As part of Cardiff University’s Concert Series, remarkable recorder consort Consortium 5 join forces with Kate Macoboy (soprano) and Adrian Horsewood (baritone) to give the third performance of Robert’s RVW Trust-commissioned ’Pentecost’. The recital also includes music by Luke Styles, Cezanne Horrock-Hopayian, and earlier composers such as Byrd, Tye and Victoria.
Consortium 5 (recorder consort) with Kate Macoboy (soprano) and Adrian Horsewood (baritone)
Cardiff University Concert Series
Cardiff School of Music Concert Hall, Tuesday 12 November at 7.00pm
The Fidelio Trio present another performance of Mammals of Southern Africa for Benslow Music, alongside works by Beethoven, Henze and Schumann.
Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK
Monday 11 November 2013
The Fidelio Trio give the Irish premiere of Robert’s piano trio ’Mammals of Southern Africa’ in a concert as part of their inaugural Winter Chamber Music Festival at St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
The Fidelio Trio (Darragh Morgan, violin; Robin Michael, cello; Mary Dullea, piano)
Winter Chamber Music Festival, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland
Friday 1 November 2013 at 7.30pm
South Africa percussion duo ’Duo FourIVTwo’ (Magda de Vries and Frank Mallows) give another performance of their commissioned piece by Robert, ’Divisions, for NewMusicSA’s New Music Indaba in Durban, South Africa.
Duo FourIVTwo (Magda de Vries, Frank Mallows - percussion)
New Music South Africa’s New Music Indaba
University of Kwazulu-Natal, Howard College campus, Durban, South Africa
Saturday 12 October at 5.30pm
Robert’s interval fanfare for brass quintet - ’umBongo’ (Praise Poem) - will be performed by the Arcomis Brass Quintet in the interval of the Event’s headline Mnozil Brass concert at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.
Arcomis Brass Quintet
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Friday 11 October 2013 at 8.15pm
The “virtuosic Fidelio Trio” (Sunday Times) present a concert of works by Robert Fokkens to celebrate the release of ‘Tracing Lines’, Robert’s first chamber music portrait disc. ‘Tracing Lines’ brings together the Fidelio Trio, Carla Rees (bass flute), Patricia Rozario (soprano) and Grammy-award winning producer Raphael Mouterde to present the premiere commercial recordings of Robert Fokkens’s chamber music on the Métier label.
Fokkens’s music draws together a broad range of influences in a language rooted in traditional Xhosa music from South Africa, and has been described as “hilarious…engaging…quirky…witty…” (The Times) and “engrossing if unsettling… colourful, challenging…irreverent…moving” (Classical Source website).
Sunday 6 October 2013 at 7pm, doors 6:30pm
The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street,
London, NW1 7NL, www.forgevenue.org
Tickets £12 (£10 concessions) available from here.
Fidelio Trio - Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) and Mary Dullea (piano)
CD generously funded and supported by the Richard Thomas Foundation and Cardiff University
Cover photo by Santu Mofokeng Wine route - RDP Houses on the N7, Western Cape from 2002 (courtesy Lunetta Bartz, MAKER, Johannesburg) and design by Stephen Sutton (
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Cardiff
Fidelio Trio – Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello), Mary Dullea (piano)
www.bachtrack.com (Peter Reynolds) 4.10.2013
Robert Fokkens portrait concert draws impressive performances from Fidelio Trio in Cardiff
Whole concerts devoted to the music of one composer can be risky affairs: a cruel test of how mature and robust a composer is. In a concert devoted to the music of the South African composer Robert Fokkens, given by the Fidelio Trio and opening Cardiff University’s 2013/14 series, both composer and performers came through with flying colours…
International review website, Bachtrack has published a substantial four-star review by Peter Reynolds of the Cardiff launch of Robert’s new CD Tracing Lines at Cardiff University. In it, he describes the music as both spare and spacious, its gestures and material refined...memorable, cool and restrained, but always at the service of the emotional idea behind it and says ofMammals of Southern Africa that it is a work of absolute stylistic unity...(which) found a range of colour and spareness in the piano trio texture that should be a model for students attempting this most challenging of combinations.
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Cardiff University’s Concert Series hosts a launch concert for Robert’s chamber portrait CD which will be released later this year on the Métier label. The Fidelio Trio perform music from the disc.
Tuesday 1 October at 7.00pm
The Fidelio Trio (Darragh Morgan - violin; Robin Michael - cello; Mary Dullea - piano)
Concert Hall, Cardiff University School of Music
Composers Edition, a recently founded publishing company which has already taken on an impressive group of leading British composers, will publish a large number of Robert’s works from October 2013.


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From primitive camping to full-service RV accommodations to cozy cabins, Mississippi's State Parks are fantastic places to stay. For complete information, click here.
The White Front Café is in a wood-frame white house on Route 1 and is a legendary hot tamale stop along the National Mississippi Great River Road Scenic By-way.
The old St. James Church/Hurt Family cemetery overlooking the old Avalon community in a quiet rural setting is the final resting place of legendary Bluesman "Mississippi" John Hurt.
"Pop" Staple was born in Winona, and the site is marked by a Mississippi Blues Trail marker.
Working Alpaca farm.
U-pick vegetables May through Dec., pumpkin patch, corn field maze, hay rides, games, agricultural education on corn, sunflowers, peanuts, soybeans, cotton, flower pollination with bees, bee observation, Pumpkin Chunkin' Festival held on the first Sat in Nov.
Albert King (1923-1992), who was billed as "King of the Blues Guitar," was famed for his powerful string-bending style as well as for his soulful, smoky vocals. King often said he was born in Indianola and was a half-brother of B. B. King, although the scant surviving official documentation suggests otherwise on both counts. King carved his own indelible niche in the Blues hierarchy by creating a deep, dramatic sound that was widely imitated by both Blues and Rock guitarists.
The ARK Nature Trail is located 10 miles west of Hernando on Highway 304 just west of Fogg Road. Look for signs and parking area on the left just past Panther Creek.
Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore was one of America’s most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religious leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer.
The marker is located on the parking lot of Ubon's Barbeque restaurant in Yazoo City, just around the corner from the street named for this blues singer.
The long and remarkable life of B. B. King began near this site, where he was born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925. His parents, Albert and Nora Ella King, were sharecroppers who lived in a simple home southeast of here along Bear Creek. After his parents separated when he was four, King lived in Kilmichael and Lexington before moving as a teen to Indianola, which he referred to as his hometown.
This corner of Second and Church Streets is the site where B. B. King played on Saturday nights during his formative years. His signature, handprints, and footprints are embedded on the sidewalk here.
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With a catfight over federal tax reform now occupying much of the national mind-space given to dollars-and-sense matters, it’s refreshing to take a look at America’s numbers game from the standpoint of economists — not politicians.
Economics is called the Dismal Science for good reason — it’s not light work. But we all know it’s important stuff — our wallets and bank accounts tell us so. And few, if any, practitioners in this numbers-heavy profession can weave relevant data into an understandable, even entertaining, presentation better than our own Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
Dhawan’s quarterly economic forecasts provide a useful underpinning for assessing what various sectors and factions are doing to affect economic growth for better, or worse. Government policies factor into this, as do actions by private-sector businesses.
Georgia, and metro Atlanta especially, benefit greatly from a business community whose leaders, in addition to running job-creating enterprises, have long stepped up when it counts to push for public policies that help keep this region humming. We didn’t get as far as we’ve come by standing still, or planting our heads in the sand.
Today, we present thoughts by a pair of local business leaders on ways to boost prosperity by improving Pre-K education and broadly increasing economic mobility. Their thoughts deserve consideration by the Georgia General Assembly, and even Congress.
We should always keep looking for such ways to enhance Georgia’s already estimable standing among national, and global, economic powerhouses. Yet we should not forget, as Dhawan points out in his economic forecasts, that our economic recovery continues, albeit with some hiccups.
He wrote that, in Georgia, “the rate of employment gains has slowed, as the economy created only 66,400 jobs in the first nine months of 2017. We expect job creation will total 87,800 by the end of the year 2017 … .” “This represents a growth rate of 2.4 percent, less than the 2.8 percent gain in 2016.” Unemployment rates for the state and Atlanta for 2017 and beyond are projected to remain better than in 2016.
Looking deeper into the stats, Dhawan notes that Georgia’s film industry is deserving of its widespread praise. Our Hollywood South “brought more than $2.7 billion worth of direct spending to the state in fiscal year 2017, which was a 34 percent increase over the previous fiscal year.” In an interesting aside, the film industry seems to be fueling growth in tech jobs, as recording, editing and animation work heads here. “Employment in Georgia’s information sector increased by 2,300 positions in the first nine months of this year, which is a 180-degree turn from a contraction of 1,700 jobs in the same period last year.”
Dhawan’s forecast even added thoughts into the pool of guesses over where Amazon will locate its second headquarters. Dhawan believes an ITP location, especially Midtown, stands the best chance. The “biggest question we have is where is the workforce? The workforce Amazon is looking for is mostly centered in the Midtown/Atlantic Station area.” Time will tell, but we’re glad metro Atlanta apparently remains a solid contender for this prize.
We’re also encouraged by Dhawan’s projection that metro Atlanta and the state are likely to see increases in employment and personal income in 2018 and 2019. Against a national backdrop of negativity, we’ll take all the good predictions that we can get.
Andre Jackson, for the Editorial Board.


