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A man in the U.K. is “grateful” to surgeons who sewed his hand to his groin for two weeks in a successful effort to salvage it after he came into the emergency room with a severed palm, thumb and in danger of losing several fingers.
“I’d say it’s probably the most complex amputation I’ve had to deal with,” Roger Adlard, consultant plastic surgeon at St. George’s Hospital in London, told SWNS. “There are many surgeons who, once they’d seen that level of injury, would think it was unsalvageable.”
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Adlard’s patient, Anthony Lelliott, had been using a circular saw while trimming flooring when the accident occurred. He described it as “blood spurting everywhere.”
Adlard and another surgeon, Farida Ali, worked for 17 hours to save what they could while being mindful of diminishing time.
“Time was also against us; his detached fingers were getting warm and left too long without blood they would rapidly decompose and be impossible to re-attach,” Adlard told SWNS.
They first fixed his broken bones and then set about harvesting nerve and vein grafts from his foot and forearm.
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“Following the operation, we noticed some of the skin on his palm wasn’t surviving and, what’s more, his middle finger had insufficient bone stability or feeling to it, so we made the decision that to save the rest of his hand, we’d sacrifice his middle finger and effectively fillet it to help reconstruct the skin and bone which was missing from his palm,” Adlard told SWNS.
But they still needed more skin to cover the repairs in his palm, so they opted to attach his hand to his groin, where it remained for two weeks.
“This procedure is called a pedicled groin flap and was performed by another hand surgeon, Jamil Moledina,” Adlard told SWNS. “Mr. Moledina cut a section of skin in Anthony’s groin and lifted it like a flap to cover the missing skin from his hand. It was sewn in place and left there for two weeks.”
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Once the skin from his groin had grown onto the area of the palm that needed coverage, they were able to cut his hand free. The procedure was largely considered a success and now Lelliott is working on regaining movement in his hand.


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Olympic Park art work programme run by View Tube opening today
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An art installation designed to help people connect and discover the transformation of the area around the Olympic Park has opened today.
Sparked is part of an arts programme run by the View Tube, a community and social enterprise venue with a cafe along the Greenway, overlooking the park.
The exhibition is trying to link people to art work installed inside the park by giving them snapshots of related art before the park reopens.
Turner Prize winning artist, and leader of the Fine Art programme at University of East London, Grenville Davey is behind a series of gigantic, life sized and tiny sets of fingerprints running along a wall in the London 2012 Gardens, called ‘Inter Alia’, located in the southern area of the Park.
Davey has now also made an exclusive series of smaller, playful installations presented as pairs of eyes. These will be installed in a number of locations throughout Newham and Tower Hamlets, including at the John Lewis Viewing Platform inside Westfield shopping centre at Stratford City from today at 1.30pm.
A second exhibition opening at the View Tube tomorrow will focus on the work of Keith Wilson. His sculptural installation Steles are located in the waters running through the future Queen Elizabeth Park.
Sparked will also be accompanied by a series of free events, talks and workshops aimed at helping local people connect with artists, their neighbours, and the park.
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The View Tube is also running a competition inviting the public to take photographs depicting what they are seeing right now, particularly in their own neighbourhoods.
The winning images and those judged to be most captivating will be exhibited at the View Tube. The competition starts tomorrow and runs until June 30.

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With Natasha Poly on a yacht in Ibiza, Daria Werbowy exploring the Dutch countryside and Gisele Bündchen practicing her yoga in Costa Rica, we follow the Vogue girls around the world for the third week of July. Take a look back at the best model moments on Instagram.
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Jeremy Scott was in a Barbie world when he designed this fun pink wheelie suitcase, a nod to the most famous doll in the world. A chromatic obsession brought in to the pink.
With high-tech sports, a wave of gadgets and miniature beauty products in a flood of color, we edit the accessories kit you need this Summer.
With her new film Paper Towns being released in New York today, Cara Delevingne is taking a break from modeling to devote her time to being an actress. As she leaves the catwalk behind her, look back at the supermodel's best runway appearances, from Burberry Prorsum and Chanel to Saint Laurent, Givenchy and Fendi.
From Alicia Vikander in Louis Vuitton to Cara Delevingne in Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimaine and Natasha Poly in Atelier Versace, we spot the best-dressed of the week on red carpets all over the world.
The brilliantly sharp Lara Melchior is one of the most promising jewelry designers of her generation, currently preparing her ninth collection with infectious enthusiasm. Inside the life of a real golden girl.
Cara Delevingne chose a Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane silver sequined wrap dress for the New York premiere of Paper Towns.
Following the Rolling Stones, Hermès Wanderland and Jeff Koons, Coco Chanel is the focus of London's Saatchi Gallery's latest exhibition. The retrospective seen through the eyes of Karl Lagerfeld retraces Coco Chanel's milestones, from haute couture collections to haute jewelry and the story of the iconic Chanel n°5 perfume. A must-visit, from October 13 to November 1, 2015.
As the multi-talented actress, singer and fashion icon Charlotte Gainsbourg celebrates her birthday today, we round up her best red carpet and on-stage style, looking fabulous in anything from Louis Vuitton and Anthony Vaccarello, to a simple white tee, skinny jeans and rock girl boots.
Italian designer and creative director for Dior shoes Francesco Russo has designed these towering sandals, at the height of sexy.

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Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities
Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled ‘dark continent.’ Most of its constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and appears ready to play an important role in world affairs. Thanks to shifts in leadership and governance, an African renaissance could be at hand.
Yet the road ahead is not without obstacles. As world renowned expert on African affairs, Robert Rotberg, expertly shows, Africa today maybe poised to deliver real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it faces critical new crises as well as abundant new opportunities. Africa Emerges draws on a wealth of empirical data to explore the key challenges Africa must overcome in the coming decades. From peacekeeping to health and disease, from energy needs to education, this illuminating analysis diagnoses the remaining impediments Africa will need to surmount if it is to emerge in 2050 as a prosperous, peaceful, dynamic collection of robust large and small nations.
Africa Emerges offers an unparalleled guide for all those interested in the dynamics of modern Africa’s political, economic, and social development.


