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Open access needed ‘more systematic evaluation’, scholar advises Willetts. Paul Jump reports
Ministers should avoid making policy “on the basis of their summer reading lists”, a senior sector figure has cautioned.
The remark by James Wilsdon, professor of science and democracy at the University of Sussex, came after confirmation that the cost-benefit analysis carried out by the government prior to unveiling its open-access policy only examined the likely cost of the various options to the Exchequer.
At a hearing of the Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry into open access last month, David Willetts, minister for universities and science, was asked what analysis his department had carried out.
The question followed claims from many academics, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, that the case for a wholesale shift to open access had not been made in their disciplines.
Mr Willetts said he would show the committee the “economic analysis” that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had carried out, but admitted it had “tended to focus on…trying to work out the costs, not least for public expenditure, of different routes to ‘green’ and ‘gold’” open access.
The analysis has now been posted on the committee’s website. In his accompanying letter, Mr Willetts explains that the modelling was carried out while the Finch group - charged by the government with forging a consensus on how to boost access to research - “was still deliberating”. It had reassured him that an open-access policy “in line with…Finch’s recommendations was economically feasible”.
During the Lords hearing, Mr Willetts said he had also been “very influenced” by the book The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy (2002) by Joel Mokyr, professor of economics and history at Northwestern University in the US.
It argues that “one of the reasons why we had the Industrial Revolution in Britain was that we had…a rich network of learned societies [and] publications, [and] a lively literary life. I see that underlying argument as applying to open access today in just the same way.”
Professor Wilsdon said he supported open access and admired the “principled stand” Mr Willetts had taken. He also believed it was unrealistic to hope to build “a full evidential picture before making any policy decision”. But, “in this particular instance, a more systematic evaluation of the costs, benefits and demand patterns attached to the different models of open access would have been advisable”.
“Mr Willetts may well be right to extrapolate from [Professor Mokyr’s] arguments…but it is a bit of a jump. You want ministers to be thoughtful and engage with ideas but you don’t necessarily want them making policy on the basis of their summer reading lists,” he added.
A BIS spokeswoman said: “We are committed to improving access to taxpayer- funded research so it is more readily available. Our economic analysis has shown that the benefits of securing the greatest possible access to published research far outweigh the marginal financial cost to the research base.
“Such an important change was always going to raise questions of implementation and we are working constructively with the research community to address these.”
She added: “The academic publishing world is changing fast across the globe. To reap the maximum benefits we need to stay ahead of the game on open access, while taking the interests of UK researchers, publishers and taxpayers into account.”
- See p108 of the economic analysis summary for more information.
Right here, right now: huge growth in immediate open-access publishing
Behind closed doors Ucas’ decision to keep applications figures for 2013-14 secret is not in students’ interests, NUS says
In 2011, around 340,000 articles were published by immediate open- access journals such as BMJ Open and PLoS One, research has found. In 2000, the figure was just 20,700.
Of the papers, an estimated 40 per cent were published in online journals that charge article-processing fees, per cent appeared in online journals charging no fees and 32 per cent featured in subscription-based print journals with online open-access content.
The study by Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Bjork, researchers at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, was published in BMC Medicine in October. It also found that about 17 per cent of the 1.66 million articles published in 2011 and indexed by citation database Scopus were available via open-access journals, a much larger proportion than most previous estimates.
Some 11 per cent were in immediate-access publications, while 5.2 per cent were in journals where the articles were available on an open-access basis after a delay. A further 0.7 per cent appeared in hybrid journals, where individual author-paid articles appeared free in what were otherwise subscription-based journals.


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We originally set out to explain what was going on with EA Sports College Football with our FAQ about the franchise and what we know so far. We also dipped into the educated guesses territory and outlined some things to watch for in the future. However, the other issues to discuss are the ones that ended college sports video games, and those are the legal and student-athlete licensing components. So with that in mind, we’re creating this separate EA Sports College Football legal FAQ to try and answer some of the questions surrounding what’s left to figure out before college football comes back to consoles.
We want to point out what’s already happened with licensing, and we want to key you in on specific dates, legislation and legal actions that are still in the pipeline. This will be a little dry, but if you want to get into the nitty gritty of all of this, then let’s take this journey together.
Also, there’s no real way to talk about all of this without blatantly straying into the “political” realm. While just about everything is political to some degree, on the forums we mostly steer clear of straight up politics. However, I can’t really do that here. So if you don’t want to read about politics, then just skip past this article.
EA Sports College Football Legal FAQ
What is the NIL, and why do we keep hearing about it?
NIL stands for name, image, and likeness. The best way to think about this concept is by thinking of video game licensing in pro sports games. EA and other companies negotiate with and then pay a players association for a blanket licensing agreement to use the NIL rights of the players in the NBA, MLB, NFL and so on. These players associations get the agreed upon fees from EA and the like, and then every player in that union gets a cut of the proceedings. The NIL rights to use these players cover video games, trading cards, and so on, so this sort of licensing can add up for these unions and the players in them.
However, college athletes obviously don’t have a union right now. They are, by definition, student-athletes and therefore don’t have the same rights to unionize or make money off their NIL rights. They can’t sell their NIL rights as individuals either right now — they would still lose their amateur eligibility — and thus you can see why making college video games became rather awkward once athletes pointed out they were more or less still being used for products being sold for profit.
Again, EA (and other companies) would have been perfectly happy to pay these athletes to be in their games and showcase their products, but the NCAA was not a fan, and conferences as well balked after a certain point. This same equation remains in place to some extent, but as explained in our first FAQ, colleges and conferences generally feel comfortable again returning to this arena — even if the NCAA does not.
So then why are Notre Dame and these other schools pulling out of the EA Sports College Football game already?
Some folks seem confused by a couple schools pulling out of EA’s game already, especially after seeing that the CLC was in charge of the licensing rather than the schools themselves. First off, in the case of Notre Dame, that university is not a part of the CLC. EA would have had to negotiate with Notre Dame separately either way. This is not weird, and we have seen other schools not in the CLC in Madden and NBA 2K in a post-NCAA Football world.
However, Northwestern and Tulane are a part of the CLC, and they also pulled out in recent weeks, so what gives? This is easy to understand by simply stating: just because the CLC sells licensing rights for these universities, the administrations at those universities can still refuse to go along with certain licensing agreements.
These universities are pulling out now in part due to the evolving nature of the collegiate and state NIL laws. For example, the public-facing reason given by Notre Dame is:
“Notre Dame will not, however, participate in the game until such time as rules have been finalized governing the participation of our student-athletes. As those rules are developed, it is our strong desire that student-athletes be allowed to benefit directly from allowing their name, image and performance history to be used in the game.”
In essence, the administration at Notre Dame is showing camaraderie with the students. However, it’s easy to argue this is a potential problem for Notre Dame from both a recruiting standpoint and name recognition standpoint. If 100-plus schools are in EA Sports College Football (as is currently the plan) and Notre Dame is not among them, doesn’t that just hurt the school? I think it’s easy to argue it does, but it would probably not hurt a ton. At its worst, potential recruits maybe are not as excited to go there and the university loses out on some money from EA.
Even if the “worst” outcome does not come to pass, looking below the surface, the play here from Notre Dame is to put pressure on the NCAA to do something about NIL rules sooner than later. Notre Dame is a loud voice in that room, and the university is using that voice here to put pressure on the NCAA.
Didn’t the NCAA say it would decide on NIL rules by now?
