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(New York, NY) September 3, 2008 – This morning at a press conference at the Department of Education Headquarters, Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor of Schools, Joel Klein, along with the Sikh Coalition and other community organizations, announced the creation of a historic new Chancellor’s Regulation that defines, tracks, and aims to prevent bias-based harassment in NYC public schools. After over a year of urging the DOE to implement such a regulation, the Sikh Coalition applauds the Chancellor and Mayor for taking this very important step in making NYC’s schools free of harassment for not only Sikh students but all students.
What will the new regulation do?
“This is a great day for New York City’s school children. We expect our schools to be free of bias-based bullying, and today’s announcement will help us achieve that goal. During the course of creating this new regulation, the Sikh Coalition and its allies…played a crucial role. We look forward to continuing to partner with community organizations to make our schools safe places to learn.”
-Chancellor of Schools, Joel Klein
The new regulation, A-832, “establishes a procedure for the filing, investigation, and resolution of complaints of student-to-student bias-based harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying.” Highlights of the regulation include:
- A clear and comprehensive definition and prohibition of bias-based harassment based on a student’s actual or perceived race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or disability.
- A clear reporting procedure in which each school city-wide must have a designated staff point person to whom reports of bias-based harassment can be made. Students can also report harassment by emailing complaints to the Office of School and Youth Development as well.
- Prompt investigation of a report of bias-based harassment as well as entering the incident into a central database within 24 hours.
- A written report for the alleged victim of the results of any incident investigation within 10 days;
- In addition to disciplinary action (based on the DOE’s Discipline Code), follow up intervention methods such as counseling and sensitivity training; and
- Training on bias-based harassment and the “Respect for All” diversity training to all students and staff annually.
It was also announced that the DOE willpublish annual public reports on bias-based harassment in schools, including information about individual schools. This will allow the kind of transparency that community members and organizations need in order to know where we need to focus our work.
The Need for the New Regulation
The urgent need for the new regulation stemmed from the high number of Sikh students being harassed and bullied in NYC schools. Most recently in June 2008, two Sikh students were attacked in Queens schools. On June 9, Gurprit Kaur, a student at P.S. 219 in Flushing discovered that another student had cut off a portion of her religiously-mandated uncut hair and discarded it. On June 3, Jagmohan Singh Premi was punched in the face after a student intentionally attempted to remove his patka (smaller turban) at Richmond Hill High School. In addition, in May 2007 Harpal Singh’s hair was forcibly cut by another student in a hate crime in another Queens public school.This past April, the Sikh Coalition released a civil rights report, “Making Our Voices Heard: A Civil Rights Agenda for New York City Sikhs,” which found that more than 60% of over 400 Sikh students that the Coalition surveyed had suffered bias-based harassment or violence in city schools because of their Sikh identity.
“The amount of Sikh children being harassed and bullied in New York City’s schools every day is nothing less than an epidemic,” stated Amardeep Singh, Executive Director of the Sikh Coalition. “Sikhs took to the streets in June in Richmond Hill to urge the Department of Education to make this issue a much higher priority and take proactive steps to make NYC’s schools free of bigotry. We are heartened by the creation of this much needed new regulation. It is in large part the Sikh community’s activism that led to the creation of this new regulation to enhance the lives of 1.1 million city school students.”
The Coalition would also like to recognize and thank the partner organizations who worked with us in the last year to make this regulation a reality: the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), the Coalition of Asian American Children and Families (CACF), New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocates (NYAGRA). We would also like to thank City Councilmember John Liu for his ongoing support and his commitment to combating bias-based harassment in schools.
“While this new regulation is an important step, it is only half the battle,” stated Sikh Coalition Community Organizer, Sonny Singh. “Now we must monitor the DOE and city schools to make sure this regulation is being properly implemented so that it is truly making a difference for the average Sikh student, the average gay student, and the average immigrant student. The Sikh Coalition and our allies will have to be a watchdog on bias and bigotry in schools.”
“I hope this new policy means that other students won’t have to go through what I went through,” stated Jagmohan Singh Premi, who was violently attacked on June 3, 2008 at Richmond Hill High school after almost a year of daily bias-based bullying. “Sikh students should feel safe in their schools.”
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.”
– Frederick Douglas
|May 2007 : Harpal Singh’s hair is forcibly cut in Queens high school.
|June 2007 : Hatred in the Hallways Release.
|September 2007 : New York Times publishes Sikh Coalition and AALDEF op-ed on bias in City Schools.
|October 2007 : Coalition launches KhalsaKids.Org as a community resource on bias-based bullying
|December 2007 : Sikh Coalition, AALDEF, and CACF submit memorandum to DOE proposing new bias-based bullying regulation.
|April 2008 : AALDEF, CACF, and Sikh Coalition resubmit memorandum to DOE on proposed new bias-based harassment regulation.
|April 2008 : Coalition meets with Schools Chancellor Klein at meeting organized by CACF.
|April 2008 : “Making Our Voices Heard: A Civil Rights Agenda for New York City’s Sikhs” released.
|June 2008 : Attack against Jagmohan Singh Premi in New York City School.Coalition holds confrontational press conference outside DOE headquarters demanding action. All city press outlets cover press conference.
|June 2008 : Over 1800 people sign petition to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein demanding action to end bias against Sikh students in city schools.
|June 2008 : Gurprit Kaur’s hair cut in New York City school.
|June 2008 : Hundreds take action at Coalition’s Community March for Sikh Children in Streets of Richmond Hill. All city press outlets cover march.
|June 2008 : AALDEF, CACF, and Sikh Coalition submit comments on proposed revisions to School Disciplinary Code.
|July 2008 : Sikh Coalition, AALDEF, and CACF submit new memorandum detailingprovisions of proposed regulation on bias-based harassment.
|August 2008 : Sikh Coalition, AALDEF, CACF, NYCLU, and NYAGRA submit comments to draft regulation on bias-based harassment.
|September 2008 : New York City, the largest school system in America, enacts regulation, governing the bias-based harassment in city schools.


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Saw economist, on behalf of Jamil Antoine, the government program for the advancement of the economic sector has not received political support.
Said Antoine told all of Iraq [where], that "there are important steps in the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi program in the economic side, including privatization, but has not received sufficient political priority and political decision."
He explained that "there are measures to facilitate the entry of foreign investors and open the way for the private sector and to get rid of red tape and Balieroqratih and extortion practiced by many government departments."
The expert said that "there are important economic decisions will be implemented soon, and the move came after the return of Prime Minister of the Davos conference [Economic Forum", adding that "Abadi take the green light to participate in the conference with the support of the Iraqi investment countries."
He was prime minister for economic affairs adviser to the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, revealed near the release of important economic laws contribute to the recovery of the Iraqi market and investment opportunities.
Said Saleh's [where], he was "a forthcoming law for cities and industrial industry mixed, and this is very important, and there is a law is for private sector investment, encourage and create Association and strong bond between the state and the private sector to stimulate the movement of the market and end the separation existing between them," he said. " there is a trend toward a market economy is that activates the development and not speculators and Ctkarion, there are politicians heading for the development of the market. "
The Committee on the economy and investment representative, announced on 24 January this, its intention to involve investment authorities in the provinces, traders and industrialists, Bmatmrha scheduled to be held next February in order to involve them in the investment law.
