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Georgia Ferguson has relished the chance to learn from a master.
I’m hoping the contrast of studying in Vienna under a famous fashion designer will provide further insights.
Otago Polytechnic Masters student Georgia Ferguson has travelled lots – including living in Vanuatu, Japan, England, Italy and Australia – but she loves Dunedin’s creative vibe.
In fact, her Master of Design thesis will focus on why Dunedin inspires her, and others, to be creative
Georgia, who has “always” been interested in fashion, enrolled in a Bachelor of Design (Fashion) at Otago Polytechnic when she left school. In her second year, she spent a semester studying at Milan’s Istituto Europeo di Design.
She graduated from Otago Polytechnic at the beginning of 2014, worked in Auckland and Sydney for a few years, then returned to Dunedin to embark on post-graduate Design studies.
“After my Milan experience, I knew I wanted to do more study at an international school so, with that in mind, I enrolled in Honours in Design in 2017,” Georgia explains.
For the past two years, Georgia has been working with a fashion start-up, Ultra-Merino. She sees a future in start-ups, “growing small businesses”. Being in a small yet vibrant city helps, too.
Georgia is the first Otago Polytechnic student to be accepted into a new exchange relationship with the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
She will spend nine months there, working on her Master of Design while studying under Professor of Fashion Hussein Chalayan, named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential innovators of the 21st century and described by Vogue as the "premier intellectual designer of his generation".
“I could only dream of studying under a person of his calibre,” Georgia says, adding that the University of Applied Arts in Vienna names a new designer to lead its fashion programme every three years. Previous appointments include Karl Lagerfeld and Raf Simmons.
Georgia believes the opportunity to learn from Chalayan will add resonance to her Masters thesis, which will explore Dunedin’s creative and cultural drivers and, in particular, her own design practice within that sphere.
In order to more deeply examine some of the influences on Dunedin’s creativity, I need to remove myself from here in order to get a different perspective.
“So I’m hoping the contrast of studying in Vienna under a famous fashion designer will provide further insights.”


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Everyone TrumpD – Everyone ridiculed by Trump – Including Intelligence Agencies
I have emailed my thoughts to a number of friends on whether ‘draining the swamp’ will result in either of – a war to prevent inauguration – an impeachment – or an assassination of the President – and yes – even guessing on the number of days in office – before this event.
War was discussed in the prior article – Scrap Plan A – Go to Plan B https://millermatters.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/scrap-plan-a-go-to-plan-b/
Really though – it is a horrible thought – to think that parties – or the deep state – would stoop to such skullduggery – however it has happened before.
The last President to take on the CIA – was Kennedy – and the CIA director he fired – Dulles – was actually appointed to investigate the Dallas assassination – yes a strange set of events. (1)
So assassination is definitely on my list – especially when I learned that the President elect has his own personal security – dispensing with the services of the White House’s Secret Service – which in itself speaks volumes of their trustworthiness in Trumps own mind.
Then we have the incumbent CIA director – John Brennan – coming out to warn Trump to mind his P’s and Q’s on the Fox News Network. (2)
I personally do not like Brennan – remember too well one Senator Rand Paul – filibustering in the U.S. Senate for 13 hours in an attempt to have this appointment annulled – but an Obama appointee – who took the oath of office – not on a bible – but an old copy of the U.S. Constitution – yes not a Christian act – but of Muslim faith – the problem was that the actual constitution that he swore on – did not include the American Bill of Rights which was post-dated this Constitution by four years – so he swore to protect and defend the constitution – that did not include the First – Fourth – Fifth – or Sixth Amendments – or any of the other amendments now included in the current U.S. Constitution.
A full report by ’empty wheel.net’ – stated that “The Bill of Rights did not become part of our Constitution until 1791, four years after the Constitution that Brennan took his oath on.” (3)
Then to top it off – his duplicity in that he refuses to release information – that would implicate the Clintons in nefarious deeds in Libya – Benghazi – Yemen – and blames Syria for the 52 Sarin gas attacks when – it is the CIA and U.S. contractors involved.
Will not even go into detail on the ridiculous Russian hacking – nor the infantile report on Trump’s golden showers.
Sanctimonious twat that would arrange an assassination.
Trump’s reply to Mr – watch your P’s and Q’s – John Brennan.
If not CIA – then FBI – with both the top two personnel Comey and McCabe crooked as a dogs hind leg – taking bribes – hindering and stonewalling investigations – and court cases – in fact the crocodiles in the 17 secret agencies – take a lot of space in the swamp. (4)
Now it is not only moi’ with these thoughts – Ron Paul from the Ron Paul Institute – has also written an article – warning Trump of the consequences of ‘threatening’ the deep state that reside within this swamp.
