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The jazz world is mourning the death of leading sax player Don Weller, who died at the end of May, aged 79.
Thornton Heath-born Weller was a well-known performer in the pubs and clubs of Croydon, London and beyond for four decades. He played many gigs at The Gun, The Dog and Bull on Surrey Street, at The Oval Tavern, the Lord Napier and the Green Dragon, his burly, bearded figure always topped off with a beret.
Innovations In British Jazz summed up his playing: “On his night Don Weller is the raunchiest, most humorous (and human), daring, yet intensely and inventively melodic tenor player in the country.”
Born in on December 19, 1940, Weller grew up learning the classical clarinet.
Indeed, he made his “stage” debut performing a solo in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto at Croydon Town Hall aged 15.
Into the 1960s, he worked for a time as a panel beater while playing music, first the clarinet, then the saxophone, in trad jazz bands at evenings and weekends, before going full-time to join Kathy Stobart’s band or earning his keep with a couple of summer seasons working at Butlin’s holiday camps.
According to his obituary in Jazz Journal, Weller was, “A versatile musician, he worked with rock groups such as East of Eden, the soul band of Geno Washington and with Alex Harvey and Jack Bruce. In the ’70s he formed the jazz-rock unit Major Surgery, with guitarist Jimmy Roche, before teaming up with drummer Bryan Spring and releasing an album for Affinity, Commit No Nuisance; the quartet was augmented at one point by American trumpeter Hannibal Marvin Peterson.”
Weller’s versatility kept him in demand in a wide variety of musical styles, including playing with David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Alan Price, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Ian Stewart’s Rocket 88 and Charlie Watts’ Jazz Orchestra.
Weller won Best Tenor Sax at the British Jazz Awards on three occasions.
In the 1970s Weller had found himself as a regular sax player with another south London jazz musician, the pianist Stan Tracey, “the Godfather of British jazz”, performing with his quintet, octet and big band, and forming a strong association with fellow tenor player Art Themen.
Themen has paid fond tribute to Weller on the London Jazz News website, recalling some of his old friend’s traits and foibles.
One year, the Stan Tracey group was on tour in China, and on a day off they gathered to go on a tourist visit to the Great Wall. Weller didn’t bother to join them.
“Nah,” Weller said. “I got a wall of my own at home.”
Themen, like many professional musicians, remembers spending long hours practising – or “woodshedding”. The fellow sax player was in awe of Weller’s apparent nonchalance in such respects. “How he achieved such technical mastery of that instrument remains a mystery to me,” Themen wrote of Weller.
“Most of us need to spend many hours of painstaking woodshedding in order to bully the horn into submission, but Don appeared to have sprung from the womb with the full six-speed gearbox. Bryan Spring, one of the great drummers associated with Don is a good example of a compulsive woodshedder. He would sidle up to you and say ‘Did 36 hours practice yesterday… gettin’ there!’.
“On the other hand, Don seemed to eschew this modus operandi. He once rang me up when I was attempting to get the hang of a Cedar Walton tune. ‘I’m practising,’ I said. ‘Practising?’ he replied incredulously, ‘that’s cheating!’
And Themen continues, “Another facet of his innate natural skill of which I am in awe, was his ability to play impeccably after downing a fair amount of drink. I once asked him how he managed to play so well when he was pissed. His reply? ‘That’s easy. I only practise when I’m pissed’.”
With Themen and Mornington Lockett, Weller also thrilled audiences as a member of The Three Tenors (in this case, saxophones, rather than Italian singers), and he also put together his own big band for a jazz festival at Appleby in 1995.
It was ahead of that festival, and the albums that followed, that enthusiastic beret-wearer Weller displayed what might be described as a “can do” attitude. Or his Kangol attitude…
Weller approached beret-makers Kangol, to kit out the full band in their headwear. Asked by a salesman whether his own beret was a Kangol, Weller was described as being “somewhat economical with the truth”.
“Of course,” he told the man from Kangol. Sixteen berets were duly despatched to Appleby.
Weller continued to live in south London through most of his life. In the past decade, he would spend every day taking the four-bus journey from his home to visit his terminally ill wife, Di, in hospital. “Anyone who has listened to his composition ‘Di’s Waltz’ cannot fail to be deeply moved,” Themen wrote.
And for the last two years, as his own health deteriorated, Weller was cared for by his daughter, Katie, until he died in hospital in Croydon just over a week ago, on May 30.
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SORRY, NO OPEN STUDIO THIS WEEK. SSG IS REMODELING OUR STUDIOS TO MAKE MORE ROOM IN OPEN STUDIO, THE CLASSROOM AND MORE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
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Ep 130: CheapFlix
It's time to raid the DVD/Blu-Ray Bargain Bins and hunt for a piece of cinematic art that can be bought for a few pounds or even pence. In a change to the usual madness, Eli and Paul decided to choose a cheap movie to watch, discuss it and, hopefully, have a bit of fun... What happens instead is that the very fabric of CheapShow itself was held under a terrible scrutiny and leads to a very real and very angry blow out when things spiral out of control. "But what movie was it?" you may ask! Why... "Keith Lemon: The Movie", of course! The podcast will never be the same again... Probably.

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Svenska Läromedel, The Swedish Association of Educational Publishers, is the trade association for Swedish publishers of teaching and learning materials.
The thirteen publishers of the association provide printed and digital textbooks and other teaching and learning materials for kindergartens, primary, secondary and upper secondary schools and universities.
There are some 30 educational publishers in Sweden. The market for K-12 materials was worth SEK 863 millions in 2014 (Euro 94 millions).
Educational publishers’ materials correspond to curricula and present scientific knowledge with pedagogical method, which is assured by collaborating with teachers as authors. All materials are hallmarked by the publishers’ skills in presenting and making knowledge accessible. Using publishers’ materials, whether printed or digital, from kindergarten, to secondary school and university, ensures equity and a coherent progress of knowledge.
The mission of the association is to assist publishers in developing and providing high quality tools for teachers and students.
Svenska Läromedel engages in dialogue with the Ministry of Education, the national agency for education, local school boards and other principal actors. We further the business of publishers by representation in the Swedish reproduction rights organization (RRO) Bonus Copyright Access and by providing market statistics and business intelligence. Explaining the value of high quality educational resources to the public is an association policy.
Important questions for Svenska Läromedel are
- Adequate provision to teachers and students of printed and digital textbooks and other educational publishers’ materials
- A stronger learning materials concept in the educational statutes
- A national investment in publishers digital educational resources
- Adequate allowances for university students to acquire textbooks
- Strong copyright protection
Svenska Läromedel is a member of Educational Publishers Forum EPF within International Publishers Association IPA.
The Swedish Association of Educational Publishers is also represented in Federation of European Publishers FEP.

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Formulary 55 Shea Butter Bath Bar
This handcrafted soap is made in small batches of saponified coconut oil, RSPO-certified palm and shea butter. Scented with a proprietary blend of phthalate free fragrance oils and essential oils.
Superfatted to be extra moisturizing and skin softening these shea butter bath bars are long lasting and luxurious.
Made in the USA, vegan, certified cruelty-free, SLS-free and paraben free.