An upgrade to a major rail junction has been promised - but travellers will have to wait another two years until work could start.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has met with local MPs and councillors, as well as representatives of LEPs and train and freight operators, to discuss the problems at Ely North junction.
The amount of cash the Government plans to inject into the improvement project has not been revealed, but an £8.8million feasibility study into the scheme is currently being carried out by Network Rail to determine its design.
Mr Grayling told MPs getting improvements underway would be a high priority from 2019 to 2024 - despite a spokesman for the Department for Transport (DfT) confirming it will continue to be reviewed and saying "affordability" would be a key consideration.
The busy junction sees five railway lines intersect to connect Norwich and King's Lynn to Cambridge, Cambridge to London and Ipswich to the Midlands.
It is a busy intersection, serving both passenger and freight lines, with trains often having to slow down and wait for others to pass, causing congestion.
The department, through Network Rail, is already providing £2.2million towards the feasibility study, with the rest coming from Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP and the New Anglia LEP, which are both contributing £3.3meach.
A spokesman for the DfT said the project was "key" for the region.
He added: “Improving the bottleneck around Ely Junction is key to the delivery of improved rail services for much of East Anglia, with the benefits extending to the midlands and the north.
“We are committed to improving journeys for passengers and rail users focusing on delivering a dependable railway, with an increased focus on punctuality and reliability.
“This week, the transport secretary announced continued record levels of investment in the railways, with around £48billon to be spent between 2019-2024 in addition to the benefits enhancements such as this could deliver."
Matt Hancock MP has been campaigning for improvements to the junction.
He said: “It is excellent news that the Transport Secretary has agreed to upgrade the rail junction at Ely.
"Chris Grayling met with East Anglian MPs to discuss the issue and I am pleased that the Department for Transport has taken the decision to unblock the bottleneck at Ely junction - the effects will be considerable.
"It's important to relieve a bottleneck for rail transport in Suffolk and the rest of East Anglia.
"Faster rail journeys and more trains make good sense and will benefit us locally."
The details of the scheme are under development and will be announced when the study work is completed - improvements could then be implemented between 2019 and 2024.
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By Dario Mulazzani, DAVI Product & Market Specialist Wind Energy & Heavy-Duty Division.
Located in such a dynamic and extremely powerful element as the sea, foundations represent one of the main elements of any offshore wind farm, accounting for over one-fourth of the total equipment cost. As they must support the wind turbines, absorbing all the forces and loads and providing a safe and stable base, defining the right typology of foundation can have a huge impact both on the economic and technical sides.
Offshore wind farms can typically be placed in a few selected locations only. There are two main conditions limiting the range of use of this type of installations:
- The depth of the seabed: greater depths associate higher costs and the use of more complex and specialized technologies, something that is reflected in the final investment of the wind farm, reducing its profitability. Closed seas, located within continental platforms, have an average depth significantly lower than oceans and open seas, being more convenient for this type of project.
- The distance to coast: in order to have a higher-intensity wind and less impact on the landscape and the coast, in the location of this type of facilities, it is sought to distance them as far as possible from the coastline, since this also allows the use of turbines of greater nominal size and power. However, this usually leads to an increase in depth.
The development of new technologies, manufacturing and construction procedures, the increase in the size of wind farms and turbines together with higher society’s awareness of visual and environmental impacts, have led to the displacement of these installations further from the coastline than ever before.
Depending on the depth of the seabed, as well as the surrounding conditions, different foundation solutions can be used:
- Gravity-based structure (GBS): concrete-based structure which can be constructed with or without small steel or concrete skirts. The base width can be adjusted to suit the actual soil conditions. The proposed design includes a central steel or concrete shaft for transition to the wind turbine tower.
- Monopile: the monopile support structure is a simple design made by steel tubes and cones on top of which sits the tower, typically through a transition piece. The monopile continues down into the soil.
- Tripod: three-leg structure made of cylindrical steel tubes. The central steel shaft of the tripod makes the transition to the wind turbine tower. The base width and pile penetration depth can be adjusted to suit the actual environmental and soil conditions.
- Jacket: structures typically used in O&G sector but optimized for the Offshore Wind Farms. It has a Transition Piece platform on top and the main structure is made of legs, braces and pin piles to anchor the complete structure to the sea bed. It can have four or three legs.
- Floating: The floating support structure consists of a floating platform and a platform anchoring system. The platform has a transition piece on top of which the tower is installed.
There is however a typology that stands out above the others, both in frequency and range of use: the monopiles, being selected in more than 60% of the worldwide offshore wind installations. Monopiles are deployed in the majority of depths and environments due to main characteristics, as follows:
- Simplicity: a simple and easily standardized design allows it to be manufactured in series without the need for high-end 3D cutting and welding technology, shortening construction and installation times and, therefore, reducing costs.
- Adaptability: linked to the previous point. Its simple design makes it possible to adapt to different installation site characteristics, avoiding the need for a large amount of field data and hence providing a competitive solution in both shallow and deep waters.
In order to adapt to the needs of new – more efficient and demanding – wind farms, monopiles design has evolved over the years. Its main dimensions, diameter, thickness and length have steadily increased to be able to support higher and heavier – more powerful – turbines installed at greater depths.
It has been observed that both the length and the diameter of the piles have evolved proportionally to the power of the turbines, maintaining constant ratios which can be summarized as follows:
- Monopile length [m] ≈ 14.5 ∙ Turbine Power [MW]
- Monopile diameter [m] ≈ 1.5 ∙ Turbine Power [MW]
For instance, for a 6-7 MW turbine (being the most mature capacity to date), monopiles are typically in the 90-100m length range with diameters and thickness at bottom sections of 9m and 90-100mm respectively for an overall weight often exceeding 1500 ton.
As mentioned, offshore installation allows for the deployment of larger turbines (both in terms of capacity and physical size), mostly due to constraints related to onshore transportation of the relevant heavy and expansive equipment: this is desirable as a wind farm comprised of larger turbines will necessarily require lower investment and maintenance cost per installed capacity, maximizing the project profitability.
It is hence likely that offshore wind turbines capacity will keep increasing with some manufacturers already bringing to the market 12-14MW turbines (such as the GE Haliade-X, currently being tested onshore). Although the aforementioned ratios are expected to decrease due to physical limitations, the so called XXL monopiles will weigh up to 3000 tons with diameters and thickness at bottom sections ranging from 12-14m and 120-140mm respectively.
Other foundation typologies are expected to follow a similar increasing trend.
The manufacturing challenges
All types of off-shore foundations are comprised of large plates jointed together and rolled into cans and cones; such workpieces are then assembled and welded into large structures which, in the case of Monopile Foundations, can reach up to 120m in length. With plates thickness often exceeding 140mm and increasingly large diameters (>12m) it becomes critical to minimize the amount of circumferential welding required to grow the overall length, often leading to the selection of increasingly large plates (up to 4.5m in width, with weights often exceeding 150 tons each).
Thus, fabricators engaged in the manufacturing of such heavy-duty off-shore foundations will need to face and overcome two main manufacturing constraints, as follows:
- increasing ratio between forming diameter and plate thickness (D/T): due to very large conical and cylindrical sections diameter, high D/T leads to workpiece instability; if not properly managed, such instability generates undesirable deformations depleting the overall rolling accuracy
- large diameter conical sections with angle up to 14°: commonly used to transition between monopiles bottom and top sections (having increasingly different diameters), the resulting cone developments are heavily unbalanced with a side and longitudinal footprint often exceeding 15m and 30m respectively for a 12m diameter.
For all these reasons, the fabrication of offshore foundations is certainly the most challenging and time-consuming rolling operation.
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Since 2007, when DAVI Wind Energy Division was created, DAVI has been leading the Market thanks to its cutting-edge technology developed working along the most accredited project developers and towers and foundations manufacturers.
For instance, to better serve the Off-shore Wind Energy Sector, dedicated heavy-duty feeding and handling equipment are continuously being developed and updated to ensure that Fabricators entering the DAVI World are provided with the most advanced hardware allowing them to maintain competitiveness in a fast changing and dynamic environment, requiring more and more challenging workpieces to be manufactured every year.
To date DAVI is already the technology partner selected by most major players, with over 300 installations dedicated to the Wind Energy Industry worldwide and approximately 60% of the overall Wind Energy rolling machines market share.
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Note: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Offshore WIND.


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This is the best era. The development of science and technology has changed every aspect of our lives, such as mattresses, which are closely related to our daily lives. What is the relationship between mattresses and technological changes? In fact, with the development of technology, mattresses have basically gone through the stages of foam mattress, palm mattress, spring mattress, and latex mattress. But nowadays, in the face of so many categories of mattress materials, everyone has many questions, and latex mattresses, as the best among them, have many questions. Let’s take a look at the latex mattress, okay?
The so-called latex mattress is to combine the rubber sap collected from the rubber tree through exquisite technology. Modern high-tech equipment, through a series of processes such as moulding, foaming, molding and packaging, produces modern green bedroom products with a variety of excellent properties that are suitable for high-quality and healthy sleep of the human body. For example, mousse's latex mattresses are made of latex purely imported from Thailand and Malaysia. Recommended reading: Advantages and disadvantages of coconut palm mattresses
In addition to natural materials, what are the benefits of latex mattresses? I believe many people have had this experience, just turn over The mattress will make noise and affect the quality of sleep. Latex mattresses can avoid this problem. Because latex mattresses are made of natural materials, they can absorb the noise and vibration caused by turning over during sleep. It will also effectively reduce the number of times we turn over, so that we can sleep more peacefully. Sweet.
Not only that, Mousse also incorporates AI artificial intelligence, big data analysis and ergonomics when designing and producing latex mattresses. For example, Mouscaqi T10 mattress can not only adjust the bed actively. The softness and hardness of the pad can meet the needs of different people, and it can also monitor various data during people’s sleep, and help people improve their sleep better and more targeted, just like a private sleep consultant. Brings an unprecedented sleep experience.
In addition, latex is a porous airbag structure, which has 250,000 internally connected vents per cubic inch, so it has high air permeability and allows air to circulate freely in the mattress . The mousse latex mattress is also equipped with ecological fabrics, which can effectively prevent mold, dust mites, and inhibit the growth of bacteria and parasites. It can also disperse the heat and sweat generated by the contact between the skin and the mattress during sleep, thereby maintaining sleep When the body is comfortable and dry, it also solves the problem of easy oxidation of natural latex.
Alright, today’s article ends here, in fact, the question of how latex mattresses are, varies from person to person, and carrots and vegetables have their own love. No matter how much it is said, it is better to experience it by yourself. Good sleep starts with choosing a comfortable mattress. I hope everyone can choose a mattress that suits them.
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Social mobility remains an issue in the UK, with recent research finding that 70% of the elite companies in professional services are selecting their candidates from a pool of just 4% - 7% of the population. In a move to boost the opportunities at student and graduate level, EY has decided to revamp its admission policy. After research showed that there was no strong correlation between academic achievement and success at the firm, a suite of online ‘strengths' assessments and numerical tests will replace the traditional hard entry academic requirements.
EY is set to change the way it allows candidates to qualify for admission into its entry level positions. Like most of the big professional services firms, entry into their ranks is tightly controlled and the process is rigorous. The current system requires students to have a minimum of 300 UCAS points (equivalent to three Bs) and a 2:1 degree classification to make an application.
In a move to open up the firm to entry from a wider range of potential candidates that, for one reason or another, would be well suited but fell through the cracks, EY has decided to instead allow the present day capabilities of candidates speak. For the applicants of 2016, a new suite of online strengths assessments and numerical tests will be applied to assess the potential of candidates.
The decision to move to a present day form of assessment comes from 18 months of research carried out on behest of the firm by talent management firm Capp – which showed that EY’s strength based approach, run as an experiment in the 2008 intake season, is a reliable indicator of a candidate's potential to succeed in the role. According to Maggie Stilwell, Managing Partner for Talent at EY UK&I, the new recruitment system provides a way for the firm to create opportunities for talented individuals – from a wide range of backgrounds and life stories – to join its ranks and have access to its profession. "Academic qualifications will still be taken into account and indeed remain an important consideration when assessing candidates as a whole, but will no longer act as a barrier to getting a foot in the door," she said.
While EY is making the right moves to alleviate barriers holding back capable students from professional careers within accounting and consulting, the move has been partly prompted by the government's social mobility watchdog which accused the profession services of “systematically excluding people with working class backgrounds from top jobs with a ‘poshness test’.” The research by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission found that the majority of jobs (70%) in the elite accounting, legal and financial services firms went to those that had attended the most prestigious and selective schools in the country, a group that made up between just 4% - 7% of the population as a whole.
"Our own internal research of over 400 graduates found that screening students based on academic performance alone was too blunt an approach to recruitment. It found no evidence to conclude that previous success in higher education correlated with future success in subsequent professional qualifications undertaken,” says Stilwell.
The move then, may be seen as part of EY’s bid to improve social mobility within the professional services, and further aims to provide candidates from all backgrounds with online resources which gives the kinds of information and skills needed to make entry into its graduate roles easier. The online resource provides guidance along four core skills, including leadership; commerciality; networking and influence – which were found to be the leading requirements to success within its ranks.


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Download K1 De Ultimate – Adé Orí Òkin MP3
The song “Adé Orí Òkin” is off his 6-tracks project, ‘Fuji the Sound‘ EP which was recently released.
Moreover, the song was produced by K1 De Ultimate, Mystro and Femi Leye.
Listen below and enjoy!
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Yes, that is right! NOIR is set to make their hot return soon with their third mini album, ‘ABYSS‘. Check out what they have prepared for you below!
They will begin with the tracklist on May 29th. Following on is the member’s individual teasers from May 30th to June 10th. They will be revealing the highlight medley on June 6th and their group teaser on June 11th.
Like scheduled, they have dropped the tracklist. This mini album will have a total of five tracks including the intro track, the title track, ‘Doom Doom‘, its instrumental version, ‘Diamond‘ and ‘Hello‘.
Finally, the group is set to make their return on June 12th. Are you excited? Let us know in the comments below!
All Access Asia will keep you updated, so stay tuned!

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Sun Day Grayed Framed In Black And Green
A photo of a slope of dandelions this spring, as trees are leafing out, days are longer and sun is so warm and bright. I played with the light, skewing the reality, and I like the change in perception.
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What is Changing?
A National Weather Service study of historic rainfall totals and localized flooding events has lead the city of Austin to begin changing floodplain and drainage regulations in 2018. Part of the change includes redefining the 100-year flood plain. Study results show that recent events mean that some property that was previously within the 500-year flood plain should now be considered at the same risk level as properties in the 100-year boundary.
The map has to be redrawn. While the new boundaries are being identified, the city has changed its regulations and is preparing to hold all properties within the 500-year boundary to the standards required of properties within the 100-year boundaries. Property owners and businesses within the 500-year plain that want to expand, remodel, or make other improvements to their property now have new restrictions to follow. In Austin alone this is expected to affect 2,800 buildings and 3,400 acres.
After public hearings were held in July and early August, the Austin City Council will hold public meetings to be scheduled this fall. Word is that the cities of Cedar Park and Leander are already expecting to follow Austin’s lead.
What Do I Need to Do?
What do you need to do if you own or are considering buying affected properties withing the 500-year flood plain? Pay attention to City Council meetings, watch for media updates, and be prepared to abide by restrictions that apply to the 100-year flood plain.
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High school seniors in Alaska can now take an introductory mining course.
It’s a cooperative effort between the state education department, the University of Alaska Southeast and Alaska’s Learning Network.
The department, in a news release, says the course begins Jan. 22 and will be live, via video conferencing, each Tuesday and Thursday through April.
It says students who successfully complete the one-semester course will be eligible to apply for paid summer internships in the state.
The course offers three university credits and a one-semester high school credit.
The department says Alaska mining companies are helping to fund the class.
- "I just think that the manager’s job is the juggler of so many different things. I think it’s just going to be fun. I don’t think it’s going to be easy," Rorie Watt said.
- "Juneau to Minneapolis for $361. New York for $365, which is insane. The fares dropped by $100 to $200 overnight. And adjusted for inflation, really, Juneau has never ever seen these exceptional rates," said travel analyst Scott McMurren.
- The facts of what happened aren't clear yet. The body is on its way to Anchorage for autopsy, and state investigators were Barrow-bound.
- Senate Minority Leader Berta Gardner, an Anchorage Democrat, said her caucus members were disappointed.


After NDC party folks has register their displeasure against their members of parliament in the August house of parliament, people have begin to asked why those members of parliament who were trusted most has turned against their people in just three?
Some people said NDC PMs have taken money from their opponent party to approved those ministers who are not fit for the job after member of parliament for North Tongu constituency, Hon Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has resigned on appointments committee.
Other too says as far as NDC and NPP are Politicians and friends, they did that in a friendship manner but that was not the case.
Ghanaians have been waiting for top Journalist to dive into the matter and exposed what actually brought NDC MPs in taking such steps because before 2020 elections, NDC told Ghanaians that some ministers in NPP are making Ghana lost big money due to their selfish interest and got support from the media especially Kevin Ekow Taylor, former auditor general, Yaw Domelevo, former Special prosecutor, Martin Amidu and others who also exposes more to confirmed what they said to Ghanaians.
They pointed to ken Ofori-Atta and accused him of corruption that is happening in the NPP government then and people were with them even making NPP party folks to believed them. But after elections, the same person has been presented for the same ministerial position without the president hiding his records and they approved him successfully again without much debate.
The minority leader in parliament, Hon Haruna Iddrisu has been well known for his position since four years ago and for the past days, he has chop hot as Ghanaians has neglected and feels disappointed in him for the first time since he became the minority leader in parliament for NDC.
The Minority Chief whip, Hon Muntaka Mubarak has been the member of parliament for NDC who is known for his straight forward actions but he has been ignored too for the happenings in parliament after approving Ken Ofori-Atta by his party folks and calling for his removal from his position in parliament on the minority caucus.
Some people also believed that the Appointment of Hon Johnson Asiedu Nketia was in exchange to approve Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister but that was not the reason as minority leader, Hon Haruna Iddrisu had explained why he was appointed to the parliamentary service board in one of the meetings with the media.
Long-awaited, it has been revealed by broadcast Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr on Pan African TV on Saturday, that Ken Ofori-Atta was approved by NDC in exchange for one of their media network that has been shut down by NPP to get a chance and operate again. If Ghanaians could remember Radio Gold which was shut down by NCA years ago when NPP came into power.
According to the veteran Journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr, NDC approved Ken Ofori-Atta to free Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo on a pending court case in court. A court case involving him on Takoradi girls which audio pops up which seems to be his voice recording.
Kwesi Pratt Jnr finally added that they did that in their “selfish interest” to help them win the 2024 elections as they have already explained without giving many details.
In all, Kwesi Pratt Jnr said NDC approves Ken Ofori-Atta to make them get some work done for the party in a Political way from NPP, which Ghanaians will never get any benefits from which could look like NDC is begging NPP government on issues which Ghanaians are not interested in.
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WITH only days before the opening of a group show, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center had a 12-ton problem. The 25-foot swimming pool from Tuscany had arrived on schedule, but the outhouse from Rotterdam and the life-size ceramic elephant from Rome were held up at Port Elizabeth, N.J., because of a snowstorm.
Finally, the delayed cargo arrived, and a team of art handlers, riggers, registrars and curators hurried to unpack the containers and install the show by March 11.
For four frantic days, the museum, in a converted school in Long Island City, Queens, resembled a construction site. Inside, cut-glass experts pieced together a hand-blown chandelier, while a ceramist diagrammed how to uncrate Luigi Ontani's elephant.
Outside, two barefoot Italians dug a trench in half-frozen mud for Massimo Bartolini's swimming pool. Nearby, a crane hoisted Joep van Lieshout's outhouse onto its second-story platform as if it were a rooftop air-conditioner.
''This is the fourth outhouse I've moved,'' said Peter Lundberg, who was operating the crane. ''But as art, it's the first one.''Continue reading the main story
Art has always moved the masses, but it takes a cadre of specialists to move massive art. The process is both brutal and exacting, requiring riggers and art handlers to be part forklift operator, part mechanic, part engineer, part diplomat and part conservator. With all the variables, it is not surprising that museums rely on experts, usually outside contractors, to do the work.
''We get paid to take risks and for some know-how,'' said Eddie MacAveney, an owner of More Transport, which specializes in moving art.
No two pieces of oversize art are alike, and installers must be improvising and resourceful. Thomas Ritter's gargantuan Maximog, a futuristic all-terrain vehicle, can virtually traverse any place on earth. Except the Museum of Modern Art. Bringing it into the museum for a recent show required removing its wheels, bumper and gasoline (flammable liquids are not allowed in the museum).
Riggers then maneuvered it sideways into the freight elevator and rolled the monster truck into position on dollies.
To minimize the challenges, art handlers research a piece's history before moving or installing the work. Still, certain artworks are astoundingly complex.
''It takes a lot of effort to make something appear effortless,'' said Graham Stewart, who owns Art Crating, which specializes in moving oversize and complicated art.
Chris Burden's five-ton sculpture ''Medusa's Head,'' which just came down at the Museum of Modern Art, is a gigantic orb whose fragile surface is crisscrossed with toy locomotive tracks that wind through intricate rock-encrusted tunnels. ''It's an oversized Fabergé egg,'' Mr. Burden said.
The sculpture travels with a 50-page instruction manual, a complement of tools and Mr. Burden's assistant, Spencer Stair, who has the piece memorized.
''There are times when the work of contemporary artists tries the imagination of those of us who have to install it,'' said Jerome Neuner, director of exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art. Before hanging it, technicians had to X-ray the reinforced concrete ceiling to see if it could hold the load.
The more outlandish the art, the more extraordinary the demands of installation. When installing Damien Hirst's dioramas-cum-aquariums filled with freshwater fish at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea last year, art handlers in scuba masks and snorkels had to dive into the tanks to arrange props the fish had knocked down.
Some works are so imposing the museum is altered to accommodate them. Facades are torn down, ceilings removed, garage doors concealed behind temporary walls. To install Rubens's 19-by-14-foot artwork ''The Assumption of the Virgin'' for a 1985 exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art had to dismantle a steel door, frame and lintel and cut a 10-inch-deep, 50-foot-long groove across the ceilings of two galleries. Only then could 12 art handlers ease the canvas through the slot, up the Grand Stairway, into position. By the opening, the groove was gone -- only to reappear three months later, when the show came down and the process was reversed.
After a show, the exhibitions are prepared for transport. Climate-controlled crates are custom-built and expertly packed. The Met, for instance, has four employees who build crates and five workers who pack them. When lending a piece to another institution, museums color-code or brand the crates for easy tracking. Mr. van Lieshout's sculptures are actually made from shipping containers and can go directly onto a container ship or flatbed tractor-trailer without modification. Routinely, an installer, a courier or both will escort a piece. Despite the vigilance, accidents can happen. Friezes chip. Vases are knocked over. Paintings are vandalized.
Occasionally the toll is human. In 1988, a rigger taking down a 16-ton sculpture by Richard Serra at the Castelli Gallery in SoHo lost his leg when it toppled onto him. In 1971 a worker installing a Serra at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis was killed when a two-ton steel plate fell on him. Mr. Serra was devastated by the fatality and could not work for a year.
How a piece is moved is determined by its size, shape, materials, condition and value. The most difficult pieces to move are oddly shaped solid masses with fragile surfaces. For Mr. MacAveney of More Transport, a 400-pound plaster seashell coated in wax was far more difficult to move than the five huge Calder stabiles he transported at once. The Calders were disassembled and moved; the seashell was impossible to isolate in its crate without marring its surface.
When oversize art leaves a museum, it becomes heavy cargo. And that is how it is treated when it passes from cargo plane to boom crane to flatbed truck. A cargo ship is the least reliable method of transport because turbulent seas can slow travel and moisture can cause damage. The Met has not sent anything by ship since the late 1970's. Still, certain works are too huge for even the largest cargo plane, the Russian-made Antonov, which the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum occasionally uses to transport art to its museums in Venice, Berlin and Bilbao.
Each state has its own regulations regarding extra-wide loads, so hauling large sculptures across the country requires paperwork and planning. Last year, Mr. Hirst's supersize anatomical torso, ''Hymn,'' arrived in New Jersey on a cargo ship the size of a small city. The seven-ton bronze was too wide to fit in the Lincoln Tunnel. Before it could be driven into Manhattan, transportation authorities flagged the load, provided escort cars, designated a route and reserved a time when it could cross the George Washington Bridge. ''It's usually 4 a.m.,'' said Mr. Stewart, who handled the move.
SOME works are so valuable that moving them defies practicality. Expense means nothing when safeguarding, say, the 15 Vermeers that now hang at the Met. ''You would never take the risk of putting the work of a single painter all on one plane,'' said the Metropolitan's chief registrar, Herb Moskowitz.
That museums are willing to undertake so much effort and expense for a temporary exhibition is remarkable. After all, as Franz Schmidt, the Met's manager for special projects, put it: ''You're dealing with objects that cannot be replaced if they are damaged, broken or lost. You have insurance, but money cannot replace a chalice from the 10th century that was made for a czar or an emperor.''
Through it all, the integrity of the artwork remains paramount. ''The No. 1 rule is not to change the object,'' Mr. MacAveney said. ''It's like that Hippocratic oath: 'Do no harm.' ''Continue reading the main story


The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft has safely arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The solar sailing CubeSat, tucked safely inside its Prox-1 carrier spacecraft, shipped on 19 May from the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico and arrived 21 May.
LightSail is a citizen-funded project from The Planetary Society to send a small spacecraft, propelled solely by sunlight, to Earth orbit.
Prox-1 will soon be attached to a payload ring on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching the Air Force's Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission on 22 June 2019. Prox-1 is one of 24 satellites that will be deposited into 3 different orbits. The spacecraft, which is the size of a large suitcase, will be deployed during the second orbital stop, at an altitude of 720 kilometers.
STP-2 payload stack at second orbital stop
The STP-2 payload stack at its second orbital stop, 720 kilometers above Earth, shortly before Prox-1 deployment.
LightSail 2 will remain inside Prox-1 for 7 days, as the duo drift away from 10 other spacecraft deployed at the same altitude. This should allow Prox-1 to be individually identified from the ground. Upon ejection from Prox-1, LightSail 2 flight controllers at the team's Cal Poly San Luis Obispo mission control in San Luis Obispo, California will spend roughly a week checking out the CubeSat's systems before deploying its solar panels and Mylar solar sail.
The primary LightSail 2 mission to demonstrate controlled solar sailing by raising the spacecraft's orbit will last approximately 1 month following sail deployment.
Ryan Nugent with Prox-1
Cal Poly CubeSat engineer Ryan Nugent works with the Prox-1 spacecraft following LightSail 2 final integration on 7 May 2019 at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Temporary red zip ties are attached to the P-POD extended from Prox-1, which contains LightSail 2.


2019 was a splendid year for gearheads and high-end car companies alike. The Chevrolet Corvette went the mid-engine way, Bugatti blew past the 300 mph barrier with the Chiron, McLaren launched both the amazing Speedtail and the GT, while Lamborghini and Ferrari sold more supercars than they had planned.
So, we must ask. What’s Audi been doing? Sales of the Audi R8 haven’t been piercing holes through the roof, since you asked, and there’s intense talk about a new generation coming in 2022. So far Audi has been tight lipped on the topic, so the rumor mill did most of the talking. Here’s everything we know about the new Audi R8.


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IntroducedMar 12, 2021
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URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO REPORT CURRENT CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 STATISTICS IN ORDER TO HELP PROTECT THE MILITARY AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ARE LOCATED.
House • Apr 01, 2021: Referred to PDP/CMV, FIN, referral sheet 32
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- Apr 01, 2021 | House
- Referred to PDP/CMV, FIN, referral sheet 32
- Mar 31, 2021 | House
- Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 596) in amended form (SD 1).
- Mar 31, 2021 | Senate
- Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.
- Mar 30, 2021 | Senate
- Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1342) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).
- One Day Notice 03-31-21.
- Mar 23, 2021 | Senate
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Baker, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English.
- Mar 18, 2021 | Senate
- The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-21 1:10PM; Via Videoconference.
- Mar 16, 2021 | Senate
- Referred to PSM.
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Arun Jaitley No More: GST and demonetization was held during his term - Tv9
Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 02:23 PM
Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley is no more. He passed away at the age of 66 years while undergoing treatment for multiple health disorders at AIIMS in New Delhi. It was during his term, Goods and Services Tax(GST) and demonetization was held. Hailing from Punjab, Arun Jaitley has not participated in the direct election till 2014. In 2014, Arun Jaitley has contested for Lok Sabha seat from Amritsar, but he could not win. In the year 2018, he represented as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. In the year 2014, Arun Jaitley served as a Finance Minister and then held the Defence portfolio. In the latest election, Arun Jaitley did not participate in the election due to his ill-health.


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Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne and Dierks Bentley are among the artists on Restoration, a country-flavored tribute to Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.
Little Big Town will take on "Rocket Man," Maren recreates "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters," the Brothers handle "Take Me to the Pilot" and Dierks sings, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)."
Other artists who've contributed to the album include Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Womack, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Chris Stapleton.
Another album, Revamp, features covers of Elton's songs by pop artists. Both records come out on April 6th.
Little Big Town, Maren and Miranda appear on Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute on April 9th on CBS.
Restoration track listing
- "Rocket Man" – Little Big Town
- "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters – Maren Morris
- "Sacrifice" – Don Henley and Vince Gill
- "Take Me to the Pilot" – Brothers Osborne
- "My Father’s Gun" – Miranda Lambert
- "I Want Love" – Chris Stapleton
- "Honky Cat" – Lee Ann Womack
- "Roy Rogers" – Kacey Musgraves
- "Please" – Rhonda Vincent and Dolly Parton
- "The Bitch Is Back" – Miley Cyrus
- "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" – Dierks Bentley
- "This Train Don’t Stop" – Rosanne Cash and Emmylou Harris
- "Border Song" – Willie Nelson


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The New England Patriots are set to play the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night, as the news and rumors ramp up.
Check out the latest buzz below.
Brady Trusts LaFell
Wide receiver Brandon LaFell has earned Tom Brady’s trust, becoming one of his best targets.
LaFell has 53 receptions for 712 yards, both of which are third on the team.
And that’s after he had zero catches after two games.
“Learn this playbook, because that’s been the toughest challenge,” LaFell told the Boston Globe when asked how he avoided becoming a poor free agent signing.
“My coach has been telling me, the guys that [were] here, they couldn’t learn the playbook. And being on the same page with Tom, just seeing things out of his eyes, meeting with him, talking to him: ‘Hey, man, where do you want me to be on this?’ or ‘What did you see from the defense that I really didn’t see, that you want me to do?,’ stuff like that.”
He said that he’ll ask to stay on the field to repeat plays until they’re right.
He also said Aaron Dobson helped him learn the playbook.
Brady has targeted LaFell 86 times so far this season.
Pats Need Hightower
The Patriots could really use Dont’a Hightower against the Chargers, Mass Live noted.
“Hightower, who injured his right shoulder versus Green Bay, has been limited in practice all week. When he went through stretching and warmup jogging (the only portion of practice the media can watch), it was obvious that Hightower wasn’t moving his right shoulder much at all,” it said.
“It was also obvious that he wasn’t doing any drills that absolutely required full range of motion from that shoulder. So it’s tough to tell.”
“Against the pass-heavy offenses they’ve recently faced, the Patriots have often played a 4-2-5 set with Collins and Hightower as the linebackers,” it added.
“If Hightower is out, Collins would likely take over as the quarterback of the defense, making playcalls and adjustments. Candidates for more snaps at the other linebacker spot include Jonathan Casillas, who has been with the team for five weeks; Darius Fleming, promoted from the practice squad a week ago; and possibly Akeem Ayers.”
Gronkowski on ‘Bieber Curse’
Rob Gronkowski was asked about the so-called “Bieber Curse,” after the Patriots lost to the after Gronkowski and other teammates hung out with Justin Bieber at a Los Angeles Clippers game.
“We’re just on to San Diego,” Gronkowski told reporters.
“We’re just worried about the Chargers, man.”
He declined to say anything else about the subject.
Meanwhile, the Chargers Antonio Gates offered some advice to Gronkowski.
“I’m a firm believer in being physical. But then there are unnecessary hits you don’t have to take. Some people think you can’t be physical and not have aggression. We talk about having aggression, but still staying fundamentally sound. What that means is you go out, play hard, and be physical, but still play smart at the same time,” he told reporters in a conference call, reported CSN.
“I think that’s what maybe [Gronkowski] has added to his repertoire this year. Or that’s something that maybe the majority of young guys need to understand. It’s a very physical game. It’s not like college. These guys are getting paid millions of dollars to come out and play and you have to take care of yourself. You have to take care of yourself.”
Gronkowski said it would be cool to talk to Gates and learn from him.