Assassination therefore probable – however doubted – due to the class divide in America – a fair few voters have the right to arms and martial law would be required – oh wait – Obama has that covered with an executive order – stupid me.
So war – maybe.
Assassination – probable
Impeachment – highly probable
RINO = Republican In Name Only
One President Elect Donald Trump knows who the traitors in the Republican Party are – the question is will these traitors seek impeachment of the President after the inauguration?
Wikileaks email # 1078645
“JB, CF, and JK PACS will be noticeably silent for the rest of the campaign. Each will receive a significant allowance from advertising budget. HRC is in the loop and has talked to all three personally. Eyes only.”
Jeb Bush – Carly Fiona – John Kasich
USAToday covers the full story (5)
“Other emails that surfaced but do not refer to anything other than title have also surfaced that raised eyebrows. It seems at a glance that the Clinton Foundation, or as I am calling it, the Pantsuit Mafia, has bought off several key members of the Republican Party to push the Clinton agenda. Such as:
“He is on board, will retract the invitation to speak. Eyes only.”
“This email was dated days before Speaker of the House Paul Ryan withdrew the invitation to Donald Trump to speak at an event in Wisconsin. Even though we do not have the ‘smoking gun’ to say it was him, no other logical conclusion can be assumed.
Other emails hint at the money being moved to Republican elected officials in the House and Senate. For instance FEC reports shows that two large donations from PACS and private sources ln early October went to John McCain right after he attacked Trump publicly criticized Trump. That happened shortly after a slew of emails concerning moving money to support one candidate and move support from another.
Shortly thereafter, his challenger in this tight race, Kirkpatrick, lost several key donors and money and support lessened from the DNC and the DSCC in the last few weeks of the race. The thing to note is that McCain is one of the lead sponsors of a committee to investigate any Russian influence into the election.
Senator Lindsay Graham, another outspoken critic of Donald Trump and briefly candidate for President from July to December also it seems received help from the Clintons. An email that simply states, “Cleared the road for him in 2020,” could mean that there will be no strong or supported Democrat in the South Carolina Senate race when Graham is up for re-election.”
As with McCain, Graham has publicly called for a look into the Russian influence in the election.
There were a lot of politicians who were opposed to Donald Trump.
These – in particular – all share a common bond – however: Trump humiliated them on stage in front of hundreds of millions of people around the world.
This is more than just politics or conscientious objecting, this was revenge.”
So the question is whether McCain – Graham- Bush – Fiona – Kasich – Paul – seek their own revenge in voting with the Democratic Party to impeach Trump?
Highly probable – Michael Moore wouldn’t be able to control himself if that happened – his forecast would come true.
Now why am I writing all this?
Absolutely friggin fabulous shitstorm – and on that note I read that Clinton transferred huge sums of money through to Qatar and destroyed all records in the Clinton Global Initiative – and Obama transferred $4.6 million to the same destination to buy a waterfront property.
No they not crooked are they Brennan – Comey – McCabe?
More popcorn needed.

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James Dooley of Fairfax enjoys riding his motorcycle.
"I've ridden now for probably 45 years, yeah," he said.
But he worried those days would be over. He was diagnosed last January with Alzheimer's disease.
"Initially I was very upset, and I didn't want it," he said. "And then I realized with the help of Sheila, my wife, it was part of what we have to go through."
Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia. It's a degenerative disease causing changes in memory, thinking and behavior. The cause of Alzheimer's is unknown. But experts have a basic understanding of how the disease causes loss of memory and other functions.
"Neurons are eaten away. They believe it has to do with the presence of plaques and tangles that are abnormally overproductive in the brain," said Jessie Cornell of the Alzheimer's Association Vermont Chapter.
The Alzheimer's Association Vermont Chapter held its first dialogue between the community and individuals with dementia Tuesday at the Champlain Senior Center in Burlington.
"Really try to move away from the stigma and social isolation that happens as a result of the diagnosis," Cornell said.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, the disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, research continues, as do efforts to raise awareness about the devastating disease.
And popular culture is bringing the issue of Alzheimer's to the forefront. The movie "Still Alice" starring Julianne Moore just hit theaters; it's about a woman living with Alzheimer's.
"The conversation now comes to the dinner table, whether you're out with friends or your meeting with family. It becomes a much easier way to talk about challenges that people are often very afraid of, and rightfully so," Cornell said.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia; 11,000 of those people live in Vermont.
Greg Lothrop of Milton was diagnosed with vascular dementia four years ago.
"I had to look at the fact, did I have dementia or did dementia have me? And I decided that I have dementia and that I will do my best to live with that," Lothrop said.
