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Vincent Fecteau @ Wattis Institute
by Renny Pritikin
Untitled, 2019, papier mâché, resin clay, acrylic, cardboard, 21.75 x 25 x 23 inches
My earliest memory related to architecture has to do with being a child at the beach. I was digging a tunnel under the sand, trying to rendezvous underground with my friend who was doing the same thing a yard away. I had spent a considerable amount of time going down diagonally, concentrating on the damp sand, when suddenly my hand was grasped by another's; my friend had broken through and we had coordinated our efforts perfectly to meet in the middle. What I remember most, though, is the shocking aliveness of his hand squirming in my palm, so fleshy and kinetic after many minutes of concentrated interaction with the passive and moist grains of sand. It spoke of the way that the built world acquires meaning by being inhabited, but also of the power of the imagination to conceive a structure that enables human interaction to happen. I think that is the place where Vincent Fecteau's work begins.
The artist has been a fixture in the Bay Area since the 1990s, notably since his participation in an early show at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 1994. In that exhibition, Next to Nothing, curated by René de Guzman, he had not yet developed his signature style of small-scale sculpture. However, he showed what might now be considered an ongoing substrate of his work: found images (in this case cats' heads) cut out from mass-circulation magazines.
Untitled, 2019, papier mâché, resin clay, acrylic, metal, raffia, 26.5 x 30.5 x 17 inches
The pyramid-shaped collage, installed on a wall, measured about seven feet tall, narrowing at the top to one feline after starting on the floor with seven. It had little to do with the work that later brought him international acclaim and a recent MacArthur Fellowship. Or did it? Over the years he has continued to use found magazine images on occasion. This early work does reveal a few telling characteristics and values that are still in evidence in his best-known work, and in the Wattis exhibition. These include: exacting attention to every design decision; an arch but very subtle sense of humor; and an awareness of the viewer's body in relation to his work.
The current untitled exhibition, on view at the Wattis Institute, is made up of seven sculptures on white pedestals evenly distributed around the gallery, and four large color photographs mounted on three walls. (There is also a photomural visible only from the street.) The images were contributed by the late Lutz Bacher, a long-time friend of the artist. The pictures are not meant either as a collaboration or a two-person show, but rather as a bit of flavoring. Depicted are what might be stills from a film in which a toddler sits on a highchair, which then collapses and sets her to bawling. The broken wooden fragments beneath her turn out to unintentionally echo parts of Fecteau's sculptures.
They begin as handmade resin clay models which are then replicated in computer-cut foam and covered with papier maché and paint: earth tones and blues, mostly. The most persistent reference made by these hybrid objects is to architectural motifs (steps, doors, cornices, arches, windows), but they also deny that understanding by either morphing into pure abstraction or starting up another recognizable narrative when seen in the round. Almost every work exhibits a dual nature, from colors (brown and tan, purple and straw, off-white and blue/black) that alternate front-to-back to morphological conundrums (like an adobe house melting over a wind-etched sandstone canyon or a parasitic blob consuming the axle and tire of an overturned tractor-trailer rig). The sculptures occupy their assigned spaces fully, not small and precious, nor
Untitled, 2019, papier mâché, resin clay, acrylic, burlap, raffia, 20.5 x 27.25 x 34 inches
voluptuously overflowing: they belong where they are, not on the floor. Their duality rests with the fact that they're stolid objects and at the same portals to someplace else. They call to mind a range of everyday accouterments that are cousins of Fecteau's creations in heft, delicacy or awkwardness: a sewing machine, a doctor's satchel, a desktop computer, carryon luggage, an engine block — with carefully instigated undercoats of color operating as subtext. While these analogies are apt, they likely do not reflect Fecteau's intentions, which are ephemeral. I offer them only as handles for understanding the works' attraction and presence.
At the beach, I think I was shocked by the tug of my friend's hand because of my lifelong trait of being able to concentrate with a totality that used to frighten my parents and confuse my friends. Tunnel vision, I guess it is. That, I imagine, is the kind of concentration that Fecteau summons as he contemplates his work in the studio. He is known to take weeks, sometimes longer, on every piece. Every alteration, subtraction or addition seems to be calculated according to its effect on shadow and light, shape and balance, color relations and the visual and emotional impact it will produce. It is a form of assemblage not with found materials but with structure dragged up from the depths of intuition.
Untitled, 2019, papier mâché, resin clay, acrylic, wood, 22.25 x 26.25 x 27.5 inches
Because our view of these sculptures falls somewhere between waist-height and aerial, you must manipulate your body to follow the lines of the work, to peer through the gaps and to find the psychological trap doors strewn throughout Fecteau's inventions, to discover his hand reaching out to yours.
Vincent Fecteau @ Wattis Institute through November 9, 2019. The artist will be in conversation with ceramic sculptor Kathy Butterly on September 25 @ 7:30 p.m. at Nahl Hall on the CCA Oakland campus.
Renny Pritikin retired in December 2018 after almost five years as the chief curator at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Prior to that, he was the director of the Richard Nelson Gallery at UC Davis and the founding chief curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts beginning in 1992. For 11 years he was also a senior adjunct professor at California College of the Arts, where he taught in the graduate program in Curatorial Practice. Pritikin has given lecture tours in museums in Japan as a guest of the State Department, and in New Zealand as a Fulbright Scholar, and visited Israel as a Koret Israel Prize winner. He is working on a memoir of his experiences in the arts from 1979 to 2018 and is poet in resident at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco.


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South African D-Day hero (and one-armed movie star): Donald Gray
Now, not too many South Africans will know that they can count one of their movie star exports as a D-day hero as well. This one is a special one, a highly successful actor who would land up disabled in the combat fighting in what was Operation Overlord (D-Day), losing an arm he would come back and re-ignite his acting career – becoming very famous in landmark Movies and Television (which unfortunately South Africa did not have until 1976).
A one-armed South African war hero movie/television star, Donald Grey was in his lifetime very well-known internationally but less so in his county of birth, he was born Eldred Tidbury to a humble beginning in South Africa and later changed his name.
