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Director: Christopher Petit
Screenplay: Christopher Petit
Starring: David Beams, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff
BBFC Certification: 18
It would be fair to say, as the 1970s drew to a close across the UK, that the optimism that had fuelled the start of the decade had certainly petered out. Gone were the idealistic hopes and dreams of the 1960s sexual and cultural revolution. In their place were events that had an altogether more depressing and nihilistic air. The conflict in Northern Ireland showed no signs of abating and strikes had been crippling the country from top to bottom. Under Jim Callaghan, the Labour Prime Minister, the country seemed to lack direction and focus. The UK was drifting towards an uncertain and certainly pessimistic future, a direction in which she had arguably been heading since the Suez crisis of the 1950s. Yet change was coming. The election of the first female Prime Minister in May 1979 would see Britain, for better or worse, dragged into the future and remoulded, leaving behind a past that felt as if it belonged to another world entirely.
The 1979 film Radio On, re-released on Blu Ray this May by the BFI, captures Britain at this moment of epochal change. Directed by Christopher Petit, a former film critic at Time Out and co-produced by Wim Wenders, Radio On was born out of a large melting pot of influences and creative aspirations. Inspired as much by the New German Cinema of Wenders, Herzog and Fassbinder as he was by films such as Get Carter and Two Lane Blacktop, Petit wanted to create a film that focused less on narrative and more on music, landscape and architecture. The result was one of the most unique British films of the 1970s that, when viewed today, hardly seems to have dated despite its preoccupation with landscapes and music from more than forty years ago.
The plot, or what constitutes as one, is extremely simple. After finding out that his brother has died, Robert (David Beames), a Radio DJ, sets out from London in order to find out more about his brother and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. This could easily be the premise of a pulpy thriller (one starring Michael Caine perhaps) but be warned if you are expecting Radio On to offer a strong narrative journey and clearly defined resolutions. This is a film that today would very much be lumped in the category of ‘slow cinema.’ Petit, who wrote the screenplay as well as directing, instead uses his premise as an excuse to document the English landscape and by doing so, to make a film that could become a record of a particular time and place.
Slow, introspective films are certainly not everyone’s cup of tea and can sometimes (quite rightly) be accused of being self indulgent and pretentious. I found that this certainly wasn’t the case with Radio On. As Petit rightly states in one of the extras on the disc, the English Landscape simply hadn’t been captured or documented that much in movies when Radio On was shot and there certainly wasn’t an English equivalent of the ‘Road Movie’ that dominated much of 70s American cinema. In attempting to combat this imbalance, Radio On occasionally turns into a road movie in the most literal sense. Petit quite happily allows many moments in his film to flow by with nothing to see but the landscape moving past and music playing in the background. Long, languid shots flow into one another; we see London tower blocks glide past, followed by endless stretches of motorway or misty country roads. These moments could have been incredibly dull but the combination of the stark black and white film stock, the angles used (the camera shoots as much from outside Robert’s car as it does from within) and the music result in a powerful, almost hypnotic experience.
This is not to suggest that Radio On is almost two hours of black and white travelogue footage. While there isn’t much of a plot, Robert meets and interacts with several different characters throughout his journey that reflect and deepen the sense of stark loneliness that is captured outside the car window. On his travels, Robert meets a soldier suffering from PTSD, a lonely German woman, a petrol station attendant (played by a very young looking pre-fame Sting!) as well as his brother’s girlfriend. These meetings and encounters, which are more a series of separate vignettes that anything else, are beautifully acted and permeate the film with a dreamy atmosphere of melancholy.
Much of the power of Radio On no doubt comes from its visuals but the music used throughout is absolutely vital to the whole experience. As with the film’s desire to break the mould by showing movie goers an England not often captured on film, so too did Petit want to play music that that had barely been used in cinema. Hence the film is filled with music from David Bowie, Kraftwork, Devo and Ian Dury (among many others). Right from the opening scene (a long steadicam shot scored to an almost complete rendition of a half English, half German version of Bowie’s Heroes) is it clear that music is going to be a vital part of this journey. While I didn’t find that the soundtrack dominated the film as much as the opening few minutes might suggest, it nevertheless crucially positions Radio On at a crossroads been the past and the future. By using music that at the time felt so modern, fresh and exciting, the soundtrack doesn’t trap Radio On in a certain time period and in fact allows the film to feel excitingly untethered, beholden to its own unique universe.
Much of the film feels this way. Radio On captures a Britain just before the start of what you might call the ‘modern era’. It at once feels like an authentic record of a specific time in history yet modern enough to feel strangely relevant to today. Its sights and sounds are both comfortingly familiar yet unnervingly alien.
Radio On won’t be a film for everyone. It can be accused as being too slow and too melancholy, where nothing ever really happens, succeeding only in capturing a UK that was run down, dilapidated and close to falling apart, where the physical decay of the landscape had bled into the lives of its lost, transient characters. Yet if you are willing to jump in Robert’s car and go along for the ride, you’ll discover one of the most unique and unusual British films of the 1970s. The ultimate destination may be unclear but it is absolutely a journey worth taking.
The BFI are releasing Radio On this May on Blu Ray (it has previously been released on DVD). This new Blu Ray edition has been sourced from a new restoration of the original camera negative and it looks glorious. Punchy and full of sharp, crystal clear detail, combined with a wonderful contrast boasting deep, inky blacks, the bleak, desolate England captured in Radio On has never looked more beautiful.
The BFI offer a rather stacked disc for this cult film:
- A Little bit Kitsch, But Ice Cold: Retro-futurism in Focus (2021, 52 mins, audio only): in conversation with BFI Video Publishing’s Vic Pratt, Chris Petit, writer and director of Radio On revisits the film, recalls key scenes in detail and reconsiders the film’s legacy and continued influence
- Cinematic Windscreen: Jason Wood on Radio On (2021, 54 mins): newly recorded interview with Creative Director of Film & Culture at Manchester’s HOME
- Interview with Chris Petit and producer Keith Griffiths (2008, 42 mins)
- radio on (remix), (1998, 24 mins): a stunning digital video essay with radical disruption of the original soundtrack by Wire’s Bruce Gilbert
- Coping with Cupid (1991, 18 mins): three blondes from another planet land on Earth in order to conduct research into romantic love in this short film directed by musician and author Viv Albertine
- On the Road (1972 + 1975, 47 mins): a pair of public information films including L For Logic providing a flashback to driving tests in the 70s and The Motorway File, directed by Ferdinand Fairfax (Jeeves and Wooster, Danger UXB) on the dangers of motorway driving
- Original trailer
- Image gallery
- **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring a new essay by Jason Wood, Jane Giles and Viv Albertine and archival essays by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Ian Penman, Chris Petit, Sukhdev Sandhu, and Rudy Wurlitzer
Retro-futurism in Focus: Vic Pratt interviews Chris Petit for over 50 minutes in this audio only interview, which plays out over the first 50 minutes of the film. It is not scene specific but the interview does cover a lot of background detail about how Radio On was conceived and developed, as well as providing a wealth of information about key aspects of the film. Chris Petit proves to be an entertaining and informative interviewee and offers lots of fascinating info about his creative decisions. A great listen.
Jason Wood on Radio On: Film writer Jason Wood provides almost an hour long discussion of Radio On. An absolutely huge fan of the film (he mentions having watched it every two weeks over a six year period!) he offers an absolute treasure trove of trivia and analysis, which really makes you appreciate quite how unique and remarkable Radio On is. This extra is only let down by the fact that it consists entirely of a Zoom like CU shot of Wood, which becomes rather monotonous to watch after almost an hour. It would have been nice to have painted his interview with clips from the film – or better yet, to have allowed him to record a commentary!
Interview with Chris Petit and Keith Griffiths: I believe this is an old extra ported over from the previous DVD release. These interviews take an almost chronological look through the making of Radio On. Some information is repeated from the previous extras but lots of new info is also offered (mainly consisting of additional throughs from Chris Petit on the film and interesting production notes from Keith Griffiths) so this is still worth a watch. There is also a small but interesting discussion on the radio on (remix) extra which adds some nice context and background info.
Radio On (remix): This is an arty visual remix of the film created by Chris Petit in the 1990s, with a bold audio remix of the soundtrack by Wire’s Bruce Gilbert. It is interesting seeing the 1998 colour locations contrasted with the 1979 film footage. It’s lovingly produced and in the spirit of the original film but for me, this felt too much like a piece of video installation art.
Coping with Cupid: This is a short 18 minute comedic film directed by Viv Albertine (the guitarist for punk rock band the Slits) about three blond female aliens landing on earth in order to conduct research into romantic love. Starring a young Sean Pertwee, this is very different in tone from Radio On but shares some DNA with its use of music and real locations. The Vox Pops peppered throughout the film are certainly interesting to watch but overall I didn’t find the film that amusing I’m afraid.
Public Information Films: The last key extras on the disc are two public information films from the 1970s. The first, Driving Test, offers new drivers advice about their (surprise surprise) driving test. It is an amusing and interesting watch – the test sure looked easier back in the 70s when the roads looked lot more empty! The real star here though (and possibly my favourite extra on the disc!) is the next film, Motorway. A tongue in cheek yet serious ‘who done it’ about a motorway accident with a dry, Rocky Horror esq narrator, this is both fun, tense and ultimately terrifying and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as other infamous public information films such as Apaches or Lonely Water. This will make you think twice before going on the motorway again!!
The rest of the disc is rounded out with a trailer, image gallery and booklet (which I unfortunately did not get a copy of for this review).


