I just returned from the PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC – which was excellent, among the best I have attended – and I have had Dr. David DeWitt’s talk rolling around in my head since he gave it on Thursday. (Dr. DeWitt starts at 27:00 at that link.) I probably cannot do it justice, but I wanted to recap why Hekaton really is revolutionary, and not just a marketing buzzword.
I am normally skeptical of product announcements, and I find too often that real technical innovation can be overwhelmed by the desire to sell product, and then buried under so many layers of hype that it can be hard to decipher the real value. Ask me about *cough cough* Exadata sometime, or Big Data, if you want proof. In-Memory Databases can also tend this direction.
This is not that. Dr. DeWitt was genuinely excited by the technology itself, and so am I. So what is it, and why is it important? First let me talk about what it isn’t. I have to use the line of Dr. DeWitt’s argument a lot here, so I hope he will forgive me for borrowing it.
Hekaton is not Just Your Tables in RAM
Simply having enough memory to hold the active portions of a database in memory is not enough to make real progress on the performance of database systems in today’s hardware. If you have only worked on systems that are disk-bound, it’s easy to imagine that solving the disk problem would immediately resolve everything. I have worked with a few people who argued along that line: “If only we could fit the database in RAM, queries would be instantaneous.” However, as soon as you work on a system with a larger memory resource and still see how long it still takes to process data, just between the RAM and CPU, you quickly realize that huge RAM is not a silver bullet. Even with all the data in a conventional buffer cache, with little disk IO or very fast disk IO, there’s certainly a ceiling.
What makes Hekaton significant is that the engineers realized that to make orders of magnitude performance increases in in-memory databases, some deep architectural changes would be required. I think, over and above Columnstore, that this is the most significant change in database tech that I have seen. This is a change that keeps the basic principles of the relational model intact, while totally revising the engine inside the server. It’s a bit like making a car, which all of us can still drive, and which feels familiar, with a brand new kind of engine under the hood. Not just a faster engine -- a different kind of engine.
This is still ACID, still driven by transactions and SQL, and we still interact with it using the same principles, but because there’s a new technique for working on rows under the hood, it’s dramatically faster than just tables in memory behind the existing query processer.
It’s not Just Removing “SQL-type” Relational Locks
One of the sound-bite friendly bits of this release is that it’s “lockless” or “latch-less,” and that’s a concept I can imagine being hyped and creating a lot of misconceptions. This is not just SQL Server running without locks. If that were the case, it would not work.
First, some background. There are two kinds of locks: locks down at the programming level of the server software itself that are used for code synchronization and locks that we use at the relational level to enforce transactional consistency. I find it helps to think of it this way: the developers that write SQL Server have to create parallel processing code for the server that works without crashing or memory corruption. It has to be stable, while allowing multiple threads to run at the same time, accessing shared items in memory but not corrupting them. In Comp. Sci. or non-SQL circles this synchronization is an important ingredient that makes parallel processing possible, and it’s conventionally implemented with “locks.” Note this, though: synchronization is mandatory. Locks are just the developer’s traditional method to deliver that synchronization. But this is not related to database transactions. It’s not the locks we talk about in SQL Server. It’s about whether the server code will actually run. I’ll return to this in a moment.
To prevent confusion, when we DBAs have to fiddle with the server at this level to troubleshoot issues, the naming convention in SQL Server land for this code-sync lock is a latch. So, when we mean source-code level parallel thread safety we refer to the thing that implements that as a latch, while developers working on other programs than SQL Server might call it a lock.
Atop this, the database system itself should deliver to its users an extra layer of transactional consistency that makes the data in the database logically correct. This is also mandatory. Database Locks are the conventional method of implementing transactional consistency at the database level for users.
Code-level synchronization is required so the server doesn’t crash or behave erratically.
Transactional consistency is required so that we get the results we expect from the database.
Locks and latches are a conventional and proven way to achieve the dual requirements of synchronization and consistency. You can’t just take them away without providing a substitute that also works. This is where the genius starts to show in Hekaton.
To remove the delays created by database-level transactional locking, they didn’t just rip the locks out. They engineered an optimistic, row-versioning-driven way to process changes that is still transactionally consistent. Without that innovation, not having locks would be a problem, not an optimization. Hekaton is remarkable for providing that alternate means that still provides consistency, without the use of locks as its implementation. At a high level it looks a bit like snapshot isolation does for reads, except that it works for writes, and it’s much more optimal for working with in-memory data structures.
It’s not Just Removing Latches
The new query processing method, using optimistic, row-versioned concurrency even for writes inside the engine, would, on it’s own, be a huge accomplishment. But wait! There’s more. To return to the question of code synchronization, we still need that down at the binary level to make the server run. That requirement doesn’t go away.
So what happened here? Well, as Dr. DeWitt describes, a gentleman called Maurice Herlihy did work in the area of providing code synchronization with a different, far faster, method than latches. This is a similar problem, but not exactly the same, as the locking problem. They share the symptom of blocking threads and creating idle CPU cycles, by keeping a sync lock on a shared resource that multiple threads want to work on. This issue, though, moves beyond user transactions and has to work at the source-code level to guarantee synchronization. Without this, the program itself would tip over, values would be corrupted in memory, bad things would happen.
Dr. Dewitt could not explain the ‘how’ here in depth. I would take him at his word that it’s probably too complex for his talk. The important idea that I took away is that there now exist techniques that still guarantee code synchronization for parallel work but do not use latches as the implementation of that code synchronization. Whatever the alternate implementation is, it’s dramatically more efficient and solves this problem in a new way. I think the proof of this did show in the performance numbers in the presentation. I would love to know more, but I take him at his word that this works.
It’s not Just Faster Machinery
The third thing I really appreciated in the talk is the constant mention of CPU instructions per user transaction, instead of time per user transaction. This orientation to saving instructions per transaction is the key to faster systems in the future, as the number of cores in processors increases but their speed doesn’t. I think the emphasis on making the processing of in-memory data more CPU efficient is fantastic.
