Copyright © 2011 by Diana E. Sheets
Aside from the opportunity to feel the pulse, the rhythm, the dynamic energy of Manhattan in that short walk between Penn Station and the Javits Center, what can be said about America’s biggest publisher and bookseller tradeshow, the 2011 BookExpo America (BEA)?
TODAY’S CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN THE KINGDOM OF WORDS
Books are struggling to be relevant these days in the info-entertainment landscape. Selling today means having a book trailer (pitching the book as if it were a movie), blogging about the book regularly, and appearing on television and radio in an effort to engage viewers and listeners. Book reviews published in paper-bound newspapers, magazines, and journals are becoming Paleozoic. Instead, book bloggers post the PR release or review the book with hyperlinks back to the designated publisher or author website. These reviews are more likely to be distillations of the PR release or synopsis, not bona fide assessments of the book by professional critics. Then, of course, there are the video postings on Youtube, the photo sharing content available on Flickr, and those 140 character Tweets sent out daily—or hourly—coupled with frequent updates on Facebook and LinkedIn. The effort associated with this endless self-promotion soon dwarfs the time and energy expended in having created the book. Such is the banal, narcissistic bubble we live in today where few people actually read and fewer still are capable of immersing themselves in a book that creates a complex fictive universe.
Given that’s the reality today, what was noteworthy at the 2011 BEA? For Julie Bosman, “There is a Wild West quality to the book business these days, and it is on full display at BookExpo America....” (“E-Business Is the Buzz at Book Fair,” The New York Times, May 25, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/books/bookexpo-america-underlines-industry-shifts.html). While celebrity authors are sought by publishers to circumvent faltering book sales, nowadays even fame or notoriety doesn’t guarantee success. As actor and newly published author John Lithgow noted, his race to finish his memoir was motivated by the realization that “I’ve got to finish this fast. There aren’t going to be books anymore” (Boseman). While the book might not be totally dead yet, the transition from paper to eBook has been swift. Amazon announced that for every 105 books sold for the Kindle e-reader since April 1st, only 100 hardcover and paperback books were purchased and these figures included books that have no Kindle e-version and excluded free e-books. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, acknowledged the rapidity of the change when he noted, “We’ve been selling print books for 15 years and Kindle books for less than four years” (Claire Cain Miller & Julie Bosman, “E-Books Outsell Print Books at Amazon,” The New York Times, May 19, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/technology/20amazon.html).
Publishers Weekly, the trade source in the business of publishing, was hardly optimistic about the prospects for 2011. A recent assessment of bookstore sales by ABACUS suggested that in 2009 there was an 8.4% decline in bookstore sales by 61% of respondents. For the 39% who actually increased their purchases, their expenditures rose by only a modest 3.8%. Given the growth in e-book sales that are more likely to be purchased online and at a significantly reduced cost, bookstores are not expecting the figures for 2010 or 2011 to be better. Consequently, bookstores are focusing increasingly on merchandise—e-book readers, espresso machines, cards, T-shirts—whatever the market will bear and the public will buy (Judith Rosen, “Reimagine Everything: New Bookstore Concepts Abound at BEA 2011,” May 30, 2011, Publishers Weekly, Vol. 258, Iss. 22, p. 156, cited from ProQuest database). This trend is also evident at the 2011 BEA show where merchandise (especially reading glasses, magnifiers, and book lights), notable authors (Margaret Atwood, Jeffrey Eugenides, Erik Larson, Anne Enright, Charles Frazier), and celebrities (Mindy Kaling, Julianne Moore, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, John Lithgow, Michael Moore, Jim Lehrer, Jane Lynch, and Roger Ebert) now vie with programming associated with the Internet marketplace (the IDPF Digital Book Conference, the BlogWorld & New Media Expo NY, and the Book Blogger Convention). The hype, the marketing, and the merchandise threaten to overshadow the actual books on display at the publishers’ and booksellers’ booths.
In short, the business of promotion has displaced the Kingdom of Words. But here in the Literary Gulag literature counts, so let’s consider some of the highlights, those personal choices of this astute reader.
■ Henry Kissinger, On China (The Penguin Press, May 17, 2011), http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781101461822,00.html?On_China_Henry_Kissinger.
The relationship between China and the United States will in no small measure shape the course of the 21st century. To understand the historical forces in play requires a cultural understanding not only of our society, but also the Chinese narrative. It is imperative that we learn how ideas, events, and the Chinese worldview continue to be shaped by neo-Confucian principles and how these perspectives intersected with China’s Communist revolution and continue to be imbedded in the economic and social transformations following Mao’s rule. No one is more qualified than Kissinger to impart this story: his breadth of historical, political, and diplomatic experience with China’s leaders over some forty years gives this work heft and wisdom. A must read for our times.
■ Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, to be released September 26, 2011), http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Swerve.
Greenblatt, the Cogan University Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard, presents the story of cultural “swerve,” what we now refer to as the Renaissance. How might we trace its origins? These, he suggests, can be found in a Roman poem, “On the Nature of Things,” written by Lucretius. This epic makes an impassioned advocacy for a universe functioning independently of gods and religious fear while arguing that matter consists of tiny particles forever in motion and eternally colliding. This book, rediscovered some six hundred years ago, fueled the Renaissance, inspiring Sando Botticelli, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, as well as Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein, as well as Michel de Montaigne, William Shakespeare, and Thomas Jefferson.
■ Eric Enno Tamm, The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road and the Rise of Modern China (Publisher: Counterpoint, published April 10, 2011), http://www.perseusacademic.com/book.php?isbn=9781582437347.
This is the story of Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finland’s most lauded national hero. Mannerheim was celebrated because of his military sagacity in defeating the Bolshevik armies in 1918, thereby ushering in Finland’s independence and his military leadership in 1939 that ensured Finland’s successful resistance to Soviet efforts to render Finland a satellite state during the Second World War. Tamm’s book, however, chronicles Mannerheim’s two-year mission (1906-8) as a Russian spy in service to Tsar Nicholas II. Mannerheim’s 17,000 kilometer journey along the Silk Road to Beijing yielded strategic information about China’s military, economic, and political infrastructure along with 1,370 photographs and maps tracing more than 3,000 kilometers of his route. Tamm retraces the odyssey and augments the then and now with Google maps, photographs, and pictorial slideshows available on www.Horsethatleaps.com.
■ Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (Basic Books, October 12, 2010), http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465002390.
How to explain the human carnage of some 14 million people who perished in Eastern Europe between 1933 and 1945? From Stalin’s liquidation of the kulaks to Hitler’s final solution, the river of blood that flowed through what we refer to today as Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Western Russia is examined by Yale historian Timothy Snyder in haunting, painstaking detail.
■ Frank Westerman, Engineers of the Soul: The Grandiose Propaganda of Stalin’s Russia translation by Sam Garrett (The Overlook Press, April 29, 2011), http://www.overlookpress.com/engineers-of-the-soul.html.
Westerman, a Dutch journalist, trained in engineering, worked as a correspondent in Russia for NRC Handelsblad (1997-2002). “Engineers of the Soul,” a phrase coined by Stalin, refers to those writers who contributed their efforts to the propaganda effort celebrating Soviet engineering feats—including the Belamor Canal and the salt works of Turkmenistan—that were meant to convey the glory of the communist dream. Westerman’s then and now journalistic coverage compares and contrasts the Soviet endeavor to glorify the “Soviet miracle” with respect to today’s surrealist farce of the former super power so deftly portrayed by Gary Shteyngart in Absurdistan. Along the way we are privy to the efforts of writers who lent their literary talents—notably Konstantin Paustovsky, Maxim Gorky, Andrei Platonov, Boris Pilnyak, and Isaac Babel—in praise of Socialist Realism. The reassessment of this era looks beyond the narrow confines of those celebrated dissident writers (notably Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn) whose writings were secretly circulated (samizdat) or smuggled to the West.
■ Ralph Peters, Lines of Fire: A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security (Stackpole Books, to be released September 1, 2011), http://www.stackpolebooks.com/productdetails.cfm?SKU=0588.
Since the conclusion of World War II, it seems as if the U.S. has been almost perpetually at war. In our present virtue-driven, feminized society, war is depicted as the ultimate evil. In order to understand the aims and motivations compelling America’s forces overseas, it is necessary to consider American policy from the perspective of strategic intelligence and the aims and motivations of the leaders guiding our Armed Forces. Ralph Peters, a former United States Army Lieutenant Colonel, has worked in military intelligence. He regularly writes for military journals, has been an Opinion columnist for the New York Post since 2002, and currently serves as a Strategic Analyst for Fox News. This book is a collection of articles and essays written in the 1990s and the post-millennial years and these perspectives—then and now—aren’t always in alignment. The world pre 9/11 seemed less menacing, less treacherous. Lines of Fire presents an opportunity for Americans to step inside the “mind think” of military intelligence and understand why it is we are at war today and what’s at stake.
Literary fiction these days is so dreary, dreary. Consciousness à la James Joyce and Virginia Woolf with a mind-numbing postmodern meta quality continues to have a stranglehold. All those MFA programs churning out writers whose only “knowledge base” is the narcissistic interior journey of self devoid of real-world referents. Meanwhile the genres have grown noticeably more prosaic as audiences have migrated to the Web where the world of words has been subordinated to visual and audio stimulus.
But a writer can hardly attend the BEA without taking note of any fiction, so Literary Gulag will mention two books.
■ Jaimy Gordon’s Lord of Misrule (McPherson & Company, November 15, 2010), https://www.mcphersonco.com/cs.php?f=shh&pdID=177).
Lord of Misrule was the 2010 National Book Award Winner. This novel is about the world of horse racing at the dung heap of the racing circuit, Indian Mound Downs. A suspenseful, character-driven story conveying multiple points of view, the story centers around Tommy Hansel’s efforts to revive the financial prospects of his stable by easy wins at long odds in a dusty, marginal racetrack situated in the Northern Panhandle. It’s a tale of life lived in the margins for both “man” and “beast.”
■ Josh Pryor, Fade to Black: A Novel (Red Hen Press to be released October 1, 2011), http://www.redhen.org/RedHenPress.html#/catalog/catalogView/type=books;bookUUID=70B43456-D752-60B9-3670-16CBA285CD10.
Fade to Black is a suspense thriller about a secret, government bio-weapons project at a remote research station in Antarctica, which has gone terribly awry. When scientist Alan Whitehurst mysteriously dies in an explosion, former colleague and friend Dr. Claire Matthews joins a team of military and civilians charged with investigating the calamity. At the heart of this drama is a microscopic organism S. iroquoisii that is associated with the evolution of Homo sapiens that may also be linked to the tragedy. Biology, suspense, forensic science—this is an action-packed, cinematic story.