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“I never ask Jim about his lyrics, and I usually don’t even see them until we get copies (of the CD booklet), so it was really interesting to hear him talk about certain songs.”
“Lots of people like to write about how we’re crazy hippies from Louisville, Kentucky, with long hair, but they don’t write about how they felt like their brains were oozing out of their ears when they heard a song or how they wanted to cry or laugh or throw up, really feel like ripping somebody’s head off, or making love I think lots of the music industry and lots of things are wasted because people aren’t conveying emotion anymore, they’re just writing about what a band looks like or how many people were there. That stuff doesn’t matter.”
I remember in Australia last year your gatorades or something spilled over the stage and when you stood on the puddles I thought nooooo don't slip!!
“I had the beats made and all ready to go before sharing them with the guys. The one thing I wanted on this record was for the rhythms to be real tight and almost mechanical. Almost like it’s a drum machine, but I didn’t want the actual version to just be a drum machine because I think it’s so cool that it’s Patrick [Hallahan] organically playing the drums. It’s pretty f@#$ing rhythmically precise for a human being to be playing some of the shit that he plays.”
“I really wanted those (Month of Sundays) songs, so I borrowed this demo tape from our drummer (future MMJ drummer J. Glenn). The other side of it said “My Morning Jacket”. I actually had no clue what it was, but I ended up listening to that side of the tape every single day. I really fell in love with those songs.”

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We visit Marigold Restaurant in Franschhoek for an authentic and delicious Indian experience.
If there was ever a time to enjoy a cheeky curry, it’s now. There is nothing that perks you up quite like the bite and spice of a curry when the days are short and cold. To help you out, we’re put together a guide to different types of Indian curry.
Col' Cacchios launches their very own CC Golden Ale in partnership with Devil's Peak Brewery, now available in all restaurants nationwide.
The classic toasted cheese sandwich will always be one of the most iconic and delicious things you can do with 2 slices of bread.
We chat to Siyanda Mbele of Pinda, whose Mvelo desk has been nominated the most beautiful object in SA, at the Design Indaba.
Just add Rice, by Ming-Cheau Lin is a celebration of the rich culinary heritage of Taiwanese culture from a South African voice.

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The Mononoke series celebrates its 15th anniversary. Mononoke is a supernatural anime series that was released in 2007.
The TV anime Mononoke is a spin-off of the TV anime Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales. It first aired on Fuji TV in July 2007 in the Noitamina block.
Around the same time in 2008, a manga version of the series began, spanning the “Bakeneko” arc. The remaining arcs of the anime were covered by another manga that ended in 2019.
To mark the occasion, the original series will embark on a 15th anniversary project. The project will be released on June 18, 2022 with a ceremony at Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba where more details will be revealed.
The Mononoke series begins the 15th anniversary campaign
Part of the project is the release of Mononoke: Shu, a spin-off light novel written by Hideyuki Niki. It also includes cover art by Oku. The medicine seller has to deal with a princess that appears in a castle tower near Lake Inawashiro at night, a fox spirit and a terrible yokai that appears in ancient battlefields throughout the storyline.
Publisher Kadokawa Bunko will release the light novel on June 10, 2022.
Meanwhile, director Kenji Nakamura (Gatachman Crowds: Insight), Medicine Seller voice actor Takahiro Sakurai and producer Kouji Yamamoto will attend an anniversary celebration on June 18th. It will take place at the Fuji TV Multi Theater and will be streamed live on YouTube.
There is also a Twitter campaign where fans can tweet about their favorite “famous scene” from the film (based on the alternatives offered on the campaign homepage). Fans would enter to receive an exclusive 15th anniversary calendar. There will be 30 winners. The campaign runs until August 14th.
Director’s Comments and VA and more
Takahiro Sakurai (medicine seller)’s comments on the 15th anniversary are below:
The most impressive scene I remember during my first recording was when director Nakamura sat down on the studio floor and began a lecture. Honestly, I was confused by the commands he gave, which differed from animation recording theory I was familiar with. He asked me to do things like put some emotion into each cut on each line, sound less interested, mumble the words, and so on. All the dots were connected after watching the show when I found out about the director’s creation. A flood of whimsical and mysterious images that are at once terrifying and beautiful. I call it the madness of vivid colors. It was an intense experience. What is the 15th Anniversary Project? Stay tuned for more updates.
Director Nakamura also commented on the 15th anniversary event:
Even though this was my debut work as a director, I gave it my all as if this was the last work. I was told to make a clear distinction between the background and the cell (character) but thought it might still look good even if the two were indistinguishable and organized as a single illustration. Usually when one character stops talking the next character starts talking, but in real life people start talking at their own pace so I left it that way. I remember questioning all my common sense during production.
Princess Mononoke staff, synopsis and more
The animation technique is similar to Gankutsuous Unmoving Plaid (albeit to a lesser extent – there are some solid colors here and there), and while it might take some getting used to, the use in the series is both beautiful and disturbing.
The narrative follows our enigmatic, nameless medicine seller as he travels and meets various people – and creatures. In order to kill any Mononoke, it must first figure out its shape (configuration). This is its truth (origin) and reason (motivation), which is often far more difficult than it appears. There are five arcs to the 12-episode series.
Toei Animation produced Mononoke, with writers Michiko Yokote (The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody), Chiaki J. Konaka (Ghost Hound), Ikuko Takahashi (Healing Good Precure), and Manabu Ishikawa (Your Voice -Kimiko-) and Takashi Hashimoto (Co-Principal Animator of Gekijoban Revue Starlight) as Character Designer and Executive Animation Director.
Are you looking forward to the 15th anniversary celebration? Do you like how the Mononoke series is starting its 15th anniversary? Have you seen the Monoke series? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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§ Mr. CLOUGH
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is correct that 75 per cent. of the War bonus to the Civil Service is to be regarded as pensionable; and whether, when this bonus automatically disappears, owing to the fall in prices, this pensionable amount will disappear also?
As was explained to my hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth, Kennington Division (Mr. Purchase), on the 22nd December last, the superannuation allowances of civil servants are calculated in accordance with the scales laid down in the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1919, upon the actual salary received at the date of retirement, together with 75 per cent. of the bonus appropriate to that salary at the same date, except in cases where they are calculated upon the average salary and War bonus for the three years preceding the date of retirement. Pensions when once granted are not subject to periodical review in consequence of changes in the cost of living.

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BRAVE mum Rosie Batty says this year’s state election could be the decisive moment in reversing the devastating cycle of family violence.
Her son Luke was murdered by his father Greg at cricket training in February, his tragic death prompting Ms Batty to become a family violence campaigner to ensure Luke “didn’t die in vain”.
“Every day, there is a moment of utter sadness. I look at his picture and I know I’ll never see him again,” Ms Batty said.
“But what keeps me going is a sense of purpose and meaning ... If I can make just a little difference, it’s worth it.”
Speaking at a family violence forum, hosted by Greens candidate for Richmond Kathleen Maltzahn, Ms Batty urged voters to think about family violence at the ballot box this November.
“It’s become a political issue, which is a fantastic step,” Ms Batty said.
“We need to make sure that family violence is way up there in the decisions you make about which party you vote for.”
“I believe right now, we’re at the point where we’ve had enough.”
Clutching a red rose, Ms Batty said she was “never a political person”, but could not believe the inaction in combating family violence.
She said one in four children was impacted by it, causing mental and physical health issues and often perpetuating “the abusive cycle” in their own relationships.
Ms Batty said she was still learning about family violence, and while she wished she could change the past, she had grown to understand that she was not to blame for Luke’s death.
“My son was going to grow up to be a fine young man. I was so proud of him, he was my life,” Ms Batty said.
“But on that night, his father decided in a clear and premeditated act that to make me suffer for the rest of my life, he would take Luke into the next world.”
“Why would a man do that to anybody, least of all the son he loves?”
“(Greg) wasn’t a bad man, he loved his son ... He wasn’t a monster but that’s how we try to understand this terrible situation. There is no understanding, we cannot understand it.”
Ms Batty said she had found strength through adversity and encouraged others to stand up on the issue of family violence.
“We have to make a change, we have to make a difference,” she said.
“I don’t want there to be symbols around death. I want there to be symbols around hope and strength and possibility.”
“We need to have hope. It will take time, but I believe we’re ready for that change.”
Originally published as Rosie Batty asks voters to help her turn the tide

