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RW/FF With Ben P Scott #43
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March 7, 2014 March 7, 2014 Ben P Scott
The first RW/FF column in three weeks! Have I been lazy? Nope, quite the opposite in fact. Expect new albums from Bluetones legend Mark Morriss and Beck, plus EPs from Velvet Morning and Budada. As well as those you can hear new music from Damon Albarn, Stephen Jones, CuT, Colourmusic, Gruff Rhys, Spiritualized, SJ Esau, Michael Kiwanuka and Klaxons… There's also the latest edition of The RW/FF Compilation. The "Rewind" part of the column features my epic six part compilation of the best music from the glorious year of 1995.
Life after Britpop has been kind to some and cruel to others. The Bluetones didn't do too badly as they continued all through the 00's with a faithful fanbase in tow, but had to make do without any hit singles and TV appearances after 2003. Deciding that they had done as much as they could, the band called it a day with a triumphant 'lap of honour' tour in 2011. Frontman Mark Morriss certainly doesn't seem lost without his former bandmates on his new solo album, where his ear for infectious melodies remains very much intact. It's just as enjoyable as his former band's work and contains some of his all-time greatest moments.
The opening title track demonstrates his dazzling ability to conjure up dark edged power pop belters, this one played against a backdrop of moody flamenco flavours and Mariachi horns. The bright arrangements across these songs suggest Morriss has been thinking about how to fill the spaces left by the absence of his old bandmates, and the new ingredients are indeed something to relish. After all, as the man sang himself back in the 90s: "no problem should be faced without a little charm and a lot of style". Morriss skilfully and instinctively applies plenty of both throughout this excellent LP. 'Guilty Again' is firmly up there with the many highlights of his career, combining an energetic rhythm with wonderful acoustic arpeggios and sweet synth before hitting hard with the surging emotional urgency of its top notch chorus. It seems that carrying on by himself has gifted Mark Morriss a whole new lease of life, and 'A Flash Of Darkness' has confirmed him to be a great solo artist in his own right. Out of all the musical figures who emerged in the 90s, here is one still very much on top form. And he's certainly showing the more recent crop of guitar bands how memorable indie pop is done. Read my full 8.5/10 review of the album HERE.
After six years without the release of an album, it's evident that Beck Hansen wanted to return with his strongest collection of songs possible, and his new offering turns out to be an absolute pleasure to bask in. On the smartly cohesive 'Morning Phase' he puts the genre-splicing to one side in favour of a more direct, reflective sound flavoured by the sun-dazed vibes of vintage West Coast rock and Americana. Throughout the album shades of the Byrds, Crosby Stills And Nash, Gram Parsons and Neil Young are blended into alluring arrangements that lend the songs a rich atmospheric character. The steady tempo is maintained throughout the record as the easy going country tinged acoustic rock of 'Say Goodbye' comes across slightly reminiscent of an American Beta Band and is scattered with catchy melodies, while 'Blue Moon' is a yearning dreampop folk ballad where the tranquil ring of guitars mixes with mandolin and bewitching harmonies. The striking closer 'Waking Light' is where the heavens open up, the dazzling rays of its ecstatic chorus enrapturing the listener with uplifting power. Returning with one of his strongest records to date, Beck reprises moods from 2002's much loved 'Sea Change' to create not just a more positive companion piece of sorts, but a fine album in its own right. Read my full 8.2/10 album review HERE.
There seems to be something of a psych revival happening at the moment, which inevitably means more bands of that style are appearing more frequently. So it's always good to find an outfit like Velvet Morning who add their own stamp to the sounds that influence their work. Sure, on their debut EP 'Velvet Moon' you'll hear a touch of the Jesus And Mary Chain here ('She's A Live Wire') and Spacemen 3 there ('Paranoia'), but this four piece led by vocalist/guitarist Samuel Jones are able to mix these familiar colours to create something of a new shade. They've learned from the greats of various eras up to the present day, offering a fresh, invigorating mixture of assured ideas and shades of identifiable influences rather than reinventing the wheel completely.
The opening 'Paranoia' is far more easy going than its title suggests, adding rhythm enhancing percussion to shady chords, seductive ripples of guitar, moody basslines and a blissed-out haze of a vocal that expands the atmospheric euphoria. 'Octocity' unfolds beautifully as waves of psychedelic calm wash gently over lucid atmospheres that recall The Verve's early work, feeding glistening guitars into a languid cinematic soundscape. The chilled motorik rhythm and cosmic cool of 'Black Velvet Morning' is perfect for the post midnight hours, while the mesmeric glow of the majestic 'She's A Live Wire' gives the vocals a ghostly background role, and is all the more mysteriously tranquil for it. From start to finish, it casts its spell in a soft, subtly bewitching fashion and provides a highlight. On 'Blue Jean Baby' shades of The Stone Roses circa 1990 emerge within a delirious slow groove as a smooth funk beat provides a solid foundation for the mesmeric, fluid guitar lines, and more of those mood-enhancing percussive touches give the closing 'I Got You' a loose feel as it rounds things off with another fine mixture of the spacey and the blissful.
You may be able to recognise their influences from a mile off, but Velvet Morning put enough of their own spin on their sound to make them stand out in the current ever growing crowd of psych outfits. A full length follow up is due later in the year but for now this six track offering will do very nicely. 8.4/10
Budada began life in 2011 as an anti-folk/lo-fi duo consisting of Hong Kong born singer/multi-instrumentalist Louise Schwarz and Wiltshire based drummer/vocalist Jake Cheesman, who formed after seeing a Melt-Banana concert. After gigging around the South West of the UK and spending a couple of weeks playing in Hong Kong, the band were boosted by the arrivals of guitarist Marcel Rose and bass player Lance Thorman. In early 2013 their debut full length LP 'blackpeppercowboybone' was recorded in a factory on an industrial estate and released at the beginning of the year. A new three track offering entitled 'Scum Rises To The Top' (produced by Dom Bailey and Daturas frontman Joseph Chowles at Melksham's Nine Volt Leap studios) has just been issued via their own label and has turned out rather good indeed.
The lead track 'Mainshock' charges into a riot of furious riffage, urgent rumbles and confrontational vocals, serving up a highly charged burst of attitude and adrenaline that excites the senses. Elsewhere 'Doin' The Rounds' showcases a lighter, sweetly melodic side to the band's style that plays with colourful instrumentation and folk flavours, while the excellent 'She Ain't Blue' puts thick stabs of bass up against the thrill and thunder of another infectious tune to round off the 3 track EP brilliantly. Three tracks that suggest Budada have more interesting and entertaining tricks up their sleeves, the EP can be picked up at their gigs or by contacting the band at their Facebook page HERE. Until then, listen to the whole thing below.. 7.8/10
As many of you will know, the utter legend that is Damon Albarn will be releasing his first "proper" solo album 'Everyday Robots' next month. Last Friday night (Feb 28) Albarn and his new backing band The Heavy Seas played their first ever gig at the inaugural BBC 6Music festival, performing a variety of fantastic tracks from the new LP, a few great renditions of old Gorillaz tracks, a superb reworking of The Good The Bad And The Queen's 'Kingdom Of Doom' and even the old Blur b-side 'All Your Life'. You can listen to the highlights of the set for a few more days if you go to the 6Music site HERE. With a smooth, sunnily chilled groove, the brilliant 'Lonely Press Play' is available as an instant download when you pre-order the album. It's also the second video from the forthcoming and was shot by Damon himself on a tablet in Tokyo, London, Dallas, Utah, Colchester, Iceland and Devon.
This brand new track from former Babybird genius Stephen Jones was written, recorded and released on February the 14th. He seems to be able to pull brilliant music out of his hat all the time. It's not as simple as just being an anti Valentines Day song, Jones has more imagination than that. Instead it's a heartwarming gesture of devotion, where everlasting love is at the top of the wish list while petrol station bouquets and last minute greetings cards are irrelevant. Even though Babybird had a number of Top 40 hits, it's 1996's megasmash 'You're Gorgeous' that most people remember him for, a song very misrepresentative of Jones's talents. And it's for this reason that he opted to discontinue the Babybird name. Ever since then, instead of taking a break from music he has thrown himself even deeper into it, releasing 13 albums and a few EP's as Black Reindeer since late 2012. The 14th has just been released and is entitled 'Havoc'. While those mostly instrumental recordings deal in atmosphere and mood, the tracks that Jones has been unveiling under his own name are more reminiscent of the song-based material that Babybird produced. A new "proper" solo album is expected this year and will likely be released via Unison Records.
This new Spiritualized track features on the 'Space Project' compilation album which will be released on April 19 for Record Store Day. Artists were invited to use sounds recorded during the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes on the album. According to a press statement: "The 'sounds' recorded by the Voyager probes aren't sounds in the conventional sense; rather, they are electromagnetic radiation fluctuations in the magnetosphere of the planets, moons, and large asteroids the Voyager probes travelled near. Each celestial body is composed of different elements, has its own size and mass, and therefore sounds unique." There are seven pairs of songs about different celestial bodies, with 'Always Together With You (The Bridge Song)' relating to Neptune. After odd little sounds gradually form into a rhythmic pattern, dreamy strokes of guitar enter along with Jason Pierce's distinctive vocal repeating sweet verses as the sound gets bigger and bigger, and the cosmic noises become louder and more present. Slightly repetitive yes, but strangely enticing. Maybe it's the embedded sounds of the universe casting some sort of a spell…
Here is a group whose existence I learned of last week, despite them being around for nearly a decade. This track is plucked from their new album 'May You Marry Rich', released on March 24. Colourmusic formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma back in 2005 as a collaboration between Ryan Hendrix and Nick Turner before they evolved into a band when Cory Suter, Nick Ley and Colin Fleishacker joined. The band describe their sound as "hardcore and a little Oklahoma Sex Rock", and are said to be influenced by Brian Eno, The Beatles, and Serge Gainsbourg to name a few. The band has been compared to The Flaming Lips but in terms of inspiration, the group have written albums based on colours, mating rituals, nature, and Christmas. 'Dreamgirl '82' is about the situation of "finding your supposedly perfect match, and your relationship is still dictated by how you deal with yourself." An ominous creeping guitar line casts odd shapes around big drones of bass and hallucinogenically charged vocals before it erupts into heaving riffage in the middle and leads to the light as it climaxes. A band to listen out for? I'd say.
After four years of aborted sessions, scrapped songs and a number of different producers, Klaxons are finally ready to release their third album. 'There Is No Other Time' puts the abrasive guitars of 'Surfing The Void' to one side for some smart electro pop euphoria. Moving into different territories is clearly what they had in mind, even the lyrics talk of "at this moment moving forwards", while musically it seems they've been soaking up flavours of Foals, Delphic and Hurts while they've been busy reinventing their sound. The other side of this double A single is a track called 'Kingdom Of The Sun', produced by Tom Rowlands of dance legends The Chemical Brothers, and characterised by an odd hip hop trait. With nu-rave a distant memory, it will be interesting to hear if one of the few great alternative groups of the late 2000's can find their own place in 2014…
An interesting record that has fallen into my hands over the last few weeks is SJ Esau's new full length 'Exploding Views'. A quirky, genre-defying example of oddball freakpop, his third album is all over the place. In a good way. But what it lacks in focus it more than makes up for in imagination. On 'Stubborn Step', a pleasingly awkward math-rock rhythm plays with analogue synth squeals, spidery basslines and a typically off-kilter vocal. It's fair to say that the gracefully tranquil hum of the gorgeous 'Remotely' is a world away from the utter insanity found elsewhere on the joyfully polylithic 'Exploding Views', an album that skips around genres, bringing its musical vision to life with bizarre instrumentation and many unusual ways to twist melodic yet skewed pop melodies into the sort of stuff that could seriously mess with one's head. Bristol-based SJ Esau is also known by his real name, Sam Wisternoff… The excellent Monolith Cocktail site (which I am pleased to now be contributing towards occasionally) have a review of the album HERE.