Eldred Tidbury (Donald Gray) was born on 3rd March 1914 on an ostrich farm at Tidbury's Toll near Fort Beaufort, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. A simple kid on a well to do African farm, but it was a talent contest would lead his life and career to some very extraordinary places with life changing twists and turns.
In 1933, Paramount Pictures to rejuvenate and diversify its contract players, launched a competition known as the "Search for Beauty"; heats took place in nations across the English-speaking world. Elred Tidbury entered in his native South Africa and was selected with Lucille du Toit, a dental nurse from Pretoria as one of the winners.
In total, there were 30 finalists worldwide who were screen-tested and of the 30, contracts were awarded to only 10, Tidbury was selected as the overall male winner with a bonus of USD 1,000 with which he bought a car. The overall female winner was Scottish actress Gwenllian Gill who later followed Tidbury to the United Kingdom and became engaged to him; however, their engagement was broken off during the Second World War.
By late 1935, Tibury wanted out of his 'locked-in' contract with Paramount Pictures in America and moved Britain and in 1936 changed his name to Donald Gray. He became an engineering salesman selling a boiler preparation, acted in repertory theatre and appeared in several films In 1936, he took leading role in 'Strange Experiment' and by the outbreak of WW2 in 1938, he was the young lead in famous Korda film 'The Four Feathers'.
World War 2 and Operation Overlord (D-Day)
When war broke out in 1939, our movie hero decided to join the Army and volunteer, but he was initially turned down for military service due to a duodenal ulcer. Still determined to join up Donald Gray later managed to enlist in the Gordon Highlanders who had their barracks in Aberdeen, and succeeded in becoming what he called an "ordinary Jock" (having claimed some sort of Scottish ancestry).
In 1941, he was commissioned as an officer in the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), eventually becoming the battalion's education officer. Donald Gray (Elred Tidbury) was even given brief leave to appear with Dame Vera Lynn as "Bruce MacIntosh" in the famous film 'We'll Meet Again' (1943). Not to miss the 'Big show' that was D-Day, Donald Gray was back with his Battalion by July 1944 and ready to go to France.
He was with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers when they entered the strategic city of Caen and here he was severely wounded during the intense street to street, house to house fighting that was Caen in July 1944. His left arm was shattered by an anti-tank shell, the limb having to be amputated a few days later at an emergency hospital near the front line.
Here is his unit in action in Caen during July 1944, we see troops of 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), 9th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, firing a captured Hotchkiss machine gun during street fighting in Caen, 10 July 1944.
To give an idea of the fighting which led to the loss of Donald Gray's arm and casualty evacuation here is an extract from 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers war diary, for the 9th July 1944;
"The attack on Caen. The plan. The Canadians were to attack from the West. The RUR's in the centre from the North and 1 KOSB from the East. The Bn moved off at about 0930 hrs over ring contour "60", which was under shell fire, to FUP on the Eastern outskirts of CAEN. The ghostlike houses slowly came to life as civilians began to realize we were entering the town. They came running out with glasses and bottles of wine. As the Bn was forming up on the start line and trying to re-establish wireless contact with companies and Bde, four Boche were seen to withdraw towards the centre of the town. Soon afterwards out [our] HQ was mortared leaving 1 killed and 1 wounded. The Bn then proceeded to clear the town. Little opposition was met.
Progress was slowed down by snipers and an occasional MG. Much assistance and information was offered by eager civilians. Debris and cratered streets also made progress extremely difficult. We eventually reached the RV in the Old Town and established contact with the RUR and pushed forward patrols to the river. Patrols met quite heavy fire from across the river and a number of casualties were sustained."
Here a colourised image witnesses the fighting of his unit in Caen as seen by Donald Gray and brings the fighting to vivid life. Here is a 6-pounder anti-tank gun of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, part of the 9th Brigade of the British 3rd Division, along with two Sherman tanks in Rue Montoir Poissonnerie near St-Pierre Church, Caen. 10 July 1944.
Acting Career continued …
After the war, a disability like only having one arm did not stop Donald, he chose to continue his career in film and stage acting and against the odds became even more successful at it. Donald toured South Africa with his own repertory company, appeared in other films, and was contracted by the BBC's radio repertory company.
He left South Africa again to appear in Saturday Island (1952) and then returned to the BBC as an announcer. Then came his very big break. Donald Gray then starred as the one-armed detective Mark Saber in the British TV series of the same name which ran for 156 episodes from 1955 to 1961. It was originally titled Mark Saber, or The Vise in the United States, but was later known as Saber of London and Detective's Diary. In 1957, The Vise was renamed, redeveloped, and transferred from ABC to NBC under the new title Saber of London.
Donald Gray would later provide the voices of Colonel White, Captain Black and the Mysterons in the 1960s TV series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
He later returned to South Africa, where he passed away in 7th April 1978. A truly extraordinary son of South Africa, we unfortunately just missed his whole rise to stardom on Television, because unlike in the USA and Britain, the government in South Africa in the 50's, 60's and right up to the mid 70s figured it was the 'devils box' and banned it (see and click link The 'Devil's Box')
The bottom line most South Africans now have no idea who Donald Gray was and nor do they know why we should proud of this very remarkable D-Day hero – luckily for all of us media has moved on and his story can now be easily shared.
Related Links and work on South Africans during D-Day
Albie Gotze "This bastard is going to kill me"; Albie Götze's Legion d'Honneur
Tommy Thomas South African D Day Hero: Lt. D.C. "Tommy" Thomas MC
Cecil Bircher South African D Day Hero: Lt. Cecil Bircher MC
Royston Turnball Supreme South African heroism on Omaha Beach, Lt. Royston Turnbull DSC
Anthony Large South African D Day hero: Anthony Large BEM
Jan Smuts South Africa's role in giving D-Day the green light
Written and Researched by Peter Dickens. Images Imperial War Museum Copyright. Colourised image 'War in Colour' – Sergeant Christie No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
(Source – Imperial War Museum) Trevor Jordan's biography of Gray, Colonel White Meets Mark Saber, 2012.
