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The data center industry is rethinking its approach to backup power, prompted by pledges from hyperscale operators to end the use of diesel fuel in their emergency generators. This trend is prompting new approaches to one of the most critical points in the digital infrastructure power chain, and will be carefully considered as mission-critical operators seek to strike the right balance between reliability and sustainability.
The shift won’t happen overnight. With generators deployed at virtually every data center around the globe, transitioning off diesel fuel is a big task. The data center industry was created to ensure that mission-critical applications never go offline, and that goal has typically been achieved through layers of redundant electrical infrastructure, including uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems as well as emergency backup generators.
But early movers are implementing new approaches to backup power. Here’s a look at several approaches being implemented for power resiliency, including alternative fuels, large-scale batteries, fuel cells and geothermal.
Kao Data, Microsoft Try Greener Fuels
Switching to less carbon-intensive fuels is a logical first step, as it protects the massive investment in generators by data center operators and service providers. Microsoft and Kao Data each have initiatives with alternative fuels at data centers in Europe.
This month UK data center provider Kao Data transitioned all the backup generators at its Harlow, England campus to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel, which Kao says will eliminate up to 90% of net CO2 from their backup generators while reducing emissions of nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter.
“HVO fuel is dramatically better for the environment compared to traditional, mineral diesels,” said Simon Lawford, Technical Sales Manager at Crown Oil, the fuel supplier for Kao. “It is 100% renewable, biodegradable, sustainable and non-toxic. We’re proud to have worked with Kao Data to initiate a first-of-its kind project, which will be transformative for the data center industry, and help point the way forward for significant reductions in industrial greenhouse gas emissions.”
HVO is synthesized from vegetable oils, requires no modification to existing infrastructure and can be used as a direct replacement for diesel. It eliminates microbial growth, which generates sludge that can contaminate fuel lines and potentially lead to engine shut down. Kao Data will replace an initial 45,000 liters of diesel and switch to an HVO provision of more than 750,000 liters when the campus is fully developed.
“This move effectively eliminates fossil fuels from our data center operations, and helps us reduce Scope 3 emissions in our customers’ supply chain, while delivering no degradation to the service they receive,” said Gérard Thibault, Chief Technology Officer at Kao Data. “Most importantly, it shows how our industry can take a simple and highly beneficial step forward for the good of the environment, ahead of COP26 (the UN Climate Change conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland in November).”
Microsoft will use low-carbon renewable fuel to provide emergency power for its cloud region in Sweden, the company said today. The backup generators at a new Microsoft data center in Sweden will run on Evolution Diesel Plus, a fuel that incorporates tall oil, a renewable byproduct of forestry and paper production. The “Eco-labelled” diesel is made by Swedish energy company Preem, which has worked with Caterpillar to ensure it will work in the generators at the Microsoft Azure cloud data center, which is scheduled to begin operating later this year.
The announcement advances Microsoft’s goal of ending its reliance on diesel fuel by the year 2030 as part of its goal to be carbon negative. The eco-diesel contains more than 50 percent renewables, and thus will have half the carbon impact of using petroleum-based diesel.
Google, Switch Eye Large Lithium-Ion Batteries
Utility-scale energy storage has long been the missing link in the data center industry’s effort to power the cloud with renewable energy. Energy storage could be a key enabler, addressing the intermittent generation patterns of leading renewable sources (solar panels only generate power when the sun is shining, and wind turbines are idle in calm weather). Large batteries could also lead to innovation in load-sharing with utilities and grid management.
Early players in this technology include Google and Switch.
Google will use large batteries to replace the diesel generators at one of its data centers in Belgium, describing the project as a first step towards using cleaner technologies to provide backup power for its millions of servers around the world. Joe Kava, Vice President for Data Centers at Google. describes it as “a first step that we hope will lay the groundwork for a big vision: a world in which backup systems at data centers go from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free energy systems.”
The pilot project at Google’s Belgium data center begins this summer, and will use large lithium-ion batteries to replace generators. The price of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by about 80 percent over the past five years, enabling the integration of storage into solar power systems.
In March Microsoft and French energy company Total established a partnership to assess the long-term feasibility of deploying large batteries as backup power for critical infrastructure, working with Total’s battery specialist subsidiary, Saft.
Data center technology company Switch has announced plans to use new large-scale energy storage technology from Tesla to boost its use of solar energy for its massive data center campuses in Las Vegas and Reno. Switch broke ground last year on its Gigawatt 1 power project that will use photovoltaic panels to generate a total of 555 megawatts (MWs) of solar power at three locations. Switch says the project will feature one of the first large-scale installations of the Tesla Megapack, a new bulk energy storage product being manufactured at the Tesla Gigafactory, which is a Switch’s neighbor in a business park near Reno.
Although Switch hasn’t explicitly said how the system will impact its use of diesel generators, the company expects to use the Tesla Megapacks to create more than 800 megawatt hours (MWhs) of energy storage capacity.
Microsoft Testing Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Fuel cells are another potential tool to overhaul the traditional power architecture of mission-critical facilities, eliminating the need for expensive UPS systems and emergency backup generators. The use of fuel cells in data centers has been limited due to challenging economics, but that is beginning to change, and climate concerns may accelerate their arrival.
But what fuel to use? That’s an important question in addressing carbon impact.
One of the most promising tests cane in July 2020, when Microsoft said it successfully tested the use of hydrogen fuel cells to power its data center servers. The company called the test “a worldwide first that could jump-start a long-forecast clean energy economy built around the most abundant element in the universe.”
Microsoft said it ran a row of 10 racks of Microsoft Azure cloud servers for 48 hours using a 250-kilowatt hydrogen-powered fuel cell system at a facility near Salt Lake City, Utah. Since most data center power outages last less than 48 hours, the test offered a strong case that fuel cells could be used in place of diesel generators to keep a data center operating through a utility outage.
“It is the largest computer backup power system that we know that is running on hydrogen and it has run the longest continuous test,” said Mark Monroe, principal engineer for Datacenter Advanced Development at Microsoft, who said the next step will be to procure and test a 3-megawatt fuel cell system to see how the system scales on a larger deployment of servers.
In 2017, the company created an Advanced Energy Lab in Seattle that powered 20 racks of servers with fuel cells powered by natural gas, teaming with McKinstry and Cummins on the project.
