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Gail Boykewich gives Jersey City her props!
With All About Downtown right around the corner and our upcoming #dayinthelifejc exhibit at the 2016 Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, Honey and Moon Photography will be bringing our Jersey City-themed photo booth to a location near you where you can munch on the greasy bacon burger props from White Mana Diner on Tonnele Avenue or pose as our majestic Statue of Liberty! What makes these props even more special is the Jersey City based artist who makes these one of a kind props, Gail-Marie Boykewich!
In July of 2015, Honey and Moon Photography launched our first #dayinthelifejc City-Wide Photography Project. We encouraged as many people as possible to shoot all over the city on September 12th, and submit their photos to us for consideration to be included in a photography exhibit at the Lackawanna Pop Up Space during Studio Tour. Additionally, we created a Jersey City-themed Photo Booth, representing city landmarks like The Colgate Clock and institutions that make this city great like WFMU and The Liberty Science Center. We got recommendations from the great folks at Art House Productions, and reached out to Gail to get our beautiful, one-of-a-kind props.
Growing up, Gail-Marie worked with fabric and sculpture, but after falling in love with Van Gogh as a student at Rutherford High School in New Jersey, she knew that she wanted to be a painter. At first, she was nervous about telling her parents about her dreams. “My father was always like, ‘study hard, academics is the most important thing,'” she says. “But both of my parents saw how passionate I was, and they said they would support me. That gave me the confidence to go for it.”
As a student at the School of the Art Institute, she was influenced by Chicago artists George Gross, Kerry James Marshall, David Hockney and Roger Brown. Her work was also influenced by magic realism, including Ivan Albright and Grant Wood. “I really like surrealism, but I also like some of the traditional colonial portraits, so I like to blend the two,” she explained. “I struggled for a while with that in college because I felt like: Is this good enough? Is this something people want to see” Because it seemed so old fashioned… the years I was in Chicago it was all about contemporary art.” The focus on the process and ideas surrounding contemporary art challenged Boykewich in her preference of portraiture. “I struggled a little bit in my classes. People would just be like, ‘What is this? Why are you just painting a picture of a random person?’ After a couple of years, I said fuck it. This is what I really like doing, this is what inspires me. Maybe there’s someone out there who will enjoy this too. And I just kept doing these imaginary portraits and patterns and flowers.”
After college, Boykewich moved to LA, and ended up working at a company creating set decorating for films. “This company developed 3 dimensional like blow up dolls, and they put masks on them. I would help dress them and put the wigs on. When they found out I was a painter, they had me paint the masks as well. That was the moment I realized I was interested in productions and creating things for productions.”
When she moved to Jersey City, she hooked up with a friend, Mason Beggs, a director who often works with Art House Productions.” He asked me if I wanted to work on a play with him, Font of Knowledge. I had a really great time. There was murder and aliens, it was just really out there which I liked.”
Boykewich is currently working on a new collection of paintings inspired by her trip to Japan with her husband Noah. What inspires her when she’s stateside? “Walking around any kind of nature, looking at little animals and flowers…as cheesy as that sounds, it helps me clear my mind.Then I’ll do little doodles and sketches and that helps the process of what I want to make next.” Can’t wait to see what’s up next for Boykewich? Follow Gail directly on instagram @gymboykev or contact her directly at email@example.com. Keep your eyes peeled for her Etsy shop, My Morning Bell, which will launch soon!
To find out more about bringing our photo booth to your event, call us at 551-200-7364 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.org. And, look for us at the All About Downtown Fair, on September 17th, 2016!


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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
November Seasonal Tip from Brookfield Animal Hospital
Just because the leaves are falling doesn’t mean the fleas and ticks have gone. Falling leaves bring jumping fleas that will make your pet’s life miserable until a hard freeze wipes them out. We can recommend remedies to alleviate your pet’s suffering from these pesky critters. Just a fall tip from the staff at Brookfield Animal Hospital.

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3D Textured Panels
BARNWOOD is imitating the deep texture of oak beams which has been exposed to weather elements or reclamed. It can be applied as a furniture element (cabinet door, drawer front, mirror frame, etc) as well as wall decoration, with a stunning result.
BARNWOOD is a panel that consists of MDF core with layers of veneers and special resins.
The sizes are in millimeters (mm).
Surface :The panels are delivered with the surface untreated (raw).
Embossment :one side, lengthwise.
Embossment depth :12mm.
Density : 800kg/m3.
Veneer direction : lengthwise.
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Developed from the North American F-86 Sabre, the F-100 Super Sabre entered service in 1954 and was the first Western jet fighter capable of sustained Mach 1 flight. It proved to have a goodly share of hazardous quirks, which were either remedied or were within the capabilities of pilots like Colonel Robert Wendrock, who declared, “It was fairly easy to fly, but could bite you in the rear if you did not respect it.”
In 1964 the F-100 began flying combat missions, first over Laos and then Vietnam, where it would continue to serve, mostly over the South, until 1971—longer than either the Republic F-105 Thunderbolt or the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. Peter Davies, aided by 22-year Air Force pilot David Menard and aviation artist Rolando Ugolini, presents the many roles played by the “Hun,” often unnoticed by all but the troops it supported, in F-100 Super Sabre Units of the Vietnam War, No. 89 in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series. Armed with four 20mm cannons as well as hard points for extra fuel, rockets and bombs, the F-100C and F-100D performed a variety of ground support duties, often placing their ordnance more precisely than their newer contemporaries. For a short time they escorted F-105Ds on bombing missions to North Vietnam, and the book gives a detailed description of the dogfight on April 4, 1965, in which Captain Donald Kilgus claimed a MiG-17F that was never credited to him by the U.S. Air Force, but which was confirmed by surviving North Vietnamese Senior Lt. Tran Hanh in his combat report.
Communist anti-aircraft fire took a heavy toll on the “Huns,” whose fighter-bomber units adopted a policy of “one pass, haul ass,” but that was not possible for the two-seat F-100Fs that were spotting and identifying targets for airstrikes or artillery in “Misty” forward air control missions. Among the F-100Fs illustrated in the book is the one in which Major George Day and Captain Corwin Kippenham were brought down by 37mm fire on August 26, 1967, after which Kippenham was rescued but the injured “Bud” Day would endure torture in enemy hands until his release in March 1973, subsequently receiving the Medal of Honor. The F-100Fs were also the first to engage in low-level “Wild Weasel” attacks on surface-to-air missiles and their radar, for which later F-105Fs and F-105Gs have received more publicity. Replete with firsthand accounts of their tactical activities, F-100 Super Sabre Units of the Vietnam War sheds some belated light on an early workhorse—and warhorse—of the air war in Indochina.
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|Published : 30 Nov 2016, 11:30:44|
Cop’s wife found dead in Jessore
Police recovered the body of a housewife from Chhoto Achra village under Benapole Port Police station of Sharsha upazila in the district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Tripti Khanom, 28, wife of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Benapole Immigration Police.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Benapole Immigration Police Iqbal Mahmud confirmed the incident.
Police sources claimed Tripti committed suicide at her rented house in the village around 8:00pm through hanging from a ceiling fan over family feud.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore Hospital for post mortem examination.
A case was filed in this connection afterwards, reports a news agency.

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Antimicrobial Resistance – A One Health Approach to a Growing Problem
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. One Health is a research perspective that considers the health of animals, humans and the environment as a single, integrated whole. The growing concern associated with antimicrobial resistance is that it threatens human and animal health. This seminar will highlight what we know and what we can do to work together using a One Health approach to this critical global health threat.