His wife, Carol, says he's still the same Greg he was four years ago, and although there's nothing they can do about his dementia, they're going to live life to the fullest while they can. The same goes for the Dooleys.
"I still have a lot of function, I can still do things, I can still interact with people, I can still help people," James Dooley said.
Dooley says this spring he's going to go on more motorcycle rides, enjoying the ride of life.
The Alzheimer's Association will be at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier Feb. 12 as part of a national movement to speak with state representatives about Alzheimer's.
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Michigan Central Station by David Kohrman from Forgotten Detroit
For years, Europeans and Canadians have wondered what happened to American cities, why did their cores turn into dead zones and suburbs flourish while in Paris or Toronto, the cores were wealthy and vital while the suburbs became hotbeds of crime. Alan Ehrenhalt writes in the New Republic about how many American cities are beginning to become more like Vienna or Vancouver.
"In the past three decades, Chicago has undergone changes that are routinely described as gentrification, but are in fact more complicated and more profound than the process that term suggests. A better description would be "demographic inversion....The people who live near the center--some of them black or Hispanic but most of them white--are those who can afford to do so."
Lee-Statler Hotel in Detroit by David Kohrman from Forgotten Detroit
Ehrenhalt lists the reasons for the demographic inversion:
-Deindustrialization "has eliminated many of the things that made affluent people want to move away from it. Nothing much is manufactured downtown anymore (or anywhere near it), and that means that the noise and grime that prevailed for most of the twentieth century have gone away."
Cars and traffic:"In Atlanta, where the middle-class return to the city is occurring with more suddenness than perhaps anywhere in the United States, the most frequently cited reason is traffic. People who did not object to a 20-mile commute from the suburbs a decade ago are objecting to it now in part because the same commute takes quite a bit longer. To this, we can add the prospect of $5-per-gallon gasoline."
-Young adults expressing different values, habits, and living preferences than their parents. "The demographic changes that have taken place in America over the past generation--the increased propensity to remain single, the rise of cohabitation, the much later age at first marriage for those who do marry, the smaller size of families for those who have children, and, at the other end, the rapidly growing number of healthy and active adults in their sixties, seventies, and eighties--have combined virtually all of the significant elements that make a demographic inversion not only possible but likely."
Excellent reading at ::The New Republic via ::BoingBoing
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It is ironic that a country which is renowned for its scenic greenery has its capital labelled as the 2nd most polluted city in the world in terms of air quality. According to the Global Air Report of 2017, the poor air quality in Dhaka and across Bangladesh claims over 1,22,400 lives every year.
In developing nations such as Bangladesh, the leading cause of death due to air pollution revolves around the fact that access to proper diagnosis and subsequent treatment are limited. Besides the outrageous rate of fatality, victims of air pollution are initially subjected to respiratory diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), tuberculosis, asthma and lung cancer for an extended period of time.
The rise in respiratory diseases in Bangladesh is due to increasing air pollution. Dhaka scored 556 in the Air Quality Index (AQI), which is categorised as ‘extremely unhealthy’. Six common air pollutants include ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and lead. Smoking tobacco is also a prevalent cause of respiratory diseases.
When we think about respiratory diseases, the first thing which comes to our mind is usually lung cancer. However, there are several other respiratory diseases as mentioned earlier which are briefly discussed here.
COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a broader term for describing lung diseases such as bronchitis, emphysema etc. It has a mortality rate of 27.5 per 1,00,000 of population and costs the lives of 1,035 people every year. The number of COPD patients is higher among men, primarily because 54.8% of men are tobacco users, according to a 2010 study. However, people who are exposed to tobacco smoking, dust or high intensity chemicals from air pollution can also develop COPD.
Tuberculosis (TB): It is the most prominent among all other respiratory diseases in Bangladesh. TB is an infectious disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In most of the cases the infection cannot be traced in which case it is considered as ‘latent tuberculosis’. About 10% of the infection leads to active disease, which may lead to death if left untreated.
Asthma: It is a long term inflammatory disease of the airways in the lungs which causes wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. Asthma is caused both by genetic and environmental factors. It can affect anyone at any age and is irreversible in most cases. According to National Institute of Disease of Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), 7 million people in Bangladesh are affected by asthma and half of them are children.
Lung cancer: It is the deadliest of all the respiratory diseases. Lung cancer can be characterised by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue of the lungs and it can spread to other parts of the body. The majority of lung cancer is caused by excessive smoking of tobacco. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report published in 2014, lung cancer deaths reached 9,660 in Bangladesh, which is a staggering 1.3% of the total deaths in Bangladesh for the previous year.
