March 25, 2019
State Government Leaders Face Big Challenges in the Public-Sector Workforce, According to Report from NASCA, Accenture and NEOGOV
Improving recruitment and the employee experience are key to closing the gap
ARLINGTON, Va; March 25, 2019 – U.S. state governments face growing challenges attracting, building and retaining critically important talent and workforce skills, according to new research from the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA) in collaboration with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and NEOGOV.
Based on surveys of chief administrators and human resource (HR) directors in 33 states, a survey of nearly 3,000 state-government job seekers, and analyses of over 14,000,000 public sector job postings, the research — published today in a report titled Job One: Reimagine Today’s State Government Workforce — shows a widening gap between the number of open jobs and the number of applicants but also highlights strategies to help reverse the trend.
According to the research, chief administrators and HR directors find “difficulty attracting new employees” as the top workforce management challenge. When respondents were asked which trends have the greatest impact on their workforce strategy, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of state administrators cited the growing skills gap, indicating that recruiting the best talent, with the right skills, is a top issue for these leaders in state governments.
“As the hub of government operations and management, state chief administrators are uniquely positioned to play a significant role in strategic talent management, as well as elevating and supporting our human resource executives,” said Daniel C. Kim, Director of the California Department of General Services and NASCA’s Programs Committee Chair. “This survey addresses one of the greatest challenges facing the government workforce. NASCA will use the findings in this report to advocate for sharing best practices and the resources necessary to reimagine the state government workforce.”
The research also identified several factors widening the gap between the number of state job openings and applicants for those positions. Key factors included changes in workforce expectations, especially the reduced appeal of “lifetime employment” among younger generations, less-competitive salaries, rising competition from the private sector, and negative perceptions about working for government.
“In this era of fast-paced change, with lots of implications for workforces, state government leaders would do well to evolve their HR functions and people practices, with emphasis on recruiting and the employee experience,” said Ryan Oakes, who leads Accenture’s public-sector practice in North America. “This is a big part of the modernization agenda facing public leaders, and indeed efforts to streamline citizen services and seize new digital opportunities depend on thriving, creative workforces.”
The report includes examples from a number of states with creative initiatives to attract and build talent but says more is needed. Recommendations tied to the research findings call for more vigorous, focused action by states to start closing the talent/skills gap. Among the key steps the report includes as part of its ‘roadmap for change’ are:
- Reshaping recruiting — rethink job descriptions, emphasize training, and improve the branding for public service.
- Transforming the employee experience — improve onboarding, automate recruiting, modernize performance evaluations, and get serious about succession planning.
“There has never been a more critical time to be hyper-focused on the recruitment and succession of state employees,” said Shane Evangelist, CEO of NEOGOV. “Over the last 5 years, the number of applicants per job opening has dropped 30 percent, requiring state leaders to focus on making their jobs more attractive, broadening their hiring search, and developing their existing employees for succession.”
Accenture and NASCA surveyed state chief administrators and human resource directors in 33 states from August to October 2018. The survey included questions aligned with Accenture’s “Reworking the Revolution” research, enabling comparison between state-government and private-sector leaders. NEOGOV surveyed 2,959 state-government job seekers in September and October 2018 and analyzed recruitment data of over 14,000,000 applicants from 27 state agencies spanning 2013 to 2017.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 469,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Founded in 1976, the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA), is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 association representing state chief administrators—public officials in charge of departments that provide support services to other state agencies. NASCA provides a forum to exchange information and learn new ideas from each other and private partners. NASCA’s mission is to help state chief administrators and their teams strategically transform state government operations through the power of shared knowledge and thought leadership. More information at www.nasca.org.
NEOGOV is the leading provider of an integrated HR, payroll, and talent management solution for the public sector. NEOGOV customers report increased employee productivity and engagement, time and cost savings, improved regulatory requirement compliance, and reduced paper processes, with a net result of better services for citizens. Serving over 6,000 organizations, NEOGOV supports organizations with intelligent HR for the public sector. More information at http://www.neogov.com/.
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O Asty Hotel está localizado na área residencial de Ayios Dometios na parte Sul de Nicocia. Dispõe de um ginásio bem equipado, mini-golfe e acesso Wi-Fi gratuito. Todos os quartos do Hotel Asty possuem televisão por satélite e mini-bar abastecido mediante pedido. Algumas unidades têm uma varanda com vista para a cidade. Para as crianças, o hotel dispõe de uma sala de jogos e um parque infantil. No terraço, os hóspedes podem admirar as vistas pitorescas sobre a cidade, enquanto desfrutam de uma bebida. O Asty dispõe de um serviço de aluguer gratuito de bicicletas e o centro da cidade de Nicósia fica a 3 km. A cidade de Larnaca fica a 46 km.
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Despite being a little way out from the old city centre the free shuttle service was a great idea. The hotel was clean and staff very friendly. Certainly stay here again.
very friendly and value for money”
Great hotel, with free shuttle to city”
We were upgraded to an executive room themed around zebras - all with black and white stripes! A little odd as a choice of decor, but very well-equipped and comfortable. There are other executive rooms though we didn't see them. The Asty is I judge a well-run hotel with a decent buffet breakfast, also a library, business centre and small bar, spotlessly clean and very helpful staff with ample city maps and directions to attractions available. Its about 20 minutes' walk to the archaeology museum and old city centre but they will offer a free ride in their shuttle van when available to the centre or direct to the checkpoint to cross to North Nicosia.
This was my second stay at the Asty Hotel this year. On my first visit, I travelled alone and stayed 14 days. This time my 25-year old son accompanied me and we stayed only 2 days as we had planned to go to other places in Cyprus which we did. Everything fully met our expectations. Management and staff welcomed us with kindness and efficiency, and provided us with necessary assistance for our onward travels. There was a small disappointment as we wanted to cycle the day after our arrival on a bicycle path which has been constructed in a river bed through beautiful nature, hills, trees, flowers, etc. Unfortunately, the available bicycles were all in a dilapidated condition due to wear and tear but more because of lack of proper and timely maintenance. We did try, however, but without functioning brakes and gears, and a saddle that move deeply forward and backwards, we were left we no option than to return after 20 minutes. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this hotel.
Everything is perfect”
Only minus is the distance to the city center...but there is a shuttle
Best Hotel in Nicosia !”
Our stay was excellent !
A wonderful hotel ”
I spent 14 enjoyable days in this family-run hotel. The rooms are quite large, clean and bright. I was greeted from the time of my arrival until my departure every day with politeness and friendliness. The breakfast buffet is great and guests can savour yoghurts, fruits, juices, different kinds of coffee and herb teas, etc. in the dining room all day/night at no extra cost. The generosity of the owners is spontaneous and almost without limits. I used the gym and bicycles on a daily basis. WiFi worked very well. I will definitely return to Cyprus if it is only just to stay in the Asty. This hotel deserves the highest possible rating.
Cosy little hotel. Clean rooms. Excellent service.”
Cosy little hotel. Hotel staff very friendly and helpful. Rooms spacious. Bed linen clean. Toilets very clean but small. Coninental breakfast. Tea, coffee, snacks, desserts, fruits available right through the day. Complimentary rides to the city can be arranged. quiet surroundings, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. No shopping or food outlets available near the hotel. Value for money.
