most notably using his left foot. This is his first appearance for two weeks due to a hip injury, but noticeably as the game is about to start, not one of the Huddersfield players feels the need to go over and give some last messages of encouragement or guidance. It comes across as a sign of how much they trust him.
Colwill is playing as the left-sided centre-back, the position Rudiger is about to vacate at Chelsea. Within a minute he has made his first interception.
But suddenly, is that a sign of vulnerability? Colwill slips in his own area and the Coventry fans behind Huddersfield’s goal raise their voice, spying a chance for their team to take advantage. In a flash, he is on his feet clearing the ball.
Coventry’s leading scorer Viktor Gyokeres is trying to play off his shoulder but is not having much joy. Each time a cross comes in the area, Colwill seems to be in the right place to clear, something Terry had a knack for doing.
But not every touch is a good one. In the 31st minute, he passes a ball straight out of play. A hand is raised in way of apology. “It’s a sign of how I’m still working my way back to fitness. I am a bit rusty. Those passes happen sometimes,” says Colwill after the match.
“I’m still trying to find that form again, which I’ve been struggling with in the last few games. It happens to the best players in the world so I just have to take it on the chin and try to improve.”
Coventry are punished for wasting a hat-trick of great chances as Harry Toffolo puts the visitors in front before the interval with a shot from outside the area.
Colwill continues to cruise after the break, passing it simply, doing the defensive side of his game well. Another Chelsea loanee, Tino Anjorin, comes on to put Huddersfield 2-0 up and Colwill runs across the pitch to celebrate with him.
“He is something else,” Colwill tells The Athletic with a grin. “When he came on he changed the game. His presence is remarkable. When he gets on it and turns, no one can stop him with his power. They were trying to foul him but they couldn’t get near him. We need that.
“It has definitely helped to have him around (Anjorin joined in January). We are good mates. We bonded straight away with each other again. It’s good to have another player from Chelsea around me. I also have another ex-Chelsea academy player here, Jon Russell. It helps me feel more comfortable in the team.”
In the closing minutes, Colwill noticeably fades. He dives in rashly to give away a free kick on the edge of the area but it comes to nothing. Then, shortly afterwards, Callum O’Hare crosses for Gyokeres to earn Coventry’s late consolation.
“That was probably my fault, too, because I’ve gone to press the No 10 (O’Hare) and then he’s not got the ball and just spun off me,” Colwill says. “I fell asleep and he got in behind. When he got in behind I was like, ‘Oh no, that’s my man’. Hopefully, I’ll be sharp for the play-offs. That’s when I hope to play my best football of the season.”
If Huddersfield win promotion, they will attempt to sign Colwill on loan again. Other clubs around Europe are also thought to be considering making a bid for a loan or permanent move. But do not be surprised if he is wearing Chelsea blue and gets the chance to start following in Terry’s footsteps after all.
(Top photo: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)


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BEAUMONT, Texas — Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas is continuing to operate normally Thursday as doctors wait to find out if a man sitting in a pressurized room at the hospital has coronavirus.
He first visited the Beaumont hospital Tuesday night exhibiting flu-like symptoms and because he recently had a layover in Beijing, China he was quarantined and tested for the virus.
Doctors say it takes 24-48 hours to get the test results back from the Centers for Disease Control.
Currently there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Beaumont or anywhere in the state of Texas.
Officials with the Beaumont Public Health Department did not get back to 12News Thursday so we reached out to the Hardin County Health Department.
Hardin County Director of Health Sharon Whitley told 12News Thursday that all of our area health departments are prepared and on high alert.
The Hardin County Health Department is communicating with all area health departments, including Beaumont, the state and the CDC daily according to Whitley.
"We're making sure the same message is being spread, and we all work together to make sure that we're following the updates policies and procedures for testing," she said.
She says at this point there's no reason for fear.
"At this time, we have no confirmed cases in the state of Texas and that message was confirmed and spread during our daily calls," Whitley said.