Even though respiratory diseases as a whole is an epidemic in Bangladesh, a great number of people in our society are not well aware of the diseases involved. Therefore, widespread health awareness is required to reduce fatality rate caused by these deadly diseases. Special attention has to be given to teenagers and discourage them from smoking tobacco products. Public and private organisations should fund awareness campaigns. Strict laws should be implemented for industries to reduce carbon emissions. Anti-tobacco policies should be strengthened.
The article is written jointly by Muntaseer Akif, Bappy Khan, Nagib Firoz Shoumik, Rabika Raihan Mithila, Naimur Rahman, Shafrin Shafa — students of North South University, Bangladesh.

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US Dept of Justice ends 5 year homphobic practice
DOJ Ends Gay Group Ban
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: February 6, 2008 - 3:00 pm ET
(Washington) The Department of Justice has ended a five year old policy of denying an LGBT employee group the same privileges it offers other minority groups.
In 2003 then-Attorney General John Ashcroft told DOJ Pride that it could no longer hold its annual gay pride event on DOJ property. Ashcroft at the time said that it was Bush administration policy that only events that received a presidential proclamation could be held on government property.
Justice Department workers had celebrated Pride in the Great Hall of DOJ headquarters every June since the mid 1990s when President Bill Clinton first declared a Gay Pride Month. Bush has declined throughout his presidency to issue a proclamation.
Ashcroft also told the employee organization that it was barred from posting notices of its meetings on DOJ bulletin boards or distribute such messages through the department's e-mail system.
Ashcroft took the action a week after the Rev. Jerry Falwell issued a warning to President Bush and the Republican leadership to stop "catering to gays" or lose the support of Christian conservatives.
The ban on DOJ Pride continued under Alberto Gonzales.
The new Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, now has reversed that decision.
Mukasey has told DOJ Pride that DOJ will give the organization the same rights as all other DOJ employee groups. In a statement to the group Mukasey said that the department will "foster an environment in which diversity is valued, understood and sought."
At the time Ashcroft imposed the ban DOJ Pride had about 200 members. That is now down to 150 members.
Ashcroft was not alone in clamping down on LGBT federal workers.
Special Counsel Scott Bloch, the man responsible for protecting whistleblowers and investigating complaints of discrimination by federal workers, refused to take on complaints of discrimination based on sexuality.
Bloch's stonewalling complaints of discrimination by LGBT federal workers dates to February 2004 when he ordered references to sexual orientation removed from the Office of the Special Counsel website. Since 1998, when President Bill Clinton issued an executive order prohibiting bias in the civil service, the OSC has taken that to include sexuality.
A month after the references disappeared from the OSC website Bloch said gay workers were no longer protected.
After intense pressure from Federal Globe - the LGBT organization for federal civil servants - and from Democrats on The Hill, the White House said it would honor the Executive Order signed by Clinton that that had been taken as assurance LGBT workers had civil rights protections.
But with Bloch's approval, several union contracts negotiated with various branches of the government removed the list of categories that are protected replacing them with the more nebulous phrase "any class protected by law."
Appearing in May 2005, before the the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal workforce and the District of Columbia, Bloch said that his interpretation of the Clinton executive order cannot be used to protect gay workers because it does not specifically name LGBT workers.
You have to smile at "Jerry Falwell issued a warning to President Bush and the Republican leadership to stop "catering to gays" or lose the support of Christian conservatives."
Only a twisted Jerry Falwell could complain about Bush & republicans "catering to gays".
Ashcrofts tenure was pure torture to the American justice system…


Near-term bulls have an opinion that the cryptomarket might be ready for a proper rally on the upside, citing steady growth of BTC cryptotrading volumes and transaction rates.
Willy Woo, a prominent digital currency researcher and analyst claims that there is no place for such high hopes. On his Twitter account, Woo points out that the on-chain trading volumes are simply too small to ensure a prolonged rally. He refers to the instability as one of the key reasons of the on-chain volume growth witnessed over the past weeks.
Trading volumes have shortened to normal amounts. The NVT chart is on the high side, meaning that the price that is currently transmitted on the network is lower than the valuation of the network itself.
The NVT ratio is a metric designed by Willy Woo himself, and it provides a rather good insight. It performs an estimation of the intrinsic values of digital currencies, providing financiers with the knowledge of when the BTC value is extremely high or extremely low.
Woo was the analyst responsible for the forecast of a bearish bias back in last November. He pointed that the downward pressure on Bitcoin might continue until summer of 2019. He referred to the data provided by the NVT, which, per Woo, had performed a breakout below its support levels, and therefore summed up that BTC was not likely to perform a breakout above its 200 DMA.
At the time of writing, BTC is trading at 3,645 on Coinbase, with the overall market cap at 132 billion USD. It has significant support around the said levels.