Meanwhile, colocation provider Equinix is continuing to expand its use of Bloom Energy Server fuel cells supported by natural gas. The company recently said that its flagship Silicon Valley campus in South San Jose will have 20 megawatts of Bloom capacity, and will be the first site where Equinix will use the system as primary generation, with utility electrical grid and generators as backup sources.
Equinix uses “Bloom Boxes” at 12 data centers in California, New York and Los Angeles. The company says the Bloom fuel cells will provide power that is 20 to 45 percent cleaner than the equivalent utility power backed by natural gas generation.
The Bloom Energy Server uses solid oxide fuel cell technology that converts fuel to electricity through an electro-chemical reaction, without any combustion. It can work with either natural gas or biofuels, such as biogas from landfills. Bloom says that its on-site fuel cells offer “better electrons” by making more efficient use of fuel than coal-fired power plants, eliminating power loss during distribution, and sharply reducing emissions. The Bloom boxes offer a better carbon profile than most utility power, and can be used with renewable energy to create a carbon-neutral solution.
What About Geothermal?
Another option is geothermal energy, which appears to be in a lengthier development cycle. But the effort is underway, as Google will soon begin using geothermal energy to power its data centers in Nevada with carbon-free energy. Google will be the first hyperscale cloud operator to tap the earth’s own heat to power its servers, an approach that can provide green energy around the clock.
Google will work with clean-energy startup Fervo Energy to develop a next-generation geothermal power project that will begin adding carbon-free energy to the Nevada power grid in 2022. The system will use underground fiber optic cables as sensors to identify the best locations to find geothermal energy.
“Not only does this Fervo project bring our data centers in Nevada closer to round-the-clock clean energy, but it also acts as a proof-of-concept to show how firm clean energy sources such as next-generation geothermal could eventually help replace carbon-emitting power sources around the world,” said Michael Terrell, Director of Energy at Google.
The Road Ahead
The goal of eliminating diesel fuel from data center operations is challenging, due to both economics and operational considerations, as summed up last year by The Uptime Institute.
“Almost every operator and owner would like to eliminate generators and replace them with a more modern, cleaner technology,” Andy Lawrence of the Uptime Institute noted in a blog post. “But to date, no other technology so effectively combines low operating costs, energy density, reliability, local control and, as long as fuel can be delivered, open-ended continuous power … Few – very few – can even contemplate operating production environments without diesel generators.”
The good news – the world’s largest and most innovative technology companies are on the job and investing in change.
We’ll continue to track these efforts here at Data Center Frontier. Watch our Energy and Sustainability channels for developments, or sign up for our newsletter for updates right to your Inbox.


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The device is 43ft long and is designed to give officials a deeper view into the nuclear plant’s Unit 2 primary containment vessel, where details on melted fuel damage remain largely unknown.
The Fukushima plant had triple meltdowns following the 2011 quake and tsunami.
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Sandra Macdonald has been named as the new leader of Aberdeen Labour.
The George Street and Harbour Councillor will succeed ex-leader Jenny Laing, who was also former city council leader, who stepped down from the role ahead of last week’s local elections.
The Aberdeen election saw Labour increase their seat share by two and the party will now have 11 councillors, gaining seats in the Bridge of Don and Kingswells, Sheddocksley and Summerhill wards.
Former Lord Provost Barney Crockett retained his seat in Dyce, Bucksburn and Danestone, while Jennifer Bonsell took Jenny Laing's old seat in Midtsocket and Rosemount.
The result makes Labour the second-largest party in the city; however, they may have to contend with being in the opposition as there is a belief an SNP-Lib Dem coalition may form the new council.
The SNP won the most seats at the election with 20, the Conservatives won eight, the Liberal Democrats four and two independents were elected.
An experienced politician, Councillor Macdonald previously served as a councillor between 2003 and 2007, in 2017 she ran for election again and was chosen to represent George Street and Harbour.
She said she was “delighted” to have been chosen and wanted to place a focus on protecting public services.
She said: “I am delighted to have been chosen to lead Labour on Aberdeen City Council. Labour is now the second largest group on the council, and we have a strong team of councillors who will stand up for their constituents and do our utmost to protect public services.
“My deputy Ross Grant and I will talk to other group leaders about what the council can do to
help hard-pressed families with the cost-of-living crisis, to support transition towards renewable energy, to deliver local action to tackle climate change and to improve public transport in the city.
She added: “Above all, we will be calling on other parties to back Labour plans for free bus travel for all city residents and to guarantee council workers that there will be no compulsory redundancies.”
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Compiled by the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center and analyst IHS Markit, the report plugged state data into an economic modeling program to determine the recycling industry’s impact. The study considered paper, plastics, glass, metals, scrap electronics, organics, textiles and tires in its scope.
The report broke down three distinct categories in the recycling industry, which the study dubs the Pennsylvania recycling marketplace. The “core” recycling sector includes haulers, MRFs, scrap traders. The remaining two categories are the downstream manufacturing sector, which includes all stages of processing and converting the materials for use as recycled raw feedstock, and the reuse sector.
The study identified nearly 6,400 companies that are part of those three sectors, directly providing more than 66,000 jobs in 2015. But those figures don’t tell the whole story.
“The operation of the direct companies triggers additional activities within their associated supply chains, leading to further ‘indirect’ contributions to the Pennsylvania economy,” the report states.
Finally, when the direct and indirect employees spend the money they earn stemming from the recycling marketplace, their spending is identified as the industry’s “induced” contribution to the economy. The industry contributed to nearly 110,000 indirect and induced jobs, the report states.
Economic impact figures provide an important tool for promoting the recycling industry, particularly in demonstrating its impact outside of the environmental realm. A lobbyist for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries recently described emphasizing either the environmental and economic implications of the industry, based on the priorities of different politicians.
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Infresh off the success of his horror hit Draculadirector Tod Browning finally got the go-ahead Bladk pursue a longtime passion project of his: a revenge tale centered around sideshow performers in a traveling circus.
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This is for now, feel free to leave us a comment below and tell us what you think of the Google Pixel 3. Yes, that’s another huge difference between the two phones. It is now official and the Pixel 3 will start at $799, with the XL starting for $899 for the 64GB storage model.
Google’s new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are impressive phones with some pretty cool features.