Yes. However, for a couple reasons we’ll get into, the president of the NCAA, Mark Emmert, delayed the initial January 2021 deadline to enact NIL proposals. To give the briefest of timeline summations here, the basic flow was supposed to be.
- Get proposals from the NCAA divisions by the end of August.
- Work through these to figure out legislation by the end of October.
- Get the divisions to agree on rules by January 2021.
The problem here has been that the NCAA is trying to figure out ways to keep these payments to athletes very specific, and at the same time, make sure these student-athletes are not allowed to unionize because the NCAA says they’re students and not college employees. In the most diplomatic way possible, the NCAA committee working on this stuff has not ruled out the idea of “group licensing” that’s similar to what we see in other pro sports with unions, but the tricky part is how do you make that feasible while still being against unionizing? In short, you probably can’t do it.
This is part of the reason why the NCAA is dragging its feet, and we’ll get into the other reasons soon enough.
Either way, don’t some states now have NIL laws?
Yes. Florida has passed an NIL law and that law goes into effect on July 1, 2021. That July 1 date is one you should remember because it’s one of the key dates on the timeline in terms of what to watch for moving forward. Other states like California and Colorado have also passed NIL laws, but they are not going into effect until 2023 — though California is looking at expediting that date. California was the first state to pass NIL legislation (Fair Pay to Play Act), but the state legislature had built in that later date in part to give the NCAA time to act.
Representatives in Iowa have also proposed legislation with a July 1, 2021 effective date, and something like two dozen NIL laws have at least been proposed either at the state or federal level overall. In short, states are looking to step up because they feel the NCAA has not done its job. This is ironic on some level because the NCAA has tried so hard to keep Congress and states out of its arena, and now when the NCAA finally asks for outside help, it might be the start of its undoing.
Why did the NCAA want Congress to get involved anyway? NCAA officials usually try to solve something like this on their own.
NCAA officials probably did not read the room right. In part, it seemed like the initial play from the NCAA was to hope that Congress would pass something somewhat restrictive and put in place rules that meant student-athletes maybe get paid, but it would not be a ton of money — and there would also be restrictions in place. However, the labor laws being proposed at the federal level have varied wildly (we’ll get to them in a bit), and the state laws are obviously going to vary.
While the NCAA maybe wanted Congress to get involved to stop California, Colorado, and now Florida from setting varying rules for NIL laws, the NCAA now has to deal with an issue from multiple angles.
On top of that, the Power Five conferences bypassed the NCAA and asked Congress to not wait for the NCAA to make a ruling as well. You can read this a couple ways, but much like we explained how the NCAA does not really have much licensing power over college football itself — again, EA mostly dealt with the CLC and not the NCAA to get the licensing for its old NCAA Football series — the same is happening here to some extent.
In other words, the NCAA is potentially a “paper tiger” in some regards. The NCAA could go to court and fight these state NIL laws. The NCAA could go to court and fight a theoretical law that comes out of Congress. The NCAA could also just say “go ahead student-athletes, get paid and unionize.”
But the point is if the Power Five conferences are going around you, plus you have to fight potential legal battles at the state and/or federal level, at what point is it no longer worth it to keep fighting from a monetary and power perspective? It’s a question the NCAA is going to have to figure out at some point.
So when will the NCAA decide new NIL rules?
At a to be determined date. Besides that July 1 date for the first state NIL law to go into effect, the NCAA is putting a lot of its eggs into the U.S. Supreme Court basket now. The NCAA petitioned the Supreme Court to review a ruling from a lower court. The ruling in this case basically stated the NCAA could not limit benefits related to education that college athletes could receive.
So, now this Supreme Court case will consolidate two prior cases (National College Athletic Association v. Alston and American Athletic Conference v. Alston) into one. While Covid-19 continues to keep some things in flux, the case is going to be argued at some point here in 2021, and a decision is expected as of now by the end of June 2021.
The NCAA does not look like it will do anything before this case is decided now because any rules put in place could be upended by this case. The laws passed in states could also conceivably be thrown into disarray by the ruling here, which would create its own subset of messes.
What will the Supreme Court decide to do here?
It’s hard to say. The U.S. Supreme Court is conservative-leaning at this point, but there’s a lot at stake here beyond just NIL laws. Plus, it’s not necessarily easy to decipher what a “conservative” ruling would be here in terms of where the line is drawn for student-athlete compensation. Most of these court cases still stem from the original O’Bannon case, and we keep getting new cases and appeals because the rulings generally favor student-athletes, and thus the NCAA continues to fight them.
With this particular case, there is a cascading effect that could alter the basic economics of college sports should the Supreme Court rule in favor of student-athletes. If student-athletes are given leeway to negotiate freely, what stops TV networks and so on from telling the NCAA that it no longer has the power to ask for exorbitant sums of money when it now has to pay student-athletes as well? Or the Supreme Court could side with the NCAA and stall out these state NIL laws and simultaneously allow the NCAA to create a more restrictive NIL landscape.
So when will Congress get to this issue?
The easiest and most correct answer is, who knows. Still, let’s break this down in pieces.
First off, another issue the NCAA is waiting for before deciding what to do with its own NIL proposals relates to the DOJ. The Department of Justice will soon have a new attorney general, Merrick Garland. Garland’s nomination advanced out of committee on March 1, and so he will get a Senate floor vote at some point later this month. All signs point to him being easily confirmed by a bipartisan majority of the Senate when that vote occurs.
Garland’s confirmation matters because the DOJ has been in a state of transition since Joe Biden was elected president, which is normal after an administration changeover. But this means we need to see who is going to be in the other spots in Garland’s DOJ now. That matters because Makan Delrahim, the former assistant attorney general of the DOJ’s antitrust division, was another reason Emmert punted on putting up any potential NCAA NIL laws for a vote at that previously planned NCAA meeting in January. Delrahim was previously working in the Trump administration, and he warned the NCAA about violating antitrust laws by being too restrictive with any NIL proposals.
“Ultimately, the antitrust laws demand that college athletes, like everyone else in our free market economy, benefit appropriately from competition,” Delrahim wrote.
Delrahim wrote that letter to Emmert in early January, and later stated he would resign from his position on January 19. Richard A. Powers is now the acting assistant attorney general, but who knows if he stays in that position in a more permanent capacity. And more importantly to this discussion, it’s unclear what his stance even is on the NCAA NIL proposals and potential antitrust violations. For now, this means the NCAA does not know if it has an ally or enemy in the DOJ.
In terms of Congress, we have seen a number of potential pieces of legislation pop up during the past 12 months. A bipartisan proposal popped up in September 2020, and this was put together after several others that came before it. As much as I would love to chat in-depth about each of these proposals as a politics and legislation nerd, I don’t think I need to do that here (you can thank me later or read about them here, courtesy of ESPN).
The bottom line with most of these federal proposals is that the NCAA would probably not be too happy about most of them. But the NCAA first and foremost cares about antitrust exemption status, and that part is what remains relatively hazy in most of the proposals. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the most direct about giving the NCAA an antitrust exemption in a proposal from last summer, but that did not go anywhere due to both Republicans and Democrats.
The most recent federal bill popped up on February 4, and it was co-authored by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass). This one is worth noting because it’s the most recent and it would create a totally unrestrictive NIL law.
Sen. Chris Murphy is also a name to watch moving forward. He has been the most vocal member of the Senate these days in favor of student-athletes, but he’s also been clear to say he doubts anything comes up before that July 1 due date for state laws to start going into effect. In fact, I would say he’s looking forward to that date. To put it another way, he’s mostly been waking up and “choosing violence” as it relates to creating chaos for the NCAA:
“I wasn’t going to support what the NCAA did, so I’m not shedding any tears over the NCAA’s decision to delay,” Murphy told ESPN. “They were never going to be able to handle this. I think there’s an argument to be made for letting the different state laws take effect so we can see if the sky falls like the NCAA says it will.”