Het perfecte verblijf in Nicosia”
Heerlijk verblijf 1 nacht is te kort. Zo aardig personeel. Prijs/ kwaliteit helemaal top!!!
Aivan mahtavaa palvelua”
Tälläistä henkilökuntaa tapaa harvoin. Kaikki toimi ja yliodotusten. Sijainti hieman sivussa, mutta ilmainen kuljetuspalvelu paikkasi sen täysin. Naposteltavaa oli tarjolla 24/7. Automme kanssa oli ongelmia ja henkilökunta auttoi siinäkin paremmin kuin Sixtin huoltopalvelu. Vinkit nähtävyyksissä toimivat, kävimme ensin turkkilaisella puolella Hamamissa, mutta kun respan mies väitti, että kreikkalaisella puolella on parempi epäillen tsekkasimme senkin ja olihan se selvästi tunnelmallisempi.
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Quinter is a city in Gove County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 918.
The city received some slight national publicity in November 2006 when longtime resident Waldo McBurney, age 104, was proclaimed the oldest worker in the United States.
Quinter is located at 39°3′57″N 100°14′13″W / 39.06583°N 100.23694°W / 39.06583; -100.23694 (39.065706, -100.236828). The concurrent Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 40 pass just south of the city. Old U.S. Route 40 and the current K-212 pass through the city, as does a major Union Pacific railroad line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 km²), all of it land.

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Launched in May 2015, one of this year’s most important changes of the web is the upgrade of the HTTP protocol, namely the launch of HTTP/2. Coming 16 years after HTTP/1.1, the new version of the protocol is here to fix the inflexibilities and shortcomings of HTTP/1.x, at a time when this is most needed.
Aiming to have a big impact on applications‘ performance, HTTP/2 is a new and improved version which requires hardly any changes in the codebase in order to enable those changes. More than that, the new version of the protocol proves to have a positive impact in terms of speed or performance regardless of how well the code was written in the first place.
So why is now the best time to upgrade and which are the benefits of HTTP/2?
Since its launch, companies such as Facebook, Google or Twitter already started using it and, more recently, Yahoo, WordPress and The Time have implemented it too. As now only 3.2% of all the websites are using it, we think now it’s the best time to stay ahead of the competition and also to benefit early from all the great things that HTTP/2 brings along, not only terms of performance, but also in terms of quality.
So here’s what you get once you implement HTTP/2:
Depending on the complexity of the website, companies experience up to a 50% increase in speed, thanks to the way HTTP/2 now manages the communication between servers and browsers, it makes it easier to stream objects to the browser. HTTP/2 keeps one open channel on which up to 100 parallel connections can be made, exchanging information in an unprecedented optimal way.
Once you go for HTTP/2 and offer a faster, more optimized experience to the user, you also start moving along on the right path for security, as the most important web browsers only support HTTP/2 over secured connections. So this means that you do not only have an application that is up to date with the latest and most efficient web technology, but it is also protected from many vulnerabilities.
- Faster mobile experience
The benefits of HTTP/2 fortunately aren’t restricted to web applications. Due to the way HTTP/2 changes the way the server communicates with the browser, as well as the new header compression, mobile applications benefit greatly from these features, fixing an aching issue of probably all mobile app product owners, and that’s speed. HTTP/2 now successfully enables faster load times, ensuring a better user experience across all devices.
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How easy it is to implement HTTP/2?
Implementation can usually be done in a short period. Depending on the technology stack, and if there is a need to create a custom module that supports HTTP/2, the implementation can usually be done in days.
Implementing HTTP/2 is more a change of infrastructure, comprised by two steps:
- understanding the technology stacks
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Probably some of you have been to pow-wows and have heard the music of Native America. Some might think of music in Native America as nothing more than drums and wooden flutes. But there is so much more to the music and to the songs of our First Americans. For a start, let’s have a look at Native American songs. Interestingly, though many Native American songs are like any other song, there are different considerations that attach themselves to Indian songs.
Here’s a good place to start, where you can listen to some pow-wow music — the drum (this is a group — called the drum — it’s usually several men who sit around a drum and drum and sing — it is called simply a drum) for the opening song is Thunder Hill — but you can listen to some different drums, as well. Here’s the link: www.gatheringofnations.com/music/thunder_morning.htm
This is a picture of a drum. Some people might say “drum group,” but the usual language is simply “drum.” Off to the right here is a picture of a young man dancing. These pictures were gotten,by the way, from the 26th Annual Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque. The photographer is Derek Mathews.
Here’s a video/music of round dance music — if you want to go and have a look: www.youtube/watch?v=75TWwbdelFI
And here’s some incredible pictures of some of the singers in different drums. Many of these songs are passed down from generation to generation. Some, however, are new. Here’s some more pictures of these incredible singers. All of these pictures,by the way were taken by Le Andra Peters andis from the website www.gatheringofnations.com
Here’s some more pow-wow music: www.gatheringofnations.com/music/GON-25.htm
Now, just a little bit of info about Indian songs. This is from the book, The Indian How Book by Author C. Parker, who lived amongst the Indians. Every song has a purpose and no one sings outright for fear of awakening spirits that are attracted to the song you’re singing. The scales didn’t necessarily follow what we know of as the chromatic scale, which follow our string instruments, more or less. But songs were owned and no one could sing another’s song without permission.
Many of the songs made you want to get up and dance — and dance and dance. Once again, referring to Arthur C. Parker and his book, The Indian How Book, he says, “It may be that these old Indians were pagans, whatever that word may mean, but certainly they knew how to make men feel that there was a Great Spirit in whom we lived and moved and had our being. Oddly enough, I have known white men and women, who felt the same way about the songs of the red people, and they have returned again and again to the councils of the Indians to drink in this feeling of mystery, this sense of unseen powers.
Below are some pictures of my own dancing at pow-wows. It seems like forever since I’ve been to a pow-wow, but oh, how I love to dance, when I do get to attend. Something about the music gets into your soul and before you know it, you’re out there with the other dancers, dancing your cares away.
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Take a look at this luxurious penthouse in Toronto with a unique city viewing terrace designed by Sabrina Albanese.
The Canadian Interior designer Sabrina Albanese is responsible for this fantastic project. Albanese projected this home to provide a relaxing yet luxurious penthouse in Toronto with a fantastique and unique terrace with a stupendous city view.
This modern apartment is located in the metropolitan Canadian city of Toronto. The penthouse is complemented with a smooth aesthetic terrace that contains a hint of nature, giving the observation experience of a breath-taking view of the city. Albanese communicates her interior passion by using unique outlines, textiles, and colorways with an undeniable energy reflected in the project. She refers to it as a “serene sea of neutrality, making the occupants the captains calling the shots.”.
Albanese felt the necessity to do a well-planned scheme to make justice to the perspective of the space. The brand new and charming building with a stupendous panorama was enough for the proprietors to not choose a more substantial space. Since the apartment is exceptionally well located and has good viewing, it was a big challenge to do justice and do a well-balanced project, overflowing the beauty of the terrace view into the apartment’s inside.