Google also took the covers off the Pixel Slate touchscreen tablet, a 12.3in competitor to Apple’s iPad Pro that runs the same version of the Chrome web browser you get on your laptop. The larger model also offers a better screen to body ratio. Across all three of our polls, more than a majority of voters stated that they would not be buying the Pixel 3 or the Pixel 3 XL.
Both phones come with 4GB of RAM-making them even in that department. The processor is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845, and GPU Adreno 630 Adreno.
However, while the iPhone XS and XS Max have 256 and 512 GB storage variants as well, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XS maxes out at 128 GB.
On the hardware side, the Pixel 3 and the iPhone XS have similarly high-end rear cameras, except for one major difference: The iPhone XS has two rear camera lenses, while the Pixel 3 uses only one. That £260 premium for the 64GB iPhone XS does get you more, including Face ID and that wonderful dual lens rear camera.
Talking to Wired about the camera, Google’s vice president of product management Mario Queiroz said that Google doesn’t need a second lens. The new display looks to be a huge improvement, while upgrades to the processor and camera are to be expected, rather than applauded. Pick any of these and you will have the same camera experience.
Both phones have advanced selfie cameras, too.
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If we had to pick one reason to pre-order the Pixel 3, it’s the camera.
The Pixel 3 comes in “just black”, “clearly white”, and “not pink”.
In the video, which was teased on Twitter, Google has clips of a couple of YouTubers talking about the Pixel 3 XL leaks, before showing a single embarassed emoji.


LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The cost of insuring exposure to Turkey’s sovereign debt climbed to its highest in a month on Thursday, after Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies launched a ground operation against a Kurdish militia in northeast Syria.
Turkey’s five-year credit default swaps (CDS) rose to 396 basis points (bps), up from 388 bps at the end of trading on Wednesday, according to IHS Markit data.
Turkish dollar bonds also fell for a fourth straight day on Thursday, with the 2045 issue dropping 0.86 cents to its lowest in three weeks, Tradeweb data showed.
Turkish commandos pushed deeper into Syrian territory east of the Euphrates river on the second day of a offensive against Kurdish militia. (Reporting by Tom Arnold; editing by Marc Jones)


ALTOONA, Iowa — The pressure is on Prairie Meadows Casino & Racetrack leaders after the IRS announced it is revoking the casino’s nonprofit status.
The decision was released Thursday and now Prairie Meadows has just 30 days to convince the IRS not to go through with the revocation.
The casino could lose an estimated $30 million a year in federal tax breaks and Polk County organizations stand to lose millions of dollars in donations.
“I don`t think we need to panic at this time, but if this would happen, this would be huge to Polk County and the non-profits in this county. I mean huge,” said Polk County supervisor John Mauro.
Over the last 10 years Prairie Meadows has donated to a number of school districts, metro charities, and tourist attractions.
The James Cownie Baseball Complex south of downtown is here thanks in part to that money.
Coaches say those donations remain essential.
“The future is dependent on the money that continues to come in. A lot of people don’t have an idea of how much it takes to run a little league,” said S. Des Moines Baseball League Coach Brian Jack. “We are a premier facility in Iowa because of the grants that Prairie Meadows has contributed.”
The county itself also relies on casino funds. Each year, it uses $26 million in rent from Prairie Meadows to pay its own bills.
The IRS claims that the racetrack and casino operation is one of the top 10 revenue-generating organizations operating as non-profit social welfare agencies in the country, taking in $2 billion a year in bets or gross receipts.


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There isn't much to see at present, but let me tell you that one crate is devoted entirely to Chantenay, and the other crate has half each of the other two varieties. I used ordinary multi-purpose compost (New Horizon peat-free), at a depth of about 20cm. The seeds were sprinkled onto the surface of moist compost and then covered with a thin layer of dry compost. The crates then went into the wooden planter and are now covered with a piece of Enviromesh weighted down with bricks.
When the seeds germinate I will put in some wire hoops to raise the Enviromesh well above the Carrots, to allow the foliage to grow without being restricted. All I have to do now is wait...
You're well ahead of the game, there'll be nothing left for your to do in April. I've grown stump carrots in the past when growing in containers, they grew well but there isn't much of them.ReplyDelete
I only grew shorter carrots at my last house that had heavy clay soil. Here I don't find any reason to as my soil depth is about 16". I do grow two types though. One type I eat fresh - typically Mokum. The other is my storage carrot - Bolero - that last over the winter in the fridge or basement. But I can see a good reason to grow in containers right now. They will probably be much warmer and grow faster in the spring. Carrots grow so slowly when the ground is cold.ReplyDelete
The carrots we tried to grow in the Woodblocx bed didn't do well at all nor did the mini beetroots and radish - I don't think that they liked the compost we used,ReplyDelete
Carrot planting time isn't for at least another couple of months around here..hopefully. Like Daphne, I prefer the larger/longer varieties as we often use larger quantities for things such as soups or eat them raw as carrot "sticks".ReplyDelete
Last year was my first year for 'carrot failure' - basically all grown from seed and eaten as quick as they germinated, by slugs I assume. This year I've added seaweed to beds and looking forward to seeing if this helps the problem at all.ReplyDelete
You're well ahead, I like the idea of growing them in the wooden box, carrots have such lovely foliage too. I hadn't thought of wee salad carrots to grow ....ReplyDelete
Is environment the same as fleece? Sarah xReplyDelete
Hi Sarah; No, Enviromesh keeps bugs off, whereas fleece keeps things warm. The Enviromesh is effectively a very fine-mesh net.Delete

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Israeli singer-songwriter Dudu Tassa has stepped out of his traditional role of rock star and is bridging the gap between traditional Arabic music and modern melodies.
His latest album, 2011’s “Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis,” explores the music of his Iraqi grandfather Daoud Al-Kuwaiti and great-uncle Saleh Al-Kuwaiti, both well-known musicians
in 1930s Baghdad. After immigrating to Israel in the early ’50s, they fell into relative obscurity, leaving the world of music and opening a small market in Tel Aviv.
Tassa and his band the Kuwaitis, along with special guest Israeli violinist Yair Dalal, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at Yoshi’s in San Francisco as part of the 29th annual Jewish Music Festival.
Tassa and his band will also play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale.
Tassa recently talked with J. about his album and other topics.
J.: “Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis” was an extremely personal venture exploring music that has long been silent. What was the process like of digging and wading through musical archives?