I first heard this about a week ago being played on BBC 6Music and my what a tune. To my ears it's a little bit punky, and a little bit psych-y, like some sort of hybrid of Spacemen 3, The Ramones and Blur. Funnily enough, CuT (with a big C, a small u and a big T) are managed by none other than Andy Ross who used to take care of Blur.
The London-based four piece band describe themselves as "space-punk" as well as "music with spirit", and the energy is certainly evident here. In an interview with Londontheinside.com, they stated: "We wanna write music for people who are like us and are not impressed with the mainstream, televised talent show, drudge that is forced down people's throat's by a unintelligent media. A majority of people are not represented by the latest major record labels lazy attempt at making money…Fuck that. The time is right for thing's to change and for people to feel free again." Amen to that.
Michael Kiwanuka has just released a new single 'You've Got Nothing To Lose', produced by Jack White and released on Third Man Records… "Jack White is an artist that still inspires me today, so it was such a pleasure getting to work with him, and put out this single on Third Man Records." says Kiwanuka. The single is out now as a download and limited 7″… This man's gold-certified debut album 'Home Again' was definitely one of my favourite albums of 2012, and I look forward to what Kiwanuka has in store next… The video is directed by Nashville-based critic and director/curator for Third Man Records' Light And Sound Machine film series James Cathart. It is a powerful reflection on acceptance and misconception; the story unfolds as a woman gets ready to attend her young son's birthday party. Cathart explains his concept for the video: "Michael's song has this air about it – of a father figure imparting wisdom. So I looked for an unexpected context to apply that to. It's about misleading perceptions – not just in terms of the character's gender, but also from what we expect of the people she encounters. Acceptance comes from a camo-clad country boy, while it's the presumably enlightened young person that harasses her on the bus… we were able to strike just the right tone: sweetness tainted by melancholy…or perhaps it's the other way around? We've all had bittersweet birthdays."
Super Furry Animals mainman Gruff Rhys has lined up a brand new solo album due for release on May 5th. 'American Interior' is a multimedia project "blurring the boundaries and possibilities of songwriting, music, literature, film and technology to create a multi-sensory experience telling the incredible true story of John Evans".
Evans (a distant relative of Rhys) was a Welsh farmhand who travelled to America in 1792 in an attempt to discover whether legends about a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe called the Madogwys were true. In summer 2012, Gruff decided to retrace Evans' journey mentally, and was inspired to make this album. 'American Interior' will be released as four formats, including the 13-song album (his fourth solo effort) and a book described as "a psychedelic historical travelogue in which Gruff traces Evans' incredible journey from North Wales to new Spain, alongside the tale of his own strange American road trip following in Evans's footsteps", which will be published in late May. There will also be a film directed by Dylan Goch, documenting Rhys's 2012 tour (where he retraced the steps of Evans via descriptions) as well as an app consisting of 100 entries that tell Evans's story. "American Interior is an exploration of how wild fantasies interact with hard history and how myth-making can inspire humans to partake in crazy, vain pursuits of glory, including exploration, war and the creative arts…" Here is the album's title track, which musically seems to follow on from 'Hotel Shampoo"s brilliant 'Shark Ridden Waters' in terms of the mysterious power within the chords and those driving piano notes. Looking forward to the album very much indeed…
It's back! The first RW/FF Compilation of 2014, the 14th edition overall, which you can listen to via the Mixcloud player below. It showcases the music that has featured in the column over the last few weeks. In fact, Vol 14 is mostly stuff from January, with music from Feb and March coming very soon in the next compilation…
Just imagine if the 'Now!' albums featured the best recent music instead of a load of lowest-common-denominator shite… they would sound like this! I don't have regular dates set for each of these mixtape-type things, instead I just wait until I have an 80 minute CD's worth of great new music to make up each compilation. Contrary to what some ignorant people think, there is plenty of excellent new music out there, as is proved by every one of these brilliant mixes. The idea is to buy all of these tracks and burn onto a blank disc, hence why each compilation will be roughly the length of a CD…
Pixies – 'Blue Eyed Hexe'
The Bohicas – 'XXX/Swarm'
Courtney Barnett – 'History Eraser'
Jimi Goodwin – 'Oh! Whiskey'
East India Youth – 'Dripping Down'
Breton – 'Envy'
Damon Albarn – "Everyday Robots'
Elbow – 'Fly Boy Blue/Lunette'
Mode Moderne – 'Unburden Yourself'
Beck – 'Blue Moon'
Mogwai – 'Simon Ferocious'
Metronomy – 'Love Letters'
Angels Die Hard – 'Angel Ride'
Coves – 'Cast A Shadow'
Goldheart Assembly – 'Oh Really'
Thought Forms – 'Sound Of Violence'
Tim Burgess – 'Oh Men'
Menace Beach – 'Fortune Teller'
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At last, it is ready. My epic 1995 compilation, six CDs of incredible music from a glorious year. Remember when pop music was made by musicians who had talent? 1995 was a year that changed many lives as Britpop took the nation by storm and music entered a new (and final) golden age… While parts 1,2 and 6 deals with the indie guitar legends, the other instalments of this compilation delve into more eclectic worlds.
Truly, there was no better time for me to grow up. Sometimes part of me wishes that I could have been a few years older, so I could have understood Britpop more at the time and experienced it fully. But it was fate that it all happened before my teens. It put me on the right path, at the right age, at just the right time. A few years later it would be a lot more difficult to discover great music in the mainstream, but I got there just in time. If I didn't, I wouldn't be talking to you now. If people told me back then that those were the best days of my life, I wouldn't have believed them. At that age all I wanted to do was grow up. 1995 was a year that changed everything for me, hence why I have spent such a long time writing about it. People will argue that many of the Britpop bands were far from alternative, but to an 11 year old in the mid 90s this really was something new and exciting. Many of the bands and artists who arrived into my life in 1995 have never left. What a year. You can read two rather lengthy articles about my memories of 1995 HERE…
OASIS – HELLO
THE VERVE – THIS IS MUSIC
BLUR – STEREOTYPES
SUPERGRASS – MANSIZE ROOSTER
CAST – FINETIME
THE BOO RADLEYS – IT'S LULU
THE BLUETONES – BLUETONIC
SLEEPER – INBETWEENER
ECHOBELLY – GREAT THINGS
MCALMONT AND BUTLER – YES
MENSWEAR – DAYDREAMER
MARION – SLEEP
THE CHARLATANS – JUST LOOKING
BLACK GRAPE – IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
GENE – HAUNTED BY YOU
CAST – SANDSTORM
DUBSTAR – NOT SO MANIC NOW
PAUL WELLER – THE CHANGINGMAN
ASH – GIRL FROM MARS
PULP – SOMETHING CHANGED
OASIS – SOME MIGHT SAY
ELASTICA – LINE UP
GENE – FOR THE DEAD
EDWYN COLLINS – A GIRL LIKE YOU
THE BOO RADLEYS – WAKE UP BOO!
OASIS – ROLL WITH IT
BLUR – COUNTRY HOUSE
PULP – COMMON PEOPLE
SUPERGRASS – ALRIGHT
SLEEPER – WHAT DO I DO NOW
ECHOBELLY – KING OF THE KERB
THE CHARLATANS – BULLET COMES
MENSWEAR – BEING BRAVE
THE VERVE – HISTORY
CAST – ALRIGHT
LEVELLERS – FANTASY
RADIOHEAD – HIGH AND DRY
TEENAGE FANCLUB – MELLOW DOUBT
BLACK GRAPE – REVEREND BLACK GRAPE
BLUR – BEST DAYS
Spiritualized – Medication
The Chemical Brothers – Leave Home
Bjork – Army Of Me
David Bowie – The Heart's Filthy Lesson
Tricky – Overcome
Leftfield – Afroleft
The Orb – Oxbow Lakes
Dreadzone – Little Britain
The Fall – The Joke
Pavement –
The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
Garbage – Queer
Levellers – The Fear
Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – LIFE IS SWEET (WITH TIM BURGESS)
DAVID BOWIE – HALLO SPACEBOY
LEFTFIELD – MELT
TRICKY – HELL IS ROUND THE CORNER
SHANE MACGOWAN AND SINEAD O CONNOR – HAUNTED
THE CONNELLS – '74-'75
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS – TONIGHT, TONIGHT
PJ HARVEY – GIVE HIS LOVE TO ME
BJORK – ISOBEL
GARBAGE – MILK
PAVEMENT – Father To A Sister Of Thought
THE FALL – DON'T CALL ME DARLING
ELASTICA – WAKING UP
CORNERSHOP – 6am Jullander Shere
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – SONG TO THE SIREN
RADIOHEAD – JUST
LEVELLERS – MEN-AN-TOL
EDWYN COLLINS – THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ROCK
LEFTFIELD – ORIGINAL
DREADZONE – ZION YOUTH
SKUNK ANANSIE – WEAK
THE BOO RADLEYS – FROM THE BENCH AT BELVEDERE
CATATONIA – BLEED
THE CARDIGANS – CARNIVAL
GARBAGE – STUPID GIRL
TEENAGE FANCLUB – NEIL JUNG
MARION – TIME
MENSWEAR – SLEEPING IN
MORRISSEY – SUNNY
RADIOHEAD – FAKE PLASTIC TREES
DAVID BOWIE – STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET
PASSENGERS – MISS SARAJEVO
LEVELLERS – JUST THE ONE
THE BEATLES – FREE AS A BIRD
GENE – OLYMPIAN
OASIS – THE MASTERPLAN
TEENAGE FANCLUB – SPARKY'S DREAM
PULP – DISCO 2000
DUBSTAR – STARS
BLACK GRAPE – KELLY'S HEROES
ELASTICA – CONNECTION
ECHOBELLY – DARK THERAPY
ASH – ANGEL INTERCEPTOR
CAST – WALKAWAY
THE VERVE – LIFE'S AN OCEAN
SHED SEVEN – WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN TONIGHT?
SUPERGRASS – TIME
GENE – LONDON CAN YOU WAIT?PAUL WELLER – BROKEN STONES
PULP – BAR ITALIA
BLUR – THE UNIVERSAL
OASIS – CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA
See you all next week. Bye.
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Coroner: More than 50 drug overdose deaths in Anderson County since 2016
Kirk Brown
Anderson Independent Mail
More than 50 people in Anderson have died from accidental drug overdoses since 2016, including four in the past month, Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Thursday.
Accidental overdoses accounted for 25 deaths in the county during 2016, Shore said. He said there were 23 overdose deaths in 2017, a number that could rise because toxicology results are pending in several cases. Accidental overdoses accounted for four deaths in January 2018, he said.
According to the coroner's office, a combined total of 63 people died of accidental drug overdoses in Anderson County in 2014 and 2015.
More:What happened with the addiction center in Anderson?
"These are young people in our community. We're talking about the majority being between 20 and 40 years old. They're in the prime of their life," Shore said during an Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. "It is a tragedy."
Illegal drugs and prescription medications each accounted for roughly half of the accidental overdose deaths since 2016, Shore said.
Michael Miller, director of the Anderson-Oconee Forensic Lab, also spoke at Thursday's breakfast. He said problems with prescription medications and illegal drugs such as heroin are often interwoven.
"We're talking about upstanding high socioeconomic class folks that have an addiction problem that has led them to the streets to seek heroin because their prescription medication no longer fits the bill to fix their pain — their back pain, their knee pain, their surgery," he said. "They have reached the level now where they have to turn to a street drug to fix the pain issue that they have."
Miller said the number of drug-related cases submitted to his lab grew from 912 in 2016 to 1,552 last year, an increase of 70 percent.
Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride told the audience at the breakfast that drug-related arrests in the county have soared in the past year. According to McBride, these arrests increased by nearly 86 percent last year compared to the 2016. Miller said after the breakfast that drug arrests last month grew by 16 percent over January 2017.
More:Here's how South Carolina plans to combat the opioid crisis
The Sheriff's Office seized approximately $4 million worth of illegal drugs in 2017, including nearly 20 pounds of methamphetamine and 90 pounds of marijuana. Detectives also seized more than $250,000 and 42 firearms.
Shore worked with the chamber of commerce to form a drug task force about a year ago. He said the task force and a group created by the United Way of Anderson County will hold a two-day retreat next month to plot the next steps in their efforts to combat the county's drug problems.
"We have a lot of work to do," Shore said.
Pamela Christopher, the chamber's CEO and president, said there are economic and moral reasons to deal with the drug issue.
"We have to bring about change so that we have the work force and we continue on so that people have jobs and we can continue to support the economy," she said. "As Christians, we should be doing everything we can to help our brother and sister."
Follow Kirk Brown on Twitter @KirkBrown_AIM and email him at kirk.brown@independentmail.com