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Small embroidery hoop Plain fabric, 1in wider all round than the hoop Small pieces of lace or crochet cut from old doilies, handkerchiefs or items of clothing Small beads Pretty buttons or pieces of broken jewellery
The embroidery hoop fastening is unscrewed and the two parts of the hoop separated. The fabric is stretched over the smaller inner hoop and the larger outer hoop placed over the top, trapping the fabric in between. Keeping the fabric taut, the screw is tightened to close the outer hoop firmly. Decorative pieces of lace or crochet work are stitched to the fabric and embellished with small beads and pretty decorations saved from pieces of clothing or broken jewellery. Excess fabric is trimmed from the back of the hoop for a neat finish.


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Best microwave organic food Reviews :If you are reading this, then you already know about microwave organic food is a great product for you, your family or any other person whom you are planning to buy. Don’t worry about price if you are looking for a microwave organic food for any person or your home, office or personal use then also we have covered all kind of microwave organic food. It doesn’t matter what’s your budget we have listed all minimum to maximum price budget details.
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1. Tasty Bite Indian Style Microwaveable Preservatives
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- FULLY COOKED & READY TO EAT: Tasty Bite’s rice packets make dinner prep easy! They come fully cooked and microwaveable, so you’re just 90 seconds away from delicious, perfectly steamed rice at any time of day. Try with a sweet curry sauce or stir fry.
Free Of Fillers and Chemicals. All natural, gluten free, no trans fats. Made in United States.
2. Newmans Own Organics Microwave Popcorn
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3. Annies Cheddar Microwavable Macaroni Cheese
- Includes a total of 12 micro cups.
- Microwave in 2:00 Minutes
- Made with goodness
- Made with organic pasta and made with real cheese from cows not treated with rBST*
- We work with trusted suppliers to source only non-GMO ingredients
- No artificial flavors, synthetic colors, or preservatives
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4. Orville Redenbachers Theater Microwave 24 Count
- Contains (24) 3.29 ounce. classic bags of Orville Redenbacher’s Movie Theater Butter Popcorn
- Serve our buttery popcorn packs alongside your favorite sweet snacks to add a pop of fun (and flavor) to every occasion
- In 1952, Orville Redenbacher hand selected a small group of farmers to grow his exclusive kernel, and our family farmers still grow our special kernels today
- Orville Redenbacher’s is also the only leading brand of microwave popcorn with no artificial preservatives, flavors, or dyes in all of our products—so grab your favorite popcorn bowl, pop it up in a jiffy, and have a jolly time pretending like you’re at the movies
- Orville Redenbacher’s is the only leading popcorn brand that uses real butter (Select products contain real butter. See package ingredients for details.)
Orville Redenbacher’s is the only leading brand that uses real butter and the only leading brand of microwave popcorn with no artificial preservatives, flavors, or dyes in all of our products. Every handful of our delicious Movie Theater Butter Popcorn transports you from your couch to the theater. Orville Redenbacher’s microwave popcorn is made with only high-quality, non-GMO popcorn kernels. Orville Redenbacher’s isn’t just a name. It’s a promise of excellence and authenticity—and boom—the perfect microwave popcorn to add a pop of fun to every occasion. * Select products contain real butter. See package for ingredient details.
5. Annies Cheddar Microwavable Macaroni Cheese
- MADE WITH ORGANIC PASTA: Made with goodness
- REAL INGREDIENTS: No artificial flavors, synthetic colors, or preservatives.
- MAC & CHEESE: Our Classic Macaroni & Cheese is made with organic pasta with a creamy real cheese.
- NON-GMO: We work with trusted suppliers to source only non-GMO ingredients.
- BOX CONTAINS: 2 ct, 4.02 oz, Pack of 6
If you are buying a Microwave Organic Food for the first time, then you should have Annies Cheddar Microwavable Macaroni Cheese. It has fewer features when you make Microwave Organic Food comparisons of Annies Cheddar Microwavable Macaroni Cheese with any other Microwave Organic Food but what it has is ease of use and best in class service. Go ahead and Grab a Microwave Organic Food, grab any Microwave Organic Food but if you are first time user and want a good experience do not look anywhere other than Annies Cheddar Microwavable Macaroni Cheese
6. Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack
Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack is a relatively new and late entrant in the market but surprisingly has surpassed beyond Annie’s Real Aged Cheddar Macaroni &Amp; Cheese, Microwavable Mac And Cheese, 4.02 Oz (Pack Of 6) which have been in market longer than anyone. Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack brings you the best of the quality in the lowest possible cost. The Best feature of Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack is what has kept in the market.
It certainly makes appearance in Reviews of Microwave Organic Food in 2020 owing to its price penetration strategy in the market. If you own a Microwave Organic Food and it could be any of the high value Microwave Organic Food, chances are that would be much costlier than Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack. Eden Foods Popcorn Yellow Pack will have more than 50% of all its features.
7. Seeds Change Organic Quinoa Brown
8. Annie Chuns Peanut Non Gmo Thai Style
- Convenient – heat in microwave and get ready to eat in just 2 minutes
- Made in USA – Includes (6) 8.7-Oz container
- NON-GMO Project Verified! Healthy – Low saturated Fat, no trans fat, and no cholesterol
- Delicious Noodles – Thai-inspired peanut sesame sauce combined with pre-cooked delicious Hokkien noodles
- Smart alternative to instant food
- #1 Selling Brand of Asian Specialty Single-Serve Entrees [Source: IRI Total US – MULO, Latest 52 Weeks Ending 3/22/2020]
Annie Chuns Peanut Non Gmo Thai Style is present in top 10 since a long time. In terms of customer satisfaction and ease of use, Annie Chuns Peanut Non Gmo Thai Style wins the users. Most of them who buy Annie Chuns Peanut Non Gmo Thai Style once wont by anything else although it offers very limited features and specifications.
The only reason for brand loyalty is ease of use. This product had a special mention in Reviews of Microwave Organic Food in 2020 for not expanding user base but definitely not loosing any. The shift of people from Microwave Organic Food to any other Microwave Organic Food is least.
9. Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfast
- Contains 48 packets 23 Lower Sugar Maple & Brown Sugar, 13 Lower Sugar Apples & Cinnamon, 7 Lower Sugar Cinnamon & Spice, 5 Original flavor
- Good Source of Fiber Quaker Oats provide a good source of fiber to support a healthy digestive system. See nutrition facts for total fat per serving
- 35% less sugar than Quaker Instant Oatmeal regular flavors. See nutrition facts
- Heart Healthy Whole Grains Quaker Oats are 100% Whole Grains. Diets rich in whole grain foods and other plant foods and low in saturated fat & cholesterol may help reduce the risk of heart disease
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfast is again a mid of quality and price. It offers limited features in this pricing. There is another variant of Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfast which falls into premium category but Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfastis specifically targeted for mid-segment.
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfast offers such a amazing features which makes it better than 70% of Microwave Organic Food available in the market today. Quaker Instant Oatmeal Variety Breakfast was our personal favorite and was voted as most admired product in TOP 10 Best Microwave Organic Food to Buy in 2020 – TOP Picks. We hope it makes to that list again this year.
10. Pacific Foods Organic Mushroom Condensed
Pacific Foods Organic cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup is as versatile as it is delicious. A savory base of mushrooms combined with garlic and cream deliver a delicious, robust flavor that your family is sure to love. This soup is great as a base for soups, casseroles and sauces. At Pacific Foods, we believe in making foods we’re proud of using simple recipes and clean ingredients sourced as close to home as possible. We steer clear of preservatives, additives and GMOs and always will. Our mission is to nourish every body, one meal at a time.
By our suggestions above, we hope that you can found Microwave Organic Food for you.Please don’t forget to share your experience by comment in this post. Thank you!