Posted in European Theatre - WW2
Tagged D Day, Donald Gray, Eldred Tidbury, Normandy Campaign, Operation Neptune, Operation Overlord

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Classes are suspended at schools in the municipality of Totana this Thursday due to adverse weather forecasts, (11/09/2019)
The Department of Social Welfare also agrees to suspend classes at the Disability Day Centers tomorrow Thursday
The Department of Education of the City of Totana announces that they have decided to suspend classes this Thursday in the eleven educational centers of Infant and Primary Education and in nursery schools due to adverse weather forecasts for the next few hours, following instructions from the Ministry of Education .
The Department will immediately inform the management teams and AMPAS of the different educational centers of the municipality;
and please be aware of the educational communities of the meteorological evolution, through the official media and information channels in case tomorrow will be valued again, the suspension for the day of Friday 13.
The Department of Social Welfare also agrees to suspend classes at the Disability Day Centers tomorrow Thursday.
Precisely, a total of 3,592 students of Infant and Primary Education began on Monday the 2019/2020 school year, of which 1,179 students were incorporated in Infant Education and 2,413 did it in the Primary Education courses.
The State Meteorological Agency changed its forecast today for tomorrow Thursday and Friday by setting an "extreme risk", red level, for the Region of Murcia from 6 hours on 12th to 6 o'clock on 13th, respectively.
In twelve hours, 200 liters per square meter and up to 70 liters could be accumulated in a single hour.
The most intense rainfall is expected during the second half of Thursday and early Friday.
In the northern regions (Altiplano and Northwest) rainfall of 50 liters per square meter is calculated in one hour and one hundred liters in twelve hours from zero hours on Thursday, while in the Campo de Cartagena, Mazarrón, Guadalentín Valley, Lorca , Aguilas and Vega del Segura accumulated rainfall could reach 120 liters in twelve hours also from midnight on Wednesday.
The risk of windstorm with gusts of 80 kilometers per hour is limited to the Altiplano and the Northwest, and coastal phenomena since noon on Thursday, with intervals of northeast force 7 include the entire Murcian coastline.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana


By now, we are all a little tired of hearing the negative aspects of teenage pregnancy.
The fact that teen pregnancies make for a harder time for both mom and baby to finish their educations, an increased risk for drugs and substance abuse, violence, child abuse, domestic violence, poverty, depression, and the list goes on.
Although I was not a pregnant teen, I became pregnant with my daughter at the age of 21, as a senior in college, and even then, I experienced a lot of the negativity surrounding young pregnancies. My first thought when I saw those two blue lines was that I would never live the successful and fulfilling life I had dreamed about – I thought for sure that I would struggle to "get ahead" in my career and that I would be doomed to hardships I wouldn't have otherwise encountered.
The hardest part about having an unplanned pregnancy at a young age often isn't the physical challenge of being pregnant or finishing school or finding a job – it's dealing with the negativity that you won't amount to anything simply because you become pregnant. Whether it's blame for "getting pregnant" in the first place or judgment about milking the system or overcoming stereotypes (Teen Mom, I'm looking at you), it's hard to believe in yourself as a young mom.
Which is why I was so excited to read this study about teen pregnancy. Instead of listing more ways why teen moms are doomed to failure, the study found that, for some teens, pregnancies actually helped them to lead more successful lives.
When it comes to changing the name of the negative teen pregnancy game, support is the answer.
How do you think we can support teen parents?
I was 15 when I became pregnant and had him when I was 16. It was very hard at first. But I think the hardest thing was to tell your parents and family because you feel like you disappointed them and let them down. You find out who your true friends are. And then again you gain so much. My little boy maybe me work even harder and sure I missed out on a normal teenage experience but I feel mine was even better. I got a job as soon as I turned 18. I finished high school and took the time to raise my child. Now he is five and will be Going to kindergarten this fall and the teachers are so amazed at how much he knows. By the way his father and I are still together and soon as he found out I was pregnant he got a part time job. Now we are married and expecting are second child. You still can follow your dreams just in a different way.
My name is Suzanne and I had my first child at 16, pregnant during my entire 15th year it seems. I had a hard experience, and I wouldn't recommend becoming a teen parent if you can help it. It was extremely hard to focus at school knowing someone else was caring for my child, and although I kept my grades at a good GPA I sacrificed being a youth. I mean parties, girls nights out, football games, and other things other students were doing I could not do. I had to work to care for the needs of my child. My parents were hard on me they said since I wanted to grow up and have a kid I could do what adults do. WORK. I do want to encourage those of you who are teen's with children, because a lot of times people are negative about our decisions. It take becoming like a duck, let the negativity roll off your back. Negativity will roll into your parenting if you let it. Working hard is not a bad thing. It taught me to have good work ethic and it helped me to continue my education every year until last year. Now I have my BA, and Masters Degree, and have a great life. I never gave up, even in those times you feel like screaming, just do it go outside for a walk alone and let it out. Every person who has been judgmental in my life about this has seen that my life is no different from theirs, with the acception that I am now a graandmother. Yes at age 40 I have three grandchildren. The great thing is now I am still young enough to chase the babies around. I have a great time. And it nice to constantly hear I dont look old enough to be a grandma. Cool. Just keep your head up if you are a teen parent or if you are about to be a teen parent. It does get better.
You got this! I just had my first, and I'm 19 as well. I'm in college part time right now, although I was full time (and working) while I was pregnant. My son's due date was the week after finals, but he came three weeks early. However, I was able to go in and take my finals while my husband watched the baby, and I made all A's that semester! The point is, even though it might be hard at times, you can still make it through. Don't be afraid to ask for help. And congratulations!
I was 18 when our daughter was born. Half-way through my senior year, my mom encouraged me to leave high school and get my GED. I did; and got a nearly perfect score on it. I left high school with a 3.75 GPA. I enrolled in college and went through a couple months of class before my fiance and I found out that I was pregnant; and six months along nonetheless! My then fiance was in tech school for the Air Force and in a different state. He didn't get home until I was almost eight months along. We pushed up our wedding date and had an absolutely beautiful wedding! We had our daughter a month later. She's now ten months old and absolutely brilliant! She's so far ahead developmentally I am amazed; but she does have some pretty clever parents. We have a home, two cars and a beautiful Red Heeler. I am one year away from my medical degree. My husband has a very successful civilian job and is getting ready to deploy in about a month to the Middle East. I've recently been promoted to a manager at my own job.