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The herbs, apple tree and other deliciousness planted for our tenants are all blooming down at the suntrap garden in West Didsbury, but I think some labelling is the order of the day as not everyone can tell their lemon thyme from their coriander. If you’ve read the blog before I think you’ll know by now that this wouldn’t mean a simple purchase of some white plastic strips, oh no. I spent a couple of hours surfing for some Moregeous markers and hadn’t realised that there was so much choice, contemporary & vintage, timber & metal, muted & neon, something for every garden!
I liked the Homes and Dreams blackboard marker naming the hyacinths above but this was just one of the many I found. Here are just a few others which caught my eye…
A slate or blackboard effect was my first choice, similar to these ones designed to hang above your planting from Hortica:
Or these heart shaped cuties from Velvet Brown if you’re really in love with your planting 😉
These delicate blackboard and white metal labels shouted buy us, buy us, but are shipped from Teaspoon Vintage in Singapore and even I couldn’t justify these as a landlord purchase!
These simple labels which you hand write with a white marker from Sarah Raven would give me space for herb names plus ideas for the tenants of what to eat them with, a definite maybe for practicality with a personal touch:
Or maybe more rounded, like the ones from The Essentials Company:
These engraved pebbles from Alitags looked smoothly tactile, instilling me with a Sunday afternoon urge to jump in the car and head for the beach 🙂
Not content with just slate and stone, what about ceramic labels, delicate, feminine and long-lasting? These are a press favourite at the moment, made by Northamptonshire ceramicist Charlotte Hupfield:
Although I also liked the pre-printed porcelain labels designed and made by London based Jo Heckett, who has a beautiful web-site, for this particular garden I needed something bigger and bolder.
These ceramic French style labels by Garden Boutique are also very pretty for the right planting:
I looked at some terracotta strips, perfect for potted herbs but would be lost in the garden in question unfortunately. These are made in the UK and available from twine specialists Nutscene.
STILL not satisfied, more browsing led me to these great metallic plant markers, in zinc with a protective glass front from Cornwall based Willow & Stone:
…as well as a more contemporary style in these zinc labels below, described as virtually indestructable by Manufactum, who are committed to products which stand the test of time. But both were still a little on the small side
Or did I want copper, which can either be used with a pencil to indent the thin metal or written on with marker pen in black. Simple but stylish looking, these two styles below are from Plant Me Now. Don’t forget that copper will gradually turn to a verdigris colour when out in the garden and exposed to the weather, unless you varnish it.
Quite the most gorgeous ones seemed to be made by someone called Takit on Etsy but they were all sold out! Maybe he / she will do some more?!
These pastels weren’t really what I was looking for, but beautiful for a pretty window garden. I found them on the Burgon & Ball site….
I wanted something long lasting, sustainable, natural, large enough to be noticeable in a big garden yet still funky …. hang on, what were these on the Burgon and Ball web-site near the pastels? FSC hardwood giant labels…. 30cm high…. even our most short sighted tenant couldn’t miss these! And at £2.50 each – perfect pricing!
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If you’re looking for the ultimate chili recipe, you’ve come to the right place. This chili recipe from Simply Mamá Cooks on YouTube is hands down the best you’ll ever try. This recipe is a staple in my home cooking, and it may seem like a lot of preparation, but I’m telling you, it’s all worth it. The taste of this chili is out of this world and would make your mouth water.
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Try this recipe today and see for yourself. Watch the video below to learn the step by step instructions.
Bring a pot of water to a boil with four pcs. guajillo peppers. Once it starts to boil, turn off the heat and let it steep until the peppers soften. After this, transfer the softened peppers to your blender along with 1 cup of the steeping liquid, 2 tbsp chopped chipotle pepper, 2 tsp ground cumin, a pinch of dried oregano leaves, 1 1/2 tbsp beef bouillon powder, 1/4 cup light chili powder, 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 2 tbsp dark brown sugar, 1/4 cup masa harina, 3 to 4 cloves of roughly chopped garlic, 1 tbsp Maggi seasoning sauce, and 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar. Blend these all together (add 1 cup of water if the mixture becomes too thick).
Next, cut the chuck roast into small cubes and saute them in a large pan until browned. Once done, transfer the meat into the crockpot. Saute the ground beef as well and transfer it into the crockpot. After this, saute the diced onions in the same pan, then pour a 12 fl oz bottle of dark lager beer. Bring the beer to a simmer, then transfer it to the crockpot. Now, pour the puree you blended earlier along with 1 cup of beef stock. Season with salt and ground black pepper (season according to your preference). Mix everything well. Put the lid on, set the crockpot to high, and cook it for four to five hours (or low for six to eight hours).

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New Delhi, Wednesday, 7 June 2023: In a three-day joint diplomatic outreach initiative of Kashag (cabinet) and parliament of Central Tibetan Administration, a series of meetings were held here with the Ambassadors or Deputy Ambassadors of at least 17 countries, including the US, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Taiwan.
The Tibetan delegation consisted of Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Kalon Norzin Dolma, and members of the Standing Committee of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, viz. MP Tenpa Yarphel, MP Khenpo Kada Ngedup Sonam, MP Geshe Lharampa Gowo Lobsang Phende, MP Dorjee Tseten, MP Tsering Lhamo, MP Geshe Atong Rinchen Gyaltsen, MP Tsering Yangchen, MP Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong and MP Lobsang Thupten. The Delegation also included the Department of Information and International Relations’ Secretary Karma Choeying.
During this visit, the delegation held meetings with senior diplomats of about 17 countries, including American, European, Asian as well as other countries.
The delegation members were split into three groups, each led by Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Department of Information and International Relations’ Kalon Norzin Dolma.
“This joint advocacy of CTA was extremely successful in engaging with top diplomats of the world’s leading powers and garnering support for the Tibet issue”, said Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, addressing the press on the sidelines of the meetings.
Additionally, the delegation visited the Indian parliament and headquarters of Indian political parties. They also met with Indian MPs to discuss issues related with Tibet and Tibetan people.


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Looking back at Tropical Storm Hermine
Tropical Storm Hermine made landfall in extreme Northeast Mexico at approximately 8PM (local time), September 6, 2010. The storm quickly tracked into South Texas, producing torrential rains, wind damage, and some minor coastal flooding from the onshore flow. Here's an interesting surge-related article posted on the National Weather Service Brownsville, TX Webpage.
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Rapidly increasing winds turning from east to south as the center of Tropical Storm Hermine scooted across Cameron, Willacy, and into western Kenedy County overnight on September 6th and 7th brought a push of water onto the beaches and into the Brownsville Ship Channel. For primary residential and beach areas, the push occurred near low tide (first two graphs below), which produced no inundation issues, but water was able to reach the dune line and shut down vehicle traffic at public beach access points beginning during the afternoon of the 6th and continuing overnight.
More interesting is what occurred when the water was forced through the thinning Laguna Madre and the Brownsville ship channel. The third graph below shows a much larger spike in water levels at Rincon del San Jose (Kenedy County) where the Laguna Madre runs through sand, salt, and mud flats on its way to Baffin Bay. Data suggest that a surge perhaps as high as 4 feet occurred during the pre dawn hours of September 7th, near the time of high tide. Reports from the Port of Brownsville indicated heavy wave action within the channel, with waves breaking over channel barriers around the time of Hermine’s passage to the west. [end of quote]
Although the preceding account mentions the possibility of a 4-foot surge at Rincon del San Jose, TX, the graph appears to show less than 3 feet of water rise. A second graph, obtained from NOAA Tides and Currents, indicates water levels at the same location between Sept 4 and Sept 9, indicates that maximum water levels peaked less than 3 feet above normal conditions during Hermine. Sometimes water gauge data is adjusted and "cleaned up" in the quality control process, to remove potential errors, which may explain the difference in units between these two graphs.
Nonetheless, the NWS office at Brownsville posted a nice storm archive on their Website, which contains a storm overview, radar loops, wind and rain tables, as well as information on the storm surge. This type of information is valuable after a storm passes.