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Is there anything I can do for a rescue dog that is afraid of the dark? She's fine going outside during the day but won't even go outside unless we go out first and coax her out once it's dark. We have a well-lit yard, but nothing seems to help. We literally have to stand next to her while she does her business at night or early in the morning.
While most dogs see better than humans in the dark, it would be reasonable to mention this to your vet and be sure your pup's eyes are functioning appropriately. In the meantime, you can teach your dog to rely on her nose, which is her strongest sense anyway.
You'll want to work in small increments — we're not going to get her through this by throwing her in the deep end of the pool in the beginning. Start by getting her just outside the door, but still close enough to the house so she feels comfortable. Let her eliminate, then praise her gently and scatter a small handful of her very favorite treats on the ground. Bits of hot dog or cheese work well for most dogs, but treats should be no larger than a pea. Resist the temptation to toss them out of her comfort zone; she'll get there soon enough. Let her use her nose to sniff and find the treats. As soon as she seems to give up the search, bring her back inside. When she starts to figure out the game, you'll see her venture a little farther outside her comfort zone to double check that she's not missing any treats. That's when you can start gradually tossing the treats slightly further away. Again, focus on baby steps, and don't push her too far. In time, she'll learn that it's safe and even fun to sniff around after dark.
This week's expert is Amie Glasgow, a Behavior & Training Coordinator with the Maryland SPCA (mdspca.org). Submit your questions to firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF), May 13 - 19 is Mental Health Awareness Week and this year the focus is on Body Image - how we think and feel about our bodies.
The aim of this years’ campaign is to address the growing problem of body issue that can affect any of us at any age and where our thoughts and feelings about our bodies can impact us throughout our lives, affecting, more generally, the way we feel about ourselves and our mental health and wellbeing.
In today’s society where, social media is king there is a constant pressure to look a certain way and the implication is it can have a serious negative effect on our mental health.
The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) believes that by addressing the problem head on and urgently we can prevent the problem growing further and therefore have chosen to step up their campaigning in this area while also developing practical tools to support resilience and help young people learn about body image from a young age.
By being able to protect their self-esteem, to differentiate between media spin and ‘normal’ life and to be more sensitive and informed in how they support themselves and each other, they are less likely to feel overwhelmed, crushed and unable to cope.
So, how does body image affect our mental health?
Body image issues can be a risk factor for mental health problems as research has shown that higher body dissatisfaction is associated with a poorer quality of life, psychological distress and the risk of unhealthy eating behaviours and eating disorders.
Body image issues can start in childhood or later in life and can affect men as much as women.
Research has shown that body image issues can be swayed by our relationships with our family and friends, how our family and peers feel and speak about bodies and appearance and our exposure to images of idealised or unrealistic bodies through media or social media.
So, what can we all do?
Individually we need to be more aware of how we can take care of ourselves and others in relation to body image and promote positive body image and support good mental health and wellbeing in relation to our bodies.
Adults can lead by example by being more aware of the ways in which we speak about our own and other people’s bodies in casual conversations with friends and family and through modelling positive behaviour around body image, eating healthily and staying active.
Support this year’s campaign #BeBodyKind

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The restaurant has a traditional menu which is a good quality. During Ramadan they serve alcohol but not in the garden. They have a great view. It is the best option at that location to have a lunch break and enjoy.
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The fast-growing mobile apps category gets its traffic boosts from TV advertising, according to What’s App’ning.
The company is out with a new study that shows a 77% correlation between TV advertising and traffic for 60 popular mobile apps.
As a result, the category now totals nearly $1 billion in TV advertising. The report, issued by the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB), is the third in a series showing the connection between TV ads and online traffic.
Previous reports found similar correlations for pure-play Internet and call-to-action brands.
What’s App’ning examined TV spending and app traffic for 60 mobile apps across 10 categories – games, ecommerce/retail, media, sports, tech/telco, financial, restaurants, travel, music and education – between October 2014 and December 2015, using comScore, Nielsen and Think Gaming data. Fully 77% showed a direct correlation between TV spending and app traffic. When TV ads ran, unique visitors went up 25%; when TV didn’t run, unique visitors dropped 20%.
The study also examined the degree to which TV advertising affected the launch traffic for eight new mobile apps. For example, when Blossom Blast launched in September 2015, its traffic was too small to register on comScore. Within a month of starting TV advertising, the app counted 2.3 million unique visitors. Similarly, Mobile Strike counted 1.9 million unique visitors within a month of starting TV advertising, and in April 2016 reached estimated revenue of $12 million/month.
What’s App’ning amplifies the findings of two previous reports on the TV-traffic correlation. Ignition Point found an 82% correlation between TV advertising and website traffic for 125 call-to-action brands in six categories (restaurants, retail, travel, telco/location-based mobile apps, financial and insurance). And What’s Driving Digital found an 85% correlation between TV ads and site traffic for 75 pure-play Internet brands.
“TV is the light switch for digital traffic,” said Sean Cunningham, President and CEO of the VAB. “Time and again, across categories, we find that digital products and platforms rely on TV advertising to deliver customers in real scale. And the return in sales is always exponentially greater than the ad spending.”

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How did barley fare in a dry season?
Author: Felicity Harris and Hugh Kanaley (NSW Department of Primary Industries), David Burch and Nick Moody (NSW Department of Primary Industries, Condobolin), Kenton Porker (SARDI), Hayden Petty (NSW Department of Primary Industries, Yanco) | Date: 19 Feb 2019
Take home messages
- Barley is capable of maintaining a yield advantage over wheat in southern NSW across yield environments.
- New barley varieties such as RGT Planet and Banks offer alternative phenology patterns compared to the benchmark fast spring type La Trobe.
- In southern NSW, most spring barley types are still suited to traditional May sowing dates, and earlier sowing options are limited by suitable winter varieties.
Compared to wheat, barley is considered to be more widely adapted, has superior frost tolerance, and offers higher yield potential across environments of southern Australia. A comparative analysis of the best performing barley and wheat genotypes (defined as highest yielding treatment), where experiments were co-located in southern NSW from 2015-2018, indicated that barley maintained a constant yield advantage over wheat at all yield levels, including in low yield potential seasons such as 2018 (Figure 1).
Figure 1. The relationship between the best performing wheat variety and the best performing barley variety across a range of sowing dates (mid-April to late-May) at co-located field experiments at Condobolin (2016-2018), Matong (2015-2017), Wagga Wagga (2016-2018) and Wallendbeen (2018). Dotted line indicates 1:1 relationship.
Matching varietal phenology and sowing date to achieve an optimal flowering time for each growing environment is the most effective management strategy in minimising effects of abiotic stresses, whilst maximising grain yield in all seasons. Recent yield improvements in barley varieties have been achieved through direct selection of yield based on traditional May sowing dates and suitable flowering dates, achieved through indirect selection of phenology types with photoperiod sensitivity and without vernalisation responses (Porker et al. 2017). However, a recent trend towards the earlier sowing of cereals (and canola), as well as European long-season spring barley introductions such as RGT Planet has highlighted differences in barley phenology in southern NSW. This paper presents phenology and grain yield responses of some diverse barley genotypes with respect to sowing date across three environments in southern NSW in 2018, and discusses options for early sowing opportunities.
Phenology and grain yield responses to sowing date – Condobolin and Wagga Wagga, 2018
Field experiments were conducted at Condobolin and Wagga Wagga to determine optimal sowing date and phenology to maximise grain yield. A range of genotypes with varied development (through different responses to vernalisation and photoperiod) were sown across sowing dates from mid-April to late May. In 2018, grain yield and phenology responses were significantly influenced by below average rainfall and frost at both sites, with growing season rainfall (April to October) recording of 91 mm at Condobolin (long term average – 246 mm ) and 135 mm at Wagga Wagga (long term average – 355 mm ). Eleven extreme frost events (<-2°C) were recorded at both sites, including -4.9°C (28 August), -6.3°C (29 August), -5.4°C (30 August) and -3.9°C (17 September) at Wagga Wagga. Sowing dates were achieved by supplementary irrigation to ensure establishment due to lack of reliable autumn rainfall. The Condobolin site received 30 mm prior to all sowing dates and a final irrigation of 20 mm in early September, whilst at the Wagga Wagga site, the first two sowing dates were established with 15 mm via drippers at sowing, and the site was rainfed thereafter.
Generally, flowering date is a strong predictor of yield, with genotype and sowing date combinations that flower in early-mid September at Condobolin, and in late September- early October in Wagga Wagga capable of achieving the highest yields. In 2018, there was significant variation in grain yields for genotype x sowing date combinations which flowered within the optimal period at both sites. (Figure 2 and 3). At both sites, optimal flowering time and similar grain yields were achieved by both fast winter type Urambie sown mid-late April and the best performing spring type sown mid-May, whilst novel French winter genotypes, characterised as having a strong vernalisation and photoperiod response flowered too late and suffered a significant yield penalty as grain filling occurred under terminal drought conditions (Table 1).
Figure 2. The relationship between flowering date and grain yield of genotypes with varied phenology patterns sown 23 April, 5 May and 28 May at Condobolin in 2018.
Figure 3. The relationship between flowering date and grain yield of genotypes with varied phenology patterns sown 16 April, 8 May and 28 May at Wagga Wagga in 2018.
Differences in phasic development – Wagga Wagga, 2018
Genotypes varied significantly in phasic development in addition to flowering time as shown for the Wagga Wagga site in Figure 4. Experiments conducted from 2014-2018 indicate many spring varieties achieve optimal flowering times and greatest grain yields when sown mid-May in southern NSW. Faster developing spring types (with minimal responses to vernalisation), sown early (when temperatures are warmer and days longer), progressed quickly and had a shorter vegetative phase, and flowered earlier in comparison to slower spring and winter types. For example, La Trobe sown 16 April 2018 at Wagga Wagga, started stem elongation (GS30) on 2 June. However, winter type Urambie sown on the same day (16 April), had a prolonged vegetative phase, due to its vernalisation requirement and reached GS30 four weeks later on 6 July. It also had a relatively stable flowering response across sowing dates.
Increased photoperiod requirements of Commander and Banks resulted in slightly slower development comparative to La Trobe, however, despite this they still achieved greatest grain yields from the mid-May sowing (Table 1). RGT Planet is also a longer- season spring genotype, though via a different phenology pattern (minimal vernalisation response coupled with weak photoperiod response), and is characterised as having only a slightly longer vegetative phase than La Trobe, with an extended reproductive phase. RGT Planet has shown some flexibility across sowing dates, and is capable of being sown earlier in May than La Trobe, however, in frost prone environments, due to its lack of vernalisation response, it is not suited to April sowing dates.
Figure 4. Influence of sowing date on phasic development of selected genotypes sown 16 April (SD1), 8 May (SD2) and 28 May (SD3) at Wagga Wagga, 2018. Vegetative phase (sowing to GS30); reproductive phase (GS30 to flowering); grain-filling stage (flowering to maturity).
Table 1. Grain yield of genotypes across three sowing dates (SD) at Condobolin and Wagga Wagga in 2018.
Cassiopée (French winter)
CSIROB1 (Fast winter)
CSIROB2 (Fast winter)
La Trobe(Fast spring)
Maltesse (French winter)
Salamandre (French winter)
Scope CL(Fast spring)
Spartacus CL(Fast spring)
Traveler (Slow spring)
LSD (Genotype x SD)
Opportunities for early sown barley – Wallendbeen, 2018
A third field experiment was conducted at Wallendbeen to determine suitability of novel winter genotypes to early sowing in a higher rainfall environment. Genotypes including Australian winter barley - Urambie (fast winter), European winter types (strong vernalisation and photoperiod responses), and some spring types with varied development patterns were sown on 13 April 2018. In 2018, the Wallendbeen site also recorded below average rainfall, with growing season rainfall (April to October) recording 219 mm (long term average – 460 mm). Wallendbeen recorded considerably less frost (number and severity), with three frost events <-2°C, including -2.4°C (14 July), -2.3°C (16 July), and -2.1°C (17 September), which influenced phenology and grain yield responses. Following sowing (13 April), the site received 6mm rain, though additional 7mm irrigation via drippers was applied 2 May to assist establishment.
Highest yields were achieved by genotypes which flowered late September-early October, with a yield penalty associated with the delayed flowering of European winter types beyond the optimal window (Figure 5). The yield penalty commonly experienced for early sowing of fast developing types (resulting in flowering earlier than optimal) was not as severe as for Condobolin (Figure 2) and Wagga Wagga (Figure 3) at Wallendbeen (Figure 5) in 2018. This is likely due to reduced early frost risk, and timely grain filling prior to significant moisture stress experienced by slower winter types.
Figure 5. The relationship between flowering date and grain yield of barley genotypes sown 13 April at Wallendbeen in 2018.
An analysis comparing the best performing spring types (sown at optimal time for each environment, typically traditional May dates), with the best performing fast winter and slow winter types was conducted across nine experiments in southern NSW and SA in 2017-2018. This indicated that the fast winter types (typically Urambie) were capable of comparable high yields when sown early, and both offered a constant significant yield advantage over slow winter types at seven out of nine sites (Figure 6). This suggests that a fast winter genotype is capable of achieving high yields when sown earlier than traditional May sowing dates. The strong vernalisation requirements of the European winter types consistently resulted in later flowering than optimal at all sites and were not able to maintain grain yield even in high rainfall environments. Further research investigating options for early sowing in southern NSW, requires suitable germplasm which combines a vernalisation requirement capable of early sowing.
Figure 6. The relationship between the best performing spring barley types (sown at optimal time) with fast winter and slow winter genotypes (sown mid-late April) at field experiments in NSW: Condobolin, 2018; Wagga Wagga 2017, 2018; Wallendbeen, 2018; and South Australia: Conmurra, 2018; Kingsford, 2017; Loxton, 2017; Millicent, 2018 and Tarlee, 2018.
Despite the seasonal conditions experienced in 2018, barley was able to achieve stable grain yields across a range of yield environments comparative to wheat. High yields were achieved through varied genotype x sowing time combinations, however in southern NSW, many barley varieties are still suited to traditional May sowing dates. Recent European introductions of longer season spring types such as RGT Planet offer opportunities for slightly earlier sowing (early May) and slower spring types such as Banks and Commander have alternative phenology patterns compared with benchmark fast spring types such as La Trobe. Recent research has evaluated novel European winter types to provide options for early sowing; however these did not offer a yield advantage over Australian fast winter types such as Urambie. Whilst new spring types have displayed some alternative phenology patterns, early sowing options in frost prone environments of southern NSW are currently limited by suitable winter genotypes.
The research undertaken as part of this project is made possible by the significant contributions of growers through both trial cooperation and the support of the GRDC – the author would like to thank them for their continued support.
Sincere thank you for the technical assistance of Cameron Copeland, Dean Maccallum, Mary Matthews and Jordan Bathgate at the Wagga Wagga site; and Leisl O’Halloran, Karen Brangwin and Daryl Reardon at the Condobolin site.
We also acknowledge the support of NSW DPI and their cooperation at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute and Condobolin Agricultural Research and Advisory Station.
This research was a co-investment by GRDC and NSW DPI under the Grains Agronomy and Pathology Partnership (GAPP) project in collaboration with SARDI.
Porker, K., Coventry, S., Trevaskis, B., Fettell, N. (2017) Is Vrn-H1 a missed opportunity for southern Australian barley growers? Proceedings of the 18th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, 24-28 September 2017, Ballarat Australia.
GRDC Project code: DAN00213
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Express Jet was established in 1986 and started operation in 1987. The airline was originally based in Houston, TX and operated as Continental Express. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc., parent company of the air carrier SkyWest Airlines. Although an autonomous business entity since its divestiture from Continental Airlines, Inc. in 2002, it continued to operate as Continental Express at Houston, TX. In August 2010, SkyWest Airlines announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with ExpressJet Holdings, whereby SkyWest's wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, would purchase ExpressJet. The purchase was finalized on November 12, 2010 and the airline is now based in Atlanta, GA. On November 22, 2011, both ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines achieved a single operating certificate that will allow them to operate as one carrier. Effective December 31, 2011, all flights began operating under the name ExpressJet. The airline currently operates as Delta Connection and United Express.

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A style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children. Compare with anime.
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- It all stems, he confesses, from a childhood lost to the Japanese cartoon books known as manga.
- Anime has strong links to manga, the thriving Japanese comic book industry from which it sprang.
- Anime, manga and the more violent of comic titles are not marketed to children.
1950s: Japanese, from man 'indiscriminate' + ga 'picture'.


I'm planning to build one of these cabinets you decided and am getting pretty excited about it. I wanted to get your advice about which version to build before I get started though. I'll be using a monacor sp-15-300pa driver (link below) because I was gifted one and it'll match my amp.
Hello Cubo! I have speakers "BIG syp 1506" I measured their parameters Fs = 47 Qms = 10.111
Qes = 0.551
Qts = 0.522
Vas = 90
The thing is, the speakers are new. And the parameters may change after a while. Tell me, can I use them in Cubo 15 and in which version?
Sorry for my english, google translate!
thanks for sharing your plan! i‘ve recently built what i would call a „light“ version of the cubo15.
to put it on a tricycle, i‘ve used 12mm birch multiplex and left out any piece that was (in my view) not necessary to the mouth of the horn. also, i had to make it only 59,9cm wide, so it would fit the frame. i chose the cubo15 design since i am a big fan of the KISS rule, and the designs support of many different drivers- i thought if it can handle different drivers, it could handle my messing around with it, as well.
my cabinet is driven by a eminence kappa 15A, which i already had on hand. i was concerned if the lack of braces would result in resonance from the body. but since the speaker is powered by a tiny class D amp board, there is less than 100 watts going in, so there is no problem before the amp starts to clip audibly.
in case anyone is curious, the amp is a tinysine 50+50+100W with bluetooth and dsp, which i am running active 3 way. the top is built after a plan from celestion, again using drivers i had. currently, the dsp is only doing crossover at 90 and 4k hertz, but i plan to do some measuring and correct phase and frequency response. crossover points and gain reduction (something like -10db for mid and -17db for hf) were chosen by listening to different music which i use regulary to set up sound. i am happy for any suggestions on how to improve
the (almost) finished cabinet can be seen in my profile pic- i just need to add a speakon connector in the back, so the cable won’t come out the mouth, and glue & screw the top plate. so far, i am pretty happy with the result!
i am planning to create a Cubo 15 based on an inexpensive loudspeaker of Chinese origin (~€130). The speaker is offered in Germany by Thomann as a replacement speaker for their budget PA speakers 'the box'. Its designation is 15LB100-8W ( 166844_specification.pdf
). According to the paper values (Qts 0,34, Vas 113,5, rated power 500W, 4" VC, Xmax 22mm - 11mm) the speaker should work well in an Extended Cubo 15, and with a 4th order high pass at 350-400 Watt it should still have enough reserves for a safe operation. If more power is needed, the speaker should be stacked with a second Cubo 15 and driven with 800 Watt (~1kW for headroom) at 4 Ohm.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any reports on this speaker in a Cubo 15 - is this perhaps because the speaker is available outside Germany under a different name?
Yes, based on the paper values, the Extra Extended Cubo 15 variant would be a possibility. However, I don't like the constant cross-section of the first 28.5 cm of the EE variant, so I would use the 'normal' Extended variant.
Apropos: is there a Cubo 15 EE parameter set for this one for Hornresp? The transition from the first segment to the second is a mystery to me. The cross-section at the end of the first segment is much larger than the entrance cross-section of the second segment, isn't it? Why was this discontinuous transition chosen? Wouldn't an additional board in the corner achieve a better transition? I have something similar in mind for the transition from the second to the third segment. That's why I would like to 'play' a little with a simulation in order to realise a prototype in a more targeted way...
Why do you not like the constant cross-section of Extra Extended? What would a continuous transition between segments in Extended achieve? I really would appreciate an answer because I just don't see it.
Consider the size and behaviour of the frequencies involved here. A wavelength at 100 Hz is 3.4 meters, at 10.000 Hz it's 3.4 centimeters, so at 10 kHz your thumb is a considerable obstacle but at 100 Hz your entire arm isn't. Likewise, at 10 kHz this horn is a complete mess but at 100 Hz and below it isn't noteworthy. You might find a stepped segment response to have the same order of performance.
An additional board in the corner however would take away air volume from the horn and thus it actually takes away performance, which can be measured if the air volume is significant. It will also help to improve the frequency response somewhere near 1 kHz and above but considering the intended range...
Knowing the above frees the ability to look at the segments from a different perspective, the Extra Extended segments approximate a hyperbolic horn contour, giving a lower tuning at the expense of output near the 50 - 60 Hz mark. If you keep the horn mouth the same, a smoother horn flare rate will decrease low frequency extension, while increasing output near that same mark.
Extended stands to lose the KISS-principle, 3 angled cuts instead of 1, no backward compatibility between Standard and Extended because of cut sheet differences and construction. All the while I don't think you'll simulate a significant difference let alone measure something. Feel free to try though.
I'm not sure why there's a lack of reports on the 15LB100, I know it has been used a few times. I'm expecting it to work as intended.
@Julius: 4 kHz sounds a bit high, although without any driver information it's hard to be sure. Nice picture!
i have used a different horn, though. they suggest x-over 2.1khz, but that sounded too honky for me.
kept increasing until i was happy with the result, listening to jazz albums i know well. the limiting factor in any case is the amplifier board, great set of features but lack of engineering finesse.


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JOB DESCRIPTIONThe Clinical Respiratory Coordinator is responsible for evaluating and overseeing clinical practices within the department, working collaboratively with manager, staff, physicians, and other departments to maintain patient care excellence and compliance. Assists the Respiratory Manager in administrative functions and assumes the duties and responsibilities of the Respiratory Care Manager as delegated or in the case of absence. Acts as a mentor, facilitator, coach, and clinical/supervisory resource.
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NCP Products has manufactured firearms for trap shooting since 1991. Traditionally, guns have been assembled using silver solder, requiring heat for 15-20 minutes at 1100°F. Such high heat can distort and warp a gun barrel, requiring a labor-intensive, hand-straightening process.
It is this hand-straightening that prevents a uniform concentricity from one barrel to the next. This, in turn, may cause different shooting patterns from gun to gun – even from the same manufacturer. Sometimes, a shooting pattern can vary as much as 6-8" in pattern height.
NCP Products Owner, Dennis DeVault, wanted to create an assembly process that would maintain barrel-to-barrel integrity – where every gun he manufactured shot the same pattern.
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Everyone deserves a special teddy to love and cherish forever. Each charming bear has been hand knitted using luxurious soft wool and can be personalised with a hand-embroidered initial on each foot.
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The CIA official at the center of the controversy over the destruction of interrogation tapes may invoke his Fifth Amendment privileges and refuse to cooperate in investigations by Congress and the Justice Department, his lawyer warned today.
The lawyer, Robert Bennett, confirmed today that he has been retained by Jose Rodriguez, the former chief of the CIA's clandestine service. Rodriguez's testimony is considered essential to official inquiries into why highly sensitive interrogation tapes of key Al Qaeda suspects were destroyed in November, 2005.
But Bennett, one of Washington's premier criminal-defense lawyers, said Rodriguez may decline to testify if he concludes that the probes are a "witch hunt"—a threat that could significantly delay congressional efforts to get to the bottom of the matter. "I don't want him to become a scapegoat," Bennett said.
The House Intelligence Committee had notified the CIA that it wanted to call Rodriquez to appear as early as next Tuesday. But now that he has hired a private lawyer, it is far less likely that Rodriguez will show up at the session—if for no other reason than that Bennett must first get high-level security clearances in order to even represent his client. The lawyer, who said he already has a top-secret clearance for another case, estimates that process will probably take no more than a few weeks.
But Bennett made clear that Rodriguez's cooperation will depend on much more than getting his clearances. "One thing I'm not going to allow is for him to become a pinata in an election year for people with a political agenda," the lawyer said, adding "we'll have to see" whether the probes are going to be conducted responsibly. "Or is it a witch hunt?" Bennett said these comments apply "across the board"—to the inquiries by the House and Senate intelligence committees as well as the preliminary joint inquiry by the Justice Department's national security division and the CIA's inspector general.
The destroyed videotapes at issue were made by the CIA during the course of interrogations of two "high value" Al Qaeda captives—Abu Zubaydah, purportedly the logistics chief for Osama bin Laden's terror organization, and Abu Al-Rahim al-Nashiri, suspected of being the group's chief of operations in the Persian Gulf. The tapes allegedly document the agency's use of harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, that critics have charged amount to torture and are therefore possibly illegal under federal law.
CIA officials have insisted that any techniques used were approved by the White House and the Justice Department. CIA director Michael Hayden disclosed to agency employees last week that the agency had destroyed the tapes in November 2005 because it feared the tapes would leak and therefore compromise the identities of the interrogators.
But the disclosure has caused an uproar, provoking charges from some in Congress that the agency had destroyed what amounts to key evidence of the interrogations without the approval of the congressional oversight committees charged with monitoring the CIA's interrogation and detention program. Rodriquez is considered the key figure in the dispute since, as chief of the agency's clandestine service, he ordered that the tapes be destroyed.
A former government official familiar with Rodriguez's views on the tapes controversy says that Rodriguez and his associates maintain that they repeatedly sought instructions from CIA management over a two-year period about what to do with the tapes, but never got clear instructions.
According to the former official, who requests anonymity discussing such a sensitive matter, Rodriguez and other Clandestine Service officials sought guidance from both then-CIA director George Tenet and Tenet's successor, Porter Goss, about what to do with the tapes. This source maintains that John Rizzo, a senior CIA lawyer, also discussed the issue with Justice Department and White House lawyers, including senior White House lawyer Harriet Miers.
Current and former intelligence officials have told Newsweek that before ordering the tapes to be destroyed, Rodriguez obtained a written opinion from a CIA lawyer assigned to the Clandestine Service that concluded there was no explicit legal reason why the tapes would have to be preserved. However, sources familiar with this document insist that it did not authorize or recommend that the tapes be destroyed, and that the author of the legal opinion believed that Clandestine Service officials would seek further advice from more senior officials before destroying any tapes. The tapes themselves were never brought into the United States, but rather were stored—and destroyed—at a secret location overseas, current and former officials said.
Bennett, who represented President Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit, and, more recently, Paul Wolfowitz, the former World Bank president, declined to discuss any of the details of Rodriguez' case today. But he said his client had been "a dedicated and loyal public servant for 31 years and I'm convinced that he has done nothing wrong."