Regardless of when Congress takes up a proposal, the bigger question is whether or not Democrats and Republicans can come together here on any NIL bill. Democrats maintain a thin majority in the House, and a razor-thin majority in the Senate after winning both Georgia Senate runoff elections. Still, even with full control of Congress, Democrats would need to get to 60 votes in the Senate — assuming the legislative filibuster remains intact moving forward. Can Democrats find Republican votes for any federal NIL bill? Well, while there has been relatively solid bipartisan voting as it relates to confirming most of Biden’s cabinet members to this point, legislation has not seen that same bipartisan support so far — or in recent years overall.
Either way, there’s no question Congress has bigger issues to deal with right now, so we’re going to be in wait-and-see mode here.
Is it full steam ahead for these states in the meantime?
States are not showing much of a reason to slow down at this point — at least until the Supreme Court decision in late June. Again, this is a competition for dollars now. Depending on the university, how well a university is doing can mean a lot of money for the state, and college sports are drivers of big money in those instances. If Florida is getting all these top players to come play at Miami, Florida State, UCF, and so on due to its NIL law, why would another state want to put itself at a competitive disadvantage for those same dollars?
In short, the first battle we will likely see is going to be between states and the NCAA at some point soon (probably around July 1 or after the Supreme Court ruling around that same date).
Does this all end up with real players being in EA Sports College Football?
Ultimately, I think we get there in some form or fashion. However, the last piece here to consider does, again, go back to unions. If Congress can’t pass anything, states making their own laws is the next most likely outcome if the Supreme Court sides with student-athletes. But without a federal law in place, it’s really hard to decipher how college athletes create a singular union. This means it would either come down to each individual student-athlete negotiating with EA, or entire student-athlete bodies at universities negotiating with EA, or an entire state’s group of college athletes trying to negotiate with EA. However, beyond individuals negotiating, how do you set those groups up without a union? It would not be impossible, but it would rely on states somehow coming up with a unified NIL agreement that the NCAA also signs off on, while simultaneously still having a way for college athletes to be represented in the negotiations with EA.
With the union option, this also means the “right to work” and the laws surrounding that concept could also be tricky if we’re dealing with individual states (on top of the already tough topic of whether college athletes could even form smaller state-wide unions). Right-to-work laws are their own deeply divisive topic, so the only real point I would want to make here is they could further complicate things. They could alter the way negotiations come together and take place in various states if you are trying to deal with these smaller sets of theoretical student-athlete unions, which could be another potential wrinkle in all of this — beyond the NIL rules themselves potentially being different state to state as well.
So, the cleanest way to get every student-athlete into EA Sports College Football would be for the Supreme Court to rule against the NCAA in the upcoming case, and for Congress to pass some sort of federal NIL bill. Short of that, we’re probably looking at something where we end up with individual players from various schools in the game, or some combination of entire rosters being real while others are all auto-generated.
After all, we have to remember that EA is also going to be making these calculations. If there’s no union or way to collectively bargain with an entire group of student-athletes, does EA simply target the top players and move on from there? Does EA decide it’s not worth the effort and paperwork to sign tons of individual players as it relates to how many extra sales it will generate? Or does a particular outcome make EA confident it won’t be sued again if it simply puts in a roster share feature and bypasses college athletes entirely?
We will have to wait and see.
I think that covers most of the major questions so far. If you have a burning question we did not hit on, feel free to ask it in the comments below or on the forums. Thanks for reading if you made it this far, and a special thanks to everyone in the Photographic Side of NCAA Football 14 for all the awesome images featured in this article.


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Classic jamon serrano – rosier and less salty than its Italian counterpart, prosciutto
Grilled corn with alioli, lime, espelette seasoning and aged cheese – super rich in the best possible way
Fideos with clams and peppers (I actually like this broken-noodle dish more than the paella below)
Grilled razor clams with piquillo pepper, garlic and lemon – briny with a touch of acidity and a good amount of meatiness
Caviar, sea urchin and quail egg with jamon iberico – ultimate indulgence in a single spoon and understandably, my friend Vanessa’s favorite dish of them all
Bacalao (salt cod) fritters with tempura lemon rings and aioli – a classic and exemplar of anything fried
A sea urchin crudo special with shiso strongly recommended by our favorite bartender, Ken
Seared foie gras with seckle pear and marcona almonds
Paella with shrimp, mussels, clams, chorizo and chicken, complete with the required crispy and slightly burnt soccarat on the bottom
Mushrooms, cooked on the plancha (a sort of super-hot flattop), with a beautiful farm egg
Roasted bone marrow with radish citrus salad, beef cheek marmalade and grilled bread. This is probably my favorite (and one of the most gluttonous) dishes at Toro. It’s well-balanced between the fatty marrow and the tart and peppery salad AND it enables you to do the bone marrow luge (where you pour some dry sherry down the scooped out bone and take it like a shot).
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An impromptu brunch with Cindy at Seamus Mullen’s Tertulia on 6th Avenue in the West Village, one of my go-t0 casual spots in the city. Our conversation earlier that day (which resembles about 80% of our conversations period) basically went: “Have you eaten yet?” “No” “Brunch?” “Meet you at Tertulia at 1pm” “OK, yayyyy.”
Tertulia is known for its traditional and modern tapas, and the interior does make you feel like your inside a bar in Barcelona. I’d only ever visited for dinner and didn’t really know what to expect for brunch. As it turns out, our meal, though enormous and probably difficult to finish for two much larger-sized males, admittedly didn’t include your typical brunch fare, but it was perfect for someone like me who isn’t big on sweets. The nuestras patatas – crispy potatoes with pimenton and garlicky aioli – were spud crack. So addictive that I kept going back until the large pan was empty. I’m also always a sucker for fried shishito peppers (you’ll see that fried is a theme here, despite it being a veg-heavy meal), sprinkled with sea salt at the last second before serving. Although the tortilla espagnola (eggs, potato, onion and olive oil cooked in a small skillet) was delicious, it wasn’t as exciting as the other dishes.
Probably the best dish were our brussels sprouts (again, fried to crispy) with smoked sobresada, pork belly and sheep’s milk yogurt. I had this the first time I ever went to Tertulia a few years ago and went bonkers over it, but since then, I never saw it on the menu during subsequent visits and figured it was a seasonal item. Super savory, with fatty chunks of pork belly and a creamy yogurt dressing, it’s a dish I would order at the bar with some red wine on a solo visit (if I ever actually did that kind of thing).
Our last dish – a seasonal dish consisting of grilled broccoli, lamb bacon, olive oil fried egg and some peppers – though good, paled in comparison to the potatoes and the sprouts. The broccoli was a bit raw for my taste and the dish overall seemed a bit dry to me and could’ve used some kind of sauce or dressing. All in all, however, a really satisfying, fry-tastic not-really-brunch that reminded me why Tertulia is one of my favorite restaurants in New York City.

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2017.05.31São Paulo’s Environmental Agency, CETESB, announced in February 2017 that new heavy-duty vehicle emissions
2017.02.10I am completely befuddled. Once again, a European manufacturer has admitted they change emission control calibrations to increase emissions under normal driving conditions – but somehow they seem to believe this is OK.
2017.01.30The news earlier this month that the U.S.


