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SAN FRANCISCO, December 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Kenshoo (http://www.Kenshoo.com), the global leader in premium digital marketing technology, today unveiled the Kenshoo 2012 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report: Early Edition. The free report provides actionable insights for advertisers and documents the growing role of mobile search, superior performance of Google Product Listing Ads (PLAs), a 25 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase in total sales revenue driven by search advertising, rising average order value (AOV) buoyed by a 19 percent YoY increase in Thanksgiving Day sales and continued multifaceted growth on Cyber Monday, which remained the busiest day of the holiday period.
"U.S. consumers didn't waste any time getting a jump on their holiday shopping this year as they loaded up their plates on Thanksgiving Day and continued to pile on through Cyber Monday," said Aaron Goldman, chief marketing officer for Kenshoo. "Savvy retailers that leveraged advanced tools for managing paid search, mobile and PLA campaigns certainly have enjoyed the fruits of their labor so far this season."
Some early key findings from the 2012 holiday shopping season include:
- Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) from paid search rose eight percent YoY, and Conversion Rates were up 10 percent as advertisers improved campaign quality.
- Cyber Monday drove the heaviest search traffic of the holiday period, with a 66 percent YoY increase in search ad impressions and 57 percent lift in clicks; paid search ad spend rose 51 percent YoY.
- Thanksgiving Day delivered the largest AOV of any day during the period, topping $150, with revenues from search advertising for the day increasing more than 60 percent YoY.
- Low average CPC and high AOV combined to drive ROAS on Thanksgiving Day to $10.30, 72 percent higher than the $5.99 ROAS overall holiday season average.
- Phone and tablet usage captured more than 27 percent of all clicks.
- Tablet search drove the highest AOV of any channel at $135.01, but tablet CPCs ($0.44) remained lower than that of computers ($0.49).
- Google PLAs outperformed product-related keyword searches, providing 36 percent higher ROAS and 28 percent lower CPC, while more than doubling their click-through rate.
The Kenshoo 2012 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report: Early Edition contains an in-depth look at mobile ad performance and Google Product Listing Ads along with timely SEM trends and insights. The report also includes implications for advertisers and tips on how to capitalize on timely opportunities as well as a glossary of search marketing terms and formulas.
The data analyzed by Kenshoo reflects a representative cross-section of Kenshoo clients (advertisers and agencies) managing paid search programs for the retail vertical in the United States with active campaigns tracking impressions, clicks, conversions and revenue over the 12+ month period from November 1, 2011 through November 26, 2012. The data set covers 10+ billion paid impressions and clicks on search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing that delivered more than $500 million dollars in online sales revenues during the 26-day November periods leading up to and through Cyber Monday in 2011 and 2012. Final figures and YoY analyses will be released in the full Kenshoo 2012 U.S. Retail Holiday Shopping Report, available in early January.
Download the Kenshoo 2012 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report: Early Edition to get a breakdown of all the key SEM metrics for the season to date.
Kenshoo is a digital marketing technology company that engineers premium solutions for search marketing, social media and online advertising. Brands, agencies and developers use Kenshoo Enterprise, Kenshoo Local and Kenshoo Social to direct more than $25 billion in annual client sales revenue. The Kenshoo Universal Platform delivers automation, intelligence, integration and scale to make better marketing investments. With campaigns running in more than 190 countries for nearly half of the Fortune 50 and all 10 top global ad agency networks, Kenshoo clients include CareerBuilder, Expedia, Facebook, KAYAK, Havas Digital, Hitwise, iREP, John Lewis, LendingTree, Resolution Media, Sears, Starcom MediaVest Group, Tesco, Travelocity, Walgreens, and Zappos. Kenshoo has 16 international locations and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Arts Alliance and Tenaya Capital. Please visit http://www.Kenshoo.com for more information.
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ONE PIECE Music Symphony is heading to Denmark for a Scandinavian Premiere on 28 may 2015 !
Whether it will be the first time for you or if you want to see it again, ONE PIECE Music Symphony, the amazing symphonic concert with giant screen video projection, will be performed in Danemark in the city of Aarhus by more than 50 musicians from the Aarhus Symfoniorkester orchestra at the Symfonisk Sal, Musikhuset Aarhus on 28 May 2015 !
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'American Idol's' Adam Lambert Debuts New Look, Single on 'The Tonight Show' (Video)
The Season 8 grad performed his new song "Better Than I Know Myself" on the Jan. 17 show.
It's been a long wait, but countless Adam Lambert fans are rejoicing tonight.
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Cambrian Tyres importing Anlas Tyres for bikes, scooters
Starting in November 2016, Cambrian Tyres have begun distribution in the UK of Turkish two-wheel specialist tyre brand, Anlas. Already familiar to many in Europe with a history stretching back 40 years, Anlas manufactures a wide range of tyres from its factory in Duzce, between Istanbul and Ankara. The current Anlas range includes tyre applications for commuters and urban motorcycles; lightweight bikes; classic machines; large adventure motorcycles; and scooters and mopeds. Cambrian says the Anlas range offers riders excellent quality and value for money from a well-established European brand.
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Macy’s has agreed to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship store in Herald Square.
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There is nothing better than a tray of homemade cinnamon rolls.The house smells so good. Warm and fluffy cinnamon rolls are always something you will relish.However, for days when you are rushing to make your deadlines. There are frozen air fryer cinnamon rolls.
I recently had the best air fryer cinnamon rolls for a quick breakfast. It was time for me to share this easy recipe with you too. There are different brands who make it and frozen rolls need just minutes to make. Many people love pillsbury air fryer cinnamon rolls.However I tried another one by Rhodes. Air frying delicious cinnamon rolls in ninja foodi gave me a delightful treat to satisfy my sweet tooth.
How do you describe cinnamon rolls?
cinnamon roll is a sweet baked dough has a filling of vanilla extract melted butter and brown sugar. They are rolled on a lightly floured surface and cut in crescent like a Swiss roll. It is then left to rise in a warm place after we cover with an aluminum foil, until it doubles the size. Later, it is baked in a preheated oven until golden brown. Common toppings for perfect cinnamon roll include cream cheese frosting or a sugar glaze.
Although the cooking process is long, these warm rolls are perfect for an easy breakfast next few days. Best part, your house smells awesome when they are done!
- Use parchment paper with holes (I use circular one for my tray)
- frozen packet of cinnamon rolls
See recipe card for quantities.
I have used half of the pack(total pack is around 600 gms) in a single basket so that it cooks evenly.
Preheat the air fryer at 180 deg C | 355 degrees F for 5 mins. Remove it from the tray.
Place the frozen cinnamon rolls in the tray in a single layer, after putting a baking sheet.
air fry cinnamon rolls for 17-18 mins at 180 deg C| 355 deg F
Flip in between until golden brown.
Put frosting on the warm cinnamon rolls once they are out of the air fryer.
Hint: Always clean the air fryer once it cools. This way you are sure your food always tastes good next time.
- You can make it with a can of refrigerated cinnamon rolls instead of frozen one.
You can also sprinkle cinnamon powder on top after the icing on cinnamon buns are done. It tastes delish.
parchment paper / baking sheet with holes
Store them in an airtight container in 3-4 days. You can also store leftover cinnamon rolls in a refrigerator. Air fry them for 1-2 minutes to get your warm cinnamon rolls for breakfast next day.
Ensure you remove any left overs before you use your air fryer basket. Air fryer should always be preheated before you use it.
No, you do not need to thaw them. Just preheat your air fryer and place the fries in a single layer.
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These are my favorite dishes to serve with [this recipe]:
Air fryer cinnamon rolls recipe | frozen cinnamon rolls
- baking sheet / parchment paper
- 1 packet frozen cinnamon rolls I have used Rhodes
- Preheat the air fryer at 180 deg C | 355 deg F for 5 mins.
- Place the frozen cinnamon rolls in the tray in a single layer after keeping a baking sheet.
- Air fry the cinnamon rolls for 14-15 mins at 180 deg C | 355 degrees F flipping in between.
- Sprinkle cinnamon sugar / cream cheese frosting / frosting from packet on top.
- Serve warm
Top tips: Always cook your frozen food in a preheated air fryer for best results.
Note: Avoid thawing the frozen crescent rolls before you cook them. Give the basket a slight shake once done for best results. Spread the icing immediately after you take them out.
- Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat.
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods.
- Never leave cooking food unattended.
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds.
- Always have good ventilation.
Conclusion: fluffy air fryer cinnamon rolls is a great option for breakfast.