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Analyze the elements of American Realism. What events contributed to the rise of the Realist movement and how did it take shape in art. Choose at least 3 Realist artists and discuss the political and social circumstances surrounding the creation of their works and how your examples (in terms of visual elements as well as content) illustrate the characteristics of Realism.
American Realism movement is an art style, music and literature that represented the true contemporary social realities such as emotions, individualism, imaginations and the lives of everyday activities of ordinary people. The cause for the movement was to react against the rejection of Romanticism with links to emotions and individualism. The movements’ literature in the mid-19th century formed an important part of visual art in the early 20th century. Whether a culturally portrayed or a scenic view of American cities, the movements’ objectives attempted to define what was real and existing in the American working class. In brief, the American realism movement was concerned with how life was structured to various norms ranging from societal structures, economic structures, political and cultural structures during the mid-19th century. During the era of post-world War II, America’s working-class people became disillusioned with society and the dream of America because of the hardships they faced from depression. Art plays written and produced during the Americas dramatic realism movement reflect an advocate and desire for a social variance from the presence. The Glass Menagerie and art by Tennessee William and the Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller take their effect, bearing no exceptions. William and Miller effectively scrutinised the impacts of the American Dream through Realism elementary theories to analyze political, class and gender norms.
Williams and Miller use common social examples in advocating for social differences hence providing the main focal point to the audience, which attracts the political interest of the realism following the devotion of commitment to work as well self-actualization of capitalist in the play. In the authenticity, the Death of a Salesman, Willie Loman serves as a representative of power with high interest for business and the urge for riches. At the endpoint of the art play, Willie accepts his lack of success and personality traits despite spending a long time in sales before committing suicide. Willie’s actions exemplify how people earn wealth if they spend more efforts fighting for it. Capitalists will have no chances of survival and will not work. Similarly, in The Glass Menagerie, when Tom runs away from his family to pursue his interests, he fully embraces capitalism and the materialism of the American Dream. At the final stage of the art play, Tom remains the same way he was and did not wholly earn any wealth. He disappears from his home to have the leisure of his interest and later describes the old cities as dead. These are some of the hidden rejections that realism fights to alter society and adopt a new lifestyle.
Miller and William utilize mundanes’ applicable duty in the Death of a salesman and Glass Menagerie to ill-praise the employees using promotional ambush methods. In Death of a salesman, Linda’s interactions with Willy concerning the struggle to settle monthly bills portrayed the reality affecting most working class families during the Great Depression. Criticism by Miller on different expectations of material stocks such as capital appliances used by the society made the employed people dependent on capitalism, and these forced them to serve the interests of the bourgeois. The working population was turned into slaves of themselves to earn extra upper-class ranks that included warehouse tasks like the case of Happy. In addition to the tasks, they had an opportunity to procure higher standards, thus securing prominence. In Glass Menagerie, Tom provides for his family by securing a job at a shoe warehouse for a monthly payment of 65 dollars, which Amanda uses to procure goods, such as a lamp for the apartment. It has been stated that Tom prefers his identity and self-image highly to ownership of riches. However, Amanda exclaims that Tom would give up his family because of greed for valuables. Tom and Amanda’s are eager to possess large stocks of valuables, and Tom has to stay at the warehouse job instead of being a poet. Williams proposes that the emphasis on money valuables for employees encourages the suppression of creativity and individualism, leading to fights.
There is evidence of cultural home setting when the death of the salesman occurs with the two art plays by William and Miller tying ladies to the traditional family styles. In this case, when the salesman died, Linda, his wife, never imagined doing anything outside the homestead. She is seen doing the everyday household chores such as cleaning and cooking for her associates on the homestead. Her obedience and submissiveness to her husband despite knowing the demerits and delusions portrays the loyalty expectations and blind submissiveness of a typical ideal American housewife. With the awareness of the impacts, Linda’s deference to her husband broadly predicts that she could not meaningfully enact change to her family in its conditions. Linda’s inability to rescue her husband from death, Miller opens a criticism complaint of a dormant housewife in the American Dream.
In the Glass Menagerie, Amanda has confidence that she can obtain fulfilment by searching for a husband for Laura; this created a typical American family dynamic in replacing her broken marriage and family. Laura’s inability to prosper in the business training school and other vocational institutions explains the life challenges of breaking out of ancient housewife roles that women were expected to perform during those periods. Death of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie reflected the social world of the 1940’s post World War II era in the reevaluation of the American Dream. Erupting deviant talks in the typical homes and fights that do not end in the places of work are some of the drivers for change in society.
Since critical movements and other alternative theoretical structures opposing societal and political perspectives question the existing status quo, make knowledge dependent on power, and emphasize identity formation and social change. They cannot be influential as realism in proposing a change in political and social points. The possible social and political gains of realism have to be associated with pain, death, oppression and unconducive life states in scenarios where the states rely on political powers in making crucial decisions. For example, the Death of Salesman serves to affect some of these social costs related to realism. The experimental evolution of theories that depend on actual history and politics can ultimately judge their social standards and make prudent political decisions. Nevertheless, when realism turns to be dogmatic in nature, social and political norms fail to perform their functions. They remain standstill in a state-centric paradigm that denies people the possibility of economic progress and turns into ideology. The power of politics can be misused in justifying the aggression when realism depends on interstate relations.


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By Amir Efrati
On Tuesday, KinCommunity, a women’s-oriented lifestyle channel run by a company called Deca, went live with videos on food, fashion, parenting and personal stories. With its mission to celebrate the “simple artistry of everyday life,” KinCommunity features short clips including advice for moms on how to dress after having kids, a mini-documentary about a mother who uproots her American family and moves to Tuscany, and a video that shows people how to make coconut chocolate macaroons.
“We want to be the big online brand for women over 25,” says Deca CEO Michael Wayne, who started the company in 2007 and previously launched sites including Momversation.com, HerSay.com, and ParentsAsk.com.
By the middle next year, more than 100 channels featuring everything from sports to drama to new Disney programming will appear on YouTube, the world’s most popular video site, which hopes to become a premium video network that also graces the world’s living-room screens.
Last month we introduced you to some of the channel creators. Since then two other channels have launched, both with Spanish-language videos: Maker Studios’ Tutele, which includes a telenovela called “Melodia de Amor,” or “Melody of Love,” and ClevverTeVe by Clevver Media, which features a round-up of entertainment news. Another channel for women and moms will debut on Wednesday, a YouTube spokeswoman said.
KinCommunity will produce three new videos a day. “We want to give women a moment where they can get away and experience something beautiful and take two minutes to themselves,” Deca’s Wayne said. Unlike other new YouTube channels that will feature or be tied to well-known personalities such as Brooke Burke, Madonna and Jay-Z, KinCommunity won’t have any brand name celebrities so that it can focus on “being authentic, real and accessible,” Wayne said. On-camera talent will include women who write popular blogs or Deca’s own vice president of programming, Beth Le Manach, and its creative director, Eileen Levinson.
He added that Deca, which is “spending more on creating this content” than prior online videos, has hired a social media manager to help promote its KinCommunity content on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere on the Web.
YouTube paid out large cash advances to the creators of the new channels. The creators will split advertising revenue with YouTube after the company recoups its advances.
Above, a video from KinCommunity, a new women’s-oriented lifestyle channel on YouTube.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Glad to see our partner, ClevverTV get a nice mention in this WSJ story today. The Youtube channel strategy with a rumored $100MM dedicated to producing new, high-quality content on Youtube is starting to roll out - excited to see how the audience will react to these channels over the next few months and whether they will actually reduce TV consumption in favor of youtube.