Question about 2008 Harley Davidson FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electra Glide
Yes, you can ride the bike to the mechanics location. Make sure your battery is fully charged and I'd go ahead and completely disconnect the voltage regulator.
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First, take your battery somewhere and have it load tested. Fat Boys are tough on batteries as the battery sits in the "horseshoe" oil tank and is subjected to high temperatures due to the hot oil in the tank. Battery life is typically two years although I've seen some go longer and some not last that long. Have the battery tested before you start spending money.
To check the stator, you unplug the regulator at the engine case. Down inside the plug you'll see some electrical connectors. Connect a DVOM (digital volt ohm meter) to these connectors (one lead to eac pin) and put the meter in the 50 volt or higher range AC voltage. This is important that your meter be set to measure AC voltage because at this point, the voltage is indeed an Alternating Current voltage coming out of your alternator. Start the engine and bring it to a high idle. You should be reading over 20 volts AC. The book says that you should read 12-18 volts per 1000 engine RPM. If your engine is turning 2000 rpm, your meter should read 24-36 volts AC.
To test the regulator, first charge your battery to a full charge. Then connect your DVOM across the battery, red to positive, black to negative. Put the meter in the 20 volt DC range. Start the bike and bring it to a high idle. The voltage will start at somewhere around 12.5 volts and climb to about 14.5-15 volts. This would indicate that the regulator MAY be alright.
Now, have you changed any of the lights on your Fat Boy? I've seen people change and add lights to the point where their alternator could no longer put out the current necessary to handle the load. If this is the case, you may need a higher out charging system.
I don't know where you're located but $260 seems quite high for a voltage regulator.
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I've attached the whole study as a .pdf, in the meantime, here's the abstract:
Morphological and toxicological analyses were performed on hallucinogenic mushrooms that are currently circulated in Japan. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) indicated a three-dimensional microstructures in the mushrooms. The comple- mentary use of SEM with an optical microscope was effective for observing characteristic tissues, such as basidiomycetes, spores, cystidia and basidia. Hallucinogenic alkaloids were extracted with methanol and determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a UV detector set at 220 nm. The psilocin/psilocybin contents in Psilocybe cubensis were in the range of 0.14–0.42%/0.37–1.30% in the whole mushroom (0.17–0.78%/0.44–1.35% in the cap and 0.09–0.30%/0.05–1.27% in the stem), respectively. The hallucinogenic alkaloids in Copelandia were 0.43–0.76%/0.08–0.22% in the whole mushroom (0.64–0.74%/0.02–0.22% in the cap and 0.31–0.78%/0.01–0.39% in the stem). It thus appears that P. cubensis is psilocybin-rich, whereas Copelandia is psilocin-rich.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is hosting a second summit on distracted driving Tuesday. He says his department has finalized two requirements that will bar commercial bus and truck drivers from texting on the job and restrict train operators from using cell phones and mobile devices on duty.
LaHood has pushed states to adopt tougher laws against sending text messages from behind the wheel. He says 550 companies in the U.S. have promised to create anti-distracted driving policies for their employees in the next year.
Nearly 5,500 people were killed in 2009 in distracted driving crashes.
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When bride Andrea contacted us for flowers for her winter wedding she knew she wanted to use white flowers and hoped to incorporate gold and dusty greenery as well. Overall the look she was going for was laid back, textural and a little bit rustic so we designed a suite of florals that incorporated full white flowers with bits of baby’s breath, dusty greenery and gold tinted touches.
For the bouquets we combined fluffy white mums with lush roses accented with soft baby’s breath. Dusty miller leaves were a perfect accent since they look like they are dusted with snow. To incorporate gold into the palette we tinted half of the seeded eucalyptus for a subtle gilded look. Boutonnieres for the groom and best man used ivory spray roses, a touch of baby’s breath and seeded eucalyptus to match the look.
The ceremony and reception took place inside Crush Wine Bar in downtown Toronto. A pair of large altar pieces flanked the ceremony backdrop made of rustic burlap and showcased an over sized gold glitter heart, handmade by the bride. White hydrangea, roses and lisianthis was accented with lots of dusty miller and seeded eucalyptus for a loose, textural arrangement.
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Maxine and Joe, each coping with Alzheimer's disease, share a love of dancing. Although they clash when lucid, their hazy memories overlap and they begin an affair that rejuvenates them. Can these lovers-played simultaneously by senior and younger actors-stay together? This is a touching story about family, love and remembering.
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Agriculture and Land Minister Bloyce Thompson will be appearing before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability June 24.
Thompson, who will be accompanied by Deputy Minister Brian Matheson, will be updating committee members on the work of the Land Matters Advisory Committee and the denied 2020 AgriRecovery application.
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Girl, 8, handcuffed and thrown in JAIL for two hours after throwing tantrum at her school
- Police called after girl has 'uncontrollable' tantrum in classroom
- Jmyha Rickman's guardian says officer used excessive force when he handcuffed her and put her into the back of his squad car
An 8-year-old girl says she felt like a common criminal yesterday when she was handcuffed and carted off to jail after throwing a tantrum at school.
Jmyha Rickman, a student at Lovejoy Elementary School in Alton, Illinois, threw a fit in a classroom yesterday morning.
The girl is understood to have had tantrums at school before, but when Jmyha became too much for school staffers to handle, the police were called.
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Excessive? Jmyha Rickman, a student at Lovejoy Elementary School in Alton, Illinois, was hauled off to jail after she threw a fit in a classroom yesterday morning
Restrained: Jmyha, pictured with her guardian Nehemiah Keeton, demonstrates how she was handcuffed behind her back
An officer responded to the school, where he handcuffed Jmyha and stuffed her into the back of his squad car.
She was then taken to the Alton Police Department, where she was allegedly held in a jail cell for two hours.
Jmyha's guardian, Nehemiah Keeton, told KMOV-TV: 'Her eyes were swollen from her crying and her wrists had welts on them and they cuffed her feet too.
He added that the tantrum started because 'she asked to use the restroom several times and was ignored.'
Kristie Baumgartner, assistant superintendent of the Alton School District, told MailOnline that she could not comment on specifics of the incident, citing Illinois privacy laws regarding children.
Confinement: Jmyha was taken to the Alton Police Department, pictured, where she says she was put into a cell
However, she outlined school district policy, which says that if a student is at risk of harming themselves or others, police would be called if the child's parent or guardian refuses to pick them up.
Alton police told the station that Jmyha was placed in a juvenile detention room and was supervised the whole time.
The department also claimed that the girl was out of control and tearing up two classrooms - and the officer believes he did the right thing.
But Mr Keeton contends that the girl’s tantrum was met with excessive force.
He told KMOV: 'This is something that I don’t feel like any 7 or 8 year old - I mean, she didn't have a weapon threatening to harm anybody.'
Trouble at school: Police claimed that the girl was out of control and tearing up two classrooms at Lovejoy Elementary School
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Enabling exploration of biological tissue in three-dimensions at sub-cellular scale is instrumental for advancing our understanding of biological systems and for finding better ways to cope with diseases. Over the last few years, remarkable advances in microscopy facilitated probing cells and tissues at the nanometer scale but many limitations are yet to be overcome. Here we present a novel technique which enables label-free volume imaging of biological tissue with pixel sizes down to 25 nm while maintaining extensive sample coverage. X-ray holographic nanotomography is a full-field 3D imaging technique which benefits from the deep penetration of X-rays and the powerful mechanism of phase contrast. By using cryogenic sample preservation, the tissue can be investigated close to the native state. The unprecedented data created by this technique opens new avenues in life sciences research.
