-- SOF/VEL Granted an Accelerated Assessment by the European Medicines Agency -- FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2015-- Gilead Sciences, Inc.
(Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for an investigational, once-daily fixed-dose combination of the nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir (SOF) 400 mg and velpatasvir (VEL) 100 mg, an investigational pan-genotypic NS5A inhibitor, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, has been fully validated and is now under assessment by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The data included in the application, which was submitted on November 17, 2015, support the use of SOF/VEL among patients with genotype 1-6 HCV infection, including patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis.
"Despite advances in the treatment of HCV, there is a need for simple, highly effective pan-genotypic therapies, particularly for patients with genotype 3 HCV infection, who traditionally have been more difficult to cure," said Norbert Bischofberger, PhD, Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer at Gilead. "If approved, SOF/VEL will represent a significant step forward in the potential to control and eliminate hepatitis C, as the first and only fixed-dose regimen offering high SVR rates with just 12 weeks of treatment for patients with all HCV genotypes."
SOF/VEL is the third investigational medicinal product from Gilead for HCV infection to receive Accelerated Assessment by the EMA. This, however, does not assure a positive opinion from the EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) or final approval by the European Commission. Review of the MAA will be conducted under the centralized licensing procedure, which, if authorized, provides marketing authorization in all 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Iceland. If approved, SOF/VEL could be available for marketing in the European Union in 2016. Gilead has also submitted a regulatory application for SOF/VEL in the United States.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risk that the European Commission or other regulatory agencies may not approve SOF/VEL, and that any marketing approvals, if granted, may have significant limitations on its use. As a result, Gilead may not be able to successfully commercialize SOF/VEL. These risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks are described in detail in Gilead's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Gilead, and Gilead assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
For more information on Gilead Sciences, please visit the company's website at www.gilead.com or call Gilead Public Affairs at +44 (208) 587-2477.


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The Weekly Pulse: Here's What You Can Expect As COVID-19 Cases Are Surging
December 4, 2020 by The Law Offices of Marjory Cajoux Leave a Comment
America's largest school district has returned to all-remote learning and the physical reopening of New York City Public Schools are presently undecided. As you may recall, on March 15, 2020 New York City closed all of its public and private school buildings in order to protect our 1.1 million students, staff members, families, and fellow New Yorkers from the spread of COVID-19. Fast forward six months later to September 16th, 2020, New York City Schools welcomed student's physical return under a blended learning model that included the option of in-school learning part of the week and virtual learning the portion. On Thursday, November 19, 2020 Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that new social distancing restrictions are likely coming.
Although the state employed social distancing strategies, mandated the use of face masks, upgraded, or replaced existing ventilation systems in classrooms; employed a sufficient number of nurses to staff school buildings, and much more; it wasn't enough. On Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city's seven-day average hit 3% triggering the switch to all-remote learning. Parents, guardians, and school leaders were put on notice as the coronavirus infection rate inched closer to the 3% threshold established in the summer by the teacher's union in order to approve the physical reopening of schools.
According to Governor Andrew Cuomo's if the infection rate exceeds 3% for 10 consecutive days then he would impose orange zone restrictions. What triggers an orange zone designation? We are currently at 2.5% right now, and while the exact pace of increase is impossible to predict, Mayor de Blasio expects us to reach 3% within the next 2-3 weeks, if not sooner. Entering the orange zone would trigger an immediate shutdown of all indoor dining, which is currently allowed at 25% capacity in the five boroughs. If seven-day state-wide testing averages exceed 3% for more than 10 days, the orange zone law will suspend indoor dining, close down gyms, and salons. Outdoor dining would still be legal, with a four-person maximum per table – though that too can be eliminated if the positivity rate reaches 4%, the threshold of a red zone designation. Certain businesses will continue to remain open regardless of color zones they include grocery stores, bodegas, farmer's markets, pharmacies, liquor stores, and wine shops.
New restrictions began last Wednesday, November 25th for parts of New York City as COVID-19 patients overwhelm hospitals, prompting our Governor to reopen an emergency field hospital. Yellow and orange restrictions came to businesses midweek in a handful of counties in New York City and Long Island. Parts of Staten Island and Syracuse moved into orange zones with indoor dining closing in those areas, while parts of Upper Manhattan, Riverhead, Hampton Bays, Great Neck, and Massapequa Park moved to yellow.
The United States has had over 250,000 Coronavirus related deaths, across the country those numbers are climbing. Public Health Officials and The Law Offices of Marjory Cajoux continue to stress the importance of following COVID-19 guidelines. We are urging everyone to please take social distancing and COVID-19 best practices seriously!
We encourage all to stay safe during this critical time by doing the following:
If you are sick – STAY HOME. Call your healthcare provider before going to a medical care center or hospital.
Continue to social distance by staying six feet away from others, especially if you are over the age of 65 or have a pre-existing condition and are at higher risk for contracting a serious illness like COVID-19.
Continue to wear cloth face coverings in public especially when using UBER, LYFT, mass transit, dining at restaurants, going to supermarkets, post office, and anyplace social distancing might be challenging. Face covering is most essential when social distancing is difficult!
Wash your hands at least 20 seconds in warm water as frequently as possible, especially after being in public places, blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. Use hand sanitizer at least 60% alcohol when soap and water are not readily available.
Follow guidelines for your area when it comes to large gatherings. Avoid crowds and mass gatherings.
Pay attention when walking in any city which can often be congested with people. Although there might be fewer drivers, there will be more pedestrians particularly as we draw closer to the end of the year. Keep smartphone use to a minimum and do not block out noise in both ears with headphones.
Be sure to check for closures or restrictions prior to visiting recreational facilities. If open, consider locations where it will be possible to maintain 6 feet of space between yourself and other people who are not from your household.