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While we all knew this was coming when Medal of Honor promised access to the beta for Battlefield 4, DICE and Electronic Arts have further confirmed that the new installment is happening via an invite for an upcoming event.
Scheduled for March 26, 2013, the event will reveal the game and give us the first details. Take a look at the invite below.
Game News Haikus: Battlefield Hardline, Banjo-Kazooie, Final Fantasy XV, and more
9:00 AM on 03.23.2015


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Episode 4: Dave Brewster
Having joined Metropolitan Police Service in 1992 and served operationally in many different roles, Dave is now seconded to the National Police Wellbeing Service (Oscar Kilo) as the national Operation Hampshire Co-ordinator.
In the most recent 12 months figures there were around 37,000 assaults on Police recorded in the UK, an increase of 20-25% on the previous year. Operation Hampshire is essential in informing a meaningful response to these incidents to ensure officers and staff are supported as victims of crime.
Op Hampshire is a project bringing improvements in our response to assaults on police officers and staff. It is based around a strategic themes including leadership, wellbeing, investigation, criminal justice and organisational learning. The model has been identified as good practice by the National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing and is supported by the Police Federation in England & Wales (PFEW) and UNISON.
As you’ll hear in this conversation with Alexis, Dave is passionate about, and absolutely believes, policing colleagues deserve the best levels of wellbeing support and victim care.

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Guest Speaker Danny Fuller
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
2 My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3 For if you cry for discernment,
[a]Lift your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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Dallas renters struggling to pay their rent can apply for up to 18 months in financial relief thanks to the renewal of a city program to help low-income residents who were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
DHA, formerly called the Dallas Housing Authority, on Thursday announced having received an additional $19 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 last month to help people who have lost jobs or income and are behind on rent.
Myriam Igoufe, DHA’s chief research and innovation officer, said many residents — especially low-income households — continue to experience long-lasting effects of the pandemic. The new infusion of funds could mean “light at the end of the tunnel” for many renters, helping them gain economic resiliency and avoiding homelessness, Igoufe said.
“We know that sometimes six months of [rental] assistance is just not enough because of the financial trade-offs and sacrifices that folks have made to be able to keep their head above water.”
The first installment of $18 million in federal funds, in 2020, helped about 1,200 renters in three months, Igoufe said. In the last two weeks, DHA has already committed $2.5 million from this second round of funds.
Renters who are accepted into the program should expect to get relief within up to a week, Igoufe said.
Applications are being taken at dallasrentrelief.com.
The program doesn’t cap how much rent relief an applicant can receive each month, but it does limit the number of months a person can receive help.
A renter doesn’t have to be delinquent on rent to apply; a self-assessment of one’s risk of homelessness is sufficient, Igoufe said. However, renters must also have a current lease to apply, which means people experiencing homelessness are not eligible.
Renters who received money from the program’s first installment in 2020 and 2021 can apply again; however, applicants can only receive a cumulative 18 months of aid. If an applicant already received six months of assistance, they’re eligible for 12 months of support in 2022-23.
Renters must maintain eligibility throughout the program, which requires renters to provide documentation every three months. Applicants don’t have to show their financial hardship is directly linked to the pandemic, only that they lost their job or income after March 2020.
Priority will be given to applicants who make 50% of Dallas’ area median income or less and someone in the household has experienced unemployment for the last 90 days.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development considers a person low-income if they make 80% of the area median income or less. That’s $54,550 for one person in Dallas and $62,350 for a two-person household.
To qualify for the latest assistance, residents must:
- Live in the city of Dallas
- Demonstrate they have been adversely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, either through job loss or lost income
- Have a household annual income at or below 80% of the area median income
- Be at risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability (received eviction notice, have past-due rent, or are living in an unstable housing situation)
- Be a citizen or eligible non-citizen
- Be renting (cannot be the owner of a property)
A person is not eligible for this program if he/she:
- Lives outside the city of Dallas
- Makes above 80% of the area median income
- Is a city employee and/or is an immediate family member of a city employee
- Is a DHA employee and/or is an immediate family member of a DHA employee
- Lives in a household where the residents are living in units owned by an immediate family member
Applicants will need to provide essential documents, including Social Security card, government-issued ID and their lease information. They also must show proof of income, which could be a bank statement or paystub, and proof of job or income loss, which can be a termination letter or notice from an employer.
For an applicant accepted into the program, DHA will then make payments directly to their landlord. If the agency isn’t able to get landlord approval, then payments will be deposited directly into the tenant’s personal account.
Landlords can also apply for aid if they have tenants who are eligible residents. The DHA’s rent relief program is not affiliated with its Housing Choice Voucher program and landlords, would be able to receive temporary assistance without any obligations.
Applications for rental assistance are open now and close on Dec. 31, 2023 or until funding runs out.
Related coverage on housing
26 North Texas cities where landlords won’t rent to poor families on Section 8
Why the top program to help poor Dallas families make rent is failing