Sabrina says, “It was important to create an intimate, usable, and idyllic inviting space that would connect the interiors with the remarkable,” as the terrace is an escape filled with plants and cozy furniture, with a modern and minimalist combination of lines and textures. “With serene and timeless interiors, the terrace became both a place to enjoy the spectacular city views and a destination in itself,” she adds.
Acquired to the previous brief that requires a luxurious and sleek look, the luxurious penthouse in Toronto interior space composed of 260 sqm combined with the 185 sqm terrace is penetrated with elegance and results in the perfect merge between the high-performing materials and the comfort that turns this space into a soothing apartment.
The modern tones and the contemporary decor inside the luxurious penthouse in Toronto reflect the owner’s personalities, mixing textures and lines. The living room design is modern and classic, having it’s Mohair Swivel chairs combined with textured rugs, using grey tones all over this area.
The dining room design follows the same ambient as the living room having at the same time modern and simple lines decor and a distinctive bronze glass chandelier. The apartment’s monochromatic color palette can be noticed in every home’s area, always keeping a predominant use of greys, black, and using wood details. There’s also a common use of contemporary wall covering, which adds a special note to this luxurious penthouse in Toronto.
The kitchen design follows up the woody details present in the rest of the luxurious penthouse and is also composed of white-veneered cabinets, stone countertops, and leather-upholstered metal breakfast stools combining modernity and chic.
For Albanese is essential to choose her clients carefully, “I often find myself inspired by something from their lifestyle or a place they vacation to; and bring these inspirations to the conceptual table. It allows me to investigate what will make them truly feel joy. Then I study floor plans, architectural intent and then build off of that.” she says.
The bathroom’s design complements the penthouse, with the wooden details, monochromatic color palette and adding exquisite furniture pieces.
The luxurious penthouse in Toronto project was an amazing chance to give a better experience to the family that wanted to move from a larger home to a penthouse, giving them the necessary space and organization to focus on what’s really important to them.
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Radicchio Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA and Voorhees, NJ
The Journey of Two Partners and Best Pals
by: Jessica Jewel Tyler
In the very beginning, Massimo Coscia and Luigi Basile held a passion for Italian food. Growing up together in a small town in Southern Italy, 60 miles from Naples, Massimo and Luigi became fully immersed in Italian cooking as if it were just a language they had accidently picked up. In fact, when asked how they learned to cook, Luigi stated that “It was the only thing they ever did.” He also says cooking ran in his blood, both his aunt and sister owned restaurants in Italy at the time.
According to Luigi, their passion for cooking was fully trained and developed on Lake Garda, in Sirmione, Italy. From as young as 12 and 13, Luigi and Massimo started working in some of the most well-known restaurants and resorts there. This is where they learned almost everything they know and this is where a lot of their inspiration behind Radicchio’s menu comes from.
Their menu features authentic cuisine from Southern Italy with touches that incorporate Northern Italian Cuisine as well. During the formative years of Massimo’s and Luigi’s cooking careers, they traveled all over Italy and the world learning new techniques. Luigi enchanted us all with tales of working with Massimo in California, London, and in the resorts in Switzerland every winter.
Luigi and Massimo take great pride in these experiences, even the name of the restaurant is an expression of what they have taken from their travels. “Radicchio,” meaning radish, is a very typical vegetable in the North of Italy used for many things especially salads. When traveling North to the Veneto Region of Italy, Luigi and Massimo fell in love with radicchio and all its possibilities.
During their travels, they also fell in love with seafood. According to Luigi, “Everybody loves seafood, especially in Italy.” However, when they first visited America in the 90s, fish consumption was low and what he saw being eaten was mostly Flounder. When they opened the original restaurant in Voorhees, NJ in 1994, they really wanted to bring attention to the whole fish, Squid, and Cockles that people from the Mediterranean had been eating. Today Radicchio has locations in Philadelphia, PA and Voorhees, NJ and Luigi says they “specialize in fish.” In fact, his menu is 60% seafood and he “couldn’t picture it any other way.”
He says that whole fish dishes that he’s always loved like Dover Sole and Dyer Aqua Pompano are just starting to be appreciated. Whole Bronzino of course, is one of the most popular in his restaurant. His whole fish applications are grilled, filleted tableside, and dressed simply to allow the flavor of the fresh fish to shine. According to Luigi, fresh, quality ingredients and simplicity are the key to his perfect meals. He also says he doesn’t use “too many ingredients” and “when you make a dish you know when it’s too many.”
One of his favorites fish is True North Salmon. He says it has a perfect flavor that works great simply grilled and topped with a salad of diced asparagus, tomato, basil, and balsamic. He also spoke highly of Blu brand Colossal Crab Meat, which he uses in a number of dishes including an appetizer made with fava beans, peppers, garlic and white wine vinegar. In addition, the Blu Colossal Crab Meat highlights a light, flavorful pasta with arugula and cherry tomato in white wine sauce.
The pair aim to make authentic dishes that invite your taste buds to Italy. Matching the warm and inviting food is the rustic, tuscan style and décor. Murals and narrow cobblestone hallways will almost transport you to the Italian villas where Luigi and Massimo grew up. There is even a large photo of Lake Garda where everything started.
That’s what really sets Radicchio apart, Luigi and Massimo still hold on to their passion for food that brought them together on their journeys and it shows in every aspect of what they do. The pair work closely on every detail of the restaurant including, menu planning, cooking, and carefully sourcing only the freshest ingredients. In fact, they can even be found serving and bussing tables, just like the good old days when they were very young. Luigi lovingly stated, “we still work together every day and we really are best friends.”

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From Memri TV the interview is by Egyptian cleric Sa'd Arafat taken February 4th 2010. He explains how Muslim husbands should "properly" beat their wives to show them how to have "proper" etiquette as a wife. Well im sure by now you know these people lose more women this way than they gain. This old mummy probably beat his wife but if he tried that today he would get knocked the fuck out. Once again religion showing it's ugly head.
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After the success of Infinite Jest in 1996, David Foster Wallace took a vacation from fiction and, perhaps, from fans’ expectations with A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. He reported–a trip to the Caribbean on a cruise ship, to the Illinois State Fair, a David Lynch set, a Canadian tennis tournament–and he reviewed: his childhood tennis career, a book of literary theory and novels by his contemporaries. In “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction,” Wallace scolded young writers of “Image Fiction,” who copy television’s will to entertain, who relentlessly attempt “to wow, to ensure that the reader is pleased and continues to read.” He called for “new literary rebels” who will “eschew self-consciousness and hip fatigue,” who will “risk accusations of sentimentality, melodrama. Of overcredulity. Of softness.”
Although Infinite Jest wows every couple of pages and includes almost a hundred pages of self-conscious endnotes, it depicts characters in such emotional distress that only melodramatic actions seem appropriate. Wallace’s achievement is showing how his desperate people are formed by multiple, often interlocking cultural contexts. The class differences between his elite tennis academy and neighboring halfway house reflect the politics of a United States that dumps its waste in Canada. In Wallace’s late late capitalist future, American years are sponsored by consumer products, and most Americans are addicted to visual entertainment, drugs or both. In a culture of image and a society of physical beauty, misfits belong to the “Union of the Hideously and Improbably Deformed.” The merely grotesque find help in the sentimental platitudes of AA.