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Missing this performance is a mortal sin!
Beck will forever make me think of the man from the records shop when he was asked if he had a certain record by the genius singer/author he replied "well no, I do not have Beck, but I do have Blink (Blink 182 he meant)" …… !!!!!
How could he even try to put on the same level a genius with … them Blink??? OMG …..


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NHS regulations require most non-EU citizens to pay up to 150 percent of the cost of healthcare treatment. A man who was being treated for cancer challenged this in the courts, arguing that the regulations did not comply with equality laws.
Protecting the right of disabled people to stay in their own home (2) (EHRC v a Clinical Commissioning Group)
NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare in their local areas. This CCG had a policy which limited spending on continuing healthcare. It meant that disabled people with ongoing health needs risked being moved from their homes into residential care against their wishes. We believe this breached human rights laws and began legal proceedings against the CCG.
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NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare in their local areas. A number of CCGs had policies which limited spending on continuing healthcare. It meant that disabled people with ongoing health needs risked being moved from their homes into residential care against their wishes. We believe this breaches human rights laws and began legal proceedings against the 13 CCGs with the most overly restrictive policies.
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As part of the Home Office's 'hostile environment' towards those without leave to remain in the UK, the Immigration Act 2014 prevents landlords from renting property to people who do not have leave to enter or remain in the UK. A body representing the interests of immigrants challenged this, arguing that the law breached both equality and human rights legislation because it causes landlords to discriminate against potential tenants on the grounds of their nationality and/or their race. This may happen, for example, because landlords think they do not look or sound British, even if they are not disqualified from renting.
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A group of British civilians working on a military base in Cyprus brought claims of discrimination against the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Before considering their claim, the Employment Tribunal had to decide whether GB equality laws applied to this group of workers. The first Employment Tribunal found that the Equality Act did apply to them. However, the MoD successfully challenged this in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. This meant that the case was remitted to the ET to be reconsidered.