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Presentation of Rotary (I.N.T.) Unions
The Rotary (I.N.T.) Union is for use where there is a space limitation between the roll end and the machine frame.
The end of the roll is bored out to accept this self-contained unit. The Rotary Seal fitted is a Filton Bellows Seal which is identical to the seals fitted in the Rotary (R.E.) Union, an alternative Filton Mechanical seal is available for higher pressures and speeds.
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‘O’ Ring seal, nitrite rubber.
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Over the last few week or so I’ve finally started writing again. What was I waiting for? I’m not quite sure, but I do know this: I missed it. It isn’t that I haven’t written at all since the pandemic, it is just that I’ve been selective and focused on other things.
So, why do I keep coming back to writing? There are so many reasons …
- It is my creative outlet.
Some people make beautiful music, others play sports, and yet others draw or paint. I am not good at any of those things. Writing is something I can do fairly well. I know how to improve. It is a nice mix of being able to accomplish something and yet striving to make it the best it can be. If I tried to play a musical instrument, I would want to give up before I could get anywhere.
- It allows me to practice the art of storytelling.
Both of my parents are wonderful storytellers. There is nothing I love more than a good story (hence my love of reading). In my opinion, there is something comfortable about writing down a story before perfecting the art of telling it to others. Writing allows me to get it right before I share it with others.
- I can curate many of my favorite things – and share that them with others.
Blogging can be so much fun. I actually started “blogging” before it was known as blogging. I used to use an online notebook/diary to keep track of my favorite websites, poems, photos, memes, and more. I have enough content now that I can go back and reread things I wrote years ago. Some of which I have long since forgotten. It is always fun and gives me ideas for future projects.
- It is a challenge.
The writing process is never quite finished. At some point, it is time to let go. Frankly, like a good challenge. As with so many things, I know just enough to be dangerous!
- It goes hand in hand with another favorite pastime – reading.
I’ve always loved books. In fact, I’ve written extensively about my first love – books! I outline some of my favorite childhood books here. My love of writing, as with so many others, grew out of my love of reading. I can’t imagine trying to separate the two. In fact, I’ve thought about starting a book podcast, just for fun! I’ve read so many great books this year. I have yet to discuss any of them here.
The reasons why I write – and my love of writing – is a topic I revisit from time to time. You can read earlier posts here, here, and here.


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MORRISON, CO – Colorado blues rockers Big Head Todd and the Monsters played their annual show at Red Rocks, this was their 20th time playing Red Rocks in 22 years. Impressive for any band, but these guys grew up in Colorado and playing Red Rocks for them is a homecoming of sorts. Colorado local Hazel Miller also joined the band right from the start and sang on many songs through the night. The weather could not have been better at Red Rocks, opening the show was Stephen Page formerly of the Barenaked Ladies and the band Guster. Stephen Page played solo songs and a couple tunes from the Barenaked Ladies. Apparently, Page is color blind but that doesn’t hamper his musical talents. Guster was a big hit with the red rocks crowd as they have been a main stay on KBCO for years, their drummer also has some serious chops.
The fans were interested in seeing Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and their mix of Rock, Blues and Ballads that have been heard at Red Rocks over the years. The band opened with the title track from their most recent album, Rocksteady they then went into Sister Sweetly and then straight for the jugular with the Blue Classic Boom Boom. The show was filled with Big Head Todd and the Monsters classics, blues favorites and great version of the Temptations song Papa Was a Rolling Stone.
I have seen Big Head Todd many times over the years at Red Rocks and this concert was on par with many of their great shows. The high point of this concert for me was my Mom was at the concert and I got to show her some of my photos backstage and throughout the visitor’s museum. (Editors Note: Soren’s photos line the walls backstage at Red Rocks, we are so proud to have a photographer of his skills on our team!!) I asked her what shows she had seen over the years while we were in the museum, she pointed at Aretha Franklin in 1968, The Eagles in 1974, and James Taylor in 1975. She told me how Red Rocks was a bit edgier back then and how there was a near riot before the Aretha Franklin show, with people throwing bottles at the police….
Big Head Todd and the Monsters are part of Red Rocks history and probably seemed tame compared to some of the wild shows of the 60’s and 70’s but they have earned their name on the wall twenty times over. Good work boys, look forward to many more years.


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Media statement by Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 10th December 2011:
Not too late for Najib to heed the opposition of Malaysians and UN human rights experts to Peaceful Assembly Bill
After the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s boast and claim during Malaysia Day celebrations this year to make Malaysia “the best democracy in the world”, Malaysia should stand tall today to celebrate the International Human Rights Day.
But this is not the case.
Just like yesterday’s International Anti-Corruption Day, the Malaysian Government is quite sheepish and quite guilty-conscious about the event.
Result: no word or message by Najib whether on International Anti-Corruption Day or International Human Rights Day!
On yesterday’s International Anti-Corruption Day, there was nothing the crow about as it was about a week ago that Malaysia suffered the nation’s worst international report card on its anti-corruption front, when Malaysia suffered the worst Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the year 2011 – ranked No. 60 with score of 4.3 when Malaysia was ranked No. 23 in 1995 and scored 5.32 in 1996.
For today’s International Human Rights Day, Malaysia has also nothing to crow about despite the Prime Minister’s promise in September on Malaysia Day to usher in a whole series of democratization and “political transformation” like repeal of the draconian Internal Security Act and review of the undemocratic Section 27 of the Police Act “taking into consideration Article 10 of the Federal Constitution regarding freedom of assembly and so as to be in line with international norms of the same matter”.
This is because all the hoopla and euphoria of a Najib “democratic spring” had been nullified by the indecent haste with which the Peaceful Assembly Bill had been drafted and rushed through the Dewan Rakyat, without giving all stakeholders, whether political parties, MPs, human rights groups, NGOs and the civil society adequate time to be consulted to ensure that we have a legislation which genuinely facilitate the expression of the fundamental right of freedom of assembly by Malaysians instead of an even more restrictive and repressive law hampering the freedom of assembly by the citizenry.
As has been cynically pointed out, Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer and Christmas caroling may be required under the Peaceful Assembly Bill to get police permits before making their annual rounds to spread Christmas cheer!
For the first time in the nation’s history, a whole phalanx of United Nations human rights rapporteurs have ganged up to denounce the Peaceful Assembly Bill as a grave threat to human rights.
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai voiced “deep regret” that the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) or civil society was not meaningfully consulted in the drafting of the Bill.
He said the Bill contains a vague definition of assembly and also places broad restrictions and conditions on gatherings, giving “excessive authority” and power to law enforcement officials and the home minister.
“Many of these restrictions are not justifiable under international law. It also gives discretion to the police to make any form of recording of assemblies,” he said.
Another Special Rapporteur, Margaret Sekaggya said she is alarmed by the provision prohibiting citizens below 21 years of age to assemble.
“Political and social participation through peaceful protests are not only an educational experience for children, youth and students but also an investment for society as a whole,” she said.
Frank La Rue, another Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression, has urged the Malaysian government to seriously reconsider the adoption of the Bill.
“The ability of all individuals to express themselves freely, including in the form of peaceful assemblies, is a litmus test for the level of democracy in any country.”
Fracois Crepeau, a Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, called for an urgent review of the Bill.
“Everyone has the right to freedom of assembly and association, without distinction of any kind, including nationality,” said Crepeau.
The Prime Minister must be mindful that Malaysia is a member of the UN Human Rights Council until 2013 and we should be setting an international example of compliance, respect and promotion of the universally-recognised human rights in international covenants.
It is not too late for Najib to heed the opposition of Malaysians and UN human rights experts to the Peaceful Assembly Bill, withhold it from Senate and set up instead a Parliamentary Select Committee to conduct full and nation-wide consultation on the Bill.
This will really make International Human Rights Day 2011 meaningful and memorable.
*Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader & MP for Ipoh TimorTimor