Infinite Jest is monstrous, willfully hypertrophied, deformed to model the gigantic delusions within it. “Radical realism,” says a character who resembles the author. I agree and think Infinite Jest belongs on the A-list of ample art with books by Wallace’s progenitors–Gaddis and Pynchon–and with large novels by “new rebels” whom Wallace has praised: William Vollmann and Richard Powers. The title of Brief Interviews With Hideous Men implies that Wallace is continuing a rebellious realism, but much of this collection works off the B-list, the brief works of Borges and Beckett, Barth and Barthelme. As an undergraduate, Wallace studied philosophy and mathematics, and he seems attracted to the “thought experiment” fiction of the B-writers, the way a premise can generate its logical contradiction or create an exhausting regress.
Wallace updates Borges’s “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” in “Datum Centurio,” a future dictionary’s entry on “date,” and he restages the final soliloquy of Beckett’s Endgame in “On His Deathbed, Holding Your Hand, the Acclaimed New Young Off-Broadway Playwright’s Father Begs a Boon.” “Tri-Stan: I Sold Sissee Nar to Ecko” retells Barth’s retelling of Narcissus and Echo (herself a “reteller”) in Lost in the Funhouse. “Octet,” a series of pop quizzes for the reader, extends to a meta-dimension the questionnaire in Barthelme’s Snow White. Wallace also recycles himself: “Adult World (I)” tells a story; “Adult World (II)” offers a writer’s notebook revision or recursion.

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The Use of Alternative Pozzolanic Materials Towards Reducing Cement Content in Concrete Pavements
Project End Date: March 31, 2027
This project will evaluate a number of alternative cementitious concrete products used to construct concrete pavement test sections at MnROAD by monitoring their performance over at least a 3-year period. Data collection will include: surface distress surveys, transverse joint faulting and movement, falling weight deflectometer (FWD) testing, ride quality measurements, embedded strain sensor data, ultrasonic tomography (MIRA) testing, curling and warping measurements, and extracted core samples. Using this and other available information (for example, life-cycle assessment [LCA] and environmental impact data), the following items are expected to be addressed to achieve the project objectives over the contracting period:
- Determining the characteristics to be considered when selecting alternative cementitious materials.
- Identification of the factors to be considered when designing mixtures containing these materials.
- Development of guidelines for successfully producing and placing these materials in the field.
- Identification of the testing to be performed during paving and acceptance after hardening.
- Quantification of the impact of alternative cementitious concrete materials on structural pavement performance and durability.
The results of this project will shed light on the factors impacting the production and placement of alternative cementitious concrete materials, the feasibility of using them on large-scale pavement construction projects, and the environmental impacts associated with these materials. The findings from the research will provide state highway agencies (SHAs) information to consider in the implementation of alternative cementitious concrete materials, perhaps ultimately leading to their adoption as a routine paving alternative. A set of draft material and construction specifications will be developed as a means of promoting the use and adoption of these materials by SHAs.
Task 1: Literature Review
In this task, the project team will perform a thorough search and detailed review of literature on alternative cementitious products suitable for pavements. The literature review will focus on the associated materials and sources, mix design procedures, properties and characteristics, handling and placement, short- and long-term performance, limitations, and gaps/research needs. This information will be compiled into a technical memorandum delivered to State, along with a technical presentation to the TAP.
- Deliverable: Task 1 Literature Review (doc), 11/16/22
- Date due: August 31, 2022
Task 2: Construction Testing Analysis
Construction testing data will be collected by State and provided to the research team. The tests anticipated to be performed on the fresh concrete used in the test sections include slump, unit weight, water content, formation factor, and flexural/compressive strength. The following tests are anticipated to be performed on hardened concrete: unrestrained volume change, freeze-thaw durability, air voids in hardened concrete, and petrographic analysis. Some of these tests may not be applicable to concrete with alternative cementitious binders, so alternative tests or additional interpretation of test results may be required and will be identified in the Task 1 Literature Review. The data from construction testing will be entered into a Microsoft Access database and crosslinked with test section information. Data will be compiled, and descriptive statistics will be calculated for comparison with control sections (typical State concrete mixtures). The petrographic analysis report (performed by others) will be reviewed, and key findings compared to construction test data. A technical report will be prepared to summarize task findings and submitted to the TAP, along with a summary presentation to the TAP. Under this task, two members of the project team (Mr. Prashant Ram and Mr. Kurt Smith) will travel to the MnROAD facility for a 1- to 2-day visit to document the construction activities. The exact dates for the site visit will be decided later in conjunction with the TAP based on the construction schedule of the test cells at the MnROAD facility.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned and results obtained from construction testing and observations
- Date due: May 31, 2023
Task 3: Constructability Evaluation
Several factors impact the ability to produce consistent quality concrete paving mixtures in large volumes. Mixture variability, particular with regards to workability and set time, can result in poor consolidation and finishing, less durable concrete, and detrimentally impact pavement performance. Under this task, Contractor will evaluate construction records to assess the feasibility of large-scale construction of the concrete mixtures used at MnROAD. The following elements will be evaluated to assess the constructability of concrete mixtures made with ASCMs: material availability, material handling considerations, issues related to mixing, transporting, placing, and curing, impact of admixtures, and ease of making field adjustments. In addition to the information gathered as part of the literature review conducted under Task 1, the comprehensive report documenting the construction of the test cells at MnROAD (provided by State) is expected to provide key insights related to any issues encountered during construction. Contractor will prepare a report to summarize findings regarding feasibility of large-scale construction and submitted to the TAP for review. A summary presentation will be provided to the TAP and any comments will be integrated into the task deliverable.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned related to the constructability evaluation.
- Date due: September 30, 2023
Task 4: 1st Year Performance Update
Under this task, the performance data collected by the State during the first year on four 250-ft long pavement test sections (in addition to one control section) will be obtained and entered in the project database. The following data are expected to be provided by State: FWD data, seasonal ride quality measurements, distress survey information, load test data from embedded dynamic strain sensors, MIRA and fault meter measurements, joint opening measurements (automated and manually collected), curling and warping measurements, and other testing data on extracted cores. Additional operational information will be gathered, such as the annual traffic data and information on winter de-icing activities (i.e., type of deicing chemicals used and frequency of application during the evaluation period). These data will be compiled, descriptive statistics calculated, and comparisons drawn between the performance of test sections and control sections (typical State concrete mixtures). Based on the findings, any recommendations for data collection adjustments (i.e., type, frequency) will be communicated to the TAP. A 1st year performance summary report will be provided to the TAP for review and comment. A summary of key findings will be presented to the TAP and/or at NRRA Research Pays Off webinar sessions.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned related to the first year of performance of the test sections
- Date due: February 29, 2023
Task 5: 2nd Year Performance Update
The second-year performance data collected by State will be obtained and entered in the project database and the work will mirror that described in Task 4. Comparisons and findings will include data from the first and second years of performance monitoring.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned related to the second year of performance of the test sections
- Date due: February 28, 2023
Task 6: 3rd Year Performance Update
The third-year year performance data collected by State will be obtained and entered in the project database and the work will mirror that described in Task 4. Comparisons and findings will include data from the first, second, and third years of performance monitoring.