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Elizabeth Warren: Stumped
In July, Warren and I meet for lunch at the Tavern in the Square pub in Porter Square.
I’ve been promised just 20 minutes today, but even that took weeks of back-and-forth. Warren’s staff has continued to limit press access, and she’s been providing the media only brief sound bites in the wake of her ancestry controversy. However that may play into her campaign strategy, the fact is that the Warren supporters I’ve spoken to lately have been expressing frustration that their candidate lacks the aggressive edge they’ve expected. “I want Elizabeth Warren to win, of course I do,” says Margie Cohen, an independent who attended a South End ice cream social. “But I want her to shape up her campaign.”
Warren arrives to the lunch in a raspberry sweater and sporty reflective sunglasses, with a black backpack slung on her shoulders. She’s gracious and warm, quick with a story and a folksy aphorism, but she sticks to her talking points. So I ask about her likability problem. “‘I don’t know’ is the answer partly,” she responds. “For that you’ll probably need a political pundit.” Has she detected any kind of enthusiasm gap when it comes to her supporters? “You’re the first person to say that there’s an enthusiasm gap at all,” she says. “People tell me everywhere I go why they care that I got in this race. I can’t answer the question because I literally haven’t experienced what you’re talking about.”
There is a moment in Confidence Men, Ron Suskind’s bestseller about the financial crisis, when he describes Warren talking with the president while he’s still on the campaign trail. Obama tells her that the campaign is a “bubble.” Suskind writes that, “Elizabeth Warren would think about the man-in-a-bubble conversation all the way back to Cambridge and many times since.” And you have to wonder whether she’s thinking about it now.
Ferson, the Democratic strategist, has seen the bubble before. It’s typically what you’re dealing with “if you say to someone, ‘You’ve got a real problem,’ and the candidate says, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ If you spend your day talking to the faithful who just love you, that’s not an accurate picture of what’s going on out there.”
Then again, Warren’s likability numbers have been on the rise. And she and Brown have a series of debates still to come. And she’ll be sharing the podium with former President Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention. And perhaps all that will give her the edge she needs to win. That and the political calculation that if candidate Elizabeth Warren can hold her mouth in a clenched smile through November, she’ll be able to pull on her gloves and go back to knocking out teeth.
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Why We Need a Polymorphic Database
Databases have come a long way since the navigational databases of the 1960s. The relational, document, and graph database paradigms have each profoundly impacted the way we store and query data, but many fundamental engineering challenges remain. Why is object-relational mismatch still a problem after 50 years? Why do we need ORMs to manage our data models for us? Why do queries need to be updated when the data model is extended, even if the question being asked remains the same?
Each successive database paradigm has only implemented workarounds to these problems without addressing the underlying cause: they cannot interpret declarative polymorphic queries. Programming languages have continuously become more powerful and declarative as they have evolved, but database query languages have not significantly advanced beyond SQL. This has left databases unable to express many of the OOP features that we easily take for granted, like abstraction, inheritance, and polymorphism.
In this lecture, we’ll examine the historical context and design philosophies behind the relational, document, and graph database paradigms to understand their strengths and weaknesses. We’ll look at the different strategies that database engineers employ to work around translating polymorphism from their object models. We’ll explore a polymorphic object model for a simple filesystem and see how the lack of expressivity inherent in current databases leads to fundamentally brittle application architectures. Finally, we’ll attempt to answer the question: why do we need a polymorphic database?
Join this lecture and learn more about:
- The strengths and weaknesses of current database paradigms.
- How databases engineers work around polymorphism in data models.
- How current databases lead to fundamentally brittle application architectures.
James is a research engineer with over a decade’s experience as a programmer and expertise in computational solid-state physics. James has a rich background in academic and industrial research where he developed a profound passion for data modelling and algorithm design. The lack of expressivity in current database paradigmes led James to Vaticle, where he connected with the vision behind TypeDB. As a member of the Research Team, James is working to define an entirely new paradigm of polymorphic databases, and aims to carry the company’s vision forward by showcasing the unique expressive power of the data models he builds.
Learn more about TypeDB's core philosophy from the following fundamental article and lectures.


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Over this disastrous pandemic, some of the worlds most pressing problems became that little bit more painful. Globalized supply chains were cut when countries closed their borders, causing damage to millions of businesses, political polarization caused many to reject the various vaccines that have been released, possibly causing even more death and destruction, and the subject for today’s article, Inequity between the rich and the poor; specifically, the inequity between rich countries and poor countries when it came to vaccine distribution. Rich countries were simply able to save more lives and heal their economies faster because of their wealth and access to vaccines, and poor countries were left behind.
Many of these mostly western countries have agreed to send some of their extra supply overseas to poorer countries as Aid.
Aid is a word often bandied about by people on News Platforms reporting some of the most horrific things to happen to human beings. The connotations of aid are often of UNESCO packages being parachuted into war zones or medical supplies being used to save lives; and this isn’t necessarily untrue, but aid is at its core a mechanism of International Law, as the main way this aid is arranged are agreements between countries. It is also one of the most misunderstood regular topics in the news, as most people in richer countries do not give it much attention, and when they do, they are bombarded with advertising from desperate charities such as Doctors Without Borders, who use the common tropes about aid to try to gain as much money possible. (Wikipedia, n.d.)
It is, however, incredibly important that we evaluate this system as the international community is set to send out millions of doses into a system that has been used and abused for years. Such an enterprise would be up there with the Marshall Plan in its extent. We must look at this aid initiative with good eyes, so we may clear our eyes of darkness and truly see.
Aid between countries has been around for as long as civilization. States have been sending aid, in the form of armies, food or other forms, to their allies for centuries. This system was always at the disposal of kings to create alliances and to make friends. However, this system was always a selfish endeavour. In the past, it was a way to make the state stronger. Today, it is used to make oligarchs and rich companies richer, to create virtual client-states and to force work out of people who are starving.
This point is shown in the Afghani Governments collapse. The US Government alone spent Billions of Dollars in Afghani Aid. 80% of the budget of Afghanistan was paid by the US and their other allies and $83 Billion Dollars went to the Afghan Army alone. Yet they collapsed almost as if they had never been there. The Afghan military was a farce ruled over by inept commanders, with US Dollars used to buy wasteful weapons that relied on US companies to keep running, as the Afghans had no one who could keep the weapons running, or bribe warlords that turned right around to pay off the Taliban. The leaders of government were corrupt beaurocrats who profited off the Americans and never thought they would leave, meaning they had lacklustre preparations for such an eventuality. It can only be said that some of the biggest problems that led to Afghanistan’s fall was the intense corruption caused by mismanaged aid.
Such an example is not infrequent. In Haiti, the money that the international community sent in to uplift the Haitians and help them rebuild their economy was mainly paid to non-Haitian organizations. These organizations used the money to, for example, build manufacturing parks, which pay workers unlivable wages and are run by companies such as Walmart and other Western companies. American dollars, in the service of aid, were being cycled back to American companies; a cycle of greed that left the people of Haiti, the people who were supposed to be helped, out of pocket. (Sherrin, 2016)
How can we fix this? How can we make certain that corruption does not take over this time? These vaccines will save peoples lives if they can just get to the people who need them. These are tough questions with very few satisfactory answers. Perhaps we could increase accountability in the countries that accept these vaccines. Perhaps we could require UN officials to keep watch over the vaccines from delivery to administration to the patients. I would argue that International Law has a fix. The UN would run the allocation of aid, as an independent eye would help avoid cronyism. Jurisdiction over misappropriation of aid money should be given to the International Criminal Court or one of its constituent bodies. The investigation of such crimes should be given to Interpol, ensuring an independent investigation. The country would be required to assent to this.
We could do endless things to fix this heartbreaking situation, but there is no choice here to continue as we have. Once again, people’s lives are in our hands, and we cannot let them down again.
Sherrin, J., 2016. BBC. [Online] Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37826098 [Accessed 30 08 2021].
Wikipedia, n.d. Wikipedia. [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid [Accessed 28 7 2021].


