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By analyzing videos uploaded to social media, scientists have calculated the strength of the blast that devastated the city of Beirut in August, finding it to be among the biggest non-nuclear explosions in human history.
When a warehouse at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon exploded this past summer, it released the equivalent of 500 tons of TNT and possibly as much as 1.12 kilotons of TNT, according to new research published in the scientific journal Shock Waves. That’s somewhere between 3% and 7% of the yield produced by the atomic bomb detonated at Hiroshima, which packed a blast yield equal to 15 kilotons of TNT. Accordingly, the explosion in Beirut now ranks among the 10 biggest accidental non-nuclear explosions of all time.
Around 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut’s port exploded on August 4, 2020, resulting in 200 deaths and over 6,000 injuries. The resulting shockwave damaged buildings and homes across a wide swath, leaving nearly 300,000 people homeless.
To calculate the explosive yield, a team led by Sam Rigby from the Blast and Impact Engineering Research Group at the University of Sheffield tracked the speed of the blast as it tore through the city. They did so by analyzing over a dozen videos uploaded to social media, all of which captured a reasonably clear view of the blast and visible landmarks.
A preliminary study from the same team estimated the blast yield at somewhere between 1.0 and 1.5 kilotons TNT, but that was based on a limited set of videos. The new study is more comprehensive, as it includes 16 high-quality videos that met the team’s criteria, namely a direct line-of-sight view of the explosion, identifiable landmarks (including an identifiable spot from which the video was taken), synchronized audio and video, a view of the warehouse prior to detonation, and footage ending after the arrival of the shockwave.
Rigby and his colleagues estimated the shockwave’s arrival time to 38 different locations in the city. Using Google Earth, the team measured the distance from the warehouse to a given location. The scientists used well-established laws of blast propagation to estimate the approximate yield of the explosion, coming up with the low bound of 500 tons TNT and a reasonable upper limit of 1.12 kilotons TNT. This estimate jibes well with similar research, in which scientists used hydroacoustic and seismic data to measure the explosive yield.
The amount of energy released during the Beirut explosion was around 1 GWh, which is enough to power roughly 100 homes for a year, according to a Sheffield University statement, describing it as “one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded.”
The Beirut explosion ranks as the sixth most powerful accidental non-nuclear explosion in history, according to a Wikipedia page on the subject. Number one on this lamentable list is a blast that happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on December 6, 1917. This horrific wartime explosion occurred when two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, igniting TNT, picric acid, benzol fuel, and other highly flammable cargo. The estimated yield of this blast, which killed around 2,000 people, is 2.9 kilotons TNT, or one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima (until 1945, the Halifax blast remained the largest human-made explosion in recorded history).
The new study can be used for future reference, such as informing first responders of likely injuries and structural damage at various distances from ground zero, according to the researchers.
“After seeing the events unfold, we wanted to use our expertise in blast engineering to help understand what had happened in Beirut and provide data that could be used to help prepare for, and save lives in such events should they ever happen again,” said Rigby in the statement.


CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Nobody contributes to its own downfall quite like France.
Wales can endorse that.
Trying to reignite its Six Nations title defense on Saturday with a fourth straight win against France, Wales can justifiably hope its wish will be fulfilled at Principality Stadium. After all, the three most recent wins were all gifts from Les Tricolors.
Last October in their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Japan, France was in control at 19-10 until lock Sebastien Vahaamahina was sent off in the 48th minute for blatantly elbowing Aaron Wainwright in the face. Wales won 20-19.
A year ago in rainy Paris, France led 16-0 until dopey mistakes by Yoann Huget and Romain Ntamack gave George North two tries. Wales won 24-19.
A year before that in 2018 in Cardiff, French indiscipline had them trailing 14-10 at halftime. Despite having the better second half, Mathieu Bastareaud was held up by Dan Biggar and Francois Trinh-Duc missed a late penalty kick. Wales won 14-13.
But France’s fortunes were bound to turn, and they look like they have, finally.
The French head the table on points difference from Ireland. Both have won their first two matches to be the only unbeaten sides.
France has stunned England 24-17, and seen off Italy 35-22. Both times the French earned huge leads. They had England contained 24-0 and Italy 28-10. Then this young French side became complacent. With victory in hand their intensity dropped. But when their opponents attempted comebacks, the French smothered them by reasserting a defence shaped anew by Shaun Edwards, who branded Wales with his toughness for 12 years.
Spurred on by new coach Fabien Galthie, France has become less susceptible to brain fades. Halves Antoine Dupont and Ntamack have been maestros behind an imposing pack featuring Bernard Le Roux, Gregory Alldritt, and new captain Charles Ollivon.
But Wales loosehead prop Wyn Jones believes they are cheats.
“They’ll be a big pack, but probably ill-disciplined with that, especially at scrum time,” Jones said this week. “We know they will hit and chase and cheat.”
On the other hand, the Wales scrum “want to be positive, a no cheating mentality,” he added.
The comments were criticized not just by France but also by Wales and British Lions great Graham Price, who called them laughable. Price said Wales should stop complaining about other teams’ scrums and stop its own from being submissive on the field.
France regarded the Jones comments as insulting.
“It’s a lack of respect toward our scrum. It’s a lack of respect toward our team, toward French rugby, toward our nation,” Galthie said. “The Six Nations is about having (the right) mentality. This sort of comment does not belong.”
Added manager Raphaël Ibanez, the former hooker: “It’s a rude and puerile attack. Seeing the Welsh making a fuss in this way makes us smile. The word ‘cheating’ is a strong one.”
The last time a Jones riled the French, the comments backfired. England coach Eddie Jones promised to unleash “absolute brutality” against France in their first-round match, only to end up being embarrassed in Paris.
France seems to be nobody’s fool no longer.
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Nick Tompkins, Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams, Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Taulupe Faletau, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty, Alun Wyn Jones (captain), Jake Ball, Dillon Lewis, Ken Owens, Wyn Jones. Reserves: Ryan Elias, Rob Evans, Leon Brown, Will Rowlands, Aaron Wainwright, Tomos Williams, Jarrod Evans, Johnny McNicholl.
France: Anthony Bouthier, Teddy Thomas, Virimi Vakatawa, Arthur Vincent, Gaël Fickou, Romain Ntamack, Antoine Dupont; Grégory Alldritt, Charles Ollivon (captain), François Cros, Paul Willemse, Bernard Le Roux, Mohamed Haouas, Julien Marchand, Cyril Baille. Reserves: Camille Chat, Jean-Baptiste Gros, Demba Bemba, Romain Taofifenua, Dylan Cretin, Baptiste Serin, Matthieu Jalibert, Thomas Ramos.
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The Minnesota Twins snapped their 11-game losing streak, the third-longest streak in team history, on Thursday afternoon at Target Field against the Seattle Mariners, as Rene Tosoni's double in the bottom of the ninth brought home Trevor Plouffe to give Minnesota a 3-2 victory. The win was only the third for Minnesota in the month of September.
Things got off to a rocky start for the Twins, as Justin Smoak blooped to center field between three Twins with two out in the top of the first to score Ichiro Suzuki and give the Mariners an early 1-0 lead. On the play, Plouffe slid in an attempt to catch the ball, and wound up taking an inadvertent knee to the head from teammate Ben Revere. Ichiro added a sacrifice fly for the Mariners in the top of the second to make the score 2-0, and it looked like the Twins were on their way to another loss.
Minnesota got one back in the bottom of the third, when Drew Butera grounded into a double play that allowed Tosoni to score and cut the Seattle lead to 2-1. Butera was also responsible for tying the game, as he laced a single to left field in the bottom of the fifth to again score Tosoni and tie the game at two. That's how things stayed until the bottom of the ninth, when Seattle reliever Steve Delbar came into the game.
It didn't look like the ninth inning would amount to much for Minnesota. Chris Parmelee led it off with a single, and Luke Hughes came in to pinch run. Danny Valencia then grounded into a fielder's choice that forced Hughes at second for the first out, and Valencia was then promptly caught trying to steal second for out number two. However, Plouffe was able to work a walk from Delbar, and Tosoni came to the plate. Tosoni then hit a line drive that made it to the fence in right-center field, allowing Plouffe to score from first and snapping one of the longest droughts in Minnesota Twins' history.
Joe Nathan, who pitched the ninth inning for the Twins and allowed one hit, picked up the victory for Minnesota to move his record on the season to 2-1 on the year. Delbar took the loss, evening his record for the year at 1-1.
The Twins will head to Cleveland for their final road series of 2011, a four-game set against the Indians at Progressive Field, including a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. The first game of the series will get underway at 6:05 PM on Friday night, and the pitching match-up will see right-hander Justin Masterson (12-10, 3.15 ERA) take the mound for Cleveland, while Minnesota will counter with righty Carl Pavano (8-13, 4.40 ERA).