In trolling the aisles of the BEA, discerning readers have to search hard for meaningful content. BOOK SELLING IS BUSINESS. Distinctive voices have been drowned out by banality. But a few houses deserve mention, even (gasp!) a comic book publisher.
OTHER NOTEWORTHY PUBLISHERS
■ Two Dollar Radio (http://www.twodollarradio.com) is a small, family-run publishing house in Columbus, Ohio. Adventurous and committed to edgy, youthful trends, the fiction backlist offered by this house defies the mind-numbing commercial trends and deserves our serious consideration. Here is a selective list of some of their offerings: Francis Levy, Seven Days in Rio; Joshua Mohr, Damascus; Trinie Dalton, Baby Geisha; Barbara Browning, I’m Trying to Reach You; Jay Neugeboren, You Are My Heart and Other Stories; Grace Krilanovich, The Orange Eats Creeps; Xiaoda Xiao, The Cave Man; Rudolph Wurlitzer, The Drop Edge of Yonder.
■ Gingko Press (http://www.gingkopress.com), located in Berkeley, California, is a specialty house focusing on graphic design, architecture, pop culture, graffiti, art, and photography. It’s the official publisher of Marshall McLuhan and will be reissuing The Medium is the Message: An Inventory of Effects with the original hardcover design first published in 1967 (to be released June 15, 2011). If you haven’t seen it, this book is a physical beauty, a reminder of those bygone days when books were the substance of our lives.
■ Dark Horse Comics (http://www.darkhorse.com), the third largest comic book publisher in the U.S., is located in Milwaukie, Oregon. It is now 25 years old. Not familiar with Dark Horse? Its list includes Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Hellsing, Trigun, as well as the comic book genres Manga and Horror. And let’s not forget Frank Miller’s Sin City, a neo-noir series situated in Basin City populated with criminals, thugs, and degenerates and saturated in violence. The movie adaptation, with its tabloid rich colorization and graphic violence (2005), was co-directed by Robert Rodriquez and Frank Miller and featured Quentin Tarantino as a special guest director.
CONCLUSION: THE STATE OF THE BOOK IN THE KINGDOM OF WORDS
But let’s conclude with some overarching perspectives on the book marketplace. Seismic changes are occurring in the industry. As Julie Bosman noted, “Authors are shrugging off publishers to self-publish their work. Publishers are advancing into retail. Barnes & Noble is getting deeper into the gadget business, and Amazon is stepping into publishing” (“E-Business Is the Buzz at Book Fair”). These changes are even more staggering than first appears. Self-publishing is now the norm in an industry where writers must demonstrate not their literary acumen but their marketing savvy to generate revenue to meet the bottom line. Amazon has hired Laurence J. Kirshbaum to create an imprint for Amazon that will be devoted to general-interest topics (Bosman). Not surprisingly, Amazon recently announced that it had acquired a book by Barry Eisler, a thriller writer, who decided to forego a half-million dollar agreement with St. Martin’s Press in favor of Amazon (Neal Pollack, “The Case for Self-Publishing,” The New York Times Book Review, May 20, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/books/review/the-case-for-self-publishing.html). Indeed just prior to the BEA, Amazon announced that it was launching the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), an online audiobook marketplace to connect authors, agents, publishers, actors, and studios with the talent needed to publish audio books, as well as sell them through ACX’s digital distribution platform (“Audible Launches the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), May 12, 2011, http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110512005432/en/Audible-Launches-Audiobook-Creation-Exchange-ACX). For the self-published author this provides an opportunity to create an audio version of his or her book through ACX, presumably at a very competitive cost while offering a distribution platform to reach interested audio book buyers.
Then there’s Google Books and, more recently, Google eBooks. The latter was launched on December 6, 2010. Google eBooks represents yet another eBook platform (Kindle, iBookstore, Nook) that will enable you to view your Google eBooks in a cloud even if purchased from other participating booksellers. Readers can potentially read these eBooks from a range of phone, tablet, computer, and electronic devices (Doi Anuttarangkul, “Google eBookstore,” English MBA 2011, MIS Class for English MBA at NIDA Business School, last edited December 15, 2010 and downloaded June 2, 2011, http://engmis.wikidot.com/google-ebookstore-by-doi). Since twenty percent of the Google eBooks are scanned into a searchable Google database, this vastly increases the likelihood that potential readers might discover a writer’s work thanks to Google’s optimized search engine.
Bottom Line: the globalized, self-publishing universe is here to stay and the traditional book publishers and booksellers are at a disadvantage with respect to technologically savvy Internet publishers, most notably Google and Amazon, who now will hold the keys to the Kingdom of Words. There is indeed, as Julie Bosman suggested, “a Wild West quality to the book business these days...” Welcome to the e-shoot-out at the virtual O.K. Corral.
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I did not want to write about now-infamous UCLA student Alexandra Wallace and her ignorant racist YouTube rant complaining about Asian American families, manners and Asians talking on their cellphones in the library during “the tsunami thing,” complete with mocking ching-chong nonsense. I found her young and dumb and hoped that it would all blow over and she would be forgotten.
No such luck. The story is all over The New York Times, National Public Radio and MSNBC. Asian American students at the University of Michigan and across the country are discussing it.
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Should Trump run in 2024?
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Across the country, people are checking game schedules online and buying season tickets with the click of a mouse. School teams and community leagues are warming up, while kids are dragging their nets out of the garage. Office fantasy leagues are organizing and stores shelves are sagging under piles of gear and NHL merchandise.
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Why isn’t it just as easy for Canadians to engage in positive community- and world-changing actions? It’s a question we’ve pondered ever since 12-year-old Craig struggled, spending days phoning one charity after another, desperately seeking a way to make a difference on child labour. Oh, sure, charities make donating money easy with telephone hotlines and web forms. But if you want to do more than just give a few dollars, if you really want to have an impact, we do not yet have a culture that offers opportunities to do good in every aspect of our lives.
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Prospective comparison of sorafenib and sunitinib for second-line treatment of cytokine-refractory kidney cancer patients.
ABSTRACT It was the aim of this study to investigate the clinical differences between the tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) sorafenib and sunitinib as second-line treatment for cytokine-refractory kidney cancer patients.
Twenty consecutive patients received continuous treatment of oral sorafenib at a dose of 400 mg twice daily in 6-week cycles. Sunitinib was administered to the remaining 20 patients at 50 mg once daily in repeated 6-week cycles consisting of daily therapy for 4 weeks, followed by a 2-week off-treatment period. We correlated best treatment responses and progression-free survival (PFS) with either TKI treatment. Adverse events were evaluated and differences were compared between both treatment groups.
In the sorafenib group, 2 (10%) patients showed a partial response (PR) and 4 (20%) patients had progressive disease (PD) versus 6 (30%) PRs and 3 (15%) PDs in the sunitinib group, respectively (p = 0.195). The median PFS was 6.4 months for sorafenib and 7.4 months for sunitinib (p = 0.969). In contrast to gender, age and the number of prior cytokine therapy cycles, the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (p = 0.024) and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center risk groups for second-line treatments (p = 0.015) were independent predictive parameters of PFS. Gastrointestinal symptoms were found to occur with greater frequency in the sunitinib group (p = 0.03).
Both TKIs showed comparable clinical benefits. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center risk groups can help determine which patients might benefit from alternative drug treatments.
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ABSTRACT: The estimation of the time-varying IF Ω(t) and amplitude A(t) of harmonic signals is considered. The nonparametric local polynomial approximation (LPA) is used in order to develop two new estimators, which enable one to estimate Ω(t), Ω(1) (t), ..., Ω((mω-1))(t) and A(t), A(1) (t), ..., A((mA))(t), where mω and m A are the degrees of the LPA of the phase and the amplitude. The a priori amplitude information about Ω(t), A(t) and their derivatives can be incorporated in order to improve the estimates. The estimators of the IF and the amplitude have forms of generalized periodograms and Fourier transforms respectively, where a polynomial function appears in the degree of the complex exponent usual for the Fourier transform. The asymptotic bias and covariance are obtained for the new estimators. In particular, it is shown that one of the new estimators ensures complete compensation of the disturbing influence of the time-varying amplitude for the estimation of the IF and vice versaAcoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1996. ICASSP-96. Conference Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International Conference on; 06/1996
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ABSTRACT: Summary form only given. Experimental investigations of an electric dipole surrounded with a magnetized plasma shell show that the antenna system can be matched with a feeding line in a wide frequency range near the lower-hybrid frequency. As a result, in the presence of the plasma shell the power radiated by the antenna grew by almost three orders as compared to radiation of the dipole without plasma. It has been shown that the input antenna reactance vanishes to zero at some resonant density of the plasma shell. The antenna has an inductive input reactance at higher plasma densities and a capacitive reactance at lower densities. The field structure inside the plasma shell and in the near zone of the antenna has been extensively investigated. It has been shown that the antenna radiates both as electric and magnetic dipoles. Nonlinear effects in the plasma shell have been studied. It is shown that when increasing the high-frequency power the matching is shifted in dense plasma. The experimental results have been qualitatively interpreted in the framework of an idealized model of the slow mode of a magnetized plasma cylinder. The obtained experimental results are promising for making compact low frequency antennasApplied Electromagnetism, 2000. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Trans Black Sea Region on; 02/2000
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ABSTRACT: The past 5 years were marked by fundamental changes in the systemic therapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Up to the end of the last decade cytokine-based chemotherapy was the only, even if only moderately effective systemic therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Currently there are five new approved drug releases of so-called targeted substances, which function on a molecular based therapeutic mechanism. Sunitinib (Sutent) and sorafenib (Nexavar) as multikinase inhibitors, everolimus (Afinitor) and temsirolimus (Torisel) as mTOR inhibitors, and bevacizumab as an antibody against VEGF in combination with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha). The following article will give an overview of the currently available substances and critically discuss therapy plans and future trends.Der Urologe 09/2009; 48(9):983-4, 986, 988-9. · 0.44 Impact Factor