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Anthrogenica > Human Population Genetics > Y-Chromosome (Y-DNA) Haplogroups > R > R1b-P312 > R1b-L21 > DF13 > DF21 > FGC3213
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So I have my results and I am FGC3213. Hopefully this will help me to figure out some clues for my deep ancestry.
Tests Taken
L21+, P312+, DF13+, DF21+, FGC3213+, Z246-, L876-, DF41-, L144-, L159-, L193-, P314-, P66-, U106-, L226-, L96-, M222-, M37-
Both my parent's families come from North Germany (Lower Saxony [Kingdom of Hanover] and Prussia) and I have some Great Grandparents from Scandinavia. This is pretty clear when I look at my autosomal DNA that I seem to be mostly Germanic, but I know I have some Celtic too.
My K13
Admix Results (sorted):
#	Population	Percent
1	North_Atlantic	44.74
2	Baltic	30.99
3	West_Med	10.43
4	East_Med	6.31
5	West_Asian	4.44
6	South_Asian	1.23
7	Siberian	0.81
8	Oceanian	0.69
9	Red_Sea	0.36
Single Population Sharing:
#	Population	Distance
1	North_German	4.97
2	Swedish	5.63
3	Danish	6.64
4	North_Dutch	7.16
5	Norwegian	7.35
6	North_Swedish	7.54
7	East_German	7.75
8	Austrian	8.28
9	Orcadian	9.08
10	West_German	9.15
I know Rory of the DF21 project says that I possibly have some Welsh matches, but I know there was not much Welsh immigration to Germany. My last name is Wright, which was anglicized from Reith after my Great Great Grandfather changed it after he fought in the Civil War. It was pronounced as Rite, in German for there is no -th sound. Reith in German is usually means "short for Reither" as in horseback Rider (Hey he was in the Cavalry :)), close to Ritter or a "forest clearing." Now this Frederick Reith named his sons such as Ulrich, Johann and Carl. The census also lists him speaking German at home. So I am pretty sure this guy was from Germany.436443654366
Now I know there is a Scottish surname of Reith, and it would be very easy to say my Y line was a Scot (which I think would be kinda cool). During the Northern Crusades, many a Scottish noble campaigned in Northern Germany. Then there was a large migration of Scottish merchants in the 1500-1600s and then an even larger of influx of Scots (50,000)during the 30 Years War.
Among these, the fate of the Scottish princess Elizabeth of Bohemia (daughter of King James VI & I) proved to be a key concern. Up to 50,000 Scottish troops[2] arrived on the continent having been levied on warrants issued by the Privy Council and countersigned by their king, usually at periods corresponding to the participation of a particular ally in a campaign against the Habsburgs. They mostly served initially in established Scottish brigades in the Dutch Republic and Sweden which had existed before 1618. Later, specially commissioned army groups were also created in Denmark-Norway and France in order to facilitate further Scottish participation. Some fought for better prospects, some for kin loyalty, not a few for dynastic and confessional considerations. A few, the minority, were plain mercenaries. Although Scots participated from the start of the war until the end, formal participation by the nation was limited. Scotland formally declared war on Spain (1625-1630) and France (1627-1629), but for the most part, Scots engaged in foreign service with consent from their monarch and under warrants issued by the Privy Council but in armies commanded by their European allies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_and_the_Thirty_Years%27_War
Do you think I should focus on that possibility? Or can anyone tell if my DF21 seems to be "old" as in a Bell Beaker/Indo-European/Proto-Celtic/Celtic line that stayed in the area that was once inhabited by the Celts (Belgae? Teutons? Cimbri? etc) prior to Germanic Migrations?
The linguistic affinities of the Teutones are a matter of dispute amongst historians. Their name is Celtic in form and many writers believe that the Teutones really were Celts, perhaps stemming from a branch of the Helvetii;[4] however, a people of this name are mentioned by the early traveller, Pytheas, as inhabitants of the northern ocean coasts. Strabo and Marcus Velleius Paterculus, moreover, classify them as Germanic peoples, and this is perhaps a more probable view,[4] although the distinction between Celts and Teutones,[which?][4] is not clearly realized by some earlier historians.[clarification needed][4] If the Teutones really came from the same quarter as the Cimbri, it is possible that their name may have been preserved in the Thyland or Thythsyssel regions, found in the far north-west of Jutland.[4]
The Cimbri are depicted as ferocious warriors who did not fear death. The host was followed by women and children on carts. Aged women, priestesses, dressed in white sacrificed the prisoners of war and sprinkled their blood, the nature of which allowed them to see what was to come.
If the Cimbri did in fact come from Jutland, evidence that they practised ritualistic sacrifice may be found in the Haraldskær Woman discovered in Jutland in the year 1835. Noosemarks and skin piercing were evident and she had been thrown into a bog rather than buried or cremated. Furthermore, the Gundestrup cauldron, found in Himmerland, may be a sacrificial vessel like the one described in Strabo's text. The work itself was of Thracian origin.
Ancient sources such as Caesar are unclear about the things used to define ethnicity today. He describes the Belgae as both Celtic (or at least Gaulish) and Germanic (at least some of them, and at least by descent). Strabo stated that the differences between the Celts (Gauls) and Belgae, in countenance, language, politics and way of life was a small one, unlike the difference between the Aquitanians and Celts.[9] On the other hand it has been proposed that there could have been more than one language within the region, and also possibly differences between the language of the elite and the rest of the population. Many modern scholars believe that the Belgae were a firmly Celtic-speaking group.[10][11][12][13] However, at least part of the Belgae may also have had significant genetic, cultural and historical connections to peoples east of the Rhine, including Germanic peoples, judging from archaeological, placename, and textual evidence.[14][15] It has also been argued based on placename studies that the older language of the area, though apparently Indo-European, was not Celtic (see Nordwestblock) and that Celtic, though influential amongst the elite, might never have been the main language of the part of the Belgic area north of the Ardennes.[16][17]
Thank you for all your help to date,
oneillabu
I had already included you in the FGC3213 section of my database, here are some ancient Irish surnames you match
80166 Sullivan, distance from Reith at 111 markers is 20
318218 Driscol distance from Reith at 111 markers is 22
10119 McCarthy distance from Reith at 111 markers is 22
171553 Hackett distance from Reith at 111 markers is 22
241486 Keenan distance from Reith at 111 markers is 24
109330 Kelly distance from Reith at 111 markers is 25
This means that your origin is Irish from the Corca Laidhe/Muscraige region of the West of Ireland, if you look at the GD between yourself and the Little Scottish FGC3213 Cluster then you will see that it increases into the mid 30's (distance to 12461 Hind is 35) so there is no suggestion of a continental origin for FGC3213 to be found here.
The Driscol surname is associated with the Dal Fiatach who were related to the Dal Riada and this is also reflected in my own L720 with a Driscol from Cork having the same L720 signature as the my ancient Scottish matches from 1500 years ago which is reflected in the GD of around 20 at 111 markers between your matching Driscol and also in my ancient Scottish matches which are also in this range. All this suggests that the Dal Riada migration to Scotland was DF21 and consisted of its various differant clades and that DF21 is Uladh in origin. If you look at the GD between two FGC3213 Driscol's (318218 and 21275) you find that the distance is also 22 which gives the same time frame of around 1500 years ago.
These are not coincidences, some of the Irish surnames above are Eoghnacht in origin and this reflects the eventual superiority gained by the Leinster Eoghnacht which is primarily South Irish in origin and a late arrival in Ireland, the Corca Laidhe became nothing more that Vassels to the Eoghnacht hence the DNA mix of DF21 and South Irish with Eoghnacht surnames.
Thank you for your reply. To sum up, it looks like my Y ancestor was Irish?
You obviously know a lot on this subject, but I thought Irish was ruled out according this post:
http://www.anthrogenica.com/showthread.php?170-DF21-%28L21-gt-DF13-gt-DF21%29-and-Subclades-%28DF5-S191-P314-2-S190-etc%29/page11
That Gent there states that I do not cluster with the Irish and then recently Rory says I have some Welsh matches.
Just a little confused ...
You had not tested positive for FGC3213 when this post was made, this FGC3213+ result is a game changer
OK, thats cool....
I was just reading about Irish families that I have no idea to pronounce :)
All of those clans were Gaels right?
Yes, they would be Goidelic speaking like all ancient Irish
Cool, Gaels were badasses...B)
Now how to find out a Gael wound up in the Kindom of Hanover by the late 1700s to become German speakers...
Wild Goose?
There my friend is a mystery only you can solve, stick an Irish Tri-colour in your flag selections to reflect membership of the bad-ass club but remember that the Druids were also Brythonic Celts and divined the future from the entrails of their enemies so our Celtic cousins from Britain are not to be trifled with either
Does this mean I am closer to Dal Fiatach or Eoghnact?
McCarthygen
Mr Reith,
I am going to include you on the P314 / McCarthy Group B Tree at http://tinyurl.com/McCarthyScrapbook. However, I would like to know if you have taken any SNP tests since FGC3213. Your 13 at DYS 388 is a conundrum, as you will see from the current (05 Oct 2015) tree that I would have expected it to be 12. In particular I would recommend an NGS tests such as Big Y, but most certainly you should test FGC18205 and Z16534 at YSeq as both have proven positive in kit N28650 (MDKA Conrardy) and I believe there is a reasonable chance you will test positive for at least one. I do not consider this location on the tree as necessarily Irish or Welsh but am open to arguments.
Nigel McC
Thank you for your response. My last test was FGC3213 and I am really at a loss for what to test next unless I spend a few hundred dollars.
So, of the P314.2+ guys, I am closest to to the Norwegian and French guy?
Mutations at DYS 388 when value is 11, 12 or 13 are very rare. An alternative tree configuration has no back mutation here for N28650 Conrardy and N5924 Måland, but an independent 12>13 mutation for 208773 Reith. Conrardy and Måland would then branch off much further up the tree and share an independent 12>13 mutation at DYS 617
JRW
Why are you including Christian in your P314 group if he has tested to be P314-? I think your observation that his DYS388 allele of 13 poses "a conundrum" is consistent with his P314- SNP test result. Is there any evidence to suggest the P314- result is in error?
I think you were spot-on recommending Christian to take an NGS test. All evidence suggests that his line likely represents a series of unidentified SNPs under FGC3213. See post #24 under the "Welsh and DF21" thread.
We anticipate renaming the R-P314 Haplogroup Project in a manner that will be inclusive of Christian Reith's haplotype, if indeed it places him as postulated on the latest 'Group B' tree at http://tinyurl.com/McCarthyScrapbook. This shows him having 8 out of the 13 STR mutations seen as otherwise common to the stem of the tree. There is therefore a reasonable chance he will test positive for at least one of FGC18205 and Z16534 but the surest way to determine whether he is correctly placed on this tree is an NGS test, which will also look at all the other SNPs on this stem.
kevinduffy
Aren't those distances kind of large? It is quite possible that he hasn't shared a common male ancestor with any of these names in maybe thousands of years.
Not sure if this is a correct assumption, but as I asked before, am I closer to these continentals? Would kind of make sense
MacUalraig
An interesting question to me as I'm currently testing a continental DF21 guy who I originally thought was part of the Scottish trade in the Baltic. But trees aren't or shouldn't be build from STRs so I would encourage you to proceed with further SNP exploration and meanwhile not make assumptions about whether your line was ever in the Isles. Reith as a Scottish name as you probably know clusters around Aberdeenshire which had a lot of involvement in Baltic trade. There is another Kennedy line (non-DF21) that I theorise came directly up from Germany to Aberdeen then changed their name spelling to Kennedy. I'll be interested to see exactly where you end up.
I wish I was just Scottish at this point, would have been neat and tidy. I even researched mercenaries during the 30 years war, fighting for the Protestants, unfortunately I cluster even further away from Scots than Irish and Welsh.
Right now your position in the tree hasn't been determined so I would consider it premature to talk about who you 'cluster' with. STRs are not always a good guide to relatedness whereas SNPs prove it. You have only tested one of several possible sub-branches of FGC3213 and these are probably aeons old. Really your choice boils down to whether you splash out/save up a bit and knock it on the head with an NGS test or spread the cost and do it one SNP at a time. The latter course can take flipping ages though!
MacUalraig has said "But trees aren't or shouldn't be build from STRs". As I state clearly on the referenced tree "WHERE CONFIGURATIONS ARE NOT CONFIRMED BY SNP TESTING, DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE TIME OF FORMATION OF THE ANCESTRAL HAPLOTYPE COMMON TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE Z16534 STEM. THE RELIABILITY CAN ONLY BE IMPROVED BY MORE PARTICIPANTS TESTING STRs TO 111 MARKERS AND NGS TESTING, IDENTIFYING SNPs WHICH GIVE FIRM DEFINITION TO THE BRANCHES AND TWIGS (SUBCLADES) OF THE TREE.