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SAN ANTONIO — Less than a week after Blockbuster closed its remaining stores, businesses hoping to make their debut or expand their footprint in San Antonio have targeted the newly vacant — and apparently prime — commercial real estate space.
Blockbuster officially closed its last 10 locations here Sunday, just two months after the embattled video-rental company announced it would walk away from the few hundred remaining stores it operated across the country.
During the holidays, bargain hunters scoured the bins and shelves at area Blockbusters, hoping to score a cheap movie from the latest victim of online competition.
Already, a First Choice Emergency Care clinic has started moving into one of the now-empty stores, at 13434 Nacogdoches Road.
Other Blockbuster locations across the city have appeared on the radar of fast-growing franchise chains, including Frisco-based Mooyah, a fast-casual burger and shake chain that opened its first restaurant here two years ago.
Similarly, spa company Hand & Stone and 24-hour gym operator Workout Anytime might consider some of Blockbuster's old digs to establish an initial presence in San Antonio.
“It's kind of an irony or, I guess, just an evolution of business that Blockbuster disrupted the video industry by changing the way people watch movies,” said Todd Leff, president of Hand & Stone. “And then business evolved again: Blockbuster's out, and now we're coming to change the way massages and facials are delivered.”
Since 2012, the New Jersey-based franchiser has opened 14 spas in Austin, the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston, with six more locations in the works.
Leff wants to open at least three spas in San Antonio and has paid attention to Blockbuster locations in the city.
“We've done some investigation into the real estate there, and things like Blockbuster are a key component for us to be able to get into big-box anchored shopping centers at a reasonable rate,” he said. “We've identified some key locations, but it's all about finding the right developer at this point.”
Businesses like Leff's have waited months for Blockbuster to vacate its space.
The company operated more than 9,000 retail locations less than a decade ago. But crippling pressure from online streaming services and video rental kiosks pushed Blockbuster's owner, Dish Network Corp., to announce in November that it would close its remaining stores.
The official closure last weekend cleared the way for opportunistic retailers looking to find a home here.
“With the real estate climate being what it's been the last few years, we haven't seen much” new construction, said Alan Hixon, vice president of development for Mooyah. “Availability is what really drives your real estate.
“So without a lot of projects coming out of the ground, you're going to need second-generation space,” he added.
Mooyah franchised its first location here at 22502 U.S. 281 near Stone Oak, but the owners hope to debut as many as 20 more restaurants in the city.
Like Hixon, Randy Trotter, vice president of development for Georgia-based Workout Anytime, described the newly vacant Blockbusters as attractive places to open the company's first San Antonio gyms.
“They are normally in grocery-anchored shopping centers, with great visibility, access and parking,” Trotter said. “A large company like (Blockbuster) did their homework back in the day and really picked quality real estate.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Ask fast - they're finally being replaced with CZ-UB BREN 805s.
So far bad news - a lot of failures to extract experienced in Afghanistan. And the spokeswoman from dept. of defense said "I don't have an information that a malfunction of an assault rifle would endanger a life of an operator, anyway every soldier is issued with a pistol he can use". If this is supposed to be a joke it's indeed a very bad one.
Hope they will fix the issue soon... since the design of the rifle is promising.
In the meantime, what not to like on good old vz. 58.
I just do like the uncut barrel version. Enjoy the show and sorry if it already was here.


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Big bad Wal-Mart
Posted by Mitch Kokai at 1:50 PM
Economist Richard Vedder debunked some myths involving Wal-Mart during his discussion today with the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society.
Among the more interesting complaints about the big box giant is its ability to kill business for "Mom & Pop" stores (video clip):
Wal-Mart hurts competitors and communities. Competitors are devastated when Wal-Mart comes to town -- the small "Mom & Pop" stores that are so important to small communities. The businessmen who run these stores are the rock of the community. They're the center of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, etc., etc. And these stores are being devastated by Wal-Mart.
Well, I've got news for you folks: a lot of those stores were being devastated before Wal-Mart came in -- when the malls came in 20, 30, 40 years ago. Downtowns were dying long before Wal-Mart. And so maybe Wal-Mart has furthered that trend.
Well, this is "creative destruction," as Joseph Schumpeter called it. There are some losers when Wal-Mart comes in. There's no doubt about it. And some of the people who are losers are nice people. But you know it isn't Wal-Mart that's putting those people out of business. It's consumers who are. It's the people (who) are. Maybe we should shoot the population who goes to Wal-Mart.
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If you’ve ever wondered what 6,000 costumes (and 15,000 accessories) look like, tune into Netflix’s Marco Polo—the massive-scale, 10-episode historical drama that was filmed in Kazakhstan, Malaysia, and Venice for a reported $90 million. The sprawling 13th-century-set series relied on two costume designers—Timmy Yip, who won an Oscar for the costumes in 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Jo Korer (a costume supervisor on The Duchess and The Pacific)—to outfit hundreds of actors in historically accurate garb that would appeal to modern viewers 800 years older than the characters being depicted. As if this was not enough of a challenge, Yip and Korer had to be cognizant of different cultures’ styles to cater to the Venetian Marco Polo and the Yuan dynasty’s sprawling empire in Mongolia and China, where Polo was deposited by his father in exchange for gaining access to the Silk Road.
Yip’s research of 13th-century Italy was exhaustive—with the designer pouring over museums, history books, and films; picking the brains of his Italian friends about styles; and even visiting Venice and working closely with local tailors to fine-tune the cuts of his costumes. (Yip was helped by an Italian assistant whose father, ironically, worked on the 1982 Marco Polo miniseries.) Ultimately, Yip decided to dress star Lorenzo Richelmy, who plays the famed merchant traveller, with a youthful edge in hopes of linking him to younger viewers, and stocked Polo’s closet accordingly with pieces that telegraphed his personal evolution.
“The story begins with Marco at the age of 17 living in Venice,” Korer explains, “so his costumes reflect both his age and the country in which he resides. Then as he travels, three years on the boat, then one year crossing the desert and travelling the Silk Road, he matures.” His transformation is influenced by his stay with the Yuan dynasty’s charismatic leader Kublai Khan, his battle experience, his combat training, and his romantic pursuits—and is paralleled with an evolving wardrobe that includes more mature pieces (coats and armor) and textiles (leather). He may not have the flashiest or most exciting wardrobe, or even a distinct color palette (like the rest of the characters in the series), but this was by design. His wardrobe “color changes when meeting different people,” Yip explains. And his character is less of a focal point than a looking-glass that audiences use to see into the Yuan Dynasty and all of its sartorial richness.
The most striking palette and wardrobe pieces belong to the Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong), the leader of the dynasty who happens to be a bit of a clothes horse. His signature color on the series is gold and when viewers first see him on the show he is sitting in a gold throne, wearing gold silk pajamas with intricate gold embroidery, and covered in rich furs. In addition to the metallic shade denoting Khan’s position at the top of his dynasty, his gold clothes ensured that, as the central character of the supporting cast, he is the focal point of every scene in which he appears.


