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SM Entertainment’s quirky band makes a comeback with a 7-track mini album and an accompanying music video for the title track, ‘Russian Roulette'.
Suffice to say, after the delay of their March album release, ‘The Velvet’, five-piece girl group Red Velvet had a lot to prove with their new mini album, ‘Russian Roulette’.
I would like to start by saying that I’m a big Red Velvet fan. From their first single release, ‘Happiness’, through their consistently high-quality comebacks, ‘Be Natural’, ‘Ice Cream Cake’ and ‘Dumb Dumb’, I have followed the artistic growth of the women, in spite of the fact that at times I thought they couldn’t develop their sound any further. With ‘Russian Roulette’, however, I am happy to say that they have proven me wrong once again. They have managed to develop their music to create something entirely new, whilst still maintaining the youthful vibe that drew their fans in the first place. It’s actually the first thing that hits you when you listen to the album – their musical style is so distinctive that you can tell the songs are by Red Velvet within the first few opening notes. They have found an excellent balance of upbeat and fun tunes with sophisticated and mature lyrics and beats, which is what keeps them interesting.
The album kicks off with the title track, which is expectedly vibrant and bold. The music video is well worth a watch as it shows adorable styling and pastel colors against a far more sinister plot. Whilst the video manages to avoid straight-up gratuitous violence or anything remotely gruesome, the strong implication created is that the band members are plotting to murder each other, all with their pretty smiles intact. The song itself is a similarly strange juxtaposition of cutesy themes and darker messages, which is obviously the artistic intention. It manages to showcase all of Red Velvet’s talents in three and a half minutes: powerful vocals, harmonization and energy. Accompanied by the arguably mismatched lyrics, “A dazzling secret, you can’t turn away from it anymore,” and, “Until the very last moment, you’ll have to trust me – I’m your sweet Russian roulette”, it is clear that this song and video go deeper than just talking about another schoolgirl crush.
The following song, ‘Lucky Girl,’ however, is a low point in the album for me. It’s not actually bad, but it is far outshone by the title track, making it sound like a filler song for the rest of the album. It does have its merits though, and the Doo-Wop style makes for an interesting listen, but to me it seems lazy and uninteresting. If you listen to thirty seconds of the song, you’ve listened to the whole song, whereas ‘Russian Roulette’ has constant changes and new elements introduced throughout it. Aside from this, ‘Lucky Girl’ has an awkward transition between the verses and choruses, and the ‘wop wop wop’ sound bite, that was probably ripped from a ‘game over’ screen from a video game, at the end of the first chorus is tacky and misplaced. Overall, this song doesn’t add anything to the album, and it wouldn’t feel like something were missing if it wasn’t in there in the first place.
‘Bad Dracula’ and ‘Sunny Afternoon’ are an improvement. They are fun and synth-heavy songs that again boast high energy and happy vocals. This is the side of Red Velvet that I prefer – the one that is more suited to their young age and look. Whilst I can appreciate their more mature side, and understand how this may appeal more to a wider audience, as with the single ‘One of These Nights’ that they released earlier this year, I personally prefer to see and hear the girls having fun and enjoying the process of making and performing music. ‘Bad Dracula’ is another lively tune with a heavy electronic influence, and sounds like it would make an excellent addition to a video game soundtrack. ‘Sunny Afternoon’ is a bit more of a calm and easy listen. The vocals are softer, but the verses still work towards a light and upbeat chorus. I feel as though this is the sort of song that does not immediately hit you as an incredibly audacious song, but one that will get stuck in your head at random times, or one that you’ll put on when you need a little pick-me-up.
I was surprised with the change of pace that the song ‘Fool’ offered. The acoustic background music and more delicate singing style was a welcome change, and the stripped down music left the five voices of the five members, Irene, Joy, Wendy, Seulgi and Yeri, at the forefront. This worked very effectively. Sure, this song is not very deep in nature: it expresses the feelings of being in the early stages of falling in love with someone. As a song, it is pretty cookie-cutter and dispensable, but its placement within the album makes is clever as it makes it sound like it is wildly different from anything else that Red Velvet have ever produced (False – refer to ‘Somethin Kinda Crazy’ or ‘First Time’ for songs which have similar themes and minimalist styles).
I equally enjoyed the following songs, ‘Some Love’ and ‘My Dear,’ which again both offered completely different vibes. The former has a very summery pop/electronic tune, whilst the latter seems to have more of an 80’s vibe with synthesized brass melodies. Both are catchy in their own right. Whilst I wouldn’t describe them as ‘Western style’ pop songs, I could see them being mainstream commercial successes in Europe and North America, were these audiences able to adapt to the language barrier.
Is there anything missing from this album? I don’t think so.
If anything, some elements of the album could be taken out without any damage being done to the listening experience overall. I think that Red Velvet have managed to cover most bases with ‘Russian Roulette’, using a wide range of styles, and at times blending these styles together, in a very calculated and deliberate way. Compared to their previous albums, ‘The Red’ and ‘The Velvet’, ‘Russian Roulette’ is more heavily conceptualized around the music video of the title track, and I can only applaud the production team and Red Velvet themselves for following this concept through the whole album so meticulously. I look forward to seeing how they will continue to surpass my expectations again in the future.