While we await the Beaumont patients results, Whitley says if it does come back positive, our hospitals are prepared.
"All of the hospitals in our area they are equipped to handle a situation of this nature, we exercised that with Ebola so I'm confident that the hospitals in this area will be able to address that just like Baptist is doing currently," she said.
Our regional health departments have infectious disease policies, procedures and plans. If the Beaumont patient's test does come back positive, Whitely says they'd track down anyone who came in close contact with him.
"All of the surrounding health departments and jurisdiction we have staff that's trained to conduct those kind of investigations," she said.
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She says the local health departments are sending out health alerts to all local providers and making sure everyone has the most up-to-date information.
“You're in good hands in Southeast Texas because like I said we exercise and we prepare. We're exercising together with the hospitals and the surrounding health departments for incidents such as this,” Whitley said.

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Skysports.com understands a host of clubs are monitoring Reading striker Simon Church's situation at the Madejski Stadium.
Church, who came off the bench to score twice in the 3-0 win over West Ham at the weekend, is thought to be frustrated at being unable to nail down a regular starting spot in Brian McDermott's starting XI this season.
The Wales international has made 12 starts in the Championship this season, but has only played the full 90 minutes twice in those dozen games.
The 22-year-old is believed to be keen on getting more playing time under his belt as he looks to push his international claims with Wales.
The news has alerted a number of clubs to Church's possible availability with the talented striker having no shortage of admirers in the Premier League and Championship.


Big news from Italy: Hull No. 1 of the new Ferretti Yachts flagship model has launched.
The Ferretti Yachts 1000 has a length overall just shy of 99 feet, with a beam of 22 feet, 4 inches. Draft is 7 feet, 6 inches, making the yacht shallow-water friendly.
Standard power is an MTU 16V 2000 M86, which Ferretti Yachts says will provide a cruise speed of 20 knots and a top speed of 24 knots. Owners also can opt for an MTU 16V 2000 M96L, for a cruise speed of 24 knots and a top hop of 28 knots.
“The new flagship is an exciting choral work permeated by the flair, vision and passion of so many skilled and talented people who represent the winning factor for Ferretti Yachts. To them all, I’d like to offer my heartfelt thanks for how they have completed an extraordinary project like Ferretti Yachts 1000 in such a complicated year,” Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi stated in a press release. “This fantastic yacht really is a beautiful private island on which to imagine your future, in contact with the sea and the finest Made in Italy marine expertise.”
How many hulls of the Ferretti Yachts 1000 have been sold? Three, before the first hull has even been delivered.
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Louisiana Elections 2023 – The 4 Constitional Amendments on the November 18 Ballot
While the race for governor has been decided, the November runoff will feature a hotly contested BESE race, local races that are now gaining more attention, and another set of Constitutional Amendments to vote on.
Brief History of the Louisiana State Constitution
The Louisiana State Constitution is the 11th version and was approved by voters in 1974. That's according to ballotpedia.org, which points out that the current constitution has been amended 203 times, most recently in 2021.
Louisiana tends to say "yes" to proposed Constitutional Amendments, approving 77 of the 108 proposed amendments between 2006 and 2021. As ballotpedia.org points out, that's the most of any state during that time frame.
In the October 14th Election, all four Constitutional Amendments were approved by voters. Will that happen again during this round?
PAR's Guides to the Constitutional Amendments
Every election cycle that contains any proposed Constitutional Amendments, the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana puts out an excellent guide to them. Amendment proposals are full of legal jargon and PAR does a fantastic job of putting that language in layman's terms. They make it clear not only what the Constitutional Amendment actually says but also what a Yes or No vote actually means for you.
Moon Griffon's Guide to the 4 Constitutional Amendments
Each election cycle, voters ask "The Voice of Louisiana" Moon Griffon to give his take on proposed Constitutional Amendments.