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Renowned architecture theorist and historian, landscape designer and co-founder of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres, Charles Jencks died yesterday, as reported by RIBA Journal on Twitter. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 21, 1939, Jencks was 80 years old at the time he passed away.
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Kevin Roche, the Irish-American architect and Pritzker laureate known whose modernist sensibility transformed America’s post-war cultural and corporate institutions, has died of natural causes in his home in Guilford, Connecticut. News of Roche’s passing was first posted to the website of his office, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates late on 02 March. He was 96 years old.
Gunārs Birkerts, the prolific Latvian-American architect best known for designing the "Castle of Light"—the world's largest library in Riga, Latvia—has died aged 92. The National Library, which was first conceived in 1988 and officially opened in 2014, has become among the most significant, and controversial, contemporary public buildings in Latvia.
American architect and artist Vito Acconci has died at the age of 77 as the result of a stroke. A visionary performance and installation artist in his early career, Acconci turned to architecture and furniture design in the 1980s, subscribing to the belief that to truly make an impact on society, one needed to be designing objects that were “part of the world.”
Claude Parent, a celebrated French architect and Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, died on the evening of the 27th February 2016, the day after his 93rd birthday. Born in 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Parent was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and, throughout his career, developed a limited but extremely influential body of built work ranging from nuclear power stations to shockingly unconventional shopping centers, such as his project in Sens. Described as both a utopian and a 'supermodernist' in his own lifetime, the methodology he shaped has played a significant role for his peers of all generations and for contemporary artists and thinkers including Jean Nouvel, who began his professional life as a collaborator.
According to the Architects' Journal Jonathan Woolf, "the much-respected architect and academic" born and based in London, has died aged 54. His practice, Jonathan Woolf Architects, was established in 1990 and has completed more than thirty-five projects in Europe and Africa. Woolf was also a prolific educator, having taught at the British universities of Bath, Kingston (from which he received an honorary doctorate earlier this year), the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, and the Architectural Association.
Dalibor Vesely, a celebrated architectural historian, philosopher and teacher, died this week in London aged 79. Over the course of his teaching career, which spanned five decades, he tutored a number of the world’s leading architects and thinkers from Daniel Libeskind, Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Robin Evans, to Mohsen Mostafavi and David Leatherbarrow.
Vesely was born in Prague in 1934, five years before the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. Following World War II, he studied engineering, architecture, art history and philosophy in Prague, Munich, Paris and Heidelberg. He was awarded his doctorate from Charles University (Prague) having been taught and supervised by Josef Havlicek, Karel Honzik, and Jaroslav Fragner. Although later he would be tutored by James Stirling, it was the philosopher of phenomenology Jan Patočka who, in his own words, “contributed more than anyone else to [his] overall intellectual orientation and to the articulation of some of the critical topics” explored in his seminal book, Architecture in the Age of Divided Representation, published in 2004.
Michael Graves died Thursday at the age of 80. Famous for his bold, symbolic references to classical architecture and his use of geometry, Graves is also known as one of the New York Five. His work bridged the abstraction of Modernism and the Postmodernism of the current era.
“No one has made a bigger impact on the world of architecture, certainly from Mercer County, than Michael Graves," Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said. "Some people think architects are just people who draw up buildings. They are artists in themselves, and Michael was clearly an artist. He will be greatly missed by the Mercer County community."
A statement from his practice and an interview with Graves, after the break.
Jon Jerde, FAIA, founder of The Jerde Partnership, has died at 75. The California-based American architect has left his mark in more than 100 urban places worldwide, many of which embody Jerde’s signature ideas of the multi-level mall. Placing high priority on outdoor walking and gathering areas, Jerde’s reimagining of the shopping mall experience in the 1970s put him on the map. "He blew open the shopping mall and transformed it into a lively urban environment which attracts people, lots of people," Richard Weinstein, the former dean of UCLA's school architecture and urban planning, once said.
Ricardo Porro, the leading architect behind Cuba’s National Art Schools - one of the largest architectural achievements of the Cuban Revolution - has died of heart failure in Paris at the age of 89. After spending nearly a half a century in exile, Porro lived long enough to see his two arts schools reemerged on the world stage as “crown jewels of modern Cuban architecture.”
Paul Katz, president and managing principal of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), has died at the age of 57. The “mastermind” behind some of the world’s tallest mixed-use buildings, such as the Shanghai World Financial Center and International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, Katz was praised by colleagues for his attention to detail and ability to foresee a building’s impact on the larger urban scale. “For Paul, it was the entire assemblage, not triumphant individual pieces, that gave the project its urban value,” said KPF design director James von Klemperer, who will succeed Katz as president.
Judith Edelman, FAIA, an American architect and feminist who hoped to rid architecture of its “gentleman’s club” status, has passed away at 91. Starting her career in an era when hiring “girls” wasn’t the norm, Edelman’s work to elevate women in architecture has paved the way for many of today’s leading architects; She was the first woman ever elected to the executive committee of the AIA’s New York chapter and she helped co-found the Alliance of Women in Architecture in 1972. Edelman’s built work, also highly admired, ranged from affordable housing to schools and health clinics, mostly in the New York City area. You can read Edelman’s obituary here.
Professor Andy MacMillan, one of Scotland's most important post-war architects, died suddenly this weekend during this year’s Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Andrew Doolan Awards visits. Macmillan was a professor at the Glasgow School of Art from 1973 to 1994, and a partner at Gillespie, Kidd & Coia in 1966. More on MacMillan's legacy after the break.
U.S. architect Robert Hull, FAIA, has passed away at 68 due to a stroke. Always to remembered by his peers as a “beloved colleague,” the Seattle-based practitioner, together with his business partner David Miller, was a national leader of sustainable design and architecture in the Pacific Northwest. You can review some of Hull’s work here and read The Miller Hull Partnership’s official obituary, after the break.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, one of the most important Mexican architects of the 20th century, died yesterday on his 94th birthday in Mexico City. Ramírez headed the construction of many of Mexico's modernist landmarks including several museums, the nation's largest sports stadium and a shrine that attracts the most pilgrimages in the country.
Read more on Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and his architectural legacy after the break.
Today the world has lost one of its great minds. Paolo Soleri, architect, builder, artist, writer, theorist, husband, father, born on Summer Solstice, June 21, 1919, has died at age 93.
Paolo Soleri spent a lifetime investigating how architecture, specifically the architecture of the city, could support the countless possibilities of human aspiration. The urban project he founded, Arcosanti, 65 miles north of Phoenix, was described by NEWSWEEK magazine as “…the most important urban experiment undertaken in our lifetimes.”
His own lifetime of work is represented in models, drawings, books, lectures and museum exhibits throughout the world. Soleri’s exhibition in 1970 at the Corcoran Museum in Washington DC – and the concurrent publication of his landmark book, CITY IN THE IMAGE OF MAN – changed forever the global conversation about urban planning on our living planet. His term, “Arcology” joining the words architecture and ecology to represent one whole system of understanding human life on the earth is meant to serve as the basis for that conversation.
More on the life of Paolo Soleri after the break...
Japanese architectural photographer and editor Yokio Futagawa (1932-2013) lost his battle to cancer on March 5 at the age of 80 in Tokyo, Japan. Futagawa was best known as the founder of the distinguished Global Architecture (GA) Publishing Group, which he established in 1970, and director of Global Architecture (GA) magazine. Throughout his 60-year-long career, Futagawa photographed modernist works from some of the world’s most famous architects and presented them in elegant magazine and book series. Two of his most important works include a ten-volume collection of "Japanese Traditional Houses" in the 1950s and a lavish twelve-volume collection that illustrates the complete works of Frank Lloyd Wright.
On January 15, 2013, illustrious architect and photographer Balthazar Korab (1926-2013) lost his prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease. Although he managed to keep a low profile throughout most of his life, Korab was one of the most prolific and celebrated architectural photographers of midcentury modernism.