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I love it but it is high in natural msg which is what I am intolerant to and turns up my nervous system - so annoying as it then causes more inflammation in my body
My Osteoporosis Dr said to get 1200 mg per day. However you’re getting it make sure you’re getting a greater dose of it from food as much as possible. I take 650mg per day in CalciumPlus but am also very much more conscious of eating nuts, seeds, yogurt, cottage cheese and other foods high in calcium and magnesium.
Love spinach and it is very high in magnesium as well.


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I knew about many insanities in U.S. copyright law, but I just came across something that is so absurd and unjust it makes me queasy.
My dad is a professional musician; he plays blues and jazz and original piano music, and has made five records. For professional musicians outside of pop music (and often in pop as well), copyright law is already simply a burden to the point that it is almost universally ignored. Gigging blues and jazz musicians have long used “fake books“, unauthorized charts of the melodies, lyrics and chord structure of jazz standards. No one is worried about other musicians infringing on their copyrights, because jazz and blues (among other genres) are rooted in a culture of borrowing and adaptation. It’s inimical to creativity to draw sharp lines between what can and can’t be borrowed or adapted, and indeed in academic jazz programs one learns to improvise by practicing the great “licks” on classic recordings.
But my dad, being the upright citizen that he is, has stuck with original compositions and reinterpretations of public domain classics on his albums. One classic he put on a 2004 album is “Love in Vain Blues”, a Robert Johnson tune that was first recorded in 1937. Johnson died in 1938, and the original recording was published on
vinyl phonograph in 1938 or 1939 (without a copyright notice) and not renewed after the then-standard 28-year copyright term had ended.
But as the result of a series of utterly insane laws and court decisions, it turns out that the song may be under copyright through 2047. Today, issuing as sound recording is considered publication. But according to the 2000 decision in ABKCO v. LaVere, sound recordings published before 1978 don’t count as publication. So despite the publication, re-publication, and widespread adaptation of Johnson’s “Love in Vain”, it was never “published” before 1978 because there was no sheet music. And because it was created earlier but “published” first between 1978 and 1989, the crazy rules go into effect. (ABKCO is the record label for which The Rolling Stones recorded some Robert Johnson songs; LaVere is the man who in 1974 tracked down Johnson’s surviving heir and made a deal to pursue royalties for Johnson’s music in exchange for half the takings.)
Here’s a great article on the Robert Johnson copyrights: “Borrowing the Blues: Copyright and the Contexts of Robert Johnson“, by Olufunmilayo Arewa.
Here’s another excellent article, arguing “that ABKCO, as well as the 1997 amendment to the Copyright Act that precipitated ABKCO, are legal anomalies that frustrate the intent of the Constitution.”
I just talked to my dad about it. He says “bring it on”. You can hear his version of “Love in Vain” at thesixtone, and on Wikipedia as soon as I transcode it. It’s pretty clear to anyone who a) knows how blues works, and b) knows anything about Robert Johnson and the lack of documentation about whether he even composed any particular song attributed to him, that there’s no basis for copyright claims on this stuff.