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- Learn A New Crochet Stitch: Crochet Zig Zag Puff Stitch
- [Video Tutorial] The Technique Used To Make These Simple Crochet Peppermint Coaster Is Really Interesting!
- Beautiful Crochet Cowl Neck Warmer Free Pattern
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- [Free Pattern] Timeless Buffalo Check Baby Blanket- Special Enough To Keep Forever
The cupcake crochet stich is such a cute and loveable stitch which can be used to create delightful afghans and baby blankets. This crochet stitch’s design is just about the so popular cupcakes. The thought of having a whole aghan made of cupcakes is extremely adorable and sweet. This video tutorial, courtesy of Margaret Olander, features the beautiful Cupcake Afghan by Roseanna E. Beck, and will teach you how to make this simple stitch. The pattern and the tutorial are suitable for beginners.
Check out the original source for The Cupcake Stitch (Afghan Pattern Included) pattern with all the directions and full written pattern at: FaveCrafts
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at the last gasp
She caught her breath in a startled gasp of pain.
Pain made her gasp as blood welled and spilled.
She stepped over it, slipped on pebbles, and dropped with a gasp as pain slammed through her knees.
At Carmen's startled gasp, he said he didn't think that was an issue because they brought him back quickly.
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Paternoster is a charming seaside village located on the west coast of South Africa, approximately 145 kilometres from Cape Town. It is a popular tourist destination, known for its picturesque views, pristine beaches, and delicious seafood. We will be exploring everything you need to know about Paternoster, including its history, attractions, activities, and accommodations.
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History of Paternoster
The village of Paternoster has a rich history dating back to the early 1800s. It was named after the prayer “Our Father” (Pater Noster in Latin) by the Portuguese sailors who were the first to set foot on this beautiful stretch of coastline. The town was established in 1863, and fishing has been the primary industry for over a century.
Today, Paternoster is a popular tourist destination that still retains its traditional fishing village charm. The town’s white-washed houses with blue shutters and thatched roofs provide a beautiful contrast to the surrounding coastline.
Attractions in Paternoster
One of the main attractions of Paternoster is its beautiful beaches. The town is situated on a long stretch of coastline, and visitors can enjoy miles of pristine white sand and crystal-clear water. Some of the most popular beaches in Paternoster include:
- Paternoster Beach: This is the main beach in town, and it is perfect for swimming, sunbathing, and long walks along the shore. It is also a great spot for watching the local fishermen bring in their daily catch.
- Tietiesbaai Beach: This secluded beach is located in the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve, a short drive from Paternoster. It is a popular spot for camping, picnics, and surfing.
- Britannia Bay Beach: This long stretch of sand is perfect for a leisurely stroll or a picnic. It is also a great spot for bird watching, with a variety of species to be seen.
Cape Columbine Lighthouse
The Cape Columbine Lighthouse is a historic landmark in Paternoster. The lighthouse was built in 1936 and is situated in the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve. Visitors can climb to the top of the lighthouse and enjoy stunning views of the coastline.
West Coast Fossil Park
The West Coast Fossil Park is a must-visit attraction for anyone interested in fossils and prehistoric creatures. The park is located about 20 kilometres from Paternoster and is home to a wealth of fossils dating back millions of years. Visitors can take guided tours of the park and see fossils of sabre-toothed cats, short-necked giraffes, and many other extinct creatures.
Paternoster is a great spot for bird watching, with a variety of bird species to be seen in the surrounding areas. Some of the most common birds to be seen in the town and its environs include:
- Cape Sugarbirds: These beautiful birds are endemic to South Africa, and they can often be seen feeding on the nectar of the local fynbos plants.
- African Black Oystercatchers: These striking black and white birds are a common sight on the beaches of Paternoster.
- Penguins: African Penguins can be seen at the nearby West Coast National Park.
Fishing has been the main industry in Paternoster for over a century, and it is still a popular activity for visitors to the town. Visitors can try their hand at fishing from the beach or book a deep-sea fishing excursion with one of the local operators.
Welcome to the culinary paradise of Paternoster, a charming coastal town. Indulge in a gastronomic adventure as we explore the finest restaurants in Paternoster that showcase the region’s bountiful seafood, local flavours, and innovative culinary creations.
- Wolfgat: This unique and acclaimed restaurant has received international recognition for its innovative approach to coastal cuisine. It offers a seven-course tasting menu featuring local and foraged ingredients.
- Noisy Oyster: Known for its warm and inviting atmosphere, Noisy Oyster serves a variety of fresh seafood dishes, including oysters, calamari, and line fish. It also offers options for meat lovers and vegetarians.
- Gaaitjie: Located right on the beach, Gaaitjie combines stunning ocean views with delicious food. The menu features a fusion of Cape Malay and West Coast cuisine, showcasing local flavours and ingredients.
- Voorstrandt Restaurant: Housed in an old fisherman’s cottage on the beach, Voorstrandt offers a charming setting for dining. It specializes in seafood dishes and traditional South African cuisine.
- Oep ve Koep: This rustic eatery celebrates the West Coast’s culinary heritage with a focus on local, sustainable ingredients. Oep ve Koep offers a unique dining experience with a menu that changes according to the season.
- Blikkie Pizzeria: If you’re craving pizza, Blikkie Pizzeria is a popular choice. Their wood-fired pizzas are made with fresh ingredients and offer a range of toppings to suit different preferences.
Things to do in Paternoster
- Sea Kayaking – Sea kayaking is a great way to explore the coastline around Paternoster. Visitors can rent kayaks from local operators and paddle out to sea to explore the stunning rock formations, sea caves, and wildlife in the area. Guided tours are also available for those who want to learn more about the marine life and history of the coastline.
- Hiking – Paternoster and the surrounding areas offer some excellent hiking opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. The nearby Cape Columbine Nature Reserve has several hiking trails that wind through the fynbos vegetation and offer stunning views of the coastline. The Oystercatcher Trail is a popular multi-day hike that takes visitors along the coast, through small fishing villages and past beautiful beaches.
- Cycling – Cycling is a great way to explore the town and its surroundings. Visitors can rent bikes from local operators and explore the quiet backroads, fynbos vegetation, and beaches at their leisure.
- Beach Activities – Paternoster’s beaches offer a wide range of activities for visitors to enjoy, from swimming and sunbathing to surfing and kiteboarding. The town’s sheltered bay is perfect for swimming and snorkelling, while the windswept beaches on the outskirts of town are popular with surfers and kiteboarders.
- Wine Tasting – The West Coast is home to several excellent wineries that offer wine tastings and tours. Visitors can sample some of the region’s best wines and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the surrounding vineyards.
Paternoster offers a range of accommodations to suit all budgets and preferences, from luxury boutique hotels to budget-friendly guesthouses and self-catering apartments. Take a look at all the best places to stay in Paternoster:
- Abalone House and Spa – Abalone House and Spa is a luxurious boutique hotel located in the heart of Paternoster. The hotel offers 10 individually decorated rooms, a restaurant, a bar, and a spa. The rooms are beautifully appointed with a mix of modern and vintage furnishings and offer stunning views of the coastline.
- Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel – Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel is another popular boutique hotel in Paternoster. The hotel offers 14 individually decorated rooms, a restaurant, a bar, and a spa. The rooms are spacious and offer stunning views of the ocean.
- Baywatch Villa – Baywatch Villa is a self-catering villa located in the heart of Paternoster. The villa offers three bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a lounge, and a dining area. The villa is beautifully decorated and offers stunning views of the coastline.
- Paternoster Dunes Boutique Guesthouse – Paternoster Dunes Boutique Guesthouse is a popular guesthouse located a short walk from the beach. The guesthouse offers seven individually decorated rooms, a restaurant, and a bar. The rooms are spacious and offer beautiful views of the surrounding area.
- As It Is In Heaven – As It Is in Heaven is a renowned accommodation in Paternoster that offers a heavenly retreat by the ocean. With its stunning views and cosy atmosphere, this establishment provides guests with a serene and idyllic experience, creating a true slice of heaven away from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Paternoster is a beautiful seaside village that offers visitors a range of attractions, activities, and accommodations. Whether you want to relax on the beach, explore the coastline, or indulge in some of the region’s best seafood, Paternoster has something for everyone. With its rich history, stunning natural beauty, and warm hospitality, Paternoster is a must-visit destination for anyone travelling to the West Coast of South Africa.
- Q – What to do in Paternoster?
A – Paternoster offers a range of activities, including exploring the beautiful beaches, indulging in fresh seafood dining, visiting local art galleries, and embarking on nature walks or hikes.
- Q – How far is Paternoster from Cape Town?
A – Paternoster is approximately 150 kilometres (93 miles) away from Cape Town, making it a convenient and scenic getaway that can be reached in around a 2-hour drive.
- Q – Where to eat in Paternoster?
A – Paternoster boasts a vibrant culinary scene. Some highly recommended restaurants include Wolfgat, Noisy Oyster, Gaaitjie, and Voorstrandt Restaurant, offering a range of delectable dishes showcasing fresh seafood and local flavours.
- Q – Where to stay in Paternoster?
A – Paternoster offers a variety of accommodation options, from luxury beachfront hotels to cosy guesthouses and self-catering cottages. Some popular choices include Abalone House & Spa, Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel, and Farr Out Guesthouse, providing comfortable and memorable stays in this coastal town.