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Today, people all over the world recognize the sacrifices and the hard work nurses are doing to care for the sick. But it wasn’t always the respected profession it is today. Up until the early 19th century, nursing was considered a mediocre job. In fact, many nurses didn’t even get paid. Fortunately, Florence Nightingale changed all these negative perceptions and pushed the nursing profession forward … like a call in the night. Here are 5 things you should know about this boss woman.
Florence’s family was against her becoming a nurse
Florence Nightingale came from an extremely wealthy family, and unlike most girls during her time, she was educated and interested in working. At the age of 16, compelled by the belief that God called on her to help those who suffered, Florence made the decision to become a nurse. Nurses of the day often worked in deplorable conditions — part of why Florence’s wealthy parents were against her decision.
Florence went to a nursing school in Germany where she learned important skills in patient-care
In 1851, Florence’s father finally changed his tune and allowed her to study nursing at a Christian school for women in Germany. There, she learned important skills in patient care, particularly the importance of hospital cleanliness. When she returned to London and took a nursing job, her employers were so impressed and she was quickly promoted to superintendent.
Florence led the team of nurses deployed in the Crimean War
When the Crimean War broke out in 1853, thousands of soldiers were admitted into military hospitals and all medical hands were on deck. In 1854, Florence was directed by the Secretary of War, Sidney Herbert, to organize a team of nurses to tend to medical needs of the fallen soldiers in Crimea. When they arrived, Florence found the Army hospital in an unimaginable state – overcrowded, filthy, and infested with rats everywhere. She worked tirelessly to improve the hospital conditions. With the help of her team, she cleaned the wards, set-up a hospital kitchen, and provided wounded soldiers with the best care.
The lady with the lamp
Florence was known for visiting the soldiers at night while they were sleeping to make sure they were comfortable, thus earning her the nickname “the lady with the lamp.”
Florence established the Nightingale Training School for Nurses
In 1860, Florence opened the Nightingale Training School for Nurses which provided excellent nurse training. Shortly after, nursing became a respectable career. The school still churns out classes of nurses every year to this day.