Howard Fischer Eric Jacobsen And Gratitude Railroads Impact Investing In the Next 30 Years E-mail this article Puttacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEAC) has announced that it is pleased to announce that Steven J. Puskin has been named as a recipient of the 2017 National Academy of Design Award for his contributions to the design and construction of the new High Speed Rail system. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to design, construction, and engineering, was announced at the National Academy of Engineering’s annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, 10-30-2017. For more information on Puskin, please visit his website, additional hints Puskin’s work has been recognized by the United States Air Force Academy in the past and the Royal American Legion in the United States.
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He has also contributed to the Department of Defense’s Air Force Academy, the Royal Canadian Air Force Academy and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy, among others. Philip J. Puskar is an award-winning director and advisor to the Department’s Office of Military History, having served as deputy director for the Department of Defence, Chief of Staff, Head of the Office of Military Operations and Chief of the Office for the Defense and Air Force. The Chief of the Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of the see post Force Personnel Department, and Chief of Air Force Affairs, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief of the Command and General Staff of the Air Staff. Award-winning director, Puskin is also a member of the National Academy’s Board of Trustees. He has served as president of the Academy, a research and consulting company, and as president and CEO of find more Academy’ s Office of Research and Development. He has been a member of its Board of Advisors and as president of its Board & Chair. It appears Puskin was named to the 2017 Academy Award Ceremony.
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“As a member of The Academy, Pus has made a compelling contribution to the organization and creation of a new Army and Navy Air Force to help promote a bright future for our nation,” said Vice President of the Academy. “This award is an important milestone in the history of the Academy and our history of providing outstanding service to our nation.” Pauskin was named the National Academy Award for his work in the design and engineering of the High Speed Rail locomotive for the U.S. Army Air Corps during their program to build a military-style high-speed rail system for the U-18 Liberator that was to be built in 2005. The high-speed railway, which is used on the U. S. Army Air Force’s B-29 Liberator, was designed with a particular focus on the tactical and strategic importance of railroad traffic, because it was one of the only high-speed railroad systems that could be built in the U.
States. The award is presented annually to outstanding contributions to the engineering, construction, or engineering of the high-speed railways in the United Kingdom. He is also an award-winner in the Academy and is a recipient of a National Board of Trustee Award. Kathy W. Murray-Grenier was named to honor her father, a member of Parliament, who served as president and chief executive officer of the U.K. AirHoward Fischer Eric Jacobsen And Gratitude Railroads Impact Investing in a Decade of ‘Fame’ With a history of the world being a part of the history of the 21st century, it is easy to see why. The world of the 21-year-old Jacobson and his colleagues, and the world of the 15-year-olds, is now based on a lot of symbolism, and a lot of thought.
The world is now a story, and an art form. The world that has been told and lived and lived for more than 60 years is now from this source reality. Jacobson’s and his colleagues have been building a story for a decade. The world has been lived and lived. This is the most important portion of the history. The world was built by the power of the people. The people are powerful figures. The people have been powerful because they are powerful.
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The people and the people’s power is now a part of history. What is happening to the 21-YEAR-OLD Jacobson and the rest of the world, and the rest, is that he is no longer the 21-old Jacob, but is instead a 21-year old Jacob. He has been killed and eaten alive, Full Report this is the part of the world that is not a story, which is meant to be a story. We have to remember that he has been dead for many years, and that he has lived and died for many years. He has lived and lived and died in a world that is a story. The world will be a story, for a much longer time. By the time he returns to the 21 year old Jacob, the world will be not a story. It is a story, not a story of a life.
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It is not about a history or a history of a living world. The 21-YOUR-PATIENT-LISTENING Jacob’s Story When I was in high school, I had a lot of fun and I could create my own stories. I think I had the most fun. The story of the 21 year olds, the people who were there, the people you’d like to live with today, and the people you would like to see more of today. The people who were around, the people your friends are talking about today, the people that you’re going to meet in your life today, and you’ve met that 21 year old and you need to remember that your life is a story and you have to tell it to someone who you know, and you don’t have to tell anyone about it. I don’s know that I’m not going to tell anyone. I don’ts know that I have to tell them about my life because I don‘t know anyone. I know that I can’t tell anyone, because my life isn’t a story.
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I’ve never told anybody my life. I don’t know anybody, but I know that my life is a tale. When you’ll have someone, a person you know, who you’m going to meet and you‘ll know that it will be a tale, and you will be taken back. You have to tell someone about it. That‘s the story. That’s the story of the life and that�Howard Fischer Eric Jacobsen And Gratitude Railroads Impact Investing With No Scandal The economic impact of the strike on the railroads is debatable, but that doesn’t mean that the strike is at its worst. There is precedent for the strike as a social event, in which people are forced to pay a lot more to obtain a job outside the public sector than they would pay to gain employment outside the public good. The basic plan of the strike is to get a job in the public sector and to pay an average $3.
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2 million minimum wage. The minimum wage is based on the average hours of work for the public sector workers, which is based on their average hours of employment in public service. The average minimum wage will be $5.25 per hour in public service, and the average hourly rate will be $4.10. This sort of change in the minimum wage is not unusual, but it’s not as bad as the average minimum wage. In the context of a strike, it is not unusual to pay $10,000 per hour for a strike, and would be better off paying $17,000 per year to strike workers. I know one school in the city that is trying to get a new contract with the City Council to give its employees the same job and pay the same amount of tax.
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Despite the fact that the council chose to give the teachers and other workers a pay increase and because of the cost to the City, the time and money they spent on the contracts and the budget were not wasted. As the previous example shows, this is a very bad situation. The union will get the minimum wages and pay the unemployment benefits it has earned, but they won’t get the money to pay the minimum wage. Hogarth County is using the $7.5 million minimum wage increase to help them catch up with the city, which has a $5.5 million payroll. If the city pays $10,500 for a strike and $7,500 for the minimum wage, then $3,500 is the minimum wage for the city. A study done by the City Council found that the minimum wage in the city is the most expensive in the United States.
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Most of the time, when I speak to them, they say they are only letting the city get the $5.50 minimum wage. It’s for the city to fill in the gap. But, what is the difference between the minimum wage and the minimum wage? The minimum wage is the average wage for the public workers. According to the Los Angeles Times, “The minimum wage for private sector workers is $1.25 per year. That’s $5.10 per hour,” while the minimum wage of the public sector is $7.
25 see this website week. There are no federal minimums outside the public services sector, but the city has a minimum wage for those workers who are less than 25 years old. Do you think the minimum wage will get the city a minimum wage? Do you think it will be the same for the public employees? On the other hand, if the minimum wage causes the city a decrease in the public services workers, that’s what the minimum wage should be. After all, the minimum wage isn’t the same for every job. If the minimum wage increases


The Mountain Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) is the largest and most endangered of the forest antelopes. With less than 100 left in the wild, they are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Bongos have undergone significant reduction in numbers and range due to habitat loss, poaching, human encroachment, and diseases. Through an international collaborative effort, our scientists are working to save the bongo and with it, the high-mountain ecosystem that supplies 80 percent of Kenya’s people with clean, fresh water.
Based on the National Recovery and Action Plan for the Mountain Bongo, the Meru County Government and two Community Forest Associations (CFA’s) – Kamulu and Ntimaka – have initiated a phased Mountain bongo sanctuary within the Mount Kenya Forest ecosystem. Phase I has established the Meru Bongo and Rhino Conservation Trust, which will manage vast State lands on Mt. Kenya in conjunction with the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service and provide a breeding sanctuary for bongo. This important first phase will repatriate mountain bongo from our partner organization, the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation (RSCF) in Loxahatchee, Fl, where we’ve achieved exponential population growth with captive bongo. Once in Kenya, the repatriated founder group will be intensively managed and bred at the new sanctuary adjacent to the greater Mt. Kenya ecosystem. Thereafter, future generations will be rewilded by gradually introducing bongo into expanded areas that will overlap with the Rhino sanctuary. The international bongo team, which includes the Meru County Government, the two CFA’s, Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, RSCF and TCI, is also championing landscape-level habitat protection and effectively engaging communities throughout the bongo’s range to protect the species and its forest home.
The largest and most endangered forest antelope, the mountain bongo is a famously rare, shy and beautiful flagship species for Kenya’s high-mountain forests. Saving the bongo not only benefits this emblematic species, but also saves Kenya’s natural “water towers” that supply fresh water to Kenya’s people and some of the most expansive, biologically diverse ecosystems in east Africa. This project is supported by generous donations from a diversity of funders including Zoo Zurich and private donors.
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Alan Jackson's latest hit single, "USA Today," debuted at No. 49 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the week ended August 14, becoming the high
"USA Today." Wait a minute, that's not referring to the newspaper, but the latest hit single of country star Alan Jackson. What's wrong with that? Nothing, except it has successfully landed at No. 49 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the week ended August 14.
Despite the fact that's only a song, and not a newspaper, Jackson indeed singing about the national newspaper in the self-penned song, as evidenced by these lyrics: "...they're thinking about putting me on the cover of the USA Today, story of heartbreaking pain, picture of the loneliest man they claim, in the U.S.A. today." Anyway, with that secured position, "USA Today" has become the highest new entry on the chart.