We feel like we're successful individuals and parents. Our daughter has everything she could ever ask for and we have a wonderfully comfortable life. We have an emergency savings that could cover three months of our expenses; a savings that grows with every paycheck. Most people our age are doing what they "should" be doing, according to society. Still living with their parents with no responsibilities; partying every weekend; sleeping around; and essentially not doing anything with their lives. Despite all this, my husband and I still get glares and nasty comments from the people around us. We do better than most people twice our age, but because we decided to get married young and have a child young we're judged.
I love my life and couldn't imagine it any other way! My family is beautiful and we're achieving all of our dreams together. Being a wife and mother doesn't condemn you to a wasted life, it is an amazing opportunity to change the world! After all, it's because of a mother that there was an Albert Einstein, a George Washington, and a Martin Luther Kind Jr.
I feel you. I was also 22 when I had my first. People were always saying that same thing to me too. "You're too young." All new mothers need support, no matter what their age is.
to be bluntly honest are they really bad looks? a pregnant woman has a glow to them that is hard to miss… and a belly that is hard to miss, i catch myself looking a little longer at a pregnant woman no matter how old or young they look and if your just starting to get your bump the look may be "is she fat… or pregnant?" they need a little time to figure it out cause its not something to ask lol. it wont be long till they are just gonna come up to you and say "can i touch it?!" hahaha. the looks are not cause your young and pregnant… the looks are just cause your pregnant and thats that.
if your doing great as a mother then they have no reason to put you down. besides, if your too busy talking, teaching and laughing with your child then you have no time to hear them anyways.
i would respond with "ya, just like you"
your not a failure because you made different life choices then other people, the only way you can be a failure is if you give up, work towards proving them wrong and stand up for yourself. my way of doing that is if someone is putting me down for not being perfect then get a comeback as to how they are less then perfect too. no one deserves to be put down unless they are putting you down when you dont deserve it, you need and deserve all the love and support you can get!
I had my oldest daughter at 17 – back when you may only know one or two teen moms and there was no special schooling programs or medical care tailored to teen pregnancy and motherhood. So, was my life ruined? This baby born to a teenager is now turning 20, at the top of her classes in college and is sought after and almost fought over as she is starting her career in Early Childhood Education. She is in a stable relationship, handles money well, and is respected and adored by employers and teachers. I think that means success, don't you?
I became a mother at the age of 15, totally unplanned. I am now 27 and have 5 children (ages 1-12) but I was also the valedictorian of my class and have earned my degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Illinois. As a teen mother, I received every hateful comment imagined and my high school principal even tried to push me out of school. I succeeded in my goals because I refused to be another stereotype. My eldest daughter is a straight-A student and my eldest son skipped kindergarten because he was so advanced. Bottom line, not all teen mothers will be societal trash and not all children of teen mothers will fail in life either. It is all circumstance and determination.
I'm a teen mom, and i would like to say that I hate being a 'failure' the way I supposedly am. My own step-sister, who was a parent at a younger age than me, told me I had wsted all my potential and my life. I'm sick of it.
It really just depends on the person. It has nothing to do with being a teen. There's plenty of bad moms out there who had their kids at the age of 30. I know many girls who got pregnant at a young age and decided to improve their lives all for their child.
i has say being a teen mom does take a big turn because when i had my first son at 17 school awas harder for me. when being a teen mom with no kids school was about learning and friends and hanging out and haveing a baby in your teens you lose friends and you dont have that much time to hang out like before, because now its about putting your baby first before your self. even when doing home work your ok when the babys asleep but when he wakes up you have to feed him and play with them and show them love.but even if ppl give ypu bad looks or say mran things about being a teen mom that should never turn the tables because as long as your being the best mon you can be wheather your providing, going to school or even showing love ppl well see that and show respect. but you shouldnt care what ppl think or say if your doing your job as a parent. unless your doing wrong of leaving your baby with your patents, friends or any family member all the time just to go to partys and do all the bad things and then get home late then just go to bed and act like you never had a responsibility.
THIS IS SO TRUE IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE HARDSHIP OF BEING A YOUNG MOTHER OR PERGNANT TEEN THAT TAKES A TOLL ON MANY, IT'S THE NEGATIVITY FROM OTHERS, THE MEAN LOOKS, THE COMMENTS. EVEN WHEN YOUR NOT IN THAT SITUATION IF YOU LOOK TO YOUNG THERE ARE JUDGEMENTAL STARES AND SOME EVEN HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE "YOU HAVING A BABY?, BUT YOUR SO YOUNG". I WAS 22 WHEN I HAVE MY FIRST CHILD AND I GOT THE SAME REACHTIONS. IN EVERYONES MIND THERE'S AN AGE RANGE THEY FEEL YOU SHOULD FALL INTO IN ORDER TO HAVE A BABY. IT PISSES ME OFF.
I'm 21 right now and pregnant with my first child. My fiance and I weren't exactly planning this, but I feel like it is a tremendous gift that has been given to us. I have been noticing the looks I get at the grocery store, now that my bump is coming in, and I can't say I like them. I couldn't imagine becoming pregnant as a teen, there is so much going on in their lives already. I think its important that we don't judge them, everyone makes choices and sometimes they come with a surprise. We need to make sure that there is support there for them and ways to find the proper tools for help if they need it.


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Want to vote from your smartphone? Utah County to become 3rd area in U.S. to test mobile voting
By Katie McKellar, KSL | Posted - Jul 23rd, 2019 @ 11:03am
PROVO — Voting via smartphone is coming to Utah County this year — making it only the third area in the nation to test the mobile voting waters.
But unless you're an active-duty military member or overseas, don't expect to cast a ballot using your smartphone.
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah County officials announced Tuesday that Utah County would launch a mobile voting pilot program for this year's municipal primary and general elections, but only for active-duty military, their eligible dependents and overseas voters.
The pilot program — a collaboration between Utah County, the National Cybersecurity Center, Tusk Philanthropies (a foundation aimed at expanding mobile voting), and a mobile voting app called Voatz — isn't costing Utah County a dime, said Utah County Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers.