So I fully agree SNP testing is required to confirm any postulated structure built on STRs. But I contest the "shouldn't be built...". This tree was constructed about four years ago when we had only SNPs P314 and L362 and very few adjustments (other than fleshing out deep subclade details) have had to be made since we have had the explosion of SNPs. Similar success was achieved with the Irish Type II tree (CTS4466) built on the same lines. Yes we have been caught out in a few areas (usually where testing stopped short of 111 markers) but SNP testing has largely confirmed the basic structure of that STR-based tree too. Such trees also very often allow for a cheaper way of determining deep clade terminal SNPs. Many participants in panel testing could have saved considerable sums by testing individual SNPs based on NGS and STR testing by others. Without the postulated tree built largely on STR data we would have had a blank piece of paper until 2014.
The one area of the Z16534 / P314 tree always acknowledged as subject to significant change was that in which the European mainland participants sit (Reith, Conrardy and Maland). I also had 11217 Basile there but in the absence of appropraite SNP testing have removed him for the time being: his haplotype suggests any of Z16534, L513 or CTS3386 are possibilities). I fully agree (and always have done) that deep SNP testing is required to properly define their positions on this tree, and until we have Big Y or FGC Elite tests for these, their locations on the tree will be subject to change, although I do believe that either the present configuration or the alternative one suggested in Note 11 will prevail.
Oneillabu suggests using GDs as a discussion point for determining Christian Reith's most likely origins. I respectfully suggest a carefully constructed tree is a much more valuable way of approaching this task. I see nothing in Christian's haplotype to suggest he would test positive for L362 (though nothing is certain without a test!). Oneillabu lists some "some ancient Irish surnames" which Christian "matches", but almost every name on the referenced tree is an equal contender. What about Chisholm, Eubanks (originally thought to be English, but with a clear Scottish Chisholm connection on the tree), McAllister, Martin (which could derive in many lands but seems to share Keenan ancestry here)?
If you study the concentrations of surnames on the tree you will see that those who are L362 +ve (Group 2a) are almost entirely Munster-based. There is some evidence that some of the very few non-Munster names here derive from Irish slavery in the Caribbean, and of course NPEs are always an all-too-easy explanation for any that don't quite fit! However L362 has many equivalents at present so even this stem could have started out elsewhere. The other major branch (Group 4) includes some Munster subgroups but also a significant Scottish contingent. We cannot say, at this stage, in which direction any migration between the two occurred, or, of course, where the post-FGC3213 progenitor of both major branches lived (Munster, Scotland, elsewhere in Ireland or mainland Europe). Population movement arguments can be proffered to support any theory.
So my recommendation has to remain: an NGS test. Let's properly define the early stages of development of this tree then we can focus on later subclades.
Nigel, I just ordered both tests. Let us see what happens, but every time I pay for a test, regardless I find no close relatives for my Y haplogroup.
Unfortunately I cannot promise you will find close relatives as a consequence of ordering these two SNPs, but if either or both are positive we will have at least removed any doubt about your position on the phylogenetic tree and I would regard that as a big step forward. It would most likely be through STR testing that we eventually find your relatives, however close, but knowing your position on the DF21 tree will be a great help in assessing suspects.
Thand you Nigel
Any news on your FGC18205 and Z16534 tests yet? If you have not already, please join YSeq Group ID 32. We hope you will also join the P314 Haplogroup Project. Yes, I know you are negative for P314 but we are going to rename the project to be sure you feel included and belong somewhere!! If you prove positive for just one of these two SNPs, that will become the name of the project! If for neither we'll have to find you another one. (An NGS test - Big Y or FGC Elite 2.0 - would have sorted this out at a stroke and "banked" a string of singleton SNPs (seen only in your sample) for checking against future participants). Thank you.
Nigel McCarthy
Just have to mail them in at a post office and then I guess we will see.
I just joined the group as well.
Shipped off to YSEQ. Waiting on results
Ok, so I am negative for both of those..
Would this possibly mean that my ancestor was so far back in the FGC3213 tre=
e that he could have been a continental Celt / Bell Beaker?
All of the evidence specifically related to your situation has consistently supported that premise (i.e., that your haplotype is the legacy of L21>DF13>DF21's continental origins). The recent paper that evaluated Neolithic and bell beaker skeletal remains on Rathlin Island confidently identified one of those bell beakers as being DF21 (Rathlin1). Further analysis of the genomic data by Alex Williamson strongly suggests that none of the DF21 lineages we observe today (the vast majority associated with Isles ancestry) descend from either Rathlin1 or any of his brothers and cousins. The study concluded that Rathlin1's lineage likely represented a relatively recent immigrant population (i.e., early Bronze Age) to the Isles. Not surprisingly IMO, his overall genome had the greatest affinity to a present day continental population sample from Germany/Austria. If I recall correctly, your surname is German and your paper trail lineage is German, correct?
Yes, for Paternal male line my ancestor came from the Kingdom of Hanover. That was a pretty broad area, but covers a lot of Lower Saxony.
If you go to the GeoGen website; Reith peaks in Bavaria and then again on Lower Saxony.
Here is all my surnames:
Paternal:
Reith - Kingdom of Hanover
Landwehr - Germany
Doering - Berlin Area
Kaiser - Germany
Stiller - Germany
Breuning - Germany
Berli- Switzerland
Maternal:
Wilke - Prussia
Misegaes - Oldenburg, possibly from Netherlands
Petershagen - Oldenburg
Lang - Prussia
Fandrey- Prussia, possibly from Sweden originally
Lowelle - Unkown, maybe France
Rux - Prussia
Further analysis of the genomic data by Alex Williamson strongly suggests that none of the DF21 lineages we observe today (the vast majority associated with Isles ancestry) descend from either Rathlin1 or any of his brothers and cousins. The study concluded that Rathlin1's lineage likely represented a relatively recent immigrant population (i.e., early Bronze Age) to the Isles.
And what about the S5488 call for Rathlin 2, just because it had a cautionary asterisk does not mean it should be discounted, on the contrary if you look at S5488 you will clearly see that this is Irish in origin and the Genetic distances between IRISH CLUSTERS are exactly on the money for 2200 BC, I have distances of over 50% between L720 and L130 people so if a GD of 10 at 111 markers represents 850 years or the time frame of surnames then a GD of around 50 at 111 markers must surely mean 5 times this so 850 x 5 = 4250 years so this confirms that not only is the Rathlin 2 result feasible, it is almost certainly correct.
To suggest that all of the Irish DF21 people stem from a later migration is nonsense because all of these different lines stemming from individual SNP's have a very strong Irish content and what you are suggesting is completely implausible, THERE IS NO CONTINENTAL TRAIL of DF21 to be found apart from some Scandanavian Viking results. If you are going to try to use FGC3213 as an example then stick to the facts that I have shown below
Here is a breakdown of the origins of the 118 FGC3213 people in the project
Ireland 51 out of 118
Scotland 23 out of 118
UK 8 (most are Scottish surnames)
Uknown 25 (Most are Irish and Scottish surnames and no continental surnames)
England 7 (Scottish surnames with two Irish)
France 1 Conrady dating from 1770
Norway 1 Thomason dating from 1720
Germany 1 Reith dating from 1836
So you maintain that all of these stem from Reith because he has Autosomal DNA that is primarily German, I have hundreds of matches to the Southern States in the USA, does that make me a Native American, what absolute rubbish, lets look at the Genetic distance at 111 markers between Reith and a McCarthy from Southern Ireland, the distance is 22 which is roughly around 1700 years ago, so you are maintaining that DF21 came to Ireland 4200 years ago, disappeared for 2500 years and reappeared around 300 AD, this is pure garbage, to be honest with you I do not know why I am actually wasting my time responding to this nonsense.
Well, if Rathlin 1's SNPs downstream of DF21 push the age of DF21 back a few centuries beyond YFull's current estimate of 2100 BC to, say, 2600 BC, that would mean it is not possible that DF21 originated anywhere in the Isles, especially Ireland, unless one wants to argue that DF21 predates Bell Beaker there.
I don't really care where DF21 originated, and I realize some just have to have an Irish point of origin, but the facts are what they are.
MJost
So you maintain that all of these stem from Reith because he has Autosomal DNA that is primarily German, I have hundreds of matches to the Southern States in the USA, does that make me a Native American, what absolute rubbish, ...
No, it was the study that reported that:
"Rathlin1, Rathlin2, and Rathlin3, who fall in a separate central region of the graph along with Unetice and other Early Bronze Age genomes from Central and North Europe. These plots imply that ancient Irish genetic affinities segregate within European archaeological horizons rather than clustering geographically within the island."
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/2/368.full.pdf?with-ds=yes
Your logic is moot.
Wow, people get butt hurt quick around here...
Abu,
There point of my admixture and surnames was to show that people in the USA mostly stick to marrying their ethnic and socio-economic background. Ergo, Germans married Germans or at least German speaking people in my case.
I could care less about what your views on the land of the leprechauns or whatever your agenda is. I seek the truth, whether it was a continental Gaul/Celt or a Martian that is my direct Y ancestor. I have an open mind on whomever it will be, personally I am hoping Martian. I just know that the paper references affinities to CONTINENTAL groups, I don't match well with other FGC3213s AND my paper trail leads back to the continent.
Slainte, now go have a beer and relax yourself..
JamesKane
And what about the S5488 call for Rathlin 2, just because it had a cautionary asterisk does not mean it should be discounted
HWI-D00381:34:C3EB0ACXX:6:1308:3668:28305 has three mismatches on the 81 bases it covers. Without a second read or another variant in the same sample pointing down DF21, it needs to be treated with a fair amount of suspicion. I'm hoping to get a chance to redo the alignments from the FASTQ soon, but have some competing priorities on my CPU time.
Rory Cain
The thread being titled FGC3213, quite an old and diverse subclade, with quite a few branches, some of the discussion on FGC3213 seems mite narrow in focus. It may assist to know that FTDNA have accepted my submission to add a little more to the FGC3213 section of their Y-haplotree than just P314.2 and L362, which were all that it had. We are no longer restricted to talking about just P314.2. Some 15 generations of FGC3213 now appear on the Y- tree, a nice reward for those Little Scots Cluster folks who have been dedicated NGS testers.
Alex Williamson's work on S5456 has seen it too added to the FGC3213 section as a brother to S3058. They join the small S7174 sub-clade so far found only in the Ogilvie clan, presently the easternmost branch of DF21. Likewise the Little Scots Cluster is fairly easterly, appearing to have such a strong association with East Stirlingshire that DrJ Wilson identifies them with the Maeatae. Contoversial, but at least he is looking a bit wider. There should be more of it.
FGC3213 has now grown considerably on FTDNA 's Y-haplotree. Especially the section spanned by the Little Scots Cluster, who have done a considerable amount of NGS testing.
I have placed S5456 under FGC3213, same as shown of Alex's Big Tree at www.ytree.net
Although P314 has been the exclusive focus of this thread titled "FGC3213", P314 testing by NGS appears underdone by comparison. Except for the L362 McCarthys, who can now identify branches of their clan by SNP markers. The SNP branching matches their pedigree. Nice when that happens! But you have to put the work in.
This mean anything for me?
It could. It will have an immediate flow-on for those who have already tested positive for any of the SNPs newly added to the Y-haplotree. The reward for their efforts will be an imediate update to their haplogroup. If you have tested on past the barrier of your P314-, say testing positive through FTDNA for one of its alternatives, we could get that alternative SNP listed on the FTDNA Y-haplotree for you and then your haplogroup would also automatically update. If you tested positive for one of those through Yseq, FTDNA will have no visibility of that and your listed haplogroup at FTDNA would stay the same, but you would still know that it has actually moved downstream somewhat - useful information. The FGC3213 section of FTDNA's Y=haplotree now looks very much like it does on Alex's Big Tree at www.familytreedna.com except that Dr Jim Wilson's private SNPs are in Scotlandfs DNA database and only those that some FTDNA customer shares with Dr Wilson are in the FTDNA database and therefore on the FTDNA Y-haplotree.
Which ancestor are you talking about? The common ancestor you share with P314+ folk is crudely estimated as living about 3000 ybp (1000 B.C.), i.e later than the Bell Beaker culture era. This estimate is based on the number of post-DF21 STR mutations you appear to share with others who are P314+. (The implication is that P314 occurred still later than this). However, we'd have a better guess if we knew how many SNPs you shared with the P314+ folk, i.e one of your subgroup (yourself or one of the Griffith(s) etc.) took an NGS test. If there were the enthusiasm for it perhaps all could contribute to a single test, but so far attempts to communicate with these others have not suggested any such enthusiasm. The other alternative - testing the remaining shared (with P314+ folk) purported SNPs individually - is not practical as some are not suitable for Sanger Sequence testing, even if phylogenetically consistent in Big Y testing.
Just confirmed my direct male ancestor was born in Northern Lower Saxony in 1738 via DNA relative and ancestry records.
I am just going with the Cimbri tribe, no one knows if they were Germanic or Celtic or a mix.... kinda like me :):beerchug:
And now 1655, Johann Reith.....


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Q: Combine two tables with same Primary key This seems like a simple question but I can't seem to find an answer. I have two tables. Table 1:
+---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+
| userid  | username  | date   | time  | footsize |
+---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+
|       1 | user1     | 103999 |  1010 |        9 |
|       2 | user2     | 484883 |   984 |        6 |
+---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+

and Table 2:
+---------+-----------+----------+
| userid  | natural   | synthetic|
+---------+-----------+----------+
|       1 | y         | n        |
|       2 | n         | y        |
+---------+-----------+----------+

What I'd like to do is delete table 2.
But I need to move the columns and data natural and synthetic from table 2 and insert them into table 1, using userid as a primary key to make sure the data goes to the right customer.
I tried using the join statements but I can't seem to move them from joining to inserting without an error.
The general (loose) idea I want is
select userid from table1, select * from table2.
Insert into table1, table2.natural, table2.synthetic where table1.userid = table2.userid;

So that table 1 looks like this:
    +---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+
    | userid  | username  | date   | time  | footsize | natural   | synthetic|
    +---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+
    |       1 | user1     | 103999 |  1010 |        9 | y         | n        |
    |       2 | user2     | 484883 |   984 |        6 | n         | y        |
    +---------+-----------+--------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+

I'm aware that's not a real query, but it should clarify what I'm trying to do. Thanks!

A: *

*first you create a table that has all the columns
CREATE TABLE `table3` (
`userid` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`username` VARCHAR(45) NULL,
`date` INT NULL,
`time` INT NULL,
`footsize` INT NULL,
`natural` VARCHAR(45) NULL,
`synthetic` VARCHAR(45) NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (`userid`));

insert into table3
select t1.userid, t1.username, t1.`date`, t1.`time`, t1.footsize,
t2.natural, t2.synthetic
from table1 as t1
join table2 as t2
on t1.userid = t2.userid

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Brother Moon is a powerful story lovingly told by a great-grandfather to his great-grandson.
Beneath the dark sky of the Northern Territory, Hippy-Boy is captivated when Great-Grandpa Liman tells him the mysterious story of his brother and how it guides his connection to Country.
Great-Grandpa is a masterful storyteller and, as the tale unfolds, he finally reveals his brother is the moon — a wonder of the universe. Hippy-Boy learns how his greatgrandfather uses the phases of the moon when he goes hunting and fishing, and why it is important for us all to have an understanding of the natural world.
Liman (Harry Morgan), the author's grandfather, was a respected Wadjigany man — a leader amongst his people and the community. Liman was born at Manjimamany in the Northern Territory in 1916. He was a canoe maker, hunter, community mediator, and a family man who lived off the land and travelled the seas. Liman spoke Batjamalh, his first language, and other languages from the Daly River area.
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Posted on December 8, 2009 by Terence Comments Off on NBC affiliates buck the trend in Detroit, D.C.
Believe it or not, there are places where NBC affiliates actually won late news despite having The Jay Leno Show as its lead-in.
What's notable is these two NBC affiliates – WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. and WDIV in Detroit, rose in the ratings ranks as recently as ten years ago, when NBC was enjoying ratings dominance – surpassing former market leaders WUSA-TV (CBS) and WXYZ-TV (ABC), respectively.
– In Washington, D.C. NBC-owned WRC won the 11 p.m. news race despite having Leno as a lead-in, with the rating increasing dramatically when his talk show ended for the evening. WRC also dominated other news time slots as well.
Despite several controversial reports on breast cancer – which featured women giving themseleves exams with the breast obscured – and hometown favorite Mya competing in the finals of ABC's Dancing With The Stars, WJLA-TV could only muster up a second-place finish behind WRC at 11 p.m. The station also finished second in other dayparts as well.
Fox's WTTG finished third at 5 and 6 p.m., and its 10 p.m. newscast finished ahead of 11 p.m. news programs on WJLA and WUSA. Twenty years ago, WUSA was the market's most dominant station.
-In Detroit, WDIV finished first at 11 p.m, despite Leno as its' lead-in, beating WXYZ even with a stronger prime-time lineup. Even better for WDIV, its late newscast topped all other NBC affiliates late news in households in the top 20 markets and was up 12 percent from last year.
WDIV also dominated newscasts at 5 and 6 p.m., and its syndicated programming lineup of Ellen, Dr. Oz, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! all won their time periods in households and key demos.
Meanwhile, Fox-owned WJBK-TV won mornings with its newscasts ranking first in households from 4:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Also, NBC affiliate KSL-TV in Salt Lake City stayed on top of the 10 p.m. news race in that market even with Leno as a lead-in. Bonneville-owned KSL is an institution in Salt Lake City, which has finished on top for decades – whether it was affiliated with CBS (which it was until 1995) or NBC.


YEVAMOS 46-65 - Ari Kornfeld has generously sponsored the Dafyomi publications for these Dafim for the benefit of Klal Yisrael.
QUESTION: The Mishnah states that if a man and woman are married for ten years without having children, he should divorce her and marry another woman in order to fulfill the Mitzvah of Piryah v'Rivyah. The Gemara derives the ten-year period from Avraham Avinu, who took a second wife after ten years. The Gemara points out that he married his second wife ten years after arriving in Eretz Yisrael; he was actually married to Sarah Imeinu for more than ten years when he took a second wife. The Gemara says that those years are not counted because Avraham Avinu was in Chutz la'Aretz during those years, and thus perhaps it was the fault of living in Chutz la'Aretz that caused him not to have children.
Does this mean that anyone who is in Chutz la'Aretz has no grounds on which to divorce his wife if they do not have children for ten years, and it is assumed that it is the fault of living in Chutz la'Aretz that prevents them from having children? We see that many people in Chutz la'Aretz do have children, so how can it be that living in Chutz la'Aretz causes a particular couple not to have children?
(a) The RASHBA cites RASHI (to Bereishis 16:3) who explains that the reason Avraham Avinu had to wait ten years after coming to Eretz Yisrael is because Hashem only promised him, "I will make you a great nation," after Avraham fulfilled the commandment to go to Eretz Yisrael ("Lech Lecha..."). Hence, it was only Avraham Avinu for whom the years of living in Chutz la'Aretz did not count. Avraham was physically unable to have children, and Hashem promised him that his nature would change and he would have children only after coming to Eretz Yisrael. Therefore, there was no point in counting the years during which he lived in Chutz la'Aretz. Those years did not count because he was physically unable to have children there, and not because of the misdeed of living in Chutz la'Aretz.
(b) The ROSH (6:12) explains that we find that Avraham was in Eretz Yisrael at the time of Bris Bein ha'Besarim, when he was 70 years old (as Rashi says in Shemos 12:40). At the time that he moved to Eretz Yisrael with his family, however, he was 75 years old (Rashi, Bereishis 12:4). How could he be traveling to Eretz Yisrael when he was 75 if he was already there when he was 70? The answer is that Avraham made a "pilot trip" at age 70, without the rest of his family. Five years later he returned with his family in fulfillment of Hashem's command to him. Hence, we find that Avraham delayed the fulfillment of Hashem's command for five years, and that is why he did not merit to have a child in Chutz la'Aretz. He was punished for staying in Chutz la'Aretz because of his delaying of Hashem's specific command to him to go to Eretz Yisrael. Other people, though, do not have such a specific command, and thus they do count the years that they live in Chutz la'Aretz towards the ten years of marriage with no children.
In addition, the ROSH and RA'AVAD (cited by the RASHBA) point out that after his first trip, Avraham left Eretz Yisrael to go to Chutz la'Aretz. *Leaving* Eretz Yisrael to go to Chutz la'Aretz is considered a misdeed that can cause a person not to have children, and that is why Avraham did not count the years that he lived in Chutz la'Aretz. In contrast, one who always lived in Chutz la'Aretz and who did not leave Eretz Yisrael to go there is not held accountable and does count the years that he lives in Chutz la'Aretz, childless.
(c) The RAMBAN explains that perhaps a person is required to divorce and remarry after ten years in Chutz la'Aretz. However, if he goes to Eretz Yisrael after ten years the count starts anew, because perhaps the *Zechus* of Eretz Yisrael will enable him to have children (and not that the *sin* of living in Chutz la'Aretz prevents him from having children).
OPINIONS: The Gemara concludes that even nowadays, the law of the Mishnah remains in force. If a couple have not had children after being married for a full ten years, then they should get divorced and the man should marry a new wife in order to have children. Does this Halachah require that Beis Din force a man to divorce his wife after ten years, or is it merely an obligation upon the husband himself to divorce her on his own accord, and Beis Din does not get involved? This question is debated among the Amora'im in Kesuvos (77a) and it is also the topic of discussion among the Rishonim in our Sugya.
(b) TOSFOS (DH Yotzi) and RABEINU CHANANEL rule, based on the YERUSHALMI (Kesuvos 11:7), that Beis Din does not force the man to divorce his wife. Rather, Beis Din tells him that he is obligated to divorce his wife and that if he does not, it will be permitted to call him a sinner.
1. The Poskim cite the YERUSHALMI which states that the Halachah of our Sugya applies not only to someone who did not have children or who had stillborns, but even to a person who had children who died and he no longer has any living children (or grandchildren) -- he must divorce his wife if ten years go by and they do not have any more children.
2. The Mishnah says that this applies if ten years pass "without giving birth." The RAMBAN and other Rishonim infer from here that if a man's wife bore him a single child, he does not have to divorce her (even though he has not fulfilled the Mitzvah of Piryah v'Rivyah with the birth of but a single child). The REMA cites this ruling. The PISCHEI TESHUVAH adds, quoting the ME'IL TZEDAKAH (#93), that even if the wife is no longer capable of having children and they will never have a second child, Beis Din still does not force him to marry another wife.
2. A number of Rishonim (RASHI, HAGAHOS MAIMONI; see previous Insight) rule that this applies only in Eretz Yisrael and not in Chutz la'Aretz.
3. The Hagahos Maimoni (Hilchos Ishus 15:4) adds in the name of the AVI'ASAF that nowadays, even in Eretz Yisrael Beis Din does not force a person to divorce after ten years, because the Gemara in Bava Basra (60b) states that the Chachamim wanted to make a Gezeirah prohibiting marriage from the time that the nations started persecuting the Jewish people, on the grounds that it is better for us to refrain from having children and cause our own end than for our enemies to destroy us, but the Chachamim could not make such a stringent Gezeirah on the people. Nevertheless, the proposition of such a Gezeirah teaches us that it is enough that Beis Din not force a person to fulfill the Mitzvah of Piryah v'Rivyah.
4.The REMA (EH 154:10) concludes that nowadays, it is not the practice of Beis Din to use force (in such matters of Ishus in general).
Regarding whether the person himself should divorce his wife l'Chatchilah, even though Beis Din does not force him to, the PISCHEI TESHUVAH cites the SEFER BIGDEI KEHUNAH (#1) who rules that if a man's wife is a G-d-fearing woman and they are happily married, then they may remain married even l'Chatchilah, because of the opinions which maintain that in Chutz la'Aretz one does not need to divorce his wife, and because of the logic that one can never know for sure that the source of the problem is not his own inability to have children (and thus divorcing her and marrying someone else will not help). Therefore, he should remain with his wife.


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Beer pot from Robin Hood in Church Lane, St Giles, stolen
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[14 May 1838:]
THOMAS HARRIS. I am a fancy pearl-cutter, and live in Church-lane, Bloomsbury. On the evening of Friday, the 13th of April, my brother-in-law came to sup with me—we had some beer brought from Mr. Mason's, the Robin Hood public-house—it came in a can, and an empty quart pot with it—I believe Mr. Mason's name was on the pot, but I did not look—my brother left me about ten o'clock at night—I missed the quart pot about twelve o'clock the next morning—I had reason to believe my brother-in-law took it away—I sent for him—he told me something about it, and in consequence of that, he took me to the prisoner's, which is in Church-street, I believe—when I went to the prisoner's place, I knocked at the door—I had my brother-in-law alongside of me—the prisoner said, "Come in"—I went in, and he was sitting by the fire—I asked him whether he had bought a quart pot of this boy, showing him my brother-in-law—he denied it—I asked him again, and the boy spoke up, and said, "You did buy it"—I offered the prisoner the 4d. which the boy said he gave him, and then he said he had bought it, but he had taken it home to the landlord's, and put it into the passage—I requested him to go with me to Mr. Mason's, and we all three went together; and I asked Mr. Mason whether the prisoner had brought a quart pot home to him—he said he had not—the prisoner then said he left it in the passage, and then he said he did not, but if Mr. Mason would let him go home, he would get it—Mr. Mason said be would give him the 4d. out of his pocket if he would give him his pot, and he would go with him and get it—the prisoner said he could not get it without he went by himself—he was then given into custody.
FRANCIS BANKS. I was supping with my brother-in-law that night—I saw this quart pot and took it to the prisoner—I had not known him till he had come and spoke to me for two or three days, and then I took this pot to him—he gave me fourpence for it—I told my brother-in-law of it.
Prisoner. You asked if I wanted to buy it, and I said, "No," and you said you had not enough to pay for your lodging, and I gave you ten half-pence for it. Witness. No—you only gave me fourpence.
JAMES MASON. I am landlord of the Robin Hood. I remember the can of beer and the quart pot going to Harris's house—I believe the pot had the name of Boyle on it—I have never seen it since—the two witnesses and the prisoner came to me on the Monday morning—the prisoner requested me to let him go alone, and I would not—I offered to send any man in the room with him, or to go myself, and he would not—I then gave charge of him.[1]
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The Railway Children is a 2000 drama television film based on the 1906 novel by E. Nesbit. It was broadcast for the first time in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2000 (which was Easter Sunday). Shortly afterwards, it was shown in the United States on the series Masterpiece Theatre.