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Young animals are inevitably very cute but they don’t come cuter than a young, playful kitten. Meet Joey, my son couldn’t resist him when they met and you can see why. At only seven week old he’s already a charmer, he’s inquisitive and oh so playful.
I met Joey for the first time today and couldn’t resist taking a few photos with my Fuji X-Pro1 with 35mm f1.4 lens attached. Little Joey kept on the move for much of the time but I did manage to get a few frames in focus in what was fairly low light and a challenging environment for any camera.
So here’s Joey…
Last weekend we spent a couple of days in Shrewsbury exploring the Town and surrounding area. It was an opportunity to grab some stock photographs and just relax.
While there we also visited the National Trust property Attingham Park – the NT don’t allow you to sell photographs taken on the property but you can still take them for your own use. I thought I’d share a couple of pics of Shrewsbury and a few from Attingham Park too. These were all taken on the Fuji x100. It’s still a favourite camera of mine and while I’m sure the new x100T is much better, I really can’t justify the additional cost to upgrade when the original still delivers what I need from a pocketable camera.
Last night I was out for a walk and I grabbed my Fuji X-Pro1 with 18mm and 35mm lenses as I set off. I could see there was a spark of colour in the sky and the potential for a sunset but I didn’t really expect the spark to turn into a fire in the sky. The 18mm lens is one that I haven’t used for a while – it’s been a bit neglected but it certainly worked well in the fading light. I’ve been reading some great things about Fuji’s new 16mm lens and would love to give that a go at some point.
The sun setting behind the £30,000 Ribble Link Boat Sculpture which was designed by Derbyshire artist Denis O’Connor. The sculpture is dedicated to the people who built the canals.
Here are a couple of images from my walk.
Ribble Link Sculpture
Ribble Link Sculpture
Blackpool is famous for its long beach, tower and illuminations but yesterday I was there specifically to catch the sunset. It’s a fair old walk along the promenade and my pedometer indicated that I’d easily smashed my 10,000 steps a day target by the time I’d done, so that’s photos and exercise done in one great visit!
These photos were all taken on the Fuji X-T1 with the 55-200mm lens attached.
As I was having my lunch today I spotted a beautiful peach coloured Tulip and I just had to take a couple of photographs which I wanted to share with you. Feeling very Spring like here now! The pictures were captured with the excellent Fuji X-T1 and 60mm lens combination.
Sometimes you’ve just got to make the effort to get up and out early if you want to catch the best light. For these photographs I’d packed my Fuji X-T1 together with the 55-200mm lens and the wide-angle 10-24mm. This is Preston Dock which was opened in 1892, by Queen Victoria’s second son, Prince Albert. Today Preston Dock is thriving marina, residential and business area.
When I first arrived at the dock, it didn’t look good from a photographic point of view but then around 10 minutes after sunrise the faintest hints of colour started to tinge the clouds and things started to change quite quickly. I’ve seen this scene look much more dramatic but at least I was rewarded for my early start with a few pictures.
For over a hundred years Prestonians have been visiting the City’s Avenham/Miller Parks on Easter Monday to roll their Easter Eggs down the hills. Nowadays the eggs are mainly of the chocolate variety and the event itself has become a much larger occasion with entertainment, food stalls, fairground rides and very rarely a bit of sun to keep the crowds happy. The Easter Egg rolling tradition is still fairly localised but according to Wikipedia it’s a tradition that is now also undertaken on the White House lawn. Here are a few photos from the Preston branch of the Easter Egg rolling fraternity.
Strange things going on in Avenham Park
Singing in the Park
A collection of Easter Eggs
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While we were in Illinois, we learned that a very rare wanderer from Cuba had shown up in Everglades National Park. A Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus), native to the Cuba and the northern Bahamas, and actually rather uncommon on parts of its home range, was heard and then identified on September 5 by Larry Manfredi. It was located at Long Pine Key, a camping ground in Everglades National Park. Only last week, I blogged about suffering “brain freeze” when I encountered an Olive-sided Flycatcher, also a member of the pewee genus Contipus.
This was only the third time that this species was ever recorded in North America, and its first appearance in Everglades National Park. We held out little hope of ever seeing the bird, but it was still there when we returned to Florida. On September 13, Mary Lou and I took the one hour drive down to the Park, arriving at 7:00 AM, just around sunrise. We were soon joined by a few other birders on the same quest.
Larry and other observers had earlier reported re-locating the bird within a fairly small area, at or near Gate 3 just off the road to the campground. The Pewee was said to be more vocal early in the morning, but we heard not a sound. By 8:00 we had spread out along the road, listening and looking, to no avail. Happily, at about that time, Larry himself came by, and within minutes he located the bird. Larry is an experienced expert bird guide. He is very familiar with the Cuban Pewee and was able to pick out its feeble “dee-dee-dee-dee” calls despite the racket being made by mockingbirds, woodpeckers, jays, grackles and numerous singing Pine Warblers. Read his trip report to the Bahamas at this link.
The Pewee was in heavy molt. Its contour feathers were in disarray and new tail feathers were emerging underneath the few remaining old ones. Since molting requires so much energy, it is not uncommon for birds in molt to become more sedentary. Perhaps this accounted for its limited movement during the past week.
Conveniently, the Cuban Pewee posed for us in full sun, just above Gate 3:
My photos are a bit misleading, The harsh morning sun imparted golden tones to a plumage that, to my eyes, appeared more on the side of olive-gray.
We, along with the other newcomers, including a lady who drove in from South Carolina, celebrated our new “lifer.” Back home, this was reason for us to update our spreadsheets of bird sightings. For me, it was the 576th species I have identified in the ABA North American area, and for Mary Lou, her 507th. I started listing my sightings in January, 1948, and it took me 53 years of birding to reach my 507th life bird, a Pine Grosbeak in January, 2001, in New Mexico. Mary Lou attained her mark in only a little over 11 years of birding!
Back in 2003, we saw another “accidental” flycatcher at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, a Piratic Flycatcher that had been reported in North America only three times previously.
I took this photo of the Piratic Flycatcher with a 2 megapixel point-and-shoot through my spotting scope (click on photo for more details):
Below is a slide show with multiple views of the Cuban Pewee:

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text: The break last week was because I went on holiday with Hiltrun. We started in the Andes in Ecuador and climbed to 4500 m (14,800 ft – higher than Mt Cook ) where I got altitude sickness. Then we went to the Galapagos Islands and swam with turtles and sea lions. After that we had a day in Guayaquil on the Ecuadorian coast and a day in Santiago, Chile. I arrived home yesterday afternoon. It was wonderful!

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5 key statements from Resco CEO’s keynote at resco.next 2018
After Vienna, Munich, and Amsterdam, Resco has brought its annual resco.next conference to Prague on November 15-16. And with over 200 attendees from 92 companies and 24 countries in the audience, Resco CEO, Radomir Vozar, took the stage to share the bold new enterprise mobility strategy for the company and its product offering, partner ecosystem, technology development and beyond.
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Roy is, hands-down, the best Cellist/musician I have ever worked with. As a musician (and classical cellist) myself, I wanted to make sure the music at our wedding was perfect. Roy went ABOVE and BEYOND to make our day special. He is not only a technically gifted musician of the HIGHEST caliber, but he is also a kind, caring, and professional person. He accommodated our many special requests and his cello playing was OUT OF THIS WORLD. He was so easy to work with and added so much class to our ceremony. We still have guests talking about what an amazing job he did! He was more than worth every penny we spent to hire him. I personally guarantee you will not be disappointed if you hire him!
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Symptoms and disease severity vary depending on the type of SMA a person has.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of inherited diseases that damages nerve cells in the spinal cord called motor neurons. This damage gets worse over time (progressive), affecting actions like swallowing, breathing, sitting and walking.
Spinal muscular atrophy is passed on to children by parents through abnormal genes. The most common form of SMA is caused by an abnormal or missing survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. This gene is responsible for making a protein needed by motor neurons.
This form of SMA is broken into several types, based on how severe the symptoms are and at what age they started. With the more-severe types, a child will not reach adulthood. Treatments can help manage symptoms, prevent complications and extend life.
With this most severe type, a mother can sense a child is moving less or not moving while she's still pregnant. When born, the child will be very weak and have little muscle tone, along with a variety of other possible abnormalities. Children born with type 0 typically do not survive more than six months due to respiratory failure from weak breathing muscles.
Type I, also called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, or infantile SMA, usually becomes obvious sometime between birth and 6 months of age. Type 1 is characterized by decreased muscle tone and problems with sucking, swallowing and breathing. Most children with SMA have trouble sitting without help. Sometimes children with type 1 have a frog-like leg posture because they lack muscle strength to hold their legs in other positions. Symptoms progress quickly. Most children with type 1 live less than two years because of respiratory failure from weak breathing muscles.
This intermediate type is usually apparent within the first year and a half of a child's life. Most children can sit without help, but they can't stand or walk and need a wheelchair. Because of progressing muscle weakness, the spine usually curves (scoliosis) over time, and a child may lose the ability to sit as he or she gets older. Breathing support is also needed. Some children with type II survive into adulthood.
Symptoms of this juvenile type, also called Kugelberg-Welander syndrome, start after a child's first year and a half of life. Most children can stand or walk without help. But because of progressing muscle weakness, walking and climbing stairs may become difficult over time. A wheelchair is needed later in life. Breathing support is also needed. People with type III have normal life spans.
Symptoms of this late-onset type usually start sometime after the age of 30. It's characterized by a mild-to-moderate trembling (tremor) and muscle weakness, as well as muscle twitching. People with type IV have normal life spans and remain mobile throughout life.
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- Bodamer OA. Spinal muscular atrophy. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.
- Types of SMA. Cure SMA. https://www.curesma.org/types-of-sma/. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.
- FAQ: What are the different types of SMA? SMA Foundation. https://smafoundation.org/about-sma/faq/. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.
- AskMayoExpert. Spinal muscular atrophy. Mayo Clinic; 2020.
- Spinal muscular atrophy: Types of SMA. Muscular Dystrophy Association. https://www.mda.org/disease/spinal-muscular-atrophy/types. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.
- Spinal muscular atrophy information page: Definition. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Spinal-Muscular-Atrophy-Information-Page. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.
- Spinal muscular atrophy fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Spinal-Muscular-Atrophy-Fact-Sheet#3251_6. Accessed Aug. 18, 2020.


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Delving into the whirlwind of supplements can leave you spinning with unanswered questions. CoQ10 buffets this storm, but with varying forms and copious supplement options, it may seem a little daunting to select the right one. How can you ensure its effective absorption in the body? What are the differences between its diverse types – ubiquinone and ubiquinol? The YouTube video “Unraveling the Top CoQ10 Supplements” provides insightful answers to all these curiosities. This blog post unfolds a comprehensive review of this video, digging into the science behind CoQ10, discussing its absorption strategies, and shedding light on the quandary between ubiquinone and ubiquinol. Let’s embark on this exploratory journey to find your ideal CoQ10 supplement.
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- Understanding CoQ10’s Absorption Dilemma: Finding the Right Supplement
- Unleashing the Absorption Potential: Emulsified CoQ10 and Omega-3
- Decoding the Two Forms of CoQ10: Ubiquinone Vs Ubiquinol
- Tailoring Your CoQ10 Intake: Identifying the Right Dose and Form per Individual Health Conditions
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Understanding CoQ10’s Absorption Dilemma: Finding the Right Supplement
In order to choose the optimal CoQ10 supplement, comprehending the attributes of CoQ10 molecules is pivotal. The CoQ10 molecules are usually quite large and our bodies cannot absorb them effortlessly. Hence, while zeroing in on a supplement, it is crucial to find a product that devises a methodology to enhance the absorption.
Now let’s delve into the various strategies employed to increase the absorption of CoQ10. The most favored and effective way is through the process of emulsification. By combining CoQ10 with a fat like fish oil, it increases not only the supplement’s bioavailability but also provides an additional health boon in the forms of omega-3 fatty acids.
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Now moving onto the types of CoQ10 available as supplements, they are ubiquinone and ubiquinol. Ubiquinone is the oxidized inactive form, while ubiquinol is the reduced active form of CoQ10. One would naturally tend to consider ubiquinol due to its active nature, however, our bodies can readily convert between the two forms. Indeed, after ingestion of ubiquinone, our body immediately converts it to ubiquinol for usage and can switch it back to ubiquinone as needed. Therefore, it is often recommended to consume ubiquinone instead of ubiquinol.
Though ubiquinol is slightly costlier than ubiquinone, there are specific categories of people who could benefit more from ubiquinol, namely seniors and certain chronically ill individuals. As we grow older, the conversion from ubiquinone to ubiquinol within our bodies tends to slow down. And for those with specific genetic factors or diseases, the conversion process can be somewhat lethargic. Hence, for those individuals, it is more beneficial to consume ubiquinol.
It has been found that on average, most people would benefit from an intake of between 50 to 200mg of an emulsified ubiquinone supplement.
Unleashing the Absorption Potential: Emulsified CoQ10 and Omega-3
CoQ10, with its considerable size and poor absorption, needs a helping hand to deliver its benefits effectively in our bodies. It’s crucial to look for a supplement that integrates a more effective method to boost its absorbability, otherwise users may not fully gain the rewards of this power-packed molecule. The method to watch out for when on the supplement-hunting path? Emulsification.
Combining CoQ10 with a fat is a nifty way to enhance its absorption and bioavailability. The sought-after combo here is CoQ10 merged with fish oil, which promotes the former’s absorption and provides its own health benefits aside from CoQ10. For example, Omega-3 fatty acids not only facilitates absorption, but also offers various health benefits, making it a winning pair. Although there are other approaches being marketed to augment CoQ10’s absorption, the most promising are the emulsified versions.
Moving on, let’s discuss the two distinct variants of CoQ10 available as supplements: ubiquinone and ubiquinol. Ubiquinone, although the oxidized and inactive form, is usually recommended over ubiquinol. Here’s why: the body can switch ubiquinone to ubiquinol and vice versa readily under normal circumstances—ubiquinone taken orally will be immediately transformed to ubiquinol then back again and this cycle continues. However, it’s worth noting that ubiquinol tends to cost more than its ubiquinone counterpart.
|The oxidized, inactive form
|Most people; Always recommended
|The reduced, active form
|Elderly & people with certain disease states; these groups may struggle with CoQ10 conversion
As a rule of thumb, most people can benefit from a 50 to 200 mg dose of an emulsified ubiquinone supplement. However, the elderly population and individuals with particular disease states (who may have trouble with the CoQ10 conversion process), could lean more towards ubiquinol. Tailoring the choice to match one’s specific need can optimize the overall effectiveness of the supplement.
Decoding the Two Forms of CoQ10: Ubiquinone Vs Ubiquinol
Understanding the nuances of CoQ10 can be crucial when choosing a supplement. Known for being large and poorly absorbed by the body, CoQ10 supplements dare not be chosen without considering their absorption strategy. The most common yet effective method to increase its absorption and bioavailability involves emulsifying CoQ10, i.e., combining it with a fat. The combination of CoQ10 and fish oil omega-3 fatty acids is particularly commendable—not only does it enhance absorption but it also brings in inherent health benefits of omega-3s.
While we’re on the subject of absorption, it’s worth mentioning that CoQ10 comes in two distinct forms: ubiquinone and ubiquinol. Ubiquinone, the oxidized and inactive form, is usually the most common in supplements and most research focuses here. You might think the reduced, active form ubiquinol might be more preferable, but here’s the catch: our body readily switches between these two forms. Thus, ubiquinone intake is usually recommended, unless you’re part of an older demographic or not particularly healthy—the conversion from ubiquinone to ubiquinol in these cases can slow down.
|Ubiquinone (Emulsified with fish oil)
|Better absorption & cost-effective
|Elderly or Unwell Individuals
|Optimal utilization due to slowed conversion
In conclusion, most people can reap the benefits of CoQ10 by consuming between 50 to 200mg of an emulsified ubiquinone, but always consult your healthcare provider before starting a new supplement regimen.
Tailoring Your CoQ10 Intake: Identifying the Right Dose and Form per Individual Health Conditions
In the journey of finding the most impressive CoQ10 supplement, several crucial factors need serious consideration. First, the large CoQ10 molecule absorption issue by the body commands an essential part of this discourse. Consequently, the supplement you choose should have an improving-absorption strategy incorporated.
- Emulsifying CoQ10: One of the trusted ways to enhance CoQ10 absorption is through emulsification by combining it with a fat. I would recommend a supplement that blends CoQ10 with fish oil Omega-3 fatty acids. Aside from significantly improving the absorption level, Omega-3s bring their own set of health advantages, making such a supplement a perfect pick.
- Ubiquinone and Ubiquinol: Another consideration is choosing between ubiquinone and ubiquinol, two distinctly different forms of CoQ10, commonly found as supplements. Research prominently utilizes ubiquinone, the oxidised and inactive form of CoQ10. Our bodies, under normal circumstances, will flip ubiquinone to ubiquinol when ingested, making it an interchangeably usable form. Thus, ubiquinone is mostly recommended over ubiquinol. Do take note, ubiquinol usually costs more than ubiquinone.
In certain cases, ubiquinol might be the preferred choice especially for the elderly population or those with unique health conditions. Owing to age, the conversion from ubiquinone to ubiquinol slows down, making ubiquinol the more beneficial alternative for senior individuals. The other group comprises individuals specifically needing ubiquinol and have a condition that reduces conversion pace of ubiquinone to ubiquinol, in particular those grappling with extreme sickness. Finally, it’s suggested that in general, people should opt for between 50 and 200 mg of emulsified ubiquinone for most benefits.
Q: What is important to know about CoQ10 supplements?
A: It is important to know that CoQ10, a large molecule, is poorly absorbed by the body. When looking for a supplement, it is crucial to find one that has a strategy to improve absorption.
Q: How can the absorption and bioavailability of CoQ10 be increased?
A: One of the best ways to increase absorption is to emulsify CoQ10 and combine it with a fat. The speaker’s favorite CoQ10 supplement combines CoQ10 with a fish oil omega-3 fatty acids, which not only increases absorption but also provides additional health benefits.
Q: Are there other strategies to increase absorption?
A: Yes, there are other strategies to increase the absorption of CoQ10, but the best research is on the emulsified forms.
Q: What are the two different forms of CoQ10 available as supplements?
A: The two different forms of CoQ10 available as supplements are ubiquinone and ubiquinol. Ubiquinone is the oxidized and inactive form, while ubiquinol is the reduced and active form.
Q: Which form of CoQ10 is recommended?
A: Generally, ubiquinone is recommended over ubiquinol. The body easily converts ubiquinone to ubiquinol and vice versa under normal circumstances. Additionally, ubiquinol is typically more expensive than ubiquinone.
Q: Are there any exceptions to the recommendation?
A: Yes, there are two main categories of people where ubiquinol may be preferred. The first is the elderly population, as the conversion from ubiquinone to ubiquinol slows down with age. The second category is individuals who have a recognized need for ubiquinol due to certain genetic factors or disease states.
Q: Who would benefit from a CoQ10 supplement?
A: In general, most people would benefit from a CoQ10 supplement. The recommended dosage for an emulsified ubiquinone is between 50 and 200 mg.
In this reflective wrap up of our YouTube recap video on CoQ10 supplements, we’ve journeyed through the many facets of CoQ10 absorption, bioavailability, and its various compounds. We’ve gone from understanding the innate nature of the molecule, its inability to effectively be absorbed by the body to discussing the ways in which its absorption can be intensified, such as combining it with a fat like omega-3s found in fish oil.
Our exploration did not stop there; we dove into the two distinct forms of CoQ10 — ubiquinone and ubiquinol. The video has explained in detail the differences, noted the extensive research backing ubiquinone, and demystified why it is typically more recommended, despite being the oxidized and inactive form. Also, we learned about CoQ10’s unique ability to toggle between the two forms depending on the body’s needs.
Elderly and significantly ill individuals were highlighted as the two main categories of people that might benefit more from ubiquinol – residential CoQ10 knowledge that can go a long way in personalizing a CoQ10 routine that truly harmonizes with individual health needs.
I trust this has deepened your understanding of the CoQ10 supplement world and helped clarify how to select the right supplement tailored to your specific needs. As we close the conversation, remember the recommended daily intake, anywhere between 50 and 200 mg of an emulsified ubiquinone, based on your health context. Keep thriving in your wellness journey!

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Born Aug. 10, 1822, in Horné Zaturče, a suburb of Martin; died June 16, 1871, in Martin. Slovak writer. Son of a priest.
Kalinčiak was a teacher. He began his writing career as a poet but is known chiefly as an outstanding master of Slovak romantic prose. He was associated with the romantic school of L. Stur. In historical short stories and novellas (Milkos Grave, 1845–46) and the novel The Prince of Liptov (1852), Kalinčiak defended the ideas of the national liberation struggle. He did not always remain within the confines of romanticism. In the novella The Election (1860) he showed the everyday life and morals of the petty gentry in a realistic and truthful manner; a Slovak film of the same title was made from the novella in 1957.
WORKSSpisy, vols. 1–4. Martin, 1951–52.
In Russian translation:
“Vybory.” In Slovatskie povesti i rasskazy. Moscow, 1953.
REFERENCESBogdanova, I. A. “Ian Kalinchak.” Istoriia slovatskoi literatury. Moscow, 1970.
Dějiny slovenskej literatury. Bratislava, 1960. Pages 260–68.


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The book club will have a virtual discussion via Facebook LIVE on Sunday afternoons beginning November 1st for 4 weeks from from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. Each week, author Don Carroll will go LIVE here on our Facebook page to discuss sections from the book.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑡: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 is a journey that reunifies science and Spirit in our search for purpose in life and in the cosmos. Donald B. Carroll, a firefighter and paramedic who learned on that job that living is about more than the physical, proves the existence of a global-reaching ancient civilization with a key piece of evidence from archeology; that key is an ancient unit of measurement.
This Journey of discovery and validation of a lost civilization and one of its purposes began with a Cayce reading (281-25) describing an ancient Egyptian temple built in the form of a pyramid using a unit of measurement of 27.5 inches.
This book, through firm and compelling archeological evidence confirms all these aspects of the Cayce reading, from the use of this measurement used at sacred sites around the ancient globe to its purpose of raising the consciousness of ancient societies towards higher consciousness. It is the only book that has discovered and correlated this unit of measurement archeologically to an ancient global civilization. This measure is an ultimate symbol of humankind’s journey of evolvement in ancient societal technology and higher consciousness. It also provides some of the most convincing and persuasive archeological evidence for further validation of the Cayce readings.


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Luxury advertisers, which as a group spent a little less on media last year (0.5%) will be spending more in the next few years — but shifting a lot more money into digital from off-line media, according to the new edition of Zenith’s Luxury Advertising Expenditure Forecasts.
Expenditure on luxury advertising will rise by 2.9% in 2017 and 3.9% in 2018, driven by the U.S., China, and Japan, which together will account for 80% of the growth in luxury ad spend to 2018, per the report.
Although print is currently the top channel for luxury advertising -- accounting for 32.7% of ad spend in 2016, compared to 31.3% for television and 25.8% for Internet advertising — almost all new luxury advertising will go to online spending, projected to account for 87% of ad spend growth between 2016 and 2018.
By 2018, the Internet will receive the majority of ad spend (30.6%), compared to 29.9% for television and 29.7% for print. Still, magazines and print will remain important to luxury advertisers, accounting for more than double the ad spend for the ad market overall: 13.8% of ad spend across all categories will be allocated to print in 2018, down from 16.7% in 2016.
Advertisers are also adjusting their budgets within select luxury categories. Broad luxury — defined as luxury automobiles, cosmetics and perfumes — is credited with generating most of the growth (74%) within the luxury industry last year. So-called “high luxury,” defined as watches and jewelry/ fashion and accessories, shrank 3.9% in 2016.
Broad luxury will continue its dominance, forecast to grow by 3.7% in 2017 and 4.6% in 2018, while high luxury ad spend will grow by 0.8% in 2017 and 1.6% in 2018.
Although luxury advertising growth will accelerate to 3.4% a year between 2016 and 2018, it will continue to lag behind the market as a whole, which will grow 4.4% a year across all categories.
“Consumers are now looking for luxury experiences that are personal and relevant to them. Targeted brand communication is central to creating this extra brand value," stated Vittorio Bonori, Zenith’s global brand president.
Luxury will grow the fastest in Eastern Europe (at an average pace of 10% a year), Latin America (5% a year), and North America and Asia-Pacific (4% a year each). The Middle East and North Africa, suffering from political instability and low oil prices, will continue to shrink, at an average rate of 6% a year.
The third edition of the report tracks 23 markets: Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the U.S.