"It's free," Powers said, noting that Tusk Philanthropies' foundation will be footing the bill, a cost estimated at $99,250 for the primary.
The program will be a first for Utah, having only ever come to two other U.S. areas. The pilot was first implemented in West Virginia before going to Denver last year.
"Utah's pilot is another sign that the momentum for mobile voting in our country is very real and supports our theory that when you show people a much better way to do something, there becomes a demand for it," said Bradley Tusk, founder and CEO of Tusk Philanthropies. "As we enter into a presidential election year, we have to continue to remove as many barriers and hurdles as possible so a lot more people are able to participate in our democracy."
Cox, who serves as Utah's top elections official, said he was "thrilled" the program is coming to Utah County.
"This pilot project is emblematic of Utah's commitment to safe, efficient elections for all, especially our brave military and their families all over the world," Cox said in a news release. "The opportunity for these Utahns to vote via smartphone means they will more securely participate in the democratic processes they are serving to protect."
Under the program, eligible registered Utah County voters may cast their ballots via smartphone for local races in Eagle Mountain, Highland, Lehi, Mapleton, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Santaquin and Springville, as well as City Council seats three and four in Provo. The pilot will be used by troops and overseas citizens serving abroad, who have traditionally had to rely on paper absentee paper. The program will be offered in addition to, not in place of, the absentee ballot option.
'Epicenter of innovation,' not 'dysfunction'
The pilot project comes after Utah County gained somewhat of a reputation for election fiascos in previous years. Gov. Gary Herbert last year called his home county the "epicenter of dysfunction" for elections after long lines plagued last year's elections.
Utah County's GOP last year forced out the county's former clerk/auditor, Bryan Thompson, and instead gave newcomer Powers the Republican nomination for the seat.
Easily winning last year's election, Powers has spent the last year trying to revamp Utah County's election reputation, and the mobile voting pilot program is one innovation for which Powers said she has high hopes.
"We're working at changing our reputation from the 'epicenter of dysfunction' to be the 'epicenter of innovation,'" Powers told the Deseret News.
"As the home of Silicon Slopes and all of that innovation here in Utah, we feel strongly that Utah County government shouldn't be lagging behind the rest of the state when it comes to innovation and technology, we should be leading the way."
How does Voatz work?
The pilot's app uses the same verification technology already used by most new smartphones: facial or thumbprint recognition, said Larry Moore, senior vice president of Voatz, a startup out of Boston that has designed the app.
Voters who qualify for the pilot — estimated by Powers at only about 60 for the primary and about 200 for the general election — will download the app on the smartphones and upload a government ID such as a driver's license to register. Then, when they're ready to cast their votes, they will submit their ballots through the app, which will verify their identification with the smartphone's biometric technology, Moore said.
Only certain smartphones, iPhone 5s or newer and select Androids 2016 or newer, are currently supported, according to Voatz's website.
But how can voters be sure its secure?
"It's no secret this is a controversial topic," Moore said, acknowledging there will be skeptics. Voatz's "single mission," he said, "is to provide the most secure voting capability on the planet."
Because the Voatz app is built with security measures already used in certain smartphones and employs blockchain technology — the same technologies used by cryptocurrencies like bitcoin — Moore said it's "virtually unhackable."
"I'm not saying it's impossible to hack because you never know until it's done," Moore added, "but there are several things that make it extraordinarily difficult."
More said votes will be verified and immutably stored on multiple, geographically different verifying servers. And since it uses blockchain technology, votes can be voter-verified and audited with each vote cast.
Blockchain can be described as a shared digital spreadsheet in which every transaction or change to the data must be verified by participating, validating peers. Blockchain is "currently the most safe method of recording votes," claims Tusk Philanthropies on its Mobile Voting Project website.
"The decentralized nature of blockchain technology, both in regards to data ownership and storage, is a powerful security measure in resisting large-scale attacks and tampering," the website states.
Mobile voting may expand if all goes well
To Powers, the Voatz app has checked all boxes in her search for a more efficient, innovative and safe method of voting.
"It's secure, it's anonymous, it's transparent, and on our end, it takes a lot less manpower," Powers said, noting that currently, Utah County military voters email their ballots, which voluntarily waives their right to an anonymous ballot.
Powers said the county will partner with the National Cybersecurity Center to audit the results of the election to determine its effectiveness. If all goes well, Powers said it could be extended to voters with disabilities for perhaps the 2020 election.
Beyond that? Voters will have to wait and see.
"We're more than happy to be part of the pilot to help prove or at least (test) that this technology can be a good, secure alternative way of voting in the future if people should choose," Powers said.
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Young Students Bursary since 2001-02
YSB dates from 2001-02 and is available to most Scottish-domiciled full-time students in HE who are under 25, subject to means-testing.
Value to students
YSB from 2001 shows the maximum amount which has been available over the period. The table gives the value both in cash and at current ie 2013-14 prices.
YSB increased close to, or even sometimes faster than, inflation in its first 9 years. Its real terms value peaked in 2005-06. Increases were very slightly below inflation for the next 4 years, but YSB still remained worth 99% of its 2005-06 value.
From 2010-11, grant levels were frozen. The table shows the effect on the value, again at 2013-14 prices, of the freeze. For those on the maximum rate, the freeze had a cumulative effect of reducing the real terms value of the grant by £184 a year by 2012-13.
YSB rates were significantly reduced in 2013-14.
Reaction to the initial freeze
The initial decision to implement a freeze was taken rapidly over the course of October 2009. The process underlying decisions for the 2010-11 academic year was explained by the then Cabinet Secretary for Education, Fiona Hyslop, in this statement to the Parliament on 28 October 2009.
A Scottish Government news release from early October 2009 had said: "The Scottish Government also plans to increase grants for the poorest students receiving the Young Students' Bursary … Ms Hyslop is to meet opposition parties and student representatives during the next two weeks to agree the final level of increase in the grants for young students." In response to that consultation, and an argument that hardship was a more important issue than debt, expressed by the NUS and supported by Opposition parties, the government converted grant to a larger amount of student loan. The final package included an additional £180 a year in loan for the poorest students, not previously envisaged.
At Committee, also on 28 October 2009, in response to questioning on the detail of the SAAS budget, Ms Hyslop said: "We should make you aware that we, like the UK Government, have put a freeze on some of what would normally be an uprating of the grants and bursaries that are provided". Although the freeze was not referred to in those terms again, in a later statement to the Chamber, the Cabinet Secretary did mention: "a further increase in student loans, rather than through student grants … Although the strict terms of the motion that the Parliament passed on 21 May might not have been met, particularly the Opposition's original wish to increase the young students bursary, the main element of it—addressing student hardship—has, I believe, been realised." The decision seems to have been clearly understood by all the political parties.
This final package was reported in The Scotsman, with a separate new grant for independent students reported, but no mention of the plans for YSB, in line with this Scottish Government new release announcing the final package for 2010-11, which was also silent on the bursary decision.
The further 2 years of YSB cash freeze, with loans used to deal with inflation-proofing, appear to have been uncontroversial. I have not been able to find any reporting of the decisions for either 2011-12 or 2012-13.
I have though not yet been able to find any formal press notice or parliamentary announcement of the decision to freeze YSB levels in later years. It is difficult to tell, therefore, how widely known it was that its value was declining in real terms.
The position argued for 2010-11 made sense: around £73 less grant in exchange for an additional £180 spending power met the NUS priority on hardship, with a limited impact on debt. At the same time, a new bursary for independent students had been introduced, going a fair way to deal with the exclusion of this group from the main scheme of maintenance grants.
The more difficult questions are:
how far the debt impact on the poorest students could still be regarded as de minimis about after a further 2 years of freezes; and
how far this period of uncontroversial grant freezes paved the way for the much larger reductions applied in 2013-14, with its unarguably significant impact on the indebtness of the students from the lowest income homes. As YSB from 2001 shows, with the freeze now announced for next year, by 2014-15 students from the poorest homes will be incurring £1168 more a year in debt, compared to 2009-10, due solely to lost grant and before further borrowing required to attain their full entitlement to Scottish Government support. A few low-income young students caught by tightening of grant thresholds will be £1900 a year worse off by next year. The continued freeze arguably allowed means-tested grants for poorer students in HE to become seen as a relatively low priority for the use of government cash and an easy place to make savings.
Since 2012-13 the Scottish Government has been receiving large amounts of funding for student loans through the Barnett formula: see here. This is a consequence of the extra loan required to underpin the new fee regime south of the border. The money cannot be used on much else but student loan. With the cash budget under significant pressure, it has made sense from the perspective of the Scottish Government to find uncontroversial ways to replace grant with loan. Young Student Bursary ended up in the path of this financial double-hit.
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The debian/rules file for this package has a call to dh_strip(1) with the specified --dbgsym-migration or --ddeb-migration argument.
Such arguments are used to migrate packages to use automatic debug symbols, which first became available in December 2015.
If this command was added to the debian/rules that was included in the current stable release of Debian then it can possibly be removed.
However, if the command was added later (and/or the package was not included in stretch) please wait until it has been included in a stable release before removing it.


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You can't think about the Blue Demons' glory days without thinking about Coach Meyer. He took DePaul to two Final Fours 36 years apart (1943 and 1979), posted 37 winning seasons with 21 postseason berths and — with Mark Aguirre, Terry Cummings and Co. — made DePaul basketball in the late 1970s and early '80s the best show in town.
A mixed legacy includes a near-refusal to play road games. But you can't deny an innovator who pioneered the huddle, onside kick, lateral, spiral snap, quarterback keeper, uniform numbers and the Statue of Liberty play — not to mention winning seven Big Ten titles.
College sports loves a good debate. See Selection Sunday or the eternal arguments over major college football's playoff system.
Reaching a consensus on Illinois' greatest college coaches was similarly murky. Though we limited the list to Division I — with apologies to legends such as North Central's Al Carius (28 Division III national titles in cross-country and track and field) and Augustana's Bob Reade (four straight D-III football titles in the 1980s) — that hardly limited the debates.
Should maintaining consistent excellence over a long period (think Lou Henson) be rewarded more than bringing a program out of the gutter (hello, Gary Barnett)? How much weight should national titles carry? And how does success amid the relative low pressure of non-revenue sports measure up against the high stakes of Big Ten football and men's basketball?
One thing is clear: Knowing the passion of college sports fans, many will find this list debatable.


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Turkuaz Releases Spooky Surprise Track, "Shakin' In My Sheets"
Article Contributed by Crown Jül PR | Published on Saturday, October 30, 2021
Turkuaz's two-night "Halloween Festivity Nightmare" hometown run at New York City's Webster Hall, the funk nonet has released its first single of 2021, the funky, fright-filled track, "Shakin' In My Sheets." The back-to-back nights at the newly renovated venue promise spooky surprises, including the live debut of the new track and plenty of unreleased material.
Listen to "Shakin' In My Sheets" everywhere now: orcd.co/shakininmysheets.
Tickets for the October 29th & October 30th shows at Webster Hall are still on sale but going quickly. Snag yours now via: turkuazband.com/tour.
"We have a ton of material in the works! Eventually, we'll have a new full-length, but it felt appropriate to release this song right now with its the lyrical relevance to Halloween. Plus, it's been in the works since before the pandemic! We started working on it soon after our 2018 album Life in the City." explains frontman Dave Brandwein.
He continues, "It's odd that it was written before all the recent events of the world, because in retrospect, it just seems so relevant. The song picks up where we left off with some of the themes from our last album, describing feelings of alienation, discomfort and depression setting in as each day passes."
Brandwein wrote the song while he was struggling with his addiction and sobriety, which he says is equally as isolating as COVID has been. He reflects, "Searching for answers, I turned to songwriting, and though my struggles continue, I'm emerging from the pandemic sober and look back at this time as a learning experience and I'm glad that Turkuaz was able to make beautiful music out of it!"
After a slew of festival appearances throughout the summer and fall with Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew celebrating the 40th anniversary of Remain in Light, the ensemble is eager to head back on the road and perform the music they've been working on. To close out the year, Turkuaz will ring in 2022 for their annual New Year's Eve Ball Drop event in Hartford, CT for two nights at Infinity Hall.