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ROB BELL AFFIRMS GAY "CHRISTIANS" & BRIAN MCLAREN IS REALLY HAPPY
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 6, 2012 in AM Missives, Brian McLaren, Current Issues, Emergence Christianity, Emergent Church, Features, Homosexuality/"Christian", Rob Bell
A couple of weeks ago Apprising Ministries brought you Rob Bell Comes Out Gay Affirming; it doesn't exactly come as a shock to you considering my longtime coverage of Rob Bell, the former rock star pastor of the neo-liberal cult of the Emergent Church operating within the Emerging Church.
You can hear it for yourself in this exclusive AM video clip from the Q&A session following "Still Painting," a live stream event July 24, which featured Bell from a bar called The Viper Room in West Hollywood rambling on with some rather inane stories:
This brings us to a tweet today from Living Spiritual Teacher and EC guru Brian McLaren—two-thirds of the EC unholy trinity along with universalist EC pastorDoug Pagitt, and his friend Dr. Tony Jones, the progressive "theologian in residence" at Solomon's Porch:
Ah, the reunion tour as Bell returns home to his mentor Brian McLaren. The link takes us to McLaren's blog post Read the Spirit interviews Rob Bell … I first told you about David Crumm and his Read The Spirit website almost four years ago now in Is Rob Bell Evangelical?
It truly is an inter spiritual hodge podge of heresy. You know, come to think of it, no wonder Rob Bell's so at home there. McLaren zeroes us in on this section:
DAVID: I've got to say that—after watching the Viper Room video—one of the refreshing new messages you now apparently feel free to express in a straight-foward way is this: Let's quit beating up on gay people in the church. You put it very simply: "Some people are gay and they're our brothers and sisters and we love them." Then, you go on to affirm that there are good, solid gay Christians in our churches and you say that we all ought to just get over this issue, accept our gay brothers and sisters—and move on with the work of the church.
What's most remarkable about that segment of the video is: You seem so relaxed in saying that simple yet important thing. You're smiling. You've got to be breathing a sigh of relief that you're able to say this now without a panel of church elders to whom you've got to answer—or other critics in the church. So, what I want to know is: Does it feel good to get that off your chest?
ROB: I am smiling right now at that question. I am smiling.
It was a joy and honor and privilege to be part of a local church. It was absolutely amazing through all those years, but believe me—I know what you are describing here on a cellular level. Yeah. That's all there is to say—yeah. I am smiling. (source)
McLaren then muses:
It's been six-and-a-half years since I left the pastorate, and while I had a wonderful group of church elders – no complaints there – I remember (as Rob said, "on a cellular level") – the challenge of dealing with "critics in the church," and more – the challenge of wanting to speak freely and honestly without causing harm and division to the congregation I loved and served.
I'm happy for Rob – and for the effects his increased freedom of speech will have on us all. I'm smiling too. (source)
Seriously; Bell and McLaren are happy to lie to precious LGBT people, for whom Christ died, leaving them in the bondage of their sin and still under the wrath of God. Sad, indeed. Well, that's why three years ago I asked the key question: But Do Emergence Christianity And Brian McLaren Really Love Gay People?
The obvious answer is: No, they don't. You see, if they did, then they'd tell them the truth: No one practicing sin of ANY kind in an unrepentant manner will enter the Kingdom. For it is written:
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
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How to get more people involved in the lord of trading.
As saruos pointed out if any of you follow other active bloggers comment on their blogs and develop a reader/blogger relation with them and eventually invite them to join our discussion.
Another way is to comment on very popular blogs such as FT alpha, the big picture, calculated risk etc... and leave a link to the LOT on the bottom of your comment.
Another way is to join other big popular forums and get some market shares buy commenting and join other discussions and redirectly people to similar discussions we have over here.
Lets do our best and take TLOT as far as we can!
Thanks to you Snapman and all guys here who actively contribute to build TLOfT community. We are proud to announce that the Hand of Scalpuman forums reached today the 800 post level after only a few months. Other stats: as of today, we have approximately 200 pages viewed a day on the whole TLofT site including , 200 pages indexed in Google and have a few ranked pages while we've have not focused specifically on optimizing our traffic (SEO) but are staying focused on providing traders with reliable information and opinions and with a venue for market research.
We primarily aim in the short/medium term to raise the number of our discussions, of our topics, to improve their level and to increase the number of our active members as we believe the value of this website lies in the profits our respective trading gains in the contributions we are finding here. The more discussions, various opinions, trading styles we'll share here, the more our individual trading skills will grow.
We are currently discussing on our side with traders from other trading websites how we can achieve this goal but of course we'll highly appreciate your help and contributions.
Many thanks in advance and happy trading, Fellow traders, and trade with the Lord of Trading !
You're right snapman, Let's do our best and take TLOT as far as we can! I strongly believe it worth!
if any of you follow other active bloggers comment on their blogs and develop a reader/blogger relation with them and eventually invite them to join our discussion.
And let's show them who the Lords of Trading are !!!!!
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path=$(head -n 1 ../work/clouddir.txt)

ssh $user_name@$ip_address "mongo < $path/shard_distribution.js" > ../work/distribution

cat ../work/distribution | grep -v "shell version" | grep -v "connecting to" | grep -v "server version" | grep -v "switched to" | grep -v "bye" | tail -n +2

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CN Rail, the owner of the rail network in the eastern Canadian province, said the crash took place at 2:45 am on Saturday. No one was injured.
Three roads near the community of Gogama, where the accident took place, have been sealed off for up to 36 hours.
The $70-billion Canadian National Railway Company suffered its last derailment in nearby Horneypayne just two days earlier, though there was no chemical spillage in that crash.
But a massive explosion, also in Gogama, just last month resulted in the spillage of more than 1 million liters of bitumen into the environment, after 15 carriage tanks were breached, following yet another derailment. The authorities said that the spill contaminated a nearby lake and pond, but insisted the toxicity levels were not threatening to humans or wildlife.
Last year Canadian authorities instituted more stringent safety standards for rail cars carrying flammable liquids, and last month new rules increased insurance liabilities for companies transporting dangerous goods.
The measures are a response primarily to the Luc-Megantic disaster of 2013, when an oil-laden train exploded after a derailment in an urban area in Quebec, causing the deaths of 47 people.
The industry has resisted sweeping measures, which it says will force it to refit 50,000 train carriages in a decade, scuppering the oil-by-rail revolution that has taken place in the last half decade, caused by production expansion in Western Canada, and limits in pipeline capacity. Canadian train tracks are expected to carry 700,000 barrels of oil a day by next year, up from less than 300,000 in 2009.