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By Nathen Amin
Some may argue that the topic of Henry VIII and his six wives is a subject that has suffered oversaturation in recent decades, with innumerable works produced analysing every possible aspect of the Tudor king’s relationship with the women in his life. The Six Wives and Many Mistresses of Henry VIII by Amy Licence, however, proves to be another worthy addition to the genre, taking a fresh look at an old subject as has become the author’s trademark in recent years.
Subtitled ‘The Women’s Stories’, this gives you an indication of what to expect from an author well-known for her work on the female gender of 15th and 16th century England, and this isn’t a negative thing. As with her previous, and probably future, books, this isn’t a work written by woman that is only intended to be read by women. Licence’s goal is to discuss the subject of Henry VIII and his tumultuous love life from the perspectives of his female companions, a varied and intriguing array of women whose voices have sometimes become obscured by the drama that surrounded this larger-than-life monarch. Even the most casual of observers is generally aware of Henry’s wants, needs and desires, noting how he infamously ploughed through several wives to satisfy his thirst; indeed, it has been documented time and time again.
In this particular work, however, Licence sets out, and succeeds, in her objective to bring sometime-queens such as Katherine of Aragon and Catherine Howard back to life, using contemporary sources to support her conclusions, some of which are mainstream and others which are innovative in their deduction. Where Licence’s book has worth, however, is in her thorough accounts of the lives of Henry’s lesser-known lovers, from Bessie Blount to Mary Boleyn, and from Elizabeth Carew to Jane Popincourt, women often reduced to a mere sentence or two in other works.
It soon becomes apparent that this isn’t a biography of Henry VIII, and true to her intention, the book is rather divided into sections documenting the life and times of the women, with each chapter and sub-section introduced with a contemporary quote, a nice touch. Part 1 of Six Wives covers the life of Catherine of Aragon, from her birth in 1485 to 1509, the year Henry VII died and Henry VIII became king, as well as her husband. Even so, Henry was powerful, handsome and lusty during the early years of his marriage, and Part 2 looks at Queen Catherine’s rivals in the Tudor court between 1510 and 1515, including Anne Hastings, the little-known Flemish maid Etiennette de la Baume, and the aforementioned ladies Popincourt and Carew. Etiennette, in particular, is an interesting addition as even well-read Tudor aficionados may not be aware of Henry’s French conquest, or another known mysteriously only as ‘Madame the Bastard’. Part 3, meanwhile, documents the king’s affair with Bessie Blount, the only woman with whom he had an acknowledged bastard, whilst parts 4-9 cover his remaining wives.
I particularly enjoyed the brief description of a man named William Webbe who cried vengeance against the king for Henry’s liaison with a woman described in official records as a ‘wench’, and whom he installed in a property for the purposes of adultery. I wished we knew more about Webbe, for it must have taken considerable courage to accuse the king when other men remained tight-lipped in such scenarios, out of fear no doubt.
What is evident from Licence’s study is that the women in Henry’s life were, as simply as it sounds, just that; living, breathing women, full of the same hopes and fears for their future as any woman walking the planet today. This may seem like an obvious statement, but too often in books relating to the Tudor era are the women reduced to caricatures – the proud woman, the scheming woman, the flirty woman and so on. The human mind is far more complex than this, shaped by circumstances both within and without each person’s control. Whilst we have the benefit of hindsight in knowing how their actions would shape their destiny, these women didn’t have that luxury. Licence attempts to explain those she is studying with this concept in mind, and in my opinion is successful in her endeavour. The myth, in essence, is stripped away until we’re faced with the reality.
Amy Licence is unquestionably one of the most popular Tudor authors of her generation, a reputation created from her clear style of writing, attention to detail and refreshing takes on a well-worn subject. The blurb for The Six Wives and Many Mistresses of Henry VIII pointedly asks “What was it like to be Mrs Henry VIII?”. After finishing this book, you will have a much better idea. A valuable addition to the study of both Tudor and female history.
Amy Licence is the author of several books on the Tudor dynasty and the Wars of the Roses, including In Bed With the Tudors (‘A fascinating book examining the sex lives of the Tudors in unprecedented detail’ Daily Express), Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York and The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII, all published by Amberley. Amy has written for the Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and BBC History Magazine and has appeared on BBC radio and television. She lives in Canterbury with her husband and two children


Rebecca Humphries thanked supporters for the "electric storm of kindness" she received after the Strictly Come Dancing scandal.
The actress was catapulted into the limelight after boyfriend Seann Walsh was photographed kissing her professional dance partner Katya Jones on the street.
After the pair was photographed, Humphries issued a statement accusing comedian Walsh of calling her "psycho / mad / mental" when she suspected something was happening and said the kiss occurred on her birthday.
One friend recently said, "Whenever someone describes me as" gentle, "I always wanted them to think of something less cute." The kindness I have been experiencing lately has been much sexier, so I wrote about it for VOGUEvoguevoguevogue …. https://t.co/6zYhndGqaB
– Rebecca Humphries (@Beckshumps) November 13, 2018
In an online article for Vogue, Humphries said he received the "most dynamic electric storm of kindness you could expect to experience" from the people after the kiss.
The actress thanked "the thousands of people who recognized that the Wonder Woman behind her statement was at the same time standing in the ruins of a destroyed reality – and their rush to provide humor, perspective and life force to help rebuild it."
She said, "Thank you all for your kindness. He gave me the tools to sweep the broken pieces and rebuild me – but better. "
Walsh and Jones, who is in a relationship with dancer Strictly Neil Jones, have apologized for the spin-off It Takes Two.
Since then, they have been eliminated from the BBC One show.
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'A Standard for Mediocrity:' Some Cyclists Say City Installed Sharrows Incorrectly
A big step for cycling in Los Angeles may end up being yet another challenge within city hall. Cycling activist Stephen Box says the city's first sharrows that were installed last Friday are misplaced. He says the sharrows' positioning can put cyclist in the door zone, indicate that the narrow lane is sharable and teaches drivers they can share the lane when there is no room for traveling side by side.
"It establishes a standard for mediocrity that sets the course for the implementation of future engineering innovations," explained Box on why he believes this blunder to be significant. If Box is right, the city is in at least the position of doing sharrows correctly the next time around because this is part of an ongoing pilot project with more sharrows to come to city streets in coming weeks.


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Forget Trezeguet missing the penalty. Forget Zizou being sent off on a ghetto foul. Keeping was the difference, and my caveat posted here earlier rang true. Zidane was clear and square and had a great header on goal that Buffon sent flying over the top post. Matzeratti’s similarly struck header went whizzing over Barthez’s head. ABC’s dumbasses chose Cannavaro for “Man of the Match” but that’s just ridiculous.
Both sides showed their strong defense, though France really had the better attacking play. Henri had some beautiful runs however Italy closed on him so fast. One wonders about the tactic of having him alone up front. This renders Cissé’s injury more important; not only did that influence Zizou’s return from retirement, it would have likely had two strikers up top. We don’t know if that would have changed the outcome, however Ribery and Henri would certainly have not had to run so much.
Trezeguet’s miss was just by centimeters. In light of the drama involving Zizou, the miss will be a footnote in World Cup lore. Misses happen. However, Henri, Ribery, and Viera were all subbed out, Trezeguet probably wouldn’t have been in the game to miss it. Not like he’s a horrible player, he isn’t. He just isn’t one of those three.
Zizou’s “whachu say about my momma” moment was quite inexplicable. People are going to recall this like they do Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal. The consequences were obvious to all of us, yet apparently not to one of the best to ever strap on boots. Hope if felt good. Y’all should know, Zizou is from the hood. He’s always had a reputation as one who likes to scrap, despite all the praise that’s been heaped on him by our US announcers as elegant, etc. Remember that like a lot of the pro athletes here you all complain about as being thugs, etc (I’m thinking of one fleet footed cornerback playing for the Titans) many players on the pitch here grew up in slums, and found football as a way out.
In the end, France didn’t lose the game, Italy won. They made their PK’s, they played great defense, and France’s goal came on a questionable PK. It was a good match that however leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
So . . . that’s all I have to say about that.