Under this task, two members of the project team (Mr. Prashant Ram and Mr. Kurt Smith) will travel to the MnROAD facility for a 1- to 2 -day visit in the summer/fall 2025 to document the condition of the test sections after 3 years of service. The exact dates for the site visit will be decided later in conjunction with the TAP.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned related to the third year of performance of the test sections
- Date due: February 28, 2026
Task 7: Sustainability and Resiliency Comparison of Materials in this Study
The primary goal of this task is to compile the environmental data available on each material being evaluated in this study and perform a comparative analysis. A preliminary assessment of the environmental impacts of each mixture used in the construction of the test cells at the MnROAD facility will be conducted under a separate contract. The environmental impacts of conventional concrete paving materials (such as portland cement, portland limestone cement, fly ash, etc.) are available from existing material databases from publicly available sources; however, to document the environmental data on specialty materials, the project team will have to rely on data from the material suppliers. One potential data source could be EPDs or other environmental data that are published by the material producers. The environmental impact assessment is expected to cover the material acquisition to the production phase for each material based on the data provided by the material suppliers. The analysis will focus on the reductions in environmental impacts (based on impact indicators such as global warming potential and ozone layer depletion potential, with the final set of selected indicators based on guidance from TAP) that can be realized through the use of alternative cementitious materials over conventional paving concrete. The evaluation of the resiliency of a concrete mixture is incomplete without the assessment of the impacts on the entire pavement system (paving materials, foundation materials, geometrics, etc.). However, specific concrete properties, such as reduced shrinkage, reduced permeability, reduction in oxychloride formation potential when exposed to deicing salts, and effective freeze-thaw resistance, may be considered as surrogate indicators of improved resiliency. A comparative analysis of these properties for concrete containing alternative cementitious binders and conventional paving concrete will be performed based on the information available from the ongoing study.
- Deliverable: A technical memo summarizing the information learned related to comparisons of sustainability and resiliency for the materials in this study
- Date due: April 30, 2026
Task 8: Final Technical Review and Production of Draft Final Report and Tech Brief
The research team will prepare a draft final research report and technical brief document (to aid in implementation) that provides a project overview, data, findings, and conclusions. At this time, the report is envisioned to include the following sections:
- Chapter 1. Introduction, Purpose, and Scope
- Chapter 2. MnROAD Test Section Characteristics and Layout
- Chapter 3. Construction Test Results Summary
- Chapter 4. Performance Comparison and Findings
- Chapter 5. Constructability Evaluation
- Chapter 6. Sustainability and Resiliency Assessment
- Chapter 7. Findings and Conclusions
- Appendices: Literature Review Summary, Project Data Summaries, EPD data, Material Specifications, etc.
After the draft report is submitted, a TAP meeting will be scheduled to review the contents of the report. Under this task, once the draft final report is submitted, one member of the project team (Mr. Prashant Ram) will attend one annual NRRA meeting in-person to provide an update on the project.
- Deliverable: A draft final report and technical brief summarizing the information learned in this study
- Date due: November 30, 2026
Task 9: Editorial Review and Publication of Final Report and Tech Brief
During this task, the Principal Investigator (PI) will work directly with State’s contract editors to address any editorial comments and finalize the document or product in a timely manner. The contract editors will ensure the product meets State’s publication standards and accessibility guidelines Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 compliant).
- Deliverable: Final published report and technical brief summarizing the information learned in this study
- Date due: March 31, 2027
Email the Project Team
Principal Investigator(s): Prashant Ram, Applied Pavement, firstname.lastname@example.org
Co-PI: Kurt Smith, Applied Pavement, email@example.com
Technical Liaison: Tom Burnham, MnDOT, firstname.lastname@example.org
Project Technical Advisory Panel (TAP): Contact us to join this TAP
- Tom Burnham, MnDOT (TL)
- Mark Finnell, WisDOT
- Dan Gancarz, Illinois Tollway
- Alf Gardiner, Braun Intertec
- Robert Golish, Minnesota DOT
- Lieska Halsey, Nebraska DOT
- Rita Lederle, University of St. Thomas
- Tirupan Mandal, Wisconsin DOT
- Somayeh Nassiri, Washington State University
- Xijun Shi, Texas State University
- Jake Sumeraj, Illinois Tollway
- Anthony Torres, Texas State University
- Brett Trautman, Missouri DOT


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Author Laura Pedersen’s memoir about growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York through the 1970s is a fun walk down memory lane that will likely be familiar to many Gen-Xers, although she doesn’t consider herself one being born in 1965. It struck even closer to home for myself as someone who also grew up in the town of Amherst, although I left in April 1975 one month before my eighth birthday, but still returned for yearly visits through the remainder of my childhood. The similarities end there though, because her parents were Dutch and British and she was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, while I was raised Catholic in an Italian family.
Pedersen does a great job providing the history of Buffalo, a city of major importance at the turn of the twentieth century that fell on very hard times as industries slowly pulled out. She provides a depth to the Queen City that outsiders only know for its tasty chicken wings, the polluted Love Canal and its Super Bowl-losing football team.
Buffalo Gal is at it best when Pedersen describes things specific to her life. Her parents are intriguing characters that occasionally surprise with their actions, and, while slightly inattentive, they gave her a great deal of freedom to grow as a person and this resulted in a great deal of independence and self-reliance. Her use of language as a writer is very direct, engaging, and economical.
While I enjoyed the read, the book does have some minor flaws. At times, it gets too reminiscent of cable countdown shows as Pedersen offers lists of familiar things everyone grew up with at the time, whether its popular games of foods. She won’t let the reader forget that she’s not the prettiest or smartest girl by constantly reminding them. When boys were finally interested in her, she always took her girlfriends’ castoffs, and at about the age of three a doctor told her mother Laura was retarded.
The book also suffers from occasional clichés. Even if the boys in the neighborhood really were looking at native women in National Geographic, it’s a story told so often it should have been bypassed. The one good thing about Internet porn is that quaint story will fall out of the collective unconscious by another generation.
Also, the anecdotes are so smart, clever, and quirky that I began to wonder if they were all really true. She tells a story about her mother working at the unemployment office making ten dollars more than the unemployed “but they only had to come in one day a week instead of five,” which is a gag I have heard comedian Bob Newhart tell. There is also the time she thought she was being clever and wrote a dirty poem in her school anthology. She explains the first letter of every other word spelled out an expletive-filled phrase, but she was off one word.
Buffalo Gal is like a friend or family member reminiscing about the good times with not much in the way of strife or conflict even with her having to deal with her parents divorce. It’s a nice, pleasant, angst-free read.
An excerpt of the memoir about “God’s Frozen People” can be read at Pedersen’s website.