Dudu Tassa: The process of making the album was a very long one — many years actually. I listened to hundreds of songs and chose 11 out of about 300. I listened to many of the songs as a child but never listened to them in the same way as an adult.
It was truly a personal venture entering the world of my grandfather Daoud Al-Kuwaiti, because I never got to meet him (he died when my mom was pregnant with me). During the process of making the music, adding the songs to the computer and sampling, looping and using the tracks within the new music was exciting for me. And looking for ways to get familiar with the music was as if I got to know my family.
J.: Did you leave the songs the way your uncle and grandfather sang them?
DT: In general, the basic melody and lyrics are original, but I chose songs that I could find ways to add harmony to them. I added drums, bass and electronics.
J.: How is this album different from your other music?
DT: My other albums do have some Oriental orientation, but are mainly rock-centric. The presence of the ethnic instruments (for example, the oud) on this album is stronger and there’s something about the energy — it’s very high with full production on each of the songs.
J.: What was the most surprising part of producing it?
DT: The reaction from the audience. I am a singer-songwriter of Hebrew rock. I released six albums before the Kuwaiti album. The entire album is in Arabic and the Israeli audience loved it and embraced it. Even Galei Zahal Israel Defense Forces radio had songs from it on their playlist.
J.: You didn’t have a chance to meet your grandfather, but if he could listen to this album now, what do you think his reaction would be?
DT: I think my grandfather would be proud. He would probably not want me to be a musician, but I am sure we would be able to connect.
J.: How does it feel having completed this project? Is it part of a larger project?
DT: It feels great. I don’t know if I will do it again. But I am certainly happy I did it.
Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. $50-$60. www.tinyurl.com/kwhmt8s; also 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Yoshi’s, 1330 Fillmore St., S.F. $30-$68. www.yoshis.com


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Town striker Marcus Bent is again reported to be interesting Fulham. The Londoners were first linked with Bent last summer and again just before Christmas.
According to the report the Cottagers will target Bent, rated at £3 million, should their much-publicised bid to sign Spurs misfit Sergei Rebrov fail.
Town have received no more bids for their players, although a couple of swap enquiries have come in, something the Blues are not interested in.
Manager Joe Royle is also reported to have poured cold water on the suggestion that Town have enquired about Blackburn defender John Curtis.
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Elizabeth “Lady” Montano is paying homage to and sharing the experiences of her talented son Machel Montano via a biography entitled King of Soca, due for release in June.
Montano describes herself as “the ultimate insider” to Machel’s stardom in the music industry.
King of Soca is the debut publication of the first-time author’s very own EESM Publishers imprint. It covers the evolution of Machel – the man and artist – over four decades.
She shares the highs and lows of her son’s journey against the backdrop of his “ever-evolving interior world shaping his outer expression,” states a release on the biography.
The book is based on Montano’s 2018 MPhil dissertation – The making of Monk Monte: Creativity and Commodification in Trinidad and Tobago Popular Culture. At first, Montano was tempted to build on it for a PhD, but decided against the academic route when she understood that her intention was to make it accessible to everyone.
An educator by training, Montano has viewed storytelling as a vital part of knowledge sharing, which she deems essential to growth and development. King of Soca therefore embodies a comprehensive record of the music history of 47-year-old Machel which, according to the former “momager”, is not well known, and much less so among the nation’s youth.
Even with the solid foundation of her 2018 thesis, it has taken Montano two years to bring the work to fruition. Commenting on the process, she says, “I started writing the book itself in 2020, at the start of the pandemic when everything was shut down and I was in Toco. I thought I would finish it quickly because it was all in my head and I simply had to adapt my master’s dissertation. However, once it ceased to be an academic project, the possibilities for what I could include were now suddenly endless.”
Montano’s enduring desire to document her son’s story is manifest in her compulsive collection of Machel memorabilia, which in 2015, constituted a full exhibition at the historic Boissiere House in Port of Spain. She admits to her relentless pursuit to preserve evidence of all aspects of his life since what she describes as “his miracle birth” in 1974, and more so from 1982 when he officially entered the entertainment arena.
Her vision for the project was clear: “I was always able to see what the book would be like. I was disappointed when I could not include all the pictures, anecdotes, imagery and other special things I wanted in my dissertation. So seeing the book actually taking shape really created a renewed vision of what it would be like. I’m really thankful to the various teams working with me to bring my words to life.”
Montano believes the biography will resonate with anyone interested in knowing more about Machel. “I am very conscious of Machel’s continuous transformation and the extent to which he has opened my mind about inclusion,” she says. “So while it is said that you must work with a set target audience, or a specific niche or population in mind for your product, I am satisfied that this work will deliver an authentic, revelatory, impactful account of my son’s life in music to anyone open to receiving it,” she adds.
Forty years is a remarkable milestone in the music business, and more so in the context of the Caribbean and TT. Quite apart from Montano’s unquestionable attentiveness to legacy-building, there is, for her, a sense of urgency in sharing the first decades of Machel’s story now. She sees this 40th year marking “the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one; one that is still taking form.”
“Celebrating 40 years in music is unbelievable for me and to have a book chronicling this journey was something I didn’t imagine in my wildest dreams,” says Machel about the book’s release. In recognition of his mother’s unique place in this project he adds, “I am honoured that it’s happening and truly excited for this story to be told by the one person who knows me best. My mother and I have been so closely connected on every twist and turn of this remarkable ride that I know her account will be quite vivid and be an inspiration to all. Thank you my ‘Lady’ – the best mother, manager and friend.”
The official launch of the King of Soca biography, scheduled to take place in Trinidad in June, is one of a number of initiatives planned to commemorate Machel’s 40th year in music.
Pre-orders for King of Soca will soon be open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to follow @kingofsoca across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for regular updates, or email [email protected] for more information.


The Australian Gemini Office (AusGO) hosted by the Australian Astronomical Observatory coordinates Australian usage of large offshore facilities including the Gemini 8.1 metre telescopes in Hawaii and Chile; the Subaru 8.2 metre telescope in Hawaii (via a time exchange agreement with Gemini); and the Magellan 6.5 metre telescopes in Chile. AusGO consists of the Australian Gemini Scientist (Stuart Ryder) and AusGO Research Fellow Caroline Foster based at the AAO, and the Joint AusGO / Macquarie University Lecturer in Astronomy Richard McDermid.
What's new on the AusGO and Gemini web sites?