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Samuel Pepys is perhaps the best-known instance of the zest and versatility that characterize the second half of the 17th century, but his cousin and patron Edward Montague, first Earl of Sandwich, and the subject of this biography, offers a no less striking example. He was a successful soldier, a brilliant admiral, a Fellow of the Royal Society, an ambassador charged with the most delicate negotiations and the general overseer of Britain's overseas trade and first uncertain steps in the development of a colonial empire. He was especially valued and liked by both Cromwell and Charles II and was highly praised by both Milton and Clarendon. Yet when he was killed in one of the fiercest actions ever fought he was not yet 50. This biography is based on a study of his journal which was illustrated by his own drawings, many of which are reproduced in this book. The author also wrote a history of the Civil Wars, a contrasted study of Charles I and Charles II, and a biography of Clarendon, Sandwich's friend and colleague in the Restoration government.
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Penneys and RTÉ are delighted to release this year’s limited edition Late Late Toy Show collection.
The Late Late Toy Show range will be on sale in Penneys stores nationwide from Tuesday 7 November, with Penneys donating a total of €75,000 to Temple Street Foundation and CMRF Crumlin.
This Christmas you can fully embrace the Late Late Toy Show with novelty jumpers and loungewear sets emblazoned with the iconic Late Late Toy Show owl.
For the littlest viewers there is the ‘My First Late Late Toy Show’ sleep suit, bib and a Christmas tree bauble.
Cosy up on the couch for the best Friday night of the festive season wrapped in an owl blanket sipping on a hot chocolate or a coffee from one of the two delicious mug sets.
Once the show is over, hang your Late Late Toy Show stocking by the fireplace and slip on the owl eye mask for a perfect festive dream filled sleep.
Speaking about the collaboration, the charities said: ‘‘The money raised is a vital support to Temple Street Foundation and CMRF Crumlin and will allow both hospitals continue to deliver the best treatments possible to the children every single day. We would like to thank everyone in Penneys and RTÉ who has made this year’s partnership such a great success.’
The Late Late Toy Show collection will launch in Penneys stores on Tuesday 7 November (form an orderly queue lads!)
The Late Late Toy Show will air on Friday 1 December on RTÉ One – and we are SO EXCITED!
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MA Money has appointed Ebony Maxwell as the Victorian state manager, while Dayna Manser has taken on the role of business development manager as the non-bank continues to build its team and presence.
Ms Maxwell’s appointment as the Victorian state manager is expected to contribute to MA Money’s growth in the region and build on the lender's ongoing push to reposition itself from “a niche lender to a genuine non-bank lender”.
Ms Maxwell, who previously served as a regional sales manager at Bluestone Home Loans, expressed her excitement about joining MA Money as the state sales manager for Victoria and Tasmania.
Taking to social media, she said: “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to be part of such an innovative and dynamic team. MA Money has a remarkable reputation in the industry and I am eager to contribute to their continued success."
The recently appointed head of sales and strategic partnerships, Alex Brgudac, commented: “Ebony and Dayna were both formerly with Bluestone Mortgages Asia Pacific and they are highly regarded within the broking industry.
“As we expand our sales and business development teams, we will be offering even more hands-on support to brokers.
“With the big plans for MA Money and the backing of MA Financial, we are very confident about the future, particularly with such high calibre people joining our leadership team.
“MA Money is a company making great strides and that is proving attractive to key personnel who want to be a part of our continued expansion.”
Since being acquired by MA Financial in February 2022, MA Money has experienced “extraordinary growth”, Chris Wyke, joint chief executive of MA Financial said.
He highlighted that over the six months leading up to June 2023, the company’s lodgements had grown by more than 500 per cent, reflecting the positive response from brokers to MA Money’s product offering.
In addition, MA Money has maintained a 48-hour processing period since its launch.
Mr Brgudac added that while there are traditionally growing pains when building a large-scale business, MA Money has big plans.
“MA Financial chose to invest heavily in ensuring it delivered the key considerations of consumers and brokers when choosing a lender, which has underpinned the remarkable growth,” Mr Brgudac said.

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NAGOYA, Japan and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced that Pratt & Whitney's PurePower Geared Turbofan PW1200G engine has successfully acquired type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of United States. This comes on the heels of the fourth Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) Flight Test Aircraft arriving in the Moses Lake Flight Test Center supporting a busy 2017 of testing and milestones, including completion of initial cold and hot soak and natural icing tests.
The MRJ-70 and MRJ-90 will each be powered by two PW1200G engines. The engine was optimized specifically for the MRJ program, which in turn designed the wing and aerodynamics with the PW1200G in mind. The engines' advanced technology will contribute to a 10-20% reduction in operating costs compared to the current generation of regional aircraft and 50% lower in regulated emissions, enabling the MRJ to offer best-in-class efficiency and environmental performance.
"The integration of the engine and aircraft design underscores just how critical collaboration is to the success of creating a next-generation regional aircraft and we are very proud to be the first company to have selected this game-changing engine for the MRJ. We congratulate the Pratt & Whitney team on this important milestone," said Hisakazu Mizutani, president, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. "This achievement is the latest in an ongoing series of developmental milestones and tests that the MRJ has conducted, and we are looking ahead to the next phase of testing on our aircraft."
"The FAA validation of the PW1200G engine is a milestone for Pratt & Whitney and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation," said Chris Calio, president, Commercial Engines. "The PurePower engine program was launched with Mitsubishi's faith in us to power their new aircraft and we look forward to continue collaborating on a successful MRJ program."
More than 15 critical engine system level certification tests were successfully completed to meet FAA certification requirements. These captured required data for certification including performance, stress, endurance, emissions, acoustics, bird impact, and fan blade containment. The engine has accumulated more than 6,000 hours and 15,000 cycles as part of development, certification and flight testing activities. The engine provides 17,000 pounds of thrust and is currently powering five flight test vehicles.