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Children of Earth: Day 5
Cover, Content Guide and Editor’s Note
Episode Breakdown: COE: Day 5
By DJ Forrest
The Lazarus Experiment by DJ Forrest
Silence in the Library by DJ Forrest
The Girl in the Fireplace by Tony J Fyler
Amy’s Choice by Tony J Fyler
Nightmare in Silver by Tony J Fyler
Carnival of Monsters by DJ Forrest
The Zarbi by DJ Forrest
Ghost Mission by Tony J Fyler
Children of Earth by DJ Forrest
Big Finish Reviews+
Last of the Cybermen by Tony J Fyler
The Tenth Doctor Adventures Volume 1
By Tony J Fyler
Happy Birthday Tamie Wiggins
DW & TW Connections
By DJ Forrest
The Whoniverse Round-Up
Sharon Morgan News
Andrew Cartmel News
So it’s that time again when another series has ended and we look forward to the next instalment of stories to review. Children of Earth reaches its climactic ending, and there’s plenty of reasons to dig out the hankies and sob on someone’s shoulder. For Ianto fans, everything ended in Day Four, where for Jack fans, the story continues, so we really hope you’re brave enough to read till the end of the page.
Alas, we have no interviews this month. Everyone is extremely busy with cons and holidays and rehearsals and more, but we endeavour to bring you interviews in our next edition.
Tony and I have been busy reviewing all your favourite episodes of Who and Torchwood episodes and audios that were broadcast in May plus we have another Connection with a cluster of Who and Torchwood cast.
We have some interesting news in our Whoniverse round up this month and hope to catch up with Sharon Morgan again very soon.
There are a few celebrating birthdays in June, but kicking off the month, Tamie Wiggins celebrates with a bunch of familiar faces. Have a great day.
Check out the last instalment of Heaven and Nature Sings this month. It’s been a great journey and Echo is a great writer.
Short and sweet this month. The sun is beating me too much to want to stay indoors and write.
Top up your sun protection people, it’s a scorcher!
Welcome to Issue 36 – Children of Earth: Day Five


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Local fiends! The B&B Theatres in Wildwood, Mo is hosting a program called Retro Fright Nights starting this Thursday, October 8th with Young Frankenstein. To celebrate these repertory screenings we have some vouchers to give away!!
Fill out the forms below for the respective screenings and we’ll notify you the Wednesday before the show to let you know if you won!
Young Frankenstein – October 8th at 4pm & 7pm
(1974) Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather’s experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor’s fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).
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- Andy Triefenbach
Not having quite plundered all of the 80s for every possible remake, Hollywood is now starting to eviscerate the 90s. The latest quasi-classic to get the reboot treatment is Flatliners, which came out just on the cusp of the 1990's emerging into their own as a viable landscape for cinema. The original film contains elements from both eras, making it unique in the sci-fi horror genre. At this time, it's not known how the storyline will be skewered or altered, if at all.
Ellen Page is in talks to headline this version of Flatliners. It isn't known if she will play the role of Dr. Rachel Mannus, originated by Julia Roberts. It's possible that this version could introduce a whole new set of characters. The rest of the ensemble cast from the original included some heavy hitters from that time period, including Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt. »
The original film centered around a group of medical students who had the ability to travel into the afterworld to try to find meaning in their own lives, before having to be resuscitated in the nick of time before dying. Before long however, their experiments start to go south.
- Scott J. Davis
Joe Wright, the British director who, up until now has settled on bringing mainly period dramas like Pride and Prejudice and Atonement to the screen, focusses his talented sights on a retelling of the Peter Pan classic, which too can be wedged in that aforementioned genre, with the action taking place during World War II.
Pan is a brand new origin story written by Jason Fuchs, and was a screenplay that has appeared on the famous Blacklist, Hollywood’s list of the best of the best unmade screenplays. The action kicks off just before WWII, where Peter Pan’s mother Mary (Amanda Seyfried) is seen seemingly abandoning her newborn child at the gates of the Lambeth Home For Boys in south London. We very quickly skip forward 12 years to find Peter (newcomer »
- Paul Heath
Every month, Netflix retires a handful of movies and shows. This month, a ton of great titles are disappearing, including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Star Trek Into Darkness, and High Fidelity. Basically, you don't have as much time as you thought to catch up on The It Crowd or The Slap. Don't make the mistake of waiting until If I Stay is gone! Check out the full list of titles below - before it's too late. Once you've stocked up your list with all these movies, take a look at the new ones coming in September! Expired Sept. 1 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Doomsday Preppers, seasons one through three Ink Master, season two Jackie Brown Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Mortal Kombat: The Movie Patch Adams Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Rules of Engagement School of Rock She's the One Sleepless in Seattle The It Crowd, »
- Maggie Pehanick
Trying to act all professional to impress certain award judges, the lads fail miserably as the usual banter ensues, Tom discovers something he never realised about the Harry Potter books, and Vic is proven right yet again (though he’s still wrong about Ant-Man). Tom’s Trivia Three – Learn awesome trivia about Speed, Die Hard, and The Expendables 2. Reviews – Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsA critically acclaimed screen actor quotes lines from movies he hasn’t starred in – This week, our acclaimed actor takes on The Lost Boys.News – Hear our feelings on the cinematic future of the Fantastic Four, we discuss who’s more bankable Batman and Superman, and deal with the news that Minions is now the second highest grossing animated movie of all time. Subscribe on iTunes – Click here (Click view in iTunes and the click Subscribe) If you’re already a subscriber, the latest episode is ready to download. »
- email@example.com (Tom White)
Funko's paying tribute to villains and monsters this fall with their new Leatherface ReAction figure, super-sized Godzilla Pop! vinyl, and Mystery Minis: Horror Series 2 that includes Count Orlok, David from The Lost Boys, Pinhead, and more.
Funko's slated their Leatherface ReAction figure for a September release and their Mystery Minis: Horror Series 2 for an October debut, while their Godzilla Pop! Vinyl figure is due out in November. Below, we have official details and images (courtesy of Funko).
Leatherface: "Head for the hills! Our Leatherface ReAction figure is coming! The Texas Chainsaw Massacre antagonist dons his signature bloody apron, mask, and comes with his trusty chainsaw!"
Mystery Minis: Horror Series 2: "Horror fans, rejoice! Our second series of Horror Mystery Minis are here!
This series contains horror legends like Nosferatu, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein! Your box might also contain Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Hellraiser, or other contemporary horror classics! »
- Derek Anderson
The actor will also attend the gala screening of his latest film Forsaken at the festival.
Kiefer Sutherland, noted for his performances in The Lost Boys, Young Guns and Melancholia, as well as his long-standing role as Jack Bauer in TV series 24, will receive the Golden Eye award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival (Sept 24 – Oct 4).
He will also attend the festival’s gala screening of his latest film Forsaken, in which he acts alongside his father Donald Sutherland. Demi Moore and Brian Cox also star in Jon Cassar’s western about a community besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.
“The way Kiefer Sutherland has reinvented himself throughout his career is a testament to the rare acting skills he exhibited at a young age and honed as his roles »
Two of the Cryptkeeper's big screen stories—Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood—will receive stellar home media treatments this fall from Scream Factory, with both films set to be released as Collector's Edition Blu-rays on October 20th. In early July, the cover art for the anticipated releases was revealed, and now their full lists of special features have been announced.
Scream Factory's guaranteeing the ultimate Halloween treat for fans of Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood, as the special features list for the former includes a new audio commentary with Demon Knight director Ernest Dickerson, while the latter has a new audio commentary with Bordello of Blood co-writer and producer A.L. Katz.