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Mindfulness techniques, especially those that cultivate self-awareness and compassion, may help people lose weight and keep it off. One key example involves noticing mindless eating, which happens when people eat without paying attention to their physical and emotional state. People sometimes eat to soothe anxiety, sadness, or other unpleasant emotions. Mindfulness practices teach people how to identify emotions rather than avoid them and to ride out cravings, which tend to come and go. (Locked) More »
Be choosy about carbs. You can decide which ones you eat, and how much. Look for those that are low on the glycemic index (for instance, asparagus is lower on the glycemic index than a potato) or lower in carbs per serving than others. Whole grains are better choices than processed items, because processing removes key nutrients such as fiber, iron, and B vitamins. They may be added back, such as in “enriched” bread.
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Watching little television. The average American watches 28 hours of television per week, but about two-thirds of NWCR participants reported watching 10 or fewer hours per week, and only 12% watched 21 or more hours per week. Those who watched the most TV were more likely to regain weight than those who watched less, even after researchers controlled for diet and exercise differences.
Thank you for this meal plan. It is exactly what I needed and having the shopping list was great. It made me see that I needed to cut portions, eat better, and skip or significantly moderate sweets and alcohol. I have made some minor substitutions like doubling broccoli because I don’t like Brussels sprouts, but for the most part sticking to the plan. I expected to feel hungry and don’t with the snacks.
Mindful eating is vital for a healthy diet, according to McKenzie Flinchum, RD, LD/N, CPT, Founder of The Flexible Dietitian LLC. “We tend to eat for many other reasons besides hunger, including boredom, celebrations, food cravings, etc.,” Flinchum says. “When a person sits down while eating, he or she is more conscious and is better able to pay attention to the whole process.” That said, eliminating other distractions while eating is beneficial too since a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that distracted eating may add to weight gain.
While there are probably plenty of pre-made bean and veggie soup options that just need a few minutes to heat through on the stovetop, making your own soup is really easy—and a great idea for your health. Homemade soups are much lower in sodium – about 100 milligrams or less per 2-cup serving. By contrast, 2 cups of many canned soups contain a blood-pressure-busting 1,200 milligrams or more, a worrisome amount considering that health experts recommend consuming no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium for the entire day. This is also a great way to use up all those leftover vegetables in your crisper—pretty much anything works in this soup.
Basically, the effect of exercise on our weight is vastly overrated. That’s why it’s only number 15 on this list. There are other things you need to take care of first. It’s not a good idea to eat bad food, drink sugar water (so-called “sports drinks”) or be on medications which force you to exercise for hours daily just to compensate. Metaphorically that’s like digging a hole, into which you put your ladder, on which you stand and paint the basement-level windows of your house.
Directions: Rinse 1 cup of quinoa in cold water. In a medium saucepan, combine quinoa with 1 tablespoon curry powder and 1 teaspoon turmeric. Add 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the water is absorbed—about 15 minutes. Stir in 1 cup shredded carrots and 1 cup cubed firm tofu. Makes about 4 one-cup servings. Refrigerate remaining servings for an easy, healthy snack or meal later in the week.
Andrew James Pierce, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS, inventor of the SugarChecked app suggests prioritizing vegetables and serving them at the beginning of the meal. This ensures that nutrient-dense veggies fill you up first. Eating them could help curb your appetite before moving onto the next portion of the meal. Give these other 11 natural appetite suppressants a try.
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A different way of viewing weight loss identifies the problem as not one of consuming too many calories, but rather the way the body accumulates fat after consuming carbohydrates—in particular the role of the hormone insulin. When you eat a meal, carbohydrates from the food enter your bloodstream as glucose. In order to keep your blood sugar levels in check, your body always burns off this glucose before it burns off fat from a meal.
Your body needs a certain amount of essential vitamins and minerals to function properly. What happens when you don’t get enough of them? What happens when you eat too little food, or when the food you eat isn’t sufficiently nutritious? Perhaps our bodies catch on and reply by increasing hunger levels. After all – if we eat more, we increase the chances of consuming enough of whatever nutrient we are lacking.
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Staying motivated to lose weight can be tough, but it’s key to weight loss. When we skip a workout or overeat and use the dreaded words “I’ll start again on Monday” or “I’ll start again tomorrow” we are missing a great opportunity to learn and move on, to hit our reset buttons. The single most important lesson I can teach you about weight loss is that everyone messes up. It’s the people who mess up and get over it (aka: hit their reset button) that succeed.
Not all fat is bad. Healthy or “good” fats can actually help to control your weight, as well as manage your moods and fight fatigue. Unsaturated fats found in avocados, nuts, seeds, soymilk, tofu, and fatty fish can help fill you up, while adding a little tasty olive oil to a plate of vegetables, for example, can make it easier to eat healthy food and improve the overall quality of your diet.
First things first – planning. Before you start to prep your meals, you need a nice, solid plan. Coming up with a meal plan may sound overwhelming at first, but it’s not as bad as it may seem. Just take it one step at a time and start with one, simple meal you love and that you know is healthy, and then work your way up. Soon, you’ll be prepping all your meals! Watch out – it gets addicting!
In what is perhaps the biggest buzzkill of all time, sex doesn’t quite count as cardio or burn a significant amount of calories: Women burn about 3.6 per minute. "It’s still a good idea," Dr. Seltzer says, citing the activity’s other benefits, like increasing the output of the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, which naturally reduce food cravings.
To prep the kale for the salad, we’re going to add it to a large bowl with a little olive oil and rub all over the kale, massaging it until the kale reduces in volume and becomes less stiff. (This makes a huge difference in the texture of the kale and makes it much easier to eat. I like to buy pre-cut kale when I meal prep because it’s just easier and takes one less step out of the process.)
When you need to lose a lot of weight, you want to lose it fast. Don't fall victim to fad diets that make big promises and don't pay off in the long run. To lose an extreme amount of weight and keep it off, you need a meal plan that supplies the right number of calories and is filled with a healthy balance of nutrient-rich foods. Consult your doctor or dietitian to discuss a weight-loss diet that fits your specific health needs.
Keep in mind that the first time that you sit down and plan meals to lose weight the process will take a little longer. But once you have a system in place, you'll breeze through the ritual—you might even start to enjoy it. Getting organized feels good and reaching your weight loss goals feels even better. So take enough time to follow through with the prep steps to get used to your diet plan and stay on track.
Natural herbs and also spices are the very best way to add taste and also taste to your dishes without accumulating on calories. Health and wellness Weight reduction: natural herbs and spices that help you shed fat quicker Herbs and flavors are the very best means to include flavor and preference, Slimming down is not a simple job. It requires a proper workout routine and also a healthy diet.
Prep foods in advance. To make sure you stick to your diet plan, organize your meals in advance. You can do this after dinner in the evening. Lay out the foods you'll eat for breakfast so they are ready to go when you wake up. Then pack your lunch and snacks for the next day. Finally, do any meal prep for the next night's healthy dinner so that it's easy to throw together when you come home from work.
This meal replacement plan has mixed scientific evidence to support it. SlimFast promises a reasonable one- to two-pound loss per week, but you’ll need to buy its shakes, bars, and other products. The 1,200-calorie plan allows for one 500 calorie meal of regular food daily, with the rest of the calories made up of SlimFast products, fruits, and vegetables. The hard part will be sticking with the program; also, the SlimFast foods contain a lot of processed ingredients and artificial sweeteners. This isn’t for people younger than 18, or pregnant or breastfeeding women without medical supervision. Make the most of your one meal with 11 simple swaps that lead to dramatic weight loss.
This vegan side dish is traditionally served at room temperature with grilled meat or fish, but feel free to double your portion and eat it as a vegan entree with crusty bread for dipping in that garlicky, flavor-packed olive oil. The name for this combination of roasted vegetables comes from the Catalan escalivar, meaning to cook in ashes, though most folks these days use an oven or grill to put some char on their veggies.

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Large Cell Lymphoma, Pilot Study III
Secondary objectives will include documenting the toxicity associated with the treatment
regimen, and to estimate the response rates and survival of participants with large cell
lymphoma treated on this protocol.
Patients will be treated with induction, consolidation, and maintenance treatment.
MIED chemotherapy - High dose methotrexate, ifosfamide, etoposide, and dexamethasone for 2
High-dose methotrexate 8 gm/m2 on Day 1 with leucovorin rescue Ifosfamide 2 gm/m2/day on
days 2-4 (total of 3 days) Etoposide (VP-16) 200 mg/m2/day on Days 2-4 (total of 3 days)
Dexamethasone 40 mg/m2/day IV on days 1-4 (given IV or PO daily x 4) Intrathecal MHA, age
COPADM chemotherapy for 2 cycles - cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, adriamycin,
COPAM#1 High dose methotrexate (HD MTX) 5 gm/m2 IV over 4 hours on Day 1 with leucovorin
rescue; Doxorubicin 60 mg/m2 IV over 6 hours on Day 2, Vincristine 2.0 mg/m2 (2.0 mg max)
Day 1, Cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2/day (divided every 12 hours) Days 2-4, Prednisone 60 mg/m2
(divided bid) Days 1-5, Intrathecal MHA, age adjusted dosages.
COPADM#2 - like COPADM#1 except: 1. cyclophosphamide dose increased to 1 gm/m2/day divided
every 12 hours on Days 2-4, and 2. second dose of vincristine given on Day 6.
DAC chemotherapy x 1 cycle - Dexamethasone, cytarabine, and carboplatin
Carboplatin (AUC of 8) Day 1; Ara-C 2 gm/m2/dose q12 x 2 Day 2 Dexamethasone 40 mg/m2/day
Days 1-4; ITMHA dose age adjusted.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - high-dose cyclophosphamide and etoposide
Involved field radiation to the primary tumor will be given over 3-4 weeks. Participants
with CNS disease at diagnosis will also receive cranial irradiation.
Vinblastine 6 mg/m2 IV weekly for one year
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
To demonstrate the feasibility of delivery of a multiagent chemotherapy regimen which features a shorter, more direct approach, and includes a phase that incorporates hematopoietic stem cell support for children with large cell lymphoma.
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THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday, May 24, 2019, asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an autopsy on the remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Constancia Lago Dayag to determine the cause of her death.
DOLE made the request a day after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the NBI will undertake an independent autopsy and perform toxicology tests on the remains to determine the cause of death.
The DFA also said it will request the permission of the family to bring Dayag's remains to the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Forensic Morgue for a similar examination.
Dayag was found dead in her room at her employer’s residence in Kuwait last May 14. Her remains were repatriated to Manila Thursday, May 23, 2019.
"At the very least, the second autopsy will help give her family the peace of mind that they deserve," acting DOLE secretary Renato Ebarle said in a statement.
"Equally important, the procedure may provide us a clearer view of the circumstances surrounding her death,” he furthered.
Dayag, 47, had served the same employer for three years and was supposed to fly home on May 16.
She was supposedly brought to the Al Sabah Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. The death certificate released by the hospital indicates that the cause of death is still under investigation.
Her body reportedly bore various contusions and hematoma and a “cucumber” was found inside her sexual organ.
Earlier, the DFA said it has requested for the immediate release of the official forensic report from the Criminal Evidence Department of Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior.
"Once the Kuwaiti report is released, we will double-check it with our own experts," the DFA said in a statement Thursday.
A felony murder case filed by the Kuwaiti General Prosecutor’s Office and supported by the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait remains pending.
"The Department has instructed our lawyer to pursue this case to a satisfactory resolution. Our lawyer has made representations with the Kuwaiti General Prosecutor’s Office to stress that the Philippine Government will intervene and provide evidence as appropriate," the DFA statement added.
Meanwhile, Dayag's family has been handed the financial assistance amounting to P120,000 from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and P200,000 from various recruitment agencies and associations.
OWWA is also set to provide a livelihood package to her family and scholarship assistance to one of her children. (HDT/SunStar Philippines)