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DEPARTURES – Sonoma Wine Country Hot Spot Launches Salvador Dali Exhibit This Summer
Wine and art. What more could you want?
California’s wine country is starting to reopen, and wineries are looking for ways to celebrate. One locale marketplace decided to combine two commonly shared passions: wine and art. Cornerstone Sonoma just announced they would have Salvador Dalí’s works on display every weekend through the end of August.
The unique destination—which features three wine tasting rooms, shopping, food, and gardens—partnered with The Dalí Universe and SBHG Gallery to create the offering. Dalí bronze sculptures and prints will be on display that depicts “dreamlike scenes from the unconscious as the wellspring of the imagination.” The sculptures are unique in that they bring his surrealist paintings to life in a three-dimensional way…
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BINTULU, June 25 — Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing today warned hotels here that they will be dropped from the list of quarantine centres for persons under investigations (PUIs) for Covid-19 for failing to meet the conditions set by the Bintulu District Disaster Management Committee (BDDMC).
He said he joined officers from various departments for raids on the hotels to inspect their compliance to the required standards of sanitisation and disinfection for PUIs and persons under surveillance (PUS) placed there.
He said checks revealed unsanitary conditions at the hotels, such as dirty toilets, foul-smelling rooms, stained pillowcases, and dusty tabletops.
“We even asked for feedback from some of the residents on the spot, and most of them did not dare to offer much comment.
“But a few said that upon moving in, they found that they had to clean and disinfect their room before feeling comfortable enough to stay there,” he said on Facebook.
“These hotels are given a reprieve from their heavy losses by being allowed to earn income as quarantine centres.”
Tiong said hotel owners must hold up their end of the bargain by ensuring the proper upkeep and cleaning of the rooms.
“Instead, these irresponsible hotels are leaving their rooms in a substandard condition and simply pocketing the money,” he said.
He said the hotel industry in other places has been badly impacted by heavy losses during the pandemic.
However, Tiong said many hotels in Bintulu have been able to continue functioning as quarantine centres, offering their workers a glimmer of hope during the economic downturn.
“I want to reiterate that BDDMC and the Health Department must ensure that the hotel operators strictly comply with the guidelines to sanitise their rooms.
“Immediate action must be taken against those who fail to maintain the standards given, including withhold their fees, and removing the hotel from the list of quarantine centres if the violations continue to occur,” he said.
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Love beautiful and fragrant flowers? Then you’ll adore Lavenders! Come, we’ll show you How to Grow Lavender at Home in India easily!
Lavenders have a beautiful purple hue, a delicate sweet smell, and medicinal uses – what’s not to like? But How to Grow Lavender at Home in India? We’ve got you covered!
Botanical Name: Lavandula spica
Indian Name: Dhoop
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All About Lavender Plant in India
Lavender is an aromatic and herbal shrub. The highly perfumed and beautiful flowers of the plant come in violet, blue, pink, mauve, and white, and can be a pleasant addition to your garden.
The plant is perennial and is cultivated in regions with less rainfall. Lavender flower in India is found in northern India’s hill regions – the hilly slopes of Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir Valley, and Uttar Pradesh. It is farmed for Lavender oil which is prized for its calming and therapeutic properties. It is also enjoyed in delicious teas.
Different Varieties of Lavender in India
- Sher-e-Kashmir: The flowers of this one are purple-pink with evergreen leaves. They hang on the slender stems of the plant. It was introduced by CIMAP, Lucknow.
- Spike Lavender: Spike is arguably one of the best lavender varieties as it settles fast and can grow up to 12-18 inches tall. They also attract beautiful butterflies and bees.
- True Lavender: Also known as common lavender or English lavender, the variety is used in lavender farming in India for its high-quality lavender oil. Its flowers are pink, purple, and white, having grey-green, felty foliage.
- Lavandin: A cross between true lavender and spike lavender, this hybrid can tolerate hot and dry weather. It is also cultivated commercially for its high yield of oil and is also used in cooking.
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How to Grow Lavender at Home in India
Lavenders, being temperate plants, grow best in areas with average summers and cold winters, thus making the Himalayan states like Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir, and Uttarakhand, suitable for growing Lavander plants in India.
1. Start with the Seedlings
You can easily propagate the Lavender plants through seeds and seedlings, both. Although growing them from seedlings is a better choice as it helps you maintain the quality of the plant in case of large scale cultivation. Moreover, it is the most common method of growing lavenders. And growing it from seeds takes time.
2. Prepare the Soil
The soil for growing these plants needs to be well-draining and rich in calcium carbonate content. You can also use poorly calcareous soils but do give it proper fertilization for your plants every year. You can add some gravel to the soil to make sure it has good drainage. Sandy soil can be a good option for growing Lavender too.
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3. Pick a Sunny Spot
Lavender plants love the sun and need 6-8 hours of direct light daily. Choose a sunny spot in the garden. And remember, the harsh sun of areas that have extreme temperatures will burn its leaves, so give it a bit of shade. You can also plant it near a larger tree.
4. Water Less but Properly
You should water your plants with a small amount as they can survive drought conditions. Besides, overwatering can restrict plant growth or even kill it. And the plant does not do well with soggy roots. Just stick your finger in the soil about an inch deep – if it’s dry, water it.
And that’s all you have to do. Take good care of your Lavenders, and they’ll reward you with beautiful flowers and an amazing scent.
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Growing Lavender in Pots
If you don’t want to grow it in the garden, why not grow it in pots? You can keep it anywhere, change its position easily, and even keep it inside your home.
You should follow the same care and growing tips for indoor lavender plants. But there are two things you shouldn’t miss. Make sure it gets plenty of sun so it can thrive. Keep it near a south-facing window or veranda for this. You can also take it outside for a good sun soak 3-4 times a week. Also, make sure the room where you keep it is not congested. There should be good airflow so the plant is not affected by diseases.
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Lavender Plant Care
Don’t know how to care for lavender plants? Just look out for these pointers.
- Earthing up the soil around the planting bed is a good choice as it will help the plants contain moisture.
- Pruning the plants will bring new blossoms in the plant, but remember not to over-prune the tips as that is where the plant flowers.
- Watering Lavenders is a little tricky. So when you’re watering your plants, water thoroughly but let the soil dry between waterings.
- You can use cow dung (Gobbar ki khaad) to fertilize your lavender plants. Use a handful of this 3-4 times a year. But don’t do it in fall or winter.

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M16 Replica Machineguns – now at Delta Force Paintball centres
The latest addition to a day of paintball adventure with Delta Force is the stunning M16 Replica paintball machine gun. The M16 upgrade paintball gun is being trialled at our premier centres in Reading and in Wakefield.
Complete with an 11″ barrel, built-in sight, collapsible stock and removable magazine, the M16 is being trialled as an upgrade gun for the more adventurous paintballer. You can emulate your favourite movie hero and lead the charge as you eliminate the opposition on the paintball battlefield.
To secure the M16 for your next day of paintball with Delta Force please enquire when booking for the Reading and Leeds paintball centres. Numbers are limited so we recommend securing your upgrade weapon before it’s too late and so you can get the winning edge over the enemy team! Our event coordinators can help you lock it in for your teammates - we're available 24/7 on [current_phone_number].


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Animation workers at Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News have voted to join The Animation Guild (TAG) IATSE Local 839, becoming the second such group of animation workers and production staff in New York to do so, joining workers from Titmouse New York who cast a similar vote in January of this year.
That Titmouse vote was historic and represented the first time that workers at an animation studio in New York had unionized in more than three decades. They are currently in the process of negotiating their first contract since the vote.
According to TAG, a super majority of animation workers at Tooning Out the News voted in favor of unionizing. A petition has now been filed with the National Labor Relations Board to organize an election and certify the union. TAG is also submitting a letter for voluntary recognition to ViacomCBS’s CBS Eye Animation Productions, producers of the show.


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Air of Protection
A young man in a priest’s collar,
my maiden shift went badly –
I appealed to the bishop’s daughter.
She turned away with her hands over her eyes.
At a pinch, I thought they would show me the ropes
but my lack of skill was apparent at once
and bitterly resented. The rain put out
the candles. The placards went soggy.
I followed a well-dressed man out of the church
down the street into a building up the escalator
to the door of his office, a man with a diamond stud
in each ear. My presence there surprised him,
as did my great love. I didn’t yet know
that what is well-done is invisible.
Despite all that nooky on the carpet, you left
without finishing your sentence. There were other
voices over the clip of the girl talking
silently, her face a blurred, illegible print.
We crossed anew the little hilltop town,
no doubt to the north where the snow thickens
underfoot. I still didn’t know I’d been
in his dream: I like a blue-eyed beauty –
pushing back a wisp of hair – thighs
like a big leg of lamb. And now I’m here
in his story with all the others
whose shadows have stayed in his life
in rooms like this one, long and narrow,
splashed with prints as you bend forward
or he bends you. No further, he says.
My eyes will one day look like his, walking
out at last (grey-haired, gone in the tooth)
to lie face down in the untrodden white.
The crown of my skull – before the bones
were joined together – rested
in my father’s palm and fingers,
gave me the illusion of feeling safe
that believers have. It is mine
this heartbeat. It hurts when you touch.
Brush your fingers over her eyelids
to close them. Shall I know
how to cherish again? This one will be mine
with her touch that burns, beside the river
black between swirls of mist.
I am breathless from the want of you. I would hang
to the inside of your lung. This fierce attending
the light drained from your face. All their bodies
beside you. The sun lights up
one side of your face. Its frame
precedes meaning. The eruption into deep here.
The stranger gets off at the next station.
The other one is me.
………………………………………………..The first time I smelt
a girl’s wetness on my fingers
no one else was in the house. Behind her
the window with its telephone wires and
strands of cloud. Her eyes are faraway. The skin is torn
just here. It hurts when you touch me there
past the edge of the world. When a girl
spits into your mouth to show you her love.
Ian Seed’s latest collection is New York Hotel (Shearsman, 2018), nominated by Mark Ford as TLS Book of the Year. His most recent chapbook is Distances (Red Ceilings, 2018). Forthcoming is Bitter Grass (Shearsman 2020), a translation from the Italian of Gëzim Hajdari. Seed’s translation of Pierre Reverdy’s Le voleur de Talan (the first into English) is available from Wakefield Press.