Registration is now open for the Future and Science of Gemini Observatory conference in Toronto, 14-18 June 2015 (14/10/14)
A new patch release of Gemini IRAF for reducing data from the new GMOS-S Hamamatsu CCDs only is now available (10/10/14)
The October 2014 issue of the GeminiFocus Newsletter is now available (2/10/14)
Gemini e-newscast #63 is now available (26/09/14)
The Gemini Observatory has issued a Request for Proposals for Instrument Feasibility Studies to be funded by Gemini - Letters of Intent are due by 17 Nov 2014 (23/09/14)
Australian astronomers using Gemini have discovered a supermassive black hole inside a dwarf galaxy (18/09/14)
Congratulations to the Australian Gemini Undergraduate Summer Studentship recipients for 2014/15: Rhiannon Gardiner and Conor O'Neill (17/09/14)
Reduced GSAOI data for the Gemini Frontier Fields are now available (8/09/14)
The Winning Image from our 2013 Student Contest!
The face-on spiral galaxy IC5332.
Australian Gemini Office, ausgo -@- aao.gov.au


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Olivia performed on Show 336 in Longview, Texas on March 25, 2017, and received the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award in conjunction with her appearance.
Olivia Elerson (flute), 16, is from Waxahachie, TX and is currently a junior at the Interlochen Arts Academy where she is in the studio of Nancy Stagnitta. Her most memorable musical experience was when she was performing at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center during the 2017 Mini-Residency with the New York Philharmonic and Interlochen Arts Academy. Outside of music, Olivia enjoys spending time with her pets and other animals, growing plants, and spending time with family and friends.
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As one of the most memorable political thrillers of the 1990s, "In the Line of Fire" is a tense and gritty movie that explores the dangerous intersection of politics, terrorism, and the dedicated people who work tirelessly to protect the president of the United States. The movie features one of Clint Eastwood's most iconic performances as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent who is haunted by his failure to protect John F. Kennedy in Dallas, and who now finds himself increasingly isolated and out of touch with a new generation of agents who lack his experience and intuition.
When a deadly new threat emerges in the form of a cunning assassin named Mitch Leary (played with chilling intensity by John Malkovich), who is hellbent on killing the president, Horrigan sees an opportunity to redeem himself and prove that he still has what it takes to protect the commander-in-chief.
Despite the skepticism and mistrust of his colleagues, Horrigan doggedly pursues Leary across the country, using his wits, his experience, and his gut instincts to stay one step ahead of the homicidal maniac who is always one step ahead of him.
Along the way, Horrigan forms an unlikely alliance with a brilliant and beautiful female agent named Lilly Raines (Rene Russo), who is tasked with keeping the president's wife safe and who shares Horrigan's determination to stop Leary at all costs.
As the clock ticks down and the tension mounts, the audience is treated to a gripping and emotionally charged thriller that combines heart-pounding action, compelling drama, and memorable performances from an all-star cast.
Eastwood delivers one of his most nuanced and affecting performances as Horrigan, a man who is haunted by his past but still driven by his sense of duty and his need for redemption. Malkovich, meanwhile, is truly terrifying as Leary, playing him as a cold and calculating mastermind who is always one step ahead of his pursuers.
Russo, for her part, is every bit Eastwood's equal as Lilly, a strong and intelligent woman who refuses to be sidelined or underestimated by her male colleagues. Together, the three actors create an unforgettable trio of characters who are both flawed and heroic in their own ways.
Director Wolfgang Petersen, who also helmed such classic films as "Das Boot" and "The Perfect Storm," imbues the movie with a palpable sense of danger and foreboding, using a combination of tight close-ups and wide shots to create a sense of claustrophobia and isolation.
From the tense opening scene to the explosive finale, "In the Line of Fire" is a masterclass in high-stakes suspense and thrilling action, earning its place as one of the best political thrillers of all time.
In the Line of Fire is a 1993 action movie with a runtime of 2 hours and 8 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.2 and a MetaScore of 74.

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In 1976 Analog Devices began operations in a small SFADCO advance factory unit in Limerick with a start-up team of 13 people – among them author of THE FUTURE YEARS, Pat Cunneen.
Today, Analog’s Limerick wafer fabrication facility is one of the most important success stories in the company’s 50-year history. It employs over 1,200 scientists, engineers, production and support staff in one of the largest, most successful, most technologically advanced campuses in the country and has achieved a sustained stream of world class innovative new products, profitability, and growth.
With its consistently high levels of added-value employment, investment and growth, Analog has been hugely important to the economy of Limerick. In turn, the Limerick campus has been the source of extraordinary talent, hugely important to the continued global success of Analog Devices Inc., and has been a ‘jewel in the crown’ of the IDA as it regularly showcases Limerick’s success with its leading-edge technologies and advanced manufacturing processes.
Pat Cunneen’s story covers the first dozen or so years of the start-up, recording and celebrating the success of all the people who worked in Analog over those early years, including those sadly lost along the way. It touches on the technology and operational challenges, the vibrant sports and social environment but, mostly, it is a story about people.
THE FUTURE YEARS is an important contribution to the industrial history of Limerick – and Ireland – over the past half-century.
The book can be bought here: https://www.successstore.com/the-future-years-a-story-of-analog-devices-start-up-in-limerick.html
Author royalties will be donated to Milford Care Centre, Limerick.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Reuniting With Guitarist John Frusciante
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are welcoming back a familiar face as they prepare to release a new album in 2020. The band revealed via their Instagram account that guitarist John Frusciante is returning to the group, replacing Josh Klinghoffer who held the guitarist spot on their last couple of albums.
In their statement, the band revealed:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers announce that we are parting ways with our guitarist of the past ten years, Josh Klinghoffer. Josh is a beautiful musician who we respect and love. We are deeply grateful for our time with him and the countless gifts he shared with us.
We also announce, with great excitement and full hearts, that John Frusciante is rejoining our group. Thank you.
Klinghoffer joined Red Hot Chili Peppers as a touring musician in 2007, eventually taking over the guitarist spot upon Frusciante stepping down in 2009. He handled guitar duties on 2011's I'm With You album as well as 2016's The Getaway.
For Frusciante, this is his third stint in the band. He initially joined the group in 1988, appearing on their commercial breakthroughs Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magick. After exiting for 1995's One Hot Minute, he returned for 1999's Californication, 2002's By the Way and 2006's Stadium Arcadium.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have already started booking tour dates for 2020, with their appearance headlining the Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 15 currently starting their 2020 touring. See all their dates here.
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The Government is looking to cut red tape for employers by simplifying tax and superannuation reporting obligations through its initiative called Single Touch Payroll (STP). “Employers currently manually report Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholdings to the ATO,” the Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer said. “Under the new STP this information will be automatically reported to the ATO through Standard Business Reporting (SBR) software.”
The ATO will be conducting a pilot in the first half of 2017 focusing on small businesses. From 1 July 2017, all businesses will be able to commence STP reporting, with the option to make voluntary payments. In addition, the ATO will transition employers with 20 or more employees to STP. From 1 July 2018, employers with 20 or more employees will be required to use STP enabled software for reporting to the ATO. The Government will make a decision on timing for rolling out STP reporting for employers with less than 20 employees after the pilot is completed.
To assist small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million, the Government will offer a $100 non-refundable tax offset for SBR-enabled software. This offset is proposed to apply from 1 July 2017 and for software purchases or subscriptions made in the 2017–2018 financial year only.
TIP: Although there are benefits to streamline reporting, some commentators have highlighted cashflow concerns relating to making more frequent payments. Real time pay day reporting also gives the ATO an earlier intervention signal to contact struggling businesses. If you have any questions, please contact our office.
Simplified GST accounting methods are available for small food retailers if they meet certain eligibility conditions. Many small food retailers buy and sell products that are taxable as well as products that are GST-free. Accurately identifying and recording GST-free sales separately from those that are taxable can be difficult, which makes accounting for GST complicated. However, there are five simplified GST accounting methods to choose from to help businesses meet their GST obligations. These include the Business norms method, Stock purchases method, Snapshot method, Sales percentage method, and the Purchases Snapshot method.
TIP: Business needs change and it may be prudent to take a look at whether there are advantages with adopting a SAM. Do you need help deciding which method would be best for your small food business? Please contact the office for assistance or further information.
The Government is looking to support innovation and its recently released Innovation Agenda proposes a suite of new tax and business incentive measures. A key proposal is to provide concessional tax treatment to encourage early stage investors to support innovative startups. Under the proposal, investors will receive a 20% non-refundable tax offset based on the amount of their investment (capped at $200,000 per investor, per year), as well as a 10-year capital gains tax exemption for investments held for three years. The Government has advised that the scheme is expected to commence during 2016 as soon as supporting legislative amendments are passed into law.
TIP: The incentive is proposed to be available for investments in companies that: undertake an eligible business (scope to be determined); that were incorporated during the last three income years; aren’t listed on any stock exchange; and have expenditure and income of less than $1 million and $200,000 in the previous income year, respectively.
The ATO has issued a notice announcing that it will be acquiring details of real property transactions for the period 20 September 1985 to 30 June 2017 from various state revenue offices and tenancy boards. In relation to rental properties, the ATO is seeking details of rent paid and contact details of landlords. In relation to property transfers, the ATO is seeking details of the transfers, including details of the transferors and transferees and any state land tax and/or stamp duty concessions sought.
The information will be matched to the ATO’s data holdings. The ATO said an objective of the data matching program is to ensure taxpayers are correctly meeting their taxation obligations. The ATO expects that around 31 million records for each year will be obtained. Based on current data holdings, the ATO said records relating to approximately 11.3 million individuals are expected to be matched.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, despite their pledges to continue pushing to end the war in Iraq, face growing pressure from their rank-and-file Democrats to focus more attention on domestic, “pocketbook” issues in the upcoming election year.
Junior Democrats describe an “Iraq fatigue” setting in among some members after dozens of successful withdrawal votes failed to drive a wedge between Republicans and President Bush on the war strategy.
The restless Democrats acknowledge the war issue remains critically important for the country, but they would like to see their leaders tone down the rhetoric and avoid showdowns with Bush over the war, wherever possible.
Still, heading into 2008, Democrats have not articulated as clear a game plan on how to handle the political debate on the war as they had heading into 2007.
"My hope would be we start looking at real solutions instead of the dichotomy of cut funding versus stay forever," said Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.), who had a change of heart this fall after visiting Iraq and realizing the military surge was working.
"The entire policy has been dictated by the 'Out of Iraq Caucus' ... What are we going to do, have another 40 withdrawal votes?"
Pelosi told reporters Wednesday that her top priority is still ending the war, although she allowed her own disappointment in being unable to force the president to change his Iraq policy.
But the California Democrat also said that the economy and health care are rising concerns among voters and that she wanted to dramatically increase federal funding for scientific research.
Pressed on her legislative plans for 2008, though, Pelosi reiterated that ending the war is her ultimate goal, promising more oversight hearings on Iraq and the broader Middle East.
And she suggested Democrats would somehow move to decouple the larger Iraq debate from the struggle with Bush and the Republicans over war funding.
“This will always be the pre-eminent issue until it is not there any more,” she said.
“The war, the war, the war: It eclipses everything we do here.”
In the Senate, Reid vowed no retreat on the war either, despite a united Republican Conference that has been able to repeatedly frustrate Democrats by filibustering attempts to force Bush’s hand on the war.
“We have had 33 [recorded] votes on Iraq and we are going to have more votes on Iraq. We are going to continue putting the pedal to the metal,” the Nevada Democrat said.
“We are going to push on this. The American people are dissatisfied with what is going on there.”
Congress will face several votes on Iraq next year, including one in early April to fund combat operations in Iraq for the rest of the year and possibly into 2009, when a new president takes over.
Another option being considered by some top Democrats is to pass a short-term wartime funding bill, running only until September or October, which would force Republicans to vote on the issue again shortly before the November elections.
Debate over the new defense authorization and spending bills will also provide other opportunities for war opponents to force a showdown with the president and his fellow Republicans.
And early high-profile hearings are planned to hear again in March from Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador there, on the progress of the war and the efforts to bring about political reconciliation.
Many Republicans, buoyed by the declining violence in Iraq, hope Petraeus will announce accelerated troop withdrawals, potentially defusing the war as a front-burner election issue.
But the final war-funding votes of the 2007 session this week signaled that the momentum for troop withdrawal votes has been stymied for the moment.
Only 25 Senate Democrats voted against the Iraq funding measure, and 78 House Democrats ended up backing the $70 billion in new funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) voted for the funding, while Pelosi opposed it.
Senior Democrats and leadership aides suggest that Reid and Pelosi, despite their strong rhetoric on ending the war, are not talking about simply forcing more withdrawal votes, as that strategy of repeated pullout votes has not worked in forcing a hoped-for split between Bush and Republicans in Congress.
Instead, Democrats plan to continue to focus on troop readiness and benchmarks for political reconciliation among Iraqi leaders, and to push Bush to accelerate any withdrawals called for by Petraeus and to engage in a broader “diplomatic surge” to accompany the military surge.
The president is traveling to the Middle East in January, and Democrats believe they can refocus attention on areas where he has failed to make headway, such as Israeli-Palestinian relations.
“The most important thing to do is to fix what has not been right with the war — they [the Bush administration] have never had a political or diplomatic strategy,” Emanuel said.
“We will continue to do our job on oversight and push the administration to come up with a political and diplomatic strategy.”
Congressional Democrats also acknowledge that they will have to coordinate the political agenda and message for 2008 with their presidential nominee, further complicating the war debate in Congress.
Still, the shift to a more finessed approach on Iraq will certainly anger a vocal anti-war base, which threatens to be marginalized in 2008 if there is continued military progress in Iraq and some troop withdrawals.
Additionally, Democrats are planning to elevate the economy as the top election-year issue, eager to campaign on what they hope to call a “Bush recession.”
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), one of the leading proponents of a withdrawal strategy, said Democrats “cannot avoid votes on Iraq” as long as American troops are deployed there.
But he noted that “events in Iraq will dictate a lot of what happens” in Congress next year and what proposals the Democratic leadership will push.
Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) agreed that “a lot of it depends on what’s happening on the ground.”
“Iraq fatigue” is a real possibility facing Democrats, however. Recent polls indicate public concern over the war has waned, as the economy, health care and other domestic issues grow in importance. Even many Democrats have tired of the constant focus on the war, noting that party leaders will have even less leverage to force Bush to change direction in his final months in office.
“The reality is that, as the weeks slip by for this president, we all know that Iraq policy is going to change in ’09 anyway,” said Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), arguing that 2007, not 2008, was the year for the Iraq policy struggle and that Congress should move onto other “kitchen table issues.”
“Trying to do it [change Iraq policy] in ’07 makes more sense then trying to do it in ’08,” he said.
Pryor would like Democratic leaders to push through a new farm bill and cut estate taxes, as well as reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), elected last year in large part on the strength of his opposition to the war in Iraq, said Democratic leaders should just acknowledge that forcing Bush to accept a short-term funding bill for the war, instead of getting the yearlong, $200 billion package he sought, is in itself a major political victory.
“Democrats have to think more strategically on Iraq,” Webb said. “It’s very difficult to shut off Iraq funding and Afghanistan funding. ... Democrats keep getting into a one-dimensional argument on the military and funding [the war].”
Pelosi and Reid, though, must be mindful of the Out of Iraq Caucus in the House and the Democratic presidential candidates in the Senate, who want a quick end to the war.
"It’s time to redouble our efforts and highlight the damage that this occupation is doing to the people and country of Iraq, to our armed forces, to our national debt, to our image abroad and most importantly to the thousands of military families who have lost a loved one or are caring for an injured service member,” said Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), one of the leaders of the Out of Iraq Caucus.
“This issue isn’t going to go away. I won’t let it, and the American public won’t stand for it.”


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The Taste of Giving: New &
Selected Poems, “The Feminine Consciousness
in Poetry: Four Long Poems by Carolyn Zonailo”, essay
by Stephen Morrissey
Nature, or the ocean, are forces
that cannot be controlled by humans. Likewise, when the unconscious
mind intervenes in our daily life, it too seems foreign, a part
of our world not able to be controlled by the rational mind. No
wonder when the irrational appears we are often disturbed and
disequilibriated; our whole education and existence is, for the
most part, a movement towards imposing control, whether in our
own lives or upon the natural world that surrounds us.
Zonailo’s archetypal approach
to poetry may differ from the post-Romantic view of deconstructionist
literary theory. However, most of us still long for something
that gives us meaning and comfort. One has only to remember the
last lines of Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" to recognize
a lack of spirituality that is more prevalent today than it was
even in Arnold's own time. Zonailo's importance as a poet partly
lies in her assertion of the urgency of the numinous in everyday
As in "Journey to the Sibyl"
there is the image of a trapped bird in "Blue and Green":
a seagull swoops and gathers in its
the unsinkable lure.
Caught now, on the line, the bird is a body
pulled from the sky
and flight becomes a matter of diving,
diving into the alien water.
The next section of the poem continues this image:
The hooked bird disappears underwater;
feels its feather become fins.
The beaked mouth, sharp with barbed pain,
takes on the human features
of a seal's whiskered face.
The bird, entering by accident
the world of man, is dragged into the sea. However, a transition
occurs in the image: the bird becomes human-like and now represents
those who enter the unconscious mind by chance. Indeed, perhaps
the unfortunate ones who enter unwillingly, through emotional
breakdown, or through the demands of nightmarish dreams or some
other psychic disturbance are most common. Some may enter the
depths of the unconscious willingly: "two men/ prepare to
dive./ They wear wet suits, helmets, masks..." How is one
to enter the sea? Zonailo writes:
If you swim the sea will float you,
but swallow you
if you dive deeply.
This is how to dive—take artificial lungs,
wear an extra layer of skin...
in the destructive element
by the exertion of your hands and feet
the deep, deep sea bear you up
Zonailo's approach here is Taoist,
the approach of least resistance. If you struggle against the
sea you will be drowned, yet if you can relax then there is the
possibility of at least treading water. But most of us are psychically
thin-skinned. We don’t have "an extra layer of skin".
Subsequently, we are more liable to drowning than the individual
who does not fight "the destructive element". Our rational
minds resist hearing messages from the unconscious; thereby, we
resist change or transformation.
What does one observe beneath the
sea's surface? First, "the surface is a memory", a foreign
place, just as the unconscious mind is foreign when we are not
in direct contact with it. Second, "there's no light...only
a midnight blue like a starless/ night." But it needn't be
a place of darkness and terror:
In the flashlight's beam the sea-floor
is a garden of orange-coloured blossoms
bending in the current...
The sea is never still, the silent depth
alive with strange shapes.