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4-(4-Aminophenoxy)benzene-1,3-diamine-based covalent cross-linked sulfonated polyimide as proton exchange membranes in fuel cell
Hydrolytic and oxidative stabilities of sulfonated polyimide membranes are of significant concern when they are used as fuel cell polyelectrolyte membranes. To increase the hydrolytic and oxidative stabilities of sulfonated polyimide membranes, atriamine crosslinker, 4-(4-aminophenoxy)benzene-1,3-diamine, was synthesized, characterized, and successfully used to synthesize covalently cross-linked sulfonated polyimide membranes. 1,4,5,8-Naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, 2,2’-benzidine-disulfonic acid, 4-(4-aminophenoxy)benzene-1,3-diamine and 2-bis(4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl) hexafluoropropane-based cross-linked sulfonated polyimide membranes have been synthesized and compared with linear sulfonated polyimide membrane in terms of various fuel cell application parameters. Covalent cross-linking is a simple and efficient method to increase the lifetime of the polyelectrolyte membranes. The covalently cross-linked sulfonated polyimidemembranes show an ion exchange capacity of 1.426 1.441 meq.g-1, proton conduction of 0.026 – 0.031 S cm-1, and water uptake capacity 10.7 – 17.07%. As the triamine concentration is increases, both hydrolytic and oxidative stabilities of the membranes also increased. The linear sulfonated polyimide showed hydrolytic stability of 43 h, whereas hydrolytic stability of the cross-linked sulfonated polyimide membranes is increased up to 70 h.
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CeCe and The Bandits' EP will be available on ITunes and Amazon! On April 21st, you can download your copy (also now available for pre-order).
"Rag Doll" track number 3 on CeCe and The Bandit's new EP, is now available on ITunes! "Rag Doll" can also be found on Spotify and Amazon. Be sure to download your copy today!

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New tests can detect Alzheimer`s years before symptoms appear
London: A combination of brain scans and memory tests can spot the earliest stages of Alzheimer`s, helping those who are at a risk of developing the condition.
The tests will help treat potential sufferers from few remedies are available to minimise its devastating effects, the Daily Express reported.
Experts believe that the key to tackle Alzheimer`s, which is an incurable condition, lies in early detection, when treatment is more effective.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School led by Dr Dorene Rentz, associate professor of neurology, gave two different types of scan to 129 people over 65 with no cognitive problems and carried out a series of tests of memory and thinking skills.
One of the scans was designed to measure glucose metabolism, a marker of brain activity, while the second scan was used to detect how much amyloid - a highly toxic protein that builds up in the brain during Alzheimer`s - was present.
The researchers found that those with worse memory scores had more amyloid and less brain activity, thus suggesting that these people may be at a higher risk of developing the disease.
The research is due to be presented at a conference in Boston.
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Brussels is investing 62 million euros in Dutch infrastructure projects this year. These are eleven major projects involving Dutch parties. The projects will receive grants from the European ‘CEF Transport’ programme. EGEN was involved in two applications.
What is CEF Transport?
CEF Transport is the short name for a European grant programme (‘Connecting Europe Facility’) for transport. The aim of the programme is to create one cross-border main network for transport by land, water and air within the European Union. This month the results of the first application round were announced. EGEN was involved in the grant application of two of the awarded projects. A result of which we are proud. Both projects make an important contribution to making the European transport system sustainable, efficient and future-oriented, and to a stronger multimodal transport network in Europe.
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The first project concerns railways: rail manager ProRail received a grant of 8 million euros for making the railway bottleneck on the east side of Amersfoort future-proof. The planned modifications will greatly reduce the susceptibility of the rail infrastructure to malfunctions and ensure a more efficient flow of traffic on the track. This will ensure a faster and more reliable service for both freight and (international) passenger transport.
Rhombus plan: freight transport by water
The second major project concerns improving the transport of goods by water in Heijen, Venlo and Lanaken. The project received a grant of 10.4 million euros (intended for the Province of Limburg, the Municipality of Venlo and three Limburg ports). This gives substance to the first step of the ‘Rhombus Plan’. In this plan, a synchro-modal system will be realised between Antwerp, Liège, Venlo, Nijmegen and Rotterdam. The system consists of important inland waterway connections (including the Albert Canal, the Juliana Canal and the Meuse) and results in congestion reduction and a further modal shift towards water.
New subsidy openings CEF Transport
A new application round for the CEF Transport subsidy is currently underway in Brussels. More information is expected in or around September. Grant applications can already be submitted to another CEF section: the CEF Blending Facility. Finally, we are also working hard on a new tender for the DKTI subsidy (another important scheme for innovations in the transport sector).

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We will begin tonight's program with a look at today's steep stock market selloff. CNBC's Bob Pisani will get things rolling with a report from the NYSE.
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David Malpass, former deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury under President Reagan and current chief economist at Bear Stearns will join in the debate.
THE RETURN OF IMUS...Jed Babbin, former deputy undersecretary of defense/editor of Human Events/author of the book "In the Words of Our Enemies" will square off with Air America Radio host Thom Hartman.
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Tandem Group plc is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company is engaged in the designing, developing, distributing and retailing of sports, leisure and mobility products. The Company operates through four segments: Toys, Sports & Leisure, eMobility, Bicycles and Home & Garden. The Toys, Sports & Leisure segment includes character-licensed products which are mainly wheeled toys (excluding character bikes) and own brand sports and leisure products, sold to both independent and national retailers. Its eMobility segment includes sales of electric scooters, bikes, golf trolleys and mobility scooters. Its Bicycle segment includes both child and adult bicycles, along with licensed character bikes. Its Home & Garden segment includes sales of outdoor living products and homeware items. Its brands include Boss, British Eagle, Pot Black, Baby Shark, Kickmaster, Snapframes, Airwave and others. Its subsidiaries include MV Sports & Leisure Limited, Expressco Direct Limited and others.
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Half Year 2022 Tandem Group PLC Earnings Release
As of Today at 22:35 UTC, shares in Tandem are trading at 315.00p. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Tandem last closed at 315.00p and the price had moved by -43.24% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Tandem share price has underperformed the FTSE All Share Index by -43.79% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Tandem is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
The Tandem dividend yield is 3.17% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Tandem paid a total dividend of £0.10, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 3.17%. We do not have any data on when Tandem is to next pay dividends.
We do not have data on when Tandem is to next pay dividends. The historic dividend yield on Tandem shares is currently 3.17%.
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As of the previous close price of 315.00p, shares in Tandem had a market capitalisation of £16.72m.
Here are the trading details for Tandem:
- Country of listing: United Kingdom
- Exchange: LSE
- Ticker Symbol: TND
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Tandem is currently classified as a Contrarian. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Tandem is 868.00p. That is 175.56% above the last closing price of 315.00p.
Analysts covering Tandem currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of £0.22 for the next financial year.
An important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Tandem. Over the past six months, its share price has underperformed the FTSE All Share Index by -44.02%.
As of the last closing price of 315.00p, shares in Tandem were trading -31.48% below their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Tandem PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is null. The shares last closed at 315.00p.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Tandem's management team is headed by:
- Stephen Grant - NEC
- Jim Shears - CEO
- Phil Ratcliffe - EDR
- David Rock - SEC
- Juliet Barratt - NED
- Peter Kimberley - NED
- Mark Taylor - NED


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Nearing the fall season, manufacturers are reporting on third quarter sales and fiscal finals. Toro has reported their sales are up through July thanks to warm weather and precipitation. On the other hand, Briggs & Stratton has shared they have closed their fiscal year with sales down as a result of cautious consumer spending. How has your business performed so far this year? However your year has gone, hopefully you are taking the time now to assess your inventory and develop a plan to finish the year strong.
If you are still working through a large remaining inventory, now is the time to look for ways to push sales and increase revenues. Fall equipment demos are a good way to remind customers of your offering and call attention to special promotions and available financing. Contractors are also coming off their peak season and have a desire to buy prior to year-end for tax purposes.
Now is good time to collect from your late-paying customers to ensure you make it through the slow season. Getting customers to pay you on time only protects your business. This article offers tips for on how to do just that.
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Controversial Danish research links circumcision to autism
Health experts have slammed new research that suggests boys who undergo routine circumcision are more likely to develop autism.
Circumcision may reduce risk of prostate cancer: study
New research suggests circumcision could lower the risk of developing prostate cancer in some men.
Penis cancer rates soar
The rise in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and a decrease in rates of childhood circumcision is believed to be the cause of a rise in rates of cancer of the penis in the past 30 years.


This article describes a feedback control method, called ripple detection control, that is used for a low voltage and high current DC-DC power supply.
In the ripple detection control, a current ripple component is detected and AC-coupled into a feedback voltage. The feedback voltage is directly compared with the reference voltage so that it achieves a fast load-transient response.
This method provides a low converter output impedance over a wide frequency range without the need for bulky electrolytic capacitors. Consequently it saves a lot of mounting space on the printed circuit board assembly.
This control method is immune to input voltage fluctuations, making it ideal for applications utilizing an intermediate bus architecture.
Data communication equipment and intelligent household electric appliances use numerous data processing ICs. These ICs require low operating voltages (ranging from 1.0 to 1.5V) and increased load currents coupled with a reduction in power consumption and an improvement in efficiencies. Depending on processing activity the IC's load current will experience sudden increases and decreases. As a result the output voltage of a DC/DC converter can fluctuate causing system failure. A feeding configuration at the POL (Point of Load) in which a DC/DC converter is placed in very close proximity to the load is used to address such a problem, introducing placement limitations for designers. Moreover, various external capacitors are connected in parallel to achieve the low-impedance voltage source across a broad frequency range. This cost in dollars and board-space of the external capacitance elements can be significant. To cope with such conditions the ripple detection control is offered.
The ripple detection control method
The ripple detection control method improves upon a previously established technique known as a ripple converter. Figure 1 shows the principle drawing of a ripple converter. In the ripple converter, self-oscillation is achieved based on the system's delay time. The original ripple converter had some performance issues to resolve though its response characteristics were excellent.
First, the operating frequency remarkably decreases when a ceramic capacitor is used for the output capacitance. Figure 3(a) shows voltage waveforms in a ripple converter with ceramic output capacitors.
When the feedback voltage decreases below the reference voltage, Vref, the high side FET switch will be turned ON after the delay time of TdON. Because the ESR of the output ceramic capacitor is low enough, the smoothing LC circuit can be regarded as an ideal quadratic LC filter, and the output voltage of the DC-DC converter resembles the continuation of a parabola. As a result, the output voltage decreases for a while even after the FET switch turns ON. A similar delay occurs when the FET switch turns OFF. Therefore, with given system delay times (TdON, TdOFF), the operating frequency becomes comparatively low and the size of the converter becomes larger. And, if additional external capacitors are added, the operating frequency will change significantly.
Second, it is difficult to set the operating frequency to a desirable point because it uses the delay time of its own system.
To solve these performance issues, we propose a new feedback control method named 'ripple detection control' (Figure 2). An AC-ripple generator connected in parallel with the choke inductor, and variable delay circuit are added. The resistor (Rc) and the capacitor (Cc) generate a triangle-wave ripple voltage (Vtr) proportional to the inductor current. This ripple voltage is injected into the feedback voltage through a capacitor. Here the time constant of the AC ripple generator is Tc=Rc*Cc. If the AC-ripple voltage (Vtr) is designed to be larger than the output ripple voltage (Vrpl) as shown in fig3(b), the operating frequency can be adequately higher than that of the conventional ripple converter. Additionally the operating frequency continues to be stable, even when external output capacitors are added, because Vtr remains larger than Vrl.
A delay circuit is adopted to generate a stable variable delay, which is set by an external resistor. By using this delay, the operating frequency can be set to its optimal point.
Figure 1 Conventional Ripple Converter
Figure 2 Ripple Detection Control Method
Figure 3 Waveforms of each control methods


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TEGUCIGALPA — Migrants from Africa and the Caribbean, stranded in Honduras after Central American countries closed their borders to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, on Wednesday kept marching north in an attempt to reach the United States.
Honduras currently allows only cargo trucks in and out of the country, but migrants and a local official said the group is determined to reach first Mexico and then the United States.
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On Tuesday, the group of departed the department of Choluteca, near the border with Nicaragua.
“We’re already on the way, we want to reach the border with Guatemala and then, at least for now, get to Mexico until the situation in the United States improves,” Cuban migrant Armando Hernandez, said in a telephone interview.
“I do not agree to return. I left my country because they were threatening me and my family,” Hernandez said.
The United Nations and a local government organization for children, youths and family welfare provided transportation, the Honduran government said in a statement.

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Ansip Named Vice-President and Digital Single Market Commissioner (7)
Former Estonian PM, who resigned at the beginning of the year, has been named as one of the six European Commission vice-presidents.
EC President Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled his 28-strong team today, with Ansip, 57, set to oversee several fields, the Commission said today.
Latvia's Valdis Dombrovskis, and Finland's Jyrki Katainen were named as vice-presidents, of the Euro and Social Dialogue and Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, respectively.
Ansip and the other 27 commissioners will have to be approved by the European Parliament.


The state Senate returns to Raleigh this morning to calls by North Carolina Democrats to approve a lottery, prayers by Christian groups to block a lottery and a bit of intrigue over three senators who might determine its fate by not showing up.
An effort to bring a lottery to North Carolina has been approved by the state House. But it has been stymied for weeks in the Senate, where it appeared close to dead when the Senate took a six-day recess last week -- with 24 senators in favor of a lottery and 26 opposed. Senate leaders said then that they were finished with any significant work for the year.
But Senate Democratic leader Marc Basnight called the senators back to town today, prompting speculation that he might take another run at the lottery.
That speculation was heightened by talk that three senators who oppose a lottery could be absent when the Senate convenes this morning -- Republican Sens. Harry Brown of Jacksonville and John Garwood of North Wilkesboro and Democrat Dan Clodfelter of Charlotte.
Sen. Phil Berger, the Senate Republican leader and the lottery opposition leader, scurried Monday to find the missing senators and get them to Raleigh. But he said he had been unable to find Brown, 50, a Jacksonville car dealer.
Calls to Brown's home were greeted with this recorded message from his wife, Lisa: "When Harry and I got married in April, I had to share him with the General Assembly. Now he's home from Raleigh, he has taken me on my honeymoon. See you next week."
GOP leaders did track down Garwood, 73, a retired insurance agent and real estate broker.
But Garwood, who was hospitalized while in Raleigh last week with a staph infection in his leg, said he had a doctor's written excuse and instructions to keep his leg elevated. Garwood, who was not too happy to get a call from a reporter, said he would not return to Raleigh.
"This is the 50th call I've had," an exasperated Garwood told a reporter late Monday afternoon. "I'm about worn out."
Clodfelter, 55, a Charlotte lawyer, asked the Senate clerk's office for an excused absence for Tuesday, although he indicated he might make part of the session. Clodfelter did not return a reporter's call Monday.
The lottery bill has been strongly supported by Democratic Gov. Mike Easley and the leadership of the Democratic-controlled legislature. But it has been stopped by solid opposition from Republican senators and five Democratic senators, including Clodfelter.
If all three lottery opponents are absent -- and all other senators are present -- the lottery bill could pass the Senate 24-23. If two senators are absent, it would result in a 23-23 tie, which Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue has said she would break by voting for the lottery.
But the vote is complicated by a parliamentary maneuver that could be used -- a traditional Senate courtesy in which an absent senator pairs his vote with a present senator on the other side of the issue. The two senators cancel each other's vote.
Such pairings are voluntary. Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand said the Democratic leadership would not try to dissuade Democratic senators supporting the lottery from pairing with absent senators who opposed it.
But that might not happen anyway. Garwood said he does not plan to pair his vote. Brown has not asked for an excused absence, which is necessary for someone to be eligible to pair a vote.
An uneasy leader
Berger, the Republican anti-lottery leader, seemed ill at ease Monday.
"I'd feel better if we knew for sure everyone will be there in their places," Berger said. "We will do everything we can to work on it."
Bob Rosser, a consultant for N.C. Citizens United Against the Lottery, said Basnight should not schedule a vote because he had strongly indicated last week that no lottery vote would be considered until next year.
"They said they were coming back for the adjournment resolution," Rosser said. "I hope they will do the honorable thing and hold to that."
Meanwhile, the state Democratic Executive Committee, meeting in Greensboro over the weekend, passed a resolution supporting a referendum on a state lottery, "the proceeds from which would be dedicated to public education without diminution of state funding for the same." The bill being considered by the Senate would create a lottery without a referendum.
The state Republican Party opposes the lottery.
The Christian Action League, which represents 17 denominations, was asking pastors, Sunday school teachers, deacons and other Christians across the state to pray to stop the lottery.
"This is a call for all citizen Christians in North Carolina to let their prayers ascend to heaven for the defeat of a state-operated lottery," the group said on its Web page. "Pray N.C. Senate members against the lottery would remain firm in their opposition. Pray that God would even be so gracious as to put more lawmakers in the 'No' column.
"Pray that all the shenanigans by lottery proponents would utterly fail."
Staff writer Rob Christensen can be reached at 829-4532 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Street Art is Culture: Jaz Cameron’s Gallery
The cover art for this issue is a collage of painted works by Jaz Cameron, a street artist known for operating an open-air art gallery. You may have seen it, scotch taped to the rungs of a metal fence that runs under the freeway on Second Street between Harrison and Bryant streets in South of Market. You can find him there nearly every day, experimenting with his paints and creating something new for passersby to enjoy.
The New Lynchings of the 21st Century
Updated on May 16th to reflect current developments
What does Walgreens carry on its shelves that could be worth a human life? Banko Brown was a young Black trans activist who had been unhoused in San Francisco for a decade. In his volunteer work and community organizing with the Young Women’s Freedom Center, he consistently advocated for basic access to services, and was beloved by his community.
We’re Lower Bottom, Bitches
At Wood Street, a Bond No Bulldozer Can Destroy
The sun was high, beating down mercilessly on the volunteers and advocates, as if to say, “I’m on their side, and we don’t want you here.” They, in this case, were the entire Oakland Police (OPD) force, and an endless parade of Department of Public Works (DPW) workers under the command of Oakland city administrators Harold Duffy and LaTonda Simmons.
We Need Multifaceted Solutions to Homelessness
What We’re Looking For as Prop C Funds Roll Out
San Francisco is OUR home. No matter where we came from or how we ended up here, we are here. We are human, we too reminisce about the good old days, and wonder when the line between right and wrong got so hazy. The streets of San Francisco tell a brutal story of wealth, poverty and the pursuit of profit over the housing needs of human beings.


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Netflix: Last Wednesday (16), Netflix announced a trial to tax subscribers who share their passwords with third parties. With the change, therefore, the holders of the main accounts will pay an additional amount for each new profile that has access to the login and does not live at the registered address.
The update will initially arrive for subscribers in three countries — Chile, Peru and Costa Rica — and could be expanded to other parts of the world if it proves to be positive for the company.
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If You Put Him First
When it comes down to the King's Word, He and His Word are one. Jesus always obeyed His Father, so He could make this statement: "I and My Father are one".
After Adam failed to take charge of his responsibility to God's command, God cursed the ground for man's sake..."Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life". Though the curse was not directed at Adam or the man, it is trouble for mankind. Now his life is marked by toil, thorns and thistles, sweat and finally death. Is this what is going on today? Hard work? Has the Creator kept His Word? After the flood the first action that Noah did was to put God first. "Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar". Now Noah knew priorities and where his allegiance lay. God was pleased with Noah's action. If you may notice, he gave the best animal and bird to God in his offering; not what was left over. The Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done". God will always keep His Word. Being a citizen in good standing with the King is a big part of your character. This should be reflected in all that you do. Remember it was because of man that God destroyed the world in the first place; and it is because of the King that He offered a way out...the second man, His Son, King Jesus (the Word in the flesh). "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgement came to all men, resulting in condemnation even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life". Because of King Jesus, we have a right to live and a second chance. God always keeps His promise. Remember this, if a man's word isn't any good, then there is not much to him.
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Triplemint Peak dominates the view northeast of Mint Hut (summit the 6,350-footer on an ambitious, class 3 climb from the valley floor).

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Art History 101 to Post-doc
Come with a view
Zoom out. What’s this place all about?
The Art Institute is Chicago's grandest: a Beaux Arts gem flanked by two bronze lions that are as much a symbol of the city as the Willis Tower. The massive Renzo Piano-designed Modern Wing, opened in this century, significantly expanded its galleries and added a rooftop restaurant that feels like a find—even if it's hiding in plain sight. In short, if you're coming to Chicago for culture, you're hitting the Art Institute first.
What will we find in the permanent collection?
The collections at the Art Institute are myriad and rich, from the blockbuster Impressionist portfolio to the quirky Thorne Miniature Rooms, in which global architecture from the 13th to the 20th century are captured in dollhouse proportions. There's Medieval armory, modern furniture, a vast Asian collection, and photography that spans the history of the medium. It's particularly strong in mid-20th-century works, thanks to Georgia O'Keeffe's donation of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection. Comprehensive is a good word for what's within these walls.
And how about the temporary exhibits?
The Art Institute has a robust schedule of rotating exhibits ranging from blockbusters—often featuring the Impressionists—to intriguing shows of lesser-known artists. Often the temporary exhibits are what brings people to the museum, but there is plenty to see in the permanent collection.
What did you make of the crowd?
Patrons of the Art Institute are a nicely mixed bunch, ranging from high school art students sketching in the galleries and well-informed collectors to the shorts-and-sandals set clicking a must-see off their bucket list. But even as swarms cluster around the pointillist masterpiece, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, there's space enough that you won't feel crunched.
On the practical tip, how were the facilities?
Benches center most of the larger galleries and are often occupied by the elderly or the folks who got dragged here against their will. The Art Institute is more horizontal than vertical, so plenty of walking—but not climbing—is required.
Any guided tours worth trying?
The museum has its own free app that is useful in looking up info on works while you are looking at them. It also has guided audio tours that shake up the standard itineraries with music and behind-the-scenes stories.
Gift shop: obligatory, inspiring—or skip it?
There are two: One close to the main entrance that is generously sized, with a great selection of art books, and then a bunch of cheap and cheerful souvenirs and some expensive arty jewelry. The other, similarly outfitted, is near the modern wing entrance. Don't miss them.
Is the café worth a stop, or should we just plan on going elsewhere?
For a restaurant that matches the collection, head to Terzo Piano on the top level (the name means "third floor" in Italian) of the Modern Wing. Chef Tony Mantuano of the restaurant Spiaggia oversees the menu, which balances sustenance and style. Glass walls wrap the streamlined room and frame spectacular panoramas of the city and Millennium Park next door.
Any advice for the time- or attention-challenged?
Walk past the lions (pause for an Insta-snap, of course) and back toward the Modern Wing on the second floor to take in the Impressionist collection. Head back toward the main entrance and drop a level to see the Thorne Miniature Rooms, which are quirky and astonishing at the same time.
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Roger Hawkins, one of the most influential, accomplished and danceable drummers in American music history, has died. Hawkins was 75.
Hawkins was a member of Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, the studio musicians better known as The Swampers, thanks to being immortalized in the lyrics to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Southern-rock anthem “Sweet Home Alabama.”
The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation confirmed Hawkins’ death to AL.com. In recent years, Hawkins suffered from myriad health problems, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and died after an extended illness.
“We are going to miss his funny memes and texts and calls to us at the studio,” Muscle Shoals Music Foundation executive director Debbie Wilson said. “He had such a great sense of humor and loved to talk about drumming always.”
Born in Mishawaka, Indiana and a longtime Shoals resident, Hawkins played on classic R&B and rock hits including: “Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett; “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge; “Respect,” “Chain of Fools” and “Think” by Aretha Franklin; “I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers; “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger; “Slip Away” by Clarence Carter; and many others.
Perhaps his most immortal groove, and he created many of those, powers 1966 Pickett smash “Land of 1000 Dances.” Particularly the infectious breakdown pattern, played on Hawkins’ gold-sparkle Ludwig kit and Speed King kickdrum pedal. That beat has shook many tailfeathers and souls. And always will.
During a 2019 interview, Hawkins told me he didn’t know why his beats had stood the test of time so well. “I never sat around and thought, ‘I’m going to make up the part that’s going to be known for 40 years. It was just doing what you felt.”
Hawkins’ passing leaves bassist David Hood as the only surviving Swamper. Guitarist Jimmy Johnson died in 2019 and keyboardist Barry Beckett in 2009.
“I was a better listener than I was a player and I think the other guys were too,” Hawkins said in 2019. “Because they loved music and they had catalogs of music in their brains, just like I had a catalog of stuff where I could pull out certain things and make it work with newer stuff.”
The Swampers’ funky, empathetic accompaniment made them music’s hit-making secret sauce, in the mid ’60s at Muscle Shoals’ FAME Studios and then their own Muscle Shoals Sound in Sheffield, founded in1969.
“We didn’t really plan it that way, but looking back now we all lived virtually within minutes of where we went to work every day,” Hawkins said in 2019. “And we loved what we were doing. And when we were in that studio nothing else mattered. We had such a good time making things sound like what we wanted them to sound like, hoping people would like what we’re doing.”
RELATED: The 20 best songs ever recorded in Muscle Shoals
Hawkins first became interested in rhythms while watching services at his Pentecost church as a youth. Soon he was beating on pans and pots at home, using crochet needles instead of drumsticks.
From there, he saved up two bucks or so for some real drumsticks, and later brushes, and would sit on the floor in his family’s home and drum on cannisters, tinfoil and, later, a practice pad. He did this for three years before his father finally bought him a used three-piece Slingerland drumkit when Hawkins was age 13. He’d been drumming without drums, just those sticks and brushes, for at least three or four years.
With actual drums to play on now , Hawkins was thrilled. “Put them in the living room and I slept on the couch so when I would wake up I would see the drums,” Hawkins said. “I wanted to make sure they were still there, and I couldn’t believe it. I did a lot of playing on those little drums.”
His musical influences included Stax Records drummer Al Jackson, whose playing helped inspired Hawkins’ dramatic and nuanced work on “When A Man Loves a Woman. “Through listening to Al Jackson is how I learned to build a drum part in a soul ballad,” he said.
Hawkins felt a special musical bond with Aretha Franklin. The first song he cut with the gospel singer turned soul star was at FAME, the smoldering ballad “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),” also Franklin’s first real hit. Later, sessions took place at New York’s Atlantic Studios.
After cutting his drum track for Franklin’s sassy Otis Redding cover “Respect,” Hawkins sat in a chair and watched Aretha and her sisters overdub the song’s “sock it to me” backing vocals. “At the time I thought, ‘This is really cooking,’” Hawkins says. “I never realized what kind of history was being made, but I knew that I liked it a lot.”
As told in the 2013 “Muscle Shoals” documentary film, Hawkins, Hood, Beckett and Johnson parted ways with FAME’s legendary owner/producer Rick Hall in 1969, and founded their own studio, Muscle Shoals Sound, just minutes away in Sheffield. Pop singer/actor Cher was the first artist to record there at 3614 Jackson Hwy. and even named her resulting album (of Dr. John, Bob Dylan and Buffalo Springfield covers) after the studio’s address.
At 3614, a humble cinderblock building and former coffin factory, Muscle Shoals Sound produced some of the most enduring music recordings ever. The Rolling Stones recorded “Wild Horses” here. It’s where Staple Singers cut “I’ll Take You There.” More recently, The Black Keys cut their breakthrough album “Brothers” there.
In 2019, Hawkins told me of all his drum tracks, he was proudest of 1972 gospel/funk gem “I’ll Take You There.” The Swampers had recently spent time in England where they’d been turned-on to Jamaican reggae music. Hawkins thought a reggae groove, with the kick drum on two and four beats just like the snare, would be a good fit for “I’ll Take You There.“ That didn’t work.
So he shifted the the kick to the one and three, and pulled the drum microphones down closer to the snare. Playing cross-stick, he peppered the groove with “little unexpected hits like a timbale would make,” he said. “It was really different. I basically went in with a plan that did not work and changed it around to where it did work.”
Additional essential Hawkins drumming can be found on Wilson Pickett’s Beatles cover “Hey Jude” (which boasts a solo from future guitar hero Duane Allman) and Etta James’ “I’d Rather Go Blind.”
The hundreds of sessions he played on also include recordings by Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, James Brown, Johnny Taylor, Rod Stewart, Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Glenn Frey, Boz Scaggs, Candi Staton, Jimmy Cliff, Levon Helm, Delbert McClinton, Steve Cropper, Alicia Keys and many more.
Hawkins was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008.
In addition to history they made together at Muscle Shoals Sound and FAME, Hawkins, Beckett, Hood and Johnson also for a time in the ’70s joined Steve Winwood’s British jam-band Traffic, known for songs like “Mr. Fantasy.” They can be heard on Traffic’s studio LP “Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory and the live album “On The Road,” both released in 1973.
In 2019, Swampers bassist David Hood told AL.com that Hawkins, “has a great natural feel in his playing that I’ve not seen anybody else have. I work with a lot of great drummers, but I haven’t found anybody better than him at recording.”


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Warren County will lose its Driver Testing Center on May 31.
McMinnville officials approved on Tuesday spending $50,000 to renovate the basement of City Hall for the Driver Testing Center, but its relocation into that space is not a done deal.
“The drop dead date for the driver testing center is May 31. They will be closing,” said Mayor Jimmy Haley.
Alderman Everett Brock said he believes the state will stay longer, if the wheels are in motion to relocate to the basement of City Hall.
City attorney Tim Pirtle disagreed, saying he has been in negotiations with the state regarding its proposed lease agreement and he believes the date of May 31 is set in stone.
“I was given, in two different conversations, that the deadline is hard and fast,” said Pirtle. “I don’t know this to be a fact, but I suspect they’ve turned in their notice on their current facility.”
The discussion took place Tuesday during a special called meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen just before members voted 5-2 in favor of an ordinance to spend up to $50,000 renovating the basement of City Hall for the state’s use.
Haley, Brock, Vice Mayor Ben Newman and Aldermen Ryle Chastain and Steve Harvey voted in favor of the expenditure, while Aldermen Jimmy Bonner and Mike Neal voted against it.
Before the measure passed, there was a heated verbal exchange between Haley and Neal. While Haley has been the individual corresponding with the state, Neal accused him of not being forthcoming with information and doing the job that should be done by city administrator Bill Brock.
“I know, tentatively, what they’ve asked for,” said Haley. “Mr. Brock’s got an estimate. Mr. Harvey walked through there the other day with me and he’s talking to a private contractor into doing an estimate, so we have some numbers on some ideas about what the initial cost is going to be.”
Neal stated, “Let’s hear them.”
“They are all under $50,000,” said Haley.
Neal stated, “So the state has told you this is how we have to do it?”
“We have to have a mechanism in place to fund this relocation into our building,” said Haley.
Neal stated, “You have documentation that says we have to have funding in place before we can move forward?”
“No,” said Haley. “You’ve questioned everything that I’ve told you.”
Neal stated, “That’s what you are here for. We have a city administrator here that is supposed to be doing this job and you won’t let him do it. We don’t have a communicator. We’re having to take your word on it and I’m not going to do that.”
“OK, thank you,” said Haley.
The measure, in the form of an ordinance, will require one more passing read March 22 before the $50,000 will be secured. A proposed lease agreement is under consideration by the city’s legal counsel. If an agreement is not reached, the funds will not be spent.


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This Day in History: 1942-06-21
German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk. (Rommel was promoted by Adolf Hitler to the rank of Field Marshall. Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage. Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A temperature of 129°F (54°C), reached in Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record).

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Reading Bus lane driving fines treble
The numbers of fines issued for driving in Reading's bus lanes has trebled in a year, the council has revealed.
A budget monitoring report reveals almost 55,000 tickets were issued in the last six months, compared with 18,000 over the same period in 2010.
It is estimated that Reading Borough Council could earn up to £3m from the fines.
Changes to the town centre's road pattern, with council-operated cameras, were introduced in April.
Drivers illegally using bus lanes are sent a £60 penalty charge notice, reduced to £30 if paid promptly.
In the first few months of the changes the council had an amnesty for people who had innocently fallen foul of the new layouts and cancelled 4,500 tickets to motorists who had genuinely made a mistake.
Six months on motorists are still driving in the bus lanes with an average of 400 tickets issued each day, the council said.
Councillor Tony Page, said there were repeat offenders who were "fair game" if they broke the law by driving in the bus lanes.
He said: "Nobody's forcing people to go into the bus lanes, there's paint on the road and the signage in Reading is fully compliant with the regulations."


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As we begin month number two in another year — wait, is that right? Are we already a month into 2024?! — I am getting geared up for my favorite time of the year: Oscar season!
Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Jan. 23 and we saw history made even before the first Oscar statue has been handed out.
A record number of LGBTQ+ characters are nominated in the four acting categories, a total of seven to be exact. Colman Domingo for “Rustin,” Annette Bening and Jodie Foster for “Nyad,” Sterling K. Brown for “American Fiction,” Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” Sandra Hüller for “Anatomy of a Fall” and Emma Stone for “Poor Things.” Domingo and Foster’s nominations made this year’s Oscars the first time multiple LGBTQ+ performers were recognized for playing LGBTQ+ characters. Queer folks were still outpaced by straight actors playing us but it was a good year for visibility.
Several films entered the Oscar history books, including “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which not only got Martin Scorsese his 10th Best Director nomination — making him the most Oscar-nominated, living film director — but also got Lily Gladstone a nomination for Best Actress making them the first Native American to be nominated in that category. Justine Triet became only the eighth female filmmaker to earn a nomination for Best Director for her brilliant film “Anatomy of a Fall.” For the first time ever, three of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture were directed by female directors — “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie” and “Past Lives” — and Emma Stone earned dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Picture for the film “Poor Things,” only the second time that a woman as been nominated for both for the same film.
With all this history being made, it was disheartening to see most of the Oscar conversation online focused on complaining about who got “snubbed,” specifically “Barbie’s” Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig who did not make the final five for Best Actress and Best Director, respectively. Many on social media said voters missed the point of the movie and that not recognizing both of these talented women was proving the point that Gerwig was making with “Barbie.”
There is a valid argument to be made that the Academy has ignored many fantastic movies featuring and made by women, people of color and LGBTQ+ filmmakers but the social media outcry for “Barbie” seems out of touch for a film that got eight Oscar nominations, including nominations for Robbie and Gerwig — Robbie for producing the film and Gerwig for writing its screenplay.
The complaining is made even worse when you look at how it is distracting from other women nominated for their part in bringing “Barbie” to the screen. Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer are nominated for Best Production Design, Jacqueline Durran is up for Best Costume Design, Billie Eilish has a nomination for Best Original Song and the one that I’m most excited about (I was a huge “Ugly Betty” fan) America Ferrera picked up her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But instead of seeing article after article celebrating and lifting up a gifted actress who is a woman of color getting her first Oscar nomination, the internet was bombarded with calls of injustice for two white women who didn’t get nominated in the categories they wanted them in. It seems like a lot of fans of the “Barbie” movie missed the point of the “Barbie” movie.
I have also seen a lot of arguments about how “Barbie” deserved to be nominated for all the awards because it was the most successful movie of 2023 and it made over a billion dollars.
There have been 53 movies that have made over a billion dollars at the global box office and only nine have been nominated for Best Picture over the years. Only two of them went on the win: 2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and 1997’s “Titanic.” Box office has never and will never be a determining factor for the best film of the year. If that was the case, we would have to walk through this world saying things like “the 2006 Best Picture winner ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.’”
The Oscars are subjective. For every movie you didn’t like, someone out there loved it and for every movie you love, there is someone who thinks it’s trash. As a lifetime watcher of the Oscars, the biggest takeaway each year for me is learning about amazing films I haven’t already seen. Yes, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” were great movies that most of the world saw, but “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Poor Things” and “The Holdovers” were also great. The Oscars have put “The Zone of Interest,” “Past Lives” and many others on my radar.
Take my advice and spend a little less time this month yelling into the social media void and check out some of this year’s nominated films you haven’t seen yet.


Japanese culture has always been a source of mystery and intrigue to western societies and…
Yesterday I taught Foundation Degree Dance students how to teach primary-aged children. It was a great session at Leicester College – the students all got stuck in and I had some fantastic feedback
I love the resource pack and also the information on ‘how to put your foot in the door’. Inspirational and makes me realise hard work pays off! 🙂
Toni, Leicester College
We covered what topics would be appropriate for primary-aged children and how their planning needs to adapt according to the age group. I led a number of practical workshops that the students participated in, focusing on…
- Foundation Stage: All About Me
- Key Stage 1: People Who Help Us
- Key Stage 2: The Victorians
Alongside this, we discussed after-school dance clubs, as this is what most of the students are / will be delivering soon. I taught them a basic street dance to Men In Black, which I have done on many occasions and has always been a success! Kids love the attitude and the style of the dance.
However, you actually need little street dance skills yourself to get the children performing as MIB. In the video below you will see 2 sections of choreography…
- Duets. The students choreographed short duets based on wearing sunglasses and looking like ‘cool’ secret agents. They improvised a range of actions, then chose their 4 favourite and put them into counts of 8.
- Unison phrase. This choreography is based on the MIB video and follows the instructions of the song (at 2:10 in the track)
- ‘Bounce with me’ 4 bounces with the knees, taking alternate shoulders back to create a ‘swagger’
- ‘Slide with me’ step to the R and slide the L leg to join it. Repeat 4 times in total.
- Take a walk with me’ walk forwards R leg, cross over the L leg. Step back R leg, step back L leg. Swizzle knees to the R side
- ‘Make your neck work’ thrust neck forwards and back (like a chicken!) 4 times
- ‘Now freeze’ create a still image – hands on hips, open out to the sides, fold arms for example.
Watch the video below to see it in action…
Try it out yourself – either in a dance club or during curriculum time. It’s a definite winner, especially with the boys! Let me know how you get on.
We offer a range of dance clubs for Primary Schools – they are delivered by professional dance artists and are well planned and high quality. Kids have an AMAZING time and love performing in the end of term showcase! To make enquires or to book in a club, contact me at [email protected] or call 07738042089
Or are you a dance student / recent dance graduate and would like to book on JumpStart’s training programme for Primary Schools? Get in touch via email [email protected] or call 07738042089. This could be the most important step you have made in developing your career as a dance artist!


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WHAT IT'S ABOUT:
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) wants nothing more than to return home to his two young children. But he can't. A Japanese mogul, Saito (Ken Watanabe), hires Cobb, who is skilled in the art of extracting information from people by entering their subconscious,to take on a job and go back home once it's over. But Saito wants Cobb to go one step further and attempt what many in their field thought impossible – Inception.
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I really do not want to tell you anymore about Inception – what it is, how it is achieved, and the part it plays in the movie for which it was named. Beyond the unconnected dots presented by the trailer, I knew very little about Inception's plot – it was the best decision I could have made – and incidentally, was how director Christopher Nolan intended audiences to approach his twisted thriller. The surprises and visual tricks will only hit you that much harder.
In every way, Inception is a movie to be experienced. It touches on just about everything about the movies that makes us devote so much of our lives to them – our need for suspense, mystery, romance, action, truth, beauty, and ultimately, closure. Whether it actually hits all those marks successfully is woven seamlessly into Nolan's ambitious, labyrinthine think-piece. But it's less complicated than it seems. It really is.
It's just that Nolan has a uniquely determined ability to tell stories about ordinary human beings with the kind of visual flair and narrative trickery that has made every feature film he has ever produced over his remarkably short career unmissable. He is one of the few directors who has effortlessly marries cerebral, deeply affecting adventure (Memento, The Prestige) with massive box office success (The Dark Knight). Inception is his masterwork - the film he spent 10 years writing and developing and it is a film so intoxicating, so layered, so tightly wound, you'll probably need help unfurling yourself from your seat after the credits have rolled.
The movie works on so many levels, but first and foremost it is a thrilling heist movie with Cobb leading a team of specialists - variously given titles like The Architect, The Forger, The Point Man - each playing a unique part in helping Saito achieve his endgame. Together they enter the subconscious of their target and manipulate the dreamscape, and this is where the fun begins. The subconscious allows Nolan to play with perception and create otherworldly spaces that will dumbfound you. Watch as a Paris street explodes and implodes, folds over itself and stretches into infinity. It's a stunning, technically dazzling feat of filmmaking. And while I have never harboured aspirations of an acting career, I am seething with jealousy that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who plays Cobb's right-hand man, Arthur) had the opportunity to be so badass, and so effortlessly cool - at zero gravity. Just... wow.
As groundbreaking, beautiful and ingeniously exciting as Inception is, I'm loath to give it full marks. Nolan still struggles to give his female characters much to do beyond representing the consciousness or fallibility of our male heroes. Ellen Page gets to play around with the Parisian cityscape, but gets little else to do later on other than nag Cobb. Things get more interesting once we meet Mal (Marion Cotillard), a curious ghost from Cobb's past who threatens to derail the entire job. She's possibly the most intriguing female character Nolan has ever brought to the big screen, and Cotillard's menacing, wide-eyed portrayal will reverberate for a long time.
Despite Inception's elegantly complicated film structure, Nolan is not the type of director who sets out to alienate and confuse his audience. He's with you every step of the way, playing the odd trick on you, but more than any other director working today, he takes great care to make that journey as rewarding and entertaining as he possibly can. You would be insane not to surrender yourself to this experience.
This could be the movie of your dreams.
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Saturday morning, 118 years to the day of his birth, William & Mary football legend and campus trailblazer Art Matsu will get his due.
A historical marker bearing Matsu’s name will be unveiled at 11 a.m. near an arcade at Zable Stadium that bears his name. It’s one of five landmarks commissioned by the commonwealth to observe Asian American Pacific Islander history.
Zack Hoisington will proudly represent his family on his great-grandfather’s old stomping grounds.
“It’s a huge honor,” said Hoisington, a high school teacher Maryland who was born the same year Matsu died. “I really like hearing stories about my great-grandfather being a super-competitive athlete. It’s a great reminder of where I come from.
“I’m just glad the story is being told. We appreciate all that William & Mary has put into this. I’m glad there are other people who appreciate the legacy he left.”
Most of what Hoisington has learned about that legacy came from his grandmother. Nancy Matsu Hulse, Art’s daughter, who is now 93 and living in Pennsylvania.
“She doesn’t travel much anymore,” Hoisington said, “but she’s thrilled about this dedication.”
In addition to Hoisington, speakers at the event are to include President Katherine A. Rowe, Asian Centennial Committee co-chairs Francis Tanglao Aguas and Deenesh Sohoni, and Benming Zhang 2016, J.D. ’20, who did his undergraduate honors thesis on Matsu. Also attending will be students from Cumberland Middle School, who nominated Matsu for marker.
Matsu was born on April 30, 1904, in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother was Scottish, his father Japanese. According to biographical accounts, his family moved to Canada before settling in Cleveland. He excelled in athletics at an early age — particularly football, baseball, basketball, track and swimming.
“He was the Bo Jackson of his era,” Hoisington said.
Matsu enrolled at William & Mary in 1923 and became a nationally prominent football player. Sportswriters gushed over his talents and toughness, but some couldn’t resist referring to him as “the Jap quarter back.”
Matsu was voted team captain as a senior. In his final game, according to Wilford Kale’s “Goal to Goal: 100 Seasons of Football at William & Mary,” Matsu kicked a 47-yard field goal in a 9-6 win over Chattanooga.
Matsu was also popular on campus. He served as president of the Varsity Club and was a member of the Seven Society and the Order of the White Jacket.
Still, there were obstacles.
In 1924, Virginia passed the Racial Integrity Act, which redefined the commonwealth’s ban interracial marriage. A white person was classified as someone “who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian.” That meant Asians and whites could not marry.
Many believe Matsu’s rising popularity, along with his handsome features, were a pressing reason behind it.
After graduating in 1927 with degrees in business administration and economics, Matsu played in the National Football League with the Dayton Triangles. According to profootballreference.com, he played six games in 1928, four of which he started, but no statistics are available.
Matsu is believed to be the first player of Japanese heritage to play in the NFL.
Matsu then went into coaching, first at the high school level in North Carolina and Virginia and then as an assistant at Rutgers. In 1960, Matsu moved to Arizona, where he worked in real estate and did some scouting for Arizona State’s football team.
In 1969, he was inducted into the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame.
Matsu died on May 28, 1987, at the age of 83. According to his obituary in the Arizona Republic, he was survived by his wife, Eva, his daughter, Nancy, his son, Arthur, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
That great-grandchild will be especially proud Saturday morning.