Presently, in spite of the more or less stable past couple of weeks displayed by most of the digital currencies, the cryptomarket remains down by approximately 43% from its November levels.
The high instability and fluctuations of the BTC value both lure in new financiers and push away the old ones. The cryptomarket has always been full of surprises, and even though Willy Woo is more often right than wrong, some wonders may still happen.


Ohio High School Soccer - Spring Valley can't get by Rock HillAugust 18, 2018: Ironton, OH 45638
In Saturday's non-league game, the Rock Hill Redmen (Ironton, OH) soccer squad tipped the visiting Spring Valley Timberwolves (Huntington, WV), by a count of 1-0.
The Redmen (1-0) will now prepare for their game against South Point (South Point, OH). The Pointers go into the Ohio Valley game with a 0-0 record.
The Timberwolves (0-2) will now prepare for their game against Ripley (Ripley, WV). The Vikings go into the Mountain State game with a 0-2 record. In their last game, Ripley was nudged by Washington (Charles Town, WV), 5-2, in a non-league game.


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When musicologist Brian Shimkovitz traveled to Ghana for the first time to check out the local rap scene, he probably didn’t think he would become the male blogger version of Lara Croft. For almost ten years now, he’s been looking for artifacts in the form of magnetic tapes packed with weird music. Music that has (at least in our region) never been transformed into electrical signals and pumped into our ears before. Luckily for us he turned his passion for great music into his blog Awesome Tapes from Africa and even a music label.
Whether DJing with cassettes would work live was a huge question for me, but Brian proved it possible (and impressive) just two weeks ago, when Wolfram and his partner-in-crime Felix the Houserat invited him to do a set in Vienna. After a lot of excessive dancing, we used the opportunity to ask Brian to do an Africa-themed A – Z for us, and this is what we got.
Axmed Yaasiin (& Sahra Axmed)—Words can’t describe what this song means to me. Some of my favorite Somali music of the moment.
Bola—Bola is the second artist to release a record on my label. His Volume 7 came out in April and it’s completely mad: all rapid-fire kologo rhythms and powerful vocals dropping knowledge.
Charles Ouebraogo—Incredibly unique sounds from a Burkina Faso wizard of making traditional rhythms pop.
Daouda Dembele—West African is full of griots, the traditional storytelling musicians who help keep track of genealogy and oral history. Here is one of many fascinating recordings that help spread/document this stuff.
Electric Africa—Manu Dibango recorded dozens of records, but this one is my favorite. It’s an afro-futurist vibe utopia.
Franco—Whenever I am DJing and I have to pee really badly and there’s going to be a queue for the toilet I put on a 21-minute version of this song by prolific Congolese soukous master.
Getachew Mekurya—Legendary ethiopia sax player… this is the most interesting recording of his I’ve heard.
Hamdawa—Top 5 favorite tape covers on Awesome Tapes From Africa.
Ibro Diabate—This is a great singer from Guinea, whose music ignited extreme joy in a Guinean emigre one night at a party I played at Monarch in Berlin.
Joe Nez—Great soul and R&B singer from Nigeria. I was going to post this tape on Awesome Tapes From Africa but it got eaten by a tape player recently.
KK Fosu—I love this Ghanaian radio and club hit from a few years ago.
Lamin Fofana— Great producer and DJ who lives in Brooklyn and recently did a remix of a Bola track for the Bola Remixes digital EP.
Mudd Up!—Always inspiring, enlightening and fun blog by producer-dj-journalist DJ /Rupture.
Nâ Hawa Doumbia—The first release on Awesome Tapes From Africa is by this famous Malian singer whose early work is just astounding.
Prince Khonjo—This is a very left-field tape from Kenya. Don’t know much about this but the minimal drum machine paired with traditional elements is really fun.
Reggae—When visiting just about anywhere in Africa, you will hear lots of reggae. Which I think is a great thing, it sounds really good in a sunny context. Reggae and dancehall are closely intertwined with many forms of pop music in regions across the continent.
Sourakata Koite—Excellently performed kora music. So gentle, so deep, so simple, so dope.
Twenty Seven Leggies—This blog is a wealth of info on the Shangaan (Tsonga) disco movement and the sounds that led up to the present bombastic profile. Homeboy has been up on this since long before the Honest Jon’s releases.
Voodoo Funk—Super deep website for African music and vinyl diggers in general. Incredible finds from across Africa, available in downloadable DJ mixes, mostly of the funk/disco/soul variety.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka—Supersonic star of 80s South African bubblegum mbaqanga R&B.