Find a full list of upcoming dates below and head over to the band's website for tickets and more information. Stay tuned, as the band has much more to come in 2022!
2021 - 2022 Turkuaz Tour Dates
Oct. 28th - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Oct. 29th - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Oct. 31st - Live Oak, FL - Suwannee Hulaween &
Nov. 4th - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
Nov. 5th - Boston, MA - Big Night Live
Nov. 6th - Portland, ME - State Theater
Dec. 11th - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom !
Dec. 29th - Philadelphia, PA - Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia
Dec. 30th & 31st - Hartford, CT - Infinity Hall *
Jan 28th & 29th - Miami Beach, FL - North Beach Bandshell *
Apr. 29th - New Orleans, LA - The Joy Theater &
May 1st - Atlanta, GA - Sweetwater 420 Fest &
May 5th - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's *
* notes dates w/o Thumpasaurus
! notes dates w/ Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
& notes dates w/ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew
Twiddle drummer Brook Jordan to sit in with "The Dirty Street Grass Company" tonight in VT
Sat, 12/11/2021 - 9:45 am
RiverWonderGrass Returns to Dinosaur National Monument in 2022
WinterWonderGrass CO Adds Final Headliner, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
The Wood Brothers will return to WinterWonderGrass CO
North Beach Music Festival Announces Special Guest Additions, Shira Elias & Jason Hann
Kendall Street Company & The Dirty Grass Players Announce Winter 2021 Tour Dates
Sat, 10/30/2021 - 12:53 pm
WinterWonderGrass CA returns April 1–3, 2022
WinterWonderGrass CO returns Feb. 25–27 2022
Roots-Rocker Madeline Hawthorne Makes Solo Debut with Album, 'Boots'
TAUK Delivers Cinematic LP, 'Chaos Companion'
North Beach Music Festival Shares Daily Lineup & Releases Single Day Tickets
Tue, 09/14/2021 - 3:02 pm
TAUK Releases Playful, Cinematic Video, "Make Your Move"
Madeline Hawthorne Announces Debut Solo Album Along with Titular Track and Video, "Boots"
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, SPAFFORD, THE MOTET, MARCO BENEVENTO & MORE TO PLAY INAUGURAL NORTH BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL


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Applied Insight Acquires Bridges Inc., Intelligence Community Technology Firm
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 – Applied Insight, a market leader in solving complex technology challenges for federal government customers, backed by The Acacia Group, announced today its acquisition of Bridges Inc., Maryland-based specialists in cyber security, network engineering and big data analytics for the intelligence community. Bridges brings complementary capabilities to Applied Insight in network security, cross-domain solutions and analytics development using artificial intelligence. In addition, the acquisition enables the company to deliver end-to-end cloud infrastructure and data analytics in a way that is unique to the industry. It will also expand Applied Insight's portfolio of intellectual property, strengthening its position with strategically important intelligence customers.
"This is a true game changer because it means we can now deliver end-to-end hybrid and multicloud solutions, from infrastructure to actionable insight," said Dede Dascalu, CEO of Applied Insight. "For example, Bridges' cross-domain capabilities extend our ability to support the full range of low-to-high-side workflows. Their cyber and analytics expertise, combined with our cloud infrastructure and emulation products and managed services, will help customers more effectively process and integrate vast amounts of classified and open-source information. Importantly, we know the Bridges team well from years of partnering together. They share our commitment to the national security mission and have experience delivering successful innovations to intelligence customers. We're honored to have the team on board."
Bridges CEO Chuck Faughnan added, "We are excited to join the Applied Insight team to expand opportunities for our employees and bring the latest technologies to our customers. Together we can leverage our unique machine learning and artificial intelligence analytics and deep network engineering experience to deliver new cyber products and end-to-end security for our customers' hybrid-cloud infrastructures."
Bridges was founded in 2000 with the mission to protect sensitive information and shape big data into confident decisions. It has a team of more than 100 cleared professionals skilled in cross-domain network solutions, network security, custom application development and data analytics. Like Applied Insight, Bridges maintains a range of partnerships with key enterprise technology vendors and has an outstanding track record of developing analytics capabilities. Their security and analytics products and applications are deployed in highly sensitive customer environments and have broader applications beyond the intelligence community. For example, Bridges' BEAM analytics framework provides a methodology for systematically integrating technical and process innovations to improve mission outcomes.
"Bridges' cross-domain, cyber and big data capabilities enrich our ability to leverage the advantages of cloud technology with enhanced security, greater analytics firepower, improved software performance and reduced friction between domains," said Adam Gruber, CTO of Applied Insight. "Cross-domain capabilities are typically associated with traditional IT systems. With our combined cloud-based capabilities and analytic expertise, we look forward to opening up a new realm of cloud-based end-to-end, low-to-high information workflows and insights."
Bridges is joining Applied Insight at a time of rapid growth for the company. Applied Insight has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the Washington area over the past two years. Its award-winning Altitude™ and SHIFT™ cloud management and emulation technologies have revolutionized remote work and low-to-high-side software development and integration challenges for national security customers.
Baird acted as exclusive financial adviser to Bridges on this transaction.
At Applied Insight, we deliver pragmatic solutions for federal missions that cannot wait. We work closely with agencies and industry to overcome technical and cultural hurdles to innovation, empowering them with the latest cloud, data and cyber capabilities. Our solutions help people work better, faster and more securely – no matter where they are. To learn more about us, visit applied-insight.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About The Acacia Group
The Acacia Group is a team of operational investors with a long track record in the U.S. technology and services markets. We see value in technologies that enable people to collaborate in sustaining our society, from our security and economy, to our institutions and infrastructure. We invest in entrepreneurs who share that mission, bringing the capital, experience and relationships to enable them to take their business to new heights. For more information, please visit The Acacia Group or follow us on LinkedIn.


Before drive-thru pharmacies and childproof pill bottles, apothecaries supplied people with glass jars of precious healing pills and elixirs.
It is those olden days and community ways that Shari Stein Curry imagines when people buy the electric-colored bottles of cold-pressed juices she and Traci Hunt created for their Oakland business, the Living Apothecary.
"During the Renaissance, you'd go into a pharmacy and it was an apothecary, and it was about herbs and curing whatever you were sick with," Stein Curry said.
The Living Apothecary is a modern day twist on this former way of life, she said.
"It's food in a bottle, and it's energizing," she said. "Food is your medicine."
At their vintage-inspired farmers' market booth, where burlap covers the tables and bottles float in metal wash tubs, the artisanal beverage company sells cold-pressed juices, which are made by pulverizing fruits and vegetables and running them through a hydraulic press.
The duo recently started exploring the world of vegan nut milks, allowing them to experiment with products like coconut milk, quinoa milk and even hemp heart milk. They have also begun offering cleansing packs and kefir tonics that combine good bacteria and medicinal teas.
Friends and business partners Stein Curry and Hunt started the Living Apothecary in 2012 with the goal of nourishing bodies and feeding souls with cold-pressed juices. They make the concoctions using kale, watermelon rinds, beet root, rainbow chard and other vegetables most people wouldn't consider putting into their morning drink - that is, until these entrepreneurs showed them just how good they can taste.
Melissa Romero has enjoyed the Living Apothecary juices and milks for almost two years.
"Their juices are crisp and clean, using ingredients most wouldn't think to drink - 'Pumpkin? Yum!' " she said. "The Living Apothecary is a couple of super smart women who make super smart drinks."
The pumpkin juice is Romero's favorite for its earthy, yet sweet, flavor. She also enjoys the turmeric spice almond milk because it is comforting and nutritious.
The pressing process usually takes place on Saturday mornings, so they can sell juice fresh at the weekend markets. Their kitchen is in Berkeley Kitchens, an industrial building converted into commercial kitchens for small artisanal businesses. Curry and Hunt wear their best casual garb, gloves and aprons - pieces they don't mind getting splattered with vibrant-colored beet juice.
The Temescal Farmers' Market and Montclair Farmers' Market, which are both in Oakland, are their main storefronts, where people are drawn in by neon pink, grass green and beet red bottles of juice that cost between $5 and $8 a bottle. Their digs are often busy with regulars picking up their weekly juice supply and newbies, who are often blown away by flavor combinations.
"Their eyes get wide and they're surprised. That's the best," Hunt said.
Hunt and Stein Curry met while working at the Rivoli Restaurant in Berkeley. Stein Curry, 34, who ran the restaurant's farm-to-cocktail program, moved from the East Coast after her husband landed a job in Silicon Valley.
Hunt, 47, a vegetarian who has worked in the restaurant industry for 30 years, was experimenting with cold pressing when they decided to open a business together.
Though cold pressing was becoming popular in cities across the country, including San Francisco, no one did cold pressing in Oakland when they launched a year and a half ago.
Hunt was drawn to the idea of cold pressing during her own investigation into the raw food world. A vegetarian since she was 19, she experimented with nut milks and juices, but cold pressing created a whole new type of product, she discovered.
"It's amazing how much brighter the juice is when you're pressing - purer, smoother, cleaner," Hunt said.
Cold pressing is an extreme version of juicing. It takes a more muscle power and significantly more time. The Living Apothecary uses the Norwalk Juicer, which uses about 1,000 pounds of pressure to extract vitamins, minerals and enzyme properties from fruits and vegetables without damaging the nutrient makeup with heat and added oxygen. Their juices don't get a foamy top layer that many at-home juicers produce.
The two-step process is lengthy and laborious. First, the fruits and vegetable are pulverized into baby food consistency. Then the mixture is put into pressing cloths and run through a hydraulic press. For the process to be efficient, two people have to stand at the juicer.
To make the grass-green Elixir No. 1, they pack the metal tube on top of the juicer with fresh, mostly local kale, romaine lettuce, cucumber, watermelon, watermelon rind, apple and mint.
There is little waste, and there is the occasional splatter as they press crates of greens, but the biggest challenge is the time it takes to press enough for their customers. With their staff of five, it takes about an hour to make a single case of juice. That's only 12 bottles, and they make about 30 each week.
Elixir No. 1 remains a deep, dark green for its three to five day shelf life. Red beets give Elixir No. 2 its intense purple color; though it also packs nutrients with kale, romaine, pear, apple, ginger, parsley and chia seeds. Other elixirs include with carrot, golden beets, apples, oranges, turmeric and burdock root, which turn the bottle pumpkin orange.
"What makes us stand out is the intensity of the ingredients that we put in there," Stein Curry said. "We try to make them nutritional powerhouses."
-- Urban Village Temescal Farmers' Market, Department of Motor Vehicles parking lot, 5300 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday.
-- Urban Village Montclair Farmers' Market, LaSalle Avenue at Moraga, Oakland. 9 a.m.-1p.m. Sunday .
Lauren Nelson is a freelance writer. E-mail IntheEastBay@sfchronicle.com. This story appeared in the Sunday East Bay section.


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Vágur est une commune et une ville des îles Féroé située sur l'île de Suðuroy, elle en est la plus peuplée avec . Le nom de la ville vient du féroïen et signifie baie car la ville est logée au fond d'un fjord, celui de Vágsfjørður.

Elle a été fondée au  et s'est développée en station baleinière grâce à la chasse à la baleine. Depuis, Vágur est l'un des 23 sites légaux où la tradition du Grindadráp est encore autorisé de nos jours.

Personnalités liées à la ville
 Pál Joensen (1990-), nageur né à Vágur.
 Ruth Smith (1913-1958), peintre née et décédée à Vágur.
 Sirið Stenberg (1968-), femme politique née à Vágur.

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Liste des villes des Îles Féroé

Ville aux Îles Féroé
Station baleinière
Commune aux îles Féroé

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Join Killaloe River Cruises for a 1 hour private cruise along the River Shannon and Lough Derg. Choose your departure time between 9am and 4pm. As this is a private cruise only your group of up to 12 passengers will be on board. Your driver/guide James Whelan has been providing boat trips from Killaloe since 1991. James will provide a commentary on all interesting sites as you cruise by. Here is what some of his previous guests have had to say.
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