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It has been widely thought that the arrival of cost-competitive rooftop solar PV systems would be the biggest game changer in the electricity market. But it may be that the emergence of affordable energy storage systems will have an even more profound impact.
There are predictions that the energy storage market is going to boom. One survey suggested that $30 billion will be spent on energy storage in the next decade in Australia alone. In the US, where $1 trillion is expected to be spent on electricity network infrastructure in the next 10 years, at least one fifth of that – or $200 billion – will be spent on energy storage.
The big question is who is going to benefit most from that investment – the customer, or the utility that delivers or sells the electricity. Or maybe even both. Most people are still trying to figure that out.
There is little doubt that there is huge interest, and likely huge demand, for the product. Given that the arrival of solar PV has enabled homeowners and small businesses to produce their own energy, it is only natural that they would want to store it.
An analysis by Energeia this year said that as a result of cost reductions in the technology, it predicted there would be 421,000 residential energy storage systems in Australian homes by 2021 – nearly half the number that currently have solar on their rooftops. The new pricing mechanisms that are being introduced into Australia – high rates for peak consumption and low rates for overnight – make it particularly attractive to have both solar, which can draw down cheap energy from the sun during the day, and energy storage – which can store excess energy and draw from the grid at low overnight rates. It effectively doubles the attraction.
Richard Turner, the CEO of Adelaide-based Zen Energy Systems, last month unveiled a new product called Freedom Powerbank, an energy storage system that will allow households to store enough electricity to cater for their average daily usage. An email sent out to 4,000 of Zen’s solar PV customers generated an enormous response – one person a minute signing up for more details, according to Turner. The response from utilities and international customers has been equally effusive, he says.
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6 songs to listen to if you love Selena Gomez's 'Bad Liar'
Selena Gomez made history when she returned with “Bad Liar” earlier this month. The tune’s accompanying clip became the first-ever music video to premiere on Spotify. The breathy cut — written by Gomez’s favored scribes Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and Ian Kirkpatrick — has since been streamed tens of millions of times across the internet. But don’t fret: There’s plenty more like it in case you’ve leaned on that repeat button a little too hard. EW’s favorite swaps are below.
“Psycho Killer,” Talking Heads
Gomez’s new jam shares critical DNA with the American rockers’ 1977 classic: The 24-year-old multihyphenate’s latest samples that funky, era-defining bassline to irresistible results. (Just ask David Byrne!)
“I Feel It All,” Feist
Back in the early aughts, Feist perfected the on-the-edge-of-her-breath singing Gomez has been employing on recent hits like “Hands to Myself.” Off Feist’s 2007 album The Reminder, “I Feel It All” remains one of the Canadian indie-popper’s most twinkling moments.
“Dance Dance Dance,” Lykke Li
Swedish export Li dropped this cotton candy-sweet cut in 2008 via her debut LP Youth Novels, and aside from a shared focus on rhythm, both she and Gomez find themselves caught up in storms of romantic anticipation with no clue which way to turn.
“Cruel,” St. Vincent
Off St. Vincent’s 2011 LP Strange Mercy, this swirling track contemplates disappointment — which means it might serve best as a follow-up to Gomez’s “Bad Liar,” where the singer is still in a frenzy of “What will happen next?” panic.
“Silver Lining,” Rilo Kiley
A handclap beat, understated production, and a singsongy delivery: It’s a recipe that wins for both artists.
“Daniel,” Bat For Lashes
British singer Natasha Khan, who writes and records a heady swirl of electro- and dream-pop as Bat For Lashes, penned this in memory of a fictional character who captured her heart when she was just a teenager. It’s rumored Gomez’s song is about a very real relationship, but both tracks perfectly — and delightfully! — capture hopeful longing.


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Dennis Stratton to seek Steve Harris’ permission to re-record Queen like version of “Phantom of The Opera”
Former Iron Maiden and current Lionheart guitarist Dennis Stratton was recently interviewed by Jimmy Kay for Canada’s The Metal Voice. Stratton spoke about how he joined Iron Maiden and his contributions to some of the early song arrangements.
In terms of how he ended up joining Iron Maiden, Stratton indicated (with slight edits): “I was with my band R.D.B., we were the resident band at Bridge House which was well known for a live music venue. Steve Harris and Dave Murray used to come and watch me play. In around 1976, R.D.B had just singed to Quarry Management which was Status Quo and Rory Gallagher‘s manager, Colleen Johnson. We were signed to Quarry Management so the next minute we’re on tour with Status Quo and we’re playing 60-70 thousand people in Germany and all over, with Status Quo. So when we came back from touring we had so much experience, it was like we grew up cause we were playing on the big stage and I’ve also been involved in recording in the studios. So when Iron Maiden signed to EMI, there was only three of them in the band, they didn’t have a band, there was no band because they got rid of their drummer and they got rid of the other guitarist because they weren’t good enough.
So basically when they signed to EMI, they also signed a big deal with Rod Smallwood and they need another guitarist with singing abilities and who does second guitar and who’s got recording and touring experience. So I go down and see them, they gave me the Soundhouse tapes and when I got home I’m listening. I realize it’s only one guitar. It sounds like a kid’s band that’s just starting up. It was punky. I’m used to working with two guitars and three vocals. So they asked me, ‘Would I join the band?’ I say ‘Yes.’ I learnt the songs and went down to the studio without a drummer and we played ‘Prowler’, ‘Wrathchild’ wherever it was.
So then I say to Dave Murray, ‘I’m used to playing with two guitars in harmonies. I know you play on your own. You’re a solo guitarist. Let’s do harmonies. We need to make it sound bigger.’ So, he said ‘Great.’ So I spoke to Steve. I said ‘Steve, do you mind?’ He said ‘No.’ So I went home and started working on ‘Phantom of The Opera’ and I worked on ‘Running Free’ and I worked on the harmony guitar stuff I’ve been doing since I started playing and we went back to the studio. We started running through the songs and they sounded twice the size. Then I told my buddy Clive Burr, ‘I joined Iron Maiden and they are looking for a drummer. Are you interested?’ He said ‘Yes.’ So that day, the band went from a three piece into a five piece.”
In terms of the recording of the song “Phantom of The Opera”, Stratton stated: “The funny thing about ‘Phantom’ was that when we were recording, I would sit in the studio with the engineer on my own. I was left with the engineers so we started working on the harmony guitars. We start[ed] building the songs up. Then I would put down two or three parts of the vocals and the engineer loved it. It sounded really big. So we did it and we were listening to it back and then Rod Smallwood walks into the control room and he listened to it, he went absolutely mental. He went potty and he said ‘Take all that off. It sounds like Queen.’ So we said, ‘It’s your band. Can we leave one of the vocals for harmony and a harmony for guitar?’ He said ‘Yeah, but no more because it sounds like Queen.’ So that’s what we ended up with.”
With respect to his idea of re-recording ‘Phantom’ today as it was originally intended to sound, the Queen like version, Stratton indicated: “I shouldn’t really say this but, after a quite well-known interview regarding Rod Smallwood asking me to take the guitar layers and the vocals harmonies off of ‘Phantom’ because it sounded like Queen, everywhere I’ve gone since 1983-84 when Maiden started becoming one of the big bands in the world, fans would come up to me and they would say, ‘You know the interview you did where you say that ‘Phantom of The Opera sounded like Queen? I said ‘Yeah.’ ‘Why don’t you record it now and see what it sounds like you originally had in mind.’ So basically I told Steve Mann a couple of weeks ago, ‘When we do the new Lionheart album, why don’t we do ‘Phantom of The Opera’ as it was originally intended with vocals and guitar harmonies like a big production on it. And he said, ‘We can have it as the bonus track for Japan.’ So we both agreed. So I’ll go speak to Steve Harris and I’ll ask him if he’s ok with that. So I’m going to ask his permission. If he says ‘Yes’, then we’re going to record it for the new Lionheart album as a bonus track.”
You can read other excerpts from the interview with Dennis Stratton at The Metal Voice‘s website and/or listen to the interview below:
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Iron Maiden performing song “Phantom of The Opera” at the Rainbow in 1980:
Live at the Rainbow – 1980Paul Di’Anno – VocalsSteve Harris – BassDave Murray – GuitarAdrian Smith – GuitarClive Burr – Drums