Someone finally had the insight to see that where burning CPU cycles on existing machines, when we were typically disk bound, was no big deal, but now, when there are no cycles to spare because we are not waiting for the disk, it’s become strategically important to make fewer cycles process more data. And Hekaton does that. With the combination of the two locking and latching architecture changes above plus native machine-code compilation to eliminate the overhead of interpreted code, the same CPUs can do more work in fewer instructions.
The reason I am excited about this is that it will bring big performance gains to little guys like me running a 2-socket machine. This is not something that just pulls together a lot of fancy, expensive machinery (infiniband, PCI flash, scale-out, offloading, etc.) – this is a new way of implementing the query processor that will give huge performance advantages, perhaps even running on the exact same hardware.


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Another Joanne Weir recipe from "You Say Tomato." A nice play on traditional pesto.
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Very flavorful, bright and fresh! I started this with defrosted basil puree that I had made last fall when my garden was overflowing and the approaching cold weather was threatening. So I added the rest of the ingredients to the food processor with the basil puree (I used about 1 cup of basil puree) and followed the recipe from there. It was gobbled down by my family, with picky son even asking for seconds. Yummy! Thanks, Chef Kate! Made for ZWT 4.
- 1⁄4 cup pine nuts
- 4 cups fresh basil leaves
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄3 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, freshly grated
- 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper flakes, crushed
- 2 large tomatoes, ripe, peeled, seeded, chopped, drained
- coarse salt & freshly ground black pepper
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- Heat a small skillet over medium-high heat and add the pine nuts.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Immediately remove from the pan.
- Place the basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts and olive oil in a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
- Stop and scrape down the sides.
- Add the grated cheese and crushed red-pepper flakes and pulse a few times to make a thick paste.
- Transfer to a bowl and fold in the tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper.

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Batman veteran Michael Caine has joined the cast of a new comic book movie, director Matthew Vaughn's The Secret Service. The 20th Century Fox film is an adaptation of the Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons graphic novel of the same name.
Millar confirmed to /Film at San Diego Comic-Con that the Oscar winner will play "the head of this spy organization."
Meanwhile, Variety reports that a relative unknown with a name worthy of Game of Thrones -- Taron Egerton -- has won the lead role of a young man whose uncle (Colin Firth) teaches him how to be a secret agent. (Millar has described The Secret Service as "My Fair Lady meets James Bond.")
The trade also claims "Vaughn will now look to cast the female co-star. Sources say Vaughn is showing interest in Emma Watson and Dark Shadows actress Bella Heathcote. Vaughn’s also eying a high-profile star to play the villain. Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio are among that have been approached, but both actors have already passed."
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Playing the role of fortune-teller, Syngenta's head of global seeds research might foresee an exciting future for crop varieties and traits thanks to big advances in plant breeding.
"Looking into the future, transgenic technology will be accelerated by the new innovation that is happening in biotech areas, such as genome editing," Gusui Wu says. "We believe gene-editing technology will have a big impact in the years to come."
Advancements in gene editing and biotechnology are being driven by multiple seed companies in their efforts to improve agronomic attributes and yield, to name just a few.
Jonathan Phillips, head of weed and pest-control research in plant biotechnology for Bayer Crop Science, predicts researchers have only scratched the surface of gene editing. He predicts the big change going forward is how new technology and traits are deployed.
Tom Greene agrees. The global leader of trait discovery with Corteva Agriscience says plant transformation and gene editing will continue
"I think we will continue to see an evolution of molecular-based technologies that target genome modification in different ways. Improvements in the efficiency of moving large sequences of DNA to enable the improvement of alleles from one background to another will facilitate trait development," he says.
"Researchers will continue to look at efficiencies of different versions of CRISPR technology [see "Altered Plants," on page 10] and base-editing technology to expand the utility of these technology platforms."
At Syngenta, Wu contends HI-Edit technology, which the company recently patented, is the next big thing in plant transformation and trait development. HI-Edit is short for haploid-induction editing. Wu says it could reduce the time to develop commercial hybrid varieties by 70%.
HI-Edit combines genome-editing technology such as CRISPR-Cas9 with the reproductive process of haploid induction (HI) that occurs naturally in hybrid crops such as wheat, corn and barley. Breeders can modify crops at various stages during the seeds research and development process without the substantial cost and time associated with trait introgression, the traditional method of transferring desirable genes from one crop variety to another. That can take up to seven or more years to fully complete, according to the company.
Using corn as an example, here's how HI-Edit works:
> Haploid induction allows pollen from one genetically modified plant to carry CRISPR-Cas9 components into another plant's reproductive cells.
> Gene editing occurs during the fertilization process.
> The progeny will have the result of the editing but not the editing components. The CRISPR-Cas components will no longer be detectable in the offspring, because they are left behind and destroyed in the haploid formation process.
Wu says HI-Edit technology can be used to bring gene-edited traits, such as disease resistance, drought tolerance and other agronomic traits, to corn or other hybrid crops ultimately improving yield gain. And, it can be done in one generation of breeding, he adds.
"With HI-Edit, I just need to make one cross of my transformed gene-edited line with an elite inbred variety," Wu continues. "It accelerates the time to market for future traits. HI-Edit is a game changer."
In the future, he says HI-Edit will likely help transform nonhybrid crops, as well.
Wu indicates HI-Edit could be used to help mitigate challenges farmers face today in crop production. For example, Syngenta researchers are working on herbicides with new modes of action to help farmers battle herbicide-resistant weeds.
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Just about everyone loves music. From classical to country, jazz to blues and hip hop to rock, there’s a genre out there for all of us. Think about the times when you listen to music. You listen in your car to get you through traffic or to make a long ride more fun. You listen to it at the gym or during a walk/run to pump you up and help you reach your goals. You listen to it as you’re trying to relax after a long day, or you might listen to it to remember those special times with loved ones.
Music can definitely boost our moods and soothe our souls. Music can also affect your brain. For example, in a study from a few years ago, researchers observed patients who were about to undergo surgery. Participants were randomly assigned to either listen to music or take anti-anxiety drugs. Scientists tracked patient’s ratings of their own anxiety, as well as the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. The results were pretty impressive. They showed that patients who listened to music had less anxiety and lower cortisol than people who were given medicine. Now the researchers pointed out that this is only one study, and that more research was necessary to confirm the results. But the study can still serve as a powerful testament to how music can positively affect the brain.