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Category: Medieval
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Latin Church in the Middle Ages
By: Andr_ Lagarde
Publisher: Scribner's: January 1915
ISBN: B009FVQFK4
Blue hardcovers show spotting and edgewear, binding is firm, text appears unmarked.
The Archaeology of Post-Medieval Religion (Society for Post Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series)
By: Chris King
Publisher: Boydell Press: December 2011
The post-medieval period was one of profound religious and cultural change, of sometimes violent religious conflict and of a dramatic growth in religious pluralism. The essays collected here, in what is the first book to focus on the material evidence, demonstrate the significant contribution that archaeology can make to a deeper understanding of religion. They take a broad interdisciplinary approach to the spatial and material context of religious life, using buildings and landscapes, religious objects and excavated cemeteries, alongside cartographic and documentary sources, to reveal the com...
Mission to Asia
By: DAWSON, CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr: December 1980
The narratives by John of Plano Carpini and William of Rubruck of their journeys to Mongolia in the middle of the thirteenth century differ from the majority of works in this series. The authors were not canonized saints or beati, and their travels were not missionary journeys in the strict sense, but were more of the nature of political embassies. Nevertheless, they were servants of Christendom as few men have been. They give a first-hand authentic account of the first contact between Western Christendom and the Far East, and this at the moment when the whole oriental world from Kor...
The History of the Medieval Church 590-1500
By: Deanesly, M.
Publisher: Methuen & Co: January 1957
ISBN: B000J54J26
Dark blue covers show light cover wear, binding firm, text unmarked. Previous owner's name inside front cover.
Medieval Papacy
By: GEOFFREY BARRACLOUGH
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc: September 1979
Condition: Used - Like New
Faint discoloration along top edge of front cover. Text pristine.
Byzantine Christianity: Emperor, Church and the West
By: Harry J. Magoulias
Publisher: Rand McNally: January 1970
ISBN: B001MBI508
Light cover wear, solid binding, lots of highlighting in the text.
Le mouvement theologique du XIIe siecle. Sa preparation lointaine avant et autour de Pierre Lombard, ses rapports avec les initiatives des canonistes. Etudes, recherches et documents.
By: J. DE GHELLINCK
Publisher: Bruges: Editions De Tempel: January 1948
ISBN: B000TGIQXS
Paperback edition, in French, with chipped & slightly torn spine ends; upper corner bumped; ex libris sticker of Bishop David Maloney; light binding wear, page signatures uncut and free of marks.
Papal Judges Delegate in the Province of Canterbury, 1198-1254: A Study in Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Administration (Oxford Historical Monographs)
By: Jane E. Sayers
Publisher: Oxford University Press Reprints distributed by Sa: August 1971
This book is concerned with the ecclesiastical courts set up by the papacy to hear specific cases on its behalf in the localities. It embodies the results of the examination of a large number of records, particularly case records. One chapter outlines the central judicial structures of the church; other chapters include detailed studies of the procedure of the local courts and of the personnel - the judges, the proctors and the parties. Appendices of lists and selected documents illustrate the administration.
Dissent and Order in the Middle Ages: The Search for Legitimate Authority (Twayne's Studies in Intellectual and Cultural History, No 3)
By: JEFFREY BURTON RUSSELL
Publisher: Twayne Publishers: June 1992
In approaching this book, it's best we keep in mind the necessity of both dissent and order in determining an orthodox, catholic position: that being the fullest understanding of the truth. Such a ''creative tension'' can encompass both the tenability of tradition and the personal experience of the individual. Beginning from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 (a convenient break in the gradual shift from theological questions toward issues of an increasingly moral nature), Jeffrey Burton Russell presents this concise overview of an incredibly long and complex list of heresies (in all their fascin...
The Orthodox Church in the Arab World, 700 - 1700: An Anthology of Sources (Orthodox Christian)
By: Noble, Samuel, Treiger, Alexander
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press: March 2014
Arabic was among the first languages in which the Gospel was preached. The Book of Acts mentions Arabs as being present at the first Pentecost in Jerusalem, where they heard the Christian message in their native tongue. Christian literature in Arabic is at least 1,300 years old, the oldest surviving texts dating from the 8th century. Pre-modern Arab Christian literature embraces such diverse genres as Arabic translations of the Bible and the Church Fathers, biblical commentaries, lives of the saints, theological and polemical treatises, devotional poetry, philosophy, medicine, and history. Yet...
Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans 1516?1831
By: Panchenko, Constantin Alexandrovich
Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications: May 2016
Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predominantly Islamic Middle East. Of these minorities Christians are by far the largest, comprising over 10% of the population in Syria and as much as 40% in Lebanon.The largest single group of Christians are the Arabic-speaking Orthodox. The author draws on archaeological evidence and previously unpublished primary sources uncovered in Russian archives and Middle Eastern monastic libraries to present a vivid and compelling account of this vital but li...
Furta Sacra : Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages
By: PATRICK J. GEARY
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr: February 1991
To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians.
Sea of Faith
By: STEPHEN OSHEA
Publisher: St Martins Pr: June 2006
The long, shared history of Christianity and Islam began, shortly after Islam emerged in the early seventh century A.D., with a question: Who would inherit the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same source--Abraham and the Revelation given to the Jews--the two faiths played out over the course of the next millennium what historian Stephen O'Shea calls "a sibling rivalry writ very large." Their cataclysmic clashes on the battlefield were balanced by long periods of co-existence and mutual enrichment, and by the end of the sixteenth century the religious boundaries of th...
Malleus Maleficarum Of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger
By: SUMMERS, MONTAGUE
Publisher: Dover Pubns: June 1971
Owner name, cover bumped at corners, a solid unmarked copy.
After 900 Years : The Background of the Schism
By: YVES CONGRA
Publisher: Fordham Univ Pr: February 1998
The traditional date of the beginning of the Oriental Schism is 1054. Congar shows that the seeds of this break were sown centuries before when the creation of Byzantium, the Crowning of Charlemagne as Roman Emperor, and emergence of Islam divided East and West politically.
The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John
By: ZACHARY NUGENT BROOKE
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: July 1989
Since this book was first published in 1931 the English church in the eleventh and twelfth centuries has been studied in depth, yet Z. N. Brooke's The English Church and the Papacy, now reissued with a new introduction by C. N. L. Brooke, remains the indispensable point from which all expeditions over this territory begin. The author set out first to determine what the law of the English Church was, and to seek the books on which it was based; then to draw out the consequences of what he had discovered in a general survey of the relations of England and Rome. The crisp, clear judgements on the...