AMENDMENT 1 - DEADLINES TO VETO BILLS AND RULES FOR VETO SESSIONS
“Do you support an amendment to clarify that the timing of gubernatorial action on a bill and his return of a vetoed bill to the legislature is based upon the legislative session in which the bill passed and to authorize the legislature, if it is in session, to reconsider vetoed bills without convening a separate veto session?”
Moon Griffon: "I am voting 'Yes.' If you have a veto-proof bill to override the governor, this allows lawmakers to take care of business during the Legislative Session."
AMENDMENT 2 - REPEAL OF INACTIVE SPECIAL FUNDS IN THE CONSTITUTION
“Do you support an amendment to remove provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana which created the following inactive special funds within the state treasury: Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund, Millennium Leverage Fund, Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund, First Use Tax Trust Fund, Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement and to provide for the transfer of any remaining monies in such funds to the state general fund?”
Moon Griffon: "I am voting 'Yes." I don't have a problem with them taking money that's laying around and using it."
AMENDMENT 3 - PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
“Do you support an amendment to authorize the local governing authority of a parish to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders?”
Moon Griffon: "I'm voting 'No' on this one. I'm not trying to be ugly because I appreciate first responders. I really do. But, we can't just keep giving all of these property tax exemptions to certain groups of people."
AMENDMENT 4 - RULE CHANGES FOR THE REVENUE STABILIZATION TRUST FUND
“Do you support an amendment authorizing the legislature, after securing a two-thirds vote of each house, to use up to two hundred fifty million dollars from the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund to alleviate a budget deficit subject to conditions set forth by law and allowing the legislature to modify such conditions for accessing the monies in the fund, subject to two-thirds vote?”
Moon Griffon: "I am voting 'No' on this one. In its current state, there is flexibitlity allowed for the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund and I think that's a good thing."
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Act I, Act II
| »Act I, Act II«, a video work in two parts, presents us with a staged real-life scenario, where one of the protagonists, inhabiting a fictive character, entwines in a meta-level of ‘acted’ reality and personal narrative.»Act I« (24’55″, 2010) shows an interrogation session involving an asylum seeker, an immigration officer and a simultaneous interpreter. What is not evident at first sight is that all three protagonists are actually role-players, who work together in an agency that provides training services to military and immigration organizations in the Netherlands. Thus, the situation we observe is fictive, none of the protagonists are in their real life what they claim to be in the video. Only an outline of the situation performed in the session is given, and, therefore, the entire narrative is an improvisation by these three men. They are not trained actors; however they each perform their role flawlessly. Following Zdjelar’s minimal yet tactile cinematography, that swings back and forth between detachment and intimacy, we are entwined in a blurry web of authenticity. We witness, how, by performing the fictive role through body and language, the main protagonist has an emotional outburst, which leaves us wondering whether he is in fact playing the role or the role is playing him. It is uncertain when the protagonist is acting and when he encounters his genuine self since the actual and the personal, the social and the individual merge into one persistent narrative.
In »Act II«(5′, 2010) the main protagonist from »Act I«, a Serbian immigrant, land surveyor by vocation, reappears. Encouraged by his role-playing for the agency he decides to become a movie actor. The video follows roles he has been offered. They all have something in common: either the films were never released or he has been cut out from the final edit; when he does appear however, he appears very briefly and then he either dies or is drunk. Recorded in an empty film studio, the video discloses the voice of the protagonist with the camera mainly focussing on the empty space next to him where the leading actors are supposed to appear. Once more we are caught in the twilight of doubt whether the protagonist is performing the character or whether we are confronted with autobiographical notes. Zdjelar follows the protagonist’s strife for re-invention and ‘a better life’, the auspicious attempt to liberate himself from given structures. Shifting between fiction and reality, between political meaning and cultural cliché, the piece resolves in a multi-layered postulation of what is not but yet could be. It draws a sociograph where Zdjelar’s humane and nimble approach to criticality proposes a vocal entity to resonate in a collective hearing.


In March 2004, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley announced a deal that promised to save taxpayer money, reduce natural gas consumption and bring “green” jobs to Chicago.