Below, we have the official press release with the full special features lists, and in case you missed it, we also have a look at the final cover art for the Collector's Edition releases.
Press Release: Just in time for Halloween festivities, »
- Derek Anderson
The Good Lie features heart-rendering and powerful performances led by; Oscar® winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line, Wild) as strong and independent employment counsellor, Carrie; Corey Stoll (House Of Cards, Non-Stop) as Carrie’s boss and ex-husband, Jack; Arnold Oceng (My Brother The Devil, Adulthood) as ‘The Chief’ orphan, Mamere; Ger Duany (I Heart Huckabees, Isn’t It Delicious) as his orphan brother, Jeremiah; Emmanuel Jal (Africa United, War Child) as his other orphan brother, Paul; Sarah Baker (Tammy, The Campaign) as Carrie’s acquaintance and volunteer, Pamela; and introducing Kuoth Wiel as Abital, the orphan sister of “The Lost Boys”.
They were known simply as “The Lost Boys”. Orphaned during the Sudanese Civil War, a group of young refugees are given »
- Laura Holmes
Also going bye-bye, TV series including "Coach," "Undeclared," and Britcom "The It Crowd."
Leaving September 1
"Bratz: Rock Angelz" (2005)
"Care Bears: Big Wish Movie" (2005)
"Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-Lot" (2004)
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000)
"Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!" (2009)
"Doomsday Preppers": Season 1-3
"Electrick Children" (2012)
"FernGully: The Last Rainforest" (1992)
"Ink Master": Season 2
"Jackie Brown" (1997)
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998)
"Mortal Kombat: The Movie" (1995)
"Patch Adams" (1998)
"Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" (2006)
"Rugrats in Paris: The Movie" (2000)
"Rules of Engagement" (2000)
"Sarah's Choice" (2009)
"School of Rock" (2003)
"She's the One" (1996)
"Sleepless in Seattle" (1993)
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- Sharon Knolle
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
65 years after a spate of murders in a small town the killings start up again, but how could it be the same killer?
This trend of delving back into our beloved horror movies and totally screwing with the mythology is a strange one, especially as there seems to be no such thing as a straight sequel any more. The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a title that should be familiar to most genre fans as it has a fairly solid reputation as a proto-slasher/crime thriller that pre-dates Halloween by two years and presents a masked killer stalking and killing the innocent inhabitants of a small American town. This sequel/reboot with the same name is a curious beast in that it »
- Gary Collinson
Wes Craven’s best films are all driven by ideas, whether it’s a boogeyman who can kill you in your sleep or that same fictional boogeyman gaining real-world power from our collective fear. When those ideas combined with politics or social issues, the results were Craven’s rare “message” movies — raw nerves transformed into horror films as a way for the filmmaker to express his outrage. 1991’s The People Under the Stairs is Craven’s first real “message” movie since the one-two punch of The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes. It’s also one of his most underrated.
Less a horror film than it is a pitch black comedy, The People Under the Stairs is Wes Craven’s most overtly political film. There’s nothing apologetic about it and, like Joe Dante would later do in Homecoming, Craven has something he wants to say »
- Patrick Bromley
“Where’s your spirit of adventure?” asks Drax, the film's villain, before setting off in search of the final skull of Touganda. This sums up The Phantom nicely. It might not work, but they went on an adventure and tried something interesting and different. Cinema would be richer with a greater sense of adventure. That said, the spirit of the film being expressed by the villain does serve as an example of what a muddle the team behind The Phantom movie got themselves into.
The 1996 film The Phantom is a bit of an oddity. It gets a lot of stuff really wrong, yet there are other areas where it comes up with a really interesting approach to the challenge of making a comic adaptation. It »
Referee the ultimate showdown between gunslinger and lycanthrope when acclaimed western-horror Blood Moon hits DVD and Digital September 1 from Uncork’d Entertainment.
The old west howls when a town is overtaken by skinwalkers. Knowing they’ve got to combine forces if they want to survive the night, the passengers of a stagecoach unite with a heroic gunslinger and a couple of outlaws to battle the beastly enemy under the blood moon. Only the second ever western to be filmed in the UK, the award-winning film stars The Woman in Black’s Shaun Dooley, George Blagden (TVs Vikings), Anna Skellern (The Descent II) and Corey Johnson (Captain Phillips). Jeremy Wooding directs from an Alan Wightman script.
We caught up with director Jeremy Wooding to talk his film’s unique mesh of horror and wild west thrills, favorite horror movies and the potential of a sequel.
Okay, tough questions first : Favorite horror movie? »
- Jerry Smith
The Zappa Family Trust has given its approval to a new documentary about the original Mother of Invention, Frank Zappa. The film is in the early stages of development and will likely come out in 2017, according to Variety.
Director Alex Winter, whose early acting roles in the Bill and Ted movies and The Lost Boys have given way to directing tech-based documentaries (Deep Web, Downloaded), will helm the film based on his own script. "There has yet to be a definitive, authorized documentary on the extraordinary life and work of Frank Zappa, »
The Zappa Family Trust has given its backing to the untitled project.
“There has yet to be a definitive, authorized documentary on the extraordinary life and work of Frank Zappa,” Winter said. “I am beyond thrilled to be embarking on this journey. Our tale will be told primarily in Frank’s own words; he will be our guide through this journey.”
Winter expects the doc to be finished in time for release in 2017.
Zappa was a self-taught composer, arranger and producer who sought to push the boundaries of music. He released more than 65 albums and »
- Dave McNary
Written by Tom Wood
What, who, why or even how did your fascination with Horror begin? I will give you a minute to think whilst I set the scene. The other day, I was driving my car to work; A journey that has been done a thousand times before and as a result, it has become so tedious; so pathetically boring; I could probably do it with my eyes closed and without thinking (not that I will of course, that would just be plain dangerous on so many levels); But my point is, whilst I was driving, a question, not just any old question, but that question popped and buried itself deep into the back of my head. A simple question of What made me interested in Horror? Had evolved and mutated like a diseased zombie into further questioning and so forth, that in the end, a whole »
An official selection in Los Angeles Film Festival’s Nightfall selection, catacombs horror The Confines has been acquired for release from IFC Midnight. Starring Louisa Krause and Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), The Confines is “set in a vast vacant residential complex amidst a recession, the shops and rooms have all been abandoned and the underbelly of the…
The post IFC Takes Catacombs Horror, The Confines appeared first on Shock Till You Drop. »
- Samuel Zimmerman
In The Confines, co-writer and director Eytan Rockaway takes viewers into the most unsettling parts of their imaginations with his intense psychological thriller that co-stars Louise Krause (Ava’s Possessions) and Jason Patric (The Lost Boys, Narc). Rather than give us another standard spookfest, Rockaway uses his story as a metaphor for something bigger, and the result is an effectively creepy tale that utilizes its tenebrous atmosphere and brilliant cast to its fullest.
The Confines follows Streak (Krause), a troubled woman trying to turn her life around in an attempt to keep custody of her daughter. She takes on a nighttime security position at an abandoned building where she is tasked with keeping things running smoothly alongside her new co-worker, Cooper (Patric). Things start off well enough, but as you may have suspected, there’s more than meets the eye at Streak’s new job once she discovers there may »
- Heather Wixson
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Vancouver Public Library and V.I.A. have teamed up to help you discover new reads, hidden book gems and surprising literary finds. Check back every couple of weeks for the latest reading recommendations from the experts at Vancouver’s library.