In high-resolution tomography, one needs high-resolved projections in order to reconstruct a high-quality 3D map of a sample. X-ray ptychography is a robust technique which can provide such high-resolution 2D projections taking advantage of coherent X-rays. This technique was used in the far-field regime for a fair amount of time, but it can now also be implemented in the near-field regime. In both regimes, the technique enables not only high-resolution imaging, but also high sensitivity to the electron density of the sample. The combination with tomography makes 3D imaging possible via ptychographic X-ray computed tomography (PXCT), which can provide a 3D map of the complex-valued refractive index of the sample. The extension of PXCT to X-ray energies above 15 keV is challenging, but it can allow the imaging of object opaque to lower energy. We present here the implementation and developments of high-energy near- and far-field PXCT at the ESRF.
The ID16A beamline at ESRF offers unique capabilities for X-ray nano-imaging, and currently produces the worlds brightest high energy diffraction-limited nanofocus. Such a nanoprobe was designed for quantitative characterization of the morphology and the elemental composition of specimens at both room and cryogenic temperatures. Billions of photons per second can be delivered in a diffraction-limited focus spot size down to 13 nm. Coherent X-ray imaging techniques, as magnified holographic-tomography and ptychographic-tomography, are implemented as well as X-ray fluorescence nanoscopy. We will show the latest developments in coherent and spectroscopic X-ray nanoimaging implemented at the ID16A beamline
Ptychography combines elements of scanning probe microscopy with coherent diffractive imaging and provides a robust high-resolution imaging technique. The extension of X-ray ptychography to 3D provides nanoscale maps with quantitative contrast of the sample complex-valued refractive index. We present here progress in reconstruction and post-processing algorithms for ptychographic nanotomography, as well as outline advances in the implementation and development of dedicated instrumentation for fast and precise 3D scanning at the Swiss Light Source. Compared to the first demonstration in 2010, such developments have allowed a dramatic improvement in resolution and measurement speed, with direct impact in the application of the technique for biology and materials science. We showcase the technique by detailing the measurement and reconstruction of a fossilized dispersed spore.


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San Antonio Zeitung Ein sozial-demokratisches Blatt fur Deutschen in West-Texas
2 Jahrgand #1 Lausend #53 Juli 1854
Publisher San Antonio; Adolph Douai
Book contributor dudeman5685
Collection folkscanomy_politics; folkscanomy; additional_collections
Some of the earliest Marxian socialist ended up in Texas, where Adolph Douai founded what is almost certainly the first socialist periodical in the state. He was later run out of town for publishing anti-slavery articles.

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Jun 3, 2020
George Floyd protests recall earlier tensions, promises of economic change
Jun 3, 2020
In November 2015, the shooting death of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police touched off a debate on race and economic inequality that challenged the city's progressive image and led local corporate leaders to back efforts at better sharing the spoils of a booming Midwestern state.
Five years later, the killing of George Floyd has reopened those wounds and highlighted a growing concern nationally: The last few years of economic growth saw gains for lower-income families, but any hope for a durable narrowing of economic gaps may have been short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent economic crash falling heavily on minorities.
Floyd's death in police custody in Minneapolis last week may have been a catalyst for an anger that has spawned protests nationwide, but it was in effect the third major shock to hit in as many months, said Tawanna Black, chief executive of Minnesota's Center for Economic Inclusion (CEI), a group that grew out of those corporate promises of five years ago.
Before the recent surge in joblessness, "we saw the employment gap closing rapidly," Black said. But "you were connecting people to low-wage jobs, and now you have displaced them. ... What I am hopeful of is that we not just solve for criminal justice, but what's required to get economic and social justice."
It is complex, to be sure. Tension over police treatment of blacks has simmered through good economic times and bad. But for the economy, the course of the pandemic and the financial fallout highlights how little has changed over a decade of growth that seemed to hold out at least the possibility of progress on narrowing racial economic divides.
Median family income growth finally started rising in 2015, but median family income for blacks remains about 61% that of whites. In Minneapolis, it is even lower at about 44%.
A 2009-2020 bull market for stocks and rising home values have done little to improve overall wealth among African Americans, who comprise around 13% of the U.S. population but account for 4.2% of household net worth, according to Federal Reserve data. The figure in 1989 was 3.8%.
For Hispanics, it is even worse, with more than 18% of the U.S. population holding just 3.1% of household wealth.
Both groups have suffered an outsized blow from layoffs triggered by business closures meant to control the spread of the coronavirus and the crash in demand among consumers holed up at home.
According to federal data from February to April, Hispanic employment fell by more than 25%. For blacks, the figure was 17.6%, more modest but still above the 15.5% for whites.
It is part of a "last-hired, first-fired" dynamic familiar to labor economists and considered one of the reasons behind the lack of progress in narrowing wealth and income gaps. In this case, it is also driven by the skewed nature of the coronavirus economic shock, which hit hardest among lower-paid service jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industry where minorities form a larger share of the workforce.
The shock has been no different in Minnesota from in parts of the Deep South, according to a Reuters comparison of federal employment data by race alongside demographic information on unemployment claimants submitted by the state in April.
African Americans made up about 5.7% of Minnesota's employed workforce in 2019 but more than 8% of those who filed for unemployment in April.
Still predominantly white, with a self-effacing culture captured by writer Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" former radio show, the demographics around Minneapolis, the state's largest city, have shifted quickly in recent decades. It has for example opened itself to refugees from Somalia. The city is now about 20% black and 10% Hispanic.
Minnesota's rural areas voted heavily in 2016 for Republican Donald Trump, while the state as a whole went for Democrat Hillary Clinton owing to strong support in the Minneapolis area.
That city is also home to a healthy list of large U.S. companies, many of them homegrown national brands like Target Corp , that are known for their civic boosterism and support for efforts like the one spearheaded by CEI's Black.
The question now is whether the dislocation caused by the coronavirus, rising joblessness and the death of Floyd prompts lasting change.
Those firms will be central to deciding the pace of the economic recovery, and the nature of the jobs available in the economy that emerges.
After the last recovery did so little to change wealth and income dynamics, and the coronavirus showed the gulf between workers who were buffered from the crisis and those who were not, Black said it was time to think about the nature of the labor market that will emerge from here.
Many of the jobs "will not come back. Do we train people for tech jobs? Automation-resilient jobs?" she said. Over the last decade, "we made no progress."
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (DOTS) is not a “feel good” movie. It revolves around a pointless war being fought against hopeless odds. The line between good and evil gets blurry and at times, outright obliterated. It depicts a never ending battle where territory is won and lost constantly and the borders shift to and fro. An odious oscillation that is frustrating in its futility. In many ways, trying to craft an “entertaining” story out of something so glum borders on masochism.
Right from the first frame, the movie makes no bones about the harshness of the world it seeks to depict. There is a weird bait and switch happening here, with the director setting the board to look like the game is going to involve big players making huge strategic moves. Unlike Sicario, the movie to which DOTS is a sequel, the viewer is tricked into believing the antagonists in this sordid tale are going to be Islamic terrorists. I say tricked because the focus is actually still on the drug war. Or to be accurate, the Mexican cartels, who have now switched to smuggling something far more lucrative: People. But, the sweeping strategic moves never happen. The focus is still on dirty tactics with personal stakes. The board is just the backdrop to the moves of the pawns. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but neither is it what the opening sequence would lead one to believe. Heck, even the marketing line “No rules this time” is misleading.