But taxpayers might see red when they learn how the deal turned out. More than seven years later, the initiative has been quietly suspended amid problems with some of the equipment — and acknowledgements by city officials that taxpayers will probably lose money on the deal and never realize the energy savings that Daley touted, the Better Government Association has learned.
The arrangement centered on solar-powered hot water heating systems made by North Carolina-based Solargenix Energy LLC with technology designed at the University of Chicago.
The city agreed to spend up to $5 million on the eco-friendly systems, and install them on more than 100 public buildings, such as firehouses and police stations, yielding an estimated $7 million in energy savings over 30 years.
In exchange for that commitment — and an additional $1.7 million no-interest loan through the Daley administration — Solargenix agreed to open a factory in Chicago, employing at least 15 workers, and build the solar equipment there.
OK, let’s begin with the “back of the envelope math”.
$5 million dollars for the start up plus a $ 1.7 million NO INTEREST loan (to create 15 jobs) all to save the city $7 million over 30 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s less than $250,000 of “savings” per year !!!!
Chump change for the city of Chicago !!!
BUT WAIT !!!!
There’s more !!!!!
But the deal never lived up to expectations. The city didn’t anticipate the high cost of installation, while Solargenix lost money and hasn’t seen its business flourish in Chicago as hoped. The company’s Bridgeport plant was eerily quiet on a recent weekday – no panels were being made and only two workers were seen on the factory floor.
In the end, the BGA found that one of the few beneficiaries of the deal appears to be a businessman with close ties to Daley: United Service Cos. President and CEO Rick Simon, the former chairman of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau and a South Loop neighbor of the ex-mayor.
A venture led by Simon owns the building at 3622 S. Morgan St. where Solargenix opened its factory. Simon bought the structure in April 2003, three months before Solargenix signed a contract with the Daley administration, public records show. The factory was ready for business around the time of the March 2004 news conference with Daley, and Solargenix remains on a month-to-month lease with Simon.
So the only winner in this is a “friend” of da Mayor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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AU closing child care center
Augusta University will be closing its child care center in August.
The center opened in 1986, but has operated at a loss for more than four years, Karla Leeper, EVP of Operations at AU University, said in a statement. The closure will be effective Aug. 16.
"The Child Care Center has provided high quality, accredited child care to thousands of children since it opened in 1986," Leeper said in a statement. "At this time, the most responsible use of Augusta University resources is to end this auxiliary service and redirect funds to our core mission of higher education."
The university plans to work with the child care team and families over the next two months to facilitate a smooth transition.


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Pharos = Lighthouse
- a small peninsula in Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy
- the lighthouse on this peninsula
- any lighthouse or beacon to direct sailors
Writing for this blog has a way of expanding my vocabulary! I wasn’t familiar with that word until today.
Old Point Comfort Lighthouse
Anyhow, now that we have our vocabulary lesson out of the way…I LOVE this little lighthouse. It is located just outside Fort Monroe in Hampton, VA. It is the second oldest light in the Chesapeake Bay (constructed in 1803) and the oldest still in use.
The turquoise window frames and red top are perfect. (If you’ve ever been to my home you’ll know that I have a fondness for both colors.)
I wanted to put this adorable lighthouse in my pocket and take it home!
Capture & Processing Notes
All photos in this series were shot handheld with my Canon 6D and 16-35mm lens. Processing was done in Lightroom and On1 Photo 10 (available right now for just $49.99!!)


By João Lopes Marques (Eesti keeles)
Few people know my big passion for toponymy, this etimological study of place-names. And when I explain my Iberian friends the word “Tallinn” comes from “Danish town”, they get surprised. Amazed. I even guess some of them had the secret fantasy “Tallinn” wasn’t more than an adulterated form of “Stalin”.
Usually I go back to the Battle of Valdemar. Historical romantic ideas always work out. Especially such a powerful image like this: isn’t it lovely to imagine a red flag with a white cross descending from the Baltic skies? What a mighty picture!