Zimbabwe—The music of Zimbabwe is quite diverse and exciting but because of the current cash crisis and endless political impasse we don’t get a chance to hear much of it. I am certain there are tons of great musicians there who don’t have the means to record and distribute their sounds.
Voila, the latest edition of our weekly music video update called VIDEODROME, today featuring Kasper Bjørke, XXYYXX, Addison Groove, Kim Brown and many more! And as for David Lynch’s video for his song, ‘Crazy Clown Time’ – the directing is so lacking, it can’t be a Lynch video. It’s for April Fools. Isn’t it?
#1 Bola – Tigantabame (dir.?)
Off the Ghanan musician’s new release on the always inspiring blog-turned-label imprint Awesome Tapes From Africa.
#2 Kasper Bjørke – Lose Yourself to Jenny (directed by Tétier/Joye/Pujol/Coulomb)
This marks the first official video from Kaspar’s third full length album Fool, out this week on HFN Music.
#3 Voder Death Squad – 2 (directed by Matthieu Séry)
Absolutely stunning video-art by French-born, Berlin-based video auteur Matthieu Séry. Voder Death Squad on the other hand are ready to drop their second full length 2 soon on SicSic Tapes.
#4 Money – SOLONG (dir.?)
Fresh Manchester music. There’s a 7″ brewing over at Almost Musique, due out May 14th.
#5 XXYYXX – Breeze (dir.?)
James Blake, J Dilla, and Star Slinger? Nope, it’s Marcel Everett the 16-year-old Orlando native who works under the moniker XXYYXX.
#6 Kim Brown – Camera Moves (directed by the 29novEDITS)
Nov29Films, the Berlin-based masters of unoffical video-making, did it again. Do not miss.
#7 Addison Groove – Bad Things feat. Spank Rock (directed by Bredimus & Wolfschmidt)
Addison Groove‘s debut album Transistor Rhythm is out now. It’s full of 808 ghetto infusions, as you can see in this Bredimus & Wolfschmidt-directed video for ‘Bad Things’ – a collaborative track with the one-and-only Spank Rock.
#8 DannielRadall – Alone Again (direxted by DannielRadall)
This is off AMDISCS‘ amazing compilation for the czech Zivel Magazine titled A’M 2012. The whole thing has 51 songs and features artists such as Pictureplane, Teengirl Fantasy, Coma Cinema, Teams, Walsh and DannielRadall, to name a few.
#9 Yung Jake – E.m-bed.de/d (dir.?)
Wild new video from CalArts student Yung Jake, who shares his digital skills with us via ‘E.m-bed.de/d’. An interactive video that focuses on the process of viewing, blogging and tweeting a new video. Best viewed in Firefox or Chrome … Be patient whilst it loads – it is worth while!
#10 Honeydrum – Suddenly Heaven (dir.?)
Impose just premiered a video for ‘Suddenly Heaven’ which will be on the B-side of Honeydrum’s upcoming Stranger Calls 7”.

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At first I wasn’t sure if it would be done by the Historical Sew Fortnightly deadline, but I made it! The finishing touches were done last night.
If you missed the prior post, with more details on the process, you can find it here.
The Challenge: Historical Sew Fortnightly “Pink” Challenge
Fabric: Vintage silk crepe
Pattern: Butterick 3201
Notions: Vintage lace edging and insertion, vintage “imitation silk” embroidery threads, silk ribbons for embroidery, pearlized off white beads, hook and eye tape, and a few little ombre ribbon flowers.
How historically accurate is it? Very. I used all period correct techniques, including french seams and insertion methods. The modern things would be of polyester, including the ombre ribbon flowers used at the sides and the straps, polyester thread, and the hook and eye tape is most likely polyester, with the hooks and eyes having some sort of white plastic coating. Otherwise, it’s all authentic, with period correct techniques and materials.
Hours to complete: A lot. I spent a good amount of time on embellishment. Otherwise it would have gone together quickly.
First worn: Not yet!
Total cost: I’m not sure. The fabric was bought at an estate sale a long while ago, and I don’t remember the cost, but it was probably $5-$10. The lace and trims probably total somewhere around $5. I don’t remember the cost of the pattern. So we’ll say, probably $30 or so.
It hangs a little funny on my dress form, because she is not biforcated. ;)
I’m pretty proud of this one! I spent time of doing French seams and embellishment. I think it looks pretty close to some of the period ones I have seen, and, because of the fabric, even feels like a real one! Yay!
StephanieFebruary 17, 2014 at 4:12 pm (9 years ago)
Looks amazing Lauren! :D
Natalie (Zip Zip)February 17, 2014 at 4:14 pm (9 years ago)
Oh my! If you hadn’t said you’d made it, I’d have thought it came from your vintage collection.