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From elevated riverside apartments, to quirky rainforest retreats, Brisbane certainly has a plethora of Airbnb options. Here is our selection of our favourite local spots to stay in this river-bound city.
With tropical weather conditions all year round, a river running through the heart of the city, and it’s thriving internationally-renowned art and dining scenes, this metropolitan gateway to both the Sunshine and Gold Coasts is a must-see spot on your Queensland adventure. See Brisbane like a local with some of the best Airbnbs in town.
Five Star Feels at Southbank - City Views & Infinity Pool
This modern apartment, decorated with chic earthy-toned furnishings, is situated right on the river in the South Bank area, a stone’s throw from some of the city’s best museums and galleries. Soak up the Brisbane sun and take in the views of the sky-scraper lined river – and the city beyond – from the spectacular rooftop pool.
This amazing one-bedroom spot in the West End feels like staying in the plant-filled house of a very cool friend. The city centre is short trip away on public transport, but the surrounding neighbourhood is worth taking time to explore. It’s filled with vintage boutiques, bars serving craft beer and organic coffee shops.
Shack is the Australian word for a smaller house, and this place truly pushes that term to its limits. This one bedroom, one bathroom unit is located inside a converted shipping container – although you would have no idea once inside the space. Beautifully designed, complete with an airy deck with views of the city and a retro Smeg fridge, this house has all the amenities you could need – all just a short stroll from James Street, one of Brisbane’s most popular boutique shopping and dining precincts.
This two-bedroom apartment is ideal for a family or group of friends thanks to its incredible amenities which include a rooftop pool, gym, free parking and a communal outdoor barbecue space complete with huge seating areas and a pool table. Admire the city from above on your private balcony, and then make the short walk to the abundance of cultural sights in the thriving South Bank area.
Surrounded by greenery, this two-bedroom apartment is located just outside the city centre, close to one of the city’s main parks. A true local area, be sure to stay over the weekend to make the most of the farmers market a short walk from this incredible spot. Featuring some of the city’s most popular food trucks, arts and crafts vendors, and fresh produce, it’s the perfect place to not only eat before a big day of exploring, but also to grab some local treats to bring home with you. Take in the views of the city through the trees from the apartment’s vast terrace.
If it’s the seaside you’re after, then Raby Bay, a residential area defined by a series of canals, is the way to go. This apartment is situated right on the coastline with waterfront views. It has two bedrooms – both with queen size beds – and a shady terrace for DIY sundowners. A short distance from the beachside location of Raby Bay Foreshore Park and a 40-minute drive from the city centre, this is an ideal location for anyone looking to combine the best of the beach and the city.
Make the most of your time in Brisbane with a stay in a Queenslander cottage, an architectural icon in history-rich Paddington. Distinctive in style, these houses were built specifically to manage the city’s subtropical climate, with an emphasis on keeping the houses cool in the city heat. Sleeping four people, this bright and airy house feels like an oasis. It’s just minutes from amazing cafés and restaurants housed in re-purposed Queenslander Villas, and Brisbane’s first antique store, Empire Revival, where you can step back in time and browse some of Australia’s best vintage items, from furniture to jewellery.
A short walk from the ferry and many green spaces such as Hawthorne Park, this is the perfect base from which to explore the city like a local. With many locally loved eateries and pubs in the surrounding area – such as Il Molo and craft-beer favourite Revel Brewing – as well as cultural and dining hub New Farm just across the river, this space truly offers the best of both worlds; local charm and great proximity to the city. Recently renovated in the downstairs space of a beautiful Queenslander villa, the Airbnb is airy and spacious. A beautiful brightly coloured clapboard exterior makes way for a recently renovated interior, with all the modern comforts you could need.
You would be hard done by to find another apartment in the Southbank area with better views of South Brisbane. The apartment itself is beautifully furnished, and the rooftop infinity pool has some of the best views over the river and the city centre. The complex features a Sauna, fitness centre and communal BBQ area, and the apartment has everything you need for a comfortable stay – including tea, coffee, bathroom amenities and fresh hotel-grade linen.
Located about as central as you can get, this three-bedroom apartment is perfect for those wanting to stay in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city. Within walking distance from the city’s main restaurants, shops and bars, and sights such as the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and Museum of Brisbane, this apartment is the perfect base. Dine at CBD restaurants like Otto – river-side contemporary Italian with views of the Story Bridge, and Walter’s Steakhouse – prime Australian beef, a wonderful wine list, and amazing martinis, all housed in a historical building, and make the short stroll home through the city afterward. With a pool and gym in the building, you have everything you need for an incredible adventure in Brisbane.
If you’re after an unusual place to stay, this kooky studio apartment is perfect. It’s only a 20-minute walk from the city centre, but it backs onto what feels like your own private rainforest, and the apartment itself is truly an oasis within the city. Once inside, it’s easy to feel a million miles from anywhere, with sumptuous red furnishings and carpets, a beautiful chandelier and a leopard-shaped coffee table. With incredible transport links, you can be back in the bustle of the city in no time, but retreat back to the quiet when you need to.
With the Brisbane River flowing directly in front of the property – overlooked by a palm-fringed balcony – New Farm’s cultural hub Powerhouse, incredible restaurants directly opposite, and the city centre a short ferry ride away, this studio apartment could not be better located. Decor is white and bright, with splashes of colour in velvety soft furnishings, and although the space is compact there’s a well-equipped kitchen. With an unbeatable view, and bordered on every side by some of Brisbane’s best areas, what more could you want?


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Trepanier Manor project in Peachland faces receivership
Some might compare Peachland’s Trepanier Manor project to the story of the Little Engine That Could, but these days one can’t help but wonder if it can at all.
While people behind the project seem to be chugging along, the mountain the project is climbing seems to be growing.
Trepanier Manor has more lawsuits against it than it has homes built.
The latest lawsuit is a big one, as financier Canadian Western Bank attempts to put the whole project into receivership.
Officially announced in February, 2006, Trepanier Manor was described as an ultra luxurious, 38-room hotel with 20 upscale homes on just over 25 acres of property off MacKinnon Road.
The project actually sits on the very top of Tabletop Mountain, overlooking the Peachland Elementary School and Peachland Centre Mall below.
Backers of the project include Richard Dudlezak, a lawyer from Alberta, former NHL goalie Byron Dafoe and the local face behind the project, Scott Wilshaw.
A big leap forward was taken in the winter of 2009-10, when Matcon Construction put in servicing for the property, including water and sewer lines, electrical cables and other underground services.
Prior to servicing, a showhome was constructed on the property.
On Feb. 15, 2010, Trepanier Manor announced via press release that a construction start at the project was “imminent.”
And then everything stopped.
Fast forward to the present day and it seems there has been no action at the site. But the action in the courts is heating up.
Just 15 days after Trepanier Manor announced construction was imminent, Matcon Construction filed a lawsuit against the developer.
The construction company claimed that $510,459 out of a contract worth $1.93 million was left owing to it, according to court documents.
Then in March of 2011, the Royal Bank of Canada went after Dafoe, Wilshaw and several others over an unpaid balance on a Visa business card.
The matter involves Vineyard Catering Ltd., which Wilshaw was involved in. The catering company set up a kitchen and restaurant in the lower level of Hainle Vineyards Estate Winery.
The Royal Bank alleges that $133,133 is left owing on the credit card account.
Also in March of this year, the Business Development Bank of Canada started a suit against Trepanier Manor, DaFoe, Dudlezak, Wilshaw and others, claiming that a $150,000 loan was unpaid.
On July 15, 2011, the Canadian Western Bank began proceedings against Trepanier Manor, claiming that the company defaulted on its mortgage.
The Canadian Western Bank is at the same time going after Wilshaw in the amount of $943,000 and Dafoe and Dudelzak for $1.829 million each, alleging that the three principals of the project signed a limited liability guarantee to secure the mortgage.
Canadian Western also asks the court to appoint a receiver for the project, which would instigate the selling off of Trepanier Manor assets to pay the mortgage.
“The bank just wants their money back,” Scott Wilshaw said Thursday.
Wilshaw admitted Trepanier Manor is “so far behind.” He said it is about 15 months behind schedule and the biggest problem was getting subdivision approval.
The land for the project was, at one time, one lot. It needed to be divided into 21 parcels: one for the hotel and 20 for the single-family homes to be sold off.
Wilshaw said he could not sell the homes to pay back the mortgage until the lots were subdivided and registered.
“We just got subdivision five weeks ago,” said Wilshaw, who claims he has new investors ready to loan money for the project.
“We’ve just got two new sources of funding,” Wilshaw said. “I’ve got one bank that wants out and two banks that want in.”
Wilshaw claims that the new investors want to see “X amount of sales” in order for the new loan to go through.
He didn’t elaborate how many ‘X’ is, but he did say the project has eight pre-sales of single-family homes waiting in the wings.
“We’re going to refinance,” said Wilshaw. “We’re going to build.”
“CWB (Canadian Western Bank) came in to service 21 lots. We did that 21 months ago,” said Wilshaw. “We’ve been screwed around with the subdivision.”
Trepanier Manor is also involved in another lawsuit against it, by Ponderosa Golf Course developer Treegroup. That lawsuit dates back to late 2009.
According to court documents, Treegroup states that Trepanier Manor made public claims that there was some kind of relationship between the two developers.
Treegroup states Trepanier Manor made claims on the web that buyers of homes at the project would get memberships at the golf course. Treegroup said no such relationship existed.
Trepanier Manor and its principals are also involved in several other lawsuits, which they initiated, against several other parties.
Dave Preston is publisher of the website www.peachlandnews.com.


If there's a duo from the film industry that has captivated the audience with the beauty of Ooty, it has to be Priyadarshan
with their movies such as Kilukkam and Chitram. The two recently visited the hill station to shoot for their upcoming film, 'Oppam
'It's been 22 years since we shot a movie together in Ooty ' the previous movie was Minnaram in 1994,' says Priyadarshan. 'We have great memories of Ooty where we shot films such as Kilukkam, Chitram and Mithunam. In fact, all our films shot in the hill station were superhits.'
But this time, Mohanlal wanted them to film a scene reminiscent of the early days, says Priyadarshan. 'Lal took me to School Manth, the location where we shot our first scene in Ooty. It was for the song 'Pon Veene' from Thalavattam, 30 years ago. We recreated the frame in the exact location using the same lens with which we filmed that song. All of us have changed but those trees and slopes remain the same,' he says. 'Lal also told me that this will be our tribute to Ooty.' Oppam, which is a crime thriller, has Mohanlal playing a visually-challenged murder suspect.
While 'Pon Veene's frames featured Lissy with Mohanlal, the new track has Baby Meenalakshmi as part of the sequence. The team has wrapped up filming and is now looking at an Onam release for the movie.


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alone has also recognised that the time of their meetings may not necessarily work very well, particularly for working families and for men and women with young children. They have since changed their starting time from 7.30 to 6.30.
I am not sure from my attendance at those meetings since that change that it has necessarily increased the take-up of people attending the meetings. I think there is more that we can do to encourage women and younger people in particular to engage more broadly in our consultation processes.
I commend very much Minister Mick Gentleman for his recent broad, extensive and personally engaged work on the statement of planning intent released earlier this week. It would also be worth while considering how else we engage, for example, with people with a disability, people from a variety of multicultural backgrounds and our Indigenous community in the broader consultation process. My observation of community council meetings is that these groups in our community are not necessarily well reflected in the attendance at those meetings.
I certainly know the position for me. I have been going regularly to the Gungahlin Community Council for many years now. But certainly leaving home at 7 o’clock, right at the end of dinner, leaving your husband to put the kids to bed is not always the ideal time to go. People have very busy lives and more often than not it is a fact that our community councils quite rightly have a number of very committed people who may be semi-retired or retired who do have the time to contribute.
I am very proud of the work that they do. I pay particular tribute to recent presidents of the Gungahlin Community Council, Alan Kerlin, Ewan Brown and more recently Peter Elford, who has been the vice-president there for many years and who has just stepped up into the president’s role. They certainly do raise a lot of issues and deal with a wide range of input coming to them as well. Without this work we would be denied an important community engagement tool.
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Before I call the Clerk, Mr Doszpot raised a point of order during the MPI debate regarding his assertion that he had risen before Mr Rattenbury. I draw members’ attention to page 161 of the Companion to the Standing Orders, where it is stated:
Members wishing to speak must rise and address the Speaker from the place allocated to them in the Chamber; should two or more Members rise, the Speaker must call upon the Member who, in his or her opinion, rose first. However, the Speaker may have regard to the alternation of the call.
In this case, Mr Rattenbury from the crossbench was the next alternate for the call.
Statute Law Amendment Bill 2015 (No 2)
Debate resumed from 29 October 2015, on motion by Mr Corbell:
That this bill be agreed to in principle.

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Ponant, the French luxury small-ship cruise line, said it
will offer seven- and eight-night sailings in Cuba next year.
The line will use its smallest and oldest vessel, the
64-passenger Le Ponant, for the cruises. Le Ponant, the company’s original ship, is a
sail-assisted vessel. It has several cruises already scheduled in the French West
Indies in late 2016.
Ponant said the cruises would be open to Americans
through a “people to people” travel program onboard.
Navin Sawhney, Ponant's CEO for the Americas,
said, “Ponant has been introducing Europeans to Cuba in the past and we are now
delighted to offer Americans this enriching opportunity from a most comfortable
setting aboard a cruise on Le Ponant.”
No dates or prices were given.


How To Install A Diaper Sprayer
Well, the day I dreaded is finally here. I tried to put it off as long as possible, but you can only hold off solid food for so long. Linc is now on solids once a day and you know what that means... stinky, thick, peanut buttery (but not nearly so yummy), gag me I'm gonna barf poo!!!
Oh yes, the poo from hell is here. I'd say it took me by surprise, but really I think I was just in denial that the day would come. Each day I'd see the diaper sprayer I purchased just sitting there waiting to be installed, but I kept telling myself that I still had time. Even after he started solids and I knew it was only a matter of days, I still put the task on the back burner convinced that his poo would never change. Oh how I was wrong. Well the day came and boy was it a doosie! Freak! Guess what wasn't installed??? Even worse, guess what happened 30 minutes later??? He pooped again! Ok, no more procrastinating. Time to install the diaper sprayer.
Are you ready???
What You Will Need:
Diaper Sprayer (I have the Sigma Diaper Sprayer)
Mounting Bracket (included with diaper sprayer)
Mounting Bracket Hardware (included with diaper sprayer)
1/4" Drill Bit
Step By Step:
#2 - Turn off the water supply by turning the shut-off valve clock-wise.
#3 - Flush your toilet to empty the water from your flexible water supply line.
#6 - Attach the smaller nut on the other end of your diaper sprayer to the water shut-off valve on the wall. You will need your adjustable wrench to tighten it. Mack sure that it is snug, but do not over tighten. You can tighten it more if it leaks.
#7.1 - If using the anchor screws, mark the location where you want the bracket by poking a pen or drill bit through the screw holes on the bracket.
#7.2 - Using a 1/4 drill bit, drill holes in the wall where the screws will go.
#7.3 - Using a hammer, tap the wall anchors into the wall where you drilled the holes.
#7.4 - Using a screwdriver and the provided screws, screw the wall bracket into the wall.
#7.5 - Hang the head of the diaper sprayer on the wall bracket.
#8 - Turn the water supply back on by turning the shut-off valve counter clockwise. See picture #2 (*Note: If you have leaks at this point turn off the water and see the trouble shooting guide below)
How To Use Your Diaper Sprayer:
- When you are done using your sprayer turn the valve clockwise to turn off the water. This will help save your bathroom from water fights between the kids.
- If the tank nut is leaking remove it and make sure there is a rubber washer. If not then you need one. Also make sure that the washer is laying properly and not cracked or damaged. If the washer looks fine screw the nut back on. Make sure you are screwing it on perfectly straight. If it's still leaking try tightening the nut or loosening the nut.
- If the connection to the shut-off valve is leaking try softly tightening it a bit more.
- If the water is not spraying make sure you've turned your water shut-off valve back on and that your adjustable flow valve on the sprayer is turned on as well.
- If your sprayer is leaking when not in use, make sure that you are turning the adjustable flow valve off on the sprayer (see "How To Use Your Diaper Sprayer") and emptying the water from the sprayer before you hang it on the wall bracket. To empty the water from the sprayer simply spray the water out of the hose into the toilet until no more water comes out.
Now that I have my sprayer installed I am so happy. I actually couldn't wait to spray my first diaper and have fun spraying Linc's diapers clean each time. Does that make me strange??? Haha! Probably, but don't judge me yet. Just wait till you get started. You might just love it too. Happy Spraying!!!


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Jerusalem (Oct. 21)
Three members of the Chilean Parliament including the chairman of its foreign affairs committee, will visit Israel as guests of the Knesset beginning next Sunday. It will be the first formal visit by high-ranking Chileans since President Salvador Allende, an avowed Marxist, took office. It was announced yesterday that President Allende accepted an invitation from President Zalman Shazar to visit Israel. He is expected to come here in mid-1972. Sunday’s guests will be Carlos Sivori Douberlilide and Jaque and Umerto Egurce. Political circles here said they would be asked to convey to the Chilean government and parliament Israel’s desire to continue friendly relations between the two countries. It was believed that the Chileans would also be informed of Israel’s anxiety over certain political expressions about the Middle East by Chilean leaders since Allende took office. The visitors will be in Israel for a week.
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In the realm of agriculture, efficiency is paramount. Every drop of water counts, making the optimization of industrial water filtration systems crucial for maximizing crop yield while conserving resources. In this pursuit, irrigation sand filters have emerged as invaluable tools, offering a range of benefits that enhance agricultural efficiency. In this article, we delve into the potential of irrigation sand filters, exploring their capabilities and contributions to sustainable agricultural practices.
Irrigation sand filters serve as a critical component of modern irrigation systems, helping to ensure the delivery of clean and filtered water to crops. These filters utilize layers of specially graded sand to remove sediment, debris, and organic matter from irrigation water before it reaches the fields. By capturing particles and impurities, sand filters prevent clogging of irrigation equipment, ensuring uniform water distribution and optimal moisture levels in the soil.
One of the primary advantages of irrigation sand filters is their ability to improve water quality, thereby enhancing crop health and productivity. By removing sediment and organic matter from irrigation water, sand filters prevent the accumulation of harmful substances in the soil, such as silt, clay, and algae. This promotes better soil structure, nutrient uptake, and root development, leading to healthier and more resilient crops with higher yields.
Moreover, irrigation sand filters play a crucial role in protecting irrigation equipment from damage and wear caused by abrasive particles and debris. By removing sediment and impurities from the water, sand filters prevent clogging of emitters, nozzles, and drip lines, reducing maintenance requirements and prolonging the lifespan of irrigation systems. This not only saves time and money but also ensures consistent and reliable water delivery to crops throughout the growing season.
In addition to their filtration capabilities, irrigation sand filters offer versatility and adaptability to a wide range of agricultural applications. They can be easily integrated into new or existing irrigation systems, regardless of size or scale, providing growers with a flexible solution to their water filtration needs. Whether used in drip irrigation, sprinkler systems, or surface irrigation, sand filters can effectively remove sediment and impurities, improving water quality and enhancing agricultural productivity.
Furthermore, irrigation sand filters contribute to water conservation efforts by reducing the need for water treatment chemicals and minimizing water wastage due to clogged irrigation equipment. By ensuring the efficient use of water resources, sand filters help growers minimize their environmental footprint and comply with water regulations and sustainability standards. This promotes responsible water stewardship and supports the long-term viability of agricultural operations.
In conclusion, irrigation sand filters play a vital role in enhancing agricultural efficiency and sustainability. By improving water quality, protecting irrigation equipment, and conserving water resources, these filters enable growers to maximize crop yields while minimizing environmental impact. As agriculture continues to evolve towards more sustainable practices, irrigation sand filters will remain indispensable tools for optimizing water management and ensuring the future success of farming operations.


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Born in Indonesia of French parents, and brought up in France and Australia, Sophie Masson AM is the award-winning and internationally-published author of over 60 books for children, young adults and adults. A former Chair of the Australian Society of Authors and current Chair of the New England Writers’ Centre, Sophie is a recent (2019) PhD graduate from the University of New England, and a founding partner and publishing director of acclaimed children’s book publisher, Christmas Press.
Sophie has received several awards for her creative work, including winning the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the Young Adult category in the Aurealis Awards, and numerous Notable Books citations in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Her books have also been shortlisted for several other awards. She has been the recipient of a Keesing Studio Fellowship and an Asia-Pacific Fellowship (both Australia Council awards) and in 2017 was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Research into Children’s Literature at the University of Cambridge (UK).
In 2019, Sophie Masson received an AM (Member, General Division) award in the Order of Australia, with her citation reading ‘For significant service to literature as an author, publisher, and through service to literary organisations’.


The Relative Exergy Destroyed: A New Tool for Process Design and Control
Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, Volume # 8 | Part# 1
Munir, Muhammad Tajammal; Yu, Wei; Young, Brent
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Process and Control Monitoring; Process Applications
Since the eco-efficiency of all industrial processes/plants has become more and more important, engineers need to find a way to integrate control loop configuration and measurements of eco-efficiency. In this paper, we present the relative exergy destroyed array (REDA), a new tool to measure the relative eco-efficiency of a process. The REDA is a means to compare eco-efficiency of multi input-multi output processes for different combinations of control structures. Although based on steady state information, it is a simple tool for comparing eco-efficiency of a process with several process control structures. The results obtained from the REDA are interpreted and explained with the help of a simple case study. REDA will help guide the process designer to find a quick optimal control design with low operating cost/eco-efficiency.
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This is normally the part where I give an overcooked explanation of the artist in question. This is where I wreck my brain to detail the sheer magnitude of the music, in hopes of getting you to see things my way.
So I’ll try another approach: If you like Rhye or Quadron, you’ll love The Foreign Exchange. For almost 10 years, the Grammy-nominated duo has created the same electro-soul as the aforementioned acts, but with a deeper soul slant.
Beginning with 2004’s ‘Connected’ album, Netherlands native Nicolay (the producer) and North Carolina MC/singer Phonte Coleman have captured stellar results. They show no signs of slowing down.
“I mean honestly, what the f*ck else I’mma do?” Phonte says with a laugh. “This is pretty much who I am. Music’s always gonna be in my head, even if I worked at a grocery store or wherever. I figure, hell, as long as it’s in my head, I might as well figure out a way to get paid for this shit.”
The Foreign Exchange is never the same band twice. The pair’s new album, ‘Love In Flying Colors’, is far brighter than 2010’s ‘Authenticity’, which detailed the struggles of breaking up.
Clash catches up with Phonte and Nicolay, to get a detailed account of the new album.
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‘Call It Home’, from ‘Love In Flying Colors’
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What sound were you going for on ‘Love In Flying Colors’?
Phonte: For this record, we definitely wanted to do a 180 from ‘Authenticity’ and make a brighter-sounding record. ‘Authenticity’ was really dark and really sparse in a lot of ways. But with this one, we definitely wanted something that definitely was a lot brighter, something that embodied the title, literally “flying colours”. For me, the opening track on the album, ‘If I Knew Then’, I saw that as the full embodiment of what we wanted to do. If I had to describe the album with one song, that would encompass what ‘Love in Flying Colors’ sounds like.
Nicolay: I’d say that a lot of my influences for this record have been a lot of European-based dance music. I think Phonte and I really talked about having a strong dance element to it. Whereas ‘Authenticity’ was more of the sound-based performance record, we wanted this one to have a bit of a dance feel to it. I’ve listened to a lot of 4Hero, Jazzanova and Disclosure. So I think they definitely found a way into the sound. We set out to make a record that’s very bright and optimistic.
In some ways, ‘Love In Flying Colors’ sounds like a continuation of ‘The Reworks’ album you recently released. Was that done on purpose?
Phonte: In a way, yeah. We didn’t want it to sound exactly like that, but we believe in giving our fans a taste of what’s to come. With us putting out ‘The Reworks’, especially the ‘So What If It Is’ record (listen below), that was a hint of what was around the corner. Me and Nic have always wanted to do that house-y kind of record, but at the same time, just keep it us and still keep the shit soulful. To me, that’s the most important thing. With The Foreign Exchange, we like to put our spin on any kind of genre, whether it be rock, jazz or country, but always keep an element of soul in there.
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Earlier this year, Rhye blew up out of nowhere. But you guys have created that same type of music for almost a decade. What is your take on the emergence of electro-soul?
Phonte: It’s something that we’ve seen happen a lot in music. Whenever black folks create some shit, whenever we do something, it always gets reinvented with a new face. In the early 2000s, everyone was talking about “the mash-up”. So I’m like, “What the f*ck is a mash-up?” Then I actually heard a mash-up and I was like, “Oh, this is a f*ckin’ blend!” That’s the same thing Ron G. did on all his mixtapes back in like ’94.
But now when a DJ or producer of the moment does it, now it’s a mash-up. With the re-emergence of our particular sound, that’s really how the game goes. Sometimes, it takes somebody new putting it in people’s faces for them to realise what’s always been there.
What were the personal influences behind the album’s creation?
Phonte: In the time from ‘Authenticity’ to now, a lot of stuff has happened to me. I went through a divorce, it was a painful experience and ‘Authenticity’ covered that. As a writer, that album along with my solo album ‘Charity Starts At Home’, they served as bookends for a certain chapter of my life. Once I finished ‘Charity…’, I felt like I made it out. Coming through all that and re-emerging, I wanted to make a record that represented that new outlook, that new sunshine in my life. That’s what ‘Love In Flying Colors’ was, ya know. It represents that new chapter.
Nicolay: I’m not writing any lyrics, so for me, the subject matter is always something I kinda work with. I’m working with what I’m given. So I think an album really shines when the subject matter meets the music. A track like ‘The Moment’ is a really good example because it captures us in our essence. It’s just Phonte on the vocals, and just me on the music. I feel like once we decided that ‘love in flying colours’ was gonna be the general vibe, I tried to get the music to fit the subject matter. Even though I’m not directly involved with the subject matter, it still ends up being a very personal album for me as well.
What do you want listeners to take away from the album?
Phonte: To enjoy the music, first and foremost. One of the great things about doing what we do is that you have no idea what people are gonna take from your work. You can write a song that’s sad and people can be like, “Damn, that’s my morning song! I listen to that to get me up in the morning!” (Laughs) But it’s all in how it hits them. I hope that people enjoy the record and that it finds a place in their lives, wherever that place may be. I hope it’s music they can live to.
Nicolay: We feel really, really good about it. I think we made the best record we could make. I’m just really looking forward to people checking it out. As Phonte said, you never really know and that’s a good thing, I think. It’ll be really interesting to see what are people’s favourite songs, their favourite moments. I can’t wait, man.
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‘Love In Flying Colors’ is out now on Foreign Exchange Music.
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Conman Mark Lancaster faces jail term over ‘sex for tuition fees’ scam
IT consultant exposed by The Independent admits human trafficking and voyeurism
Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an allotment.
Thursday 20 June 2013
A computer consultant exposed by The Independent for seeking to trick female students into having sex with him by offering scam "scholarships" was today warned he faces jail after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
Mark Lancaster, 39, admitted trafficking and voyeurism in relation to his Sponsorascholar.co.uk website, which claimed to pay the university tuition fees of women who agreed to sleep with one of its clients up to four times a term.
The fictitious scheme, which was used by Lancaster to trick at least one woman into having sex with him, was exposed last year by The Independent after he was recorded telling an undercover reporter that she would have to undergo a "practical" test with him before earning any money.
Scotland Yard said it believed more than 40 women had contacted the site and appealed for any further victims of Lancaster, a freelance IT specialist who has worked on projects for the Ministry of Defence, to come forward.
The father-of-two, from Horndean, Hampshire, was told by a judge at Southwark Crown Court that it was "highly likely" he faces prison when he is sentenced next month.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism after placing hidden video cameras in the bedroom and toilet of a flat he rented in Milton Keynes to conduct "interviews" of applicants. The cameras were used to record him having sex with one victim.
He also admitted a charge of trafficking a person within the United Kingdom, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years' imprisonment.
Detectives underlined the "sophistication" of Lancaster's scheme, which falsely used the name of a prominent academic and used a number of aliases to trick women into believing that the site was genuine. Officers said the elaborate nature of the scam suggested it was a long-term plan to "identify and abuse vulnerable victims".
Anyone contacting the website received an email back from a woman named "Emma Forester", which was in reality another name used by Lancaster to put potential victims at their ease.
An Independent reporter contacted Lancaster via the website posing as a potential client and an interview was arranged at a branch of McDonald's in south east London, during which he asked her to leave with him and carry out a "practical" examination.
When he was later confronted by this newspaper at his detached new-build home in an affluent Hampshire village, he refused to comment. The Independent passed its information on Lancaster to the Metropolitan Police.
Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland, of the Yard's human trafficking unit, said: "Mark Lancaster targeted vulnerable students in an elaborate and sophisticated scam. He covertly filmed sexual acts without the knowledge of the victim and continued to maintain the pretence that his business was legitimate.
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank the victim for her bravery and resilience and appeal for any victims of this or similar crimes to come forward. We hope that the victim takes some comfort from today's guilty plea."
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Scottish independence results live - The reunited kingdom: Scotland gives a clear 'No' in historic referendum
Iranian blogger found guilty of insulting Prophet Mohammad on Facebook sentenced to death
Scottish independence: YouGov final prediction puts No campaign 8 points ahead - but Yes team remains optimistic
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Hitler’s former food taster reveals the horrors of the Wolf’s Lair
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Scottish independence referendum: A nation divided against itself
Scottish independence: David Cameron is becoming the 'George Bush of Britain'
Russia freezes Ukraine into submission: Kiev admits country doesn't have enough fuel for winter
Scottish independence: The Queen breaks silence on referendum debate – as think tank warns of £14bn black hole if Scotland votes Yes
Portuguese academic says British are 'filthy, violent and drunk'
- 1 Scottish independence results live - The reunited kingdom: Scotland gives a clear 'No' in historic referendum
- 2 iOS 8 is full of shiny new features - but it's terrible news for app developers
- 3 Iranian blogger found guilty of insulting Prophet Mohammad on Facebook sentenced to death
- 4 A bottle of wine a day is not bad for you and abstaining is worse than drinking, scientist claims
- 5 Hitler’s former food taster reveals the horrors of the Wolf’s Lair

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