Actually, this warlike episode explains a lot. Flags are not only holy in Estonia, they are also mushrooming. There is no public holyday without them (unlike Portugal, here they are compulsory in the buildings). Hotels, bars and restaurants like to display proudly a colourful one. Foreigners can buy different shapes of tricolors in any of the multiplying souvenir shops of Tallinn.
“But isn’t this a global trend?”, reminded me Triin. Well… Yes, it is. Being a strong patriotic symbol, with a wide range of interpretations, flags have also become a trendy decorative object. Indeed, flags are today for Semiotics what the 140-character- Twitter-messages are for literature and journalism. Short and concrete.
However, seems to me that in Tallinn the flag spirit is slightly more sophisticated. Interesting. In fact, Medievalandia should be appointed by Unesco “The flag capital of the world”, boasting its own museum and universal exhibition. Why? The Dannebrog is the oldest flag in use in the whole world; according to the legend, it was born here the 15th June 1219.
More importantly: it was sent directly by God himself.
Tallinn European Capital of Culture is the perfect timing to share it with the rest of the world. But bear in mind the celebrations will start in 15 months: the Baltic lobby crusade in the Parisian Unesco headquarters should start right now.
Moreover, a Bulgarian lady (Irina Bokova) has just been elected director of the organization. Who knows if the “New European” solidarity can work out once again? Estonians don’t even have to promise they will back Sofia the day the city bids for “World’s Yoghurt Capital”.
Yes, flags are much more understood (and respected) in the Eastern hemisphere of our beloved Continent. Perhaps because these nations are still recovering from the hammer-and-sickle-trauma.
By the way, Portugal can help in this Baltic cause. More than a coincidence, in the Portuguese History there is a similar chronicle on a “descending phenomenon”. It happened in 1139 during the Battle of Ourique and Jesus Christ whispered our first king (Afonso Henriques) the proper flag Portugal should adopt.
Needless to say, the Lord also helped Afonso Henriques’ small army to kick out the Almoravid Moors from Iberia. Some believe Portugal’s independence de facto, as well as the Portuguese coat-of-arms, were born the day of such blessed triumph.
Hereby the corollary: Afonso Henriques’ hometown, Guimarães, also the first capital of Portugal, will succeed Tallinn as the European Capital of Culture. In my wildest dreams, I can already imagine the Estonian tricolor flag descending from the skies of Northern Portugal the 1st January 2012.
The antipodes of Europe — this great and long diagonal — united by a flag. Romantic. The only difference is that this time it would be much more than a miracle.


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Volusia school tax rate up for public review
DELAND -- Volusia County taxpayers will have their last chance Tuesday to weigh in on the School Board's taxing and spending plans for the coming months.
A public hearing on the final budget and tax rate is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the School Administrative Complex, 200 N. Clara Ave. A budget presentation will be made just before the hearing, which is part of a School Board meeting that starts at 4 p.m.
The recommended budget totals $805.4 million, down from $878.1 million last year primarily because of state funding reductions and declining tax revenue in a year when the tax roll dropped by about $2.4 billion. Of that, $467.2 million will be spent on day-to-day operations of the school district.
The board has cut $92 million and nearly 1,500 jobs since 2007 to balance the budget.
Additional cuts for the year that started July 1 included consolidation of some bus routes, larger high school elective classes, closing of two learning centers for struggling students and 4 percent cuts in central office staff and spending.
The tentative tax rate, most of which is established by the state for the school district to qualify for education funding, is $8.063 per $1,000 of taxable property value, which would bring in an estimated $208.3 million. Last year's rate was $8.237.
The tentative rate is 10.74 percent less than the rolled-back rate of $9.0327, which would produce the same revenue as last year's rate, using new assessments of the same properties.
The owner of a home valued at $125,000 with a $25,000 homestead exemption would pay $806.30 in school taxes. Property owners also pay county, city and special ditrict taxes depending on where they live.

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