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Compression socks are a product that has the function of improving blood circulation and have been used as treatment for many different ailments. There are especially many compression socks for diabetes. Are compression socks good for diabetics? Having venous insufficiency, diabetic patients have peripheral edema with their feet. compression socks diabetes have doubt that can help reduce edema and make legs and feet healthier. Diabetes compression socks might just be the best thing your diabetic feet have ever had. Why are they good for people living with diabetes? Find out in this article!
Diabetic patients wear socks with care
Damage to the nervous system of diabetics leads to no regular stimulation of feet and painful foot ulcers or other ailments. Diabetes can also cause circulation problems, especially in extremity areas such as the feet and hands. Poor circulation is one of the biggest concerns for people with diabetes. Compression socks for diabetes often extend to the knee and use a solid elastic material to tighten the lower leg, ankle and foot. This form of compression socks for diabetes helps to improve circulation in the lower legs and forces blood flow to the patient's feet.
Diabetic foot lesions are one of the severe complications of diabetes and can lead to infection and even secondary amputation, seriously affecting the patient’s quality of life. Studies have shown that about 21% to 33% diabetic patients have diabetic foot ulcers due to improper footwear wear. Wearing proper diabetic socks can reduce the occurrence of ulcers and prevent foot damage. Circulation problems that cause swelling in the feet, ankles and legs (called peripheral oedema) should lead to regular foot and leg examinations and may require special diabetes compression socks designed specifically for diabetics.
What are diabetes compression socks?
Some characteristics of diabetes compression socks
-Seamless: Most diabetic socks are made seamless, because stitched socks can rub your skin and cause blisters or ulcers.
-Moisturizing: Keeping your feet dry is important to prevent skin infections.
Breathable: Breathable fabrics help keep your feet dry.
-Warmth: Diabetes narrows blood vessels, reducing circulation to the feet. Keeping the tissues of the feet warm helps improve circulation.
-Fit: Many diabetic socks fit the feet and legs, which prevents the loose fabric from rubbing against the skin and causing damage.
-Progressive compression: The compression around the ankle is high and tapers toward the top of the sock, so blood does not pool on foot, promoting circulation and providing lasting support.
-Friction and protection: Our compression socks provide premium support, comfort and relief. You will enjoy unparalleled comfort thanks to the reinforced/cushioned heel, arch support and non-irritating toes.
Some notes on diabetes compression socks
Do not walk barefoot indoors or outdoors, even indoors, as it is easy to step on something and cause an accidental injury. It is recommended not to wear shoes barefoot. At home, please put on a pair of high-quality diabetes compression socks, which can reduce the friction between your feet and shoes and prevent the occurrence of foot-rubbing blisters or even ulcers.
It is appropriate to wear white or other light-colored diabetes compression socks for timely detection of unusual conditions in the foot, such as bleeding, oozing, and odor, and timely detection of treatment at the hospital. It is recommended to wear socks with split toes so that you can avoid the moist factor of toe seams caused by the proximity of each toe, which destroys the environment where fungi live. Check your diabetes compression socks daily and make sure the lining is smooth. It is not advisable to wear socks with seams that are too rough, or have hairballs, holes or with patches, especially on the soles of the feet, to avoid pressure injuries caused by uneven soles and excessive local pressure.
With the development of technology, there are many new diabetes compression socks with innovative materials and special technologies, such as antibacterial, seam-free, scientifically proportioned blends, progressive compression, and new socks that fit the foot as closely as possible. These socks can reduce the friction between the sock and the foot, reduce plantar pressure and forefoot pressure, and have a protective effect on the foot compared to ordinary socks. Also, these compression socks are ideal for runners, nurses, athletes, pregnant women, expectant mothers, shin splints, travelers, bicyclists, and hikers.

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Ranveer Singh is currently tasting success like no other actor in Bollywood. He is, undoubtedly, one of the biggest names in Bollywood right now. His last offerings like Padmaavat, Simmba, and Gully Boy have performed tremendously well at the box office. Known to get into the skin of the character, Singh portrays blazingly on the silver screen and fans across admire the star for being perfect. Not only did he show us what a prolific actor he is in Gully Boy, his excellent rapping skills enthralled one and all. Ranveer Singh has launched his independent music record label called IncInk.
Bringing the underground hip-hop scene to the light, Ranveer Singh's initiative to promote and support independent and lesser-known artists through this new label is commendable. Ranveer has launched a music label titled IncInk, with the aim of providing a platform for up and coming musical talents. The first song from the same label is out and it’s called Zeher (Venom). The song is written and performed by Kaam Bhari. The song is a quick rap which sees the artiste venting out his venomous frustrations. At the end of the video, Ranveer Singh also makes an entry and his bright addition to the track adds on more energy. Here’s the video:
“Rap and hip-hop are the biggest thing happening in Indian music today,” Singh told DNA. “Hindustani rap/hip-hop is telling our nation’s story and reality and we, at IncInk, want to bring out the real poets of our generation.”
Ranveer has launched the label in collaboration with filmmaker-musician Navzar Eranee. IncInk's first song- Zeher sees three talents being launched via the label who are Kaam Bhaari (who has sung Zeher), SlowCheeta and Spitfire. The actor shared that he is very excited to launch these three under his label.
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There are 4 characters in the book. Mum, Dad, Toddler and Baby.
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There are 10 pages in total plus a cover and a back.
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Calumet Adds Two Hits To Photographic DVD Series
In The Power of Light, acclaimed photographer, lighting expert and photo educator Tony Corbell teaches the techniques necessary to compete in professional photography. He provides powerful tips and tricks for taking stunning pictures inside the studio and on location.
Corbell talks about his new philosophy on exposure, plus discusses in detail the theory of light quality based on the size of the source and how it relates to the distance to the subject. He shows how to use flash outdoors and how to take great portraits working with direct sunlight.
Black & White Film Photography: Fred Picker’s Classic Trilogy is a compilation of three timeless videos about traditional black-and-white photography produced by the late Fred Picker from 1989 to 1992. "These days it is very rare that a new product is created for the traditional black-and-white film user, “ says Richard Newman, Calumet’s Director of Education. “But film is still in great demand in the educational market.”
Picker was an innovative photographer, author and teacher whose dedication to large format photography brought joy to many photographers. The DVD shows how Fred photographed, developed his negatives and made his prints with precision and passion. “We are hopeful the compilation of Photographing, The Negative, and Printing will help keep his voice and his memory alive,” Newman says.
The Power of Light with Tony Corbell (CE9935) retails for $39.99, while Black & White Film Photography: Fred Picker’s Classic Trilogy (CE9940) also retails for $39.99. Visit one of Calumet’s 10 retail centers, call 1-800-CALUMET or go to www.calumetphoto.com.
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Spring moves quickly in Boulder. One day it’s snowing, the next day the wildflowers are popping up, and then suddenly it’s summer. In a mere 3 weeks, Boulder area schools will close and summer vacation begins. Ah, yes, summer vacation. As any parent will tell you, it’s both a blessing
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- Cardinals enter at 5-0 this season
- Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury to miss game
- Nick Chubb ruled out for Cleveland
The Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns have been two of the best teams in the NFL so far in the 2021 season. But their game on Sunday may be as much about who is not there than who is there. With injuries and COVID-19 throwing a wrench into the works for both sides coming into this contest, the team that is best able to roll with the punches could come out with a signature win.
Arizona Cardinals vs Cleveland Browns Schedule
- Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH
- When: Sunday, October 17, 4:05PM ET
- How to Watch: FOX
Cardinals vs Browns Vegas Odds
Cardinals Without Coach For This Game
The big news in the NFL heading into Sunday’s Week 6 action concerned the impending absence of Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury. It was announced that Kingsbury would miss this game due to COVID-19, which is meaningful for the Cardinals given that Kingsbury is their offensive play-caller. Now, the Cardinals will have to adapt on short notice as they face a formidable Cleveland team.
Fortunately for the Cardinals, they still have Kyler Murray available to play regardless of the status of Kingsbury and the coaching staff. Murray has led the Cardinals to the fourth-best scoring offense in the NFL through five weeks and the league’s last remaining unbeaten record. He will need to be extra special to overcome the loss of his coach along with the opponent in this contest.
Browns Look To Run The Ball
The identity for the Cleveland Browns this season is no mystery, as it is their goal to run the ball early and often to keep the chains moving. So far this year, that has worked well for them, as the Browns are averaging over five yards per carry on the ground. And this week, they will look to exploit a weak Cardinals run defense to keep the ball away from Kyler Murray and the explosive Cardinals offense.
Arizona ranks in the bottom three in the NFL in yards allowed per carry this season, making this a very favorable matchup for the running game of the Browns. Cleveland will have to deal with the loss of starting running back Nick Chubb for this contest. But Kareem Hunt is a more than viable backup option who should be able to step in and continue the Browns’ success at running the football.
NFL Picks This Week:
Who will win tonight’s NFL game:
The loss of Kliff Kingsbury only adds to the list of issues that the Arizona Cardinals are going to have against the Cleveland Browns. Unless Kingsbury was planning on suiting up at defensive tackle, he and the rest of the Cardinals are going to get gashed by the Browns’ devastating rushing attack.
Expect the Browns to put an end to the perfect start from the Cardinals and cover the spread as a favorite.
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CALIFORNIA—The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) published a report and issued a health advisory on January 28, warning about the dangers of electronic cigarettes.
The CDPH, which also operates California’s controversial medical marijuana program, is the state department responsible for California’s public health.
The electronic cigarettes the CDPH is speaking of are often referred to as “e‐cigs” or “vapes,” and contain battery-operated coils, which vaporize “e-liquids” that are reported to contain nicotine, flavoring agents, propylene glycol and other carcinogenic, toxic chemicals.
The health advisory cites a California Tobacco Control Program report, published in 2013, which reveals that e‐cigarettes are readily accessible throughout California, and that the number of stores selling e‐cigarettes quadrupled between 2011 and 2013, increasing from 12 percent to 46 percent.
Specifically, the “e-liquids” are alleged to have high concentrations of “ultrafine particles that are inhaled and become trapped in the lungs.”
Although the CDPH acknowledges in the advisory that “several studies found lower levels of carcinogens in the e‐cigarette aerosol, [as] compared to smoke emitted by traditional cigarettes,” it warns that use of e-cigs expose people to “at least ten chemicals that are on California’s Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.”
Among the ultrafine particles to have been found in mainstream and second-hand “e-liquids” are nicotine, formaldehyde, lead, nickel—and benzene, which, according to a Wikipedia description, is a “notorious cause of bone marrow failure.” Additionally, the vapor exhaled is warned to be a health concern for those exposed to the secondhand aerosols.
Dr. Ron Chapman, the State Health Officer and director of the CDPH, suggests that “First and foremost, education is needed to counter the marketing of e-cigarettes which is often misleading and highly appealing to teens. Second, there is a need to treat e-cigarettes in a comprehensive manner that is consistent with how we approach traditional cigarettes.”
While many argue that e-cigs are a helpful harm-reduction tools that help people who are recovering from cigarette addictions, the report maintains, “There is no scientific evidence that e-cigarettes help smokers successfully quit traditional cigarettes.” The report further cites a different study that finds e-cig users to be, in fact, a third less likely to quit cigarettes (than non e-cig users).
The health advisory and report are published just as the California state legislature considers a bill, which proposes a ban on e-cig use in public places, and measures against the sale of the devices to minors.
This report also follows a similar study published by New England Journal of Medicine on January 22, which also claims that e-cig use and exposure can be dangerous.