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Jade Saab (ed.), A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Latest Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia (Daraja Press and Transnational Institute, 2020).
Jadaliyya (J): What made you edit this book?
Jade Saab (JS): The start of the Lebanese uprising on 17 October 2019 galvanized a lot of my writing and focus. It was preceded very closely by mass protests in Iraq and soon after in Iran, too. With the addition of Sudan and Algeria, both of whom had been waging struggles since earlier that year, it became clear to me that the region was going through a second wave of revolutions.
With these five countries now engaged in struggles for fundamental change, a regional perspective, which also preserved the individual contexts of each country, was needed. I also believed that these protests should be presented as a continuation of the 2010-2011 movements, in what was proving to be a long revolutionary arc in the region.
At the same time, I serendipitously came across a group called the Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists. Within this circle, activists and academics were already writing extensively about the other uprisings. It was there that the idea for this book found fertile soil and agreement. With this vision in mind, eight writers, the majority from the Alliance, stepped forward to contribute. The outcome was five chapters written by activists and academics from each respective county—Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran.
J: What particular topics, issues, and literatures does the book address?
JS: When the 2011 uprisings in the region (the so-called “Arab Spring”) started, most coverage of the events were orientalist or reductionist, over emphasizing the role of and changes in information and communication technology, and presenting the uprisings as a sort of “awakening” of the people to democracy. This one-dimensional analysis ignored the history of the countries that made up the “Arab Spring,” as well as the key social actors fighting for change. Scholarship and media representation turned a blind eye to the political economy of each country, particularly how their subordinate insertion into the global capitalist economy was a major factor in causing those uprisings. The more radical aspects of those uprisings, demands for social equality, economic justice, and redistribution, were swept under a rug.
This project, to a large extent, is meant to fight against this superficial interpretation of politics in the region. It also seeks to highlight the 2019 uprisings and revolutions which have not received adequate coverage in western media—a result of uprisings in the region no longer being novel, as well as changes in global politics altering the ways in which the West is reporting (or not reporting) on them.
The book, apart from its introduction, is not written in a comparative style; however, any reader can surely make comparisons themselves. Instead, approximately half of each chapter is dedicated to exploring the history and economic conditions of each country. This allows the book to showcase the struggles that have helped shape each country and the social forces found today; it also ensures that the current uprisings and revolutions are not seen as a-historic or spontaneous events. This historical overview also presents a clearer picture of how social forces are currently divided, as well as how they emerged.
The second part of each chapter then elaborates on these social forces and answers questions of who is fighting these battles and how we can best understand their (often changing) political goals and aspirations.
Finally, every chapter concludes with the lessons we can draw from these uprisings and revolutions. This includes potential opportunities for the movements and reflections on what direction they should take or what kind of ongoing support they may need.
J: How does this book connect to and/or depart from your previous work?
JS: My work focuses on the study of social movements, especially revolutionary movements with socialist goals. My approach is usually historic, focusing on successful and failed socialist revolutions. This project was a something of a break from my usual work, as it saw me apply my research to events as they were unfolding in the region—and especially in my home country of Lebanon.
J: Who do you hope will read this book, and what sort of impact would you like it to have?
JS: I hope that people involved in these various movements pick this book up. It is for this reason that we will be releasing an Arabic version of the book early 2021.
I would like to reach this audience for several reasons. First, our region often lacks solidarity between various nations despite a common language. The struggle of each country produces important lessons for the other and makes it clear that our countries share a common position in global capitalism, the source of many of our economic woes. It is only through solidarity that we can overcome them.
Second, by placing our current struggles in their historical contexts, I hope that a deeper understanding of the threats these movements face can be developed. This includes shedding some of the foundational myths that have helped secure power for the ruling classes in each country.
Third, class dynamics in these uprisings is hugely important. It is only through class analysis that a way towards success can be found, as it helps us understand how ruling classes successfully entrench themselves and how to best mobilize those who will dislodge them.
J: What other projects are you working on now?
JS: Time permitting, I am hoping to work on an interview series with individuals from some of the main groups who have participated in the Lebanese uprising. The objective will be to better identify the political aspirations and perspectives of these groups, at time when a lull in such activities can be seen. Apart from that, I am continuing my research at the University of Glasgow into the role of ideology and the process of socialist revolutions, while also pushing forward with my organizing work as a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
J: You previously mentioned “changes in global politics.” What changes are these, and what impact are they having on the current protests?
JS: Much has changed since 2011. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, Russian geo-politics, and Chinese economic ascension have completely altered the context which allowed the superficial narrative of a natural expansion of liberal politics to be applied to the region during the “Arab Spring.” In addition to removing that frame, this context presents direct threats to the struggles in the region—including the destruction of Syria and the defeat of the revolution there, and the continuous civil wars in Libya and Yemen. The resulting plight of refugees, in addition to the rise of the far right around the world, all pose impediments to the success of these uprisings.
These factors pull together so that present uprisings, combined with the wave of anti-austerity protests around the globe in 2019, constitute a further threat to western dominance over the region. This has motivated many commentators to push back against such movements with greater force, eagerly declaring them dead on arrival with the hope of avoiding such a risk.
Excerpt from the book (from Chapter 5: “The revolutionizing nature of the Lebanese uprising,” pp. 121-124)
By the end of the 72-hours deadline, the uprising had managed to occupy all major public spaces and continued to shut down major roads leading to a de-facto general strike. When the PM gave his speech, it wasn’t to resign, but to announce a reform package that included a cut to ministers' salaries, a capital injection into housing loans which have previously been stopped, the closure of some state institutions and a reduction in the budget of others.
The reform package itself was immediately rejected by protesters who saw it as appeasement meant to replace genuine reform. A system that has done nearly nothing to improve the quality of life in three decades was not going to suddenly find the will to do so now.
In response to all this, the Army assumed its historic role and claimed neutrality saying that they will stop any act of violence against protestors and refuse to forcefully remove protestors or clear roadblocks. In reality, this proclamation was rather flexible. Although the army stopped a motorcycle convoy of government supporters from clashing with protestors the night of their announcements, at others point they did clear roads for ‘humanitarian reasons’.
In the week following the Prime Minister’s speech, a general state of civil disobedience continued, as too did the de-facto general strike. All major roads were blocked and mass attendance in the country’s squares led to a carnivalesque atmosphere with music, dancing, DJs and fireworks at night. Public squares saw a sort of life in them that had been forgotten. The streets became a school, various public squares and tents the classroom. There were daily public lectures on the economy, the constitution, history, the importance of public spaces. In these ‘classes’ you could see attempts at the creation of a new Lebanese identity away from all myths of sectarianism and reconstruction. Protests were also organized across the world by Lebanon's diaspora communities.
Displaying signs of shock and confusion, the ruling class resorted to televised speeches to calm or cast doubt on the protests. The president, Michel Aoun, expressed willingness to negotiate with speakers for the movement. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in a series of speeches stood firmly against the resignation of the government. He eventually asked his supporters to withdraw from the streets while claiming that the uprising was being manipulated by foreign powers. Known TV personalities tried to draw parallels between the protests that preceded the Civil War and the current uprising, stoking fears of what may happen in the event of a political vacuum.
Every political speech was met with an outpour of people onto the streets. The speeches became fuel for protestors. On one hand, they were received as confirmations of the most prominent slogan of the uprising: “Kiloun yani Kiloun” (all of them means all of them). The insinuations that the movement was externally funded was met with ridicule, especially since it was being spearheaded by a party that openly flouts the fact that it is almost exclusively funded by Iran. As for claims that the movement threatened a return to the civil war, this was met with the slogan “you are the Civil War, and we are the popular revolution”. For many participating in the protests, the uprising signaled the end of the Civil War era, not the start of a new one.
The apparent willingness for the government to negotiate with representatives of the movement also led to the overt rejection of any sort of leadership. What reverberated through the movement is the idea that no one can speak on behalf of the uprising, and anyone claiming to do so is a fraud. This is not surprising, those involved in the organizing efforts were drawing lessons from the 2015 mobilizations which saw leaders arrested and subjected to sustained media campaigns. This rejection popularized the slogan, “the people do not negotiate, they demand”.
On October 29, the Prime Minister resigned. Hours earlier however, a large group of Amal and Hezbollah supporters rampaged through downtown Beirut, attacking everyone in their way. They set fire to protesters' tents and to the symbol of the revolution, a clenched fist erected in the main square. Attacks on protestors in other areas also took place after the speech with acts of public vandalism and intimidation including gunfire. This happened as thousands of protesters poured into the streets to celebrate the resignation.
The resignation of the Prime Minister, while one victory, also had weakening effects for the uprising. Some protestors withdrew from the streets, seeing the resignation of the PM alone as a Sunni loss. The Prime Minister’s resignation also emboldened the President and his party supporters. His previous messaging of reform through the legal process meant that he and his party now solely occupy the mantle of reformism.
The government began promoting the rhetoric that the uprising was itself causing and exacerbating the country's dire economic situation. Citing the uprising's refusal to negotiate with the government, the latter gave security forces the mandate to ensure that roads remain open. There will be no more de-facto general strikes, and the absence of a labour movement meant that a genuine general strike could not be enacted
The uprising was also struggling with some of its own contradictions. Through the rejection of any leadership, the uprising has chosen to place itself in a reactive position limited to negative demands - pushing for what they do not want instead of actively building an alternative that reflected what they wanted. Possessing veto power unfortunately assumes that mobilization is limitless, a grave miscalculation. This also disqualified the creation of structures of resistance that could be amenable to popular demands, such as revolutionary councils organised on a democratic basis.
The second contradiction was found in the movement's claim of being ‘non-political’, As such, the demand of the creation of a transitory technocratic government presented an impression that Lebanon’s problems were purely scientific. This assumption would cost the movement dearly as we shall later see.
The uprising, at this early stage, also seemed unwilling to contest other government institutions. Trusting the army’s neutrality and refusing to attack or discuss how the complex networks of clientelism and private-public conflicts of interest between politicians and banks, construction companies, universities, hospitals and media companies were going to impact the progress of the uprising. Thus, the legal routes to change were given priority instead of direct action.
The contradiction and limitations of the movement can easily be attributed to the immaturity of the forces of the ‘civil movement’ and its preoccupation with electoral politics and the absence of labour or radical institutions that can form a unified strategy. However, formulating a unified positive program also presented a risk of ‘dividing the street’, where those who do not agree with some political aims may just abandon the uprising altogether.
With these structural limitations in place, it is understandable that the uprising coalesced around negative demands through a united front while leaving the ‘political’ tasks to be dealt with after the space for it has been created. That is, after the ruling class has been set aside and a new electoral law that allows for new ‘politics’ to enter the arena.