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Our neighbor Jose doesn’t speak much English, which makes it tough to live here in northern Michigan.
Despite that, he made a profit of over $30,000 last year selling cars out of his front yard. It’s true that he’s a mechanic, and that helps, but it isn’t the key to his success.
The Key To Buying And Selling Cars
To make money selling cars you have to know the value of cars. Knowing which cars people most want might help too, but any car will sell for some price, and you need to know that price. Drive around looking at cars for sale, or cars just sitting idle in people’s yards. When you can easily look at a car and guess how much it will sell for, the rest is easy – just offer $1000 less. You’ll eventually buy a car, and sell it for a profit. Then you can and repeat the process.
To start learning about the used car market, you can watch the classified ads, keeping in mind that the asking prices are not the sales prices. Take notes. Used car pricing guides, such as the “bluebook,” generally show inflated retail prices. Use them, but assume you’ll sell the car for the “loan value”, or average wholesale price. In any case they are good to show to your prospective buyers.
If You Know Nothing About Cars
What if, like myself, you know nothing about buying and selling cars and don’t want to learn? Find a friend who knows cars and wants to make money. For example, I gave my brother $950 to buy an old truck because he said it was worth more than twice that. Sure enough, he sold it in a week and returned my money, plus half of the $900 profit.
I gave another friend $3200 to buy an old plastic-bodied car. He paid $2200 for it, and put a transmission in it, along with other minor repairs. I didn’t know what a Corvette was, why anyone would want a car from 1976, or where to go to get a transmission put in for $800. Fortunately, my friend did.
Less than two weeks later he sold the car for $4200 and returned my money plus my half of the profit: $500. I’ve done this a number of times now with friends who know more about cars than I do. Are you cash poor? A short term cash advance on a credit card would have cost me about $50, still leaving a profit of $450.
Here in Michigan, the law says you need a dealer’s license if you sell more than six cars in a year. You could have six titled in your name, six in your friend’s name, and six in your wife’s name. That gives you a good chance to see if you like the business enough to get a car dealers license. Check the relevant laws in your state. The key to buying and selling cars for profit is knowledge – but you can get that from a friend.

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Apa paper topics
Learn about APA Style Research Papers, review free APA Research Exampe and get prompts on APA Research Paper Outline and APA Research Paper Format.
Your instructor hands out a syllabus that states that you need to write an APA formatted research paper for the course. You know the paper s theme relates to the course, but the instructor leaves the specific topic up to you. What do you write? Theory, historical developments, trends and issues are a few general categories of paper topics that can.
Psychology is a diverse discipline grounded in science, but with nearly boundless applications in everyday life. Scientific research conducted by psychologists, organized by topics here, can inform and guide those seeking help with issues that affect their professional lives, family relationships and emotional wellness. Psychologists hold a.
Tools and techniques for choosing, narrowing and filtering research topics for APA and MLA research papers, term papers, themes and essays. Also: how to design the open-ended research.
Business Cheap labor U.S. companies that move factories to undeveloped nations barely pay employees enough to live on. Is it unethical to pay cheap wages or are companies doing those workers a favor? Fitness programs Should companies allow employees to exercise on work time? Mining What safety measures made the recent Canadian mining accident a.
This handout provides detailed information about how to write research papers including discussing research papers as a genre, choosing topics, and finding sources. Contributors:Jack Raymond Baker, Allen Brizee Last Edited: 2013-02-21 10:38:50 The research paper There will come a time in most students careers when they are assigned a research.
Title page (see sample on p. 41 of APA manual) Title should be between 10-12 words and should reflect content of paper (e.g., IV and DV). Title, your name, and Hamilton College are all double-spaced (no extra spaces) Create a page header using the View header function in MS Word. On the title page, the header should include the following: Flush.
One of the vital skills every researcher should possess is to effectively communicate research results and analytics to the public. American Psychological Association Style gives researcher an opportunity to structure research paper well and makes it more readable to the public. The American Psychological Association prescribes a format called the.