Panelists: Michael Bazaco and Sara Bazaco, Adjunct Faculty at University of Maryland specializing in infectious disease epidemiology
Moderators: Ryan Arsenault and Kali Kniel, Department of Animal and Food Sciences
This event is part of the “University of Delaware One Health Seminar Series," held throughout the Spring 2019 Semester and organized by UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 3:30pm to 5:00pm
STAR Health Sciences Complex, Atrium
540 S. College Avenue, Newark, DE 19713

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Lime green wine glass.
Lime green wine glass
Dimensions 18cm (height) x 7.5cm (diameter) x 8cm (base)
Capacity 226ml aprox
Hand made in Mexico from recycled glass
Milagros glassware is hand made and not uniform.
Minor imperfections are an inherent part of the hand made process.
Colours and measurements may change from batch to batch.
Measurements are approximate.

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My sister-in-law recently replaced her 2001 Toyota Corolla 18.1 Engine with a “take out”. The shop has a standard 12000/12 month warranty on parts and labor but will not do anything about this “new” engine burning approx a quart of oil a week (less than 200 miles). What is the industry standard for warrantying a “take out” engine. Is an owner at complete risk? This seems to be unreasonable.
What is a ‘Take-out’? Do you mean a salvaged engine, or a low mileage imported used engine? A quart every 200 miles is a bit extreme. She must be blowing quite a bit of smoke. If it has a warranty like you said, read it carefully. Excessive oil consumption is not a good sign of a healthy engine. And, check to insure the PVC system is working correctly. A plugged PVC valve or hose may be causing this.
Many manufacturers consider one quart per 1,000 miles to be the maximum for normal oil consumption on a new engine, although most people here feel that’s actually somewhat excessive.
This engine is pretty bad in comparison to that rule. I’d be worried about damage to the catalytic converter at that rate.
Did the engine come with any break-in procedure?
The shop called the engine a “take out”. I understand that as an engine out of a car in the junk yard. I googled “take out” and it also applies to engines from Japan - many reasons to do so to include older cars are not always worth going through the inspection process even though they are low milage in Japan. I do not have the data on where this engine originated but she was told it had 46,000 miles on it. There is no warranty other then what is written on the botton of the repair shop’s invoice - a generic statement about 12000, 12 months labor and parts. Unfortunately my sister-in-law is a trusting soul. After the original car threw a rod and the shop told her the best course was a replacement engine from a “recyler” she went with what the shop told her. Now they are not willing to address the oil loss problem. The engine is not smoking and there are no leaks on the ground nor is the engine “wet”. But still for a couple of weeks in a row the engine comes up a quart short each week. What I am trying to figure out is there an “industry standard” for such engines as far as what is warranteed by shops.
Your going to have to loose the term "industry standard"
Your recourse is with the shop and the warranty they provided,no “industry” involved.
Well one way is to let the engine run dry like in two to three weeks and then you are up for warranty work. The other one is the small claims court or the discussion of such action. I will start with an accompanying male showing up at the shop and explaining that the engine is burning excessive amounts of oil.
That is burning too much oil. They need to suck it up and put in another engine.
The engine, or some part of it is defective. It should be replaced or repaired. You need to get their attention if they are ignoring you. Do the following:
Send a certified letter outlining your complaint with a specific request of what you want them to do. In this letter make no threats of any kind. Allow a reasonable amount of time for them to respond.
If you get no answer, or if you get an unsatisfactory answer, file a complaint with your local BBB, AND with your state’s Attorney General. More than likely you will be able to file both complaints on line. Again, allow time for each of these organizations to contact the repair shop and get a reply.
As a last resort, file a claim in small claims court. Go you the county courthouse in your county and request information on filing such lawsuits. Most county court houses have a complete kit of information with instructions and guidelines for preparing and arguing your case. Read and follow the instructions carefully. When it comes time to serving the defendant with the suit, spend the extra fee to have the Sheriff’s department serve the defendant personally.
Keep ALL documentation related to the repair and correspondence. Organize the informaton chronologically in a neat file, preferably in a binder with tabbed sections.
Get estimates from independant repair shops to determine the cost of repairs, whether it be to repair the existing engine or replace it as needed. This will become the bulk of your damages for the suit.
Remember that in a small claims action you will be limited as to the amount of damages you can recover. Typically, you cannot recover more than $3,000 to $5,000, depending on the rules in your county.
Also, be advised that even if you win, the Court will only grant a judgment in your favor. It will be up to you to collect the judgment.
Thank you all for your posts. We have been tracking the oil closely over the last two weeks and we have not seen the same loss, in fact almost no loss. We are at a loss to understand this change from the first two weeks of a quart a week. Any thoughts on the initial oil loss? Thanks again on the advice - I think countrydriver laid out a good plan if the situation does not stabilize.
Could have been some seals that dried out, but not to the point where they couldn’t be rehydrated.


Concert Review: SSO plays Mahler’s Tenth Symphony (Clinton Carpenter version) Mendelssohn violin concerto
Mahler’s Tenth Symphony (Clinton Carpenter version)
Mendelssohn violin concerto
Renaud Capucon, violin
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
3rd April 2009
Esplanade Concert Hall
Guilty Mahler-fan secret: I have never really “got” the completed tenth symphony, or rather I have never loved it as wholeheartedly the way I have his other works. Deryck Cooke’s most performed version in recordings by Kurt Sanderling, Simon Rattle (twice) and Riccardo Chailly, though, seems to me closest to what Mahler (left) might have had in mind, had he completed the work, in terms of economy of orchestration and clarity of ideas, if nothing else. Other versions by Remo Mazetti Jr. and Wheeler are both valid assumptions, but I think them also-rans as compared with the Cooke.
In this concert, Lan Shui chose to perform the version by Clinton Carpenter, an American musicologist. When I spoke to him earlier in the year this was by no means carved in stone – he had not decided on which version to perform. I wish he hadn’t chosen this one, though in a sort of warped way it allowed the more intrepid among us to satisfy a morbid curiousity.
I say that because the Carpenter version is the most un-Mahlerian completion of the Tenth Symphony I know. Provocative, daring and yet in the final analysis, I think, a failure, Carpenter’s version illuminates precisely by making the audience crystallize what exactly Mahler is – it is an image whose own defects make us understand better what the essence of Mahler is.
Ten years ago in 1999, Lan Shui prefaced a concert of Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the Beethoven (an extremely memorable one, for all the right reasons), with a performance of the Adagio from the 10th. I remember speaking with an Australian girl around my age and telling her a bit about the work before, and the deeply moving performance that ensued. This was not to be that evening. Over the years, the conductor has picked up distracting bad habits that threatened to do damage to the music. Purely as a comparison, he took an estimated 30 minutes to get through the opening movement, with a choice of glacial tempi that proved detrimental; whereas Simon Rattle in his Berlin recording took 25min 11 sec, Riccardo Chailly got through it in a similar timing of 25:56. The problem was that Lan Shui’s performance of the work this time came off as being a series of episodes, the conductor more concerned with micromanaging each episode rather than viewing the piece as a whole.
The orchestra’s unfamiliarity with the score didn’t help. In many of the previous Mahler performances I’ve had the fortune to see Lan Shui conduct (the 5th, 9th, 7th, 8th and most recently the 3rd remain experiences I cherish for his musical insights and excitement he could bring the music, whereas the 2nd I remember as being a truly disappointing reading of the work). From the start of the Adagio, he obviously did try to imbue some of the bleakness in that opening viola passage, but constant agogic tempo shifts prevented the listener from hearing the line in the development of the music. In the Adagio, Mahler’s mastery of the form was complete and after the shimmering violins come in in the movement’s main key of F-sharp major, the music simply blossoms, with the mixed emotions of love and regret that Mahler was so wonderful at writing into music. When one thinks of this wonderful Adagio, one judges the conductor on how effectively he manages these essential qualities, as well as the later, more episodic ‘empty dance hall’ music and that petrifying huge dissonant chord that comes with the trumpet soaring above it. I expected Lan Shui’s understanding of the work to have grown through the years, and it came as an unpleasant surprise to find myself left cold, by this conductor and orchestra who left me in tears so many years ago – a flaccid performance devoid of tension.
Perhaps some of Lan Shui’s foundering had to do with Carpenter himself. Most musicologists consider the Adagio and Purgatorio complete in themselves and concern themselves only with trying to make the best sense of what Mahler might have done with the remaining three movements. Not so for Carpenter, whose fiddling and rescoring and touching-up of the work amounts to musical graffiti. For example in the violin entrance he found it necessary to add a tuba to support the line, creating a mood of general warmth rather than that concentrated intensity Mahler was capable of creating so easily. It was rather amusing at first, playing spot the difference, but the game was too simple, and thus more horrific, with each touch-up. There were some spots of inspiration, with an added line of counterpoint that made me think, “Hmmm, maybe there’s something to this guy after all”, but many were the musical equivalent of adding eyebrows to the Mona Lisa – just wrong.
Carpenter also seems obsessed with percussion and brass. When Mahler wrote his Fifth Symphony he showed it to his wife Alma, then truly in love with the man, who sobbed and said it was overscored. I don’t know what Alma thought of Carpenter’s completion, but I suspect it would have upset her. Toward the end of his life, and after the Sixth Symphony Mahler had grown toward a more concise, more virtuosic use of the orchestra which was known as much for its sheer size as its definite chamber music quality (witness the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde for example). In places, Carpenter thickened the orchestration so much (another thing Mahler was great at doing was his clarity of orchestration) that one struggled to find the true voice within it all. One place where this was undermined was the use of heavy percussion in the chorale section, the climax of this great movement, so masterly orchestrated originally. The famous dissonant chord with nine tones failed to make its impact, with the trumpet wimpish over the orchestra and the shrieks from the violins after virtually unheard because of the added orchestration.
It would be difficult and fruitless from here on to list the differences between the Cooke and the Carpenter versions, but listening to both side-by-side, I think the Carpenter version is so brash in its excesses as to be mistaken, where as the Cooke is in parts not daring enough where it comes to inventing counterpoint that Mahler would undoubtedly have come up with had he completed the symphony. To me, Cooke at least shows an understanding of the way Mahler worked.
The first Scherzo, a movement incorporating many changes in time signature, was where rough edges began to show in the ensemble. The opening flourish, with its copious tympani, may have been reminiscent of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, but it was also seemed more influenced by Shostakovich. I thought the Trio (Laendler) section wasn’t adequately characterized, without the grace it could have achieved, while horns holding their last high note toward the end was a nice touch.
The Purgatorio was again touched up by Carpenter with a Shostakovichian eeriness. Here he added muted trumpets, as well as a solo bassoon – a nice touch, with the coda disappearing in a ghostliness that seemed right out of the Russian composer’s second cello concerto.
The second Scherzo was for me the least successful in this performance, the orchestra not having lived the music long enough, perhaps, but the lion’s share of the blame lay firmly with the thick, overscored orchestration – a constant assault which made it a chore to listen to. Carpenter’s fascination with percussion and brass again threw into relief the restraint with which Cooke completed his version, and its clear inferiority. Lan Shui’s command of orchestral balance wasn’t in clear evidence in this thick forest of notes.
It’s interesting here that the order of the movements wasn’t clear even to Mahler himself, who kept changing the titles of the Scherzos, ending up with the current order that Cooke discerned from his manuscript. Since the content of the fourth and fifth movements follows the third, Purgatorio, the shortest movement is the heart of the symphony, but it is the development of the themes that exist in the movement, and the psychological narrative of the symphony from the Adagio to the Finale, the way that the movements make sense in the whole that is most important.
Other than the Adagio, the epic Finale is the movement which Lan Shui seems to have put the most thought into, and his tempo choices and musical rhetoric here proved rewarding, compared with the other central movements. Though I felt the orchestration again somewhat un-Mahlerian, there were touches where Carpenter used motifs from other symphonies, for example, a divided note motif that opens the Seventh Symphony, that seemed quite plausible.
Unfortunately because the impact of that malicious, evil first nine-note chord in the first movement had been blunted, the recurrence of this section in the Finale didn’t entirely make its impact either. The chamber music sections suffered again from some balance issues, but the eventual sweep of Mahler as he brings in his final transcendence and rejection of Death was undeniably moving and cathartic. It all seemed to be going well, but for one final disappointment. The final, huge glissando – one of Mahler’s last gestures, and what many consider his final sigh was hardly heard. Mahler was always very clear about his glissandi and while their omissions many times in the Adagio may have been forgiveable, I find it hard to understand why Lan Shui allowed this.
I think there is a successful Mahler 10 hidden deep in the SSO’s performance with Lan Shui, but it really needs a lot of work and thought. I’m still not entirely convinced that Mahler’s final thoughts were all set down on paper and I think he might have possibly excised a movement or two had he lived to complete and perform it. What I am convinced of is that the Carpenter version is not the version to subscribe to. Too brash, too “American” perhaps, it is still the Cooke version I will listen to when I want to listen to what I think Mahler’s final thoughts were.
All that’s left is to mention is Renaud Capucon’s performance of the Mendelssohn E minor concerto that preceded that symphony. Unashamedly middle-of-the-road and unoffensive, it was also rather dull in its uniformity and routine. The best thing about Capucon’s Mendelssohn at the moment is that gorgeous tone that he managed to coax out of his ex-Isaac Stern Guarneri del Gesu Violin – a lovely instrument that he played without a single ugly note. Despite what seemed to be some involvement onstage with the orchestra, Capucon’s performance, in comparison with the greats – Menuhin (with Furtwangler), Milstein (with Leo Barzin) and the live Heifetz with Toscanini for me are three performances I wouldn’t want to be without – has surface sheen but doesn’t by any means even try to delve below the notes. With his impeccable technique, there’s so much more that he could achieve. Hopefully we’ll hear him in a few years in a work that will better display his love for the music.


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We're not sure why early November is apparently Friends & Family Sale time for a lot of stores, but we're not about to complain! Especially when one of our favorite comfy-yet-stylish shoe stores, Rockport, is getting in on the action. Right now, coupon code INVITED will bag you 30% savings sitewide on dressy and casual shoes for men and women. Coupon expires 11/14/2012.
* Hot deals expire quickly. This deal may no longer be valid.
The Twice Upon a Year Sale at the Disney Store is still going on strong, only the savings is getting even sweeter. Shop now and redeem coupon code EXTRA25 to see an extra 25% fall off, bringing total savings up to 70% off. We found kids' sunglasses as low as $2.24, flip flops from just $2.99, and swimwear as low as $7.49. Even more deals can be found on decor, collectibles and more. Coupon's expiration is unknown.

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Judge Upholds $49 Million Verdict Against Alex Jones, Despite Capias
A judge today overturned a large money judgment against Alex Jones, who was arrested after making bomb threats against the Westboro Baptist Church, and said she does not want to punish him over his First Amendment rights.
The judge, Susan Orenstein of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said at a hearing in New York that she had a duty to enforce a law that made it illegal to defame a religious organization or cause injury to its members.
It was a decision that could have far-reaching consequences. After all, the federal statute was passed in the wake of a similar judgment in Virginia against the Rev. Pat Robertson.
In a decision that could have a major impact in the future of the First Amendment, a federal judge tossed out a $49 million verdict against a Christian radio host turned political activist who made bomb threats against the Westboro Baptist Church.
The decision was one of the first times the federal courts had examined a First Amendment case involving a case against Mr. Jones, who used to routinely call the conservative group’s members “pussies.” That led to his first arrest in 1999, when he became one of more than 40 media figures to be held in criminal contempt of court after refusing to take down his show from the Internet.
This time, however, the government was seeking a much bigger punishment against Mr. Jones for the phone threats to the anti-abortion group.
Under the statute, a person who makes a threat to a religious group “by telephone or in writing, or by any other electronic means, is liable to an injunction against the mailing or mailing of notices or materials or the making of telephone calls concerning the same matter…”
But Judge Orenstein said that the statute was “so broad” that it could criminalize only speech with a message “that is itself abusive or that is an insult,” which she said the words “pussies” in particular did not amount to.
In her ruling, the judge wrote: “I cannot hold that the words used by Jones were intended as an insult, and I do not believe they were. I do not think one is required to conclude that Jones’

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British Airways operates a fleet of 277 aircraft, ranging from Airbus A319 to the Boeing 777. After a long and challenging year, there have been several changes to the flag carrier’s fleet, including some notable retirements. Here’s a look at British Airways’ fleet in 2021.
The British Airways fleet at a glance
British Airways operates a diverse mix of narrowbodies and widebodies, serving routes across its sprawling network. When it comes to single-aisle jets, the carrier solely relies on Airbus for its needs. Here’s the fleet breakdown:
- 34 A319s
- 67 A320-200s
- 14 A320neos
- 18 A321-20s
- 10 A321neos
Based out of London Heathrow, British Airways operates a massive long-haul network. These routes vary by demand, requiring the airline to fly several types of widebodies, from the behemoth A380 and the smaller 787-8. Here’s a look at the twin-aisle (and deck) fleet:
- 8 A350-1000s
- 12 A380-800s
- 43 777-200ERs
- 16 777-300ERs
- 2 787-10s
- 18 787-9s
- 12 787-8s
The pandemic has been tough on BA, with the carrier forced to make many premature retirements. The most emotional goodbye was undoubtedly for the 747 fleet, which had a half-century-long history in the carrier’s fleet. At the time of the decision, the carrier operated 31 of these jets, all of the -400 variant, but it has historically flown over 100 747s.
However, while the Queen of the Skies took most of the limelight, she was far from the only plane to exit BA’s fleet. Other retirements include the pair of A318s ‘Baby Buses’ which flew the prestigious BA1 service from London City Airport to New York JFK. Three A319s and the remaining 777-200 classics also left the fleet.
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While 2020 may have been a year of sadness for those who enjoy British Airways’ classic fleet, there is a lot more coming soon. The airline currently has 49 aircraft on order, which will see it become a far more efficient and modern airline. This includes eight new A320neos and three A321neos for the carrier’s narrowbody fleet.
In widebodies, British Airways will take on 10 new A350-1000s and 10 787-10s in the coming years. The next new exciting aircraft type will be the Boeing 777-9 (777X), of which BA currently has 18 on order.
As the aviation industry begins the long road toward a full recovery, British Airways remains flexible with its fleet requirements. With short-haul routes likely to recover first, the eyes will be on narrowbodies at first. However, with key international travel also opening up in recent days, expect to see many more widebodies in the sky in the coming months!
What do you think about British Airways’ fleet layout? Let us know in the comments!


UPDATED Nov. 10 at 8:45 a.m.
Eleven of the 12 people arrested at Sudbury MPP and Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci's office Nov. 9 have been charged with fail to leave premise when directed under the Trespass to Property Act by Greater Sudbury Police.
One of the protesters was wheelchair-bound. She was processed outside of the building, and released on a summons to attend court.
The other protesters, as well as local reporter Carol Mulligan, who was also arrested at the scene, were transported to police headquarters.
The protesters, “after a subsequent investigation and consideration of all available options to be utilized to prevent such actions in the future,” were charged and released pending an upcoming court date.
Mulligan was released unconditionally.
Upwards of a dozen people were arrested Nov. 9 after those involved in a Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty protest refused to leave Sudbury MPP and Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci's office.
Among those arrested were Laurentian University sociology professor Gary Kinsman and local reporter Carol Mulligan.
The group had set up what they'd called an “emergency homeless shelter” in the office's waiting room. They had laid out sleeping bags and were playing cards.
They were protesting cuts to a provincial program called the Community Maintenance and Startup Fund.
The benefits program gives $1,500 every two years to families facing eviction and those in danger of having their utilities cut off or fleeing domestic violence, among other uses.
The group said they were planning to stay until the office closed at 4 p.m. However, shortly after 3 p.m., officers from the Greater Sudbury Police were called and, upon arrival, told the group they had five minutes to pack up, or they'd start arresting people.
Media were included in this order.
“The police have basically told us that Bartolucci has decided that this public space has been declared private space, and that we'll be charged with trespassing if we stay here,” Kinsman told Northern Life shortly before the arrests began.
“We are challenging an unjust law, and in the spirit of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi, there are people here who are willing to engage in civil disobedience to make our point as strongly as possible.”
Bartolucci spoke to Northern Life in his office during the protest.
“In my estimation, they're rabble-rousers,” he said. “In a democracy, you have a right to be rabble-rouser. In a democracy, governments have a right to make decisions we believe to be in the right interests of the people involved.”
He also said the protesters had “made their point, and now they should be leaving the constituency office.”
Kinsman said the Community Maintenance and Startup Fund is being cut by 50 per cent, and that money is going towards affordable housing initiatives.
“It's the basic benefit that provides for people on social assistance being able to move and being able to get what they need to set up their homes,” he said.
“Without that, they basically cannot move, and they can't set up their homes. It's also the fund that is accessed when people are in jeopardy of becoming homeless.”
With less access to the benefits program, people are going to end up on the streets, and thus more homeless shelters will be needed, Kinsman said.
“Rick Bartolucci is part of cutting that fund for everybody,” he said. “We're here to protest that, and we're here to say he's going to be held accountable for it.”
Bartolucci said what actually happened was that several programs previously administered by several ministries were combined for “streamlined delivery of service.”
“There is no reduction in services,” he said.
“There is an enhancement of services. With that enhancement of services, there comes reallocation of dollars. We're moving them from one program to another program. By combining the programs, you get more effectiveness. You get more bang for your buck, so to speak.”
Thomas Sutton, a fourth-year Laurentian University political science student, was one of those arrested during the protest.
Before the arrests started, he told Northern Life he participated in the protest because he thinks politicians should be held accountable for their actions.
“I don't believe it's right for people to make decisions that affect so many people, especially the most vulnerable people in society without being answerable to them,” he said.
“People that are homeless or are in poverty have some of the weakest voices in Ontario and the country, and pretty much in the world.”
Another protester, Christie Knocklbey, said she's disillusioned about the state of the country's social welfare system.
“As I've got involved with the Coalition (Against Povery), it's astonished me the stories that I've heard about people who have been turned down for the assistance they're legally entitled to,” she said.
“They can't access it. They're told come back another time. Instead of making it easier, our politicians are making it harder and harder. They're cutting the money.”


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Tullow Oil plc Rating Reiterated by BMO Capital Markets (TLW)
Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating restated by equities researchers at BMO Capital Markets in a research report issued on Thursday. They currently have a GBX 1,070 ($18.21) target price on the stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price suggests a potential upside of 26.39% from the company’s current price.
TLW has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Galvan Research reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Tullow Oil plc in a research note on Wednesday. They now have a GBX 900 ($15.32) price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Tullow Oil plc in a research note on Wednesday. They now have a GBX 1,410 ($24.00) price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Tullow Oil plc in a research note on Wednesday. They now have a GBX 950 ($16.17) price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and nineteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. Tullow Oil plc currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,096.47 ($18.66).
Shares of Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW) traded down 0.35% on Thursday, hitting GBX 843.5001. The stock had a trading volume of 1,491,201 shares. Tullow Oil plc has a 52-week low of GBX 736.00 and a 52-week high of GBX 1127.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 537.5 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 546.8. The company’s market cap is £7.665 billion.
Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW) is an United Kingdom -based company engaged in oil and gas exploration, development and production and the sale of hydrocarbons and related activities.
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Ignorance is far from bliss -- especially if you can consult Google Maps before you head out into the NYC subways to see what treats the MTA has in store for you.
There are fewer reasons starting today of coming down with a case of the subterranean homesick blues when riding the New York City subways as Google began inserting planned service disruptions and other alerts into Google Maps.
Heading to work or for a night on the town in the Big Apple?
Then just consult maps.google.com or Google Maps for Mobile on Android, select a subway station, and then take a peak to see if any scheduled service disruptions are going to get in the way of getting you from here to there.
All 468 stations are covered, according to a post today in the Google Lat Long blog.
Of course, this new Google Maps service doesn’t cover spontaneous disruptions — there’s no hedge against the blues when an A train stalls, there’s a flood on the D line, or the Times Square Shuttle stops shuttling.
These subway alerts also appear when Google provides transit directions.
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An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a computer system and is the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for any software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.
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If you decide to purchase one of our VPS server
plans, you shall be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions that we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most popular and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some application with precise requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you have picked. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates that may be released.
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U.S., USSR in Accord on
Geneva, PLO Concessions
BONN (JTA) — U.S. officials who arrived here sion to the Middle East at this time seemed to reflect
with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger from a growing mistrust by Israel of Kissinger's tactics,
Vienna Tuesday reportedly said that the Soviet Union diplomatic sources said. The Israelis were said to feel
has agreed to postpone the re-opening of the Geneva that he had spoken one way and acted another during
Middle East peace conference until at least August or his aborted efforts to achieve a second-stage Israeli-
September and to exercise a restraining influence on Egyptian agreement in March.
the Palestine Liberation Organization seeking a radi-
Accordingly, the sources said, American friends
cal solution in the Mideast. Those agreements were of Israel approached President Ford recently urging
said to have emerged from the series of meetings be- him to replace Kissinger as secretary of state. They
tween Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei made it clear that Jerusalem might not welcome the
A. Gromyko in Vienna Monday and Tuesday.
Secretary in the future as a mediator of the Middle
A joint communique issued by Kissinger and East dispute. But Ford rejected their approach, the
Gromyko before they left Vienna said the matters sources said.
President Ford nevertheless is taking the reins of
they had discussed included a "just and lasting peace
in the Middle East including the question of resuming
the Geneva peace conference and other matters."
Kissinger told reporters after his first round of
talks with Gromyko Monday that he was not con-
templating a new round of "shuttle" diplomacy in
the Middle East. He told the newsmen that his dis-
cussions with GromykO took place in a construc-
tive and friendly atmosphere but did not refer to
any progress being made on the Middle East con-
Extension of the UN peace observation force on the
Golan Heights for six months, announced by Syria
Wednesday afternoon, helped relieve the rising Mid-
dle East tensions. The UN's mandate was to end on
Kissinger's ruling out of a new diplomatic mis-
Middle East diplomacy into his own hands. He will
meet with President Anwar el Sadat in Salzburg, Aus-
tria, next weekend and with Israeli Premier Yitzhak
Rabin in Washington June 11-12.
In Washington, President Ford said again Tues-
day that no decision would be made on next steps
in Middle East peace efforts until he completed his
talks with Sadat and Rabin.
The President discussed the Middle East during
a lengthy interview with New York Daily News re-
porters in his office.
The President said again the U.S. had three op-
tions: a resumption of the "suspended talks" for a sec-
ond Egyptian-Israeli Sinai accord, which collapsed
March 22; a "total solution, including Israel-Egypt, Is-
rael-Jordan and Israel-Syria on a comprehensive ba-
sis;" or an effort for "some interim settlements"
"under the umbrella" of a renewed Geneva confer-
"We haven't made any decisions yet and won't
until I have talked with Sadat and Rabin and come
back and pull together everything we have been work-
ing on and see what we are going to do," Ford said.
In Jerusalem, Premier Rabin announced that he
had asked the Mapam leadership to meet with him for
a "coordination session" before his trip to Washington
to meet with Ford.
This action followed warnings by the veteran Ma-
pam leadership that they would not tolerate the La-
bor majority's failure to correct the government lead-
ership's foreign policy inaction.
Suspects Held After Terror Wave
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A large explosive charge concealed in a paint can was found in downtown
Jerusalem Monday and defused by police in Zahal Square near City Hall and the Old City walls.
All Jerusalem residents were warned to be on the alert following a wave of terrorist incidents in
and around the city over the Shavuot weekend. In one incident a suspected terrorist sustained self-
inflicted wounds when an explosive charge detonated as he was planting it in the Ramot Eshkol
Security sources said that 69 suspected terrorists were detained in the Jenin area of the
West Bank. The suspects are believed to represent four separate terrorist organizations includ-
ing Israeli Arabs. Large stocks of arms, ammunition and explosive charges were seized by the
army and police. The arrests represented the largest round-up of terrorist suspects on the West
Bank in recent months.
A booby-trapped picnic basket exploded injuring 20 persons on a crowded public beach on the
shores of the Dead Sea Saturday. Four of the people were seriously injured.
In another incident, Faris Issa Awad, 25, was killed by a hand grenade Sunday while tarring the
roof of a school building near Acre on Haifa Bay. Police said that Awad, a school employe, was
carrying the grenade when it exploded.
Explosive charges detonated Saturday under Arab-owned trucks in Ramallah, 15 miles north of
Jerusalem and in the neighboring village of Albirah. One person was slightly injured.
Police believe that all of the weekend incidents were the work of local terrorists. Terrorist
infiltration from outside is believed to have been prevented by the heavy security measures taken
in all border areas last week to forestall assaults on civilians during May 15th, the 27th anniver-
sary of Israel's independence and the Shavuot holiday that followed.
A guard is shown protecting students on May 15, the one-year anniver-
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It won’t come as a surprise to some of you who are reading this that there are things we do, physical things, that seem to quiet us. Those of you who practice hatha yoga are aware of how quiet your mind becomes when you concentrate on your balance or breathing as you move through an asana.
Some people find it important to carve out a physical space, even a minuscule one, where they are “safe” and can close off distractions: an uncluttered corner, for example. This is as physical as practicing yoga. Some of us may be visually oriented: I’ve often found that an image could be my “space” where I can find peace and quiet. This is part of the attraction of using icons in prayer: I can go out of myself and “into” the sacred space, the scriptural space, described by the icon painter. A photographer friend of mine once sent me a photo of the famous moss garden at the temple Saiho-ji in Kyoto. For years, looking at that photo was an effective way for me to begin mental prayer.
Living conditions can be crowded: I know someone living with her family who gets some minutes for herself in her room, listening to Vivaldi’s Gloria. And isn’t that interesting? Listening to sounds, music, can quiet the racing mind! But then silence, the pauses in a series of bars, is part of the structure of music.
Perhaps that leads us back to St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries: the point of silence is to listen and listen well. Try that in conversation: listen so well to the other person that your mind is still. Try that in a tense conversation, an argument–there’s nothing guaranteeing that I’ll be calm and still, that my feelings will be still! But when I listen intently, even in that sort of exchange, at least for a few moments, I’m pulled out of my preoccupations and perennial distractions. What I find very difficult is knowing when to talk, when to respond; yet what a relief to be concerned about this–connecting with someone else–than being absorbed in my petty preoccupations, being curved-in on myself!
I’m suggesting that silence is more than the absence of noise or distractions. It is also a state of self-transcendence, a state of openness and listening, a responsiveness, even an ethical responsiveness, the foundation of relationship to others and the world around me. It is a matrix for creativity, a threshold–rather than the forum–of living well.


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WHO will benefit? You, the individuals and team. You may be involved in activities on the land or sea, in groups, part of a team or as an individual. Due to the nature and environment of New Zealand, individuals need to take responsibility for their health and well-being, as a simple routine walk or bike ride can go wrong. Education in rapid immediate first aid will make a difference to an individual’s outcome and can save a life, allowing time for the advance trauma medical teams to take over. Your individual actions will make a difference.
WHAT will you gain? Appropriate first aid, for the environment you choose to play in to be able to address any first aid needs. The knowledge and confidence to help others.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
John F. Kennedy, in full John Fitzgerald Kennedy, byname JFK, (born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas), 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty ...
Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became one of the youngest U.S. presidents, as well as the first Roman Catholic.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office ...
John F. Kennedy was becoming a popular politician. In 1956 he was almost picked to run for vice president. Kennedy nonetheless decided that he would run for president in the next election. He began working very long hours and traveling all around the United States on weekends.
John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated in 1963.
John F. Kennedy threw out the opening day pitch for the Washington Senators, who were playing the Baltimore Orioles, on April 8, 1963. Birth: May 29, 1917. John F. Kennedy was born in the master bedroom on the second floor of 83 Beals Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.
John F. Kennedy, the second oldest of nine children, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. His father hoped that one of his children would one day become president. As a child, Kennedy had many childhood illnesses and once almost died from scarlet fever. But he grew up to be athletic and competitive, playing football for ...
John F. Kennedy. Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became one of the youngest U.S. presidents, as well as the first Roman Catholic.
John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917–Nov. 22, 1963), the first U.S. president born in the 20th century, was born to a wealthy, politically connected family. Elected as the 35th president in 1960, he took office on Jan. 20, 1961, but his life and legacy were cut short when he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas.

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Can the environmental and economic value of bees be quantified?
Apis mellifera, the only insect that produces food eaten by humans on a commercial scale, has become an icon for other insects to aspire to. Sadly, a failure to understand the importance of this and other species within our broader ecosystem has resulted in a number of apocalyptic realities. Markus Imhoof's documentary 'More than Honey' depicts one such scenario: a blossoming apple orchard in Liaoning province in Northeastern china, with hundreds of workers taking on the role of the absent bees to hand pollinate flowers.
Although this situation is not completely down to a lack of bees, but also the intensive monoculture of self-sterile fruit trees, it gives an insight into what the world could look like if bees were no longer around.
In Markus's new book 'More than Honey', published in 2015, he comments on the Liaoning scenario:
“Of all the people we met, we eventually settled on Zhang Zao in the northern province of Liaoning because she herself was the bee: as there are only five days of apple blossom in the north, there is not enough time to harvest the pollen, process it and get it to the blossom, so she travels 2,000 kilometers to the south where the apples blossom a month earlier. She gathers the pollen there and travels back north in time to pollinate the apple blossoms. Her story illustrates the immense efforts and costs involved if bees were to vanish”.
Bizarrely it is currently more economical to hand pollinate the apple orchards of Liaoning province rather than import bees or change the land use.
This unusual situation raises the questions: arebees really necessary? 'Which fertilises better. Man or bee?' And how can the ecosystem services offered by pollinating insects be quantified in order to raise their profile within decision making?
Are bees necessary?
Without hesitation, yes. By pollinating flowers and contributing to the process of successful and 'full' fertilisation, bees allow for the formation of high quality fruit and seeds. This helps to maintain both high yields, genetic diversity and contributes to maintaining high biodiversity. By supporting greater biodiversity, bees are directly linked to supporting resilient ecosystems that are better equipped to dealing with traumas such as changes in climate.
Bees also help to maintain our varied diets. A pollinator-dependant meal is typically more nutritionally diverse than if comprised solely of wind pollinated crops such as cereals. According to the UN, 100 crops make up 90 percent of the world’s food supply. 70 percent of these crops are pollinated by bees, the reliance of which will vary depending on the crop.
Crops pollinated by bees include almonds, apricots, apples, pears, rapeseed (also used for biofuels), and other important nonfood crops such as cotton.Bees are also far greater pollinators than humans will ever be. Although difficult to quantify and compare, a human can typically pollinate 5–10 trees a day depending on the size of the trees.
A colony of 50,000 bees can pollinate 500,000 flowers a day, and will make numerous visits to the same flower, ensuring full fertilisation and a heavier and healthier fruit. (For a strawberry to fully develop it needs about 21 visits from bees).
Due to the wide diversity of bee species, bees are able to pollinate a variety of flowers due to their multiple different shapes and sizes. Bees also show consistency in maintaining species-specific forages, ensuring more successful fertilisation.
The species of plant a bee forages from is determined and communicated by scout bees- a colony's forage experts who search for good pollen and nectar sources. The importance of a colony's social skills is perhaps not fully understood, but the knowledge bees gather about the location of good pollen sources and flower 'opening times' is known to contribute to efficient pollination. Humans generally lack this skill without access to technology.
The economic importance of bees
It is very difficult to identify and value all the ecosystem services offered by bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, moths, bats, flies, wasps and beetles. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment Analysis Report (2011), contains a chapter which discusses how biodiversity may be valued, and explores the benefits offered by pollinators:
“Roughly twenty percent of the UK cropped area comprises of pollinator dependent crops and a high proportion of wild flowering plants depend on insect pollination for reproduction. Pollinators offer an essential ecosystem service which maintains biodiversity and supports other vital ecosystem functions; including soil protection, flood control and carbon sequestration. There is strong evidence that loss of pollinators reduces crop yield and that the availability of a diverse pool of pollinators tends to lead to greater yields”.
A number of research groups have tried to quantify the economic importance of pollinators by valuing products, dependant on pollinators, that enter human supply chains. As a result, the majority of research has focused on honey bees due to their dual importance – their honey and pollination services. Little research has focused on the economic importance of the UK’s other 266 wild bee species (or the 25,000-30,000 other bee species globally) that are important pollinators but don’t produce honey for humans.
In 2009 the National Audit Office valued honeybee pollination services for the UK at just under £200 million a year, with the retail value of products pollinated by honey bees being valued at closer to £1bn.
This audit considered oil seed rape (used for vegetable oil and bio-fuels), field bean, broad beans, runner beans, apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries and other soft and orchard fruit in its assessment. A later study by the University of Reading for Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign calculated that if humans were to pollinate these same crops by hand instead of bees, it would cost UK farmers at least £1.8bn a year.
If pollinator populations were to be wiped out, a predicted 4%- 6% decrease in global agricultural production (by mass) would be observed.
However, pollinatordependant crops tend to be of a higher economic value than non-dependant crops. This relatively small decline would therefore have greater economic implications than a similar decline in wind-pollinated crops. On a global level, the value of pollinator services are predicted to be around £130 billion per year (approximately 10% of the economic value of agricultural production).
This prediction does not account for the effect changes in food prices would have on the willingness of consumers to pay more for their food and commodities. (The value of fruit and vegetables dependant on pollinators would in theory increase if pollinator populations were to significantly decline).
The financial loss that this may entail, is predicted to be between £160 to £260 billion. If this value was to be added to £130 billion (the global value of pollinator services), the total global value of pollinators could be approximated at £290-£390 billion, 25%-30% of the economic value of agricultural production.
These studies demonstrate the two main approaches currently utilised by researchers trying to place an economic value on bees. The 'deficit model' tries to calculate the cost incurred by the reduced quality and yield of crops associated with declining pollinator populations. The 'compensation model' tries to calculate the costs incurred by mitigating against pollinator declines – by planting wild flower meadows or hand pollinating flowers. Although a step in the right direction, certain factors are not accounted for or incorporated into these models.
- Pollinator declines will have varying economic impacts depending on the dependence of a country or region on agriculture or, more specifically, pollinator dependant crops.
- More and more land is being used to grow pollinator- dependant crops. This demand is out-stripping by 4.9 times the number and variety of bee species needed to pollinate them.
- With a decrease in crop yield and quality, product prices will theoretically increase and result in consumer's being less willing to buy pollinator-dependant crops regularly.
- The impact of pollinator declines on nutrition and the associated health implications and costs are not taken into consideration
- The impact of pollinator declines on seed quality are not taken into consideration
At present, observed pollinator population declines do not seem to be having an obvious economic impact. When a range of pollinator-sensitive sectors (agro-chemical, food producers and
retailers, luxury good and beverages) were interviewed by Rick Stather's, Schroder's head of Responsible Investment, about the impact of pollinator declines on their businesses, all generally agreed with Marks and Spencer's in saying 'there clearly was a cost but its value would only be recognised when the service was completely lost'.
However, the commonly quoted £130 billion a year figure is large enough to suggest the huge and unknown importance of pollinating insects for both humanity and our earth's terrestrial ecosystems, and will hopefully help focus the minds of economists, politicians and businesses on this issue.


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Tickets: $20 advance, $25 doors
Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue. Refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event. Tickets do not guarantee seating during shows at the Royal Room.
We are now accepting reservations for diners! After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room. We do not take reservations over the phone.
Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!
The Royal Room is All Ages until 10pm.
Skyler Floe was born and raised north of Seattle in Lynnwood, Washington and began playing trumpet at age 10. While attending Mountlake Terrace High School, Skyler played in its acclaimed jazz band. As a Senior, Skyler was a participant at the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival, where Wynton Marsalis awarded him the Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Award. Inspired by all genres of trumpet playing including classical and jazz, Skyler moved to Ellensburg, WA to study trumpet technique with pedagogue, John Harbaugh at Central Washington University, where he earned his undergraduate degrees in classical performance and music education.
Throughout his studies at CWU, Skyler made regular appearances at the National Trumpet Competition in both classical and jazz divisions as well as the International Trumpet Guild. While attending CWU, Skyler regularly performed around the PNW as a leader of his own jazz quintet and spent four years as a member of CWU’s critically acclaimed Jazz Band 1, where in 2015 they won the Next Generation Jazz Festival earning them a performance at the 2015 Monterey Jazz Festival. Skyler was also active in the classical scene and performed regularly as a substitute orchestral trumpet player for the Wenatchee Symphony and Yakima Symphony Orchestras.
After finishing his studies at CWU, Skyler spent two years studying at the Institute of Jazz in Graz, Austria under the tutelage of Jim Rotondi. While in Graz, Skyler performed and recorded with musicians from all over the world in Europe’s lively jazz scene. Doing so led to the creation of Skyler’s project The Chordless Quartet, which performs Skyler’s original compositions and features some of the best up-and-coming jazz musicians on the European scene.
Skyler completed his MM in Jazz Studies at Indiana University where he worked as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. In 2019, Skyler was one of five trumpet players selected to compete in the prestigious Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition and now resides in NYC as an active freelancing trumpet player. In October of 2021, Skyler released his debut album Abstraction which features all original compositions.
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One does not wish to romanticize the state of black preaching. When it is good it is very, very good. And when it is bad … well, that too is true.
An important aspect of equality is to remember that our black sisters and brothers are equal, and sometimes more equal than others, in manifesting the sins to which we are all heir. But the best of black preaching today puts together self and language in a way that can be instructive for all of us. Obviously it should not be imitated, but key aspects of it might well be emulated. Black preaching was born in and is carried by a particular cultural experience. But the principles that make it great, when it is great, are not that different from those specified by St. Augustine more than fifteen hundred years ago and observed by the worthier practitioners of the art ever since.
John Neuhaus argues that Augustine’s advice about rhetoric’s need to engage the audience is demonstrated in the black church. Although some may argue that Augustine’s connection to Africa and the origins of black preaching today accounts for the similarity in styles, it is clear that Augustine considered his principles universally applicable. So too, I propose, are the principles that can be garnered from the following analysis that examines the historical context of African American preaching and selected uses of rhetoric within that context. Whenever appropriate, I have limited the study to my own discourse community, namely, churches of Christ. The analysis concludes by reviewing the respective research on the preaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Historical Context of African American Preaching
The point of entry into the story of African American preaching might begin by noticing the slaves’ pews in the gallery that encircles the sanctuary of many colonial churches. Many good slave-holding Christian folk brought their chattels to hear “the gospel” and learn the lessons of obedience in the manner of Onesimus. George Whitefield rationalized the owning of slaves in 1751 when he wrote John Wesley:
…though liberty is a sweet thing to those who are born free, yet to those who may never know the sweets of it, slavery perhaps may not be so irksome … I should think myself highly favored if I could purchase a good number of them, in order to make their lives comfortable, and lay a foundation for breeding up their posterity in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Although some preachers urged slaves not to believe that slave ownership was for their own spiritual good, Whitefield justified his practice on economic and evangelistic grounds. Many preachers believed the evangelization of the slaves would not only bring salvation but also a better social condition. Slave masters would respect peaceful and hard working Christian slaves as they entered into fellowship. Nevertheless, many abolitionists and missionaries to slaves believed that preaching to slaves to obey their masters would drive slaves from the church. They were convinced such preaching was a mere sham in order to soften the wills of blacks while salving the conscience of the whites. Furthermore, they advocated that it was wrong to provide a theological justification for the legitimacy of the institution of slavery. Throughout this heated religious debate, blacks, nevertheless, heard and responded to the gospel.