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Medical pot research OK’d for Delaware
Since January, Delaware lawmakers have removed criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession and opened the state’s medical marijuana program to minors.
But they made another move more quietly, voting to establish a legal framework that will allow facilities in Delaware to research the potential benefits of marijuana for medical purposes.
The vote came more than four years after the General Assembly legalized medical marijuana, but just days after the first marijuana dispensary opened in a nondescript industrial park west of Wilmington.
“Delaware has an opportunity here to be in the forefront pioneering research,” said Deb McPherson, of New Castle, one of about 400 Delawareans who have IDs allowing them to buy marijuana to help treat a medical condition.
Marijuana advocates like McPherson praised the legislation, which allows facilities that meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards to initiate research on potential medical benefits of the drug.
The law, signed by Gov. Jack Markell last month, allows research studies that include “demonstrations of safety and efficacy for treatment of medical conditions that often fail to respond to conventional treatment.”
Delaware and 22 other states, plus the District of Columbia, have legalized marijuana to treat a variety of medical conditions.
Delawareans can be certified by a doctor, and the state, to use the drug to treat symptoms associated with cancer, Alzheimer's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder and conditions that cause intractable nausea, severe pain or seizures, among other illnesses.
Still, there’s little evidence that validates marijuana as a proven medical treatment, even for some conditions in state medical marijuana laws, according to research published in June by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The research, which examined 79 trials involving more than 6,400 patients, found evidence that marijuana can help with pain reduction, and in reducing nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy.
Markell’s office said it only makes sense to lay the groundwork for additional research in states like Delaware that approve the drug for medicinal use.
“Since the state has approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes, it makes sense to research what those medical purposes might be,” said Jonathon Dworkin, a spokesman for Markell. “Given recent steps taken by the federal government to remove barriers to medical marijuana research...we are hopeful that there will be a trend toward allowing more of it.”
Dworkin pointed to the Obama administration’s decision this summer to no longer require a Public Health Service review of research involving marijuana. The U.S. FDA still must review research plans.
Delaware lawmakers did not appropriate any funds for additional medical marijuana research when passing the new law, which protects researchers against prosecution if they meet state and federal standards.
And it’s unclear which institutions might be interested in studying additional benefits of medical marijuana.
Lobbyists for the Delaware Healthcare Association, which represents hospitals, and the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology in Newark, registered interest in the legislation this summer. Lawmakers ultimately voted unanimously to pass the measure.
Mark Lally, president of Delaware’s only medical marijuana dispensary, the First State Compassion Center, said he is closely monitoring the issue.
“Anything that is going to...increase our knowledge about medical marijuana for the benefits of our patients is always an interest of ours,” Lally said.
Janie Maedler, of Rehoboth, said additional research into marijuana’s benefits is a must.
But she’s convinced, by a very personal story, that the drug can help.
Her 9-year-old daughter, Rylie, was the driving force behind legislation, signed by Markell in June, that allows minors access to marijuana-based oils for the treatment of seizures, severe muscle spasms, intractable nausea and other conditions not responding to other therapies.
Rylie began suffering from epileptic seizures after undergoing surgery in 2013 to remove a tumor that had spread from her jaw to the palate of her mouth.
Marijuana oils now help Rylie increase the threshold before a seizure will set in, allowing her to play outside on a hot day without as much worry, her mother says.
They also take the edge off persistent pain in her jaw, and reduce inflammation.
“She's had a wonderful summer,” said Janie Maedler. “This is probably been the best summer that she's had in the last two years.”
Maedler said more research should focus first on proper dosing for patients relying on marijuana as a medical treatment.
“We just need a lot more information,” Maedler said.
Contact Jonathan Starkey at (302) 983-6756, on Twitter @jwstarkey or at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Beyoncé And Jay-Z’s Children Blue Ivy, Rumi And Sir Appear In VOGUE Behind The Scenes Footage
In Vogue’s September cover story, Beyoncé says that she is now in a place of gratitude. “I am accepting of who I am. I will continue to explore every inch of my soul and every part of my artistry,” she says. “I want to learn more, teach more, and live in full.” In the behind-the-scenes video, which sees the star on set for her legendary photoshoot with 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell, we are able to share in Beyoncé living in full.
The video, which was also directed by Mitchell, sees the shoot through the eyes of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s six-year-old daughter Blue Ivy. “I’m going to film this!” she says in the background before doing a backbend (kids!) and shifting her gaze to the clouds. Beyoncé soon touches down (via helicopter) and Vogue’s September shoot comes alive. See Beyoncé shuffle, sashay, and even do the Jay-Z snarl in the behind-the-scenes video.
What did you think of the BTS?
Director: Tyler Mitchell
Fashion Director: Tonne Goodman
Writer: Jessie Heyman
Director of Photography: Eoin McLoughin
Set Design: David White
Hair: Neal Farinah, Nakia Rachon
Make up: Sir John
Manicurist: Samantha Jackson
Production: Sylvia Farago
Creative Directors: Beyonce Knowles-Carter & Kwasi Fordjour
Executive Producers: Erinn Williams & Dora Melissa Vargas
Creative Producer: Lauren Baker
BTS Director of Photography: Robin Harper
Editor: Andrew Morrow
Music: The Makings of You Composer: Curtis Mayfield Publisher: Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.