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Vlastimil Brodsky: A Dog's Life
|Photo courtesy of Czech-TV.cz|
Man's striving for success and status has been the motive-force of American tragicomedy; widespread affluence and social mobility, especially since the Second World War, have served as its backdrop. Of all places, postwar Czechoslovakia would seem to have little in common with the United States. It was a country where individual initiative or limitless horizons were conspicuously absent. And yet tragicomedy flourished here as well. One of its greatest practitioners was Vlastimil Brodsky, who died on April 19 at the age of 81. The film legend, who took his own life, was mourned equally by moviegoers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the two countries into which his homeland split in 1993.
If notions of success and respectability have been America’s straitjackets, then Czechoslovakia’s were communist rule and the legacies of wartime German occupation. Within these constraints, Brodsky's most memorable characters struggled to find their way. His roles included Jacob Heim, an innkeeper in a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland who lifts his neighbors’ spirits by telling false stories of advancing Russian troops (Jacob the Liar, 1974, a Czechoslovak-East German co-production), and Ocenas, a church organist-turned-local communist party chief (All My Good Countrymen, 1968).
Brodsky's final film role—as a pensioner named Frantisek in last year's Babi Leto (Autumn Summer)—earned him his first and only Czech Lion (a prestigious film award), for best actor.
The last of a generation of Czech actors who gained fame just after World War II, Brodsky made his mark on both screen and stage. He acted in more than 100 films and performed for many years at Prague’s Vinohrady Theater. His peers included Rudolf Hrusinsky, known to American viewers as the absent-minded doctor in Jiri Menzel's My Sweet Little Village (1986), and Milos Kopecky, the star of the 1984 release Secret of an Old Attic. Hrusinsky died in 1994, Kopecky in 1996.
This generation shared a common outlook on life, perhaps best captured by the following maxim (attributed to Kopecky): "Humor is the only dignified way to be sad." Indeed, so adept was Brodsky at using humor as a shield that his suicide, at his country home, came as a great shock to friends and acquaintances alike. They mistook his increasingly morbid utterances as mere comic relief.
In one of his last interviews, with Branislav Janik of the Slovak daily Narodna Obroda, Brodsky spoke frankly about his likes and dislikes. "I won't hide the fact that I see a lot of negative things in our society," he said. "I had an implicit faith in politicians after 1989. Gradually, I lost my faith, and I cannot accept what's going on today. I haven't voted, and I won't vote. Sometimes someone will write to me and say that I'm lacking in patriotism. Others believe that since I criticize politicians, I'm a fan of Stalin or [Milos] Jakes [Czechoslovakia's last communist leader]. Still others condemn me for my morbid humor."
Discontent, however, never led to political engagement. In fact, if his own words are to be trusted, passive resistance was his favorite mode of expression. "I thought about emigrating, but with my profession I probably wouldn't have made it. In the 1950s, I began to realize that something was the matter. The year 1968 revived my hopes, but then things took a turn for the worse. I couldn't find the strength or even the courage to emigrate."
In Jacob the Liar and All My Good Countrymen, Brodsky played characters likewise trapped by circumstances. Jacob Heim is a man born of the wrong faith in the midst of Nazi occupation. Powerless to save his coreligionists from Nazi designs, he can offer little more than fanciful stories of the outside world, supposedly captured by his illicit radio receiver. Jacob's fate, along with that of the rest of the Jewish community, remains an open question. Yet his elaborate lies—and his often-humorous efforts to conceal the fact that he has no radio—lend a bitter irony to the film's conclusion. The film closes with a shot of the sky as seen from the train bringing Jacob and other Jews to a death camp.
By contrast, Ocenas is a man in step with his times. Immediately after the war, he is shown leading a group of parishioners in a song celebrating Comrade Joseph Stalin's glories, only to switch to a more conventional hymn when the village priest drops by.
Three years pass, and the communists come to power. Ocenas no longer has to hide his beliefs. Instead he becomes—appropriately enough—the local party chairman (his name means "our father"). Gathering around himself the few who count as the local party faithful, he sets about appropriating farmland and workshops for the common good. Yet the lot of history's protagonist proves no easier than that of history's victim. By his actions, Ocenas earns the wrath of the villagers, and he is forced to flee the town he briefly led.
By all accounts, the real-life Brodsky had none of Ocenas’s ruthless ambition. His down-to-earth manner endeared him to the townspeople of Slunecna, a tiny village in Northern Bohemia where he had a cottage. “He visited here for over 30 years,” Marie Sourkova, his neighbor, told the Czech daily Pravo. “He was a terribly modest and kind man. Everyone here liked ‘Brod.’” Sourkova learned of his death when she brought him fresh bread and a newspaper, as she did every morning.
Another resident, Ladislav Pachta, said: “People are surprised that he took his own life, because from what we could tell, he was in fine spirits in Slunecna. The things he would say, that he was already old and would soon die, we didn’t take them seriously.”
Brodsky lived out his last days as though enacting his role in Babi Leto, resisting the stereotypes of old age while nevertheless preparing for the inevitable. In retrospect, his last words convey a sense of gloomy finality. He told Janik that Babi Leto was not his “heretofore” last movie, but indeed his final film. He expressed regret that he wouldn’t be able to read his own post mortems to gain insight into himself.
“In a future life, I’d like to be my own dog, Hugo,” Brodsky concluded. “We have a completely selfless friendship. There’s no jealousy; he never asks me with whom I’ve been. I don’t know a more tolerant creature. Actually, I’d rather have him constantly in my arms, like baby Jesus. When I’m sleeping, he licks my face, as though trying to soothe a wound. I’m afraid that when I die, he’ll devour me by morning.”

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Two Harriers and two F/A-18s gave a good show, as always, and you had to keep one eye on the sky for the frequent fly-by of something out of the ordinary including a U-2 and a C-130.
The real interest on the ground, though, was the number of LSAs being shown. There were quite a few new and interesting aircraft even though the on-the-wheels versions were all in the $120,000 range. That’s still too pricey for my pocket and, probably, a lot of others’ given the news from Wall Street et al.
If civil aviation is to avoid becoming un-civil, the path will be led by the homebuilders.
The expansion of computers and glass got a boost with the display by Vertical Power. Where the market is nearing glut-stage vis-à-vis flight instruments, Vertical Power is looking inward to examine the health of the aircraft. The display goes beyond listing the voltage in each circuit; it starts by displaying a check list tailored to each portion of the flight and, similarly, displays the appropriate system. For instance, when starting the engine, oil pressure and rpm take the fore. Taxi mode puts those away and displays cylinder head temperature. Takeoff mode brings up manifold pressure.
Similarly, all the electrical parameters are displayed with diagnostics and alarms that certified aircraft can only dream of.
If you’re at that stage of building where the fear of wires is looming large, surf on over to Vertical Power to take a close look.
Also of interest, even if you’re not scratchbuilding, is the display by Stewart Systems. They’re showing a method for both covering a fabric aircraft and then painting it. No stitching for the former and no smell for the latter make this an especially easy procedure.
We’ll be testing this paint in an upcoming issue of KITPLANES.


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[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Saturday expressed concern over the delay of Haiti’s presidential election and urged political actors to reject all forms of violence. The election, which was to be held on Sunday, was postponed on Friday due to concerns of violence, and had already faced past delays as well. The Secretary General further asked [UN News Centre report] political actors to “refrain from any action that can further disrupt the democratic process and stability in the country.” The country’s constitution mandates that the transfer of presidential power take place by February 7, despite the many delays.
In August, Haiti held [JURIST report] its first parliamentary election in four years, as the country’s parliament dissolved last January following canceled elections in 2011 and 2014. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck [JURIST report] near Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, rendering the national legal system and government largely non-operational. The earthquake was estimated to have resulted in the death of 230,000 people, the injury of 300,000 people and the homelessness of more than one million people. Last January Amnesty International reported [JURIST report] that tens of thousands of people are still homeless as a result of the earthquake and subsequent government failures, forced evictions and failed short-term relief solutions. In many places such as Canaan, a post-earthquake camp on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, people are unable to reach the polls located miles from home. Likewise, violence and intimidation deter voters.


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Separation Conditions1 Fundamentals of a First-Choice Mobile Phase
It has become widely recognized that there are a limited number of mobile phases suitable for LC-MS analysis, because compounds must be ionized (i.e. detected). Therefore, even if users do not currently own an LC-MS system, they are increasingly choosing mobile phases that are suitable for LC-MS analysis from the beginning, to allow migrating to LC-MS analysis in the future.
But in reality, many are confused about specifically what kind of mobile phase they should use for LC-MS analysis. Unfortunately, a "dream" mobile phase that can be used for all analytical situations does not exist. In spite of limitation in the types of mobile phases, trying to examine all the various conditions can be a very difficult task. Therefore, to help determine satisfactory analytical conditions in as short a time as possible, we have attempted to create some generalized approaches as a procedure for considering analytical conditions.
Here we will discuss a part of that procedure, regarding the fundamentals of choosing a first-choice mobile phase for two-solvent gradient elution. It's not perfect, but hopefully it will be helpful. So far, using these first-choice mobile phases has provided good analytical results.
Recommended Solvents (fundamental mobile phases)
The electrospray ionization method (ESI) is used for ionizing compounds with relatively-high polarity, by spraying the mobile phase into a strong electric field to form a fine aerosol of charged droplets. Therefore, the following solvents (fundamental mobile phases) are recommended, which must be able to dissolve polar compounds (water and polar organic solvents) and readily form fine charged droplets (solvents with low viscosity and volatile salts).
Recommended Solvents (mobile phases)
- Alcohols, such as methanol or 2-propanol
- Water or volatile aqueous solutions
Acetic acid or ammonium acetate
Formic acid or ammonium formate
Trifluoroacetate or aqueous ammonia
- Volatile ion pair reagents
Perfluorocarbonate (C2 to C8)
Dibutyl ammonium acetate
First-Choice Mobile Phases
Based on the recommended solvents indicated above, try the first-chose mobile phases (mobile phases A and B) shown below first.
First-Choice Mobile Phases
Mobile Phase A: 0.1 % aqueous formic acid solution
• Small molecular weight (M.W. = 46)
• Adjustable to low pH levels
• Low contamination
Mobile Phase B: Acetonitrile
• Ionization efficiency of ESI is higher than methanol
■ Mobile Phase A: 0.1 % aqueous formic acid solution
The reasons for using an aqueous formic acid solution are as follows.
- It has lower molecular weight than acetic acid and trifluoroacetate. In negative ion analysis, these acids are observed as deprotonated molecules and deprotonated dimers, with the advantage being that lower molecular weights cause less interference.
- Added-acid mobile phases are often used for analyzing basic compounds, and LC-MS analysis is often used to analyze pharmaceuticals and other basic compounds.
- In analyses using low-pH mobile phases, it enables keeping residual silanol in an undissociated state, which can inhibit the adsorption (tailing) of basic compounds.
- In terms of preventing contamination of prepared mobile phases, formic acid solvents are generally considered to have lower contamination levels than acetic acid mobile phases. In LC-MS analysis, the purity of mobile phases and additives significantly counts. As evidenced by the commercial availability of LC-MS grade mobile phases, to perform highly sensitive analysis, it is necessary to use particular care regarding the purity of mobile phases and additives.
- Though it is not a scientific issue, formic acid has a less objectionable odor, unlike acetic acid. In many cases, acetic acid is avoided in favor of formic acid because of its odor.
■ Mobile Phase B: Acetonitrile
The reasons for using acetonitrile are as follows.
The ionization efficiency of ESI is higher if acetonitrile is used than methanol (lower solvent viscosity is better for producing fine droplets).
Acid is not added to mobile phase B, because it makes it easier to verify the effect of adding acid. In some cases, it is better to add acid even to organic solvents, but ideally, its necessity should be verified before acid is added.
The indicated first-choice analytical conditions are acidic, but for some compounds, it is better to use ammonium salts or basic conditions, rather than acids. Therefore, it is essential that aqueous mobile phases be changed when examining analytical conditions. Changing both an organic solvent and an aqueous mobile phase at the same time will increase the number of types of mobile phases, which will be tricky or troublesome. Further worse, it would be a big waste to let expensive high purity mobile phases gradually lose their purity in storage. Therefore, as a rule, use up LC-MS mobile phases as soon as possible after preparation and take extreme care to avoid contamination when adding substances, weighing, or during other operations.
When selecting a column, preferably choose a sufficiently end-capped column with a silica carrier (3 µm particle size) that has low metal content and chemically-bonded octadecylsilyl groups (such as the Shim-pack FC-ODS, for example). A particle size of 3 µm allows fast separation without requiring application of unduly high pressure, and also allows reducing the time required for examining analytical conditions, such as to verify elution parameters.
LC-MS Analytical Conditions - Part 2, describes performing a simple analysis using the first-choice mobile phase and the process of deciding LC-MS analytical conditions. (Mu)

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Need unique DIY Valentines Day gifts for him? Easily create your own heart shaped Valentines seed bombs! These eco valentines are a fun and easy Valentines craft, and wonderful diy valentines for kids!
Hey, when was the last time you heard of using a bomb for a good cause? These earthy seed bomb beauties are the answer. They are fun for kids, and adults too!
What you will need for this project:
Scrap paper or newspaper,
A fine mesh strainer,
A cookie cutter,
A few large bowls,
Shred your paper into small pieces, about 2 – 3″ size. Fill your blender about half way with the torn paper and fill 2/3 full with water.
Blend these ingredients on the high setting until it makes a fine paper pulp.
Dump the pulp into the mesh strainer, which is over a bowl. Push out much of the liquid from the paper, not all of the liquid though.
Put your pulp into another bowl and sprinkle your wildflower seeds. Mix them together by hand.
On a tray, press the mixture into the cookie cutter, one by one, pressing out as much of the water as you can. Then pull the cookie cutter straight up; there you will have your beautiful seed bomb shape.
You can also use colored paper shreds to make colorful hearts.
Let these dry in a warm place, preferably next to a heater. They need to dry fairly quickly, so that the seeds don’t sprout. It should take 24 hours to dry. I put mine close to a heater and that helped.
Now with your dry seed bombs, you have a beautiful gift for valentines, anniversaries, or wedding party favors.
These can be thrown out onto a barren highway strip (even from your car window…doesn’t that sound satisfying?), or a landscape that could use some erosion control, or could simply be planted in your own garden.


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In a surprise move, Hitech Grand Prix has been granted a two-car team in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, seeing the series expand to an eleven team grid for the first time.
The British team were only founded recently in 2015 but have been highly impressive in other junior single-seater formula since their inception.
They ran a three-car team in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship and secured an impressive second-place finish in the teams’ standings behind the dominant PREMA team.
They secured four race wins with three coming for Estonian Red Bull junior Jüri Vips, who was the highest non-PREMA driver in the standings, and one for Italian Leonardo Pulcini.
Confirming their entry late means that they are up against it for 2020 as they missed the three-day post-season test at Abu Dhabi in December and the pool of drivers to choose from is far narrower than it would’ve been had the announcement come sooner.
Hitech GP team owner Oliver Oakes understands the challenges ahead for his team.
He said: “I’d like to thank Bruno for the trust placed in Hitech to give us an additional entry. Stepping up to F2 was always something we were aspiring towards, once we had established ourselves in the new era of Formula 3.
“With the new 18-inch rims and some car updates coming to F2 in 2020 it made entering now much more necessary than the end of 2020 where we would be a year behind the learning process.
“Of course, joining the grid this late means we are slightly up against it – but at Hitech we like a challenge! We are under no illusions that it will be a big ask to compete against some very established teams in F2 but I believe in our group and I am really excited for the first event in March at Bahrain.”
Hitech will run numbers 24 and 25 when they take their first laps in F2 at the pre-season Bahrain test on March 1-3.


Justin Bieber pelted with eggs during Sydney performance - but he doesn't crack under pressure
Apparently not everyone at Justin Bieber's concert in Sydney, Australia had Bieber fever.
The teen singing sensation came under attack last night during a performance in front of thousands of screaming fans at the the city's Acer Arena.
Justin, 17, was stage singing when someone tossed six eggs from the crowd.
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Justin doesn't crack: Superstar singer Justin Bieber was pelted with eggs last night in Sydney, Australia, but he didn't miss a beat and continued performing
What just happened? Some of Justin's stunned fans took to the internet to complain about the egg incident
Hitting a bum note:Justin pictured last week performing in Indonesia
Footage of the incident showed two eggs landing within a metre of the Canadian superstar.
Then four more eggs appeared to fall from directly above the singer, prompting some internet users to question if the incident was all a set-up.
According Australia's Herald Sun, Justin didn't miss a beat during the egg incident.
He continued performing as a helper quickly cleaned up the mess.
The egg attack outraged many Biebers fans who quickly took to the internet.
One web user named Taylor wrote on Thejustinbiebershrine.com: 'I was soo angry when I saw this, I hate whoever did this. Why bother?'
Another fan took to Twitter a warning: 'Dear person who threw eggs at @justinbieber in Sydney, you now have over #9millionbeliebers after you, be afraid! We go harder than hard!'
Skynews Australia posted a short video of the incident on Youtube a short time after it happened.
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Hurricane Michael intensified into a Category 2 over warm Gulf of Mexico waters Tuesday amid fears it would strike Florida on Wednesday as an even stronger hurricane. Mandatory evacuations were issued as beach dwellers rushed to board up homes just ahead of what could be a devastating hit.
A hurricane hunter plane that bounced into the swirling eye off the western tip of Cuba found wind speeds rising. By 8 a.m. Tuesday, top winds had reached 100 mph (155 kph), and it was forecast to strengthen into a “major” hurricane, with winds topping 111 mph (179 kph).
The speed of the storm barreling toward the Florida Panhandle — Michael was moving north-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph) — was among the hazards worrying forecasters at the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday morning.
Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said there were just hours left until Michael’s wind gusts and rain bands would start whipping the coast.
“Guess what? That’s today,” Graham said. “If they tell you to leave, you have to leave.”
Gov. Rick Scott warned people across northwest Florida at a news conference Tuesday morning that the “monstrous hurricane” was just hours away, bringing deadly risks from high winds, storm surge and heavy rains.
His opponent in Florida’s Senate race, Sen. Bill Nelson, said a “wall of water” could cause major destruction along the Panhandle. “Don’t think that you can ride this out if you’re in a low-lying area,” Nelson said on CNN.
Mandatory evacuation orders went into effect Tuesday morning for some 120,000 people in Panama City Beach and across other low-lying parts of the coast.
Forecasters said parts of Florida’s marshy, lightly populated Big Bend area could see up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) of storm surge.
Michael also could dump up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain over some Panhandle communities before it moves over Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia Wednesday night and Thursday. The storm could bring 3 to 6 inches of rain and flash floods as it barrels over a corner of the country still recovering from Hurricane Florence.
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan bluntly advised residents choosing to ride it out that first-responders won’t be able to reach them while Michael smashes into the coast.
“If you decide to stay in your home and a tree falls on your house or the storm surge catches you and you’re now calling for help, there’s no one that can respond to help you,” Morgan said at a news conference.
Michael wasn’t quite done wreaking havoc in the Caribbean on Tuesday. Forecasters warned of up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain in western Cuba, triggering flash floods and mudslides in mountain areas.
Disaster agencies in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua reported 13 deaths as roofs collapsed and residents were carried away by swollen rivers. Six people died in Honduras, four in Nicaragua and three in El Salvador. Authorities were also searching for a boy swept away by a river in Guatemala. Most of the rain was blamed on a low-pressure system off the Pacific coast, but Michael in the Caribbean could have also contributed.
In Florida, Scott declared a state of emergency for 35 counties, from the Panhandle to Tampa Bay, activated hundreds of Florida National Guard members and waived tolls to encourage evacuations. With just a month to go before Election Day, voters were also given one more day to register to vote, once offices reopen after the storm.
Scott also warned caregivers at north Florida hospitals and nursing homes to do all possible to assure the safety of the elderly and infirm. Following Hurricane Irma last year, 14 people died when a South Florida nursing home lost power and air conditioning.
“If you’re responsible for a patient, you’re responsible for the patient. Take care of them,” he said.
In the small Panhandle city of Apalachicola, Mayor Van Johnson Sr. said the 2,300 residents were frantically preparing for what could be a strike unlike any seen there in decades. Many filled sandbags and boarded up homes and lined up to buy gas and groceries before leaving town.
“We’re looking at a significant storm with significant impact, possibly greater than I’ve seen in my 59 years of life,” Johnson said of his city on the shore of Apalachicola Bay, which where about 90 percent of Florida’s oysters are harvested.
There will be no shelters open in Wakulla County, the sheriff’s office warned on Facebook, because they are rated safe only for hurricanes with top sustained winds below 111 mph (178 kph). With Michael’s winds projected to be even stronger, residents were urged to evacuate inland.
“This storm has the potential to be a historic storm, please take heed,” the sheriff’s office said in the post.
In Alabama, the entire state was under an emergency declaration. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey warned of power outages and other problems, and forecasters said spinoff tornadoes would be a threat.
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, Florida’s Democratic nominee for governor, filled sandbags with residents and urged the state capital’s residents to finish emergency preparations quickly.
“There’s nothing between us and this storm but warm water, and I think that’s what terrifies us about the potential impacts,” Gillum said.
Michael could strengthen into a major hurricane with winds topping 111 mph (178 kph) by Tuesday night before an expected strike on Florida’s Panhandle or Big Bend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
By 11 a.m. Monday, Michael’s top sustained winds were around 75 mph (120 kph).
The storm was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the western tip of Cuba, and about 140 miles (220 kilometers) east-northeast of Cozumel, Mexico. It was moving north around 7 mph (11 kph).
Since the storm will spend two to three days over the Gulf, which has very warm water temperatures and favorable atmospheric conditions, “there is a real possibility that Michael will strengthen to a major hurricane before landfall,” Robbie Berg, a hurricane specialist at the Miami-based storm forecasting hub, wrote in an advisory.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued an order for a state of emergency for 26 counties to rush preparations in the Panhandle and the Big Bend area, freeing up resources and activating 500 members of the Florida National Guard.
“This storm will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous,” Scott said Sunday after receiving a briefing at the State Emergency Operations Center. He warned that storm surge could affect areas of Florida not in the storm’s direct path.
Forecasters advised residents along the northeastern and central U.S. Gulf Coast to monitor the storm’s progress.
Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee, which is in the Panhandle, opened two locations Sunday where residents could get sandbags to prepare for flooding.
“While the impacts are still uncertain, our area could experience increased wind activity and heavy rainfall, which could cause localized flooding and downed trees,” Tallahassee officials said in a statement.
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who is the Democratic nominee for governor, had planned to campaign in South Florida on Monday and Tuesday, but he said he would return to Tallahassee to help with storm preparations.
The city of Pensacola tweeted to residents, “Be sure you have your emergency plan in place.”
Michael was lashing western Cuba late Monday morning with heavy rains and strong winds, according to the hurricane center. Forecasters warned that the storm could produce up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain in western Cuba, potentially triggering flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas.
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Cataclysm has come to Earth-2. The forces of Darkseid, which were thought to have been repelled years ago, have struck back with a vengeance. Apokolips itself is attacking the Earth, with Darkseid’s Furies leading the charge of destruction. This may be humanity’s final hour.
But Earth-2 is not without its defenders. There are the heroes, like Huntress, Power Girl and Batman. There are the soldiers of the World Army. There’s Green Lantern and his fellow Avatars of the Earth, wielding the power of the planet’s plant life, animal life and even the air and water.
But it’s Doctor Fate, the powerful but inexperienced sorcerer, who alone may have the ability to repel Apokolips and save the planet. Empowered by the Helm of the ancient wizard Nabu, Doctor Fate could turn the tide against Apokolips…or, if the Helm were to fall into the hands of Darkseid’s servants, Fate could be handing absolute power and total victory to Earth’s enemies!
World’s End has come to Earth-2, from writers Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse), Marguerite Bennett (DC COMICS: BOMBSHELLS), Tom Taylor (INJUSTICE YEAR THREE) and Mike Johnson (SUPERGIRL) and artist Andy Smith (TEEN TITANS: FUTURE’S END). EARTH 2 VOL. 6: COLLISION collects issues #27-32.
Schrijver: Daniel Wilson
Tekenaar: Andy Smith


The 2019 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards celebrated a remarkable year for the Australian country music industry, with a line-up of standout performances by this year’s nominated artists at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre (TRECC) on Saturday 26 January 2019.
The Wolfe Brothers were the big winners of the night. Taking home four awards from their five nominations, Nick and Tom Wolfe, together with Brodie Rainbird collected the coveted TOYOTA ALBUM OF THE YEAR award for their highly acclaimed fourth studio album, Country Heart, along with CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR, COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR and APRA AMCOS SONG OF THE YEAR for Ain’t Seen It Yet, co-written by the band with Erik Dylan.
The band thrilled the audience, performing their hit single Country Heart, which pays tribute to their country roots and their home in rural Tasmania, where Nick and Tom run their family farm, in addition to their successful career as one of Australia’s leading country bands.
Andrew Swift is also celebrating after collecting two awards from his four nominations. The rising Alt-Country artist won QANTAS NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR for his single Runaway Train and ALT COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR for Call Out For The Cavalry.
Swift’s performance of his upbeat single Runaway Train was a highlight of the evening for the thousands of country music fans that attended the awards.
Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples took out TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR for their album, Campfire with the group performing The Campfire Song, which pays homage to Chambers’ upbringing in the remote outback of Australia.
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR went to Travis Collins and FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR went to Beccy Cole.
This is Collins’ 7th Golden Guitar award with his latest album Brave & The Broken receiving high praise. His performance of Its Just Music was very poignant, speaking to the power and importance of story-telling through song and the way it unites us all.
It is the 11th Golden Guitar for Cole and 5th FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR award. Her latest album, Lioness is an all-female outfit, produced and performed by females.
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR went to John Williamson for Please Don’t Forget Me, from his 20th studio album Butcherbird.
HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR went to Troy Cassar-Daley for Shadows On The Hill, taking his Golden Guitar tally to 37. He joins Lee Kernaghan, who also has 37 Golden Guitars, just behind Slim Dusty’s record 38 Golden Guitars.
The event also saw the awarding of the previously announced 2018 SANITY TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR award, which went to country music superstar Keith Urban for his latest album Graffiti U. Earlier in the week, Urban delighted fans by performing a benefit show for drought relief at Tamworth Town Hall.
Morgan Evans won SINGLE OF THE YEAR with his platinum selling single Day Drunk which reached #1 on the Australian all-genre airplay chart in 2018 and still holds in the Top 20 after 32 weeks.
COCA COLA INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR went to Tommy Emmanuel for Wheelin’ And Dealin’. BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR went to Kristy Cox for Ricochet.
Fanny Lumsden’s Elastic Waistband, directed by Anna Phillips and Sam Brumby was awarded CMC VIDEO OF THE YEAR.
Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart featuring the late Karl Broadie picked up the REGIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR. Outstanding singer/songwriters in their own right, the trio – Kevin Bennett, Lyn Bowtell and Felicity Urquhart performed Every Hello from their latest album Weeds. Their performance was a moving tribute to their friend and collaborator, the late Karl Broadie.
Following an outstanding career spanning over 30 years, James Blundell was honoured with the industry’s most prestigious award – the Australasian Country Music Roll of Renown. The award was presented by 37- time Golden Guitar winning artist Lee Kernaghan and Tamworth Country Music Festival co-founder Max Ellis.
“The diversity of talent across the country music industry is well represented tonight. It’s an exciting time for Australian country music,” Dan Biddle, chair of the Country Music Association of Australia said.
Toyota Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer, Wayne Gabriel said, “On behalf of Toyota Australia, we’d like to congratulate all of the finalists and winners of the 2019 Golden Guitar Awards on their achievements.
“Toyota has been a proud supporter of the Country Music Festival in Tamworth for over 27 years.
Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said, “The Toyota Country Music Festival is recognised world-wide and Tamworth is the heart of Australian country music.
“Through Destination NSW, we will continue to support events such as this. They are incredibly important for our economy and bring enormous benefit to Tamworth and NSW year-round.”
The 47th Toyota Golden Guitar Awards were hosted by Adam Brand and Amber Lawrence.
The 47th Country Music Awards of Australia – the Toyota Golden Guitar Awards are proudly supported by Toyota, the NSW Government via its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, APRA AMCOS, Country Music Capital News, QANTAS, Regional Australia Bank, Coca-Cola and the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA).
The Toyota Golden Guitar Awards are the only industry affiliated country music awards in Australia and the greatest celebration of Australian country music talent. The awards are the pinnacle event of the Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth.
47th COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS OF AUSTRALIA WINNERS
2019 TOYOTA ALBUM OF THE YEAR: COUNTRY HEART
The Wolfe Brothers | Producer: Matt Fell
Sanity Top Selling Album of the Year: Graffiti U
Alt Country Album of the Year: Call Out For The Cavalry
Andrew Swift | Producer: Matt Fell
Contemporary Country Album of the Year: Country Heart
The Wolfe Brothers | Producer: Matt Fell
Traditional Country Album of the Year: Campfire
Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples
Producers: Kasey Chambers, Jordan Power, Brandon Dodd, Bill Chambers, Alan Pigram
Male Artist of the Year: Travis Collins
Brave & The Broken
Female Artist of the Year: Beccy Cole
Country Music Capital News Group or Duo of the Year: The Wolfe Brothers
Regional Australia Bank Vocal Collaboration of the Year:
Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart feat Karl Broadie
Qantas New Talent of the Year: Andrew Swift
APRA AMCOS Song of the Year: Ain’t Seen It Yet
The Wolfe Brothers | Songwriters: Tom Wolfe, Nick Wolfe, Brodie Rainbird, Erik Dylan
Heritage Song of the Year: Shadows On The Hill
Troy Cassar-Daley | Songwriter: Troy Cassar-Daley
Single of the Year: Day Drunk
Bush Ballad of the Year: Please Don't Forget Me
John Williamson | Songwriter: John Williamson
Bluegrass Recording of the Year: Ricochet
CMC Video of the Year: Elastic Waistband
Fanny Lumsden | Directors: Anna Phillips and Sam Brumby
Coca Cola Instrumental of the Year: Wheelin’ And Dealin’
TOYOTA GOLDEN GUITAR AWARDS BACKGROUND:
The Awards were first held in 1973 in Tamworth, one of New South Wales' major regional centres, around the same time the city began promoting itself as Australia's Home of Country Music. Since they began, the Awards have played the key role in developing and promoting Australian country music. Under the CMAA, they continue to grow and develop as the primary focus for country music in Australia.
Originally, the Awards were staged in the historic Tamworth Town Hall with a capacity audience of around 1,000. Over the years, the Awards venue has ranged from school halls to a giant 'big top' and converted factory. Since 1999, they have been presented in Country Music Capital's $6 million Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre (TRECC) in front of a capacity audience of 5,000 fans, artists, industry people, and visitors.
THE GOLDEN GUITAR TROPHY: Today the famous Golden Guitar trophies, which sparkle on the stage at the Country Music Awards Of Australia, are recognised all over the nation as a symbol of country music and Tamworth. Over forty years ago they were just an idea. In late 1972, 2TM‘s Mr. Hoedown, John Minson, and 2TM Station Manager, Max Ellis agreed the trophy would have to be rock solid and truly representative of country music. After deciding on the concept of a bronze guitar, local artist Harry Frost was commissioned to produce a detailed design based on a semi cut-away, dual pick-up, hollow-bodied guitar. It was a recognition of both traditional design, and modern amplified electric guitar. The finished trophy stands 24cm high (with base) and weighs 1.5kgs.