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In a well-controlled U.S. field study, a single dose of Bravecto reduced fleas by ≥ 99.7% for 12 weeks. Dogs with signs of flea allergy dermatitis showed improvement in erythema, alopecia, papules, scales, crusts, and excoriation as a direct result of eliminating flea infestations.
Bravecto should be administered orally as a single dose every 12 weeks according to the Dosage Schedule below to provide a minimum dose of 11.4 mg/lb (25 mg/kg) body weight. Bravecto may be administered every 8 weeks in case of potential exposure to Amblyomma americanum ticks (See EFFECTIVENESS).
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Presents my new hand-made felt squid toy range!
They can be made in any colour (depending on what colour felt my felt supplying store holds at the time), single colour or multicoloured. Eyes are child safe and they are stuffed with clean,safe artifical stuffing.
The toys are 36cm long, and 19cm around the head.
They will cost about 20 of your currency unit and about 10 currency unti for postage and packaging. I'm trying to get together some currency for my trip in October!
Sweet! You got skilz, ma'am.
um..., the new avatar and signature have me laughing out loud and spilling coffee!
Now to pick a color for a plush squid.
I'm glad somebody appreciates it (especially since you're even more of a somebody than most, Melissa).
Does PINK K DESIGNS currently produce anything else of similar coolness, KRin?
I have no experience at all with PayPal! I pay my Tomno membership with it and thats all. This is the first thing I have ever sold on the net. Does PayPal cost?
All I am doing at present is some little felt teddy bears and the squids. I did do some character bears in felt but I haven't had the time. I do the odd fanzine now and again.
Okay, I can access my Pay Pal account from work so will be able to use it. So folks, send your orders in now and I'll do my best to fill them as soon as possible.
Cool deal!!!! They look great!


Reiki Healing is a form of energy sessions of Japanese origin that is effective on physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels. Stress, physical and emotional trauma and illness curb the natural flow of "Ki" – life force energy through the body. By restoring the flow of "Ki" in the body, Reiki revives the body's ability to relax and de-stress, and wholly supports its ability to heal itself.


As a young woman, María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad, who for decades played Doña Clotilde on El Chavo del Ocho, was a guerillera, fighting against the murderous regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde.
Franco rose to power after the Spanish Civil War. He supported Nazi Germany in World War II and, during his regime, had over 400,000 political opponents killed through executions and concentration camps. María de los Ángeles "Angelines" Fernández Abad, "la bruja del 71," easily could have been one of them.
Angelines was part of the anti-Franco resistance, putting her life on the line to resist his repressive dictatorship.
After World War II, her anti-Franco sentiments made it too dangerous for her to continue living in Spain and the 25-year-old Angelines fled to Mexico, the country she would call home for the better part of 50 years.
Though she earned her worldwide fame as elderly Doña Clotilde, Angelines was a film star during Mexico's Golden Age of Cinema.
It was actually Don Ramón, or rather, actor Ramón Valdés who not only helped Angelines get her start in Mexican cinema after escaping from Spain, but also got her the part of Doña Clotilde on El Chavo del Ocho.
Angelines acted in many novelas throughout the 60's, finally leaving the soap opera world in '74 to focus on her work with Chespirito.
The former-revolutionary-turned-actress continued to play "La Bruja" until 1992. She passed away just two years later, of lung cancer.
May Angelines Fernández be remembered not only for her beloved performance as "La Bruja del 71," but for her bravery in the face of a fascist dictatorship.


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Cool people / September 1, 2022
The giants of Peccioli
I never thought that I would say this. Never. And yet, sometimes it occurs to me what happens to more and more people, that is a certain indifference regarding centuries old traditions and ancient history.
Whenever I decide to visit a Tuscan hamlet I know that there will be monuments and memorial plaques telling me about war and peace treaties between Livorno, Pisa, Lucca, Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra and Siena (not necessarily following this chronology). Most likely I will find all sorts of information regarding changes of huge ownerships, the construction of churches, monasteries, palaces, towers and castles throughout many centuries. Leading families with the proper coat of arms clearly visible on the facades of their properties will recall me their deeds and misdeeds. And I will learn that quarrels, peoples' uprisings, strategic moves and treasons have almost been commonplace.
With all this in mind I wanted to visit Peccioli in the province of Pisa in Tuscany a couple of weeks ago. Why Peccioli? Because on the website of the Theatre of Silence located in the nearby Lajatico, I have seen images of huge statues which attracted my attention. The giants were brought over some years ago from Peccioli for a performance hosted only once a year. Besides this, the small village apparently has turned into a true place for modern art from 1995/2000 onwards. The deep rooted inhabitants of a municipality in the province of Pisa accept modern art invading their ancient hamlet rich in history and centuries old tradition? A little hard to believe.
The streets leading to my destination were good to drive on and well marked (not to be taken for granted), the whole hinterland of Pisa, by the way. At a certain point out of nowhere appeared the first of the four giants I wanted to see. He was in fact remarkably tall and artfully created. Unfortunately, since he was crouching on the roof of a building I could not come too close.
Students from England who were playing soccer in a nearby parking area explained to me where I would find the other sculptures. In fact, it was not difficult to locate the second one. Immersed in the earth up to his waist, the handsome man was easy to reach. His position next to an amphitheater, surrounded by the breathtaking view over the Valdera region, really underlined the beauty and particularity of the giant. Excellent work from the employees of the company, Naturaliter, the author. Fantastic artists, indeed.
There were still two more masterpieces I wanted to photograph which I would find in a landfill. A waste disposal site? This, honestly, struck me as odd. So, after driving a few kilometers I ended up in front of the so called Green Triangle gate, from where I could see the two statues down the hill in the distance. Once given my name, surname and phone number the gate opened automatically and I entered the landfill covering thirty five hectares.
How did I know that it covers thirty five hectares? Because an employee had told me so. How could I have a word with an employee given that the entrance is without talking to people in flesh and bone? Because while passing the gate instead of driving to the right I took the road to the left. After a few hundred meters I realized my mistake and turned the car around to drive back. In the entire landfill there was only one single muddy puddle to get bogged down and I drove right into it.
So, in the early afternoon under the blazing August sun I walked back to the gate and ask for help. A young man arrived at once with the necessary equipment to pull the car out of the mud. The quick professional first aid make me hope that I was neither the first nor the last visitor with a similar problem. A small consolation for my wounded pride.
Something told me that my savior was not sure about my driving abilities. In fact, he offered to accompany me down to the sculptures. It was he who told that about twenty years ago the town council under the guidance of mayor Renzo Macelloni, inspired by models from Nordic countries, decided to renovate and clean their landfill. Up to then nobody felt responsible for the huge environmental, structural and organizational problems of the place.
Slowly slowly with the help of far-sighted people and smart fellow citizens the waste disposal site has been transformed into today's model company. It is able to dispose and partly transform into energy not only the proper waste but the one from other regions, too. Today, the landfill has become strategic for Tuscany regarding renewable energy and research.
All this brought substantial economic well-being which the town council invests in infrastructures and services aimed to enhance the value of the territory, the tourism and the cultural heritage. Besides, a lot of attention is given to the fine arts in general and the purchase of contemporary artwork. This is the mystery revealed.
The only thing left for me to do was shooting photos of the remaining sculptures, a woman and a man, both huge as the others. In the middle of a landfill two white human giants, not drowned by garbage but reborn and rising from it. Desirable metaphor.
In the end I drove up the small hill to visit Peccioli. The coexistence of ancient history (tabernacle of Benizzo Gozzoli) and contemporary art (David Tremlett and the others) with fields and meadows as far as the eyes can see as scenography is really surprising, you could say one of a kind. If I consider that we are in Tuscany, known for its attachment to deep rooted traditions, I can't help but applaud. Chapeau. Hats off.
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You're Either Consistent or Non-Existent – Whats your superpower?
This phrase appeared on my radar while listening to a CD by Mike Litman called 'Greatness Held Hostage'. If you've ever listened to anything by Mike, you know you will remember something! He is 'Mr. Enthusiastic' and was once described as a modern day Napoleon Hill. So when Mike said 'You're either consistent or non-existent' it sunk in because before the CD was finished I'd heard it at least three times.
The more I ponder on this phrase the more I realize just how powerful it really is. Consistency is the lifeblood of any business. Consistency is the key to a great customer experience. If you start slipping up or forgetting things, your customers can only assume other problems are afoot as well. Consistency assures your current customers of the experience they will have the next time they do business with you. If you did a good job this time, the customer will be more likely to give you repeat business. Consistency helps retain those customers that would otherwise turn to a competitor. Consistency makes it extremely easy for your current customers to tell their friends about your business.
One of the best ways to gather force, especially regarding our businesses, is to practice consistency. Consistency can mean many things to different people. It is as simple as choosing to perform a basic task at the same time every day for at least 40 days. For example, I decided recently to write a blog post a day for 90 days straight. If I missed a day I had to start all over again from day 1. Two things I learned from that particular exercise in consistency. The first was that consistent performance of a chosen task sometimes even at a chosen time over a period of days helped me to gain force and momentum. The second lesson was that having not set another goal for consistent writing once I had completed my 90-day goal I began to miss days and subsequently lost some of the force I had gained. In fact I noticed that my contributions to my blog sometimes dwindled to one post a week! Now I know that the discipline of committing to consistency (and daily blog posts seems to do it for me in this instance), underpins my success in any endeavor.
If you say to a customer "I'll call you tomorrow," you have created a new agreement of how things will be. If you then make good on the agreement and call tomorrow you line yourself up to experience harmony. If you don't call, you leave a loose end. By not making the call you communicate something that directly affects your business and life. You are in fact saying that your word is no good and the customer is not worth your effort to keep your word!
The most important aspect in my eyes when it comes to trusting someone involves their consistency. I have met several people at various social events who all appear to be friendly, approachable, and knowledgeable regarding the product or service being promoted. Then it comes time for the follow up process of setting a first appointment. Sometimes they make the appointment but never show up. They might call the next day offering an excuse. Some never follow up. One would think that after meeting such a great person that presented themselves so well at a mixer, there would be no further issues? WRONG! This follow up process has already started to show these people's inconsistencies and in turn, makes me lose the trust factor that I must have if I'm to do business with someone.
So how do you achieve consistency in your business?
First review your business. Take an inventory of your current situation to see if your business is set up to accomplish what you truly want to achieve and build the trust you say you wish to establish. Clarify your vision. Write a vision statement that spells out clearly what you see your business providing for the customer. Then write a mission statement that explains how you intend to achieve your objective or vision. Ensure that all connections made with your customers achieve this including phone messages, phone calls, emails, social media sites, web sites, company policies, your presentations – EVERYTHING! Develop a sound business strategy. Know what your strengths and weaknesses are and describe them in detail. Then outline how you plan to capitalize on both particularly if you discover 'energy' leaks in your business that need to be stopped.
The power of being consistent is about cleaning up the habits and thoughts that do not serve you. It is about going to the depths of who and what you truly are. The power of completion can go into all areas of your life; do you have a song inside you, a canvas to paint, a relationship to heal, or a destiny to follow? When you get complete with that which is still left undone in your life, it frees you up to explore the passion and possibility that is out there for you with your name on it!
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[ARTICLE] How Hepburn and Classic Hollywood Inspired "Color Me True"
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Written by Natalie Ng from Filmed in Ether for Japanese Film Festival in Australia. All views expressed in this article are the author's own and are not necessarily reflected by the Japanese Film Festival.