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The Red Cross has been responsible for so much good for so long. We don’t often think about the simple practicalities of war. Here you can see a British Red Cross worker, as she gives out biscuits and tea. PIctured in the stretcher is one of the recently released Australian POWs who were waiting to be transported to the Australian hospital ship TSMV Manunda. Although they’re close to reaching freedom and enjoying luxuries like tea and biscuits, these soldiers would have been captured and held for years in Japanese POW camps — and only beginning their road to recovery.
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ALL MUSIC wrote: “Some performers never make a bigger splash than with their first record, a situation that the Ramones and De La Soul know all too well. We High Land, Hard Rain Could Send Letters 12:52 6. If there is a theme to High Land Hard Rain, it’s about unrequited and requited love, and the key track lyrically and musically lands square in the middle of the album, the dramatic centrepiece. Domino are very honored to announce the North American release of the 30th anniversary edition of Aztec Camera’s classic debut album, High Land, Hard Rain. High Land, Hard Rain opens with “Oblivious,” one of the record’s more famous tracks, though in hearing it with fresh ears after a very long absence I was struck by two elements.
Frame, a stellar acoustic guitar strummer, fills the 13 songs with jazz chords, and Aztec Camera&39;s grooves foreshadow British jazz popsters the Style Council and Everything But the Girl. More High Land, Hard Rain images. With the original album remastered from the analog tapes (i’ve heard the test pressings and it does laps around the original pressing) and the CD package full of all sorts of super rare nuggets (many not available before digitally. High Land, Hard Rain Tracklist. Whether listeners want to investigate further from here High Land, Hard Rain is up to them, but High Land, Hard Rain itself is a flat-out must-have. High Land, Hard Rain Aztec Camera. The Bugle Sounds.
Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Aztec Camera / High Land, Hard Rain: new 2CD reissue Janu by Paul Sinclair tags: 1980s, aztec camera Domino Records will release a two-CD deluxe edition of Aztec Camera ‘s debut Hard Land, Hard Lane in February. Frame &39;s wry way around words of love (as well as his slightly nasal singing) drew comparisons to Elvis Costello, but Frame sounds far less burdened by expectations and.
Features Song Lyrics for Aztec Camera&39;s High Land, Hard Rain album. A railway ran through it (1) Away days (16) Bits of business (2) My back pages (8) Rangers and rovers (9) Archives. Shop High Land Hard Rain Video DVD at Best Buy. I bought it with the knowledge that it was a monumental and thus historically influential album in the 80&39;s - it was very unique and well-produced at the time. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1983 Vinyl release of High Land, Hard Rain on Discogs. Listen to your favorite songs from High Land, Hard Rain by Aztec Camera Now.
Format: 12" Vinyl, Year: 1983, Label: Rough Trade (ROUGH 47), Length: 37:13. &39; - Order by Phone. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. The first was the heights of Roddy Frame’s pop ability and at the tender age of 18; where much pop climbs to greatness in the details, “Oblivious” can be. Pillat to Post 7. Walk Out to Winter 4. Listen free to Aztec Camera – High Land, Hard Rain (Oblivious, The Boy Wonders and more).
Oblivious 0:00 2. The album itself reached number 22 on the UK Albums Chart. Typical of its day in some ways, though not in others. The album itself reached.
Among guilty pleasure albums from the 1980s, Aztec Camera’s debut High Land, Hard Rain maintains a surprisingly regular appearance on my turntable. referencing High Land, Hard Rain, LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat + 7", EP + Ltd, REWIGLP92, Aedrod02EP I have an original UK pressing and also an original japanese pressing and IMO this release and remaster is the best out of the three. Pillar To Post 18:39 7. The Boy Wonders Lyrics. High Land, Hard Rain Aztec Camera Rock · 1983 Preview SONG TIME Oblivious.
Over the years, my copy of the 1983 LP from Sire Records sustained a fair amount of needle time and admittedly, isn’t the pristine pressing it used to be. Listen to High Land, Hard Rain on Spotify. HIGH LAND, HARD RAIN seems more poignant 20 years on. Lost Outside the Tunnel 9.
Released April 1983. Three tracks from the album originally appeared on the Oblivious EP, which reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1983. You have requested the file: Name: High Land Hard Rain (1983). Domino&39;s expanded edition of the album comes very soon after Edsel&39;s, but it easily trumps it with the addition of a full second disc of remixes, versions, and rarities. Note that it&39;s a muscle-T. Walk Out To Winter 6:28 4. Aztec Camera - Stray New CD UK - Import.
High land, hard rain; Categories. ‘High Land, Hard Rain’ AZTEC CAMERA Released: 19 April 1983 Debut longplayer. There is certainly more to High Land, Hard Rain than Britpop, however. Aztec Camera&39;s 1983 album High Land, Hard Rain showcases frontman Roddy Frame at his most blissfully unaware, creating soulful post-punk with pieces that weren’t neccessarily supposed to fit. If nothing tops that on High Land, Hard Rain, most of the remaining songs come very close, while they also carefully avoid coming across like a series of general sound-alikes.
Frame&39;s wry way around words of love (as well as his slightly nasal singing) drew comparisons to Elvis Costello, but Frame sounds far less burdened by expectations and. We Could Send Letters 6. Although High Land, Hard Rain doesn&39;t feature my favourite frame tune ("Birth of the True", off of Knife, the generally inferior sophomore effort), it is easily the most consistent and exuberant Aztec Camera release.
High Land, Hard Rain is the debut album by jangle pop band Aztec Camera, released in 1983. The Bugle Sounds Again 9:54 5. It&39;s in excellent condition, though the texture of the design on the front indicates that it has been washed a number of times. Albums this electrifying - this pure, if you like - are few and far between in these indifferent times. High Land, Hard Rain (2-CD) by Aztec Camera - CD () for . Aztec Camera · Album · 1983 · 13 songs. High Land, Hard Rain is a more-or-less perfect record that, like so much great pop music, hides its bitter, sardonic core under a peppy, upbeat veneer. Orange Juice, Scritti Politti, The Smiths, and Prefab Sprout were Aztec Camera&39;s only contemporaries working at this level; each had their own idiosyncratic approach, making all of them the stronger for it.
The Bugle Sounds Again 5. High Land Hard Rain by Aztec Camera (CD,, Domino) 30th Anniv Re-Issue NEW! Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last. I was born in 1975 and Aztec Camera&39;s High Land, Hard Rain was released in 1983 so I can&39;t claim that this album had a huge impact on my life at that point in time. 10 tracks (40:39). Now 31 years old, High Land, Hard Rain feels remarkably contemporary — more so than the albums that the band released afterward. High Land, Hard Rain is the debut album by jangle pop band Aztec Camera, released in 1983.
See more videos for High Land, Hard Rain. 3:10 PREVIEW The Boy Wonders. Walk Out to Winter Lyrics. The Boy Wonders 3. High Land Hard Rain was released in April 1983 to launch them seemingly on this inevitable trajectory. Aztec Camera · Album · 1983 · 17 songs.
That High Land, Hard Rain is such a bona fide High Land, Hard Rain classic just forced endless comparisons to it throughout the band’s later career. If that’s the case, though, said musicians had better make sure that debut is a doozy. Label: Sire,Sire• Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: US • Genre: Rock, Pop • Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Indie Rock. Track listing: 1. High Land, Hard Rain: CD: 13: GB 1991; Rough Trade (pre-) ROUGH CD47: High Land Hard Rain (Expanded Edition) CD: 17: GB; Edsel Records: EDSA 5011. And it probably helps that fellow Glaswegians like Belle and Sebastian and Camera Obscura, as well as groups like Phoenix, have carried on its legacy in their own subtle ways. The Boy Wonders 3:13 3. Here&39;s a very rare find: a vintage 1983 promo shirt for the US release of Aztec Camera&39;s High Land, Hard Rain.
Aztec Camera&39;s "High Land, Hard Rain" is one of many albums I own that took a LONG time to like. Listen to High Land, Hard Rain (Expanded) on Spotify. Price Match Guarantee.
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BAGHDAD — There were street bands in Basra and fireworks in Baghdad. In Kirkuk, some sneered. And in Samawah, some saw relief.
Across the country Sunday, Iraqis greeted news of a draft constitution with the same divergent opinions as their leaders showed while wrestling for months over the charter's wording.
For Hassan Ali Hussein, a 28-year-old resident of the Shiite holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq, it was a day of hope.
"This means the end of terrorism and the building of a new Iraq that will be a great example for countries in search of freedom," said Hussein, one of dozens of Iraqis interviewed at random across Iraq.
For Mosul resident Ahmed Jaboori, 46, it was a day to be proud.
"This proves the water in Iraq is not stagnant. It is flowing, and we are progressing to a brighter future," he said, turning like many to colorful imagery to describe the historic day.
Al-Iraqiya, the U.S.-funded news channel, broadcast scenes of revelers all Sunday evening, featuring dozens of Iraqis congratulating the constitution's framers for completing the draft charter, which will be submitted for the approval of Iraqi voters in a referendum in October.
But there were ominous voices, too, apparently confirming the warnings from some opponents of the bitterly debated document that it could further divide Iraq.
In Kirkuk, an oil-rich northern city that some fear will be a point for conflict between Kurds and Sunnis, Ahmed Abdullah, a Sunni Arab, angrily denounced the draft charter Sunday.
"The new constitution does not represent all Iraqis," said Abdullah, a retired army general. "The Shiites and the Kurds wrote it for their own interests and to distribute wealth among themselves, with no consideration for Sunni opinions."
Abdullah predicted that Sunnis, who make up about 20 percent of the country's population but virtually controlled the state under Saddam Hussein, would boycott the constitutional referendum in October. Many other Sunnis, however, have predicted they will be deeply involved with the campaign to defeat the charter.
To the south, in the Shiite stronghold of Basra, Luay Ahmed Amir, a 46-year-old Shiite printer, saw the constitution in bleak terms.
"This constitution has been written to divide the nation," he said. "It is an Iranian-American project. ... These dangerous political tricks will not pass on us."
Samawah resident Ali Tayhour, a 44-year-old attorney, said he hopes the new constitution would bring Iraqis together.
"I hope they will vote for it," he said. "We do not want any differences, no distinguishing between different sects. After all we went through, we would like Iraqis to be able to point at the constitution with pride."
But Abu Salam, 51 said a vote for or against the constitution would be immaterial.
"There are many things that are more important to us than the constitution," said the Basra shop owner, complaining of the persistent lack of electricity, water and other services.
"Services should be provided first, and then we'll write a constitution," he said.


