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Bret "Baldman" Troie 18/11/2019 Comments Off on BLAME ZEUS – Seethe
Seethe by Blame Zeus
Blame Zeus's new record "Seethe" is a ten-track masterclass on how to write an accessible, ear-catching, progressive rock record. It's being released on November 8th, 2019 via Rockshots Records, and it is an album that rock fans need to hear. It's filled to the brim with tasty, decadent passages that segue into massive releases in the form of big hooks, courtesy of world-class vocals, and great musicianship. With a rare, uncanny ability to connect with her lyrics, vocalist Sandra Oliveira manipulates her voice with impressive results. Excellent examples of this can be found on "Blood Stained Hands," "Into The Womb" and the spellbinding "White".
The slow-burning inferno "Down To Our Bones," is an outstanding track featuring a guest performance from Rui Duarte, the vocalist of legendary Portuguese Thrashers "Ramp." The combination of Rui and Sandra's voices is a treat to the ears. The talent of the rhythm section is on full display with luscious drum and bass accents that play under driving riffs. "The Obsession Lullaby" has a cocky swagger to it. It builds up to a bombastic chorus section as well as an outstanding solo. The melodies in the track are infectious. The tracklist order takes the listener on a twisting road of intense emotions, yet provides much-needed breaks with "White," and " No," before pounding the final nails into the aural coffin with "The Warden" and "The Crown And The Gun".
With Seethe, Blame Zeus crafted an exceptional record that will appeal to a broad audience. The big hooks, infectious melodies, accessible riffs, and excellent mix, will grab the casual rock fan. The level of musicianship and wealth of nuances in the playing will keep the sonically educated listener engaged. It's a record that truly rewards both sides of the listening spectrum. You will find something to love in this record. If you have been hunting for an outstanding progressive rock record that keeps you coming back for more, let this record "Seethe" into your soul.
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Social media now the main news source for younger audiences
Bob Collins August 31, 2016, 10:11 AM Aug 31, 2016
There's not a lot of great news in the fifth annual Oxford University Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey. The most favored sources of news for people are the media least likely to provide in-depth information and, in many cases, serious news.
The biggest change, the survey said, has been the growth of news accessed via social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. That's not terribly surprising; it's not terribly depressing. Social media is a great place to learn about the news because it's so easy for journalists to get bottom-line information to the audience quickly.
Where it becomes "interesting" — to coin a term — is where social media is the dominant source of information.
The majority of a younger audience now gets its news primarily through social media. The survey, a reputable annual piece of research, seemed through the quotes that illustrate the respondents choices, to also make them appear as vapid as some of the stories that qualify as news.
Totally. I mean one minute a 69-year-old man is alive and then he's dead. Crazy, right?
One in 10 people now use social media as their main source of information, but it's a statistic that's still hard to translate since a sizeable amount of that information comes from the work of mainstream reporters, who are often toiling for institutions that are dying. When the plug is finally pulled on newspapers, for example, what then?
"Social media is just one way of accessing online news – the vast majority of which still ends up being consumed on a news website," the survey says.
In addition to online access, most consumers also continue to access news via TV, radio, or print but the extent of this is significantly affected by age. For every group under 45, online news is now more important than television news. For 18–24s social media (28%) comes out ahead of TV (24%) for the first time with print lagging behind at just 6%.
But a startling conclusion of the survey is that people are just fine with social media algorithms replacing human editors in selecting what news people see. Thirty-six percent said they are happy with algorithms selecting the news based on what people have already ready, while only 30 percent said they are most happy with the judgment of editors.
But the survey said "traditional" news brands are still enormously important. "Most of the content consumed still comes from newspaper groups, broadcasters, or digital born brands that have invested in original content," it said.
It's hard to know how far – or how fast – the shift to distributed media will go, but this feels like the beginning of a new phase of media disruption. News organisations will need to keep adapting to the changes ahead – whilst recognising that journalistic track record, trust, and brand equity will remain necessary if not sufficient ingredients of success.
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Shaquille O'Neal Held Up NYC Traffic To Help Woman Who Fainted In Crosswalk
To the rescue.
If you're ever in trouble and Shaquille O'Neal just happens to be in the neighborhood, just know Superhero Shaq is on the way. The NBA icon has developed a reputation for helping those in need when dire circumstances seem to arise, and things weren't any different on Monday. According to TMZ, Shaq was making his way through the East Village in New York City when there was a bit of commotion on the street. He saw that a woman had fainted in the middle of a crosswalk, so he rushed to her aid.
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Shaq reportedly jumped out of his car and with the help of a few other NYC residents, helped the woman regain consciousness. Shaq and company stayed by the woman's side until emergency responders arrived, although drivers weren't happy, and it's reported that her fainting episode was connected to her diabetes diagnosis.
Back in 2018, Shaq was on his way to hand out turkeys during the Thanksgiving season with the Broward Sheriffs Office when he witnessed a car accident. There were children in one of the vehicles with their mother, so Shaq stayed with them to help calm them down from the jarring situation. While the deputies on site handled the situation with the adults, Shaq acted a makeshift babysitter. Check out a clip of that moment below.
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Posted by Sandboxer June 14, 2017
The glowing orb stunt should have been a sign that all was not what it seems. Theatrics, in the world of politics, usually suggest an illusion needs to be spun for audiences somewhere.
A week after US President Donald Trump's eyesore of a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the real question is "why?" What was the purpose of convening leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim nations to greet a US head of state amidst much pomp, ceremony and an excruciating amount of flashing cameras?
The Riyadh summit had several goals, most of which specifically served Saudi and American political interests.
US President Donald Trump's gains were clear – he would score points at this impressive international showing of Muslim leaders who would help counter his anti-Muslim reputation at home. This would take place in the Middle East, at the heart of his fight against "radical Islamic terrorism." Trump would be well-compensated in the form of the US's largest arms deal in history, a booty he could claim would boost his home economy. Trump would also leave with a blank check for Palestinian-Israel "peace," bestowed by a Saudi king who has no authority to negotiate anything on behalf of Palestinians. And finally, the US president would piggyback the legitimacy of 55 Arab and Muslim states to craft a Middle East policy that targeted Iran, its allies and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) – even though no consensus whatsoever was reached at the summit.
In their eyes, the Saudis scored even bigger. The cash-and-credibility-hemorrhaging Saudis are losing ground in all their international fights – in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and against Iran. Here was an opportunity to convene leaders and representatives from 55 Arab and Muslim nations (only 33 heads of states showed up) to underscore Saudi Arabia's position as the custodian of Sunni Islam. For the power-mad Saudis, nothing would showcase their primacy better than the presence of a US president on his first official foreign trip. They forgot, for that moment, that legitimacy is derived from one's own populations, not from a western head of state sword-dancing next to one's king. After the summit, Riyadh would go on to unilaterally craft a declaration, unseen and unapproved by the VIP guests, that claimed to outline the gathering's foreign policy priorities.
But most importantly, this summit would allow the Saudis – who are terrified at the potential repercussions coming their way from decades of funding global terrorism – to very publicly take cover under Trump's skirts. And the US president, who knows very well that the Saudis are the epicenter of global terror, offered up America's protection and complicity in order to secure his doggy bag of treasures.
This generous give-and-take between the Saudis and Americans took place on the day of the summit, amidst much back-slapping. Then, a few days later, the fallout began.
First, Saudi vs Qatar
This past week, a flurry of media headlines alerted us to the first hard crack between summit participants. News reports began emerging that Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani had deviated from the Saudi talking points by supporting engagement with Iran and defending resistance groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE retaliated swiftly to this slight by blocking Qatari media outlets, recalling their ambassadors and launching a war of words against Doha.
Why the swift and punishing response toward a fellow member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)?
Qatar has long struggled to get out from under the shadow of its much larger Persian Gulf neighbor Saudi Arabia, and has spent the past dozen years building up media networks like Al Jazeera and investing in major western corporate, think tank, educational and sports brands to power project well beyond its regional stature. The tiny sheikhdom's biggest coup, however, was to secure the establishment of the US military's largest regional base on its territory, which allowed Doha to continue provoking its Saudi competitor with little risk of consequence.
Then in 2011, the Qataris put their full weight behind "Arab Spring" efforts to overthrow a slew of Arab governments. Most of the Qatari-backed incoming regimes and opposition activists, however, were Islamists, mainly of the MB variety, which is reviled by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The Saudis were initially caught off-guard by the swift events sweeping the region, but quickly rallied to mount a region-wide counterrevolution to reverse the political gains of the Qatari- and Turkish-backed MB groups. Saudi operatives funneled manpower, money and weapons to reestablish Riyadh's influence. The Saudis revived their famed jihadi networks to flood Syria and other places with extremist militants that could tip the balance of power back in its direction. It wasn't just Qatar and the MB in Saudi sights – the regional uprisings, particularly in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, threatened to shift the region in a direction that benefitted Iran, Saudi Arabia's biggest regional adversary.
In Riyadh ten days ago, the Saudis thought they had struck gold. After eight years of dealing with a somewhat unsympathetic Obama administration, here was Trump acquiescing to their every whim. The Saudi declaration issued at the end of the summit – as well as speeches delivered during the event – struck out at Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah and Hamas, and promised American cooperation in isolating them. The Saudis were on a high, but they were also mostly alone.
A broad divergence of interests
While the Saudi-Qatari spat hit the headlines, there are countless other differences among summit participants that will scuttle Riyadh's ambitions.
The anti-MB UAE has stood firmly by Riyadh's side in condemning Doha, but diverges – even within its own borders – on assuming an aggressive position against Iran. Call it Dubai-versus-Abu Dhabi if you will. Dubai, with its large Iranian expat population and significant trade with the Islamic Republic, is less worried about its Persian neighbor. As a 2009 Wikileaks cable from the US embassy in Abu Dhabi puts it:
"While MbZ (Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Mohammad bin Zayed) is a hard liner on Iran, there are accommodationists within his own system, especially in Dubai, where the Ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (Prime Minister of the UAE) takes a position that is much closer to Qatar's."
Other GCC states are even more loathe to confront Iran. Oman has repeatedly ignored Saudi demands to toughen its stance against Iran, and remains a key Iranian diplomatic partner in the region. The two states participated in joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman as recently as April, and it was Muscat that hosted the initial secret US-Iran meetings which kick-started the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.
GCC member-state Kuwait also remains relatively neutral on Iranian matters. Up to 40% of Kuwaitis are Shiites, and the country has avoided much of the sectarian strife that afflicts Saudi Arabia and now Bahrain. It is to Kuwait that Qatar's emir has now turned to negotiate a peace with the Saudis and UAE in the aftermath of last week's fallout. The Qataris, who have dealt opportunistically and not ideologically in their regional relations, share the world's largest gas reserve with Iran, a further incentive to maintain a neutral stance on Tehran.
In fact, most of the Sunni states that attended the Riyadh summit are flat-out furious about the violent sectarianism and extremism that has emerged in the past few years. And many of them blame the Saudis for it.
Last August, an unprecedented conference of 200 leading Sunni clerics from around the world was held in Grozny to determine "who is a Sunni." Excluded from the gathering were representatives of both the Wahhabi sect (Saudi Arabia and Qatar's official religion) and the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamic world is looking to tackle the deviance and sectarianism that has borne groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda – not indulge it, as would be the case if they embraced the Saudi 'vision' in Riyadh.
But in an effort to bulldoze through a "Sunni consensus" under the umbrella of "Saudi-American power," the Saudis ignored every gorilla in that summit room.
Not only do many of the meeting's participants blame the Saudis for unleashing the jihadi genie, most of them wouldn't for a minute look to Saudi 'leadership' if it weren't for the Saudi cash. Case in point, Sunni regional giants Turkey and Egypt. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn't even show up to Riyadh, citing other engagements. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did attend – he was one of three invited to press his palms upon the 'glowing orb' to inaugurate the Saudi counterterrorism-something-or-other.
But more than anything, Sisi was invited to Riyadh as an important set extra – to visually demonstrate that the great Arab state of Egypt was passing the mantle of leadership to Saudi Arabia's King Salman.
Where the Saudis viewed former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as a stalwart ally, they view Sisi as nothing of the sort. Sisi may agree with Riyadh on the evils of the Muslim Brotherhood, but he has absolutely no tolerance for Saudi Arabia's support of terrorist groups throughout the region, and has been a right royal pain on the issue of Syria.
Egypt may hanker after the Saudi billions – which it has received in spades for its anti-MB efforts – but Egyptians have little affection for the Saudis and have sparred publicly and privately in recent years and months.
Whereas Riyadh could once count on Egyptian troops to support its military incursions, today Cairo has rejected participation in the Saudi-led war against Yemen – alongside another staunch Saudi ally, Pakistan.
The Saudis recently hired Pakistan's former army chief General Raheel Sharif to head up their 39-nation "Muslim NATO" construct to fight terrorism, but now rumors are rife that he will resign amidst a national uproar over his decision. Pakistanis, like other straight-thinking Muslims, are uncomfortable about the prospect of a military alliance that appears to have been conceived primarily to fight Iran – and Shiites.
On the surface, the purpose of the Riyadh summit was to amass a coalition of like-minded Arab and Muslim partner-states, under a Saudi-American banner, to wage war against terror. In fact, this is a Saudi and American-led initiative created not to tackle terror, but to 'reframe' it to encompass political adversaries.
Look out for pundits and politicians spinning these new narratives that Iran, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood are equally as dangerous as ISIS and Al Qaeda – never mind that the former have been around for decades without triggering the global security meltdown spawned by the latter.
In Riyadh, the Americans and Saudis made a great show of jointly announcing two additions to their "terrorism" list – one was a senior Hezbollah official, the other a senior member of ISIS.
This is not the war against terror that the heads of states gathered in Riyadh anticipated. This is a sectarian war, conceived by a sectarian state that has funded, armed and organized the very global terrorism it purports to fight. And every single US administration since the events of 9-11 has acknowledged this direct Saudi role in terror.
In Riyadh, the show went on anyway. But there's not a person in that room who didn't understand the game. Forget the 'Sunni consensus' after Riyadh. Of the 55 nations represented at the summit, the Saudis will be lucky to retain five.
This article was first published at RT's Op-Edge on June 1, 2017. Follow the author on Twitter and Facebook.
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The High Spot: Ring of Honor, TNA, Payback, and the Top Stories of the Week
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Welcome to the High Spot, Place to Be Nation's weekly pro wrestling update. Steve Wille (@SteveWille34) will take you through the biggest story of the week in the world of wrestling, adding in a unique view to help put the story in perspective. Glenn Butler (@Glenniebun) then takes a quick look at other important stories of the week. If you have any tips or story ideas, please contact us at info@placetobenation.com!
As Impact Wrestling struggles through cost-cutting measures and a complete revamp of their roster, fans have been prematurely predicting their demise. Of course, this is nothing new for Impact, a distant second place promotion behind the juggernaut that is the WWE. With its downturn, there are some that question whether Ring of Honor is catching up or even surpassing TNA. Before now, there have been few measurable metrics available to compare the two. Surely, Impact has the bigger, more global television deal and, subjectively, better "production values", that catch-all phrase wrestling fans overuse to describe how the product looks on the screen. But this summer, a few events have emerged that will allow fans and pundits to directly compare the two companies.
Impact Wrestling made the first move, booking the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York for six television taping dates over the course of two weekends. Ring of Honor historically has run in this venue several times a year, selling out the facility on multiple occasions. Once these tapings occur, it will be an easy comparison to see which company draws more, by measuring the average number of tickets sold per event.
As the WWE transitions away from the traditional pay-per-view model, Impact has started to increase its PPV offerings in a reversal of its 2013 strategy. Ring of Honor has joined the fray, announcing its first live PPV event, "Best in the World" on June 22nd. ROH formerly had taped PPV events under its previous ownership. Again, the emergence of both entities on traditional pay-per-view creates an objective measure. If the events are available in an equal amount of homes, a direct comparison of the buy rate is a simple way to compare the two.
Finally, in what's to me the most interesting move, Ring of Honor booked a new "Field of Honor" show at MCU Park, a minor-league baseball stadium in Brooklyn, NY, on August 15th. Impact has been running similar shows to this, called "BaseBrawl," for several years, including a few at this very park. Again, the direct comparison with attendance figures can serve as an indication of the promotions' relative health, both in drawing and advertising power. Scanning reports from previous Impact events at MCU Park, attendance was around 3,000, which would be a huge number for ROH. In terms of the show itself, the original Field of Honor concept took place in 2003 and was a round-robin tournament with multiple blocks, somewhat akin to the World Cup or similar tournaments in New Japan and All Japan Wrestling. There's no current clarification as to whether ROH will maintain a tournament format or if the title is merely a pun related to holding the event at a baseball stadium.
Fill ALL the Roster Spots: TNA recently announced that their upcoming Slammiversary pay-per-view special event extravaganza will see the US television debut of Marshall and Ross Von Erich. Considering the need for fresh young talent and the fact that Slammiversary will take place on Fathers' Day, these Von Erichs will be accompanied to the ring by their father, Kevin Von Erich. TNA had previously been the television home of Lacey Von Erich; they are apparently cornering the market on Von Erich wrestling in the twenty-first century.
And Now for Something Completely Different: As Steve gushed about on Episode 10 of the Main Event, Chikara's return to iPPV saw Icarus become only the second Grand Champion, making Eddie Kingston pass out while locked in the Chikara Special submission hold. Icarus cemented his face turn by covering up his frightening full-back tattoo which scares small children and sickens pregnant women. The massive heel group The Flood attacked the technicos post-match, and a character that looked like the combination of DC Comics' villains Doomsday and Bane destroyed the impish Kobald with a devastating one-hand chokeslam. Shockingly, long-time technico Solider Ant also joined The Flood, for reasons yet unknown. Was he kidnapped and brainwashed, or did he turn on his own volition? Chikara returns to action on June 21st in Chicago for two events. The must-see event can be ordered on-demand at smvod.com.
He's Got NBC-Universal in His Hands: In what must be a result of the recent deal between WWE and NBC-Universal regarding the 649849 hours of wrestling television WWE produces weekly, recent episodes of Raw and SmackDown have been added to the WWE Network with a delay of only one month rather than the longer delay evident in prior months.
The Weematch: It has come to this. There are times in wrestling when you need to rely on a feud to get you through a few months, whether it's because other parts of the show aren't quite catching on the way you might like, or perhaps someone important has been sidelined by injury. This Sunday on the Payback super special super show, Hornswoggle and El Torito will meet in a return match from their recent series on television and WeeLC match at Extreme Rules. Torito has by now run through all four members of 3MB, including a win in WeeLC, so one might think this feud has been one-sided; this week on Raw, however, Hornswoggle gained the upper hand and exhibited extraordinary strength when he tore El Torito's tail off with his bare hands in a brutal assault. El Torito exhibited extraordinary endurance and pain tolerance by even remaining conscious through the ordeal. Luckily, one of his colleagues grabbed up the shorn tail and put it on ice. (One can only think what might have happened if the tail had fallen into the hands of someone who might draw inspiration from the Big Bossman.) It remains to be seen if they made their way to an emergency facility quickly enough after the on-site paramedics failed to reattach the appendage, and how successful any attempt at reconstructive surgery may have been. ("On-site paramedics failed to reattach the appendage" is a kind way of referring to what may be, depending on one's individual perspective, either a medical professional declining to enter into a procedure that falls outside his medical expertise, or a shameful case of discrimination against bulls that highlights how far our society still has to go. Make up your own mind.) The tail is not an incidental part of a bull's body — it aids most bulls in keeping flies away, but for a bull as compact and athletically active as El Torito it must have a crucial role in the amazing balance he shows while plying his acrobatic talents — so this injury could handicap Torito significantly heading into the coming match. Torito might be a rough beast come Sunday, slouching toward Rosemont, Illinois to be born…at the very moment when both competitors need to be at their best, as this match will have dire consequences for the loser: Torito's mask, or Hornswoggle's hair. One has to go; the WWE is no longer big enough for both of them. It has, indeed, come to this. As ever, we here at PTBN's High Spot will be closely following these ongoing developments.
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This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. The official opening ceremony was themed around a "Tribute to Africa, Cradle of Humanity and Congo" and was comprised of several poetic and musical scenes to tell the story of a transforming Africa and Congo also paying tribute to 50 years of African Olympism. The show was broadcast live in Africa and livestreamed for the international audience.
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CONNECT Music Licensing and Music Canada launch "Understanding Royalties In the Digital Age" video series, supported by Ontario Creates
CONNECT Music Licensing and Music Canada have released a new video series, titled Understanding Royalties In the Digital Age, which clearly and succinctly explains key concepts and fundamentals about music royalties in Canada. The series expands on information from CONNECT's often-cited Music Royalties Explained infographic, and aims to help Canadian artist entrepreneurs collect all the royalties they are entitled to.
Made possible by the support of Ontario Creates, the four part series of short, shareable videos explores the process of licensing, distribution, and generating income from the broadcast and public performance of music. The videos are:
The Anatomy of a Song
Public Performance
Digital Distributors
The Journey of a Song
"These videos are designed to provide Canadian artist entrepreneurs with key information about music rights, licensing, and how to collect royalties from the use of their music," said Catherine Jones, Vice President of CONNECT Music Licensing. "By clearly outlining the royalties that artists are entitled to when their music is used, these videos will help more artists collect revenue and earn a living from their music."
"All creators should have a working understanding of the royalties they are entitled to when their music is streamed online, played on the radio or broadcast in a restaurant, club, bar, fitness club or live event venue," said Sarah Hashem, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Music Canada. "These videos outline how artist entrepreneurs can register their works with the applicable Canadians rights organizations, so that they can get paid when their music is played."
"Empowering artists to understand the intricacies of copyright and the mechanics in place for them to be compensated for their work is essential," said Miranda Mulholland, artist, and Creative Culture Advisor at Music Canada. "Ensuring artists have access to this knowledge makes the entire music ecosystem more robust."
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Bucks County Plein Air Festival calendar of activities
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For four days, June 5 to 8, residents and visitors alike have the unique opportunity to observe 50 of America's finest artists as they paint en plein air.
June 5: Morning painting in Newtown
Step back in time: Historic Newtown Borough, on the National Registry of Historic Places, with notable architecture spanning 300 years; or Tyler State Parks' hidden treasures, such as Schofield Ford Covered Bridge (off Swamp Rd), and the Lenape Indians' Council Rock overlooking the Neshaminy.
June 6: Morning painting at Lake Nockamixon
Sunrise vistas, wildlife, and views of Mount Haycock, from the south side of the lake, await.
Afternoon painting in Perkasie
Easels pop-up in a turn of the century small town full of charm: the Carousel in Menlo Park, on Market & 7th; pre-revolution homestead and cemetery; and one of the oldest of the twelve Bucks' covered bridges, the South Perkasie Covered Bridge in Lenape Park.
June 7: Morning painting in Delaware River villages
Follow the Delaware River and Canal via Route 32, Lumberville to the North, with its Foot Bridge to New Jersey, the historic Black Bass Hotel and General Store to Centre Bridge, Phillips Mill & Carversville, with its Cotswold charm, to the South.
Afternoon painting in New Hope
Plein air painting in the birthplace of the American Impressionist movement in the early 20th century known as the New Hope School. The largest of the river villages, New Hope has deep roots in the arts both past and present. The one-square-mile town includes 240 structures in its Historic District, spanning 300 years of architecture. There's the Parry Mansion, Bucks County Playhouse, Cannon Square and Bridge Street's Mansion Row to enjoy. Today it remains a huge draw to visitors and artists alike with its artisan shops, entertainment, restaurants and Inns.
June 8: All-day painting in Bristol
Historic Bristol, est. 1681, is the recent winner of Small Business Revolution's "Main Street" competition and Bucks County's southernmost river town. Once a major ferry stop, travelers would stay at The King George II Inn, which is still in operation, 335 years later.
June 9 2016 Tyler Tasting's Collectors Party!
Ticketed Event
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 6 to 9:30 p.m.
The Collectors' Preview Party offers the first opportunity to see the entire competition show. Join us for a night filled with good food, wine, spirits, music, and art as the Bucks County Community College Foundation hosts its annual Tyler Tasting Party at the historic Tyler mansion and gardens. The winners of this year's Plein Air Festival will be announced at 8 p.m. by guest host Alasdair Nichol, vice chairman of Freeman's and a regular appraiser on the Antiques Roadshow on PBS. Celebrate the artists and be among the first to view and purchase their award-winning pieces.
Tyler Tasting Collectors Party tickets now available! To purchase visit bucks.edu/about/foundation/events/tylertastingparty/
June 10 and 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Plein Air Festival & Quick Draw Demonstration and Competition


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Evel Knievel Motorcycles
If you have never heard of Travis Pastrana, you likely will soon enough. The motorcycle daredevil next month will attempt a big-air jump that went horribly wrong for Evel Knievel nearly 50 years ago.
Travis Pastrana attempted to pull of three of the most famous Evel Knievel motorcycle jumps ever in one night, but did he manage to land them all? There will never be another Evel Knievel, but if.
LAS VEGAS – Honoring the man who paved the way for dozens of daredevils, Travis Pastrana succeeded in triplicating three of Evel Knievel's iconic motorcycle jumps Sunday night. Donning his own Knievel.
Jul 24, 1971. Talk story about Evel Knievel, a 32 year-old native of Butte, Montanan, who recently jumped over 10 automobiles with his motorcycle for the.
During the peak of his career, Evel's motorcycle jumps were some of the most popular televised sporting events of the time. He was definitely one of the most.
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Evel Knievel's stunts seem relatively quaint now that viral videos are just a few clicks away. However, he's an enduring icon whose stunts are no less impressive today. With that in mind, Travis.
Jun 24, 2013. Evel Knievel always wanted to jump across the Grand Canyon on his motorcycle. But it was his son Robbie who performed the stunt on May 20,
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Daredevil Travis Pastrana has successfully replicated three of Evel Knievel's motorcycle jumps. Appearing Sunday night in Las Vegas on the History Channel's "Evel Live," Pastrana.
Evel Knievel gained international fame from his risky motorcycle jumps — and crashes. And while those live appearances were lucrative, he made far more money from royalties of the products he licensed.
Walking through Topeka's Evel Knievel Museum for the first time on Friday, Robbie Knievel said seeing his and his father's lives in front of him was "overwhelming." "I recognize almost everything,".
Honoring the man who paved the way for dozens of daredevils, Travis Pastrana succeeded in triplicating Evel Knievel's iconic motorcycle jumps Sunday night. Donning his own Knievel-like costume,
Travis Pastrana jumps a row of crushed cars on a motorcycle, Sunday, July 8, 2018, in Las Vegas. Pastrana is attempting to recreate three of Evel Knievel's iconic motorcycle jumps on Sunday, including.
Dec 18, 2015. Evel Knievel's Harley Sportster Is Going on the Auction Block. Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction at Bally's Hotel and Casino on January 7.
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Honoring the man who paved the way for dozens of daredevils, Annapolis native Travis Pastrana succeeded in triplicating three of Evel Knievel's iconic motorcycle jumps Sunday night. Donning his own.
Dec 1, 2007. Evel Knievel is dead. That sentence probably should have been written in 1968, when the daredevil crashed his motorcycle spectacularly as.
Pastrana started the night by breaking Evel's record of jumping 50 crushed cars, soaring 143 feet through the air over 52 crushed cars. He made it look easy with plenty of ramp space to spare. The.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Honoring the man who paved the way for dozens of daredevils, Travis Pastrana succeeded in triplicating three of Evel Knievel's iconic motorcycle jumps Sunday night. Donning his own.
On July 8, Travis Pastrana risks major injury (or worse) trying to recreate three epic Evel Knievel motorcycle jumps in three hours. <p>Call it nostalgic or just plain crazy — Nitro Circus star.
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Jun 19, 2010. Harley-Davidson Museum curatorial director Jim Fricke looks over an XR-750 motorcycle used by Evel Knievel when he attempted to jump a.
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Aug 21, 2015. Being Evel opens up about his daredevil idol and the Knievel-esque stunt. to backflip a motorcycle for an MTV special dedicated to Knievel.
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Ireland loss leaves Windies stumped
LACKING MOTIVATION:Following the shock defeat in their opening World Cup encounter, the West Indies are now in danger of not qualifying for the knockout stage
Reuters, MELBOURNE, Australia
Ireland's William Porterfield, center, plays a shot during their World Cup match against the West Indies at the Saxton Oval in Nelson, New Zealand, yesterday.
Alarm bells have long been ringing in the Caribbean over the West Indies' chaotic buildup to the Cricket World Cup and those fears were realized yesterday when they slumped to a four-wicket loss against Ireland in Nelson, New Zealand.
Coming off a thrashing by England and an embarrassing scare against Scotland in the warmups, the wheels well and truly fell off at Saxton Oval as Ireland's batsmen reeled in their first innings total of 304-7 with over four overs to spare.
Few expected the West Indies to seriously challenge for the title, but their opening loss could leave the twice world champions in danger of not making it through to the quarter-finals from Pool B.
Associate teams have made a habit of upsetting Test-playing nations at the World Cup, with West Indies' loss to Kenya in 1996 a case in point.
However, the Ireland defeat has reinforced perceptions of a team on the verge of collapse and lacking the motivation to do anything about it.
The West Indies had already been in disarray well before the tournament, with a crippling contracts dispute between players and the board scuttling what would have been a lucrative tour of India.
That dispute cost regular captain Dwayne Bravo, the players' spokesperson, a place in the World Cup squad along with big-hitting batsman Kieron Pollard.
The captaincy was handed to a rookie in fast bowler Jason Holder, a 23-year-old with about 20 one-day internationals to his name.
Worse was to come with leading spinner Sunil Narine pulling out of the tour, citing a lack of confidence in his bowling action after being cited during a club tournament.
Narine was free to play at the World Cup, having not breached the guidelines at any International Cricket Council tournament.
Holder has struggled to convince he is leading a united team at the global showpiece and was nowhere to be found at the post-match news conference.
Instead it was teammate Darren Sammy facing the inquisition.
Sammy began by apologizing for cursing himself with a crude word that was picked up by the stumps microphone during his innings of 89.
"Yeah, today we took them for granted as we fielded," he told reporters.
"Our bowlers have been going for some sticks over the last few games and today was no different against an experienced Irish team where you know they had a game plan and they stuck to it," he added.
Though Sammy and Lendl Simmons (102) combined for a 154-run sixth-wicket partnership to rescue the West Indies' innings after it had slumped to 87-5 in the 24th over, the bloodless display in the field would have been galling for home fans.
After seamer Jerome Taylor captured the fourth wicket of Andy Balbirnie with Ireland still needing 20 runs for victory, none of his teammates celebrated the dismissal.
"When things are not going your way, it's always difficult to motivate yourself," Sammy said. "I will always try to be positive in my approach, help our young captain Jason and hopefully the rest of the team could follow."


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Posted inHealth Care Opinion
OP-ED | Remember Public Health's Value After COVID Is Gone
by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D. April 15, 2021, 5:00 am April 15, 2021, 5:21 pm
ELLEN ANDREWS
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused a bright light on the weakness of the U.S. public health system. Countries with strong public health systems fared much better in controlling the virus' spread. America used to have a strong public health system. From 1900 to 2000, life expectancy rose by 30 years. Contrary to public opinion, it was public health, not medical advances, that saved us. Clean water, safer food, and control of infectious disease made the difference.
But we've neglected public health spending since the last century and we're suffering the consequences. Even before COVID-19, life expectancy stopped rising and began falling for some populations. Preventable deaths, such as suicides, obesity-related, alcohol, and substance-use deaths, account for much of the drop in life expectancy. Opioid deaths in Connecticut were high before the pandemic, and are even higher now. Proven public health initiatives can prevent these deaths of despair.
According to a new study published in Health Affairs, by 2018, of every dollar spent on health care, the U.S. spent only 2.5 cents on public health. From 2008 to 2018, U.S. spending on health care grew 4.3% while public health funding was flat. The neglect of public health funding coincided with declines in life expectancy, health disparities, and the resurgence of diseases we'd beaten, like measles.
In the U.S., most public health spending happens at the state level and Connecticut is behind other states. The study found that Connecticut ranks 36th among states in per-person public health funding, spending 28% less than the national average, and Connecticut public health spending fell faster than other states. From 2008 to 2018, Connecticut per-person spending on public health declined almost twice as much as other states. Our public health spending on services that would have controlled the spread of COVID fell 11%.
Connecticut spends only 1% of our state's health budget on public health to improve the health of all 3.6 million state residents. We spend almost twice as much providing medical services for roughly 10,000 prison inmates.
Like the rest of the country, our state has thrown a lot of money into public health to combat COVID because we needed to. But we tend to forget about investing when times are good, paying the price next time for our usual neglect, panic, repeat cycle.
Investing in public health is smart, saving more lives for less money than any other intervention. California found that for every dollar devoted to public health spending, its Medicaid programs saved $3.12. But to make public health sustainable, we need to make sure that those considerable savings are reinvested in communities, not sacrificed to escalating payments for health care institutions and industries. Connecticut's health care system needs to do its own hard work to find efficiency.
Clearly, we can do better. Connecticut needs to learn from both the COVID and the deaths of despair pandemics and invest in public health.
Ellen Andrews, PhD, is the executive director of the CT Health Policy Project. Follow her on Twitter @CTHealthNotes.
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Ellen Andrews, Ph.D.
Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., is the executive director of the CT Health Policy Project. Follow her on Twitter@CTHealthNotes.
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BOND: That's a great segue to one of the last questions. William Allen writes, "Thinking in terms of race or gender, until we learn once again to use the language of American freedom in an appropriate way that embraces all of us, we're going to continue to harm this country." I guess what he's asking, is there a danger of continued divisiveness if we focus on the concept of black leadership as opposed to leadership?
BRAUN: You know, it sounds good, but he misses the fact that unless you acknowledge that the gorilla is in the room, you can't clean it. You know, you can't rearrange the furniture. You can't — the reality is that without patronizing, without segregating, without diminishing any one group's contributions, really our Americans hopefully will get to the point where color and gender and sexual orientation and ethnicity will be equally celebrated without being demeaned. But we haven't gotten there yet and, frankly, have not yet had the candid conversation about race in this country that I believe is absolutely necessary to liberate it.
You can't get to the point that you want to get to, pretending that there are not differences and problems and pain, but also opportunity all wrapped up in the issue of our history. To ignore it is to ignore reality, and so my view is without just pandering to pain— because you don't want to do that either. You don't want to, you know, just keep picking at a scab, but rather say, you know, I fell down when I was 12 and I've got this big scar on my leg, you know. Now, to deal with the scar, I'm going to do A, B, C, D, and E, but that's not going to stop me from walking and that's not going to stop me from being a whole person, and hopefully we'll get to the point in this country— you know, we're sitting here in Thomas Jefferson's vision, right? His architecture for this school, this university— and I was joking earlier, I said if Thomas Jefferson walked past I'd want to say, "You know, Mr. Jefferson, there's a couple of things I'd like to talk with you about."
You know, here was a brilliant vision and a vision, frankly, that was very much grounded in morality that spoke to the liberation of the human spirit and spoke to people being able to contribute to community based on the best of what they had to give, flying in the face of the contradictions of his slaveholding, his begetting children by his slave mistress, which for all intents and purposes was exploitation. She couldn't have said "No," you know, not to mention how the women in his life were relegated. I mean, you know, the women weren't much better off. I mean, for all intents and purposes, they weren't chattel, but not too far removed from it. And the poor — I mean, you take all those things. You put it as well— how can you talk about liberating human spirit and you've got all this yuck going on over here?
Well, I think that what you have to do is acknowledge what has been and try to move in the direction of your vision and the vision is one of unity around issues of liberty and justice and truth, but until you get there to ignore the reality is to ignore really, it is to shortchange your opportunity to get there.


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The World´s Longest Cigar is in Cuba
The cigar roller who makes the world´s longest cigar lives in Cuba. He´s 71 and still has confidence in his skills and shows loves for his work. José Castelar (Cueto), a five-time winner of the Guinness Record, beat his own 2011 world mark of 81.80 meters. It took him about eight working sessions.
Cueto really reached the 90 meters in the length of his cigar. This is his sixth world record in the Premium (hand rolled) type, and he used some 80 kg of raw materials for this record (a mixture of different types of tobacco leaves).
In order to give a good finish to his big cigar, Cueto selected leaves with special texture and sheen.
José Castelar, who learnt to make cigars when he was 5, is proud to belong to the family of Cuban cigar rollers. In Cuba, cigar rollers have always enjoyed prestige and recognition by the population, as many of them engaged in the wars for national liberation. In fact, cigars were used to hide within them secret messages that were supposed to travel long distances to reach their destination.
Cueto has an assistant, René Valdés Miller, who prepares the leaves for him, as they should be stretched and tied to make the final outer layer of cigars.


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Recent Earthquakes Near Guercif, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
Fès, Fès-Boulemane, Morocco
Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Sale, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër, Morocco
Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër, Morocco
Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate
Tanger-Tétouan
West Of Gibraltar
Northern Algeria
Balearic Islands, Spain
Western Mediterranean Sea
Azores Cape St. Vincent Ridge
Madeira Islands, Portugal
Bay Of Biscay
Near South Coast Of France
Guercif has had: (M1.5 or greater)
1 earthquake in the past 30 days
12 earthquakes in the past 365 days
The largest earthquake in Guercif:
this month: 5.2 in Imzoûrene, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
this year: 5.5 in Al Hoceïma, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
Al Hoceïma, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
Epicenter at 35.696, -3.702
53.2 km from Al Hoceïma (33.2 miles)
Nigüelas, Andalusia, Spain
1.2 km from Nigüelas (0.2 miles)
Tirhanimîne, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco
11.2 km from Tirhanimîne (6.2 miles)
Sagres, Faro, Portugal
184.2 km from Sagres (114.2 miles)
Dúrcal, Andalusia, Spain
4.2 km from Dúrcal (2.2 miles)
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Mission Statement and Goals
Selection Policy
Responsibility for Selection
Collection Maintenance
Criteria for Withdrawal
Electronic Resources (E-Resources)
Children and Teens (Ages 0-18)
Local History items
Requests for Reconsideration
Previous Reconsideration of Materials
Procedure for Reconsideration of Materials
Gifts/Donations Policy
Process for Policy Revision
Freedom to View Statement
Request for Reconsideration Form (Addendum 1)
The mission of the Morrisville Public Library is to facilitate creation, collaboration, education, and exploration in our community by providing access to the world of information and ideas.
Popular Materials Center, featuring current, high-demand, high interest materials in a variety of formats for persons of all ages.
Independent Learning Center, particularly for non-school age members of our community not being served by our excellent public school and college resources. This includes young children and parents, opening preschoolers' doors to learning through services for children and children and parents together.
Community Information Center, acting as a current information resource concerning community organizations, issues and services.
The Morrisville Public Library has adopted the following Collection Development Policy to guide the Library Manager and to inform the public about the principles upon which selections are made.
The Morrisville Public Library Collection Development Policy guides the library so that a balanced, quality collection on a wide variety of subjects is available, accessible and relevant to the public. This policy focuses and guides the selection, acquisition, evaluation, weeding, digitization and maintenance of the general collection. Public use/demand is the primary determining factor in the development of the collection and the direction it will take. The collection will reflect popular interest with high demand adult and youth materials as well as electronic and popular media as the focus. The library will work to have a uniform collection strategy while respecting community needs.
The public's interests and the community's informational, educational and entertainment needs are determining factors in the selection of materials for the library collection. The library's collection, purchases and maintenance decisions will reflect the concepts laid out in the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read and Freedom to View statements. In keeping with the ideal of intellectual freedom, selection will reflect diverse and opposing points of view. Materials are evaluated on the basis of the content of the entire work and the item's value to maintaining a balanced collection. Statistical data that reflect usage will impact budget allocations and selection decisions.
Ultimate responsibility for the selection of library materials rests with the Library Manager who operates within the framework of policies determined by the Library Board of Trustees. The Library Manager uses appropriate selection tools available and tracks the materials budget to ensure a flow of new materials throughout the year, according to budget allocation. Suggestions from staff members who are not directly involved with selection are encouraged and given serious consideration in the selection process.
Selection is a discerning and interpretive process, involving a general knowledge of the subject and its important literature, a familiarity with the materials in the collection, an awareness of the bibliographies on the subject, and recognition of the needs of the community.
To build a well-balanced collection of merit and significance, materials in all forms must be measured by objective guidelines. Since the library does not promote particular beliefs or views, the collection will contain various positions on important questions, including unpopular or unorthodox positions. The Library actively strives to ensure that materials representing many differing views and a broad diversity of human thought and creativity are represented in its collection. A balanced collection reflects a diversity of materials, not necessarily an equality of numbers.
Selection of materials will not be made on the basis of anticipated approval or disapproval, but solely on the basis of the principles stated in this policy. Responsibility for choosing what an individual will read rests with the individual. Responsibility for the use of library materials by children and young adults rests with their parents or legal guardians.
All acquisitions, whether purchased or donated, are considered in terms of the following standards. An item need not meet all of the criteria in order to be acceptable. Several standards and combinations of standards may be used, as some materials may be judged primarily on artistic merit, while others are considered because of scholarship, value as human documents, or ability to satisfy the recreational and entertainment needs of the community.
General criteria:
Existing collection needs
Relevance to community needs
Customer demand
Significant or reputable author or publisher
Attention of critics and reviewers
Important human or social insight
Representation of current ideas, events, or mores
2. Criteria for non-fiction works:
Accurate, clear and logical presentation
Comprehensive and complete treatment
Author's qualifications
Of lasting value or current need
Original point of view
3. Criteria for fiction works:
Vitality and originality
Artistic presentation or experimentation
Well-developed plot and characterization
Authentic setting
Representation of important genre or trend
4. Criteria for non-print works (in addition to the criteria for fiction or non-fiction)
Good technical production
Good sound/image quality
Good performance quality
Provides a presentation that is effectively delivered by the specific format
Licensing/copyright compatibility with library use
5. Selection may also be limited by the following factors:
Physical limitations of the building
Price and format
Availability of low-demand materials in other library collections
6. Selection of library materials will not be influenced by:
The possibility that they may come into the possession of children or young adults
The liability of materials to theft or mutilation
Tools used in selection include professional journals, trade journals, subject bibliographies, publishers' promotional materials and reviews from reputable sources. Purchase suggestions from library customers are welcome and are given serious consideration.
Ongoing and regular withdrawal of materials is required to keep collections current, attractive, and responsive to community needs. Space is limited and the importance of an item to a collection can change over time. An item's physical condition can deteriorate, its content can become obsolete, and crowded shelves make it necessary to discard items of limited use.
Materials that no longer meet the stated objectives of the library (including items that have become damaged or obsolete) will be systematically withdrawn according to the professional practices listed below. Disposal of withdrawn library materials will be at the discretion of the Library Manager.
The Morrisville Public Library does not remove materials from the collection for the purpose of resale. Upon withdrawal, some materials may be sold at our various book sales or online at our Amazon Marketplace bookselling page. Items left after these measures are then given away as free through our "free to a good home" program.
Criteria of Withdrawal
The Library Manager considers the following criteria in choosing materials for withdrawal:
Worn or badly damaged materials.
Superseded editions or obsolete items and formats.
Availability of other titles on the subject.
Local interest / Historical Significance.
Importance to Morrisville Public Library's core collections.
Availability online or elsewhere.
Classic or basic work in the field.
Due to public demand for access to digital content, the Mid York Library System (that we are a member of) will research, assess, and be responsive to emerging technologies applicable to Public Libraries. Electronic resources consist of content that is stored and displayed digitally and accessed via computers and other electronic devices.
Electronic formats may enable increased access to library resources. Library- purchased digital content, which includes but is not limited to online databases, e- books, and downloadable resources, is available for registered library users outside the library. These formats also increase the depth and breadth of the collection system-wide, alleviating the need to purchase copies in print format.
The Mid York Library System evaluates online resources using general selection criteria. In addition, consideration will be given to ease of use of the product, availability of the information to multiple, concurrent users, technical requirements to provide access to the information, and technical support and training.
Because electronic resources are an ever changing medium, they are evaluated annually and the primary formats collected by the library system will evolve accordingly. Traditional print reference materials will increasingly be purchased in electronic formats to provide cost-effective access to a greater number of users.
Morrisville Public Library places a high priority on supporting the community's youth by providing a strong collection of high interest materials, high quality literature, and resources that provide homework support. Resources for youth will include a broad spectrum of subjects and viewpoints that reflect Morrisville's unique and diverse communities thereby recognizing the importance for youth to see their experiences reflected within literature. Further, youth collections will include a variety of formats to support literacy and youth development.
Priority in selecting and maintaining collections will be given first and foremost to youth, while secondary consideration is given to teachers, parents, and other adults. These collections will be cataloged and arranged to best meet the needs of children and teens.
The scope and depth of children and teen collections reflects the Morrisville Public Library's interest in promoting and supporting literacy for youth, including literacy in terms of both ability and enjoyment of reading. The library places particular emphasis on early childhood literacy through children's collections, outreach, the 1000 Books before Kindergarten program and the Imagination Library program, while also maintaining a commitment to extending literacy efforts beyond the early childhood years. Morrisville Public Library will be a resource for youth through high school, recognizing the importance of supporting these age groups in building strong readers, lifelong learners, and dedicated library users.
The Morrisville Public Library contains a comprehensive, non-circulating historical section covering all aspects of Morrisville and the surrounding areas (Eaton, West Eaton, Peterboro and Smithfield for example.) This section contains both primary and secondary materials in all formats, including books, manuscript and archival collections, newspapers, photographs, slides and VHS, maps, scrapbooks, diaries and journals, and selected artifacts. Materials are for library use only.
The local history section serves a wide range of patrons, from students to scholars, from historians to the general public. This is a comprehensive collection where weeding rarely occurs, except for condition and the addition of superior replacement copies.
Requests will be considered and evaluated in accordance with the library's Collection Development Policy.
The choice of library materials by library users is an individual matter. While an individual may reject materials for himself/herself, he/she cannot exercise censorship to restrict access to the materials by others. Recognizing that a diversity of materials may result in some requests for reconsideration, the following procedures have been developed to ensure that objections or complaints are handled in an attentive and consistent manner. Once an item has been approved for purchase, based on the selection policy of the Board of Trustees and the criteria for selection, it will not be automatically removed upon request.
Requests to reconsider materials, which have previously undergone the reconsideration process, will be referred to the Library Manager. Repeated or redundant requests by an individual or a group to reconsider materials with differing title but similar content will be restricted as follows: If the Library Manager concludes a request may be redundant, he/she will notify the complainant/complainants that the item(s) in question, having already undergone a thorough review and reconsideration process, will not be reevaluated.
Any individual expressing an objection to or concern about library material should receive respectful attention from the staff member first approached. This staff member should use his or her own best judgment in attempting to answer the concerns or clarify the situation. If the individual is not satisfied with the explanation received, the staff member should offer the options of speaking with the Library Manager or filling out a "Request for Reconsideration" form. He/she may ask for a reconsideration in the following manner:
1) A "Request for Reconsideration" form (see Addendum 1) must be completed and returned to a staff member at the circulation desk for the Library Manager or given to the Library Manager directly.
2) The Library Manager will then research and make a decision regarding the disposition of the material. The Manager will communicate this decision, along with the reasons for it, in writing to the individual who initiated the request as well as enclosing a copy of the "Selection Policy of the Morrisville Public Library".
If the individual desires further action; he/she may appeal in writing to the Library Board of Trustees, requesting a hearing before the Board. If a hearing is granted, the individual will be notified of when he/she may address the Board. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to limit the length of presentation and number of speakers at the hearing. The Board will determine whether the request for reconsideration has been handled in accordance with stated policies and procedures of the Morrisville Public Library. On the basis of this determination, the Board may vote to uphold or override the decision of the Library Manager.
Morrisville Public Library accepts gifts of new or gently-used books, DVDs, and books on CD. Gifts shall meet the same selection criteria as purchased materials. All gifts added to the collection must be donated with no restrictions and must be available for public use. Materials not added to the collection will be added to our book sales or disposed of by other means. The library cannot place a monetary value on gifts for tax purposes, but receipts are provided upon request.
When the Library receives a cash gift for the purchase of materials, whether as a memorial or for any other purpose, the general nature or subject area of the materials to be purchased will be based upon the wishes of the donor. The Library Manager in accordance with the needs and selection policies of the Library will make selection of specific titles. Gifts of non- library items ordinarily will not be accepted.
Special collections and memorial collections will not be shelved as separate physical entities. Such collections will be accepted only with the understanding that they will be integrated into the general collections.
The Morrisville Public Library Collection Development Policy will be reviewed and evaluated for any of the following reasons:
A scheduled periodical review (every three to five years)
A suggestion from a competent source
An identified problem or issue
A change in legislation
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
VII. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people's privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; January 29, 2019.
Inclusion of "age" reaffirmed January 23, 1996.
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries. These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to counter threats to safety or national security, as well as to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as individuals devoted to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read.
Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad. We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be "protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression.
It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at large; and by the government whenever it seeks to reduce or deny public access to public information.
It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a "bad" book is a good one, the answer to a "bad" idea is a good one.
The freedom to read is of little consequence when the reader cannot obtain matter fit for that reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the positive provision of opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought and said. Books are the major channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed down, and the principal means of its testing and growth. The defense of the freedom to read requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost of their faculties, and deserves of all Americans the fullest of their support.
The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore these principles are affirmed:
To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression.
To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.
To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of the content.
To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video, or other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.
This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the American Film and Video Association (formerly the Educational Film Library Association) and was adopted by the AFVA Board of Directors in February 1979. This statement was updated and approved by the AFVA Board of Directors in 1989.
For a reconsideration of materials form, please see appendix I.
Adopted: May 23, 2019


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NFU calls for fruit and veg merchandising wherever shoppers choose food
by Gill McShane
British consumers now need to be 'enabled' to make better food choices
With fresh fruit and vegetable purchases in decline in the UK, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has announced in a new report 34 recommendations for action that it believes can increase consumption, help to reverse the current obesity crisis and combat other diet-related illnesses
Despite high consumer recognition of campaigns such as 5-A-Day and Change for Life, the NFU says Brits are still only eating three portions of fruits and vegetables a day, or 241g in comparison to the recommended 400g.
Furthermore, the organisation notes that fruit purchases have fallen by 14% since 2007, vegetables by 5% and potatoes by 20%; explaining that the 'food swamping' of healthy produce and increasing 'decision fatigue' among consumers are two of the major stumbling blocks in increasing consumption in the UK.
At the same time, NFU claims the cost of a poor diet is at record high in the UK, with obesity swallowing up £5.1 billion in NHS funds per year, and representing the third-largest social burden globally, after smoking and war and terrorism.
The association is therefore calling on government, retailers, processors, the foodservice sector and fresh produce industry to develop and implement the actions needed to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables.
To achieve that, it's new Fit for the Future report sets out clear, practical, deliverable and evidence-based actions to enable the food industry to encourage and enable greater consumption.
The 34 'Options for Action' include: multi-siting fruit and veg in more places in the store; redesigning foodservice areas to offer more prominence to fruit and veg, developing fun-shaped fruit and veg for kids; and adding at least one extra piece of veg to every ready meal.
Speaking on the launch of the report, Ali Capper, NFU horticulture board chairman, said there has never been a better time to work together to try and deliver real increases in fruit and vegetable consumption.
"Under the government's Public Health Responsibility Deal a pledge has been made to do more to create a positive environment that encourages people to consume more fruit and veg," she explained. "The will of the government and industry to do more is greater than ever. We're very excited.
"We've had initial discussions with the retailers and I feel we're pushing at an open door. They want facts and evidence and that's what we've tried to provide with this report – the support for the recommendations we're making."
Capper explained that Fit for the Future focuses on what is enabling but also constraining consumption, adding that the study aims to turn the 'why' into 'how' via 34 options for action that offer something for every business.
"Today we live in an 'obesogenic' environment – one that encourages obesity," Capper said. "Non-nutritious foods are swamping healthy foods, with quite aggressive marketing campaigns leading to decision fatigue among consumers.
"We've got to do something. When you increase fruit and vegetable consumption it lowers obesity and the risk of diseases like cancer and diabetes, and improves heart health."
Capper explained that part of challenge is getting industries to emphasise fresh produce where shoppers choose and buy food.
"Today it's all about food grazing and shelf grazing," she noted. "There has been an increase the number of shopping trips that consumers make per week. Only 18% of UK households are planning their meals for week ahead, while 31% decide what to eat on the day, so it's all about impulse purchasing."
In its report, NFU suggests businesses should look to increase consumption through strategies such as educational programmes right through to product placement and in-store messaging.
For retailers, NFU recommends:
Multi-sitings of fruit and veg
Adding one more portion of produce to ready meals
More fruit and veg snack-ready products
'Chilled checkouts' at the point of purchase
Improved on-pack and on-shelf labelling
Improved product positioning
Placements next to ready meals
Trolley advertisements and placards
Trolley or basket mirrors
Product sampling and recipe cards
Increased staff training and knowledge
Fruit and veg made more a part of lunchtime meal deals
Fruit and veg treated as a brand
For foodservice operators, NFU recommends:
Redesigning layout of foodservice areas (e.g. buffets)
Repositioning of food products
More convenience options
Food labelling in vending machines, buffets and on menus
Increased range of fruit and veg through menu development and recipe reformulation
Increased proportion of fruit and veg available to children
Fun and attractive products for children
For growers and processors, NFU recommends:
Work with customers to develop demand-led strategy
Cross-sector marketing and promotion
Raised micronutrient values of produce
New forms of convenience
More fruit and veg snacks
Storage instructions on packaging
Greater engagement with influential communicators
The full desktop study, which provides the evidence for this report, was commissioned by the NFU at the end of 2015. You can view this here.


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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 / Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources, Videos
Glossy Black-Cockatoo – Back from the Brink
A bird beloved – the story of the Glossy Black Cockatoo
There's a bird out there that has brought people together for years. It's called the Glossy Black-cockatoo and it's the feature of a brand new episode in the Back from the Brink docu-series being run this year by Natura Pacific and the Glossy Black Conservancy.
The Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is the smallest of Australia's five endemic black cockatoos. The adults grow up to about 50cm in length and have, in contrast to their English name, dusky chocolately heads and ashey-black plumage. Like many birds, the adults are sexually dimorphic meaning that males and females look different to one another. Males typically have a clear dark plumage apart from the tail which is barred with bright scarlet-red, while females have a splattering of yellow across their head and throat and their tail barring is more sunset-orange.
The birds have undergone extensive habitat loss since European colonisation and subsequent development. There are two essential elements of their life-cycle that constitute whether a patch of natural vegetation is suitable enough as habitat; these are the presence of their key preferred food-trees, she-oaks, and the presence of large hollow-bearing trees in which to nest. The she-oak family (Casuarinaceae) is a strange family of trees and shrubs that have a characteristic "pine-like" appearance with drooping or bushy greyish needles which seem to be leafless but do in fact harbour minute leaf-scales at joints along them. The important part of these plants is their nutrient-rich cones which form round or grenade-shaped capsules and pretty hard and impenetrable to many. Not so, the Glossy Black-cockatoos, which make quite literally, an easy meal of the cones, careful grinding and chewing them to extract the inner seeds which contain important fats and proteins for the birds. However, with land-clearing prevailing for a multitude of priority development areas in our lowland coastal flats around southern Queensland, much of the former range of the cockatoos has experienced a decline in healthy, productive she-oak stands, as these dry forests are often east-to-clear, prime real estate.
The second essential habitat element, the hollow-bearing tree, is what is most likely causing some of the decline experienced in these birds' population in Queensland. Hollow-bearing trees have declined by up to 70% in some Queensland landscapes, and recent studies conducted by the Queensland Herbarium indicated that dead and living hollow-bearing trees are particularly sensitive to intense fires. The hollows can funnel flames into them creating chimney-like burnouts that can destabilise and topple many hollow-bearing trees. Imagine this like sky-scraper after sky-scraper of fully-furnished homes being destroyed in our cities leaving behind only office-blocks and car-parks… the end result, nowhere to live! For those hollows that do remain, this obviously leads to over-crowding, and in over-crowding its mostly the bullies that win, so step aside delicate, dainty, polite Glossy Blacks, and make way for Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and Rainbow Lorikeets!
You can see that the Glossy Blacks are doing it tough. However, surely no bird in Queensland has as much of a task-force behind it than this one, aiming to truly bring it back from the brink. Take the mic, the Glossy Black Conservancy (https://glossyblack.org.au/). This multi-disciplinary alliance of people from councils, government, academia and community have banded together for over 20 years to map, record, monitor and fuel change to try and restore and reconnect Glossy Black habitat. From cockatoo-spotting training days to developing nesting tubes (apparently a type of nest box but these birds prefer long deep tubes!) and from appearances on the Netflix film 'Breaking Boundaries' with Sir David Attenborough to developing factsheets spread across numerous councils, this team have really put in the effort. Perhaps one of the most attainable ways to help the team, and the birds of course, is to get involved with their annual Glossy Black-cockatoo Birding Day which takes place right across southern Queensland from the Tweed River all the way to Noosa once a year. The event is a free event and requires minimal preparation; just registration and some basic training to know what the cockatoo looks like. To find out more and become part of this fantastic initiative, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1445896569085882/.
Additionally to the hard-work on the ground in spotting, recording and mapping the remaining cockatoos in the wild, the new Back from the Brink film dedicated to this remarkable bird, will aim to raise its profile even more within our community as a flagship species. It is hoped that by making more people aware about what the bird is, where it lives, why it's declining and how we can all easily take part in reversing that decline, the birds may stand a better chance of a future.
So if you're thinking, what can I do for nature this year in my small block of land, why look any further than making the Glossy Black-cockatoo your new favourite critter, and invest some of your free time into learning more, doing more and creating a little slice of habitat in your local area!
To watch Back from the Brink and all its past and current seasons, visit: https://bit.ly/3gJf1VC
To listen to the accompanying Back from the Brink podcasts on your commute to work, listen on your favourite podcasting app by searching "Natura Pacific Back from the Brink" or click here: https://apple.co/3nhCb5P
Read more in this White Paper produced by the Glossy Black Conservancy
Tagged under: Back from the Brink, conservation, Glossy Black Conservancy, Glossy Black-cockatoo, Griffith University, Natura pacific, Save Sunrise Glossies, Threatened Species Recovery Hub
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Tindall, James R. The Collector's Guide to Rocks & Minerals. Photo available. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1975. 4to. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Tinker, Ben. Mexican Wilderness & Wildlife. Photo available. Austin. University of Texas Press. 1978. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Doris L. Tischler. Fine copy (name on bottom edge).
Tiratsoo, E.N. Oilfields of the World. Photo available. Beaconsfield. Scientific Press. 1973. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Large folding map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Tizard, Ian. Veterinary Immunology. An Introduction. Photo available. Philadelphia. W.B. Saunders. 1992. 498 pps. 4to. Soft cover. Fourth edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
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Todd, David Keith. Groundwater Hydrology. Photo available. New York. John Wiley & Sons. 1980. 539 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine (owner name on end paper) copy.
Todd, Edwin M. The Neuroanatomy of Leonardo da Vinci. Photo available. Santa Barbara. Capra Press. 1983. 191 pps. 4to. Decorated hard cover. Leather bound. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
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Todd, Frank Morton. Eradicating Plague from San Francisco. Report of the Citizens' Health Committee and an Account of its Work. Photo available. San Francisco. C.A. Murdock & Co. 1909. 311 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Interesting piece with brief descriptions of the measures taken, copies of ordinances in aid of sanitation, articles by sanitarians on the nature of plague and the best means of getting rid of it, facsimiles of circulars issued by the committee and a list of subscribers to the health fund. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Tomich, P. Quentin. Mammals in Hawaii. A Synopsis and Notational Bibliography. Photo available. Honolulu. Bishop Museum Press. 1986. Octavo. Hardcover. Second edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne et al. 2 Million Years of The Food Industry. Photo available. Vevey. Nestle S.A. 1991. 4to. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Trubo, Richard. Courage. The Story of the Mighty Effort to End the Devastating Effects of Multiple Sclerosis. Photo available. Chicago. Ivan R. Dee. 2001. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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Tudge, Colin. The Engineer in the Garden. Genes and Genetics: From the Idea of Heredity to the Creation of Life. Photo available. New York. Hill & Wang. 1993. Octavo. Hard cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
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