Successfully juggling multiple points of view (POV) is one of the hardest techniques to execute in film making. It is a high risk- high reward gamble. When it works, the results are nothing short of spectacular. Pulp Fiction, Traffic, Snatch and even the original Sicario pull it off excellently. And though DOTS does not entirely “fail” here, it does not come together in a cohesive whole the way its precursor did. The end result is a movie that has all the right ingredients and yet comes across as being a tad less than the sum of its parts (just a tad mind). The first half of the film is especially heavy. But it lies pregnant with a promise that it doesn’t quite deliver. Further complicating matters is the fact that anyone coming to the sequel without having watched the original is likely to miss a lot of context.
Take for instance a scene where Josh Brolin’s character is being chewed out by his boss (for lack of a better word). The words being used to reprimand him are these: “You think change is the goal? Really? You’ve been doing this too long to believe that.” It’s a powerful line in a poignant scene. And unless the viewer has seen the first film, it will only have a fraction of the impact it should. Even a certain act of betrayal (I’m being deliberately vague here to keep from spoiling things) which hit me like ton of bricks, will seem like a relatively minor twist to fresh eyes.
It all comes back to the idea of “futility” that so permeated the first film and continues here. The soldiers in the trenches, the ones in the thick of the whole bloody mess, curse the political desk jockeys that give them their orders. For their part, the politicians are caught in an impossible situation and will always choose expediency over loyalty. Nobody wins because victory isn’t even possible. Like I said, this is not something you watch to feel good. There is no denying the emotional impact though.
The camera work, much like the plot itself, is gritty, with muted colors and harsh lighting. The world seems deliberately devoid of color, dominated as it is by browns, greys and shadows (both figurative and literal). The action sequences are shot brilliantly. There is one particular scene, shot in darkness via night vision, that is probably one of the best I’ve ever seen in film. The music adds to this, giving scenes a certain heft and prolonging tension at just the right moments. Overall, the cinematography is tight. Action fans will find little to complain about here.
The same goes for the acting. Brolin is convincing in his simmering anger, cold and professional as his character demands. Benicio del Toro is excellent but then, this is the kind of role that he’s been perfecting for a while now. The real stars of the show though, are Isabella Moner and Bruno Bichir. The former looks like she is ready to move past the disaster that was the last Transformers movie by playing the role of a cartel bosses daughter. As for Bichir, he did more with no real dialog and a mere three minutes of screen time than most A-listers manage in a dozen films. I’m not embellishing when I say that. His performance left me floored. More of this gentleman please Hollywood. The fact that he had so little to do in the movie is one my biggest complaints. Forget drug smuggling, this is the real crime here.
Thematically, DOTS seems to be going for a Conrad’esque “Heart of darkness” vibe complemented with a heavy dose of Nietzsche. The whole “becoming a monster while fighting one” lesson is impossible to miss. The sense of moral confusion that stems from not knowing exactly where one stands is something all characters share. However, it is best presented by the character of Miguel (played by Elijah Rodriguez), a Texan teenager of Mexican heritage that lives close to the US-Mexico border. Miguel’s POV is one of many that DOTS juggles. With a cousin that works for a the Cartels, he is coaxed into a life of crime. His loyalties are torn as he stands between two worlds. It is no coincidence that part of the reason he is hired is because of his ability to straddle this tenuous line, going back and forth across a river (another shifting border), herding desperate immigrants like cattle. Half of him clearly just wants to be an average Texan high-schooler. The other half craves for the money and power offered by a ruthless Mexican cartel. This thematic allusion is one the director (Denis Villeneuve) pulls off rather convincingly. But damn this is one bleak story.
I should stress, for the sake of clarity if nothing else, that this is by no means a bad movie. If anything, I quite enjoyed it and feel confident that anyone who liked the precursor will give this one a (tentative) thumbs up. But it certainly left me wanting more. Here’s hoping that the rumors of a trilogy are true.
FINAL SCORE 7.7/10


Mozilla Downloads Rise Following US-CERT Recommendation to Drop IE
Friday July 2nd, 2004
Wired News is reporting that Mozilla downloads have surged following advice from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to avoid Internet Explorer for security reasons. Download numbers approximately doubled in the days following the US-CERT recommendation, which was made in the form of an update to an earlier vulnerability note and comments to the press. US-CERT is a partnership between the United States Department of Homeland Security — the government organisation set up in the wake of September 11th to prevent terrorist attacks — and the public and private sectors.
US-CERT's advice follows last week's outbreak of the Download.Ject virus, which exploited a number of holes in Microsoft's IIS Web server and Internet Explorer to install a password-stealing trojan horse on Web surfers' computers. Microsoft patched some of the flaws before the outbreak occurred and today released another update that protects against the vulnerability by way of a configuration change (though the underlying problem has not been fixed). Windows users should hotstep it to Windows Update (must be visited using IE) to install the patch, regardless of whether they use Internet Explorer as their default browser.
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Additionally developers need to be educated to develop web sites/web applications in a way so that they work with any browser. On several occasions now I have been unable to even apply for jobs because the particular job web sites required the use of IE. For a Unix/Linux user this is simply not an option.
Being a developer myself I simply do not understand why sites need to be developed specific for a certain web browser. And there is no reason that will convince me otherwise.
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/> " ... Complaining to web sites can be an effective means of waking a web site up to the fact that there is more than one browser in the world. ..."
We're gradually loosing our freedom of choice and a lot of people don't even notice it. Freedom of choice of web browser. Freedom of choice of which hardware/software I want to use to play DVDs. etc, etc, etc .....


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Steven Wickliff grew up in an impoverished home in Fremont, Nebraska.
But he worked his way through college at the University of Kansas, where he also earned a law degree in 1966, according to a Lawrence, Ka. Daily Journal-World article. For a time he lived a charmed life.
He married Mimi Frink, who was Miss Kansas in 1966, the daughter of Dr. Russell Frink.
Mimi Wickliff majored in theater and psychology at the University of Kansas and became an actress and model, according to a Lawrence Journal-World article.
She ran a dance school after graduating from KU. The couple had two children.
“Steve was a very likable, charismatic fellow,” said Dr. Mike Iseman of Denver, who grew up with Wickliff in Nebraska. “An excellent student, a fine athlete and a great sense of humor.”
He made millions developing skyscrappers, malls and shopping centers in the Denver metro area when he was partners with Bill Walters, according to several local news articles.
In 1979, the Aurora City Council approved issuance of $9.5 million in industrial revenue bonds in support of a 497-room hotel and convention center near an office complex near Interstate-225 and Parker Road.
Wickliff and Walters were partners in the deal. It would become the Ramada Renaissance Hotel.
The partners developed 16 shopping centers and 10 office buildings in the metro area during the 1980s.
But in 1985, Wickliff and his wife divorced.
Wickliff would later tell a reporter that he was busy working long hours to put together real estate deals.


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9th November 2023
Project Pitchfork - “Tour 2023” - Support: Chemical Sweet Kid
Since 1990, PROJECT PITCHFORK has been on tour almost every year. In doing so, Peter Spilles and his bandmates often take their ways not only through Germany but also across Europe or even to the other side of the Atlantic. Attending at least one PROJECT PITCHFORK concert each year has become a lovely tradition for me. Whenever possible, I try to go more often. And when a new album finally seems to be on the horizon after what feels like an eternity, the anticipation is even greater. We’ll have to wait a bit longer, though. It looks like the new album won’t drop until March 2024. But don’t worry, Peter and the gang have some fresh tunes in the bag. And sticking to the whole “never change a running system” vibe, they’ve brought back CHEMICAL SWEET KID as special guests, who were already on the track on last year’s tour.