There’s always that song, album or playlist that instantly brightens your day or helps you chillax. Just listening to our favorite musicians can relieve stress and promote overall happiness. It’s no wonder that the music industry seems to flourish, all over the world.
What is Music Therapy?
There seems to be a lot of fuss around music therapy and its gains. Music therapy according to experts is the clinical and evidence-based use of musical interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved musical therapy program.
Benefits of Music Therapy
This field of medical practice that is music therapy, is gaining momentum daily, as we now see that some surgeons are making use of music to make their patients more relaxed in the operating room. Music therapy as a health profession has proved very effective in addressing the physical, emotional, cognitive and special needs of individuals.
A music therapist can have a wide knowledge of songs and genres, so after assessing the needs of a client, a music therapist will provide the appropriate indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Through this process, clients’ abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. The overall effect is a more positive outcome from their health challenges.
Music therapy creates a more personal and individual experience for every client. This approach requires that the therapist understand the specific needs of each client and is able to administer directly to such needs. This approach tends to be more effective than the generalised approach that is evidently in use by other fields of medicine.
Provides Avenue For Communication
Music therapy provides an avenue for the much needed communication that is vital for a patient and doctor relationship. For clients that are unable to communicate through words, the music gives them a voice, and through it they can relate their true feelings and needs.
Improve The Mood of Clients
As a trend, music lovers have tended to rely on music to boost their moods. Music therapy can help children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly with mental health needs, developmental and learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease and other aging related conditions, substance abuse problems, brain injuries, physical disabilities, and acute and chronic pain, including mothers in labor.
While listening to music at home is not on the same level as clinical music therapy, the benefits can be universal. My explanation of music therapy just helps to show how music is a powerful tool when it comes to rehabilitation.
How Music Can Help You
As discussed earlier, music can be a huge mood booster or stress reliever on a more personal level. So if you’re not in need of music therapy, try adding more tunes to your day when you can. Make playlists of your favorite songs of the season or songs that take you back to your high school or college years. If that’s too much work, subscribe to playlists through your favorite music streaming service. CysterWigs even offers playlists from time to time.
If you get a rush from being in a crowd and hearing live music, head to a concert. It can be a local band at a bar, an arena tour or even a symphony. There’s no doubt that hearing music played live will definitely make you smile or make you forget about the day’s events.
And if you prefer a more hands-on approach, create your own music. Write songs and perform them if you’re open to sharing your work with others. If you’re a little shy about being in the spotlight, let someone else sing or play your songs. It can be rewarding to hear a piece that you wrote and to see it being enjoyed by others. Now, that’s a total ego boost!
No matter how hectic or rough things get, always try to carry a happy tune in your heart. After all, it’s the little things that keep us going when we think we don’t have the strength to carry on.
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Twitter has shared some new insights into rising shopping trends for the holiday season, which could help to inform your tweet strategy as you make your end of year push.
In partnership with AdAge Studio 30, Twitter took a deeper look into some key shifts regarding shopping habits, products, brand mentions and more. The research shows that people are planning earlier, while fashion-related categories are high on the agenda for many.
Which makes sense – as cities re-open in the wake of the pandemic, many of us will need to retire our all-day sweat pants and get back to professional attire, while Twitter also notes that specific brand mentions via tweet have been on the rise over the past two years.
There are some good insights here – you can check out Twitter’s full report here, or take a look at the infographic below.


Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen on Tuesday, September 15, revealed a plan to oust his Kakamega counterpart Cleophas Malala from his Deputy Minority leader post in the Senate.
The embattled Senator has endured a rough couple of weeks due to his tough stand on the third-generation county revenue allocation formula.
Former State House digital director Dennis Itumbi claimed that there were plans to oust Malala from his Senate post and replace him with an ODM Senator.Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala wipes off tears in the Senate on September 14, 2020.YouTube
"Sources whispering that an ODM Senator from Coast is being offered the position of Senator Malala so that he can vote against his county," tweeted Itumbi.
In response, Murkomen revealed the ODM Senator rumoured to be waiting to replace Malala, and went on to plead with him not to betray his people.
"Ndugu Johnes Mwaruma (Taita Taveta Senator) do not sell Taita Taveta for 30 pieces of silver," replied Murkomen to Itumbi's tweet.
Narok Senator Ledama Olekina also responded to Itumbi noting that the matter is an issue of personal interests against the country's interests.
The claims from Murkomen come after former Prime Minister Raila Odinga toured Taita Taveta and blasted Malala, Samburu Senator Steve Lelegwe and his Bomet counterpart Christopher Lang'at following their arrests.
Raila claimed that the three Senators planned their own arrest, to the extent of sending location pins to the police to arrest and put them to custody.
Malala broke down into tears on Monday as he narrated to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations Committee what he claimed are assassination plans against him.
The ODM Party Leader during his meeting with leaders from Kakamega on Sunday, September 6, questioned Malala for rejecting the revenue bill.
The two, however, met at the Raila's office at Capitol Hill in Upper Hill, Nairobi and discussed the contentious revenue-sharing bill a day after the spat.Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen during a press briefing at Parliament Buildings in 2017.The Standard
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) update
From the start of the autumn term 2020 pupil attendance will be mandatory and the usual rules on attendance will apply including:
- parents’ duty to ensure that their child of compulsory school age attends regularly at the school where the child is a registered pupil
- schools’ responsibilities to record attendance and follow up absence
- the ability to issue sanctions, including fixed penalty notices, in line with local authorities’ codes of conduct
It is vital that children and young people return to school and college, for their educational progress, for their wellbeing, and for their wider development.
This includes pupils who are clinically extremely vulnerable. Shielding advice for all adults and children paused on 1 August 2020. This means that even the small number of pupils who will remain on the shielded patient list can return to school, as can those who have family members who are shielding.
If in future, rates of the disease rise in local areas, children still on the shielding list (or family members still on the shielding list) from that area may be contacted by the government and advised to stay at home and shield during the period where rates remain high. Families will receive a letter if they are required to shield again that parents will be able to share with the school.
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Rangers have Ryan, but not much else to brag about
Or a League Championship Series.
"The Ryan Express is coming to town," he announced Wednesday at the Diamond Club.
The entire organization welcomed Nolan Ryan home Wednesday. The new team president, who will oversee the baseball side of the operation, in addition to the business side, is being packaged as the key to the organization's efforts to reach that elusive World Series.
It's a shame the franchise is incapable of bringing a Hall of Fame talent to town younger than 61 years old. That's what the Rangers really need, not an appealing figurehead and, yes, very successful businessman.
But Ryan is what they have, and that's certainly not a bad thing. There is an intangible quality to his presence. When he walks into an owners' meeting with Hicks, the Rangers' credibility rises a notch.
For Hicks, Ryan is a reminder of his golden days as a sports owner.
In July of 1999, Ryan was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Hicks remembers the parties, the good times. He was the new owner of a baseball team that had won the West the previous year and was about to win it again.
He was the owner of a hockey team that had just captured the city's hearts with a Stanley Cup victory.
Hicks was riding high.
That was then.
The Rangers are in a different place now. They have nothing but third- and fourth-place finishes in a four-team division for the last eight years.
They have not significantly upgraded the team with offseason moves this winter.
They have significantly upgraded the farm system the last two years, which is a key to any franchise's success. But no team trots out its "fourth place" Baseball America farm-system rating with as much glee as the Rangers.
They just don't have much to brag about. But now they have Ryan.
What should long-suffering Rangers fans get out of this?
"I hope they are almost as excited as the employees here were today," Hicks said. "They gave him a standing ovation. I think they felt like, 'All right, now we have a winner."'
I could be cynical here and mention that most Hall of Fame pitchers had better winning records than Ryan, who didn't get to a World Series the last 24 years of his career, but I will refrain.
The important thing Ryan brings is a presence. The team doesn't really have an established image. General manager Jon Daniels and manager Ron Washington go about their jobs quietly and without a lot of bluster.
Maybe just having Ryan around - and he will be in Arlington a lot but not all of the time - makes all the employees feel like the organization is trying to get it right.
"Our fans have been patient," Hicks said. "They know we're trying to build the old-fashioned way, which is the right way. We're a couple years into it now. And now, we've got a wise steward to get us where we want to go."
How will Ryan, 61, and Daniels, 30, mesh when it comes to making baseball decisions? My guess is that Ryan's ego won't be a problem, that he will offer Daniels input (which Daniels said he would openly seek) but let the decisions be made by the general manager.
"I don't come here with any preconceived ideas of what I want to do," Ryan said. "I have wanted to be involved in the shaping of an organization. I feel like it's a good fit at this time of my life."
If there's an organization around here that could use some reshaping, it's the Texas Rangers.
The scary part for Rangers fans is if bringing home the team's all-time hero, as Hicks called him, doesn't work . ... What then?

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Marion County deputies confiscated 344 cannabis plants and arrested five people in simultaneous raids on three marijuana grow houses Tuesday, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Ocala police officers and sheriff's deputies, armed with three warrants, searched two houses in Summerfield and one in Ocala at 6:15 a.m., Captain James Pogue, a sheriff's spokesman, said in a statement.
They seized 274 cannabis plants from one house, 751 160th St., in Summerfield, Pogue said.
Deputies and police found another 25 plants at 1723 160th St. in Summerfield, as well as 45 cannabis plants, 3 pounds of processed marijuana, and two firearms at 13431 111th St. in Ocala, Pogue said.
Ana Gonzalez, 29, Maria Gonzalez-Diaz, 51, Norma Miranda-Hernandez, 63, Justo Rodriguez, 66, and Orlando Rodriguez, 63, were charged with cultivation of marijuana.
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Salmon prices uncertain for Copper River opening
There is uncertainty and high prices in the wild and farmed salmon market, leading up to the Copper River salmon season opening this Thursday 15 May.
The industry is abuzz with the excitement of the Copper River opening, but they expect tight supply at first and high prices with the limited fishing period. The Copper River District is only open for 12 hours for commercial fishing on opening day.
“Major retailers like Kroger jump in at the beginning. We expect to have fish in
Wholesale prices are expected to be as high as USD 20 per pound for Kings. “Some consumers are willing to pay USD 45 (EUR 32.83) a pound for the first King salmon. There are always people who want to be the first on their block to have it,” Dirk Fucik, owner of seafood market Dirk’s Fish in Chicago, told SeafoodSource.
Meanwhile, farmed Atlantic salmon prices remain strong, due to low production in Chile. Stricter government regulations seeking to stem ISA outbreaks have caused the temporary closure of major farms. Some will not be back online until mid to late summer.
Prices have gone
“Production is down, there is not a lot of wild supply right now, and there was demand for Mother’s Day, so prices are staying firm until next week,”
Buyers are unsure how the lower overall Alaskan salmon supply will impact pricing and availability. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) recent 2014 salmon forecast projects an overall decrease in the commercial salmon harvest of a stunning 47 percent. The projected drop in total commercial salmon is primarily attributed to pink salmon, which is in an off year for the run.
However, King salmon production will be higher this season and the projected Alaska sockeye salmon harvest is 14 percent higher than in 2013, forecast for nearly 34 million. ADF&G also projects higher Coho and chum salmon runs at 4.4 million Coho and 19.9 million chum salmon.
In addition, the British Columbia sockeye salmon season is expected to offset some of the lower Alaska pink salmon
“We are looking for one of the biggest — or the biggest — wild salmon season we have ever had. Everybody is jazzed about wild salmon and is looking for big numbers,”


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Sierra Club Opposes Transco Pipeline in Federal Filing
Date : Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:42:34 -0400
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July 1, 2013
Contact: Jeff Tittel, NJ Sierra Club Director, 609-558-9100
Sierra Club Opposes Transco Pipeline in Federal Filing
Today the Sierra Club and 33 environmental, community, and faith
organizations submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) calling on the federal agency to deny a proposed gas
pipeline expansion.Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company's (Transco)
Leidy Southeast Expansion Project would cut through environmentally
sensitive areas, important streams and forests, and critical habitat to
carry gas produced through the dangerous technique of hydraulic
fracturing, or fracking.There is no need for this pipeline.The purpose
is to promote
"There is no need for this pipeline.The purpose is to promote fracking
and the burning of fossil fuels that impact clean water and promote
climate change. This pipeline is going to go through environmentally
sensitive areas creating an ugly scar, adding to pollution, and putting
people at risk. Just ask the people of Bellingham Washington,
Burlingame, California and Edison, NJ. This line not only threatens the
neighborhoods it passes through but threatens our environment.
Pennsylvania gets the money, New York gets the gas, and we get the
pipe," said Jeff Tittel, Director, NJ Sierra Club.
The comments were submitted as part of the scoping process in the
preparation of an Environmental Assessment for the project under the
National Environmental Policy Act.The groups outlined the numerous
resources that would be negatively affected by the project from the
Princeton Ridge to local air quality to climate change impacts and
requested a more through environmental study, an Environmental Impact
Statement, be prepared.Transco has yet to file all required
environmental reports and groups urged FERC to extend the comment
period, which closes today, until 30 days after all those reports are
submitted for public review and comment.So far Transco has filed 2 of 13
Resource Reports and has stated they plan to submit the rest of the
draft reports in late July.
"Until the public has access to the all the environmental documents,
comments provided will be broad and best estimations.We have comment
period first, access to project information later.We urge FERC to extend
the comment period and hold a second round of scoping hearings after the
environmental resource reports are submitted so that concerned citizens
can submit specific comments that are informed by a better understanding
of the project and its impacts," said Kate Millsaps, Conservation
Program Coordinator, Sierra Club.
The groups also urged FERC to include the environmental impacts
resulting from fracking as a cumulative impact of the project as the
pipeline is being built to serve Marcellus Shale gas fields.The project
will provide expanded capacity, allowing more drilling to move forward
in the region and the consequences of that expansion should be examined
as part of the review.
The scoping process is the first step in the preparation of an
Environmental Assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy
Act.During this time, all parties interested in the project --municipal
bodies, environmental and community groups, land owners, concerned
citizens- must submit their concerns on the public record.FERC will only
look into issues raised during this portion of the review process in the
environmental document.The scoping is especially important because
citizens and groups cannot challenge the project in court after approval
on the grounds of something not raised in the scoping process.This makes
public input and access to the Resource Reports especially important.
Following the scoping hearings FERC will prepare a Draft EA which will
either conclude there is a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or
that more review is needed under an Environmental Impact Statement
"A full Environmental Impact Statement is needed on this project due to
the significant impacts the pipeline expansion will have on potential
threatened and endangered species habitat, loss of forest cover and
wetlands, threats to our public open spaces, intensifying and expanding
the use of fracking in the Marcellus Shale and intensifying climate
change," said Kate Millsaps.
Transco is in the pre-filing process and has not yet filed a formal
application with FERC.The New Jersey Sierra Club is now exploring
options to intervene in the proceedings before FERC.By intervening,
individuals and groups can challenge the FERC approval and are
considering next steps now.Groups, municipalities, and citizens cannot
intervene until a formal application is filed.
The Leidy Southeast Expansion project would install over 12 miles of 42
inch pipeline in New Jersey.The Skillman Loop would run 6.36 miles
through Princeton and Montgomery Townships. The Pleasant Run Loop would
run 6.85 miles in Branchburg, Readington, and Clinton Townships.The
Pennsylvania portions of the project are in Luzerne and Monroe counties.
Princeton Township, Readington Township, and Montgomery Township
Municipal Councils have passed resolutions expressing concerns over the
impacts of the project and requesting more information.
Transco is currently constructing 28 miles of new pipeline in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania as part of the Northeast Supply Link project.That
project also involves expanding the capacity of an existing pipeline in
"How many gas pipeline expansion project do we need across the state as
the gas drillers are announcing they are decreasing production”These
projects are all speculative and driven by the supply-side.They are not
based on actual demand; if they were, they would not be built," said
On 712013, the following Filing was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer pulled himself from a start Wednesday night with discomfort in his left side before the New York Mets finished off an 11-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pete Alonso homered and drove in four runs for the Mets (25-14), who improved to 13-1 following a loss. The only time they dropped consecutive games this season was April 10-11.
Jeff McNeil had an early two-run single and Alonso snapped a 2-all tie with an RBI single off rookie reliever Jake Walsh (0-1) in a four-run fifth inning. Dominic Smith knocked in a run with a single during the outburst, and Luis Guillorme drove in another with a nicely executed safety squeeze.
Mets batters were hit by pitches three times, increasing their major league-leading total to 28. That includes eight by Cardinals pitchers in six games — the teams got into a bench-clearing melee in St. Louis last month.
Both benches were warned Wednesday night after Mark Canha was hit near the ribs by a 98 mph fastball from Cardinals starter Jordan Hicks in the third, but there was no trouble between the teams.
Canha scored three times and followed Brandon Nimmo’s run-scoring triple with an RBI single as the Mets broke open a 6-4 game with a five-run eighth capped by Alonso’s three-run homer off T.J. McFarland.
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals. Albert Pujols got two hits to pass Eddie Collins for 10th place on the career list with 3,314, including an early two-run single off Scherzer (5-1).
The three-time Cy Young Award winner left with two outs in the sixth and a 1-1 count on Pujols. He will have an MRI on Thursday, the Mets said.
With two runners on, Scherzer threw a slider in the dirt and immediately signaled to the New York bench that he was done.
Pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, manager Buck Showalter and a trainer came out of the dugout to visit Scherzer on the mound. After a quick discussion, the 37-year-old right-hander walked off the field.
Scherzer threw 61 of his 87 pitches for strikes and left with a 6-2 lead against his hometown team. Adam Ottavino was given all the time he needed to warm up, and he struck out Pujols to end the inning.
The 42-year-old Pujols, who stole second off Scherzer, also grounded out with the score 6-4 and a runner on against Seth Lugo to end the eighth.
Cardinals: Gold Glove 2B Tommy Edman (left calf tightness) was not in the starting lineup after getting hit by a pitch Tuesday night. But he entered in the fifth when SS Edmundo Sosa hobbled off with a mild ankle strain. Sosa was shaken up sliding into second base as he was caught stealing in the previous inning. He is day-to-day. Brendan Donovan shifted from second base to shortstop.
Mets: Nimmo was back in the lineup. The leadoff man fouled a ball off his right knee in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader and left with a bruised right quadriceps. … RF Starling Marte is expected to rejoin the team Thursday, but it’s unclear if he’ll be activated in time for the afternoon series finale. Marte is on the bereavement list following the death of his grandmother.
Player development instructor José Oquendo coached third base for the Cardinals in place of Ron “Pop” Warner, who is away from the team to attend his son’s high school graduation in the St. Louis area. Oquendo previously spent 18 seasons on the Cardinals’ coaching staff, including 16 as third base coach.
Cardinals RHP Dakota Hudson (3-2, 3.06 ERA) faces RHP Chris Bassitt (4-2, 2.34) in the series finale Thursday afternoon. Bassitt pitched six innings of two-hit ball for a 3-0 win April 26 in St. Louis.


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The use of therapeutic drugs as part of the sanitary protocols of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) makes possible, to a great extent, the high rates of COVID-19 recoveries in Cuba, in spite of the current complex epidemiological situation.
In statements to the Cuban News Agency, Doctor in Biological Sciences Gerardo Guillen Nieto, Director of Biomedical Research at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), explained that since the outbreak of the pandemic last March, the institution provided the health authorities with a group of its drugs, some of which are in the research phase.
He mentioned that the first one was Interferon, produced in Cuba since 1981, considering its antiviral capacities and they had reports of its use in China against the novel coronavirus.
Then, a clinical trial started in the Central Military Hospital Dr. Luis Diaz Soto, in Havana, with the HeberFERON, used in the treatment of cancer and which constitutes a combination of recombinant Interferon-alpha 2b and Interferon-gan, the researcher said.
Guillen Nieto pointed out that with its application more than 60 percent of the patients had a negative PCR test after seven or nine days of stay in the hospitals, instead of the 15 days previously registered.
Many also succeeded in recovering in ICU thanks to Jusvinza (conceived for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis ), but its encouraging results led them to include it in the treatment of severe and critical patients with COVID 19, and Itolizumab, a monoclonal antibody from the Center for Molecular Immunology, te expert added.
The first month Jusvinza was used at the Central Military Hospital, no deaths were reported, as it succeeded in slowing down the processes of lung inflammation that lead to the death of patients in intensive care.
Currently, the researcher indicated, the CIGB 2020 is in Phase II of clinical study, a drug that stimulates the body's immune response to infection by SARS-Cov-2 and other pathogens.
He also referred to the CIGB 325, in the clinical trials phase, which has demonstrated its safety in treating the virus and protecting the organs.
The director of Biomedical Researches of the CIGB also referred to Nasalferon, a product of nasal administration that increases the immunological response, when increasing the innate capacity of the body, for which the Council of Provincial Defense in Havana decided to apply it to travelers and people who live in the capital.
Although the medications of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology have reduced significantly the number of patients in intensive care, health authorities reiterate the need for individual care, since the risks are high and more in those who have other conditions that can aggravate their health.


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No hybrids cracked the top 10 in a new report on the projected resale value of vehicles, the LA Times
reports. The Kelley Blue Book predictions have 3 models from Volkswagen and 2 from Honda, but none of the gas-saving newbies. Brand-new hybrids remain strong sellers, one analyst says, but...


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In the end these two phrases are roped together within the climb to understand what artwork has to supply us. Artisan Colour is probably the most inventive, proficient and friendly place to print and mind meld. When X is a work of art is understood as descriptive, what we give are usually not needed and sufficient situations, however rather bundles of properties most of that are present (though they want not to) when we describe things as works of art.
The definition of art has typically fallen into three categories : representation, expression, and form. By Wittgenstein, Weitz notices how an exhaustive definition will not be doable as a result of it solely closes an idea that ought to stay open.
There are numerous types of artwork in the present day, and each is necessary to the artist concerned. It’s typically seen as beginning with Realism, which rejected the normal subjects of art and centered on widespread individuals. This definition holds true immediately, as artists look to connect with and evoke responses from their viewers.
We will appropriately describe something as artwork by virtue of its similarities, however no exhaustive definition will be given. Then the definition’s declare to be interestingly historic is questionable, because it makes art status a operate of no matter capability it is that allows experts to discern the artwork-making properties.… Read More
Julia Bryan-Wilson is Affiliate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Irvine. He argues towards a definition because he finds it problematic in its practicality, empirical validity and lack of inclusiveness to new art works. In line with an early version, a murals is an artifact upon which some individual(s) performing on behalf of the artworld has conferred the standing of candidate for appreciation.
However the ease of these dismissals serves as a reminder of the truth that traditional definitions of artwork should not self-contained. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a normal audience. As a matter of historic reality, there merely is not any secure definiendum for a definition of art to capture.
Stecker takes this approach: he says that the account of what makes one thing a central artwork type at a given time is, at its core, institutional, and that the central artforms can only be listed (Stecker, 1997, and 2005). This category traditionally denotes functional but ornamental art types, reminiscent of works in glass, clay, wooden, metal, or textile material.
This is what art appreciation is all about: How to assess the meaning of the artworks we see. The less conventionalist type of up to date definition makes use of a broader, more traditional concept of aesthetic properties that features more than artwork-relational ones, and focuses on art’s pan-cultural and trans-historic characteristics.