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So it finally happened. Thanks to Priyanka, for her leadership and the just do it attitude that we successfully conducted our first photography workshop today. It was a humble start. About 8 people showed interest, 4 registered for the course, 2 finally turned up :). Yes! there were two instructors and two students. In the end there were 4 satisfied souls. If you are reading this blog because you like photography – here is the pdf for the Photography Tutorial ppt (~8MB/88 slides) for you. We decided to make the presentation available online. Most of the content is self made, but we have taken some content from here and there, most of which are cited at the end. If you are interested in photography workshops – Yes, we are going to conduct more of them in future. Please email us if you are interested and we will keep you updated on it. Perhaps, you are here because you like reading what I write :D, if that infinitesimal probability event has happened then please read on.
Imagine standing at a beach. Seeing the waves hitting the shoreline, you want to get into the water. But the water is cold. Not freezing cold, but cold enough to be a deterrent. You know once you get in, your body will get used to it, but thinking about the first few steps makes you shiver. The workshop started on a similar note for me. I knew four of them had registered (over the phone) but since there was no registration fees, I was not sure how many would turn up. Priyanka was managing the registration, so I asked her, picking her up, how many are coming. She said Suraj called to say that he is. Atleast one was coming :)! …and that she is positive about Vijay too. That makes it two! Last night I had a feeling that one would be one too less for the workshop, so the figure of two was perfect. We started at around 10:15 in the morning. The first half hour went into introductions and talking about what is photography, its history, some nice anecdotes. Enough to warm us up. The pleasure of teaching kicked in. It was nice to see that they seemed happy to hear these tid bits about photography. Next, we started of talking about compositions. The basic guidelines in composing a shot – lines, shapes, angles, perspectives, color, etc. Its always fun to analyze aesthetics. Aesthetics being at complete odds with logic in general, the idea of “analyzing aesthetics” is an oxymoron itself in my opinion. Nevertheless, there are certain basic guidelines that somehow work on average. This was kind of evident when the participants got back, after an hours worth of shooting, with the shots they said they had taken keeping these concepts in mind. Some of the shots which broke those rules, the participants themselves found to be little unpleasant.
It was getting a bit too hot and the midday sun being a bit too harsh we decided to head to Studio Chhavi for the rest of the session. The next part dealt with knowing the camera. Having being using the camera for the past six years, I had become quite comfortable with the basic concepts. However, teaching them transported me back to Spiti valley (Himachal Pradesh, 2004) when I first used an SLR camera. It was a completely manual camera, with the light meter broken. So all the shots I took I had to ask Vishnoi and Archisman (who knew these basics) to tell me what setting they think would work for the given scene. Some of them worked some didn’t, but the joy of using a camera that had no battery, the joy of controlling the ISOs and the Apertures and the Shutter Speeds was a joy in its own right. Something similar happened at the workshop. Vijay and Suraj had heard these terms before but were completely unaware of what they meant. Once they began understanding them, their joy of understanding photography was clear in their enthusiasm to experiment with their cameras. For the next three hours we kept on going around the fundamentals. I realized that there was much more in the presentation that we could have covered today, so we decided to move about half of the material to an advanced class. Having a strong foundation in the fundamentals (Compositon, Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO, Focus) is the most important aspect of the basics of photography in my opinion. So, we concluded with some knowledge about post-processing and how its not “cheating” to post-process the images (really its not, upto a point you think its not). Some display of our work and we ended on a note which felt like they were interested to come back for the advanced class. I think I like teaching.


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In the run-up to Taskmaster's return later this month, a brand new teaser for the sketch-turned-gameshow dropped on March 5, with Greg Davies promising another round of ridiculous – and ridiculously difficult – challenges. You can check it out above.
As Greg and Alex Horne get ready to welcome a new group of comics for series 11, Taskmaster has taken a look back at some of its most iconic tasks, including "eating a watermelon without touching the watermelon, guessing the contents of a locked briefcase, [and] scoring a goal with a steamroller".
The Halcyon days, no less.
Set to return to our screens on March 18, Taskmaster's latest run will star Ghosts' Charlotte Ritchie, Hate Thy Neighbour's Jamali Maddix, Not Going Out's Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak (Man Down), and Sarah Kendall (Frayed).
The comedian, who trounced This Country's Daisy May Cooper in last year's final, will go up against previous winners Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders, and Ed Gamble in the upcoming spin-off.
Taskmaster will return for series 11 on March 18 at 9pm on Channel 4. A new Champion of Champions miniseries will also premiere in 2021.
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Kwadwo Ampofo, popularly known as DJ Black has for three consecutive times crowned the Best DJ in Ghana.
The host of the Open House Party and Weekend Warmer, on Joy FM was on Saturday night adjudged Best DJ of the Year at the Ghana DJ Awards.
DJ Black beat off competition from Hitz FM and Adom FM’s Andy Dosty, DJ Mensah, Nii Ayi Tagoe of Starr FM, DJ Booty Brown, and DJ Collins to win the award this year.
He had previously won the 2013 and 2014 editions of the awards.
Apart from the ultimate award of the night, DJ Black also won Best Male Radio DJ of the Year.
This year’s awards, which took place at the lobby of the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, February 21, witnessed performances from Okyeame Kwame, AK Sonsgtress, Keche, and Vybrant Faya.
Last year, DJ Black was adjudged Africa’s Best DJ at the 2014 Africa Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) in Texas, United States.
Below is the list of winners at the Ghana DJ Awards:
BEST EVENT DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Vyrusky
BEST HIGHLIFE DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Mickey Darling (Peace FM)
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL DJ OF THE YEAR – Fiifi Selah – Pluzz FM
BEST ARTISTE DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Justice (Stonebwoy)
BEST MIXTAPE DJ OF YEAR Dj Slim – Ciroc Mixtape
DJ DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR – DJ Breezy
CAMPUS DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Mingle of UCC
BEST RECORD PROMOTER OF THE YEAR – Dj Kwame Bee (Hitz FM)
SCRATCH DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Cue
BEST PUB DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Mactontoh of Reggies
BEST VIDEO JOCKEY OF THE YEAR – DJ Xpliff (Ghone Tv)
BEST MOBILE DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Collins – Vinyl City
BEST HIPLIFE DJ OF THE YEAR – Yellowman – Peace FM (Accra)
BEST GOSPEL DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Sarpee of Muntie fm
BEST MALE RADIO DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ Black – Joy FM
BEST INTERNATIONAL GHANAIAN DJ – DJ Bretuoba
BEST CLUB MC OF THE YEAR – Dj Apiscololo – Crisberrys
BEST FEMALE RADIO DJ OF THE YEAR – Justina Ansah – Obouba FM
DJs’ SONG OF THE YEAR – Monko Mo Akyi – Joyce Blessing
BEST INTERNATIONAL NON GHANAIAN DJ OF THE YEAR – Dj Neptune – Nigeria
BEST DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ Black – Joy FM
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Young Joe Story by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Ernest Dela Aglanu (Twitter: @delaXdela / Instagram: citizendela)
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