The history of preaching in the African-American community is connected to two contexts: the religious tradition of West Africa and the institution of slavery. As slaves were converted to Christianity, a blending of cultures occurred. Syncretism of Christianity and the slave experience gave birth to a rich new heritage of preaching. Often legally prohibited from learning to read and write, illiterate slaves developed robust oral traditions, passing down spirituals, sermons, and folk tales from generation to generation. Without such a rhetorical process, African Americans may not have survived as a people.
C. F. Stewart identifies the black church as the center of freedom that most influenced the praxis of African American spirituality. It became a safe place where blacks gathered to embrace their collective concerns as a community of faith. Stewart states, “It has been the only institution in the African American experience that has maintained relative autonomy from the domesticating influence of white oppressors and overlords.” It is such a context that allows Calvin Bowers to argue that some black churches may be the last place to see integration due to the desire to maintain a power base not available to them elsewhere. After reviewing several aspects of worship as the context for spiritual and cultural freedom, Stewart notes that black preaching in and out of the black church is “one of the most powerful idioms of freedom for black people in America.”
Bowers reviews the development of the black church in American history.[viii] The black response to segregation manifested itself in two distinct ways. First, there was an acceptance of Jim Crow as seen in the writings of Booker T. Washington and other “Sustainers.” Speaking to white northerners about abolition, many like Frederick Douglass, used Standard English style and delivery in order to secure a hearing. Equality was being demonstrated to white audiences who needed to see that blacks were able to use the language. Douglass, on the one hand, reluctantly chose to be a showcase of the intellectual ability of a black man for the white establishment. On the other hand, Douglass used the rhetorical techniques of the establishment to defend and advance his cause.
The “Sustainers” preached to the needs of enslaved and segregated people but never attempted to revolutionize the conditions under which they lived. Their hope rested in the conviction that the gospel of love would gradually transform the hearts of slave owners and subsequent racists. The rhetoric of inclusion continually uses “we” and not “you” or “them.” Some of the gradualistic convictions were rooted in the early evangelism done by white preachers. Christianity was thought to bring submission to slaves. A more docile slave would somehow maintain the status quo. Gradualism was sure to fail due to its misconception of the nature of slavery as an institution and the lack of recognition of the power of the gospel to transform a nation. In similar fashion, the Civil Rights Movement itself moved rhetorically over time from a gradualistic approach to a “shattered dream” understanding of an America that was never a free America.
W. E. B. DuBois, opposed the stance of the “Sustainers,” and would not give racism even a hint of being acceptable arguing against gradualism. DuBois and the “Reformers” were willing to risk life for the freedom of the race. They sought to translate the power base of the black church into political clout.
Churches of Christ advocated both positions. Although many of the white leaders in the Movement taught their slaves the gospel, allowed them to worship in segregated balconies, and eventually freed them, they were slow in doing so. Conversely, most blacks did not accept the doctrine of gradualism. G. P. Bowser was raised in the AME church, the oldest exclusively African-American denomination in the United States. The AME church was founded in 1816, a few years after Richard Allen had been expelled from the “white” St. George’s Church in Philadelphia. Bowser left the AME church in 1897 and became a member of the Jackson St. Church of Christ in Nashville working with Marshall Keeble. Bowser eventually broke away from the white supported Keeble. His preaching was a synthesis of a rational discourse and traditional black preaching and is exemplified by his protégé R. N. Hogan. Bowser was instrumental in opening Southwestern Christian College in Terrel Texas.
R. N. Hogan opposed the segregation of such schools as Pepperdine. His sermons were topical, logical, and rational patterns that appealed to the intellect. Hogan had a high view of education and literacy. He challenged congregations to read the Bible for themselves and not accept blindly what any pastor said. He allowed open questions and investigations during his sermons.
Conversely, an example of gradualism is seen in Marshall Keeble (1878-1968), who appealed to blacks and whites. Keeble’s gospel of accommodation stated, “The way out for us is to exaggerate our dependence.” He trusted the white congregations for financial support throughout his long career. Although Keeble spoke on race relations, he used “double-speak” or “signification” to convey his message. His preaching style was similar to Hogan’s, yet without the direct judgment against racism and other offensive topics to whites.
The debate between “Sustainers” and “Reformers” continues today. “Sustainers” argue that culture is the reason for the differences seen in people. One prominent African American preacher noted, “Everybody considers their own culture as superior. Indians think their culture is superior. That’s natural. It’s not the red man, yellow man, black man. It’s culture. I couldn’t go live in Africa. … Or marry an African. We are not going to mix. … She is as black as I am, but it’s the culture. That’s it, it’s the culture.” This preacher defends gradualism as the most Christian approach but also the most pragmatic approach.
When you take for example Keeble, he was slower than Bowser. Over time, this proved more successful. Keeble came up in severe Jim Crowe age and well acquainted with the attitude of the Caucasian and when you look back, he had the best approach. Maybe not the acceptable approach but the best approach. Many preachers wouldn’t tell you that. … I always could understand what the old man was doing. I couldn’t of done it, not like that, I couldn’t be like Jackie Robinson. … There are certain men who were ready fit for the position. A man for the time. Keeble was man for the time. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the man for the time. Jackie Robinson was the man for the time. You got to admit, his [Keeble] approach was the best approach.
However, another preacher who began his career in the tradition of Keeble reflects on this as though it were the wrong course. He attacks the argument of culture asking about other religious groups that are integrated even in the midst of two or more cultures. His voice mourns and his eyes fall as he retells stories of accommodation as though he and others were weak and fearful.
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Tamarind evolved on the islands of Indonesia. It eventually spread to Malaysia and other nearby regions. When people began using it as a food source thousands of years ago, it quickly began to spread throughout Southeast Asia. The edible and valuable part of the plant is the fruit. This fruit often starts out green, but eventually takes on a orange or yellow color. When it is fully mature, it resembles a small pumpkin.
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Chris--how's Erns doing? Better I hope. Good thoughts for Erns. Please update us. Thank you.
Yes, how is he??? He has been in my thoughts!
~It doesn't matter how smart the dog is,it matters how smart the owner is.
Thank you for your good thoughs for my boy.
Touch wood he hasn't vomited for the last 24 hours so maybe his gut is settling and he is coming right.We will keep him on the anti nausea meds for a day or 2 as vomitting inflames his gut. Probably does any dog.I think it is his food.
I was hoping to start Tess on her new food in 2 weeks, and see how he went on it too, but she is loosing a lot of weight so had to start her yesterday so will leave him on his food for now.
Timing is very bad as on Thursday I go to Australia for 11 days.
Garry will take good care of them and has lists and instructions so they should be fine.
Glad to hear it, Chris! Why is Tess losing weight?
"Each is a creature of Earth and is entitled to reside on it with dignity"
Came back to say sorry I quickly came in to say I would be away with quick update on Erns and apologise for just coming in for that.
She is looking great and has gone from 2 pred a day to 1/2, every other day. Vet said best he has ever seen her and never thought she would look so good. She has been losing fur for about 6 months and vet says part of her yeast, but not sure.
I thought I posted about her.
Continued prayers and good thoughts for both pups, Chris.
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