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ABOUT THE STEEL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Steel Valley School District proudly serves the communities of Homestead, Munhall and West Homestead in the historically significant Monongahela Valley. Located just eight miles from downtown Pittsburgh, the communities that make up our district played a critical role in helping Pittsburgh earn its reputation as the Steel City. Once home to the famed Homestead Steel Works, our region now emphasizes safe, affordable living with prime access to all the amenities a growing family could need.
To support our familes, the Steel Valley School District has four public schools serving our three communities:
- Barrett Elementary is located on East 12th Avenue in Homestead and educates elementary students in grades K-4.
- Park Elementary is located at the intersection of Main Street and Cambria Street in Munhall and educates elementary students in grades K-4.
- Steel Valley Middle School and High School is located at 3113 Main Street in Munhall. The Middle School serves students in grades 5-8, while the High School serves students in grades 9-12. While the two share a building, middle school and high school students enjoy separate, unique experiences during the school day.
- The Steel Valley School District central administration office is located at the Franklin Primary Center on East Oliver Road in Munhall, adjacent to the secondary campus.
- Steel Valley also West Field in Munhall for our high school baseball and softball teams, as well as the William V. Campbell Athletic Field on West Run Road in Munhall for football and soccer.
Students who attend Steel Valley are exposed to a robust curriculum rich with experiential educational opportunities. The Steel Valley School District is acutely aware of the need to prepare students for a rapidly changing world, which means not only providing them with the latest, high quality texts, but ensuring they have access to all of the resources necessary to help them thrive. Students have access to a wealth of in-house supports to provide academic assistance, mental and emotional health support, and much more. We have also partnered with a number of community organizations to provide resources to students and families in need.

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