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Christopher Fey is the founder of the U.S. Preventive Medicine® and has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Director since the company was established in 2004. The company’s product, The Prevention Plan is changing the wellness and disease management landscape by offering a comprehensive health management solution for employers, consumers and governments that will pay for itself, guaranteed.
Mr. Fey has been an entrepreneur and innovator in health care for more than 20 years. He founded HealthCare USA and served as President and Chief Executive Officer leading the start-up to become a multi-state, 115,000-member HMO with $130 million in revenue in 30 months.
Coventry Health Care Corporation (“Coventry”) acquired HealthCare USA in 1995. Following the acquisition, Mr. Fey continued as CEO of HealthCare USA and served as Senior Corporate Vice President of Coventry, where he was responsible for sales and marketing, including commercial and government programs.
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As Nesta leaned against the balcony railing, and took in the glittering city spread out before her, she couldn’t help but feel like a Queen surveying conquered territory. Nevermind that Velaris was in fact ruled by her darling sister and brother-in-law. In every way that truly mattered to her, she was its undisputed ruler.
Oh—no one, not even she, would question the authority of High Lord and High Lady of the Night Court. But did Feyre and Rhys know the secret tastes and desires of all the fae in their court? Did they know exactly which strings to pull to get someone to do their bidding? They knew only what Azriel’s shadows could tell them, and they had long ago agreed that Nesta’s patrons deserved privacy away from his many prying eyes.
But Nesta knew. Nesta knew exactly what strings to pull and when. She knew which fetishes her clients were ashamed of, and which secrets they would kill to protect. She knew how to reel them back in with promises of heightened pleasure and endless pain. Once one became a patron of the Night’s Jewels it was difficult to get out, and she rarely let anyone go once they had been caught.
There was no other pleasure house in Velaris after all, nowhere else for her patrons to go. Feyre and Rhysand has seen to that, and were more than happy to allow Nesta her monopoly as long as she fed them secrets.
She stretched her arms above her head and sighed. It was late and the day had been stressful. An old...client had returned after many years and she wasn’t sure what to think of it. Or how to feel.
The smell of lemon and spices filled her nostrils, and she turned her head to see Mor crossing the room towards her, her rose colored silks swishing against her legs as she walked. She came to a stop at Nesta’s side and pulled her close. Nesta sagged against her softness, thankful that there was one being she could allow herself to let her guard down around.
They were silent as they stared out at the city before them, words not needed after all the years together. They weren’t mates. They weren’t even really together, or at least, not all the time, and not in a way that Feyre and Rhys or Lucien and Elain could understand. Just...companions. Friends. Lovers. Business partners. Whatever the other needed whenever she needed it, without the deathly confines of immortal commitment.
And right now, Nesta needed Mor, needed her in a way she couldn’t express. She nestled deeper into Mor’s arms, letting the other female stroke her back and hair, a touch Nesta allowed no one else. She thought, for about the thousandth time, how lucky she was to have Morrigan beside her.
At first, Mor hadn’t liked the idea of a pleasure house in Velaris. She didn’t like the idea of paying for sex. But when Nesta explained her true intentions—to bleed the bank accounts of wealthy males dry and use the funds the build shelters for victims of abuse all across Prythian and beyond—and when Feyre and Rhys had promised to make all other forms of prostitution illegal, Mor had agreed to help enthusiastically.
The Night’s Jewel was not a regular pleasure house anyway. They didn’t force young fae into working for them for one thing. Nor did they force the courtesans to do anything they didn’t want to do. Every fae who worked for them was there of their own free will and could leave whenever they wanted to. And Nesta paid them well. She paid very, very well.
“He’s still down there, you know,” Mor said, breaking through Nesta’s train of thought.
“I know,” Nesta responded, shivering as Mor traced circles on the inside of her wrist, “I didn’t expect him to leave.”
“He offered to pay our usual membership fee, and he has more than enough money for it,” Mor said softly.
“No,” Nesta bit out, “I don’t want him here...all the time.”
“I expected as much. I told Hans and Brienne that he was allowed to stay the night, for a hefty price. And I expect the females will flock to him. They always have.”
Nesta stiffened a bit, but forced herself to relax again. It had been years—years and years since she had seen him. His presence changed nothing.
“Let’s go inside,” she said, lifting her head to place a soft kiss on Mor’s neck.
“No,” Mor said, circling Nesta’s wrist with her hand, “I want you out here, outside.”
“Where anyone could see?” Nesta whispered.
“Yes, Nesta, where anyone could see,” Mor said more forcefully.
The brothel was one of the tallest buildings in Velaris, and though they were on the tenth floor, the balcony was made of glass and anyone who bothered to look up would see them. But Mor was a bit of an exhibitionist and Nesta more than happily went along with it.
Nesta placed another kiss on Mor’s neck, and then one lower, right near her fluttering pulse, and then lower near the edge of the silk dress. She licked at Mor’s golden skin, softly and gently, and then moved her mouth over to Mor’s full breasts, sucking lightly on her nipples through the silk of the dress until it became wet and sheer. She heard Mor groan softly and and then her strong arms came around Nesta’s waist and she was lifted onto the thick edge of the balcony.
Nesta squeaked a bit in protest.
“Hush, I would never let you fall.” And then Mor was on her knees before Nesta, her hands working their way up Nesta’s legs and pushing her wide skirts out of the way.
Mor kissed her way up Nesta’s calves and then her thighs, stopping at the apex, and stroking her skin in small circles. And then she was licking at the inside of Nesta’s thighs, her thumb lightly rubbing Nesta’s clit through her sheer underwear.
Nesta whimpered in longing and Mor looked up at her, eyes flashing.
“What do you want?” she said softly.
This was the part that Nesta hated—but also loved—the most. The part where Mor demanded things, words from her that she would not have been able to speak to anyone else. She could not be this...vulnerable with anyone else.
“I want you to lick me,” Nesta managed, her voice cracking a bit, and a blush blooming high on her cheeks.
“Where?” Mor demanded.
Nesta couldn’t answer, couldn’t get herself to say the words even after all these years.
“Here?” Morrigan asked more gently, her thumb pressing into Nesta’s clit.
“Please,” Nesta said.
Mor rose from her position on the floor and then lifted Nesta off the balcony. Without speaking, she undid the row of buttons down Nesta’s back, and divested her of the heavy dress, and then the sheer bra and underwear she wore. Nesta let Mor guide her onto the floor, and she hissed as her back met the cool glass.
Mor settled in between Nesta’s legs, using her hands to lift Nesta off of the floor slightly. The first few flicks of her tongue had Nesta arching her back in pleasure, and then whimpering when she withdrew.
“I think I want you to beg me Nesta.”
“Mor…” Nesta bucked her hips up unintentionally, seeking out pleasure.
“Beg me for it,” Mor repeated.
“Beg me for it, Nesta,” Mor said, tracing one of Nesta’s nipples lightly with her finger.
Nesta’s resolve broke. She could only, only do this with Mor. She couldn’t—wouldn’t submit to anyone else.
“Please Mor, please, just lick me. Fuck me.”
Morrigan did not move, but merely cocked an eyebrow at Nesta.
“Mor please. I need you. I’m begging you.”
Mor grinned, satisfied, and settled back in between Nesta’s thighs. She worked her in long strokes, and then with delicate flicks of her tongue. But not hard enough to let Nesta come quickly. Never enough to send her over the edge completely.
She slipped two fingers inside of Nesta gently, rubbing at the spot she knew would drive Nesta wild. And then her fingers darted in and out, all while her tongue continued its torturous rhythm.
Nesta felt herself coming apart at the edges, felt her walls coming down. She was so close, so fucking close.
“Mor, please. Please I’m so close. Gods I—I—
“Don’t come until I let you Nesta,” Mor warned, her fingers thrusting harder and deeper.
Nesta felt herself tighten involuntarily around Mor, her muscles clenching.
“Please just let me come,” she whimpered.
Mor replaced her fingers with one of the smooth, polished toys the pleasure house was stocked with, and she drove it into Nesta hard and fast, over and over again, her free hand cupping Nesta’s behind.
Nesta screamed, and writhed, so close to the edge but determined not to come until Mor said she could.
“Please Mor, please, I can’t, I can’t wait,” she sobbed, digging her fingers into Mor’s back.
And then the toy was gone and Mor was gentle with her once more.
“Come Nesta, come for me,” she said, and then she was lapping at Nesta’s clit, making circles with her tongue.
The orgasm thundered through Nesta, paralyzing her entire body with pleasure—wave after wave of it shooting through her, lifting her off of the glass floor, making her scream and moan as Mor continued her torturous circles.
Finally, Nesta collapsed, and Mor’s arms were around her in an instant, cradling her against her breasts.
Nesta was weak with pleasure, but still, she reached up and undid the clasp at the neck of Mor’s dress.
“My turn,” she said, grinning wickedly.