PepperReedFebruary 17, 2014 at 4:34 pm (9 years ago)
CorinneFebruary 17, 2014 at 5:34 pm (9 years ago)
Absolutely lovely. Insertion lace is an elegant touch to intimates as well as blouses. Your fabric choice is perfect for this application. The embroidery, stunning! I learned the techniques in a Martha Pullen school or two. Love to use them on nightwear and little blouses.
Cassie S.February 17, 2014 at 6:08 pm (9 years ago)
Absolutely amazing! One of the very best that I have seen through this ‘pink’ challenge!!
I just love it! Your accuracy is diverting! It is stunning!
I made a 1890 apron for this round!
TiffanyFebruary 17, 2014 at 7:37 pm (9 years ago)
This is beautiful!! I’ve always loved these, but one thing has stopped me from making one. Since these are not a skirt, and are not split in the back like pantalettes, how does one do the “necessaries” without having to completely undress? If someone can solve this for me, these will go into my queue immediately!
WendyFebruary 21, 2014 at 3:05 pm (9 years ago)
I’ve made a few combinations in this style (nowhere near as lovely as this one!) and own an original as well. In my experience, the fullness at the bottom is enough that you can just gather everything to one side when nature calls. I think the gathers or pleating usually used at the waist in these styles do a good job of hiding how much volume there actually is at the hem. I hope that’s helpful to you!
TiffanyFebruary 22, 2014 at 7:15 pm (9 years ago)
Thank you so much! It definitely makes sense now. I’ve got some Haslam patterns for these that I will definitely make now. Since those don’t really have instructions, I always feel that I need to know exactly what I’m getting into before I cut! Thanks again for your input!
CarlaFebruary 17, 2014 at 7:37 pm (9 years ago)
It turned out amazingly! I absolutely love all the embellishments and everything. Great job!
Gina WhiteFebruary 17, 2014 at 9:26 pm (9 years ago)
Squee!!! OHMYGOSH!! These are seriously adorable and look like they could have been made in the 1920s!! I so adore the embroidery and the lace!! Laaaaaaa!! You have outdone yourself Lauren!!
SiriFebruary 18, 2014 at 12:22 am (9 years ago)
This is really lovely! Great job on the embellishments ;)
witness2fashionFebruary 18, 2014 at 1:43 pm (9 years ago)
Congratulations on a lovely job — and for overcoming the “pinkness” with delicious ornamentation.
Carol BarclayFebruary 18, 2014 at 4:18 pm (9 years ago)
Just beautiful! I’m glad you finished and you did a fantastic job! I love the embellishments. I had planned on making something similar, but used my maddening piece of very hard to sew on material to make a little girl’s dress, which I have had to put aside or go insane!
TanithFebruary 18, 2014 at 10:15 pm (9 years ago)
So gorgeous! And I agree with Natalie’s comment above about looking like genuine vintage garments. The soft colour and the embroidery particularly make them seem just right.
EmileighFebruary 20, 2014 at 9:30 am (9 years ago)
This is GORGEOUS! I’m totally in awe!
WendyFebruary 21, 2014 at 2:59 pm (9 years ago)
I actually gasped when I saw this! The gorgeous fabric and dainty little details are everything I love about lingerie from this era. I’m really interested in the construction because the bit of shaping at the waist makes it seems like it would be more flattering on my body than similar patterns from the era. (I’m obsessed with all things late 1910s/early1920s, but I have a very 1950s figure — lucky me!) If you made a pattern for this, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Again, you did an amazing job on this!

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A quick dive:
- The vast majority of members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics surveyed want to offer mental health services to their college athletes, but do not. That’s it new report from Mantra Health, a virtual mental health startup targeting college students.
- The NAIA represents small collegiate athletics programs throughout North America. Among respondents, the top five desired resources included mental health training for coaches and directors (90%), workshops on developing coping skills and building resilience (88%), mental health training for students (86%), a sports psychologist (70% ), as well as therapist and office hours (57%).
- The survey identified four areas of mental health for college athletic departments: staff training, awareness, campus collaboration and dedicated funding.
Several student-athletes committed suicide this spring. intensive calls for college and athletics leaders to do more to address mental health issues. The news has increased the conversation around the unique mental health challenges the group faces.
According to Elizabeth Jodoin, a clinical solutions consultant at Mantra Health, these students are juggling multiple expectations that are often more demanding than a full-time job.
“You always hear that they’re students first. But they’re still expected to attend all these practices and games between classes. It’s very difficult,” she said.
Many college athletes choose to hide emotional problems or deteriorating mental health out of concern that their coaches will bench them, Jodoin said. This pressure piles on top of class work and the general stigma surrounding mental health issues.