The committee member said Subhi al-Maliki, for [where], that "the economic and investment commission in connection with a broad conference of investment authorities and industrialists, to create an integrated law supports this important and vital sector," adding that "the conference will feature investment bodies and senior traders and industrialists in the provinces [of Babylon, Karbala, Kut, Basra and Babel] and to work on their participation in the investment law, and find legal paragraphs healthy and tuberculous correspond to the current circumstances. "
It is said that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the 23 of this month, the World Economic Forum - Davos "We turn now from the system controlled by the government to a mixed economy more active, as we privatize key sectors, and explore partnerships between the public and private sectors, and get into projects jointly with international companies, "he said" As prime minister, followed a strategy of interdependence, rather than the dominance of state government control over the economy and the dominance of the Baghdad government to local governments, public and private sectors will enter with the central government and provincial governments in ".anthy 2 partnership
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Standing in front of a bank of televisions along with his co-workers on Oct. 2, 2010, a then-member of the sports department jumped high into the air, pumped his fist and shouted something that would have gotten him spanked as a kid.
For someone just shy of 35 at the time, it was laughable, and not in a good way. It now seems embarrassing.
As it was for all Vol fans, it was extremely short-lived. A baker's dozen is great, unless that's how many defenders you have on the field.
In a way, that 16-14 LSU win over Tennessee is the perfect metaphor for the now-complete Derek Dooley tenure at Tennessee: Hope and close calls followed by gut-wrenching bad luck and tough breaks.
The facilities are better than they were in 2010, the "Vol for life" program has been a hit with both current and former athletes, and off-the-field issues have declined.
But all of those coulda, woulda, shouldas added up to what will be the fourth coach since 2008 for the Vols and the first three-season sub-.500 skid since the 1904-06 seasons, when Roscoe Word was in the midst of becoming the only three-time captain of the Vols.
The fact that he played in 1902, '03, '04, '05 and '07 didn't hurt.
One of my lifelong best friends, Roscoe's great-grandson Denny, now lives just outside of Melbourne, Australia. Because of various online broadcast restrictions, he has to watch via gametracker.
Fandom is nothing like what people in Syria have faced for months or wondering "when the jobs will come back." It's a diversion, it's entertainment, it impacts nothing. I get that.
But it's also release, and it's a bonding experience, and it's shared emotion.
When I exalted and then despaired in the newsroom that day in 2010, I did so simultaneously with Denny and millions of others.
When Tennessee won in The Swamp for the first time since before I was born, I stepped outside and primally yelled so loud that my throat actually bled.
The response from two apartment buildings away summed up what I was feeling: "&%@# yeah!!!"
Which is, at its best, what being a fan can be.
But when coulda, woulda, shoulda becomes can't, won't and didn't, people lose their jobs, regardless of any off-the-field progress they might have made.
I'm thankful for friends and family and all of those other things people mention over Thanksgiving dinner.
I'm thankful I get a release from sports while keeping them in perspective.
But if this season has proven anything, it's that I'm also thankful my name isn't on UT's coaching wish list.
I still get misty-eyed whenever Jeff Powell explodes through the Miami line, when Jeremy Lincoln's rear end deflects a last-second Notre Dame field goal, or when Florida's Collins Cooper hooks a kick to the left and "pandemonium reigns."
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K Records' Back Catalogue Gets a Hip-Hop Makeover on New Comp
Published Sep 25, 2014Since 1982, the legendary Olympia, WA indie imprint K Records has thrown us its share of curveballs, but the imprint has managed to surprise once again with the announcement of a new hip-hop collection.
Called All Your Friend's Friends, the compilation features 30 rappers from the Pacific Northwest, including the Chicharones, XPerience, Heddie Leone, AKA, Wildcard, Poeina Suddarth, Ang P, MG! The Visionary, JFK, Bishop, Smoke, Free Whiskey, Puget and many others. The rappers perform new material with beats made from K's expansive back catalogue.
Below watch thrift shops meet "Thrift Shop" with a trailer for the compilation's accompanying mini-documentary (which, yes, cuts from a Macklemore talking head segment to label mastermind and indie pop god Calvin Johnson).
We also get our first proper taste of the compilation with "Cynic Syndrome," a bass-heavy crew cut featuring verses from Onry Ozzborn, Zikki Carr and Candidt.
All Your Friend's Friends drops on November 11 in both physical and digital formats.


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Neha Kakkar is one of the best Indian playback singers. Having sung songs like London Thumakda, Dilbar, O Saki Saki, and more, Neha has successfully created a unique place for herself in the industry with her beautiful voice. Neha Kakkar is a very popular name in the singing industry today, but what fans are unaware of is that she is a self-made star.
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Paul Midgett alleged that while imprisoned at MCJ on May 10, 2000, he was pummeled by guards Paul E. Gee, Doltheia F. Thigpen, Aerris B. Smith, Rodney M. Collins, and Gabriel Hill. Midgett said the beating caused serious bodily injury--for which he received medical treatment--and lasting emotional distress.
On May 11, 2001, Midgett filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against the guards, the sheriff, and the county. He alleged claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, state tort law, and Article I, § 19 of the North Carolina Constitution. Midgett further asserted claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract for not providing a safe jail environment.
Prior to trial the County agreed to settle for $110,000. Sheriff Jim Pendergraph denied Midgett?s allegations but said the November 10, 2005, settlement agreement would cost the county less in the long run. ?I don?t want to give him a dime. I don?t like setting a precedent of paying for things we didn?t do,? said Pendergraph. ?But the attorney sat down and tried to figure out what it would cost if we went to trial. Just to pay for the attorney?s time would be more than we are going to pay out.?
Midgett, 45 at the time of the settlement, is currently serving a life sentence for robbing a bank and setting a man on fire. Midgett was represented by Attorney Janet Thomas of Charlotte, North Carolina. See: Midgett v. Mecklenburg County, USDC WD NC, Case No. 3:01-CV-00227.
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Bobby Rubio, a story artist at Pixar and the writer and director of Spark Shorts’ Float, shares his story on self-discovery through animation, drawing and writing.
Float is Bobby's directional debut at Pixar and marks a turning point in Asian-American representation in media, as we stand in solidarity with Asian and Asian-American communities around the world against Anti-Asian hate.
"Float forced me to talk about my son's autism and it has been a very cathartic experience. I found a strength that I didn't know I had because I’ve had to talk about my story in front of hundreds of people, and now millions of people. [At publishing, Float has over 41 million views on YouTube]
In the past, I wouldn't have done that. At the very beginning, when my son was first diagnosed, I probably would have said, no, I'm not going to tell this story. But through the filmmaking process, I've done many interviews, I've talked about my son more and I feel confidence growing in me.
I am grateful that this film was made because now I get to talk to people around the world who went through what I went through. It is great to spread this message — you know you're not alone in thinking you're different.
Now the whole world will see this. It is a movement now, and it is a movement of creativity and love. Hopefully, we can share that with everybody.
Right now, I am working on a big film, plus Pixar’s Lightyear is coming out next year.
In my free time, I am trying to create the next Filipino superhero, Neighborhood Legend."
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This fact sheet tells you how to approach issues with cars, motorcycles, and even lorries and other large vehicles, from being driven and parked on local open spaces.
1.1 Residents often want to be able to stop cars, motorcycles, and even lorries and other large vehicles, from being driven and parked on their local open space. Such spaces are valued for quiet recreation and exercise, to be enjoyed for their own beauty or the views to be seen from them. It is intolerable that these attractions should be marred.
1.2 There are several legal powers which can assist, but first it is necessary to decide what type of open space it is that needs protecting and to have as much information as possible about its ownership.
2.1 The open space we are considering here may be placed in one of the following classes.
a. Village green or town green, as finally registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 or registered under the Commons Act 2006, including any substituted or new area which has been registered.
b. Recreation ground allotted under an inclosure award (formally known as a recreation allotment) which has not been registered as a town or village green (most ‘recreation grounds’ are likely to be in class d).
c. Common land as finally registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965, including any new or substituted area so registered, but not including land registered as a town or village green (class a).
d. Other open space held in public or charitable trust for the recreational benefit of the public.
e. Other open land not included in a - d above, where the local inhabitants have freely indulged in lawful sports and pastimes for more than 20 years.
2.2 It should be noted that we are not here considering country parks or large areas of open countryside where public enjoyment may be incidental to other purposes.
2.3 You should bear in mind that what may appear to be a single open space could in fact consist of two or more adjacent areas which have a different status and/or different owners. This should be carefully researched as it could affect the remedies available on the different parts and who should seek them.
3.1 It is necessary to consider who is the owner of the land. In theory every piece of land in England and Wales has an owner though he, she or they may not be traceable and may not be aware that they are the owner. The true owner’s ancestor may have emigrated to Australia many years ago and the family has lost touch. It is possible to become the owner in possession by enjoying more than 10 years adverse possession without interruption by the true owner. (See our fact sheet on Adverse Possession.)
3.2 Evidence about the lordship of a manor is not necessarily evidence of ownership of land within the manor, but it may be possible to show with reasonable certainly that parts of it have never been disposed of separately. It is also necessary to be cautious about relating modern parish or other administrative boundaries to ancient manor or current property boundaries. There need be no connection.
3.3 For our purposes, the appropriate owner may be either the freeholder or a lessee. He, she or it may be within one of the following groups.
a. A county, unitary, borough or district council.
b. A parish or community council.
c. The Crown, Duchy of Cornwall or Lancaster, conservators, the National Trust, or another public body, charity or utility undertaker with (but not necessarily having used) powers to make or enforce by-laws or regulations.
d. Any other known person or company.
e. Unknown, but see our fact sheet on Adverse Possession for methods of dealing with this situation.
4.1 Any activity not authorised by the owner or the owner’s authorised employee or agent, and not exercised by virtue of any private property right, can be dealt with as follows.
4.2 The owner can prosecute under by-laws which forbid the activity and/or can take civil action against it as a trespass, including seeking damages and an injunction. These powers of an owner are usually the simplest to put into effect. Local residents or legitimate users of the open space will probably have to produce the evidence and provide witnesses in support. (See the How you can help section at the end.)
4.3 Joy riding on motorcycles or in other motor vehicles, or learning to ride motorcycles or drive other vehicles anywhere on ‘any common land, moorland or land of any other description not … part of a road’, including any public footpath or bridleway crossing it, can be dealt with under points 4.5-4.7.
4.4 Any other driving of a motor vehicle on that land, except for parking within 15 yards of a road or for life saving, fire extinguishment or other emergency, can also be dealt with under points 4.5-4.7.
4.5 The activities in points 4.3-4.4 are unlawful under s34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. Therefore any member of the public who is reasonably satisfied that the owner has not authorised it (and preferably has confirmation from the owner to that effect) could report the activities to the police and ask them to take appropriate action.
4.6 Such action could, perhaps, be prosecution of the offender, after warning against repetition has had no effect.
4.7 The complainant should be prepared to be a witness in support, and the owner may also have to provide a witness if the defendant claims he has been given permission. If the offence is proved, there is a maximum fine at level 3 on the standard scale, under Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, but it is not subject to disqualification, endorsement or penalty points.
4.8 If a rider or driver has caused damage to the land or anything on it, intentionally or recklessly, he could also be prosecuted under the Criminal Damage Act 1971.
4.9 The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 contains two forms of remedy as follows.
4.9.1 Under s61, where two or more persons have been asked by the legitimate occupier of the land to move but they refuse and have caused damage or have threatened or been abusive to the occupier or his family, employees or agents, or they have six or more vehicles on the land, the police can direct them to leave and to remove their vehicles and other property. Failure to do so is an offence.
4.10 ‘Occupier’ means the owner in possession and where the land is a registered common (class c above)—but not a town or village green (class a)—it includes the commoners and the local authority, including a parish or community council. The latter can call the police under this section, in relation to any open space if they are the owner in possession.
20. Under s77, a local authority (other than a parish or community council) can direct a person living in a vehicle (including a caravan) on a highway, unoccupied land or (with the consent of the owner in possession) occupied land, to leave the land and remove their vehicles and other property. Failure to do so is an offence.
4.11 It is not necessary here to go into further details on how to prosecute offenders under this act.
4.12 Parking, from the legal point of view, can most easily be dealt with under paragraph 10 above, or where it can be proved that it was more than 15 yards from a road, under points 4.5-4.7 above. However, the problem has other implications, and these with other possible solutions are considered below.
4.13 Parking in connection with the recreational use of the open space. While this should be avoided where possible, it is a legitimate use provided there is no alternative site available off the land and it is properly planned and managed. The amount of space required, its siting, treatment, and landscaping, will need to be considered by the owner and the local planning authority. (Even if these are the same body, it will be different departments and a special planning procedure is involved.) There should be full consultation with the local residents and their amenity organisations.
4.14 Parking by local residents and shopkeepers and their visitors, employees and customers. This is not a legitimate use of any open space land, and it is unlawful in many cases and cannot be made lawful by being given planning permission. But this is the most difficult category of parking to deal with if you wish to avoid making enemies of your neighbours. Nevertheless, an alternative site or sites must be found. Offenders should be reminded that they set a bad example to the even more undesirable outsiders mentioned below.
4.15 Parking in connection with the use of local establishments which seek to attract visitors, some more honourably than others (eg places of entertainment, clubs, public houses, restaurants, churches, museums, art galleries, libraries) in older premises without their own adequate parking space.
4.16 This must be opposed, but for occasional functions which are not likely to interfere with the proper use of the open space. In such a case, its owner may give special permission subject to appropriate conditions. Such a use must be for less than 28 days a year or planning permission is necessary.
4.17 Sunday markets, car-boot sales, etc should always be opposed.
4.18 Parking by commuters coming from outside the area. This must be resolutely prevented.
5.1 The owner or local council should erect notices forbidding driving or parking on the land. The by-laws should be displayed at the most important points. Where the land is normally left unenclosed—particularly in the case of commons and town and village greens, whose natural open character must be preserved—bollards (removable where access by certain vehicles must be allowed), a low, white rope or chain, or whitened stones or kerbing should be placed along the edge of the land at the critical points where access is easiest as a deterrent to parking.
5.2 If these obstructions are to be placed on town or village greens or common land (class a or c above) where there were commonable rights on 1 January 1926, the consent of the Secretary of State in England under s38 of the Commons Act 2006 is required (see our fact sheet about works on common land in England) or the Welsh Ministers in Wales. (See our Welsh equivalent for works on common land in Wales.)
5.3 In the case of unlawful driving or parking on town or village greens or recreation allotments (class a or b above), particularly where no by-laws have been made under other legislation, the following apply. Under s12 of the Inclosure Act 1857, as amended by s29 of the Commons Act 1876, the parish or community council (or if there is not one of these the district or borough council) or any inhabitant of the parish can lay an information before the magistrates’ court against any person wilfully doing anything against the land or interrupting its use and enjoyment for exercise and recreation. The maximum fine is at scale 1 on the standard scale.( See our fact sheet about laying an information)
5.4 A common problem is the creation of a new, private vehicular accessway across the open space, or alteration or improvement of an existing private right of way, for the benefit of adjoining private property, or the enlargement of the amount of use of such an accessway.
5.5 Particularly in the case of town or village greens or commons (class a or c) there may be adjoining properties whose only access to a public road is over an old private track or roadway, often still unpaved, across the green or common.
5.6 In relation to greens and recreation allotments (class a or b) it has been unlawful to grant new rights of this nature since the passing of the Commons Act 1876.
5.7 Commons and other open spaces in public or charitable ownership (class c or d) are often subject to similar statutory trusts which prevent new or additional private rights being granted, and therefore are usually unobtainable by prescription (ie long use).
5.8 No new roadway could have been lawfully made or altered over a green or common (class a or c) subject to commonable rights on 1 January 1926 unless consent was given under s194 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (now s38 of the Commons Act 2006). (See Information Sheet C2E or C2W.)
5.9 It is therefore necessary to ensure that adjoining owners do not make any new encroachments of this nature, or any alterations or improvements to the existing track. They cannot be allowed to develop adjoining property in a manner which would require increased use of the existing right of way, unless they are able to obtain compulsory powers. Even without a public trust, the owner of the open space would wish to control the situation to protect his private property rights.
5.10 All proposals of this nature will require planning permission, and the advertisement of the planning application (or, if the planning authority is owner of the open space, its receipt of the application) is likely to be the first that is heard of the proposal. It is therefore necessary for all interested persons to be alert to the possible effect on the open space and its enjoyment.
5.11 Residents are advised to object to the proposals at this stage, and to ensure that the adjoining owner concerned, or any prospective developer or purchaser of the adjoining property, is aware of the hurdles awaiting him even if there may be insufficient grounds for refusing the planning application.
5.12 If possible a prospective developer should try to obtain access to the adjoining land from a different direction so that the existing track across the open space can be eliminated altogether or kept for emergency access only.
5.13 If an adjoining owner attempts to carry out works on the open space or to increase the use of a right of way without permission, the owner of the open space should take immediate steps to seek an injunction and restoration.
5.14 In the case of a town or village green or recreation allotment (class a or b), the encroachment on or interference with the enjoyment of the green is deemed under s29 of the Commons Act 1876, to be a public nuisance, and action against it can be taken (by the Attorney-General) under s30 of that Act in the County Court, with a right of appeal by either party to the Court of Appeal. NB It is not a statutory nuisance within the meaning of s79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
5.15 Unless an adjoining owner has compulsory powers and intends to use them, the owner of the open space held on statutory trusts will usually have no power to grant an easement for additional rights over the open space for private purposes.
5.16 Occasionally it may be considered that an increased or improved facility on an open space can be allowed without it causing interference with the public enjoyment or use of the open space or the preservation of its natural beauty. This could only be permitted by the owner of the open space under a determinable licence on appropriate conditions.
6.1 Prosecution is not easy, and where the case is strongly disputed by the alleged offender it can be lengthy and often adjourned, especially if the magistrates are busy with what they consider to be more serious cases.
6.2 If the particular issue is proved, the fine may be derisory and not very discouraging to repetitions of the offence. It is only worthwhile if the magistrates impose full costs. They will not do so if they feel there was any weakness in the way the prosecution was handled; or if it might have been avoided altogether if the open space owner had done more to prevent the incident by securing the land against such trespass more efficiently; or as local authority, by seeking alternative parking arrangements more strenuously.
6.3 We have made suggestions earlier on these aspects and stress their importance.
6.4 But where the only remaining option is to take someone to court for what others may consider to be minor offences (unless actual danger is caused), it is imperative to be fully prepared with all necessary evidence for the prosecution. Even if the prosecutor is a local authority (especially so if it is the parish or community council) much assistance can be given by those who actually suffer.
6.5 This applies to the more serious action that may be necessary against possible increased use or alternations of existing private rights of way.
a. Be certain about the status and ownership of the affected land. It will affect all proceedings, but to a lesser extent where they are under s34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. The solicitor acting for the prosecutor will advise on the proof that may be required.
b. Take photographs and make written reports (with days of the week, dates and times) of the incidents complained about; any damage—including rutting of the ground— caused; and the interference with the proper use of the open space at the time, or which may be caused consequentially. These should be vouched for by another witness.
c. Try to identify or describe fully the alleged offenders and their vehicles, but do nothing which may endanger or lead to threats against you or any companion. Only the police or the prosecuting solicitor will be able to obtain information from the vehicle registration number.
d. Keep a record of the expenses incurred in obtaining the necessary information from the vehicle registration number.
e. Search for alternative parking sites where this is an issue. Do not consider only sites which might be available for immediate use. Could land used for a different purpose be better adapted and used for parking? Remember that this will need the co-operation of the owner and present occupier of that land, the obtaining of planning permission; and for the council (if not already the owner) or someone else to be prepared to pay for the site (by purchase or rent). It is particularly important not to antagonise a private owner or occupier with prematurely publicised comments about the suggested site. They should be consulted diplomatically if the matter is to be raised at parish or community council or similar meeting which may be reported by the local media.
f. Initiate or take part in discussions on how to stop vehicles entering the open space without affecting its appearance or use.
g. Keep watch on existing private drives or roadways crossing the open space to ensure that they are not missed and that no work is done to them without the appropriate consents being obtained. Ordinary maintenance is acceptable as long as the materials used do not alter the character or level of the track in relation to the adjoining land.
7.1 Please note that s68 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act) has been repealed by s51 of the Commons Act 2006. S68 of the CROW Act allowed vehicular access across common land in certain circumstances. However no sooner had this section come into force than the House of Lords ruling, in Bakewell Management Ltd v Brandwood and others  UKHL14 here, appeared to overrule it. The effect of the case is explained in Our Common Land (Clayden, OSS, sixth edition, 2007). In summary, it means that many people can now claim a right of vehicular access over common land through prescription (ie 20 years use without being stopped, without being secretive and without using force).
Further advice from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is now available on their website
The Open Spaces Society has endeavoured to state the law correctly but is unable to accept liability for any misinterpretation of the law or any other error or omission in the advice in this paper. The local Clerk to the Justices will usually give informal advice on how to proceed. In any particular case it may be sensible to seek the advice and assistance of a local solicitor .
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died Thursday at the age of 76. He was the grandson of the founder Ferdinand Porsche and therefore the designer of the 911 with the model last received the title of sports automobile of the year.
The Porsche 911 is an orphan. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the creator of the primary model, died in Salzburg at the age of 76. The German automobile group announced it Thursday.
Grandson of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the founder of the Stuttgart manufacturer, he had been at the origin of the first model of 911 in 1963.
The latest version of the 911, known as sort 991, is the seventh generation of one of the most standard sports cars in the world. it was presented at the Frankfurt last September.

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Imagine a plot of land, dry and wasted. In the distance, a woman and her two children sort through the ground, looking for remnants of what used to be their farmland. Nearby, construction is underway for a cigarette factory. Even before the factory is completed, the devastating effects this ‘investment’ will have on the cultural, social and economic norms of this community are far beyond imaginable.
This scenario is all too familiar in many African nations. Every day international organizations and developed nations come forth with proposals to ‘improve’ the economic and social conditions in African nations. Every day, rural communities are displaced, natural habitats destroyed and the environment plagued by the symbols of economic and social development. More often than not, these ‘well-to-do’ organisations have their own interests at heart. The result: exploitation of African nations struggling to overcome economic and social problems.
Philip Morris International, one of the biggest players in the cigarette industry is currently building a cigarette plant in Pikine, Senegal. The $25 million factory is expected to produce about 300 permanent jobs in the town which is one of the poorest in the West African country. It’s no surprise that the company mentions nothing about the health hazards that the emissions from the plant could cause. The fact that the population is 98% muslim and that smoking is not encouraged in Islam might not even have been thought of. But why should these concern Philip Morris or any other ‘well-to-do’ organizations? Their main concern is making money, and so long as that is assured, nothing else matters to them.
Lawrence Summers, the former President of Harvard University, made a comment during his term as Vice-President of the World Bank: ‘Dirty’ Industries: Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs (Less Developed Countries)? I can think of three reasons… The problem with the arguments against all of these proposals for more pollution in LDCs (intrinsic rights to certain goods, moral reasons, social concerns, lack of adequate markets, etc.) could be turned around and used more or less effectively against every Bank proposal for liberalization.” These words by Lawrence Summers from a World Bank memo dated December 12th, 1991 serve as a rendition of the underhanded notions that some people have about African nations and other developing countries. If Lawrence Summers could suggest that the pollution of western industries be ‘migrated’ to African nations, then one can only imagine what other corrupt individuals with no obligations to Africa’s welfare might think up.
Most Africans accept the fact that the economic situations in many African nations are deplorable by global standards. But does this mean that they would sit back and watch people undermine any African country for the sake of doing so? Absolutely not. Being in an economic state of emergency does not mean allowing oneself to be taken for granted. Unfortunately, many ‘developed’ nations and international organizations seem to think the economic dependence that ‘developing’ nations have on them is reason enough to treat them disrespectfully. What is even more distasteful is the fact that these are the same ‘developed’ nations and international organizations that claim to be committed to human rights, equal opportunities and the myriad of other empty promises they propose.
In our snug little bubble here at Mount Holyoke, the sale of Uncommon Ground’s left over Chef Jeff cookies at a lower price in the Blanchard Cafe could be regarded as dumping. In the case of African countries and other developing nations, it involves an outright disregard for humanity past, present and future. As has been the trend, the assumptions made are that whatever is being dumped, be it food nearing expiration, dangerous chemicals like DDT, or harmful economic policies, will essentially have no real effect on the populace because a) the costs are relatively low, b) diseases will probably kill people before the effects of using the dumped good set in c)African nations are indebted and really have no say. These arguments might be regarded as economically or scientifically viable to Lawrence Summers and his buddies at the World Bank, but in the grand scheme of things, they are outright preposterous. To choose economic gains over human life is ridiculous. An unfortunate consistency in the exploitation of African nations is that the citizens have no inkling about the death contracts they have signed in the name of diplomatic relations, economic advancement and the many other titles used to cover up the exploitation of developing nations.
It could be argued that developing nations aren’t the only nations that could be potentially harmed by the decisions made by certain industry power houses. To some degree that rings true, but to a greater extent developing nations are the most affected. Philip Morris might be taking a huge risk by setting plant in Senegal, but its the poor Senegalese countrymen who will have to live with the diseases from inhaling life-sucking asbestos emissions from the factory. The proponents of the exploitation of developing nations do not offer the same ‘conditions of service’ to both developing and developed nations. Whereas fine china and glassware might be offered to the developed nations, paper cups and plates are flung at their developing counterparts.
Why is such injustice tolerated by developing nations? Do Pikine’s inhabitants really want to deal with the long-term effects of having a cigarette plant in their town? It’s not because these nations or people don’t have a choice, it’s because they do; life or potential death. Either way you look at it, it’s not to their benefit, so they opt for the lesser of the two evils. Any individual who barely has the basic necessities of life would choose to tolerate such injustices because the alternatives are far less enticing. At such a point, it’s not the logic of profit maximization that comes into play, but rather the innate desire of winning the survival
Just as it is highly discourteous to classify all 54 African countries as one country, it would be unfair to categorize all the efforts of developed nations and international organizations as negative. Some reconstruction and aid efforts by developed nations and international organizations like the World Bank are honorable and serve as a daily manifestation that there is still hope for developing nations and humanity as a whole. However, so long as certain members of the global community deliberately undermine the very existence and presence of developing nations, the fight for global harmony is far from won. In this fight, it should not be an issue of economic profit, but rather the protection of global citizens.
Jemila Abdulai is the creative director, editor and founder of the award-winning website Circumspecte.com. A media and international development professional and economist by training, she combines her business, communications and project management expertise with her strong passion for Africa. Besides writing and reading, she enjoys travel, global cuisine, movies, and good design.


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SCIENTISTS have found that the peanut originated 450,000 years ago, not 10,000 years ago as some have thought, according to results published in this month’s issue of Nature Genetics.
The finding is expected to put an end to a year-long scientific debate over the timeline of the cultivated peanut.
Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University sequenced the peanut’s complex genome in 2019 and published the results in Nature Genetics.
At the same time, a team of researchers from the International Peanut Genome Initiative also made the breakthrough in sequencing the peanut genome, publishing their results in the same issue.
ICRISAT research program director and UWA Institute of Agriculture Adjunct Professor, Rajeev Varshney, said soon after the research was published, a scientific debate arose due to a difference in findings and opinion regarding the timeline of when the peanut first originated.
“The cultivated peanut originated from the hybridisation of two wild ancestral species giving it a very complex tetraploid genome. In other words, it contains complete sets of chromosomes from both ancestral species,” Professor Varshney said.
“Our results suggested the hybridisation event occurred around 450,000 years ago. In contrast, the other group suggested the origin to be less than 10,000 years.
“Since then, the origin of the peanut has been the focal point of peanut studies resulting in intense scientific debate over the past 12 months.”
Professor Varshney and colleagues compared the approaches made by the two groups and analysed in detail the cause of the underestimation in the other groups’ timeline.
They found that the other group had overlooked the major role of insertions and deletions, or InDels, in the DNA sequence.
“InDels represent the major difference between wild and cultivated peanuts in our study, so if you do not consider the InDels, this will underestimate the divergence timeline,” Professor Varshney said.
The timeline of 450,000 years was also supported by the timing of repeat DNA family expansion.
“Our study suggested there is exchange of DNA information between the diploid and the tetraploid peanuts, due to either cultivation or growth in wild in close proximity to each other, and that this could be a very recent or ongoing exchange,” Professor Varshney said.
Professor Varshney said he hoped these critical analyses will rest the scientific debate over the origin timeline of the cultivated peanut.
“High oil and protein content and drought resilience make the peanut important for global food security,” Professor Varshney said.
“The research community can now better capitalise on the value of peanut as a model for polyploid genome evolution and its contributions to improved yield, quality and resistance.”
The paper, Reply to: Evaluating two different models of peanut’s origin was published in Nature Genetics and was supported by grants from the NSF of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals.

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- November 6, 2017 / 2 min readPackaged food rivals across the sector from Campbell Soup to Unilever are taking similar steps
Nestle announced its second small coffee acquisition, buying Texas-based Chameleon Cold-Brew as to bolster its world-leading coffee business. Maker of Nescafe and Nespresso said Chameleon is the No.1 organic cold-brew brand in the United States.
Nestle, which took a majority stake in Blue Bottle Coffee in September, is trying to reignite slowing sales by snapping up small independent brands that appeal to younger consumers.
Nestle, also faces a specific threat from JAB Holding, a private investment company that has grown fast through a string of coffee deals in recent years, from mainstream players such as Douwe Egberts and Keurig to higher-end artisanal brands Stumptown and Intelligentsia. Speculation that JAB could acquire Dunkin Brands resurfaced this week, sending shares of that coffee and doughnut chain operator to record highs.
Packaged food rivals across the sector, from Campbell Soup to Unilever, are taking similar steps as health-conscious and brand-savvy shoppers shun traditional big brands while social media helps start-ups to grow faster.
Following criticism for being too slow to react to consumers' changing habits, Nestle is taking steps to improve its performance under new CEO Mark Schneider.
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The New Trump Tax Plan Benefits Corporate the Most
The new Trump tax plan was put into effect on December 22, 2017. These changes will be in effect from 2018, however, when you file your tax returns, the old 2017 rules will still apply. The tax returns you file in 2019 will be based on the new tax laws. Changes in the tax structure will be visible in your paychecks from February 2018, though.
Under the new tax plan, corporate taxes are going to be cut from 35% down to 21% from the beginning of 2018. Corporate tax cuts are permanent. Individual income taxes have also been cut. Standard deductions have doubled. And personal exemptions have been eliminated. These changes, however, are not permanent. They will be up for review in 2025.
What does the Trump Tax Plan mean for you?
The new tax bill went into effect on January 1, 2018 and will be applied to income earned hereon. All this is fine, but let’s break it down and see what it means for you personally.
1. Tax brackets have changed
While there are still 7 tax brackets, the tax rates have changed . Also, the long-term capital gains tax rates are unchanged, but the short-term capital gains will be taxed according to the new brackets.
The upshot of it is that the highest tax bracket has gone down from 39.6% to 37%. While the lowest income tax rate remains at 10%, the amount of income in that bracket has doubled.
2. The Standard Deduction has doubled
This is one of the biggest changes brought in by the new Trump tax plan. Previously, the standard deduction for a couple filing joint taxes was $13,000. This number has jumped up to $24,000. Singles who were filing their taxes has standard deductions of $6,500. This is been raised to $12,000.
This is good news for low-income families as it (along with the increase in child tax credit) decreases their tax liability.
3. Itemized deductions have either been reduced or eliminated
Since standard deductions have been doubled, the new Trump tax plan either eliminates or reduces other itemized deductions:
- Deductions on State and local taxes, property taxes and real estate taxes have been limited to $10,000.
- Mortgage interest deductions have been limited to %750,000 of debt.
- All miscellaneous itemized deductions have been removed.
- Medical and charity deductions remain untouched.
A high-income household living in a high-tax state with high property taxes and a mortgage could find that their income tax actually goes up. If, however, you don’t itemize your deductions, you will be benefitted from the increase in standard deductions.
4. Child Tax Credit has gone up
The Trump tax plan doubled child tax credit to $2,000 and increased the income level to which this credit is applicable. The credit is fully refundable up to $1,400 but phases out for couple with a joint income of $400,000 or more and singles with an income of $200,000 or more.
This change will benefit low- and mid- income households.
5. Personal exemption and dependent deduction have been removed
The bad news is that personal exemptions have been eliminated. However, low- and mid-income families won’t really be impacted by this change.
Large, high income families however will have $4,050 added to their tax bill, which is the amount that was allocated for personal exemption and dependent deduction in the previous tax law.
6. Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was altered
The Alternative Minimum Tax exemption as well as exemption phase-out amounts have been increased. The AMT exemption amount for married couples will now be $109,400 and will be $70,300 for others. The phase-out limit has been increased to $1 million for married couples and $500,000 for others.
The changes to this tax exemption will help mid- and high-income households, but will not really have an impact on the low-income families.
7. Tax-deferred retirement accounts are untouched
Remember, these factors don’t work in isolation. Income, credits, deductions and other aspects of the tax bill work together. If you are not sure about how the new Trump tax plan will impact you, now would be a good time to consult with an expert.


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Shipp sets example with Irish golden goal
[CLEMSON-NOTRE DAME: Men] Leading scorer Harrison Shipp's second goal of the game in overtime gave second-ranked Notre Dame
a 2-1 victory at No. 14 Clemson Saturday evening in ACC action.
The unbeaten Fighting Irish (6-0-3) seemed on their way to victory in regulation, but Clemson’s Ara Amirkhanian netted the equalizer in the 88th minute. It didn’t take Shipp long to end the match as he scored from 15 yards less than two minutes into
All 15 of Shipp's points (five goals and five assists) have come in the last seven matches.
“What can you say about Harry?" Notre Dame head coach
Bobby Clark said. "He’s an unbelievable player. He’s always played well for us, but this is the best he’s ever played. He’s a captain
and a senior and he’s a great example to all of our players.”
The Tigers (7-2-1) outshot the Irish, 15-7, in a match that saw both teams hit the woodwork. Vince Cicciarelli hit the post in the 55th minute and Amirkhanian hit the woodwork in the 75th minute.
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The most recent resident book artist at Hot Bed Press, Rebecca Jones, is making a delayed start to her residency. First it was finishing a degree, and then a short but full-on festival residency in Bilbao - this lady does not stand still. As with the previous book artist residents, here she is in her own words:
Hot Bed Press has invited Leeds-based artist Rebecca Jones to be their book artist in resident for six months. Predominately, she will explore notation, scores and the presentation of happenings through book works and print. Rebecca's practice revolves around the deconstruction of meaning and moments in order to judge and evaluate their composite elements. Following this, she explores the reconstruction of that meaning by recombining their parts.
"Words, graphic notation and language are all central to my work. How an event or happening can be understood and interpreted through these various modes of communication fascinates me. I often move through genres and forms; the loss and gain through the translation of one medium to another creates valuable subject matter for me."
During her residency she will also further work upon ideas and research she conducted about the Semana Grande (Big Week Festival) in Bilbao this summer whilst working at Pocagallery; an artists in resident programme which is organised by Hondartza Fraga and funded by East Street Arts. Upon the completion of her residency with Hot Bed Press, she will present the works at an exhibition and invite performers and musicians to interpret them.
Hot Bed Press are taking part in the Manchester Weekender today - stay with this, there is some book fair relevance - with a couple of wandering Radical Print workshops. They're making their numb-fingered, chilly-eared (wiser souls opted for hats) way up and down the Oxford Road corridor, handing out 'radical' (for a given value of radical) posters and leaflets, and either twittertyping or letterpressing for passers-by as they go.
The MABF connection? That very adana press (in the first photo) will be the one making a guest appearance at the fair next week.
If you've read much of this blog, you might well already be aware that Elizabeth Willow became the second resident book artist at Hot Bed Press. Let her tell you about it herself:
After the long journey, on buses and train, then walking past old pubs and dandelion-starred patches of grass, I get there. Open the front door, up the worn stairs. Open the next door, into the smell of stone and metal and ink, into the sunlight slanting through the windows, and there is here; here I am, among the kind and beautiful presses, rescued and resplendent; among the other printmakers, turning handles and smoothing paper; here we are in our aprons and smudges of ink.
I have loved becoming intimate with this place, with its corners and cupboards and drawers and depths. I relish the camaraderie, tea and laughter and frowning concentration; the hip-handed and shaking-headed sharing of work, ideas, mistakes and triumphs. The opportunity and freedom to be both brilliant and not very good at all, to get better and to learn.
I have loved becoming intimate with this process, with the painstaking, delightful discipline that is letterpress printing; learning the lay of the case, finding myself out of sorts, minding my p’s and my q’s. Spending hour upon hour setting metal type, any and every story at my fingertips, the meeting of lead and ink and paper. Thought made real, words weighty in my hands.
I took up residence here, and it has become one of the places that feel like home. I come and go, past the old pubs and dandelion-starred patches of grass. I can’t now imagine not having been here before; I can’t now imagine not always coming back.
Elizabeth Willow is a fine artist based in Liverpool, who makes sculpture, installations, performance and, increasingly, artist’s books. Her work explores our relationship with objects and with place, and is often inspired by found objects, lost things and overlooked details. After showing work at the 6th Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, she was invited by Hot Bed Press to become Book Artist in Residence during 2012. Since then she has exhibited her books more widely, and has work in various private and public collections, including The Centre for Fine Print Research and Tate Britain.
As borrowed from this year's catalogue. Elizabeth decided we needed to freshen up our letterpress bookmark flyers so she set this (there are still plenty of fonts left for her to play with next time round) - she's been doing nearly all the printing of them too, and now they're being scattered across various locations in Manchester.
We thought it would be ideal for the text on the catalogue front cover as well. The surround is a fabric pattern and the whole is produced by our usual ecofriendly risograph printers, marc.
This is just to let you know that the fair is now fully booked. We do keep a reserve list, in case of last minute cancellations, so if you would like us to add your name to that list please use the contact form to let us know. Equally, if you think you might be interested in exhibiting at next year's fair or just want to know when it will be on, use the contact form to tell us and we will add your name to the mailing list - we'll inform you as soon as the 2014 date is confirmed.
Whatever, do come along and enjoy this year's fair.
Hot Bed Press has lots of lovely letterpress and letterpress furniture - enough that some of it counts as more than we need.
So at the fair this year there will be a table selling some of it off to letterpress fans keen to have kit of their own. We can't say yet exactly what will be up for grabs - you'll have to come see for yourself - but if you know anyone else who would love to start or to grow a collection of lead type, pass the message on.
If you were at the 2011 fair, we've unearthed a few snaps and added them to the 'Previous Fairs' page. As it says above the photos, one fair can look very much like another, but if you're in the pic you'll know if it's the right vintage.
Hot Bed Press has chosen to find a book artist in residence from the annual MABF ever since taking over organisation of the fair in 2010. That year, Parlour Press became the studio's first resident book artists.
During six months of 2011 Parlour Press were able to make use of the HBP facilities. They also produced an exhibition of their work for studio users and set up a beautifully constructed reading corner as part of the 2011 Wayzgoose fair at the Casket Works. Below is their description of themselves in the 2010 book fair catalogue.
Parlour Press is a book collective founded on the love of handcrafted books. No ISBNs allowed, we are self publishers. The five are Mandi Goodier, Caitlin Howard, Sophie Lee, Libby Scarlett and Lucy Vann.
We still have the naivety to say that literature, that beautiful places, that observation, that human frailty, that excessive collections, that new experience, that shared experience, that self expression, that fragile talent, that subversive pages, that sharing, that showing, that embracing everyone and everything will somehow make the world a better place to live in. That love and experience needs to be shared, can be spread over everybody like soft butter. Because we are young enough to dream, because we are old enough to know that time will not wait, we believe that this moment is all we have - we are going to make the most of it.
We wish to share our thoughts, our views, our obsessions, our eccentricities, our expression, our experience, our aches, our pains, our ecstasy, our minds, our craft, our talent, our skills, our passions with you. We hope that you oblige.
The title says it all. Yes folks, more exhibitors on the website, and even from the photos you can begin to see just how varied all the stands are going to be. The enormous variety at an artists' book fair is part of the attraction - there must surely be something for everyone's tastes!
MABF 2013 has now been set up as an event on the Hot Bed Press facebook page . Please spread the word - go and join the event, then share with all your friends and acquaintances.
When there's new information concerning the Manchester Artists' Book Fair, or anything else to do with book arts that we think might be of interest, we'll make sure it turns up here.


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At the moment I’m trying my best to get The Fire of Winter finished. I originally expected it to be about 100-110k long. Definitely the longest I’ve ever written but it just keeps getting longer, as you can see from the progress bar, I’m now estimating a good bit more.
The biggest problem with a book this long is my ideas and the research I need to do. So far this year I’ve had nine new ideas, several of which are the beginnings of a dysotopian world which lends itself very well to a series of stories. These are some of the most exciting sorts of ideas because they have the fun world building around them as well as the ideas themselves.
I’ve also read a lot of really good books lately that often make me want to try to write something similar. I’ve said before that the Sherdan series was inspired by the tv series the 4400. It also has political conflict in it that can be similar to the political strife in the Game of thrones series and I love loads of the characters in that. All of it serves to make me rather distracted from my current writing task.
For research I’ve also been studying the biblical end times prophecies (not an easy thing to do) with the help of a friend and it’s very distracting. I’m just aware it would be quite a lot of time out of writing if I don’t at least start studying it before this current book is finished and I want to write the next, but mostly it’s just making me very eager to write book three in the Sherdan series before I’ve even finished the current book.
Also I’m tweaking book two in the Sherdan series and having it proofread to get it ready for launch in about 5-6 weeks which makes me want to delve into the world of Anya and Sherdan again. Hopefully soon I can.

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SEATTLE — With 8 HRs, 26 RBI, Ripken hot amid cold lineup
Average rises to .350, second in league
SEATTLE -- Shortstop Cal Ripken remains the only constant on an inconsistent ballclub, but he could not do it alone yesterday.
Ripken brought the Baltimore Orioles from behind with a two-run double in the third inning and padded the lead with his eighth home run of the year, but the game slipped away in the late innings.
Nevertheless, the three RBI gave Ripken 26 for the year and lifted him into a tie with Oakland Athletics outfielder Dave Henderson for the American League lead. He is tied for second in home runs.
Ripken, whose two-hit performance raised his average to .350, second in the AL, leads the club in all three Triple Crown categories.
Devereaux remains hot
Outfielder Mike Devereaux had two more hits, raising his batting average to .287. He is 16-for-38 (.421) in his past nine games and has reached base 21 times in his past 44 plate appearances (a .477 on-base percentage).
Yesterday's matchup between 6-foot-10 Randy Johnson and 6-7 Ben McDonald was the tallest in major-league history at a combined total of 161 inches. The previous record was set by Johnson and 6-6 California Angels left-hander Chuck Finley on April 10, 1989. It was equaled six days later when Johnson faced 6-6 Minnesota Twins left-hander David West.
Milligan tips hat to Johnson
Randy Milligan is struggling, but he isn't going to punish himself over the called third strike he took with the bases loaded in the first inning.
Johnson threw him a full-count curveball, not the pitch you normally look for in that situation.
"Sometimes, you have to tip your hat to a guy," Milligan said. "The guy threw a great 3-2 pitch. He isn't exactly your average pitcher.
"He has a great curveball and a great fastball, so you have to take one of his pitches away from him there. If I had looked curveball and he threw a fastball by me, I wouldn't have been hitting my pitch."
Difference of opinion
Right fielder Dwight Evans got into a heated argument with umpire Joe Brinkman in the fifth inning, but nothing came of it. Evans apparently was upset about something that Brinkman said after Evans asked him to move out of his line of sight.
Saturday in review
The Orioles ended a three-game losing streak with their most impressive offensive performance of the season, defeating the Mariners, 11-5, Saturday night at the Kingdome.
Craig Worthington drove in three runs with two hits, and %J Devereaux drove in two with a three-hit performance that included his fifth home run of the year.
Right-hander Jose Mesa may have turned in his worst performance of the season, but the Orioles supported him lavishly for the second time in a row. The club has scored 18 runs in his past two starts.
Seattle starter Erik Hanson had to leave the game early with a sore elbow, and Ken Griffey Jr. was removed with an upset stomach, but it looked for a while as if the Orioles would remain snake-bitten. The opposing pitcher has left early because of injury in each of their past three games, but this was the first time they have taken advantage, scoring six runs off two Mariners relievers in the fifth inning.
Reserve outfielder Henry Cotto, who replaced Griffey, hit an inside-the-park home run in the third inning, which seemed to raise the emotional level of the game for both teams. Evans also homered.
When Devereaux threw out Greg Briley in the third inning of Saturday night's game, he raised the Orioles' major-league-leading outfield assist total to 13. Devereaux has three. Joe Orsulak entered yesterday's game leading all major-league outfielders with six. Orioles outfielders have thrown out five runners at the plate in their past 18 games.