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American Medical Organization: “Learn About It.”
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology: “Skin color in dermatology textbooks: An updated evaluation and analysis.”
Health City: “The Creator of a Viral Black Fetus Medical Illustration Blends Art and Activism.”
National Library of Medicine: “Learning Styles of Medical Students – Implications in Education.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Eczema.”
National Eczema Association: “Eczema in skin of color: What You Need to Know.”
Susan Taylor, MD, Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Pennsylvania, Dermatology Department, Philadelphia.
Association of Medical Illustrators: “History of Medical Illustration,” “Introduction to #AMIdiversity.”
Nicholas Woolridge, president, Association of Medical Illustrators; associate professor of Medical Illustrations, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Ni-ka Ford, medical illustrator, Diversity Chair of the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), New York.
American Academy of Dermatology Association: “Can You Get Psoriasis if You Have Skin of Color?”
Lupus Foundation of America: “Lupus and the Skin,” “Black People with Discoid Lupus Skin Disease Exhibit Increased Skin Damage on Scalp and Ear,” “Lupus Facts and Statistics,” “Black Women Develop Lupus at a Younger Age with More Life-Threatening Complications.”
Mayo Clinic: “Lyme Disease.”
CDC: “Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease.”
UCLA: “Black Patients’ Lyme disease often diagnosed late, possibly due to missed signs.”
Mayo Clinic: “Scleroderma.”
NHS: “Raynaud’s.” American Academy of Dermatology Association: “Skin Cancer in People of Color.”


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It is in a very good location for exploring the waterfront and city and we found everything walkable. The property has very nice outdoor pool and eating area.
You can change or cancel this stay if plans change. Because flexibility matters.
Located in Darwin, DoubleTree by Hilton Darwin Esplanade is in the city centre and near the beach. Those looking for an activity can check out Cullen Bay Marina, while everyone can enjoy the natural beauty of Darwin Waterfront and Casuarina Beach. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's happening at Fannie Bay Race Course or Marrara Sports Complex.
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Clearly we’re not dancing the way we did even five years ago. What happened?
It’s not that dancing is vanishing. In one sense, it is more popular than ever. On television, this year there have been no fewer than four dance shows: “Dancing with the Stars,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “America’s Best Dance Crew,” and “Step It Up & Dance.” On the Internet, YouTube’s No. 1 “top favorite” video of all time is the goofy “Evolution of Dance.”
But it’s no coincidence that as dancing explodes in popularity on TV, it’s harder to find at bars and the average party. What’s popular on these shows and clips isn’t dancing – it’s second-hand dancing. These people are dancing so we don’t have to.
more from The Boston Globe here.

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October 18, 2014 Sabaton – Heroes (Album Review)
Hailing from Falun, Sweden, Sabaton are a Power Metal band with lyrics that are theme-based on war and history. Formed back in 1999 by vocalist Joakim Brodén and bassist Pär Sundström, the band has sustained a variety of lineup changes, but now settle in with guitarists Chris Rörland and Thobbe Englund along with drummer Hannes van Dahl. Having kept busy over the years, consistently releasing a new album every two years, Sabaton are back with 2014’s Heroes. Returning to the famous Abyss Studio and working with Hypocrisy’s Peter Tägtgren, the record is a full conceptual piece which the creators and fans alike are showing equal enthusiasm for.
Heroes hits the listener in the gut with the opener of “Night Witches.” The hard-hitting track commences with fierce chanting vocals and choruses along with fast-paced guitar riffs that carry strong throughout the song leading into a detailed story of war. “No Bullets Fly” opens with a powerful guitar solo flowing into blasting vocals that have a very triumphant melody. A killer Power Metal type song, it offers great breakdowns with many different elements. Next up, “Smoking Snakes” hits hard the minute the track plays with speedy drums that hail a victorious chorus of marching vocals and several dueling guitar solos; it is a production that comes to life with melodic sounds and feelings. Wasting no time, it leads straight into “Inmate 4859” with a haunting bell start following with dark guitar and runs of operatic vocals. This song tells the story of inmate 4859, also known as Witold Pilecki; a Polish soldier who escaped from Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. The dark melodic track offers powerful guitar emotions that haunt the audience’s inner soul and leads them into a tunnel of peaceful fear. The moments of unease are broken, spitting the listener back out into a more upbeat Scottish melody of “To Hell And Back” with deep scruffy vocals speaking of the glory of war. The steady drum is accompanied by an echo of symphonic guitars that carry a haunting riff.
Slowing things down a bit with beautiful piano is “The Ballad Of Bull” which is carried softly as an intense vocal lullaby. A true journey of musical delight and beauty, the piece is expressed deeply in the heart-wrenching lyrics. Next up, “Resist And Bite” is another heart-pumping guitar intro with deep blistering vocals carried with a steady beat on the drums and heavy basslines. The slow breakdown and key change at the halfway point segue into a magical guitar solo. Keeping their foot on the gas, Sabaton then delivers a completely different type of song with “Soldiers Of 3 Armies.” It is a fresh mastering of higher screaming vocals and faster drum leads that once again bring the audience into the world of pitch perfect guitar duels. Thereafter, on “Far From The Flame,” van Dahl continues to shine brightly in a rhythmic steady celebration type song. Here the guitars and vocals offer a heart-warming combination that forge a beautiful melody. Last, but most certainly not least, concluding this amazing adventure is “Hearts Of Iron.” This angelic triumphant track led by crystal clear vocals is backed with operatic voices and flying guitar riffs/solos, a hardy bassline, and marching drum beats, offer a complete prideful ending to Heroes.
Once again, Sabaton has taken to the history books and made an adventure worth hearing and living through their melodies and lyrical strengths on Heroes. With amazing song structure, stimulating content, and perfect production, this could be their best album to date. CrypticRock gives Heroes 5 out of 5 stars.