Today, my journey takes me to the Bavarian capital, where PROJECT PITCHFORK and CHEMICAL SWEET KID are performing at the Backstage (Werk). It’s my first time at this venue, so I started the three-hour trip around noon and headed straight to the scene of the event. A quick check on the parking situation, then off to the hotel to settle into my room. With some time to spare, I decide to leave the car behind and walk over to the venue. There’s still time before they open the doors, and as luck would have it, I bump into a dear acquaintance right when I arrive, who’s also flying solo. So, we spend the evening together and rock out in the front row. But as always, first things first, but not necessarily in that order.
As mentioned, this is my first time at this venue, so today I’m taking a closer look around. There are several spots on the grounds, including a cosy beer garden. The entry starts almost on the dot and goes smoothly. Inside the club, it’s got a friendly and comfy atmosphere, nice staff and reasonable prices. The area in front of the stage is surrounded by some steps, so even if you’re further back, you’ve got a good view. It kind of reminds me of Markthalle Hamburg a bit. Towards the back of the hall, opposite the stage, there’s a long bar, and right beside it, they’ve set up the merch stand. That’s where the first guests head straight away. Most of the tour’s concerts are already sold out, but for the spontaneous ones, tonight there’s still some tickets at the door. The club, though, is filling up pretty fast for a Thursday night, and by the time CHEMICAL SWEET KID hit the stage promptly at eight, it’s almost packed.
Cemical Sweet Kid
The Electro Industrial Metal Rockers from CHEMICAL SWEET KID really won over the hearts of the PROJECT PITCHFORK fanbase during last year’s tour. And it seems they’ve grown on Peter Spilles and his crew as well, leading them to decide to bring the trio along again. CHEMICAL SWEET KID’s mastermind Julien Kidam was already working on new songs last year and announced a new album to come. They gave us a sneak peek with ‘A Beautiful Madness’ during the last three concerts of the last tour. The new album ‘Kiss The Monster’ saw the light of day on 13th October and naturally takes centre stage in the current shows. So today, we’ll be treated to many new songs, and they’ve also spiced up the stage performance for them.
Plus, there’s been a change in the band line-up. Guitarist Waik Schöner, who’s living in Hamburg, has been working as a backliner for PROJECT PITCHFORK since last year, where Julien and Gautier got to know him. But it wasn’t until early 2023 that they found out Waik is also a musician, quite accidentally at a concert in Luxembourg. Waik was on stage with EISBRECHER as their bassist. Somehow, things clicked, and now Waik brings even more dynamism to the stage with CHEMICAL SWEET KID. The former RABENSCHREY guitarist is also active in other band projects, like the Post-Rock band EDEN CIRCUS and the Metal band ABANDON HOPE. www.facebook.com/chemicalsweetkid / https://chemicalsweetkid.com
Music & Performance
So, in the intro to ‘A Beautiful Madness’ the guys from CHEMICAL SWEET KID dive into the theme of the music video. Picture this: with circus music playing in the background, the female dancer (we’ve seen before in their performances) now steps onto the stage as a clown ballerina. Gautier, just like in the video, rocks a white dress and a brown long-haired wig. Waik got on some matching makeup too. But hey, it’s not all fun and games - there’s a bit of a creepy vibe intentionally thrown in. Then Julien shows up. He’s sporting a rugged vest and some intricate dusty makeup. If you caught these guys on stage last year, you’d recognize this. And those laser gloves Gautier wears? Some folks have seen those in action before too. They’re out tonight, shooting colourful laser beams across the room. The song, which used to be the “closer” at previous shows, kicks off this one fantastically. They dive right in! Waik keeps switching sides, and every now and then swaps places with Julien.
Next up are three more new songs from the current album. It’s clear the guys are focused; they want to showcase their new stuff. And they do it with loads of energy and pure joy. Speaking of joy, the lighting today is once again on point. The spotlights really do a fantastic job of highlighting the music and the artists, setting the vibe just right. The artists are getting some direct spotlight action too, so you can really see them well. Whoever’s handling this knows their stuff. I noticed this during ‘A Trip Inside My Soul’ and it keeps shining through the whole evening. Plus, the sound in this cosy club is well balanced. Aside from 1 or 2 minor feedback moments, there’s nothing to complain. When ‘Kiss The Monster’ kicks in, the stage lights up in bright red, and fog fountains shoot up from the stage floor. The Munich crowd is in high spirits, and quite a few already know the lyrics. They’re swaying and singing along. Julien gives a shoutout for that before ditching his vest for ‘Empty Pleasure’. Gautier switches it up too, swapping his dress and wig for a kilt and leather vest.
‘A New Day’ is also on the current album, but it was released as a single back in 2021. The track has already proven itself live and today, it’s still getting everyone hyped up. Gautier switches from the keyboard to the keytar, alternating sides with Waik now and then. Julien’s call of “show your hands everybody” is met with enthusiasm. Everyone’s hands go up, and the clapping begins. Next up is ‘Dirty Romance’, another new song that Julien introduces by saying, “next one sounds like a love song”. Gautier returns to his spot behind the keyboard, and Waik takes his place on the other side of the stage. Once again, the stage is bathed in red light. Our female dancer returns to the stage. She’s dressed in a new, sexy outfit and playfully dances around Julien and Waik. Just before she exits the stage, the umbrella she brought along opens up, revealing to be a big red heart. It’s a wonderful sight, and then, in the blink of an eye, she disappears.
Now it’s time for ‘Pass Auf’ again! We’re familiar with the partly German title, so the chorus gets belted out loudly. CEMICAL SWEET KID have brought along their CO2 gun for this song and are fogging up the room nicely with it. Waik and Julien strike poses against each other while Gautier stands behind the keyboard, providing backing vocals for Julien. ‘Down’ is also a track we already know, and the crowd joins in singing along. Heavy guitar riffs fill the space, lights flicker, and the audience cheers. This is how it’s supposed to be - final stretch. With ‘Tears Of Blood’ they present to us a “very old song” and then it’s happening. Julien wants to make sure once more, “are you still okay? Let me hear you!” Gautier switches into his fluffy pink vest, Julien puts on his sunglasses, and Waik also throws on a fluffy vest, not pink, but orange. And there they go again, huge balloons catapulted from the stage into the audience, bouncing over our heads through the room. ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ is always a blast. Everyone seems to know this cover, so it’s sung, clapped, and danced to wildly.
We create some more “noise for PROJECT PITCHFORK” and then after 45 minutes, CHEMICAL SWEET KID bid farewell from the stage. The trio really got us fired up, and we’re in high spirits and ready for tonight’s heroes.