Plot

Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis live a comfortable and carefree upper middle-class life in London with their parents. But when their father (Michael Kitchen), a senior civil servant, is arrested on a charge of treason, found guilty, and imprisoned for life they are forced to move with their mother to Three Chimneys, a cold and run-down country cottage near a railway.

Whilst Mother (Jenny Agutter) tries to make a meagre living writing stories and poems she hopes magazines and newspapers will publish, the children seek amusement by watching the trains on the nearby railway line (the fictional Great Northern and Southern Railway) and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Perks, the cheerful station porter, but feel the wrath of the stationmaster when Peter is caught trying to steal coal to heat the house. Occasionally the children quarrel, but they always call "pax" (a truce) and remain good-natured.

They become friends with an aristocratic old gentleman (whose name is never revealed) by waving to him on the 9:15 down train that he takes regularly. They ask him to assist them with food and medicine when their mother falls ill. He is happy to do so, although Mother is angry and humiliated.

The children save the lives of passengers on a train by alerting the driver to a landslide; they give shelter to a Russian dissident, Mr Szczepansky, and help to reunite him with his family. They rescue Jim (JJ Feild), a student  at a nearby boarding school, who is injured whilst taking part in a paper chase along the rail line.

Bobbie eventually discovers the truth of her father's absence, despite her mother's efforts to shield the children from it, and appeals to the old gentleman for help. As a director of the railway company with influential friends, he is able to help prove their father's innocence. The family is reunited.

There are hints of a possible future romance between Jim and Bobbie and the father takes over control of the railway from the old gentlemen.

Cast

Jemima Rooper as Bobbie
Jack Blumenau as Peter
Clare Thomas as Phyllis
Jenny Agutter as Mother
Richard Attenborough as The Old Gentleman
Gregor Fisher as Perks
Michael Kitchen as Father
David Bamber as Doctor Forrest
Melanie Clark Pullen as Ruth
Georgie Glen as Aunt Emma
Velibor Topić as Mr Szczepansky
Sophie Thompson as Mrs Perks
JJ Feild as Jim
Clive Russell as The Station Master
Amanda Walker as Mrs Ransome

Filming locations and rolling stock

The area of England to which the family move is not specified, but the railway scenes were filmed on the Bluebell Railway. The railway was chosen because of the collection of period rolling stock and Sharpthorne Tunnel, which was seen as ideal for the tunnel scene.

The station used in the film was Horsted Keynes, which was featured heavily in a number of scenes. The landslide scene was filmed in the cutting near the Three-Arch Bridge, where a sliding section of embankment was placed on the bank in order to create the landslide.

As in the original film, a wide range of rolling stock was used. The locomotives seen are SECR C Class No. 592 (as the Green Dragon), NBR C Class No. 673 'Maude', LB&SCR E4 class No. 473 'Birch Grove' and LSWR B4 class No. 96 'Normandy'. No. 592 and Maude were painted in fictional liveries for the filming, with No. 592 wearing typical SECR lined green but with GNSR lettering, symbolising the fictional Great Northern and Southern Railway, and Maude in plain black with GNSR lettering. Birch Grove was seen sporting its original LB&SCR lined brown, and Normandy was painted in Southern Railway unlined black. Maude is based on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway near Edinburgh whilst the other locomotives remain on the Bluebell Railway. As of 2019, No. 592, Birch Grove (now painted SR Green and numbered B473), Maude and Normandy all await overhauls.

The carriages used in one rake during the film were Metropolitan Railway Full Third No. 394 and Brake Third No. 387 (both sporting lined varnish). These were joined in some scenes by the old gentleman's carriage, Great Northern Railway Director's Saloon No. 706 (also sporting lined varnish). The other carriage set was made up of LBSCR First Class No. 7598, SECR Hundred Seaters Nos. 971 and 1098, and SR Guards Van No. 404 (all painted in SR lined green). As of 2019, all of these carriages remain in use apart from No. 971, which is stored awaiting overhaul.

Home media
The Railway Children was released on VHS and DVD in the UK by Carlton Video on 11 September 2000.

See also
 The Railway Children (1970 film)
 The Boxcar Children (2014 film)

Notes
Much of the advance publicity for the film focused on the casting of Jenny Agutter as Mother, thirty years on from her portrayal of elder daughter Bobbie in the 1970 film version - a role she had also played in the 1968 BBC Television adaptation, making this her third appearance in a version of the story.

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British television films
Carlton Television
2000 television films
2000 films
Films based on British novels
Television series by ITV Studios
ITV television dramas
2000 drama films
Rail transport films
Films directed by Catherine Morshead

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M.J. Hyland, This is how
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If you want to read a book that is quick (and seemingly simple) to read and yet satisfyingly complex, then MJ Hyland's This is how is for you. I've been wanting to read Hyland for a while and, having now done so, this won't be the last.
So where to start? The novel is a first person story told by a young, somewhat disengaged 23-year-old man, Patrick Oxtoby. It is set in the late 1960s, perhaps early 1970s, but the setting and period barely matter really, as this is very much a book about character (and, humanity in general).
Now, my problem is what to say about the plot without spoiling the first third of the novel, so I think I'll say nothing except what the back cover tells us. It says that "it is a novel about crime; though not a crime novel" and that "it has an almost stately pace and yet it's thrilling". These, together with my opening comment that it is simple but complex, should convey what a rather paradoxical read this is. The novel opens with the following:
I put my bags down on the doorstep and knock three times. I don't bang hard like a copper, but it's not as though I'm ashamed to be knocking either.
Who is this? Why does he describe his knocking in such terms? Well, we soon learn that Patrick, newly jilted by his fiancée, has come to this little seaside town to start a new job as a mechanic. He's intelligent – though dropped out of university – and comes with good recommendations as a mechanic from his previous employer. But he is a very singular person, one who is not totally comfortable in his own skin. This is apparent from the beginning: here is more from the first page:
'I thought you'd be here hours ago.'
It's after ten and I was due at six. My mouth's gone dry, but I smile, friendly as I can.
'I missed the connection,' I say.
I've not meant the lie, but she's forced me.
Hmm, now I really was wondering who this is and, given the suggestion that the novel is about a crime, I wondered whether he is the criminal and whether he had already committed a crime? I also started to wonder as I continued to read the first few pages whether he was an unreliable narrator. But no, he is essentially reliable; he is, in fact, very much himself – but himself is a complex (aren't we all) human being who carries quite a bit of baggage. I'm not quite sure how Hyland does it but throughout the novel she manages to unsettle her readers and keep us that way: at times we empathise with Patrick and feel sympathy for him and then suddenly he distresses if not horrifies us – and we wonder anew, Who is this man?
MJ Hyland, London, 2008 (Courtesy: MJ Hyland via Wikipedia, using CC-BY-SA 3.0)
In my opening para I said it was a quick and seemingly simple read. This is because the style is simple and direct. Patrick tells his story in present tense, with just the occasional flashback. Sentences are mostly short and simple, and the paragraphs tend to be short too. There is quite a lot of dialogue and not a lot of description. And what description there is tends to be short, sharp and vivid ("This blow is like a dose of poison in my veins, a hot sharp shot through my legs and arms, through my bowels and bladder"). Patrick is introspective at times but he doesn't wallow in it. All this gives us a picture of a pretty simple character, which he is – and isn't at the same time. There is, we are aware, quite a gap between what he says and thinks (most of the time) which could make him seem coldly manipulative. Yet, he's not that. It's more that he's a somewhat damaged soul trying to survive in a world that doesn't seem to go the way he would like – and it is this that leads to his trouble.
He likes to be in control ("I wanted her to go, and now she's gone it's like rejection, feels like it was her idea and not mine") but he doesn't try to bend others to his will. He has an uncomfortable relationship with the truth ("She put her hand on her heart and gives me a big smile and I'm reminded of when I told the girl in the theatre foyer that I was nervous and how the truth got a good reaction out of her as well") but it's more to do with self-protection than with any specific desire to deceive others. He has a complicated relationship with his family and they with him, but most of what we know is from his perspective so it is difficult to know the "truth" (if a simple "truth" there can be in families). As he says:
I'm not sure if the truth will make any sense. The truth is, I thought I was rejecting my mother when I left home … But it turns out she was the one doing the rejecting and it's just the same with my father.
The "real" truth, though, is probably somewhere in between.
Does he* grow throughout the novel and is there a resolution? To some extent he does get to know himself better but the resolution seems to be more that he learns to live with his situation ("life's shrinking to a size that suits me more") rather than grow as a person. But maybe that's what maturity/development is really about?
Whatever the case, this is one of those truly original creations – a character who, as the back blurb says, "is fully himself and yet stands for all of us". I haven't been so intrigued by and engrossed in a character for a long time. The plot is slim but I barely noticed. I'll definitely be reading more Hyland.
MJ Hyland
This is how
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2009
376pp.
Review copy supplied by Text Publishing.
* An aside. I couldn't help wondering at times whether Patrick, with his social awkwardness and slightly obsessive behaviour, might be autistic to some level, but this never comes out and I am uncomfortable ascribing a pathology to a character when the author hasn't done so.