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It’s been cloudy in western Scotland these past two weeks, with a bit too much rain and wind for July but there is the promise of some sunshine this afternoon and tomorrow.
In the past I have written posts about American textile artist Deborah Boschert’s ‘Design Guides’, which are so useful for makers of small textile quilts and wallhangings like the ones you find in this blog. Her Guides offer a series of ideas for what we might do when faced with our blank piece of fabric, canvas or paper, and allow us to create simple but successful compositions – without worrying too much about formal standards of design – and to which we can then further surface detail or embellishment as we think fit.
In earlier posts I looked at ‘One Amazing Line’ (See the post ‘Design Composition and Play’ on October 31st, 2017) and ‘Third Plus’ (A post of the same name on March 9, 2019). Today I want to say a little about the Design Guide she calls ‘Magic Three’ . You can see part of one of her examples of Magic Three called ‘River Gathering’, the three fishes on the front cover of her book in the photo here. In the book she tells us that “groups of three are pleasing to the eye”. I have certainly always found that to be true. Whenever I am arranging groups of ornaments or pot plants around the house or even in the garden, a group of three (usually in varying size)s just look right together somehow: modern and interesting, not too busy or cluttered, not even and yet balanced. Pythagoras called three the perfect number.
It’s an interesting thing, the proliferation of threes within our culture and beyond: in the Holy Trinity and other biblical references, where the number three refers a to divine wholeness; in the mathematical rule of three; in literature and children’s stories such as the three little pigs, or Goldilocks and the three bears, or the three witches in Macbeth; how good things come in threes; the three stages of life and the three act play. You can probably think of lots more. With regard to speaking, writing (whether literature, film scripts or advertising) as well as in music, the rule of three asserts that anything presented in threes is liable to be more interesting, enjoyable and memorable. Three is the smallest number you need to create a pattern and patterns are easier to absorb and remember. And then there is all that clever stuff about triangles…
For her ‘Magic Three’ composition, Deborah Boschert suggests that we create our three shapes (of anything we like) in different sizes and arrange them at different levels within the space we are working in. And this arrangement applies to any format, horizontal or vertical, (portrait or landscape) and from a tiny composition to something quite large.
I thought I would try the Magic Three idea along with another experiment in Strip Weaving. Instead of embellishing my strip weaving project with English Paper Piecing motifs as I did last time, I wanted to try transferring a line drawing onto the woven background. (For more of the detail of the method of Strip Weaving, please see my earlier post on Strip Weaving – June 2020)
I set myself the challenge of three different coloured fabrics, three different coloured threads, three different decorative stitches and an image made up of three shapes of different sizes. My shapes were joined in a single image but they needn’t have been. I could have spaced them individually across the background area if I wanted.
I chose two solid colours in different tones to add interest without looking overly busy and a piece of multicoloured striped Indian cotton, and wove strips of varying widths of fabric together, vertically and horizontally to create my background.
I don’t like raw edges so I pinked the edges of the strips to discourage fraying. If you don’t like raw edges either, it has occurred to me that this project could be done, EPP style, with the fabric wrapped around strips of paper which would give them neat, turned in, edges. You wouldn’t need to do many, three to five horizontal and vertical strips would be plenty, and shouldn’t make them too long or the papers would get too floppy to work with.
I was careful to retain a decent sized square of solid colour which could accommodate my drawing and to make sure none of the horizontal strips would cover this area and interfere with the image. Then, once I had sewn down all edges and added a bit surface stitching, I was ready to transfer my line drawing.
The original sketch had a grandfather and a baby in it, so I had to remove them to have the group of three that I wanted (photos 1 and 2, below).
I transferred the image by tracing my drawing onto dressmakers tissue paper (photo 3, above), then pinning the traced drawing onto the fabric in the area where I wanted it to be, pinning along the edges to keep it from moving, and stitching over all the traced lines.
When the drawing was completely covered by stitches, I gently tore away the tissue paper, leaving the stitched image on the fabric. Any tiny details like spaces between fingers or between waves in hair, are best added in later, because it’s quite difficult to tear tissue away from tiny details like these, without pulling up the threads. It can however be accomplished quite successfully with a good pair of tweezers and a fair bit of patience. It’s a great technique.
I wasn’t intending to write another post about strip weaving at first, so I haven’t photographed each of the stages but, as it was a development of my earlier strip weaving experiment, I realised that you may find aspects of it interesting.
This was how it turned out – at first:
Hmm. There was lots wrong. I had made a couple of mistakes filling in bits that shouldn’t be filled in and the checked strip under the image was not straight enough to match the one above. And I hated the long strips below the image that I originally thought would add interest if left dangling.
So, back to the drawing board.
I thought about turning all the bottom strips under, like the other three sides, which would put the image in a kind of square frame, but eventually I just shortened them. I added some dark red to the women’s lips, gave her some gold earrings and straightened the wonky coloured strip as best I could without having to remove all the vertical stitches as well as the horizontal ones.
It looks a little better now:
There’s still room for improvement and I know what I would do differently next time. It took just over half a day to finish, so it would be an easy project for you to try over a free weekend.
Till next time….


Negotiations on the buyout are in the final stages. The management team is being led by Adrian Palmer, managing director of Group Lotus and formerly managing director of the Lotus Cars side.
Mr Palmer said yesterday: 'We have reached a preliminary agreement on the buyout, though as yet no definitive agreement has been signed.'
He anticipated it would take 'another four to six weeks before final completion'. The 750 employees at Lotus headquarters at Hethel are expected to learn more about the changes this week.
Mr Palmer declined to give financial details, or the names of colleagues taking part in the buyout.
The buyout team is unlikely to include Martin Long, managing director of the group's profitable engineering contract business. He is set to take a post with GM-Europe's technical development centre in Germany, where all Vauxhall and Opel models are designed and engineered.
A sale to management would end seven costly years of ownership for GM, which is believed to have lost more than pounds 100m on Lotus since paying pounds 22m for the financially troubled company .
Lotus has become one of the most famous names in sports cars. It was founded in 1955 by the late Colin Chapman, winner of seven motor racing world championships.
The first passenger car, the Elite, was produced in 1957 and the Elan was launched in 1962. The Esprit and Eclat models were rolled out in 1975.
Financial results for the 1991 year at Lotus showed pre-tax losses of pounds 14.7m, all due to problems on the car side which alone lost pounds 15.8m.
Those results forced GM, which originally bought the company for its engineering expertise rather than sports cars, to cut its losses rather than increase investment.
Mr Palmer is optimistic, however, that Lotus could be profitable on production of 350 cars a year. 'We are back in control of the business. I believe Lotus can be a commercial success. I wouldn't be doing this otherwise,' he said.
The management's move comes 10 months after Lotus Cars stopped production of the loss-making Elan model. GM's interest in Lotus waned considerably after the debacle of the Elan, which arrived late and over budget. Each car was sold at a loss.
Lotus has shrunk considerably since then, with 300 employees made redundant and resources concentrated on the lower-volume production of the Esprit S4 and Sport 300 models.
Rationalisation at Lotus also involved GM resuming ownership of the Millbrook test track in Bedfordshire.
Lotus's engineering know-how shot to prominence in another sport last summer, when Chris Boardman won an Olympic gold medal riding a revolutionary Lotus Sport monocoque bike. There are plans by Lotus to license the Leeds-based Casket group to make a production version of the racing bike.
The privately-owned Lotus Formula One motor racing team will be unaffected by any changes at Group Lotus.Reuse content


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A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with a fight in Woking that left another man, in his 60s, with life-threatening injuries.
The older man required emergency medical treatment at the scene, near the Victoria Square building site in Victoria Way, before being taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting with serious head injuries, according to a spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service.
Surrey Police later described the man's injuries as "life-threatening".
The younger man was still in police custody on Friday evening having been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
Police are now appealing for any witnesses to the incident, which took place at around midday on Friday (January 25), to come forward.
Detective Inspector Andy Greaves said: "This is a nasty incident and we are doing everything we can to establish the full facts at this early stage."
DI Greaves added: "I want to reassure the public this is an isolated incident and we are carrying out an investigation to determine the full facts.
"I ask the public that, if they have anything that can help us determine what happened, to get in touch with police immediately."
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you should call Surrey Police on 101 quoting reference umber PR/P19019406 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.