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is the only bachelor in the 2016 presidential field. If he were to trump the odds and seize the Republican nomination and White House, he would become the first commander in chief since Grover Cleveland in 1885 to arrive at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. without a first lady by his side.
This detail has apparently not escaped his colleagues' attention. In an audio recording obtained and published Thursday afternoon by the Huffington Post, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) can be heard describing Graham as "a bro with no ho."
Listen to the clip below. Kirk begins his commentary in a whisper, but his voice becomes quite clear at the :27 mark:
"Did you see that?" Kirk says to a colleague at the top of the clip. "He's going to have a rotating first lady. He's a bro with no ho."
Kirk, who faces a tight re-election race in 2016, was referencing comments Graham made earlier this week when the Daily Mail asked the unmarried and unattached candidate who might fill the void.
"Well, I've got a sister, she could play that role if necessary," Graham said, before cheekily adding, "I've got a lot of friends. We'll have a rotating first lady."
Asked for comment by the Huffington Post, Kirk's office said the senator was simply "joking around with his colleagues." It's hard to imagine there's much laughing today among his campaign staff.


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Futari Ecchi is undoubtedly the most informative and educating manga out there. However the information provided is on ‘sex’. The story revolves around the sexual life of a married couple. Lives of their friends, co-workers, family members and neighbors are also covered time to time.
Because of the extra focus on sexual aspects, this manga gets blames like ‘a series that only revolves around the bed’, ‘series with zero plot development’ etc. These acquisitions are quite wrong.
Despite being quite slow, there is quite decent plot development in this series. And we also see that the sexual aspect of life is just not only about ‘the main thing’ but the things like problems and hindrances in sex life, marriage v/s single relationships, multiple sex partners, pregnancy etc are also important part of a sex life.
We also see other aspects for a married life time to time in this manga.


MIAMI BEACH — The first Hard Rock Rising concert in the U.S. attracted 52,000 people to the sands of Miami Beach on March 26, and Seminole performers Spencer Battiest and the Osceola Brothers Band rocked the stage with music legends Andrea Bocelli, Jon Secada, Gloria Estefan and Barry Gibb. The event celebrated the city’s 100th birthday.
Hard Rock Rising concerts, which began in London with Hard Rock Calling in 2006, provide a forum for music icons and up-and-coming artists to connect with fans around the world, according to the Hard Rock website. In 2014, Hard Rock International hosted more than 28,000 live music events around the world to support the music industry and its performers.
Including tribal acts in the show demonstrates the Tribe’s ability to offer Tribal members unique opportunities, said Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming CEO.
“This is an amazing night for them,” he said. “We hope to give them this opportunity for many years to come.”
Spencer Battiest, who has performed at Hard Rock Rising in London four times starting in 2007, belted a heartfelt rendition of “Mary Jane,” a new original song. He watched the crowd dance to his music as he sang.
“It’s always an awesome experience to perform at any Hard Rock event and represent the Tribe,” Battiest said. “This isn’t a tribal event and they don’t have to like you, but it was a great validation to see a crowd like this respond to me.”
It was no easy feat to produce Hard Rock Rising Miami Beach; the organizers didn’t approach Hard Rock International until December 2014. Allen said other concerts take up to two years to plan but that Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine wanted a seasoned company to produce the event.
“We have a lot of talent from around the world and we are blessed to have so much talent here,” said David Gold, Hard Rock Live vice president of entertainment, who spent two weeks on-site with his team to ensure the concert’s success. “We are pleased with the eclectic group of talent and are looking forward to next year.”
Allen said he hopes Hard Rock will have the opportunity to produce more concert events in Miami Beach during the next three years.
The Osceola brothers said they did exactly what they set out to do during their performance; they played “loud and in-your-face rock ‘n’ roll,” Cameron Osceola said. It was the largest crowd the brothers played for, and they were primed to take the stage.
“We give our all for each show,” Cameron said. “You never know who is watching or if this will be your last day.”
After darkness had fallen and parachutists with flares on their heels landed safely on the beach, Andrea Bocelli took the stage. The crowd stayed until the wee hours to hear Secada, Estefan and Gibb perform and to watch fireworks. A dance party ensued with Fantine, Flo Rida and Wyclef Jean, who provided the soundtrack.
The next Hard Rock Rising will take place July 24-25 in Barcelona, Spain.