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On Monday we collect the next edition of MountainGetaways from the printers, in good time for the Spring Festival. Louis designed the front page with the spring theme taking up the whole of the upper half of the cover, instead of just the masthead. As I sit here in short sleeves, spring is suddenly alarmingly close, even though everything is still quite grey’nbeige and I thought it time to wet your appetite – and that of the growing number of potential visitors to Sequoia Gardens who visit my blog – with a few spring pictures from the past. All of them were taken at Sequoia Gardens…
Here my father poses proudly in the arboretum (‘collection of trees’) which was his great project through the 90s and which is now looking very impressive.
Marching up between two rows of widely spaced Tulip Trees is an avenue of azaleas. Later in the year the dense canopy of large leaves shield blue and white hydrangeas; still later the autumn leaves are a bright and cheerful yellow.
Another part of the arboretum; evergreens and deciduous trees of all kinds abound.
The deciduous azaleas, usually in shades of yellow and flame, are often beautifully scented as well.
Blossoms, azaleas, and the freshness of the first greens – these are what spring is about on the mountain.
However Sequoia Gardens offers much else besides… here we have Wisteria and Bearded Iris…
…and Wisteria and Japonica.
In fact Wisteria features all over Sequoia Gardens, sometimes in formal settings, sometimes scrambling through trees, or even self-supported.
Here are a few more photos, taken during late September and early October at Sequoia Gardens.
The delicacy of the early leaves of some Japanese maples have to be seen to be believed!
To begin with there is very little green, but gradually the leaves on the trees change the whole density of the views, and in a gentle year the soft greens of the young growth are one of the overriding impressions of spring.
I do think I prefer the delicate signs of spring to the in-your-face brightness of massed azaleas…
…but that doesn’t stop me from getting as carried away as everyone else when I have a camera in hand!
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Loaded with crunch, this sweet-tart slaw can be made ahead for a family gathering. There’s no mayonnaise in the dressing, so it’s perfect to take to a picnic. —Donna Sasser Hinds, Milwaukie, Oregon
- 1 medium head cabbage (about 2 pounds), shredded
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1 large carrot, shredded
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper
- In a large bowl, combine cabbage and salt; let stand for 1 hour.
- In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, water, celery seed and mustard seed. Bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; cool.
- Add the carrot, green pepper and vinegar mixture to the cabbage mixture; stir to combine. Transfer to large freezer bags; seal and freeze for up to 2 months.
- Remove from the freezer 2 hours before serving. Serve with a slotted spoon. Yield: 10 servings.
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Ty Patterson, CHS Senior, has chosen to sign a letter of intent to join the track team at Barton County to throw the javelin. He becomes the latest Cardinal to become a Cougar, as Cheney is also sending two golfers and two softball players to Barton next year.
Patterson is a standout javelin thrower for Cheney whose top throw this season is 171’8″, which is a top ten throw in Class 3A. He finished 2nd in the CPL last year and looks to have a strong finish to this season. On the track, Ty recently tied the school record with a 200m dash time of 22.7 seconds. Ty also has been an all league football player and all league basketball player for the Cardinals.
He plans to major in Sports Management at Barton County. Joining Ty at his signing were his parents (seated) Kelly and Linda Patterson and CHS Head Track Coach Rich Simmons.


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Avengers: Endgame is almost upon us! While we simply can’t wait for this event (and yes, this is most definitely an event), at the same time there is a small amount of doubt that has been creeping into our minds lately. Will Avengers: Endgame be just as good as Infinity War?
There are a number of reasons to have these fears seeping in. For one, if you weren’t a fan of Ant-Man and the Wasp or Captain Marvel, you have every reason to be worried. Ant-Man and the Wasp introduced us to travelling in the Quantum Realm which will undoubtedly be a huge part of Endgame. And Brie Larson‘s Captain Marvel will soon be heading the Avengers and be an integral part of how the team defeats Thanos in Endgame. Considering Larson’s performance was average at best, we’re hoping this was largely due to the direction she was given and not necessarily her take on the character.
But even if you loved the last two MCU instalments, there’s just a simple fact that Infinity War was so good that expectations for Endgame are extremely high. And, anytime when you have a large hype surrounding a film, you are bound to disappoint some people. However, at the same time, Infinity War had been built up for years. It was comical watching end credit scene after end credit scene hoping one day Thanos would get off of his throne and finally wreak havoc on us all. And then he finally came and we wished he hadn’t wrecked us so bad. The second part of this story should be the same, right?
Well, not necessarily. Infinity War left us at the midpoint of the story whereas Endgame will be the very end. And if there’s anything we’ve learned from reviewing television shows, comics, and films it’s that the ending is arguable the hardest part of the writing process. If the ending doesn’t land with your audience, you’re in trouble. At least, with a franchise that’s been building up for eleven years now.
Even if Endgame ends up being just okay at best, it has the potential to completely taint Infinity War. Remember, these are essentially one film split into two parts. If part two is bad, you will never look at part one the same way again.
This is also the part of the film where characters will most likely die for real. There’s nothing wrong with characters dying, in fact, we hope some do. But it’s how they die that will matter. Loki’s death in Infinity War was probably the most underwhelming part of the film for a number of reasons. He definitely wasn’t as sneaky as he could have been when he tried to trick Thanos and people saw his death coming a mile away based solely on the trailers. If a character such as Tony Stark or Steve Rogers goes out in a similarly underwhelming fashion, it will definitely put a damper on the overall story. Loki may not have been an important character to the MCU as some Tony or Steve but he was a fan favourite. If they messed up one death, they could easily mess up another.
In all seriousness, we’re absolutely certain Avengers: Endgame will exceed our expectations just like Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Or Kingdom Hearts III. Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald?