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Peterborough Panthers up for sale as Rathbone decides to call it a day
Peterborough Panthers have been put up for sale today (October 9).
Owner Ged Rathbone will walk away from the city club at the end of the current SGB Championship season. Team manager Carl Johnson is also standing down.
Middlesbrough-based businessman Rathbone spearheaded a public fight to save Panthers from the brink of oblivion in late 2014. He later completed a full purchase of the club from previous owner Rick Frost.
But he feels the time is now right to sell up after a reign of four seasons which has included three team trophies – with the outside possibility of more silverware this term – and he has notified the British Speedway Promoters’ Association (BSPA) of his plans.
Rathbone said: “It’s been a fantastic time at Peterborough, but realistically I’ve known for a while that this would be my last season.
“I want to stress it is not a knee-jerk reaction to recent performances even though it is very frustrating to have seen us come so close to making history.
“It’s been an incredible season at times and it is certainly not beyond us to reach the play-off final, but we obviously have our work cut out in the KO Cup.
“I wanted to make this announcement to put fans in the picture before the weekend as there is a possibility that the meeting against Scunthorpe this Saturday could be the last speedway event at Peterborough.
“I desperately hope that is not the case, though. I’ll do all I can to ensure the club races on, but that obviously depends on the right person or people coming forward.
“I do have a great deal of finance tied up in the club so there is a small chance I could continue next year in certain circumstances, but that is certainly not my intention.
“It’s a three-hour trip here and back for every home meeting and it is a huge commitment. Running a speedway club is a hobby that quickly becomes a full-time job in addition to my full-time job!
“It’s 24/7 for 365 days of the year and that obviously has a knock-on effect on my business and family life.
“I’m very proud of the way the club has always broken even and how we have enjoyed success despite operating on a tight and sensible budget.
“We’ve also managed to attract some top stars to ride for Peterborough – guys like Scott Nicholls, Chris Harris, Kenneth Bjerre, Craig Cook and Jack Holder.
“I love the club, the supporters and everyone who helps to make speedway possible at Peterborough, and there will be plenty of other clubs who are envious of what we have achieved.
“I would never dream of knocking our fans, but seeing such low crowds for our last four home meetings – our biggest matches of the season – has really confirmed my decision to sell.”
“The BSPA have been informed the club is up for sale and the ideal scenario is a buyer coming forward before the AGM in mid-November.”
Rathbone’s reign featured success in the SGB Championship KO Cup and Fours last season before the club retained the latter crown this summer. Ulrich Ostergaard also won the second-tier individual riders’ crown back in 2015.
Rathbone has spoken glowingly of the contribution of team boss Johnson, a popular local man who also works tirelessly behind the scenes.
He added: “Myself and Carl have become close friends during our time working together.
“Of course we’ve had a few disagreements over the years, but we’ve always stood together while others have been and gone.
“What people don’t see is the amount of work he does for the club in addition to being team manager and, like myself, he has never taken a single penny out of the club. He doesn’t even claim mileage for going to places like Glasgow and Edinburgh.
“After working together for four years, we wanted to ensure the journey ended together at the same time.”
Anyone with a serious interest in purchasing the club should contact Rathbone by email at [email protected] in the first instance.

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HELENA – A near record number of lawmakers are being ousted from office by term limits at the close of this session, just as many are pointing to the overall drain on experience as a source of partisanship and impasse.
“It has been an utter disaster,” said Eric Feaver, lobbyist for Montana’s MEA-MFT teacher’s union. “The inability of this Legislature to come to a legislative conclusion is one more piece of evidence that term limits have hurt Montana.”
All told, 15 senators and 15 representatives will be termed out, with Republicans taking the hardest hit in both chambers. That is more than in any session since the limits began to take effect in 2000, when 47 veteran legislators hit their service caps.
“This is just the second revolution of term limits having affect in the Senate,” said Senate President Bob Story, R-Park City, who has reached his last days after 16 years as a legislator. “One third of the most experienced members will be gone in the Senate and next session has the potential to have a whole lot of people who are new to the process in it.”
Since 1992, Montana’s Constitution has prohibited any legislator from serving more than eight years in one chamber in any 16-year period. The limits have been a perennial target for legislation.
“They don’t want to go home because the problem you have up here is once people get elected they start to feel they are indispensable,” said Rep. Ed Butcher, R-Winifred, who spearheaded the push to establish term limits in Montana.
This session two bills failed that sought to soften the term limit system: one to repeal them altogether and another to shorten the amount of time before legislators can serve again.
In effect, Montana’s term limits actually go further than requiring an eight-year hiatus from office, according to a 1997 opinion by the state’s attorney general. That’s because lawmakers cannot put their name on a ballot until a full eight years has passed. So, as it plays out, a legislator ousted by term limits in 2010 would not be able to run for office in the same chamber again until 2020 or 2022, depending on whether they’re vying for a House or Senate seat.
Most lawmakers contend booting them out of office after eight years spurs partisan bickering, increasing the likelihood of deadlock over their one main task — appropriating a budget.
“I would argue that term limits are the biggest cause of the lack of working together,” said Rep. Dennis Himmelberger, R-Billings, who has served his eight years in the House but has no Senate plans. “It takes people a while in this institution to form relationships and really that’s what it’s about is working together to serve the people of Montana.”
Those opposing term limits also say they sap power from the Legislature, which they note is the people’s branch of the government.
“You empower the executive, you empower the lobbyists and that’s not good for the system because then we lose what the citizen Legislature brings,” said Rep. Jill Cohenour, D-East Helena, who has hit eight years in the House.
Cohenour sponsored a bill this session to abolish term limits for all state offices. But the measure failed in committee, amid questions about the wisdom of freeing statewide officeholders, such as the governor or secretary of state, from term limits.
Between 1990 and 2000, term limits were enacted in 21 states. But they have been removed in six of those states, by either court order or legislative action.
They have never, however, been removed by popular vote, which is what it would take in Montana where they are part of the Constitution.
“I think it takes a legislative insider to see the changes term limits bring,” said Jennie Bowser, senior elections analyst with the National Conference of State Legislators. “The general public really only sees that the capitol hasn’t been burned to the ground and laws are still coming out.”
Fans of term limits argue the public is wise to stand firm on giving lawmakers an expiration date.
“When you bring fresh ideas and fresh people into the system it makes for much better legislation,” Butcher said. “You continually bring fresh input from the real world.”
And even many of those who oppose term limits grudgingly admit they value the contributions of young lawmakers who may not have won seats competing against the old guard.
But on the other side, even freshman lawmakers question whether Montana’s term limits may be too severe, leaving the Legislature without much of what many refer to as “institutional memory.”
“The learning curve is just too steep for a part-time citizen Legislature, said Sen. Taylor Brown, R-Huntley, a first-time legislator. The key is to balance the benefit of having experienced legislators, against the cost of not fostering enough turnover to create fresh perspectives and new ideas.”
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AT&T Corp. got clearance from the Justice Department to buy IBM Corp.'s global communications network for $5 billion, with no conditions attached. AT&T says it could receive $2.5 billion in additional revenue in the first full year of operating the network.
July 1, 2005 |
AT&T Corp. shareholders approved the company's $16-billion acquisition by SBC Communications Inc., which would create one of the world's largest phone companies. The merger has won regulatory approval in 26 states and still needs OKs from 10 additional states and the federal government. If it is approved, closing is expected late this year or early next year.
September 18, 2002 |
Comcast Corp.'s planned $56-billion purchase of AT&T Corp.'s cable television business cleared a regulatory hurdle at the Justice Department, the companies said. The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust act expired at midnight. The Federal Communications Commission still must approve the acquisition. Special Class A shares of Philadelphia-based Comcast rose 43 cents to $23.73 on Nasdaq. AT&T shares rose 31 cents to $12.63 on the NYSE.


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#1 Barack Obama's election sparks new-found patriotic zeal from the Left.03-01-2009, 02:47 AM
By Colleen Raezler
Culture and Media Institute
February 25, 2009
Patriotism is cool again. Some would say patriotism, defined as “love of one’s country,” never goes out of style. But to the Left, it’s clearly not an unconditional love. Narcissistic liberals demand a country in their own image.
Still, it’s good to see so many of the nation’s cultural and entertainment elite waving the flag. Hollywood producer and People for the American Way founder Norman Lear is a perfect example. Lear is so moved by the spirit of patriotism these days that he created a campaign focused on being a “Born Again American.”
Unfortunately, liberals like Lear are so out of practice with patriotism that they seem to have adopted it as a surrogate spirituality, or confused it with a very un-American cult of personality.
Hope and Change
Michael Kazin, a Georgetown University history professor, argued in a Feb. 8 Washington Post article that it’s President Barack Obama who has revived patriotism. “Barack Obama’s rise to power, has, to many people’s surprise, once again made patriotism a liberal faith.” Kazin pointed out, “since liberals turned against the war in Vietnam 40 years go, they have struggled to prove that they love their country even while opposing most of the policies of its government” and they just now “have finally realized that they cannot lead America if America does not hold a privileged place in their hearts.”
This revitalization has spurred Hollywood players to proclaim their pride in America.
A video in which celebrities like Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and Eva Longoria Parker pledge to perform various actions to create “change” hit the Internet last month. Many were small actions like “smile more” or “laugh more” but Kutcher pledged to “always represent [his] country with pride, dignity, and honesty.” Moore and Kutcher concluded the video by leading the other celebrities in a pledge “to be a servant to our president and all mankind, because together we can, together we are and together we will be the change that we seek.”
Even citizens of far left Berkeley, Calif. used Obama’s inauguration to reclaim their patriotism. A Jan 6. Boston Globe article noted, “At Berkeley, the university has, quite deliberately, chosen to host its first-ever large-scale observance of a presidential inauguration in a spot more closely identified with its radicalism. Reporter Sasha Issenberg elaborated:
At Sproul Plaza, site of the Free Speech Movement protests beginning in 1964 – now commemorated with a monument declaring ‘this soil and the air space above it should not be part of any nation and shall not be subject to any entity’s juristiction’ – students will gather round giant television screens to take in the ritual.
The Revival of “Civic Religion”
Apparently, it took Obama’s election to rouse Norman Lear’s affection for his country. Lear is an unabashed Obama supporter. Records show Lear gave over $33,000 to Obama’s campaign, as well as an additional $50,000 toward the inauguration.
A June 6, 2008 Los Angeles Times article reported, “[Hollywood’s] elder statesman, Norman Lear, declared Obama's victory Tuesday night as ‘another giant step for mankind.’ (Through his group, Declare Yourself, Lear has been busy signing up young voters who seem eager to turn out for the presumptive Democratic nominee.)”
http://www.cultureandmediainstitute....225084424.aspxStand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
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aren't these the same people who said that they were going to move out of the country if Bush got (re)elected?Stand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
03-01-2009, 07:44 AM
What they don't get is a true patriot remains a patriot no matter who's in charge. You can show your love of country without necessarily approving of its leader's actions. These 'actors' change their loyalties more often than they change their costumes.Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
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As a professional writer with extensive experience in the topic of post-run nutrition, I understand the importance of refueling your body after a vigorous workout. Proper post-run nutrition is crucial for replenishing energy stores, promoting muscle recovery, and optimizing performance for future runs. In this article, I will provide you with essential tips for refueling after a run, ensuring that you provide your body with the nutrients it needs to recover and thrive.
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After a run, your body is in a state of depletion. Your glycogen stores are depleted, and your muscles are in need of repair and recovery. Consuming the right nutrients in the right quantities can help jumpstart the recovery process, reduce muscle soreness, and promote overall health and well-being.
Essential Tips for Refueling
To refuel effectively after a run, keep the following tips in mind:
- Timing is key: Aim to consume a post-run meal or snack within 30 minutes to an hour after your run. This window of opportunity allows your body to maximize nutrient absorption and kickstart the recovery process.
- Balance your macronutrients: Your post-run meal should contain a balance of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats. Carbohydrates replenish glycogen stores, protein aids in muscle repair, and healthy fats provide sustained energy.
- Hydrate adequately: Replenishing lost fluids is crucial after a run. Drink water or a sports drink to rehydrate and restore electrolyte balance.
- Choose whole foods: Opt for whole, unprocessed foods that provide a wide range of nutrients. Fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains, and healthy fats should be the cornerstone of your post-run meals.
- Consider your individual needs: Everyone’s nutritional needs differ. Experiment with different foods and quantities to find what works best for you. Listen to your body and adjust accordingly.
What to Eat After Running: Replenish and Recover
After a run, your body needs a combination of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats to replenish energy stores, repair muscles, and aid in recovery. Here are some top post-run meal ideas:
|Greek yogurt parfait
|Greek yogurt, berries, granola
|Whole grain bread, avocado, eggs, veggies
|Quinoa, mixed vegetables, grilled chicken
|Sweet potato and tuna
|Baked sweet potato, canned tuna, spinach
|Chicken breast, vegetables, brown rice
These meal ideas provide a good balance of nutrients, making them ideal for post-run refueling. Feel free to customize them with your favorite ingredients and flavors.
Optimal Nutrition: Key Elements of a Post-Run Diet
A well-rounded post-run diet should include the following key elements:
- Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are the primary fuel source for runners. Include complex carbohydrates like whole grains, fruits, and vegetables to replenish glycogen stores.
- Protein: Protein is essential for muscle repair and growth. Incorporate lean sources such as chicken, fish, eggs, or plant-based options like tofu or legumes.
- Healthy fats: Healthy fats provide sustained energy and support overall health. Include sources like avocados, nuts, seeds, and olive oil in your post-run meals.
- Vitamins and minerals: Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, which help support immune function and aid in recovery.
Eating for Recovery: Expert Tips for Runners
To optimize your recovery through nutrition, consider the following expert tips:
- Include antioxidants: Antioxidant-rich foods like berries, dark leafy greens, and nuts help reduce inflammation and aid in recovery.
- Don’t skip breakfast: Starting your day with a balanced breakfast sets the tone for the rest of your meals. Include a mix of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats to kickstart your recovery.
- Experiment with timing: Some runners find that consuming a small snack before their run improves performance, while others prefer to eat afterward. Experiment with different timing strategies to find what works best for your body.
- Consider supplements: If you struggle to meet your nutritional needs through food alone, consider consulting with a healthcare professional to determine if supplements can help bridge the gap.
Nourishing Your Muscles: Ideal Post-Run Fuel
To provide your muscles with the ideal post-run fuel, focus on the following:
- Protein: Aim for 15-25 grams of protein after your run. This can come from sources like lean meats, fish, dairy, or plant-based options like tofu or tempeh.
- Carbohydrates: Aim to consume 1-1.2 grams of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight. Incorporate complex carbohydrates like whole grains, fruits, and starchy vegetables.
- Fluids: Rehydrate with water or a sports drink to replenish lost fluids and electrolytes. Aim for at least 16 ounces of fluid for every pound lost during your run.
Hydration and Nutrition: The Perfect Post-Run Combo
Hydration and nutrition go hand in hand when it comes to post-run recovery. Here are some tips to optimize both:
- Pre-hydrate: Drink water or a sports drink before your run to ensure proper hydration. Aim for 16-20 ounces of fluid 2-3 hours before your run and an additional 8-10 ounces 10-20 minutes beforehand.
- Rehydrate: After your run, drink water or a sports drink to replenish lost fluids. Monitor your urine color to ensure adequate hydration – pale yellow is a good indicator.
- Sip and snack: Consume a balanced post-run meal or snack that includes fluids to rehydrate and provide essential nutrients.
- Monitor electrolytes: If you sweat heavily during your runs or engage in longer endurance activities, consider consuming a sports drink or incorporating electrolyte-rich foods like bananas or coconut water to replenish lost electrolytes.
Q: What is the best time to eat after a run?
A: Ideally, you should aim to eat within 30 minutes to an hour after your run to maximize nutrient absorption and kickstart the recovery process.
Q: Can I have a protein shake after a run?
A: Yes, protein shakes can be a convenient option for post-run refueling. Look for protein powders that contain a mix of whey, casein, or plant-based proteins.
Q: Should I eat before or after my run?
A: This depends on personal preference. Some runners prefer to eat a small snack before their run, while others find it more comfortable to eat afterward. Experiment with different timing strategies to find what works best for your body.
Q: Can I eat high-fat foods after a run?
A: While healthy fats are important for overall nutrition, it’s best to prioritize carbohydrates and protein after a run to replenish energy stores and aid in muscle recovery. Save high-fat meals for later in the day.
Q: Should I avoid carbohydrates after a run?
A: No, carbohydrates are essential for replenishing glycogen stores after a run. Choose complex carbohydrates like whole grains, fruits, and vegetables for sustained energy.
Q: How much water should I drink after a run?
A: Aim to drink at least 16 ounces of fluid for every pound lost during your run. Monitor your urine color to ensure adequate hydration – pale yellow is a good indicator.
Q: Are sports drinks necessary after a run?
A: Sports drinks can be beneficial if you sweat heavily or engage in longer endurance activities. They help replenish lost fluids and electrolytes. However, for shorter runs, water is usually sufficient.
By following these essential tips for post-run nutrition and refueling, you can optimize your recovery, promote muscle repair, and enhance your overall running performance. Remember to listen to your body and make adjustments as needed to find what works best for you. Happy running and refueling!

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Hurrah! hold the distinction of being the first band signed to Kitchenware Records; a label more famous for Prefab Sprout and Editors nowadays. Hailing from the North East of England, their main calling card was a guitar-heavy strand of indie pop and ‘Tell God I’m Here’ was their first proper album.
After the brash opener ‘I Would If I Could’, ‘Better Time’ is dark and urgent; like an overstated version of The Comsat Angels. Strangely, one of their better known songs, ‘Sweet Sanity’, sounds cliched now as soon as the song begins with the line “Well I walked in to town…” followed by an overdose of “big rock”. That’s not the case with ‘How Many Rivers’ which takes the same full-on approach but matches it with a driving chorus to create a true indie anthem. The record ends on a high note too, courtesy of the unusually subtle ‘How High The Moon’ and a jangly finale called ‘Mr Sorrowful’.
As well as the original album, Cherry Red’s reissue adds on a generous disc of eighteen other tracks which stretch from the beginning to the end of their career. Initially they seemed to be finding their way and then gradually grew in confidence. Tracks like ‘If It Rains’ are as gentle as The Field Mice but it’s ‘Who’d Have Thought’ which impresses most thanks to its wonderful mesh of jangly guitars and easy on the ear vocal melody. A special mention too for ‘That Dream’s Over Now’ which ends the story on a defiantly positive high.
Though many of their songs now sound a little overcooked, their passion cannot be denied. When that passion was aligned with a killer hook, you begin to wonder why they weren’t better known.

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It's back-to-school season! What better way to go back to the classroom than to go "old school" with these retro titles on Steam.
Need some nostalgia for those awesome games you used to enjoy? Welcome to the smartphone era! Long live the old games!
Fixing the unintended, game-breaking, headache inducing headscratchers of Obduction.
Take a step back, and look at how far we have come in the home video game console market.
Just writing about this game makes me crave it. Any developers out there ambitious enough to make my dream a reality?

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Sri Lankan attorney re-elected to Cybercrime Convention Bureau
The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185), also referred to as the “Budapest Cybercrime Convention”, is the only global treaty on Internet and computer related crime and improves investigative techniques based on international standards and enhances criminal justice cooperation among nation states to effectively combat the threat from cybercrime. The Bureau of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention Committee, consisting of a Chair, Vice Chair and 9 elected experts from across the world, is tasked with the effective implementation of this important International treaty at a global level.
The Budapest Cybercrime Convention is a Council of Europe Treaty, open for non-European countries to accede. Australia, Argentina, Canada, Japan, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Morocco, Philippines, Senegal, UK and USA along with 61 Countries are state parties to this Convention, while many countries have either signed it or invited to accede. On 1st September 2015, the Convention entered into force in Sri Lanka, and it became the first country in South Asia to become a state party to this Convention.
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and Sri Lanka CERT, which functions under the Ministry of Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure, took the lead initiative to facilitate Sri Lanka’s entry into the Convention, along with Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs. Jayantha Fernando serves as Legal Advisor of ICTA and Acting Chair of Sri Lanka CERT.
Fernando’s nomination was proposed by Australia, Estonia and Portugal and he was elected unanimously with other state parties supporting the nomination. He is the first from a South East Asian country to be elected to the Bureau of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention.
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Mark Visser begins the new series of The Parables of Jesus by looking at the first parable that is found in all three of the synoptic gospels, The Parable of the Sower. Jesus explains the parable to his disciples but not to the crowd. This parable raises some questions for us as believers. Are we as generous with the Word of God as the farmer is with his seed?
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Technical Area 3 focuses on improving the technical and economical characteristics of reactor operation by various measures and minimising radiological impacts on the plant workers, the environment and the general public during normal reactor operation (covering periods of shutdown, reshuffling, abnormal operational situations and emergency states, but excluding severe accidents).
The various TA3 R&D subareas were identified for the improvement of reactor operation and minimising impacts of its operation, many of them being in tight connection and relationship to the topics addressed primarily in TA1, TA4 and TA5:
- The impact of all key aspects related to human behaviour and decisions, and organisational factors on the safe and secure operation of the plant, including the interaction between the control room operators and the plant.
- The implementation of innovative approaches, measures and tools to improve economics of operation of nuclear power plants (including optimisation of outages and lifetime management).
- The integration of advanced technologies which can support the operators in their duty, namely the advanced digital information and control technologies.
- The core management as a subject of ongoing R&D activities, since it has direct impact on the economy of the fuel cycle. It encompasses core and fuel system design related calculations and numerical modelling, evaluation of uncertainties, core reload optimisation and core monitoring and instrumentation.
- The water chemistry influencing corrosion and degradation of components and consequently their life time.
- The impact of the plant on the environment and public through minimisation of emissions to the air, effluents to watercourses and radioactive waste to be disposed into the appropriate final repositories. The minimisation of radiation dose received by plant workers as a balance of the latest science-based quantification of impacts of radiation on human health and economic justification of protection measures.


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Updated WWE Night of Champions Card
The following is the updated Night of Champions card as of Monday evening after Monday Night RAW.
WWE Championship Match
CM Punk (c) vs John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sheamus (c) vs Alberto del Rio
WWE United States Championship Match
Antonio Cesaro (c) w/ Aksana vs Pre-Show Battle Royal Winner
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (c) vs Daniel Bryan and Kane
WWE Divas Championship Match
Layla (c) vs Kaitlyn
Randy Orton vs Dolph Ziggler
There will be a an Internet Preshow on Youtube with a Battle Royal to determine who will become the #1 Contender to the United States Championship. The winner of the Battle Royal will face Antonio Cesaro later on the Night of Champions Pay Per View.
A match with The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes and possibly Sin Cara for the Intercontinental Championship is expected to be added on Smackdown or later in the week.
We noted before that WWE was selling new CM Punk merchandise at WrestleMania Week in New Orleans. Pu...
- Triple H suffered some kind of muscle injury in the match with Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX, w...
As noted earlier today, a tournament to crown a new #1 contender to Big E's Intercontinental Title w...
- The North American Wrestling Rankings website, which has kept track of TV records and rankings sin...
- Time permitting, Alexander Rusev is scheduled to have a squash match at the WWE Extreme Rules pay-...


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LIMIT TO MANDATORY OVERTIME MOU
Last month, an MOU was approved to provide a 60-day pilot program that will limit the amount of mandatory overtime DOC can assign to officers and sergeants to no more than 8 hours per week. Under the terms of the MOU, the 60-day pilot will go into effect on Friday, June 10.
In the contract surveys and at contract demands meetings, members expressed serious concerns about the excessive amounts of overtime and the impacts to safety. The intent of the MOU is to address those concerns and to provide more work-life balance by restricting the amount of overtime DOC can mandate each week. Your long-term health and well-being cannot be overlooked simply because DOC is struggling to appropriately staff our prisons. Because our current contract does not expire until June 2023, we needed to address this issue now.
At the same time, I understand that many of you have serious concerns about this program, and there are many questions about how it will be implemented. In terms of implementation, it is important to understand that:
- All provisions in Article 17 still apply.
- All exemptions from mandatory overtime will continue to apply.
- Your voluntary overtime will still count in the cycle (as per our contract).
- After 60 days, the union has the right to terminate the program. Members will have the opportunity to vote on any extension of the program beyond 60 days.
- Even if you have worked a voluntary overtime shift during your workweek, you may still be mandatoried one time during the week if you have not yet worked a mandatory overtime shift.
You should also be aware that today we signed another agreement with the Department to allow overtime exempt employees to receive straight-time compensation after 45 hours of work. This should encourage more overtime exempt employees to volunteer for overtime.
No matter where you stand on the MOU, I strongly encourage you to provide ongoing feedback about the program. Please report to your shop stewards and union representatives if you believe the Department is violating the terms of the MOU.
At the end of the pilot period, we will send out a survey to assess and determine if we should continue, modify, or terminate the program.
COMPENSATION FOR OVERTIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES
Yesterday, we signed an agreement with the DOC to allow overtime exempt employees to receive straight-time compensation after 45 hours of work.
The purpose of the agreement is to recognize the extraordinary number of hours worked by overtime exempt employees. We are also hoping to encourage more overtime exempt employees who have received training as officers to volunteer for overtime in custody-level positions.
The agreement will be in effect through June 30, 2022. Effective July 1, 2022, overtime exempt employees will continue to receive straight-time compensation after 45 hours of work under the terms of our collective bargaining agreement.
You can view a PDF of the agreement we signed yesterday here.
This agreement, in conjunction with the 60-day pilot program to limit the amount of mandatory overtime DOC can assign to officers and sergeants, should provide overworked custody staff some much needed relief.
I realize this is only a temporary fix to the underlying problem of chronic staffing shortages in our prisons. We are determined, through the collective bargaining process, to achieve in our next contract an effective, long-term solution that prioritizes work-life balance for all DOC staff.
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I didn’t paste together this picture, I swear.
The Brisbane Racing Club did.
It is a promotion for the club’s week long big screen extravaganza of free old Christmas movies obtained from the five for a dollar bin at the Nundah Blockbuster closing down sale being shown each night from the 18th to the 22nd of December.
I have to confess sportsfans that in my search for the meaning of life and a use for a deserted racetrack without a track I came up with many ideas – a car park, a pokie barn, the locale for shooting the 748 person orgy scene in the Equine Porn movie ‘Why Do All the Grand Old Dames Circuits Turn to Sand (Part III – Let’s F*ck Each Other Like the BRC F*cked the Course Good and Proper), a doss house for broken down and battered former board members, a zoo even – but I never, ever even dreamed of the idea of bringing the drive in cinema back at Eagle Farm.
What a bloody brilliant idea! The club’s losing money hand over foot, full fee-paying members are walking out the door in droves, the track rebuild-rebuild is yet to begin, a Winter Carnival at headquarters is just a fantasy, costs need to be reduced and fast so the books can be balanced and the accounts put back in order.
So what do the BRC do?
Put on a week of 20 year old free movies that everyone in the world has already seen half a dozen times, throw in a free Santa and a bloke dressed in a horse suit and calling himself George, pitch in some free face painting for the kiddies and about $20 grands worth of electricity to power the Southern Hemisphere’s largest dormant big screen – which will be well outdated by the time racing resumes at Eagle Farm, if in fact it ever does – and call it a picnic, even though it’s being held in the dark at night.
Now children, there is only one prawn each ….
And what do the BRC get in return other than the dubious goodwill of a bunch of broke local dopeheads and stoners who will never visit the track again in their lives, unless the club put on the Jaws trilogy in January?
2/3rd’s of 6/10th’s of f*ck all, 24/25’s of it from the quarter of the Eagle Farm Food Truck’s (huh?) stock of picnic baskets that are actually flash cardboard boxes containing 6 prawns exactly, and six oysters too, and a wee bit of cheese to cleanse the pallet.
The other three quarters of the perishables piled up in the truck each night won’t be sold, but that’s alright because they are not really meant to be, for these foodstuffs are slated for donation to a most deserving children’s charity.
Whimpey Dave’s kids surf club at North Burleigh 100km away.
The retro drive in idea might not make any dough on paper, bit truly Trudii how does one put a price on the social good?
Or on idiocy or incompetence or hair-brained ‘sounds like a good’ ideas?
Let’s just give it a name instead.
We’ll call it ……. BRC.
Ho ho ho.


- Kernel state(Kernel Mode): Run operating system programs.
- User State(User Mode): Run the user program.
- User state Kernel state: interrupt / exception / trap mechanism.
- Kernel State User State: Set the program status word PSW.
- Privilege directivesInstructions that can only be used by the operating system and not by user programs.
- Non-privileged directivesUser programs can use instructions.
A central processor
- The processor is composed ofArithmetic unit、ControllerA series ofregisteras well asCachingComposition.
Two types of registers
- User Visible RegisterHigh-level language compiler allocates and uses it through optimization algorithm to reduce the number of memory accesses.
- Control and Status RegisterUsed to control the operation of the processor, usually by operating system code.
Control and Status Register
- Used to control the operation of the processor.
- It can be accessed and modified at a certain level of privilege.
Common Control and Status Registers
- Program counter(PC: Program Counter): Record the address of the instruction to be taken out.
- Instruction register(IR: Instruction Register): Record the instructions recently taken out.
- Program status word(PSW: Program Status Word): Record the running state of the processor, such as conditional code, mode, control bit. Set up a special bit in PSW, according to the running program.Permission to use resources and instructionsSetting different CPU states.
Interruption and exception mechanism
It can be said that the operating system is made up of“Interrupt drive” Or“event driven” Yes.
- Handle interruption requests from equipment in time.
- It enables the operating system to capture service requests from user programs.
- Prevent destructive activities during the execution of user programs.
- CPU happens to the systemAn eventA response.
- The CPU suspends executing programs.Preserve the sceneAutomatically switch back to executing the corresponding eventprocessing programWhen the processing is completed, the breakpoint is returned.Continue implementationInterrupted procedures.
- interruptExternal events, which are not expected by the running program.
- abnormalTriggered by an executing instruction.
- Hardware work（Interrupt/exception response）：captureInterrupt/exception requests from interrupt sources in a certain wayresponseTo control the processorHandSpecific handlers.
- Work of software（Interrupt/exception handler）：DistinguishInterrupt/exception type and complete the correspondingProcessing operations。
Interrupt vectorA memory unit for storageInterrupt Handler Entry AddressAnd what the program needs to runProcessor status word。 The execution process transfers control to the corresponding interrupt handler through the interrupt vector table according to the interrupt number/exception type.
Interrupt response diagram
Interrupt Processing Procedure
- When designing the operating system, the corresponding processing program is programmed for each kind of interrupt/exception event, and the interrupt vector table is set up.
If the system responds to interruption during operation, the interruption of hardware components will result in CPUcontrol powerTransfer to interrupt handler:
- PreservationRelevant register information.
- AnalysisSpecific reasons for interruption/anomaly.
- implementThe corresponding processing function.
- recoveryOn the spot, return to the procedure interrupted by the incident.
- Users can call when programmingOperating System Functions。
- The operating system isProcess running in user modeandHardware equipmentThe set of interfaces provided for interaction is set upBetween applications and hardware devicesAn interface layer. It can be said to be an interface left by the operating system to the user program.
- Each operating system provides hundreds of system calls (process control, process communication, file usage, directory operation, device management, information maintenance, etc.).
The Relation and Difference between System Call and Library Function
- What the system call provides to the user isDirect and pure high-level servicesIf we want to be more humane and have functions that are more suitable for specific situations, then we need to define them by our users themselves, so we derive library functions, which call part of the system.PackingGet up. For example, when we want to print a sentence in C language, if we don’t use the library function printf, then we need to call putc () and write () and other system functions.
- System call is for the convenience of using the interface of operating system, while library function is for the convenience of programming.
- In terms of portability, different operating systemssystem callGenerally different,Poor transplantabilityIn all ANSI C compiler versions, C library functions are the same.
When the CPU executes a special trapped instruction:
- Hardware protection site
- Transfer control to the user by looking up the interrupt vector tableSystem Call General Entry Program
System Call General Entry Program
- Preservation site
- Save parameters in the kernel stack
- Transfer control to the corresponding system call processing routine or kernel function by looking up the system call table
- Execute system call routines
Restore the scene and return to the user program


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The European Association of Political Consultants, EAPC, strongly condemns the aggression against Ukraine.
On behalf of all EAPC members, our Association deplores the military incursion ordered by the Russian President against the independent nation of Ukraine, with its democratic structures elected in fair elections.
It is terrible what the Ukrainian people are now going through: Death, displacement and suffering will be rampant if the war is not stopped.
For the past 25 years of its existence, EAPC as an organization has stood for the support of the principles of democracy and the promotion of peace and freedom.
We at EAPC want peace in Europe and in all parts of the world. Therefore, on behalf of all members of our association, we appeal for an immediate end to all military actions in Ukraine.
In addition, we call on all peace-loving countries of this world to isolate President Putin and his aggressive regime by democratic means in such a way that the ability to act is noticeably damaged. It is the duty of all to put a stop to this catastrophe through unity.
At the same time, our feelings and thoughts are with the people of Ukraine who are victims of this war. We express our deepest sympathy and full solidarity to the Ukrainian people and all victims of this unnecessary bloodshed.
Our thoughts are also especially with our Ukrainian friends who are members of our association and with whom we are in daily contact.
We are all Ukraine now!
War can and must never be the solution to problems. In the 21st century, all the powerful people of this world should have long been aware of this – also from the experience of the wars in the previous century.
Let us all work together to finally make our world a place of peace, a world that is already in dire straits due to a wide variety of problems.
EAPC – European Association of Political Consultants
The Board on behalf of all members


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We joined Literacy Connexus . . .
Each school year, the Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action of First Baptist Church Abilene join together in a mission project to to put into action their desire of sharing the love of Christ with others. This year they had the privilege of partnering with Literacy Connexus through a Books for the Border project. The RAs, grades 1 through 5, built 22 bookcases for several weeks during their Wednesday night mission's time. The GAs completed the bookcases by painting them.
Following the construction and painting, the children began collecting books to go with the bookcases to Eagle Pass. The children, as well as church members, donated both new and gently used books. They held a pancake supper to earn money for the core books recommended by Literacy Connexus. This was another way to include the church family and display the mission project. Tables were decorated using pictures of the RAs and GAs with the finished bookcases and donated books.
During spring break, John Moore, Pastor for Missions, along with his dad, Tom, and son, Marshall, took the bookcases to Eagle Pass to join with students from Baylor University. The students of Baylor helped host the Nick Carr family reading fair where children and their parents chose a bookcase and books to take home and enjoy. There is no doubt that at least one child's life is different because of God using this ministry.
Afterward, we received a wonderful slide show from Caroline Bell, Literacy Connexus board member and volunteer, showing the children that received the bookcases and books. What a blessing for our children to be able to see their work being used through this ministry and the effect it has on others.
We look forward to more opportunities to partner with Literacy Connexus and share God's love.
Director of Children's Ministries
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The hundreds of books collected by FBC Abilene RAs and GAs overflowed into a second family reading fair. On Good Friday, Kendrick Lane Baptist Church in Waco partnered with Congreso 2013
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PM pushes for travel ease to EU
24 May, 2018, 8:30 am
PRIME Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says it is unfortunate that Fiji still finds itself discussing the issuances of visas for Fijians travelling to member countries of the European Union.
He highlighted this in his opening speech during the third high-level political dialogue between Fiji and EU held in Suva yesterday.
Mr Bainimarama said after three years there was still no progress.
“Three years ago, we raised this issue with the EU, yet today we can’t report that any progress has been made,” he said.
Mr Bainimarama believed Fiji was one of two countries in the region where citizens were not granted visas on arrival in EU member countries.
“The strength of any serious partnership is built on a foundation of fairness, dignity and equality. So again, we ask that this dialogue advance the issue of visa issuance for the Fijian people,” he said.
EU’s ambassador to Fiji and the Pacific Julian Wilson said one of their shared goals was how they could ease travel between Fiji and EU member countries.
“There is a shared vision that we want the easiest possible access for people to go between EU and Fiji, that’s the shared goal. Whether that whole visa-free thing is possible in the short term is an
issue and, therefore, what we need to make sure of is that the visa, if you heard what he was saying is basically visa on arrival, if that’s the terminology we use that’s our goal.” Mr Wilson added during this
dialogue they would be focusing their efforts on the aspects of facilitative travel.


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The new incoming Managing Director of the ECOBANK in Sierra Leone, Sebastian Ashong-katai, along with the Chairperson of the Board, the Regional Executive for Anglophone West Africa, the Country Head of Corporate Banking and the out-going Managing Director, Aina Moore, on Friday 8th September 2023 paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura at his George Street office in Freetown.
The reason for this visit is for the outgoing MD, Aina Moore, to bid farewell to the Minister and introduce the new MD taking over the operations of ECOBANK in Sierra Leone.
In the meeting, both parties agreed that there are opportunities for collaboration between the bank and the Government to improve the country’s economic situation and boost private sector development.
In his statement, Minister Bangura thanked the outgoing MD for her service in Sierra Leone and Welcome the MD.
He updated his visitors on the reforms the government is implementing and called for deepened engagement with the banking sector to leverage opportunities of collaboration that will provide the needed resources for the Government and also strengthen the operations of Commercial banks like ECOBANK.
The Regional Executive for Anglophone West Africa, Daniel Sackey, acknowledge the impact of the Russia/Ukraine war in the sub-region, highlighting the issues of fuel, energy and food prices increase.
He noted that the interventions of government must be calculated and inclusive.
Aina Moore flagged the issues of Forex’s availability and Leone’s depreciation. She assured the government of the bank’s support, experience and expertise in implementing the Big Five Agenda, especially in agriculture Feed Salone.
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Jessica Childress (Col ’07, Law ’10)
From a young age, Jessica Childress (Col ’07, Law ’10) had a “profound appreciation for UVA” instilled in her—primarily by her mother, a Curry School alumna, and her grandfather, a former University employee. Thus, it is unsurprising that after seven years on Grounds, the now licensed attorney has found herself heeding a lesson learned early in her college career: taking ownership of one’s alma mater means assuming a leading role in its future.
“When you think of something as your own, you want to nourish it even after you leave,” Childress explained. “My experiences substantially enriched me as an individual and as a young professional. I hope my gift allows another student to have an equally rich experience.”
Childress knows many student groups (including the one to which she designated her gift) rely on donations to run efficiently and sponsor networking and leadership opportunities like those she valued so highly.
“It’s the aggregate of all our gifts that make a difference,” Childress said, adding that the vibrant commitment and impressive professional and personal records of graduates were keys to her decision to remain at UVA for law school. Now, she is quickly following in these traditions herself.
Childress recently wrapped up a yearlong federal clerkship with Judge Alexander Williams Jr. in the District of Maryland. Next up: a position in the litigation group (employment and labor law area) of Morrison & Foerster, a top-25 firm in the 2012 Vault Law 100 rankings. The firm is known for its deep pro bono commitment—an important aspect for Childress.
Although she cannot say exactly how her career will unfold, Childress plans to do all she can to improve access to effective legal representation. “I want to look back on my career and know that the work I did was impactful,” she said.


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Two weeks of fresh, sea air, sunshine and good food might sound like the perfect holiday but if you're heading for a sea-faring break this summer you could come home with more than just post-holiday blues.
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According to a new survey, many cruise passengers return to dry land weighed down by an extra stone.
The poll, by independent cruise travel agents Bonvoyage.co.uk, revealed that the combination of relaxation and readily available food means passengers quickly put on weight.
In fact, more than half of the 1,281 Brits who took part in the survey said they put on a pound a day over the course of a two-week cruise, leaving them a full stone heavier at the end of the holiday. An unlucky six per cent put on a whopping 18lbs.
It seems the temptation of fabulous food around the clock is just too much for the majority of sea-going holidaymakers. Of those polled, 84 per cent admitted they ate far more than normal while on board, while 31 per cent confessed to doubling their usual calorie intake.
Unsurprisingly, 41 per cent struggled to lose the extra pounds when they returned home.
Steph Curtin, cruise development manager at Bonvoyage.co.uk, told the Daily Mail: "I am as guilty as these respondents when it comes to indulging when on a cruise holiday, as the delicious food and drink on offer can be difficult to say no to.
"This is particularly the case when on an all-inclusive cruise, where you know that all of the tempting food on offer has already been paid for."
So if you are planning a cruise this year, it might pay to carefully consider your wardrobe - you never know when those larger sizes may come in handy.
What do you think? Do you worry about putting on weight while on holiday or forget the diet and over-indulge? Leave your comments below...

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hawkish meaning in forex: Hawkish vs Dovish: Differences Between Monetary Policiesseptiembre 8, 2021
Better yet, use the trusty dnbcmarkets.com Economic Calendar to prepare yourself before the actual speech. The markets already discount the expectations and are in anticipation of the real outcome of the meeting. With higher interest rates, the economy slows down, and the inflationary pressure eases.
Leveraged trading in foreign currency or off-exchange products on margin carries significant risk and may not be suitable for all investors. We advise you to carefully consider whether trading is appropriate for you based on your personal circumstances. We recommend that you seek independent advice and ensure you fully understand the risks involved before trading. When central bank actions are dovish, this is a signal to investors that it’s safe to buy stocks because the risk of changes in monetary policy has been reduced. There are other declarations that may make the bank look dovish, like pledging to continue with an asset purchase program. At eight annual meetings, a group from the Fed examines economic indicators such as the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index and determines if interest rates should go up or down, or stay the same.
¿Como puede afectar una política monetaria hawkish el mercado Forex?
It means that the central bank has decided to cut the interest rate and pursue an expansionary monetary policy. The rule is to be more bullish on a currency which is being managed with a more hawkish policy, and more bearish on a currency being managed with a more dovish policy. There are several tools that central banks can use to achieve these objectives. Pretty often, when reporting monetary policy releases, the media announces whether a central bank is adopting a “hawkish” or a “dovish” policy. Hawks and hawkish policy are more aggressive in nature, whether in terms of monetary policy or military stance during a potential conflict.
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- Hawkish is term used to describe the viewpoint or aggressive stance regarding a specific economic action or event.
- This allows home buyers to take loans at cheaper interest rates and thus afford a home.
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Therefore, when looking at the meaning of hawkish or dovish in the forex markets, it is basically the expectations. The markets already discount the expectations and then look forward to the actual outcome of the meeting. Depending on how the markets perceive the central bank’s statement, the currency markets tend to react accordingly. One of the things to bear in mind is that the markets are always forward looking.
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You can also trade the market’s reaction to the announcement that reports changes in a government’s fiscal policy. Hawkish monetary policy on the other hand is the exact opposite to dovish monetary policy. Take for example you have an economy where inflation is close to the central bank’s inflation target rate. The unemployment rate is steadily falling as well, and the nation’s GDP is progressing strongly. Being “hawkish” refers to the tone of language when describing an aggressive stance or viewpoint regarding a specific economic event or action. In forex, the terms “hawkish” and “dovish” refer to the attitude of central bank officials toward managing the balance between inflation and growth.
But the doves have a very strong case for keeping monetary policy loose. For one, much of the rest of the world is growing very slowly, which is a risk to the US economy. Importantly, most measures of prices signal little to no inflation for now or even in the near future. Slowly but surely, the hawks have come out, calling for tighter monetary policy with rate hikes to tap the brakes on the economy so that inflation suddenly doesn’t take off. Indeed, back in December 2015, the Fed hiked rates for the first time since the financial crisis.
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Based on the conditions, the hawkish meaning in forex bank issues a statement that given the overall performance of the economy, it would be necessary that further rate hikes were required. Ever since the U.S. dollar was de-pegged from the gold standard, it created fiat money. Fiat money is easier to manage especially when it comes to creating growth. A central bank is the only authorized financial institution that can legally print money. Central banks are tasked with the responsibility of maintaining price stability via managing inflation and to maintain full employment.
As the pool of qualified labor shrinks, employers have to pay up to hire. It’s great for business, and it means a lot more jobs will need filling. In fact, it sounds so great that you have to wonder why we’d ever want anything but dovish policy. After all, one of the Fed’s mandates is to promote maximum employment. Federal Reserve come out hawkish than estimated, then the USD would appreciate. Or when the European Central Bank comes out dovish than projected, then the EUR would decrease in value.
We also reference original research from other reputable publishers where appropriate. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in oureditorial policy. Esther George, the Kansas City, Mo., Federal Reserve president, is considered a hawk. George favors raising interest rates and fears the potential price bubbles that accompany inflation. The opposite of a hawk is a dove, who prefers an interest rate policy that is more accommodative to stimulate spending in an economy. Inflation can occur when economic growth “overheats,” which higher interest rates are thought to moderate.
One of the classic examples of dovish monetary policy was the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. After the U.S. sub-prime mortgage bubble burst, economic growth faltered. So far, we gave an explanation of how central bank monetary policy meetings can be distinguished between dovish or hawkish. Think about a hawk circling to protecting the upper limit of inflation. To curb inflation, a hawkish policy will increase interest rates, or some other equivalent action. An increase in interest rates can cause an increase in the country’s currency.
Biflation describes the simultaneous occurrence of inflation, price rises, and deflation, price falls, in different parts of the economy. The Consumer Price Index measures change over time in the prices paid by consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. A dove is an economic policy advisor who favors strategies that maintain low interest rates and other expansionary policies. Investopedia requires writers to use primary sources to support their work. These include white papers, government data, original reporting, and interviews with industry experts.
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Swiss acoustic trio Plaistow come to Band on the Wall on Friday 29th January, playing a free entry concert as part of our Band on the Wall Recommends series, in which we present artists we believe you truly have to hear. Forming in 2007, the band have crafted a unique trio sound which pushes the limits of their acoustic instruments, and references the sounds and styles of jazz, techno, minimalism and much more, with clever compositions and sound creation techniques. Ahead of the concert, we spoke to pianist and composer Johann Bourquenez about the trio’s sound as well as their latest album ‘Titan’ and their plans for 2016.
Within the trio you keep the onus on the sound and use of the acoustic instruments you play, and you’re able to create incredibly varied sounds with your instruments. What inspires the band to play and compose in such a way?
One of the first constitutive concepts of Plaistow was to rediscover the movement and the presence of the musicians on stage. Before this band I spent several years experimenting with electronic machines and computers, and was struck by their contrast to the piano (and all instruments) as with machines I could launch a big feedback loop and then stand without moving, with a big noise wall going on, or use an arpeggiator and leave some loop going on, whereas with the piano I have to move to make a sound, if I don’t move – even a tiny little bit – then nothing happens.
As a group you’re all excellent a musicians, are you formally trained in music or have you learned in alternative ways?
We all had formal training, at least in the begining. I had jazz piano lessons, then I studied in Toulouse Jazz school, then after some years playing more and more electronics, and finally moved to Geneva and began to practice piano seriously and exclusively, on my own and for hours every day. I think there was a turning point in 2011 during some kind of retreat, when I acknowledged some special techniques I had developed and used, such as the way I create harmonic textures with staccatos on the Keyboard, or the cutoff and LFO-like sound modifications when I use string’s harmonic points inside the piano.
Cyril also has a wealth of experience with free improvisation and textures (with Diatribes and the IMO orchestra), but he started with ‘regular’ drums lessons as a teenager. Vincent is the more formal jazzman in the band. He recently validated his bachelor at the Basel High School of Music, and will probably go for a Masters degree in Copenhagen. That said, he also experiments with electronics, and will release a 10 inch record (named 10inch) by the end of February on Svakt records.
With piano, upright bass and drums, your line-up matches that of many classic modern jazz trios, but your music is quite an evolution from that sound. Is that music important to you as a group, or do you look elsewhere when writing and listening?
Since the begining the idea was to use those instruments and the sound of the trio as a medium to chanel all our ideas and inspirations (and influences). The ‘problem’ is that we have so many influences – of course Jazz is amongst them, and there are so many forms of jazz (I discovered Jazz at 20 with Keith Jarrett – the Köln concert in the Nanni Moretti’s movie ‘Caro Diaro’, then the Trio albums, Vol. 1 and 2, Changeless – then Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, then Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, then Steve Coleman, etc.). But we are also influenced by Techno, Drum ‘n’ bass, Dub, Noise, etc., and oriental musics, and American minimalism, and rock, pop, and so on… it’s impossible to be purely of one style. Everyone is a mix.
Also, it’s difficult to say where inspiration comes from. It can be anything. On Titan, the main inspiration is of course the moons of Saturn. Specifically, while watching pictures and 3D renderings, the epiphanic understanding that all this really exists somewhere in time and space. And actually, relatively near to us.
Your recent LP ‘Titan’ has been incredibly well recieved, and listeners seem to have recognised a progression from your earlier work. Do you feel that to be the case?
Before I started to work on Titan, I felt the band had gained some maturity, and we were at a point where we could do something strong, and not just experiment and guess. In the first years we used to try everything we could think of, but with time I had more and more of an accurate idea of what was going on and what was possible with this band (and maybe what was not!
For this album I also tried to push the compositions and ideas as far as I could, alone, using beatboxes and samples (including of the band itself) beforehand, to propose the demo recordings to the musicians and to work together as a band. This method was successful in that I had clear ideas from the begining till the end of the creation process (from the demo to the mastering), instead of being lost in the middle of everything.
I also did something new: I listened to the old albums, and this gave me a good idea of what I thought it was that I wanted at the time we made it, and what it was really after some years, regarding sound, compositions, how we play, etc.. The whole band is very happy with this album!
What plans do the group have for 2016?
The plans for 2016 are to play and acquire new listeners, especially in Europe. We are somewhat known in Switzerland and Netherlands now, in Russia too (we played several tours across the whole of Russia). In the last few years we have played with great success at London and Berlin’s Jazz Festivals, the idea is to be able to play more and more in the UK, Germany and France. Also, we feel we are at the maximum point of our independent structure (Titan was made and released as an auto-production), so we would be happy to find some label interested to work with us.


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