Indeed, it was Leonardo’s and Michelangelo’s said intention to raise the extent of the artist to that of a career – an ambition which was duly realized in 1561 with the founding of the primary Artwork Academy in Florence, which was set up to practice people within the career of drawing ( disegno ).… Read More

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BURBANK, Calif. – November 5, 2020 – The new Disney and Pixar feature Soul is unlike any animated film to arrive from visionary director Pete Docter, and the winter edition of Disney twenty-three explores this stunning journey from New York City to The Great Before and back again with Docter, co-director Kemp Powers, producer Dana Murray, and stars Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who composed the original score for Soul, and Jon Batiste, who’s behind the jazz compositions and arrangements, talk exclusively with D23 about crafting the intricate score and incredible music for this soulful film, which debuts on Disney+ December 25.
As a special bonus, each issue of the publication, available exclusively to Gold Members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, will include a set of holiday-themed gift tags and a special offer from the Disney Collect! by Topps digital collectibles app.
And as Disney+ celebrates its one-year anniversary, Disney twenty-three talks to the creators and stars behind some of the incredible content coming to the service including The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Black Beauty, Godmothered, and On Pointe. Plus, the team behind TheLEGO Star Wars Holiday Special explains how they pieced together this hilarious and heartwarming story—and how it pays tribute to the 1978 classic Star Wars Holiday Special.
Plus, Disney twenty-three circles the Disney Parks globe, stopping at EPCOT to speak with legendary Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald about the creation of Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, coming soon to the France pavilion. We also head to Hong Kong Disneyland to explore the spectacular new Castle of Magical Dreams—and take a close-up look at some royal finishing touches. The issue also celebrates 20 years of Disney California Adventure and previews the upcoming Avengers Campus.
Also included in the Winter issue of Disney twenty-three:
- Kenneth Branagh and Emma Mackey detail—in an exclusive interview—their lethal journey in Death on the Nile
- A look at Disney’s 40-year partnership with Make-A-Wish, granting tens of thousands of truly magical wishes to deserving children
- A first look at the latest A Twisted Tale: Go the Distance, as well as the “once upon a time” story of this wickedly good series from Disney Publishing
- Stunning concept art from Fantasia in honor of the film’s 80th anniversary
- Regular features including From the Desk of, By the Numbers, Character Analysis, D Society, and Ask the Walt Disney Archives
Additional details will be available at D23.com. Disney twenty-three, which is delivered directly to fans’ doorsteps, is offered exclusively to D23 Gold and Gold Family Members as a benefit of their membership. The latest issue will begin arriving before the end of November.
The name “D23” pays homage to the exciting journey that began in 1923 when Walt Disney opened his first studio in Hollywood. D23 is the first official club for fans in Disney’s 90-plus-year history. It gives its members a greater connection to the entire world of Disney by placing them in the middle of the magic through its quarterly publication, Disney twenty-three; a rich website at D23.com with members-only content; member-exclusive discounts; and special events for D23 Members throughout the year.
Fans can join D23 at Gold Membership ($99.99), Gold Family Membership ($129.99), and General Membership (complimentary) levels at D23.com. To keep up with all the latest D23 news and events, follow DisneyD23 on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Maximizing could be key to minimizing our environmental footprint
Less effort has been devoted to what happens after people make their selection — do they like what they received days, weeks, or months later? How often do they even use it? A new study examines these questions and their implications for addressing the issue of excessive consumerism and all the planet-polluting waste it generates.
Traditionally, consumers have been divided into two groups: "maximizers," who spend more time considering their options in order to make the best decision possible, and "satisficers," who want to make a decision quickly by settling for something "good enough."
Maximizing behavior has a negative connotation because maximizers typically feel less satisfied with their decision. They spend "too much mental time traveling the road not taken," according to Sam Maglio, an associate professor of marketing and psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough who is cross-appointed to the Rotman School of Management.
Professor Maglio and his colleague at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Evan Polman, investigated what was going on with maximizers, including not only how satisfied they were with their choice over time, but also how much use they made of it.
Maximizing could be key to minimizing our environmental footprint.
In the first of two studies, 110 participants were asked to choose between membership plans for online trivia services lasting one month. In addition, participants were evaluated for their maximizer or satisficer tendencies, as well as the time they spent deciding between the two plans. Maximizers spent more time on their decision and utilized their membership more than non-maximizers, according to the findings.
Similar to the first study, the second scenario involved a variety of options for a month-long membership to a daily joke website. This time, however, the participants were presented with six distinct plan options, and the researchers separated those participants who exhibited maximizing preferences based on whether they were aiming for the best possible decision or the best strategy for making it.
The outcomes were more variable. The maximizers who were most concerned with the best possible outcome logged into their daily laugh less frequently than those who were more concerned with their strategy. The strategists spent more time deciding and were less pleased with their decisions.
Participants were evaluated for their maximizer or satisficer tendencies (Illustrative image).
According to Professor Maglio, liking what you choose and using what you choose may not have as much in common as you might think. "Instead, the effort-focused maximizers may realize how much time they invested in making their decision, which motivates them to make the most of it."
According to him, the tendency of maximizers to make greater use of their choice, be it a product or service, may hold promise for reducing environmentally damaging consumption, such as fast fashion.
Prof. Maglio stated, "This gives us insight into how to encourage people to get more use out of their belongings." "The phrase 'buy less, buy luxury' and similar campaigns that encourage people to accumulate fewer goods and use them longer may begin to make sense because they subtly steer you towards being a maximizer."
Journal Reference: Evan Polman, Sam J. Maglio. Effects of maximizing on choosing a product and using it over 1 month. Personality and Individual Differences, 2022; 196: 111702 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111702
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Now that you’ve seen our invitations in all their glory, let’s break them down to their painstaking how tos. Other tutorials exist around the hive if you’re interested in single panel pocketfolds, too. You can check out those from the awesome Mrs Ballet Flat, Mr & Ms Sew, Miss Cola, Mrs Deviled Egg, Miss Snapdragon, and Mrs Daffodil.
I knew I wanted to have invitations with 2 panels: one in English and one in Vietnamese. I couldn’t find pre-made pocketfolds, so I had to make them myself. I began with instructions I found from Project Wedding’s Wedding DIY Challenge.