"Someone once said that movies have the miraculous power to delight and move us… Even forgotten films have the miraculous power to bring colour to someone's heart."
With the success of La La Land (2016), the Oscar wins of The Artist (2011) and The Shape of Water (2017), and the current buzz for A Star is Born (2018) escapist fantasies similar in spirit to those of Hollywood's Golden Age are currently in high demand both from studios and audiences. Japan is certainly no exception either as Hideki Takeuchi's Color Me True, screening at this year's Japanese Film Festival, has proven at the Japanese box office. Takeuchi's film is a sincere tribute to Classical Hollywood and stays true to what made films from that era so magical.
Using Hollywood's history to inform Color Me True's story
From the late 1920s where black and white 'talkies' were introduced to the 1960s where Technicolor musicals were all the rage, the premise for Color Me True is certainly inspired by the shifts that took place within Hollywood during that era. In Color Me True, a princess (Haruka Ayase) from an old black and white film, 'The Tomboy Princess and the Beastly Boys', stumbles out from the screen and into real life. She becomes the muse of an aspiring writer-director (Kentaro Sakaguchi) in the Technicolour era of the late '50s and dawn of the '60s. It doesn't get any more fantastical than that.
The film further acknowledges these technical changes in Hollywood by referring to Color Me True's film-within-the-film as a forgotten product of a bygone era.
Color Me True also presents an idealised, chaste romance where emotional connection and companionship are valued above all else. Emphasis on these values are similar to Classical Hollywood films, many of which were produced under the Hays Code, a strict set of moral guidelines that all studio films produced between 1930 to 1968 in the United States had to adhere by.
Rather than show displays of physical intimacy, Hollywood studios avoided censorship by relying on verbal sparring and covert flirting between romantic leads. Color Me True adopts this cleverly into its story: if Miyuki and Kenji touch one another, she will fade back into the movie screen.
The inability to touch each other – to show physical affection between Miyuki and Kenji – means that the emotional connection and companionship shared between them is doubly stressed. Miyuki believes she is incomplete and unable to love Kenji wholly because she cannot touch him. So when Kenji gives up ever being able to touch Miyuki for a lifetime of platonic companionship with her, instead of choosing a normal life married to his boss's daughter and becoming a film director, the gamble he's taking is no trivial matter. Similarly, Miyuki doesn't know if Kenji will love her forever, and one touch from him would make her disappear. They are literally entrusting each others' lives in the other's hands.
Hepburn and Other Homages
With romance being the major theme of Color Me True, Takeuchi's film perhaps has more in common with many of Audrey Hepburn's classics than recent postmodern takes on Classical Hollywood that audiences have become familiar with.
In Classical Hollywood, parts were written around stars and played into the personas they projected to the public. In that vein, director Takeuchi perhaps knew exactly what he was doing when he cast Haruka Ayase as Princess Miyuki. Ayase is one of Japan's top stars after leading roles in hit J-dramas like Hotaru no Hikari (2007) would lead her to international exposure in films like Hirokazu Kore-eda's Our Little Sister (2015). Part of her star status parallels how Audrey Hepburn was marketed—beautiful and charming in a way that appealed to men and aspirational for women. Ayase's looks are used to great advantage in the film, as the actress is styled similarly to Audrey Hepburn, right down to her signature bangs at the peak of Hepburn's stardom during the late '50s with films like Roman Holiday (1953), Sabrina (1954) and Funny Face (1957).
Hepburn is again referenced in the opening scene of the Princess Miyuki's film,'The Tomboy Princess and the Beastly Boys', which pays direct homage to the opening ball scene in Roman Holiday. Meanwhile, the design of the ballgown that Ayase's character wears in the scene is itself a nod to Audrey Hepburn's iconic Givenchy ball gown in Sabrina. The beasts in the fictional film are also a nod to yet another example of a Classic Hollywood film, The Wizard of Oz (1939) in that they appear to parallel the roles of Dorothy's companions, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and the Tin Man. The Roman Holiday references continue with a scene where our protagonist Kenji smuggles Miyuki into the studio set by hiding her in a cart under a blanket attached to his bicycle.
But these wholly romantic ideals aren't the only things that we see spring from Miyuki and Kenji's blossoming relationship.
There's a touch of screwball comedy à la His Girl Friday (1940) and Ball of Fire (1941) in the relationship between Miyuki and Kenji. This genre often highlighted the woman's dominance in a relationship and Miyuki is very much the dominant partner between herself and Kenji. He accedes to most of her whims and is completely outmatched by her. Much of the first act of Color Me True also places the two in farcical situations and verbal sparring, signatures of the screwball genre.
Color Me True is ultimately a postmodern pastiche of Classical Hollywood romances yet for all its references and over the top premise, it does go beyond the happy endings we see in the films it homages. It never becomes overly saccharine and works to remind viewers of its own brand of magical-realist charm; that making a relationship work inevitably requires sacrifice.
Hollywood is always looking to its Golden Age and other films from the past for inspiration, but sometimes forget that the magic of cinema is that it can be the ultimate fantasy. So why not challenge the cynicism and realism that often creeps into these postmodern takes? Why not make a love letter to Classical Hollywood as the ultimate cinematic escapist fantasy? Color Me True captures all the magic and romance that we love of Classical Hollywood films with complete sincerity and not an ounce of cynicism.
And if you're after an antidote to the gritty modern Hollywood films that dominate the multiplex screens, you might be surprised to find a warm sense of nostalgia and escapism in this Japanese film.
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Ex-UNICEF Iranian-American official returned to prison after medical leave
Iranian-American consultant Siamak Namazi (R) is pictured with his father Baquer Namazi in this undated family handout picture. (Reuters)
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An 81-year-old Iranian-American man sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on charges he spied and cooperated with the United States has been returned to prison after a short medical leave, his lawyer and son said on Tuesday.
The decision to send Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor and ex-UNICEF official, back to prison, despite the advice of the Iranian government's own medical examiner, is "tantamount to a death sentence," said Jared Genser, an attorney for the Namazi family.
Baquer Namazi's son, Babak, told reporters in Washington on Tuesday that returning his father to prison was a "spectacular display of cruelty" by the Iranian government.
Attempts to reach the Iranian judiciary for comment about Namazi were unsuccessful, and a spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment.
The United States is "deeply disturbed" by the return of Baquer Namazi to prison, and has been alarmed at his declining health, Steve Goldstein, the U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs said in a statement.
Namazi's health has deteriorated over the nearly two years he has been imprisoned in Iran. In January, he was taken to the hospital for a sharp drop in blood pressure and irregular heartbeat and in September he underwent emergency surgery to install a pacemaker, his family has said.
Namazi was granted a four-day medical leave on Jan. 28, which was extended until Feb. 4.
After examining Namazi, the Iranian government's medical examiner recommended he be granted a three-month leave from prison on medical grounds. The medical examiner's recommendation was communicated to the Namazi family by phone, Genser said.
But instead of being granted the leave, Namazi was told on Tuesday to report back to Evin Prison in Tehran, the lawyer said.
The Namazi family released a statement by Baquer Namazi thanking his friends and UNICEF colleagues for their support.
"Despite the pain inflicted upon my family and myself, I have not lost hope and continue to pray for the great humanitarian causes for which we have all dedicated our lives," Baquer Namazi said in the statement.
Namazi's son, Siamak, an Iranian-American businessman in his mid-40s, was arrested by Iranian security forces in October 2015. Iranian authorities detained Baquer Namazi a few months later when he tried to visit his son. Both are in Evin prison and have denied the charges against them.
Siamak Namazi has been physically tortured in prison, including being shocked with a stun gun, Babak Namazi said.
Babak Namazi called in a statement for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to "spare no efforts" to bring his brother and father home.
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Bishop Michael Hoeppner Resigns While Under Investigation for Covering Up Clergy Abuse
In September of 2019, it was announced that a Minnesota bishop was placed under investigation for covering up cases of clergy abuse. Today, he resigned before the results of that investigation were made public.
We are glad that one less diocese in the US is led by a prelate who put their reputation over the protection of children. We would have preferred, however, if Catholic officials in the Vatican had moved to fire Bishop Michael Hoeppner instead of asking for his resignation. While the result is the same, we feel that a stronger message would have been sent by ousting Bishop Hoeppner instead of asking him to leave, as there is a difference in forcing someone out versus asking them to remove themselves of their own accord.
We hope that the results of the investigation will still be released and that the Vatican will not use this resignation as an excuse to keep the facts from being made public. More importantly, we hope that the situation in Crookston will be investigated by secular authorities like Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, especially if the report on Bishop Hoeppner's wrongdoing is not released by Catholic officials voluntarily.
CONTACT: Zach Hiner, SNAP Executive Director ([email protected], 517-974-9009)


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Rajska Zatoka (ang. Paradise Cove, także: Sentry Cove) – zatoka na Wyspie Króla Jerzego, część Cieśniny Bransfielda między półwyspem Demay a Przylądkiem Uchatki, na zachód od Zatoki Admiralicji.

Od Rajskiej Zatoki w kierunku Lodowca Tower wznosi się Pełznący Stok, po którym płynie Zielony Potok. Na brzegu zatoki znajduje się refugium "Demay" należące do Polskiej Stacji Antarktycznej im. Henryka Arctowskiego. Nazwę zatoki nadała w 1980 roku polska ekspedycja naukowa.

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On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Who did it? And why? Here at East Side Dave Country, through years of statistical analysis and endless research, we surmise that the murderers composed of Lee Harvey Oswald, the CIA, the KGB, the Cigarette-Smoking Man from "The X-Files", Darth Vader, the Yellow M&M, Frank Sinatra, the Old Men in the Balcony from The Muppets, the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, John Hill from "Cheers", and Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons".


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Verona is a major Italian city in the Veneto region. It is located halfway between Lake Garda and Venice, directly on the Adige River. We took the opportunity on the way back from Venice and stayed for one night in this beautiful city. The historic buildings and structures of the old town are simply breathtaking.
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We left Dambulla and our next destination was Kandy. The secret, religious capital of Sri Lanka as well as the highlands.
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Sri Lanka, that means beautiful country and with it one runs in no way danger to exaggerate. This small island on the southeastern tip of India is a true natural paradise.
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Lost places are places that were once the center of urban life and have now been forgotten. There are not very many of them anymore. Most of them have been demolished and replaced by new buildings.
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Night photography in Leipzig with 50mm
What we do not need is a tripod or a flash. The benchmark was to shoot a pleasing image with a fixed aperture and an ISO of mx. 4000. To be honest, my first attempts were rather miserable not to say miserable.
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Nature does not lockdown 2020
Nature does not do lockdowns. While we humans around the world try to fight the universally conjured, death-dealing pandemic SARS COVID-19 with mouth-nose protection, contact restrictions, lockdowns and shutdowns. Nature does not take a break.
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Teaching your kid to drive is tough enough. But some musician dads pass on their talents (and advice) to their kids, encouraging them to play an instrument, get on the mic, and make music a career. Some take it a step further and perform and/or record with their offspring. As Father's Day approaches, let's celebrate some great musical collaborations between fathers and their kids.
The only son of guitar god Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli, Wolfgang seemed destined to follow in dad's shoes early on. Named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he also lends his name to his dad's line of custom Peavey Guitars. On Van Halen's 2004 tour, Wolfie would occasionally join his father onstage. And in 2006, Eddie announced that Michael Anthony was no longer in the band, and that his son was the new bass player. Although fans initially reacted with skepticism, the youngest Van Halen seems to have won over audiences. Van Halen's first album with Wolfgang, A Different Kind Of Truth, entered the charts at #2 earlier this year.
Paul McCartney's son James made his music-making debut playing on dad's 1997 Flaming Pie album. In 2001, he played on Sir Paul's Driving Rain. He also played on his mom's posthumously released Wide Prairie. These days, James is making records under his own name, with two EPs out: 2010's Available Light and 2011's Close At Hand. In a recent interview with the BBC, James floated the idea of forming a band with the children of the other Beatles, but later said on his Facebook page that he was simply thinking out loud.
Amy Helm, daughter of Levon (drummer/singer/mandolin player for The Band) is a member of roots rock group Ollabelle. But she also played with her dad at his many Midnight Rambles at his home in Woodstock, New York, and on his tours. The elder Helm passed away earlier this year, but his daughter will no doubt keep the family name alive in her music.
Even "killahs" love their kids. Wu-Tang Clan standout Ghostface Killah has his own collective on the side, called Theodore Unit, which includes his son (along with Trife da God and frequent Wu-Tang affiliate Cappadonna). Son God debuted on Ghostface & Trife's 2005 collaboration Put It On The Line. In the years since, he has appeared on dad's records Fishscale (2006), More Fish (2006), The Big Doe Rehab (2007) and 2010's Wu-Massacre album (which featured Ghostface with Wu-Tang's Method Man and Raekwon).
Like father, like son: both Ringo Starr and his son Zak Starkey are drummers, although Zak's style is more akin to Ringo's late friend Keith Moon's. Zak and his dad first played together on the Little Steven-organized "Sun City" record in 1985. After playing with Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith, Zak returned to his dad's side to play in his "All-Starr Bands" in 1992 and 1995. In '95, the band included The Who's John Entwistle, who was so impressed with Zak that he helped to get him the drum position in the reunited Who.