Afghan Voters Defy Taliban Threat; Vote In Presidential Runoff
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Afghanistan is a step closer to having a new president. Millions of Afghans went to the polls Saturday to vote for a successor to Hamid Karzai, who's been president since 2001. Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah faced off against former finance minister Ashraf Ghani in the runoff election following April's first-round vote. As NPR's Sean Carberry reports, Afghans defied Taliban threats and went out to vote.
SEAN CARBERRY, BYLINE: Polls hadn't even opened yet in Kabul when several Taliban rockets rained down on the city. They did no damage but triggered alarms - literally and figuratively. Was this the opening salvo from the Taliban, who had long promised to do everything possible to undermine the vote? At the National Police Command Center in Kabul, Afghan and NATO officials monitored security feeds from across the country. Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman of Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior, said some 160,000 security forces had been deployed to protect voters from the Taliban.
SEDIQ SEDIQQI: The intel we have suggests that they have prepared themselves and they have said publicly that they will attack.
CARBERRY: By midmorning it was clear the Taliban were trying to make good on their threat to disrupt the election.
SEDIQQI: The enemy is active.
CARBERRY: Army chief of staff General Sher Mohammad Karimi said militants were launching attacks on polling places.
SHER MOHAMMAD KARIMI: They are shooting from a long distance with machine guns, with rifles and sometimes rockets.
CARBERRY: Though the attacks were deadly enough to kill at least 50 civilians and 29 security forces over the course of election day. Taliban violence was the reason why many people, like 38-year-old housewife Farzana, came out to vote.
FARZANA: (Through translator) I don't want problems and war anymore.
CARBERRY: But in Kabul, and many other areas, evidence pointed to a significantly lower turnout than the first round, which is why many reacted with disbelief when election officials announced an initial turnout estimate in excess of 7 million, more than the official count in the first round.
ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: (Foreign language spoken).
CARBERRY: Abdullah Abdullah immediately seized on that as a sign of fraud. He won the first round by 14 points and warned that only massive fraud could prevent him from defeating Ashraf Ghani in the second round. So far more than 750 complaints of fraud have been registered.
ABDULLAH: (Foreign language spoken).
CARBERRY: In a fiery press conference last night, Abdullah demanded proof of the turnout estimate and also called for the removal of the chief election officer, who was detained by police on election day and accused of ballot rigging, which he denies. Kabul-based analyst Kate Clark.
KATE CLARK: This is a nuclear option.
CARBERRY: She says Abdullah, who's been complaining about fraud since before the election started, is effectively gunning for control over the fragile electoral commissions.
CLARK: It is a really deeply destructive tactic to take. But at the same time, we all know what politicians are like. At times, they will throw everything they can at something to win.
CARBERRY: Clark says this runs the risk of undermining the legitimacy of the outcome. That could mean the next president, whether it's Abdullah or Ghani, would enter office under a cloud of controversy.
CLARK: The danger is that Afghanistan loses.
CARBERRY: Preliminary election results are due on July 2nd, with final certified results coming July 22. Sean Carberry, NPR News, Kabul.
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The Claim: Cooler engines make more power.
We all know that heat is the enemy of performance in the automotive realm. Rampant engine heat increases the propensity for pre-ignition (detonation) that can altogether destroy engines in severe cases, or trigger knock sensors to pull timing and decrease power in mild cases. And heat-soaked induction components (intakes, intercoolers, and piping) mean hotter, less dense intake charges and less power. Weekend drag racers will tell you: hotter engines run slower. Shut your car off in staging lanes, pop its hood, and lay bags of ice on intakes, intake manifolds, intercoolers, carburetors, and the like for peak performance.
But could this be doing more harm than good? You probably know that an ice-cold engine won’t make peak power, either. There are two reasons for this: Heat is energy, and when a significant amount of that energy generated during combustion goes toward heating cold engines, less of it can be directed toward pushing pistons down (or rotors around) to make power. That, and when engines are cold, oil is cold and therefore more viscous, so engine manufacturers and tuners will usually devise a less powerful “cold tune” map that deters the driver from beating on his engine in this state. Engineers and tuners just might tell you that hotter engines actually make more power.
So who’s right, what’s the best operating temperature for engines, and what’s the best way to maximize performance during race day? To find the answers we rounded up the 330whp, turbocharged LS/VTEC-powered ’92 Civic hatch of Tokyo Auto lead tech Steve Ruiz, and headed over to SoCal street/drag tuning authority Carlos “Bubba” Ocegueda’s facility: Do It Dyno in Signal Hill, CA.
True to street form, our test car was driven nearly 45 miles to the dyno. It arrived hot and was shut off and allowed to cool for about two hours while Do It accommodated a turbocharged 13B-powered sandrail (video on importtuner.com). Once strapped down to the dyno, the Civic’s Hondata engine management system logged engine coolant and intake air temperatures while we verified radiant temperatures at the intake manifold, charge piping, intercooler, radiator, and block after three full throttle, four-gear pulls—simulating quarter-mile blasts—at four different stages testing four different operating temperatures and/or cooling techniques:
Test #1: Cold
Temperature and power testing commenced after the car had been shut off and was allowed to cool for two hours—its engine and components weren’t completely as cool as ambient temperatures, but a lot cooler than their normal operating range.
Engine coolant temperature: 149° F
Intake air temperature: 95° F
Intake manifold radiant heat: 88° F
Engine block radiant heat: 104.8° F
Intercooler radiant heat: 63.8° F
Charge piping radiant heat: 63.7° F
Test #2: Hot
Temperature and power testing commenced after the engine had reached full operating temperature via an extended drive cycle with the car’s hood closed on the dyno, simulating back-to-back quarter-mile passes, or making a pass immediately after the drive in.
Engine coolant temperature: 204° F
Intake air temperature: 112° F
Intake manifold radiant heat: 114.0° F
Engine block radiant heat: 203.0° F
Intercooler radiant heat: 85.5° F
Charge piping radiant heat: 114.9° F
Test #3: Warm Engine, Cold Components
Temperature and power testing commenced again after the engine had idled to its regular temperature for 30 minutes with the hood up, after ice bags had been placed on the intake manifold and intercooler piping, and the intercooler cooled with compressed CO2 immediately before testing, simulating the recipe many drag racers would suggest for optimizing the performance of a street car: let its engine idle to its natural temperature, and get those intake components ice-cold for as dense an intake charge as possible.
Test #4: Cool Engine, Cold Components
Temperature and power testing finished after the car had been allowed to cool for 30 minutes with the engine off, hood up, ice bags placed on the intake manifold and intercooler piping, but with the intercooler only ice-cooled to simulated another alternative: Ice everything down the old-school way (with no intercooler spray), and kill the engine to let it cool off slightly for a little added shteez.
Engine coolant temperature: 187.6° F
Intake air temperature: 97° F
Intake manifold radiant heat: 83.6° F
Engine block radiant heat: 186° F
Intercooler radiant heat: 63.8° F
Charge piping radiant heat: 74.4° F
The Verdict: Fiction
Our test car’s engine churned out the most power right where Bubba said it would: with its engine at its normal operating temperature—not too hot or too cold—and its intake components as cool as can be. But excluding the hottest run, the amount of power lost or gained was marginal. “Freezing the intercooler with a compressed gas like nitrous oxide or CO2 will make the biggest difference,” he advises, flat out. “Ice bags really don’t do anything but leak water on the track and make everyone slower,” he adds. “Which might keep you in the stands for the rest of the night.”


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When we are healthy—and some might describe us as whole—we don’t think about things like mobility or accessibility. However as a friend of mine once said “Accessibility is not a privilege but a basic human right” The cost of aids to help people with disabilities to live life to the fullest are most of the time, astronomical. A little kindness can go a long way in helping one another.
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Every Saturday I bring you the latest news from the world of peer to peer lending. These are the best of the news articles and blog posts from around the web that I shared on Twitter this past week.
Even though many of us are gearing up for holidays there was plenty of interesting coverage of p2p lending this week. It is always good to see coverage in major publications like the Wall Street Journal and NewScientist (the latter is a very detailed article) but I would like to highlight the piece by Brett King in Finextra. King is the author of Bank 2.0 and a major critic of the current banking system. I always find his commentary on p2p lending interesting. Have a great weekend.
Peter Renton is the chairman and co-founder of LendIt Fintech, the world’s first and largest digital media and events company focused on fintech. Peter has been writing about fintech since 2010 and he is the author and creator of the Fintech One-on-One Podcast, the first and longest-running fintech interview series. Peter has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, Fortune, NPR, Fox Business News, the Financial Times, and dozens of other publications.


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Bottling, Thrifting and ChristmasWednesday, December 11, 2013
This bread is the perfect collision of bottling, thrifting, and Christmas.
First the bottling - Our little quince tree gave us 3 quinces this year. They became a preserved concoction of roasted quince meat (like fruit mince, only mostly quince). It taste's a little like a very grown up version of strudel. I can quite happily eat it straight from the jar.
Finally, the Christmas - With a surplus of quince meat, 3 pints to be precise,I'm on the lookout for recipes to use it up. This braided loaf recipe was in the bread maker manual. I had my fingers crossed behind my back expecting disaster but it was brilliant. It tasted even better on day 2 and 3, which is a little unusual in my experience of home made bread.
Now I only have 2 1/2 pints of Quince Meat to go, any ideas?


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Why to care about Histocompatible Marrow Donor?
Over the years the increased precision in HLA typing has resulted in clinically notable improvements in outcome as accurate matching at the histocompatibility complex is considered essential to minimize graft versus- host disease and graft failure.
Comparing studies that evaluated the impact of HLA compatibility with the risk of graft versus-host disease and other transplantation outcomes is challenging. The main reason relates to the difficulty in assessing the true degree of incompatibility in the earlier studies; when newer molecular-based typing methods were applied to archived specimens, allele disparities were uncovered among phenotypically identical individuals, and these allele disparities were reportedly functionally relevant.
Who are the preferred Marrow Donors?
Siblings are the preferred Marrow Donor source. However, patients who do not have siblings, or who do not have a match following HLA analysis, should be considered for an unrelated Marrow Donor search. Because finding a suitably matched unrelated Marrow Donor may require 3 to 6 months, early searching is critical in avoiding unnecessary delays in pursuing an allogeneic transplant. An alternative approach in selected patients has been to perform transplantation using cells from a half matched or haploidentical donor. Cord blood transplantation is another option, especially for children who do not have HLA-matched sibling donors.

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This guide contains a complete walkthrough of all main and side missions in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Moreover, it offers numerous illustrations and author's tips on selected game sequences. This unofficial text also contains general hints how to avoid some major gameplay problems, as well as the locations of all in-game maps, pieces of Enigma Code, and gold items, which are secret collectibles to be found in every mission. This is especially important, because in order to get to the secrets sometimes you have to perform a minigame or solve a puzzle. Wolfenstein: The New Order is a first-person shooter and the next installment in the series, in which, once again, you take on the role of an American soldier B.J. Blazkowitz who fights with the Nazis on the front line. The game was developed by MachineGames Studios and released on May 20, 2014. What is more, the protagonist finds himself in an alternative, fictitious reality, where his enemies rule the world after winning World War II. An important element of the game is that you do not have to go through all the sequences with guns blazing, but you can also sneak around and do stealth kills. It is important, because officers can call in support as soon as they see Blazkowitz. The worst part is that they keep calling reinforcements until they die, so in order to avoid havoc it is good to eliminate quietly at least these guys.
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