With Remembrance Day around the corner you might be wondering about your family’s involvement in the military. We’ve gathered some books to start you off on your research, give you inspiration and help paint the picture of what life was like for those in the military.
Conduct your own military genealogy research
A Call to the Colours: Tracing your Canadian Military Ancestors by Kenneth G. Cox
A Call to the Colours is a great guide for anyone trying to trace an ancestor who served during one of the major conflicts in Canadian history. The book offers a wealth of archival, library, and computer resources along with a variety of examples of the sorts of artifacts and documents you can use in your genealogy research.
The Canadian medal rolls, Distinguished Conduct and Military Medal (1939-45 & 1950-53) by Martin Ashton
Here is another invaluable resource for family military history researchers, offering details of 1,492 Distinguished Conduct and Military Medals awarded to Canadians during World War II, as well as 60 awarded during the Korean War. The book includes London Gazette citation information about the awards, the types of awards, and an index of all the award recipients.
The entries in war memorials are valuable to family historians as they often show the name, military number, rank, unit name, date of death, and the age of the veteran. This publication of the BC Genealogical Society lists 6,177 names copied from 72 cenotaphs and war honour rolls, commemorating Canada's dead in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
Stories to inspire your research
Acclaimed aviation author Dan McCaffery spent years researching the military career of his father, a tail gunner in Bomber Command, who experienced firsthand the horrors of air combat in Europe during World War II. McCaffery distilled the information from lengthy interviews with his father and the people who served with him to write this compelling war story about his father and his generation.
In Search of My Father by Marion Elizabeth Marten Fawkes
This is a daughter's long quest to discover the military history of her father, Charles McKenzie Marten, a Boer War veteran who died in World War I. Like a true detective, she plowed through photographs, letters, and many other documents included in the book. The result is not only an interesting read, but also a great case study of family military history research.
One Family’s War: The Wartime Letters of Clarence Bourassa, 1940-1944 by Clarence Bourassa
This moving book is a collection of the letters Private Clarence Bourassa wrote to his wife over the course of four years during World War II. The heartfelt letters, which were discovered by his son fifty years after they were sent, offer a vivid and frank look at army life and appeal to both military historians and anyone interested in candid, personal war stories.
Understanding what life was like for veterans
Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories From Canada’s War Veterans by Blake Heathcote
Testaments of Honour gives a voice to Canada’s war veterans as they reflect and share fascinating accounts of their personal experiences from the Second World War, from the terror of night-blind raids to the unlikely friendships between German captors and Canadian prisoners. History comes alive in each interview, through the powerful stories of the veterans, their memorabilia as well as many then-and-now photographs.
Former CBC radio host Mark Forsythe and historian Greg Dickson teamed up in 2014 to create this fascinating book, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of World War I. The numerous interviews, war memorabilia, and photographs they gathered from across BC offer valuable insights into the participation of British Columbians in the Great War.
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Why don't we know which pain relief is best for IUD fitting?
Concerns about pain during insertion are a major barrier to IUD use. There is no evidence of what is the best pain relief option in IUD fitting. So more research is certainly needed. Perhaps though research focus should shift from examining pain perception due to anxiety of these procedures to examining the complex nature of pain in gynaecological procedures and what works best for pain control.
Only recently some women have reported their experiences of severe pain during IUD fitting procedures. This led to an outpouring of similar stories all detailing a common theme of being led to believe IUD fitting is painless yet experiencing severe pain and feeling to some extent like a failure at not being able to tolerate it. The reports prompted the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to issue a press release. In it they reassure that FSRH training already includes teaching on analgesics (in intrauterine contraception). One can only wonder why then if this is already included in training, that so many women have reported negative experiences. The press release goes on to say that FSRH recommends healthcare professionals create a supportive environment and offer appropriate analgesia. The option must always be given. So, if GP practices or some clinics do not have the facilities to provide local anaesthesia, patients should be referred to another service.
So, we know IUD insertion hurts some people some of the time and that professionals know to offer pain relief but no-one knows which one. Wouldn’t it be good to know what works best in terms of pain relief? Maybe then it would break the barrier to IUD use for once and for all.
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire. 146 people, mainly immigrant women, some as young as 14 years old, died when a fire broke out on the top three floors of a garment factory at the corner of Greene and Washington Place, just off Washington Square Park in New York City.
A year before, the women of Triangle Shirtwaist had led a city-wide strike of 20,000 garment workers to protest crowded, unsafe working conditions and low wages. The owners of Triangle Shirtwaist, recent immigrants themselves, opposed organized labor and fought back against the strikers’ demands.
New York at the time was an important center of textile manufacturing. Manhattan alone had more than 450 textile factories, which employed some 40,000 workers. Many of them, like the women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, were recent immigrants from Italy, Poland, Russia and Hungary. Factory owners were under intense competitive pressure to keep productivity up and costs low. It was not uncommon for garment workers to work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, for less than $4 a week.
Ironically, the Triangle building was considered a model of modern safety standards, compared to the dark and crowded working conditions of tenement apartment sweatshops common at the time. Triangle was a “fireproof” building, with freight elevators, high ceilings and windows that allowed light onto the factory floor.
The fire that began at 4:30 pm 100 years ago today started on the 8th floor and spread quickly upwards, igniting machine oil and flammable piles of cotton scraps and shirtwaists on the factory floor. The workers rushed to escape but found the main stairs chained shut (the bosses didn’t want them taking breaks or stealing shirts and routinely searched them before they could leave the building.) While some made it out via the single freight elevator, others were pushed to their deaths in the elevator shaft. The flimsy fire escape came unmoored from the building in the heat, killing many more.
Firemen could do little to help, since ladders at that time reached only as far as the 6th floor. The women trapped on the 9th floor began to jump out the windows, and the nets the firemen were holding were ripped uselessly from their hands by the weight of the bodies falling from such a great height. Thousands of New Yorkers out for a Saturday stroll though Washington Square Park witnessed the horrible scene.
The factory owners on the top floor escaped out the roof and onto an adjacent building. They stood trial for criminal manslaughter but were acquitted; the jury wasn’t convinced that the owners knew the exit doors were locked.
Still, the consequences of the fire were far-reaching. Public outrage led to more than 30 new laws passed within two years, creating new standards for minimum wages and maximum hours, encouraging collective bargaining, and addressing all the safety failures at the Triangle Factory.
The Triangle Factory building now houses the NYU Chemistry and Biology Departments. A plaque from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union reads:
On this site, 146 workers lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist company fire on March 25, 1911. Out of their martyrdom came new concepts of social responsibility and labor regulation that have helped make American working conditions the finest in the world.
The fire was a terrible tragedy. But today we can be thankful for 100 years of development and public safety regulation that prevent workplace disasters like this one in New York City.
Photos: 1,2,3,4,5 taken by the author with permission at “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: One Hundred Years After” at NYU Open House; 6 taken by the author on March 24, 2011.


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