01. A Beautiful Madness
02. A Trip Inside My Soul
03. Kiss The Monster
04. Empty Pleasure
05. A New Day
06. Dirty Romance
07. Pass Auf
09. Tears Of Blood
10. We’re Not Gonna Take It (TWISTED SISTER cover)
Total: 9.5 / 10
Introducing the Dark Electro veterans of PROJECT PITCHFORK is probably unnecessary. For over three decades, the Electro / EBM / Industrial group led by Peter Spilles, has been an integral part of the dance floors and stages at scene clubs and festivals. The fanbase is eagerly awaiting a new album. It’s been a good five years since their last album ‘Fragment’. Finally, in March 2024, it’s supposed to happen. PROJECT PITCHFORK gives us a taste of the upcoming record today, which is expected to be titled ‘Elysium’, presenting three tracks from the forthcoming album alongside many classics. This sneak peek definitely amps up my excitement for what’s to come. www.facebook.com/ProjectPitchfork / www.project-pitchfork.eu
Music & Performance
The changeover happens quickly. A brief sound check and after just 15 minutes, it’s time again. Lights and music fade, and the intro begins. The two drummers, Léo and Achim, are the first to appear on stage, closely followed by keyboardist and backing vocalist Jürgen. The stage is bathed in blue light, and Peter joins his bandmates. PROJECT PITCHFORK kicks off today’s hit fireworks with a true classic. Peter pauses ‘Conjure’ for a brief greeting. “Hello Munich” is met with a thunderous cheer, and Peter’s already beaming from ear to ear. With ‘Alpha Omega’ the gentlemen immediately follow up with another classic. Peter uses the extended version to introduce his bandmates before hitting Munich with ‘Titânes’. Both songs are passionately sung along by the audience. The Backstage is already a buzzing hive of excitement.
Next on the list is ‘And The Sun Was Blue’. However, they start off by playing ‘An End’. Whether they decided last minute, for dramatic reasons, to swap these two tracks, we’ll probably never know. But that doesn’t matter. Both of these songs are sung along loudly, which once again brings a satisfied smile to Peter’s face. The man seems to be having a blast, and it’s infectious. Munich is celebrating in high spirits. For the next song, the frontman initially puts on his coat. On the screen, the video for ‘Rain’ plays fittingly. The related album ‘Black’ is already celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and ‘Rain’ has been one of the absolute crowd favourites since then. Therefore, it’s no surprise that everyone is singing and dancing along. Moving two more years back in time with ‘Queen Of Time And Space’, before taking a small step towards the present on the timeline with ‘Volcano’. The audience immediately starts clapping along. The crowd seems to be familiar with every era, singing along loudly here as well. And towards the end, Peter’s partner Sue joins him on stage, chiming in on the chorus.
And then comes what we’ve been waiting for so long; finally, a “song from the upcoming album. The album is coming out next March. And this song is called ‘Unity’ and it’s all about you.” Most people are hearing the title for the first time today, yet they start clapping along right from the start. It seems like having Sue by Peter’s side is giving him an extra boost. The couple radiates so much dynamism and harmony. Always a beautiful sight. This isn’t their first duet, and hopefully not their last either. The track musically resembles ‘Ascension’ a bit and is incredibly pleasing. I’m curious to see what else the new album will offer. Sue bids farewell to the cheers and applause from the audience with a “Thank you” from the stage, at least for now.
With ‘Acid Ocean’ we return once again to ‘Black’ and my voice is slowly failing me. But that won’t be spared even during the next song. We all know ‘Timekiller’. It’s sung so loudly that at times Peter’s voice gets drowned out. So, he just hands over the entire field to us and listens to our singing with his hand to his ear. The whole venue is jumping, and the floor is vibrating. That’s what I appreciate about PROJECT PITCHFORK. Peter weaves into the setlist songs that have rarely or haven’t been played live for a long time. And precisely one of those comes up next. ‘And Everything Reflects’ is from the last album ‘Fragment’, but it has hardly been played live so far. Today is my first time hearing this song live. In contradiction to that, we’ve heard ‘Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)’ several times live, and ‘The Circus’ has also been played before.
“Thank you, Munich! Does anyone happen to have a birthday today?” and suddenly Peter starts a quick ‘Happy Birthday’ chant. But today, it’s not just one birthday; there are several. So, Peter dedicates the next song to the birthday girl next to me. ‘KNKA’ in the extended version is sung along loudly. Then, Peter steps aside for a moment, giving the stage to the drummers - Drum Duo! I’ve mentioned it several times, but the synchronicity and harmony in the drumming of these two men always fascinate me. Achim and Léo are a well-oiled team, and it’s a delight to watch them play. Absolutely brilliant. “Life, all of it, is kind of like a dance. That’s why the next song is called ‘Der Tanz’ and it’s on the next album.” And dancing is on the agenda in front of the stage as well. This song comes in German and with a lot of power and an almost hypnotic beat. This track also works really well and creates excitement for the upcoming album.
At ‘Beholder’ no foot stays still. There’s jumping and dancing, the track is sung loudly and ‘Existence’ also gets the room moving. The tempo picks up again for the final stretch, which treats us to another drum duo, and then PROJECT PITCHFORK bid farewell after an hour and a half for a brief breather. But the musicians don’t have much time for that. Continuous applause and the vehement demand for an encore quickly bring the gentlemen back. The encore kicks off with ‘Onyx’, which has also become a crowd favourite live. The atmosphere in Munich is just fantastic, and it’s a wild celebration. “Thank you. Great being with you!” Peter says, and then ‘Souls’ begins. The song has accompanied me through highs and lows for over 30 years and still remains one of my absolute favourite songs. Therefore, please excuse me for a moment. I’ll be right back; we’ll see or read us again shortly.
So, now it’s time for Peter to thank the “most captivating opening act, CHEMICAL SWEET KID,” before we get another preview of the new album. The beginning of ‘Learning to Live’ reminds me a little of ‘The Clockwork’. So, it’s getting somewhat calmer, and Peter proves that he can really sing. An incredibly soulful track that sends shivers down my arms and brings the wonderful Sue back on stage once again. The refrain sounds even more intense in a duet, and there are some in the audience who are already singing along. The artists briefly leave the stage once again before entering the last encore block. This starts again with a very old track. ‘Pan’ is played in a wonderful version, and the play of spotlights echoes the lyrics of the song. And ‘Insomnia’, which I haven’t heard live in ages, comes across fantastically. Both songs are loudly sung along by the audience, and everyone is dancing. Unfortunately, it’s now time for the last song of the evening.
I’m particularly excited about ‘Pendulum’ as this is only the second time, I’ve heard it live today. So, for me, it’s the perfect ending to a perfect evening. Although, like everyone here, I’m a bit sad that the evening is coming to an end and PROJECT PITCHFORK finally leave the stage shortly after eleven. But the tour still has a few dates left, and for me, I’ll be seeing them again soon in Erfurt.
02. Alpha Omega (long)
04. An End
05. And The Sun Was Blue
07. Queen Of Time And Space
10. Acid Ocean (RMX)
12. And Everything Reflects
13. Blood-Diamond (See Him Running)
14. The Circus
15. KNKA (long)
16. Der Tanz
18. Existence (long)
21. Learning to Live
Total: 9.9 / 10
All Pictures by Helge Roewer (HR-Pictures)


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Ok, it should come as no surprise that I'm a comic book fan, but along with reading comics, I often like to throw the headphones on and listen to some podcasts about comics. There are a bunch of them out there, but not all are that great...
There's one that I keep going back to as my favorite though, it's called the Major Spoilers Podcast - "the podcast for comic book and pop culture fans". I look forward to this podcast more than any other comics podcast - and don't worry, they don't actually "spoil" much -
What makes it great is the interesting make-up of the group; An in-his-early-40s film/media teacher & dad, another in-his-early-40s dad who works at a comic store with an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre (and a big fan of Japanese Power Rangers aka "Super Sentai"), a guy who grew up in Mexico with an off-beat taste in comics and pop-culture, & an early 20s film student who has only been reading comics for a couple of years.
Go give it a listen and see what you think!
(And hey, if comics aren't exactly your thing, they also produce other podcasts about movies, tabletop games and more!)
Do you know of any other really good comics podcasts? Comment below and let us know!


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