The NAIA survey, released Monday, surveyed more than 50 members of the association. Approximately two-thirds of the respondents worked in private institutions. The NAIA encompasses 250 colleges with approximately 77,000 athletes.
According to athletic officials who participated in the survey, the top factor affecting a college athlete’s mental health is the balance between academic and athletic responsibilities.
Half of respondents said their teams have access to a 24-hour mental health hotline, and 44% said their teams offer telemedicine services.
Expanding flexible services offered outside of traditional business hours is critical for college athletes, Jodoin said.
“Their schedule is always complicated because they’re going out of town for games. Often the 9-5 campus counseling center doesn’t work for them,” she said.
According to the report, if a college athlete applies for help but has a bad experience or is turned away due to limited availability, they may not return. As a result, their mental health may deteriorate.
Having resources available to college athletes is critical to mental health interventions, Jodoin said. She was not surprised by the survey’s finding of a lack of in-house psychiatric services.
“Sports medicine physicians are typically those who are part of the department’s staff, so a student would have to go outside their network to find that kind of support. It’s a difficult role to fill,” she said.
Support from college athletes is also a strong option, according to Jodoin. Only one in four respondents said their college offered support groups for their athletes.
“Peer-to-peer has traditionally worked very, very well for college students,” she said. “Getting student-athletes involved directly and allowing them to be ambassadors is a great place to start.”
Some college athletes sought each other out beyond their institutions. one college athlete support group led by The Hidden Opponent, a sports mental health organization with nearly 2,000 members.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).


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Doha/Xinhua: Defending champions France finished as Group D leaders despite a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday.
Doha/UNI: The first goalless draw at the FIFA World Cup 2022 came courtesy of Denmark, one of the fancied sides of the tournament, and Tunisia.
Moscow, Jun 23 (IBNS): With a superb display of sporting skills, Belgium crushed Tunisia in a Group G match of the FIFA World Cup 2018 at the Spartak Stadium here on Saturday.
Sochi, Jun 23 (IBNS): Keeping the memory of a shocking defeat against Mexico behind, Germany will come out to play a crucial Group F match against Sweden at the Fisht Stadium here on Saturday.
Volgograd, June 19 (IBNS): English player Harry Kane scored twice as he helped his side defeat Tunisia by 2-1 in their World Cup opening match on Monday.

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Recent Scranton News
- 50 Years Ago - Old Forge native named flight director of Apollo 7 mission
- Scranton pension board frustated by delay in transferring sale proceeds
- Former local man murdered in South Carolina
- Scranton police charge man in Palm Street arson
- Controller projects 26 percent increase in hotel tax revenue this year
- Scranton councilman floats idea for city to pay for lifeguard certifications
- Wallace resigns as Lackawanna County Chief of Staff
SCRANTON - A new police officer is scheduled to join the force next week.
Acting Police Chief Carl Graziano and Mayor Chris Doherty will swear in Joseph Janczek on Monday at 11 a.m. on the first floor of City Hall, according to a news release from the mayor's office.
Mr. Janczek will start in the Police Department as a Patrolman Grade 1.


I've been having issues with my computer. I refreshed it, but it just entered a boot loop. I refreshed it again, and was able to get access to it, but it appeared to start automatically deleting windows.old files. I'm down quite a bit of things that I downloaded over the years. Now I can't get in to the computer at all, it just says operating system not found. Any idea what the hell happened and if my things are still there?


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Newby, of Rothwell in the County of West Yorkshire (Barony)
A peerage of the United Kingdom.
Letters patent issued on Thu 25th Sep 1997
To Richard Mark Newby as Life peerage: Life Peerages Act 1958.
Issued during the Blair administration
Announced on Sat 2nd Aug 1997 as part of a List of "Working Peers"

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Hopping and correlation effects in atomic clusters and networks
Technical Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICCN 2001
196 - 199
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Exact solution for hopping and correlation effects in atomic clusters and mesoscopic/nanoscopic networks is outlined. The program translates the Hamiltonian operator of the cluster written in terms of second-quantized creation and annihilation operators, to sparse matrix of (extremely) large dimension and solves the latter with the help of new compiler termed ABC ("Advanced Basic-C" compiler/converter/programmer). The ABC creates a stand-alone executable or, if proved necessary, source C-code received from the original program written in a simplified Quick Basic dialect. ABC employes mathematical functions including the complex variables, arbitrary precision floating-point numbers, special functions, standard mathematical routines (mulidimensional integrals, eigenvalues of Hermitian marices, in particular a new algorithm for sparce Hermitian matrices, etc.) and is appropriate to practically all software/hardware environments (Windows, OS/2, Linux and UNIX machines).