There are many things to observe
in the under-depths of the ocean or the unconscious: "time
takes on/ another dimension...” This is psychic time, the
non-linear time of the emotions; indeed, there is also a suggestion
of the mystic's transcendence of time. The rational world of differentiating
reality into species, levels of order and organization, has no
value here. This type of perception offers what philosopher W.T.
Stace, author of The Teachings of the Mystics, has referred
to as an "undifferentiated perception of reality". In
the poem, “Blue and Green”, Zonailo as poet and mystic
identifies an awareness of reality that is holistic, non-temporal,
and not bound by concepts that prevent understanding of more visionary
ways of apprehending the world. For Zonailo, "Language becomes
a gesture, a signal/ made by a gloved hand."
The world of the unconscious can
also be a place of terror. There is a gruesome discovery, a "naked
body, bloated by sea-swell,/ sinks and is lodged between rocks/
in the steep shelf." Death is a part of the psyche; we are
able to perceive the new only when the old is allowed to die.
Only with a psychic rebirth can fresh concepts supercede outworn
ones. There is death in the psyche, but there is also recognition
that loss is inevitable. Fear of the unknown prevents some people
from going deeply into the unconscious mind. But if we continue,
if we are courageous, we can then discover something remarkable
unfolding before us: a transformation has taken place. The drowned
body that was discovered is being partially eaten by small fish
and this body, undergoing natural change, rests on a rock. In
the poem the rock ledge the dead body is lodged upon is seen by
the poet as mythologically female. "The rock is a woman":
Starfish cover her nipples, cling
to her crevice.
They are lovers under the water—
the woman whose body is stone,
the man whose body begins to decompose...
under the water they mate and make love,
not drowned but diving,
The dead man is absorbed by nature:
it is almost an act of love. This organic form of transformation,
via nature, is presented as an erotic process. Death—whether
psychic or literal—is no longer something to be feared;
it is now a return to the physical world that represents continual
death and regeneration. In this form of transcendence there is
also love. Here, in "Blue and Green", we enter an expansiveness
of consciousness. Despite the turmoil of the everyday world, Zonailo
takes a contemplative approach to life that should not be confused
with passive resignation: "The drowned bird will be swept
to shore,/ feathers heavy with memory/ of flight".
To enter the depths one must be
prepared to die to the way we live, and be reborn at a different
level of awareness. Before leaving the sea, "With the last
moments of air/... cut a path through kelp/ back to the breathable,
blue surface." We can't live in the unconscious mind, but
we can visit there through myth, dreams, literature, spirituality,
psychotherapy, depth psychology, poetry, art. By doing so, we
can replenish our fundamental existence; and then we return to
live in the mundane world of everyday life. But ordinary life
is now transformed and has been enhanced with the imaginal, the
creative, and the archetypal. As Jungian analyst James Hollis
says in Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path,
the end goal of psychotherapy is not always to make a person happier
or to solve life’s dilemmas. Hollis writes, "Therapy
will not heal you, make your problems go away or make your life
work out. It will, quite simply, make your life more interesting….
Consciousness is the gift and that is the best it gets."
Going into one’s shadow material, or through a shamanic
transformation, or finding the seer’s wisdom, or going into
the depths of the oceanic collective, brings back to the surface
“sea-treasure” in the form of individuation.
The poetry of Carolyn Zonailo is
a journey into the underworld. She is a poet who moves the reader
deeper into an unfolding of the self. This is not only a poetry
of self-discovery, but the poetry of an individual who discovers
the intricate depths of the human psyche as it unfolds. As the
self is revealed, so is the Self, a consciousness that transcends
personal self-discovery. This is a poetry of unity over division,
of love over despair and bitterness, and of life affirmation over
denial. It is a manifestation of the archetypal feminine consciousness.
What, in summation, is the feminine
consciousness? I suggest that it is ultimately a vision of union
and unity that is close to a mystic's perception of the world.
It is a vision that is made more accessible to the reader by the
work of Carl Jung and subsequent writers on Jungian themes, by
Taoism, by mysticism, by archetypal psychology, or by religions
that allow for the existence of apparent contradictions. Whitman
famously writes: "Do I contradict myself?/ Very well then
I contradict myself,/ (I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
The feminine consciousness also contains “multitudes”.
It is predominantly intuitive rather than rational; it emphasizes
the "oneness" in all things, rather than differences
and contradictions; it is a union with nature. The archetypal
feminine consciousness may be like the Tao; Jean Shinoda Bolen,
a contemporary Jungian analyst, writes in The Tao of Psychology:
The eternal Tao or great Tao had many names representing the
idea that there is an eternal law or principle at work, underlying
what appeared as a perpetually changing world in motion. Taoists
referred to it by many names, including the Primal Unity and
Source, the Cosmic Mother, the Infinite and Ineffable Principle
of Life, the One.
Shinoda's commentary on the Tao
is consistent with Zonailo's perception of human nature and the
natural world. Carolyn Zonailo is one of the very few contemporary
Canadian poets who writes from the feminine consciousness. Zonailo’s
poetry is a celebration of life and of the creative ability of
the individual to realize most fully his or her potentialities.
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Patterns in the Novels of Doris Lessing. New York: Peter
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Toronto: Inner City Books, 2001.
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of the Feminine. New York: Princeton University Press, 1956.
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Stace, Walter T. The Teachings of the Mystics. New York:
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Copyright by Stephen Morrissey: www.carolynzonailo.com,


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Supporters are up in arms now that a popular bill to collect and count neglected sexual assault evidence is in danger in the Georgia Senate.
House Bill 827 passed unanimously in the House earlier this session, but State Sen. Rene Unterman declined to give it a required hearing before the Health and Human Services committee, which she chairs. The Buford Republican says that it isn't necessary.
Without the hearing, the proposal may die. And victim advocates, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office and others are baffled over why a bill that seemed a sure thing just weeks ago is now on life support.
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Ashley Tisdale won't be ringing in the new year with Scott Speer.
The couple has ended their relationship of more than two years, a source confirms exclusively to Us Weekly. Tisdale, 26, began dating music video director Speer, 29, in the spring of 2009, one month after she broke up with V Factory band member Jared Murillo.
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Prior to their split, Speer directed five of Tisdale's music videos, including "He Said She Said," "Not Like That," "Suddenly," "It's Alright, It's OK" and "Crank It Up."
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