The Orioles returned to Baltimore last night and will open a six-game homestand tomorrow with the first of three games against the Oakland Athletics.
The A's series features visits by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, President Bush and commissioner Fay Vincent, among other dignitaries. The homestand concludes with a weekend series against the Angels.
The past seven Orioles home runs have led off innings, and 20 of the past 23 have come with the bases empty. . . . Mesa is the only Orioles pitcher to go 7 innings and win since April 19. He has done it 3 times.


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Fleischmann: Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be an Excellent Addition to the U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) released the following statement applauding the Senate confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:
"Today is a tremendous day for the United States judicial system. I am proud of my colleagues in the Senate who voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett. She is a fantastic legal mind and will be an excellent addition to the United States Supreme Court. I have faith Judge Barrett will uphold the rule of law, as she said in her opening remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee, "It was the content of Justice Scalia's reasoning that shaped me. His judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were.' I wish soon to be Justice Amy Coney Barrett the best as she takes on this historic role."


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The White House today was the last to confirm what everyone already knew: Bill Shine, the onetime co-president of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, is the new communications director. The move, made official on a quiet day post-July 4, was widely expected after news first broke last week that he was in talks and then accepted the post, formerly known as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications.
He replaces Hope Hicks, who had surprised many announcing her resignation in late February, one day after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.
Shine stepped down at Fox News last year after he was criticized for how he handled sexual harassment claims at the network. He had been a protege of Fox News architect Roger Ailes, and and co-run Fox News and Fox Business with Jack Abernathy after Ailes’ ouster amid a string of high-profile sexual harassment lawsuits that began with ex-host Gretchen Carlson’s suit against Ailes.
Here’s the White House’s official note on Shine:
President Donald J. Trump announced today that Bill Shine will join the White House staff. Mr. Shine will serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications. He brings over two decades of television programming, communications, and management experience to the role. Previously, Mr. Shine served as Co-President of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
Hicks had somewhat solidified the top communications job at the White House, which saw her predecessor Anthony Scaramucci last a total of 10 days back in July 2017. She replaced him on an interim basis and eventually was made permanent.
The communications arm is currently in Supreme Court nominee mode, with White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying last week that Raj Shah is taking leave from his role as Principal Deputy Press Secretary to work on the SCOTUS nomination full time. He is not expected to return.


|Artist Chris Samnee is one of the best at connecting with fans using Instagram. Source: Instagram.|
Welcome to the show notes for issue 38 of +The Full Bleed. This week's business issue goes between the panels to explain why Instagram is the most important social network for comics creators. Specifically:
- At 2.81% Instagram gets more than 10 times the engagement as Facebook (0.25%) and Twitter (0.21%), Locowise reports. Why? Participants aren't spoon-fed unwanted content by an algorithm. Instead, when it comes to finding interesting photos and videos, hashtags are still users' preferred discovery mechanism.
- Third-party tools are growing richer and in number. For example, the Repost app simplifies the act of sharing photos that appear on other profiles. TakeOff allows for scheduling photo posts, while both HootSuite and Sprout Social have added Instagram support to their social sharing systems.
- Conducting commerce is also about to get easier. Like Pinterest, Instagram is planning to offer brands a "buy" button for selling directly to fans. If you think of an artist as a brand -- and I do -- it's not much of a leap to see top Instagrammers such as Chris Samnee selling commissions straight from his profile.
Special thanks to the Buffer blog for pointing me to the Locowise data.
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Beloved Arkansas duo joan shared their final single of 2021, ‘not over you’, alongside their new EP bye, out today, Dec. 6.
bye is the second of two EPs that joan have released this Autumn via Photo Finish Records, with the songs on this release focusing on relationships coming to an end.
Last month, joan released their hi EP, which focused on the giddiness, hope and joy that comes at the beginning of new love and new relationships. joan have also announced an extensive tour of the US due to take place in 2022, see below for a full list of dates. Tickets are on sale now.
About “not over you” joan explain “we had a completely different song that we thought would be the last installment of the bye ep, and then this song came out of nowhere and hit us in the chest. the hook is so simple, but somehow hits harder every time you hear it - ‘i’m not over you, but i’m trying to get over you’ - ooof. it turned out to be one of our absolute favorites we’ve ever written. we hope it comforts you if you need comfort, and we hope it can help you if you need a good cry.”
joan’s new chapter ‘wave era’ saw new singles from two EPs landing on the first Thursday of each month, soundtracking 2021 with their trademark alt-pop bops, tinged with the sweetest hint of 90’s R&B influences. Titled hi and bye, joan explain “after we released “cloudy/partly cloudy”, we got straight to work, writing so many new songs. we found that the songs were naturally falling in two different camps. so, we decided rather than trying to force them to work together, it would be more interesting to release two eps over the course of the year. welcome to the wave era - here comes a new joan song each month through the end of the year :)”. hi and bye are available to stream now!
joan (Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford) have spent the past few years building their musical empire, single by single, tour date by tour date, with the past two years being landmarks for them; their debut EP, 2019’s portra, and last year’s EP cloudy have been streamed well over 90 million times, with over a million listeners a month across streaming platforms.
The guys spent much of 2019 on the road with major US and international tours supporting the likes of The Aces, COIN, Bloc Party and Jeremy Zucker, as well as playing to fans across Asia with headline shows and festivals in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Early 2020 saw them playing to sold out crowds across the US on their first headline tour, including having to add additional shows in LA to accommodate ticket demand. Their virtual cloudy release show in August 2020 boasted thousands of ticket sales from fans who tuned into their livestream. 2021 was an incredibly exciting year for joan, and they’re only just getting started.


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The new jobs report shows employers cranked up hiring in June, creating 287,000 net new jobs. But the last jobs report, for May, showed the economy slowing to a crawl, with employers adding only 11,000 net new jobs in the month.
What explains these large gyrations? Probably statistical noise. Americans shouldn’t read too much into May’s discouraging job numbers or June’s hopeful ones.
Both the payroll survey (which estimates job growth) and the household survey (which estimates the unemployment rate) are large-scale surveys. Like any survey, they have a margin of error.
Nine times out of 10, the payroll survey estimate is within plus or minus 115,000 jobs of the actual job growth rate. Similarly, the household survey is within plus or minus 0.2 percentage points of the true unemployment rate 90 percent of the time.
Consequently, statistical noise can cause the household and payroll surveys to fluctuate considerably month to month, even if job growth and unemployment do not change. And 10 percent of the time, the surveys will report estimates outside this confidence interval.
This statistical noise appears to explain the recent whiplash. Job growth plunged in May and rebounded in June. However, the average across both months was plus 149,000 jobs—very close to average job growth in March and April (plus 165,000 jobs).
Many measures of labor market health showed this pattern: dropping in May and rebounding in June.
For example, the labor force participation rate for 25- to 54-year-olds fell 0.2 points in May. It then increased 0.2 points in June. That increase simply returned the participation rate to its April level.
Similarly, the seasonally adjusted number of Americans working part time for economic reasons increased by approximately 500,000 in May and dropped by approximately 600,000 in June.
The unemployment figures also show this pattern. The number of unemployed Americans fell 484,000 in May and the unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percentage points, mostly driven by Americans leaving the job market and no longer looking for work.
Unemployment increased by 347,000 workers in June and the unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points, mostly driven by Americans returning to the labor force and looking for work.
Statistical noise almost certainly explains these swings.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment reports are surveys. Like all surveys, they have sampling error. Rather than focusing on monthly movements, Americans should look at the long term trend.
These trends show job growth slowed over the past year, but remain far from recessionary levels.

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