I modified the instructions to suit my needs. I wanted the panels to be the same size. Here’s what I came up with. This diagram is for 11” x 17” cardstock paper.
The 11×17 aqua cardstock needs to be cut to 8 3/4” x 17”. The gold text paper should be cut to 5” x 8”.
I had the aqua cardstock and gold text paper cut at Kinko’s for $1.49/cut per stack. A stack is about 150 sheets. The cardstock we used was thick, so it was more like 75 sheets. They could cut the 11×17 sheets of cardstock without a problem. All in all they had to make 9 cuts across the aqua and gold paper. That’s 13.41 for all the cutting!!! Heck yeah. It was so much better than going through a bunch of cutting blades and cutting them myself.
PaperandMore.com will also do cuts for you for $5 per cut per stack of paper. They don’t let you have the scrap pieces, though. Kinko’s lets you have all your scrap pieces back if you want them. The right aqua piece (thinner piece) is “scrap”. That’s a LOT of scrap that can be used for all kinds of things. I wasn’t about to give that up. I ended up using almost all the “scraps” for other wedding projects! I highly recommend going to Kinko’s for cutting. When you’re on a budget, scraps = GOLD!
– Measure and mark the aqua cardstock at each fold.
– Use a bone folder or scoring blade to score and crease all 3 folds.
– Create a triangle out of scrap cardboard or cardstock.
– Use an X-Acto blade and ruler to follow your cardboard triangle cutout to create the cutout for the pocket.
– Use double stick tape to secure single sided satin ribbon. I used 11 inches of ribbon per invitation.
– Use tape/glue of choice to secure the actual pocket. I used Xyron tape. It didn’t hold as well as I would have liked. I would not recommend it based on my own experience. Make sure to secure the ribbon after taping the ribbon into place so that the end of the ribbon can hide on the inside of the pocket.
– Tape the gold text paper to the aqua cardstock. I used double stick tape on each corner, and one piece in the middle.
Next, I’ll go through the actual invitation panels and inserts.
Did anyone else make their own pocketfolds? What kind of tape and technique did you use?
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|Zoran Poposki (b.1974)
Zoran Poposki (b.1974) is the May 2006 Digital Color Artist of the Month. Zoran is an accomplished abstract expressionist painter and graphic artist from Macedonia.
His work has been featured in national TV programs, newspapers and magazines.
Zoran takes a passionate approach to painting.
His expressive strokes have been compared to a squid squirting ink all around, defending itself.
His paintings are a form of refined lyricism, more emotional than intellectual.
New Artwork in the Galleries
Bob Melnyk, Kevin Barr, Nicholas Caputi, Adelle Jean, Decio Ferreira and Karyelle Starnes have added new work to their galleries.
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- Mercedes Fariņa. Realistic oils from Argentina.
- David Wood. Nature photography from Canada.
- Bob Melnyk. Sculpture, non-objective geometric shapes.
- Laurent Bruere. Landscape drawings.
- Marius Pierre Cousin. Watercolors from France.
- Finn Stamp. Contemporary Pop Art from the UK.
- Richard Peter David. Cartoon illustration from the Philippines.
- Michelle Agius. Digital art from Australia.
- Zoran Poposki. Digital art from Macedonia.
- Marlies Merk Najaka. Landscape watercolors.
- Carrie Fell. Icons of the Old West with a thoroughly modern twist.
- Danny Munn. Animals performing human activities.
- Koichi Kamidozono. Stylized figures from Japan.
- Andrew Ek. Solitary female figures in a magic realism.
- D. C. Herrera. Abstracts from Spain.
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- Lucjan Kowalewski. Environmental abstracts from Poland.
- Tony Fling. Visionary landscapes.
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- Joanna Jesse. Snapshots of daily life from Germany.
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Lydia & Tom
Wedding at St Bartholomew The Great Church
This beautiful June wedding took place in London with the ceremony at the St Bartholomew The Great church and the reception in East London where the couple - Lydia and Tom - are from. It was important for the couple to get candid and natural photography which would represent a loving atmosphere they have created with their families and friends.
The day started with the Bridal preparations at the h Club in Covent Garden, Lydia chose an elegant slip wedding dress with a trail for herself and orange slip dresses for her bridesmaids. The Bridal bouquet was a colourful symphony of bright yellow, orange and white flowers. After the getting ready photography I made my way to the gorgeous and historical church of St Bartholomew The Great in Barbican to take some photos of the Groom (colour-matching with the Bridesmaids dresses by wearing an orange tie) and the guests.
Photographing the ceremony was an amazing experience - with the stunning 12th century interiors of the church (that was pretty much filled up with the wedding guests) and a very charismatic priest. After the ceremony and some group shots at the Smithfield Market the Newlyweds and I took a cab to East London where the reception was held. Because Lydia and Tom wanted to have more of a natural approach in their wedding photography we spent very little time on the romantic portraits outside the venue and then quickly joined the party inside.
The decorations of the restaurant were quirky and colourful (very much like the couple) - bright ribbons stretched along the ceiling and fresh flowers on the tables. The reception was a lot of fun - filled with laughter, cocktails, teary speeches and a funky disco in the late evening. It is always exciting for a wedding photographer to see a full dance floor!
I felt really lucky to capture Lydia and Tom's spectacular ceremony at one of the London's oldest churches - it was a glorious highlight of the fun, emotional and colourful wedding day.


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Chairman of Warri
South Local Government Area, Dr. Michael Tidi, has felicitated with the people
of Warri South Local Government and other well-meaning Nigerians on the
celebration of Christmas today, Wednesday, December 25, 2019.
He said in his Christmas message that “the birth of Jesus Christ should remind everyone of the need to re-dedicate our lives to God, show love to one another and express goodwill at all times.”
Dr. Tidi noted that “God expects everyone to emulate His teachings of divine love, irrespective of ethno-religious differences.” He added that the practice of God’s love would lead to greater peace, unity of purpose and even development across the country.
The Warri South Local Government Chief Executive pointed out that the journey into the incoming decade would be positively fruitful if Nigerians genuinely practise divine love and embrace ethno-religious tolerance.
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