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Plug is pulled on free parking for EVs
/ 9th January 2023 /
Free parking for electric vehicles is to be stopped in Waterford due to the rise in EVs being bought.
Waterford City and County Council has said the incentive cannot continue because of the "significant increase in the number of EVs".
In a statement the council said the vehicles have been allowed to park free of charge in public pay-and-display areas in Waterford for several years.
However, the council said that following a review of parking charges and given the number of EVs on the roads, free parking will end.
The council said: "Following a review of our parking charges and given the significant increase in the numbers of EVs on the roads, the council cannot continue to sustain this incentive.
"Accordingly public free parking for EVs within the council's pay-and-display car parks and streets will cease from February 1 this year."
The council will continue to operate free parking for EV and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) vehicles while they're charging at designated public charging points throughout Waterford city and county.
The local authority will also be facilitating an investment in 12 new fast EV charging points across the city and county throughout this year.
Despite a 12% decline in new car registrations last year, EVs have seen strong demand, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI).
Last year 15,591 new electric cars were registered, an increase of 83% on the number in 2021. Last November, 343 new electric vehicles were registered, compared to 190 in the same period the previous year.
According to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, at the end of October last year there were 'over 67,000' electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids, on the roads in Ireland.
The Government has a target to have almost one million EVs on Irish roads by 2030, with 845,000 of these being private passenger cars. This includes battery EVs and plug-in hybrids but not petrol/diesel hybrids. This will be equivalent to one-third of the 2.8 million vehicles that are currently on the road in Ireland.
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Amy Poehler, Ricky Martin, Isabelle Huppert Among First Group of Golden Globes Presenters
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the first round of presenters for the upcoming Golden Globes Awards.
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The first round of presenters for the 75th Golden Globe Awards have been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
J.K. Simmons (2015 Golden Globe winner for Whiplash), Hugh Grant (1995 Golden Globe winner and four-time nominee), Isabelle Huppert (2017 Golden Globe winner for Elle) and Ricky Martin are among the names in the first group of stars set to hand out awards, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.
Other announced presenters include Penelope Cruz (three-time Golden Globe nominee), Seth Rogen, Kerry Washington (two-time Golden Globe nominee), Gal Gadot, Kelly Clarkson, Amy Poehler (2014 Golden Globe winner, three-time nominee, Globes host for four consecutive years), Sarah Jessica Parker (four-time Golden Globe winner and nine-time nominee), Edgar Ramirez (2010 Golden Globe nominee), Halle Berry (Golden Globe winner and four-time nominee), Carol Burnett (five-time Golden Globe winner and seventeen-time nominee), Darren Criss, Greta Gerwig (two-time Golden Globe nominee), Neil Patrick Harris (four-time Golden Globe nominee), Chris Hemsworth, Christina Hendricks, Shirley MacLaine (five-time Golden Globe winner, nineteen-time award nominee, Cecil B. de Mille Award recipient, Special Achievement Award recipient), Sharon Stone (Golden Globe winner and four-time nominee), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Golden Globe winner), Alicia Vikander (two-time Golden Globe nominee) and Emma Watson.
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The latest updates on the anticipated ceremony can be found on @goldenglobes.
The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards will air live from the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. Seth Meyers will host the ceremony.
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Interview: The Blank Tapes
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The Blank Tapes is both a person and a band. The person is 31-year-old Matt Adams. The band is whoever happens to be playing with him on any given night.
A Southern California native and currently a Los Angeles resident, Adams was in need of a change of pace when he moved to the Bay Area in the mid 2000s.
"I fell in love with San Francisco as a kid," he said. "It felt like the right thing to do."
And so Adams packed up his hopes and dreams and plethora of instruments and made his way north. The laid-back Adams, whose slightly unkempt hair is contrasted by piercing sky blue eyes, has a slowed-down, methodical way with words and a willing laugh. It's as though he's always contemplating something deep.
Adams' initial introduction to music was in elementary school, when he took piano lessons. Yet it wasn't until he picked up the guitar in high school that he became serious about being a musician. It was at that time that he claims he "became pretty obsessed with writing songs." Although before he even began playing guitar, Adams knew that music was something he wanted to do.
"When I was eight-years-old I wanted to be like Axl Rose and Slash [combined]," he admitted.
While he primarily considers himself a guitar player, Adams said that foundation of music in piano regularly works its way into his songwriting, influenced heavily by the idea of piecing music together through chords, which he likened to putting together a puzzle.
Although he wrote songs in his teenage years, Adams never performed with a serious band, yet still managed to do a lot of home recording.
"I never really formed a proper band so I pretty much invented my own band," he shared, referencing how recording provided him with the means to "create" a band.
That's not to say he never wanted to be in a band, but it always worked out that Adams would play all the instruments on his recordings.
The idea and formation of The Blank Tapes surfaced around 2003–something which was inspired by a stripped-down approach to music, one that utilized an 8-track and cassette tapes. The name itself was a reference to the handful of tapes Adams always seemed to have scattered around. Judging by the tapes strewn about his house, it appears not much has changed.
"I like having those limitations to work within," Adams said of the lo-fi qualities of recording with an 8-track.
Yet now, more than a handful of years later, Adams said the direction of The Blank Tapes has changed, and is—in fact—in constant flux. After a handful of both "official" and non-official albums, Adams is constantly reinventing the way he writes and records.
"That goes to the next phase of The Blank Tapes…I've kind of grown out of [limiting my approach]," he explained. "I'm definitely open to recording on any format."
This method still includes cassette tapes but also expands to encompass newer recording technologies, such as Pro Tools.
How Adams grew from playing alone to having a "band" wasn't exactly something he set out to do, rather he started playing with friends and people he knew and it just kind of happened. That's not to say he never wanted a band; he was always looking for other members to play with, and when it finally did come together, it was without much force or effort.
"It was all really organic," he said. "It's all pretty circumstantial."
Yet he made certain to point out that the lineup itself is never fixed; instead the members playing alternates based on availability of various people.
"It's always changing. It's never quite the same," he said.
This flexibility in lineup makes it so Adams can virtually play anytime or anywhere, without having to rely on a fixed set of people and their schedules to accommodate him. The most current incarnation of The Blank Tapes includes Pearl Charles, DA Humphrey and Will Halsey, but that can also change, depending on who is available for any given gig.
Adams says he between 150 and 200 fully-written songs, with another 100 or so in various states of completion. Yet in spite of the vast number of songs, he said he still struggles with the lyrical aspect of songwriting.
"Music comes 100 times easier than lyrics," he admitted. "I would have all of my songs completed if it weren't for lyrics."
As for inspiration, he draws from personal incidents and emotions quite a bit, but also relies on inside jokes and lighthearted humor to write. But regardless of the topic, he maintained that he never forces himself to write.
"Songs usually come when I let them come," he said, but insisted that he goes through wet and dry spells when it comes to writing.
"Lately…I've just written songs on demand," he shared. "Usually it's nothing planned."
And his ability to play multiple instruments also makes for interesting and unpredictable songwriting experiences. While guitar is his main instrument, Adams also has tried his hand at drums and percussion, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel and more – the majority of which are scattered about in his home.
"That's the cool thing about playing different instruments," he said, referencing the fact that each instrument makes for a separate kind of songwriting experience. In recent years, Adams has taken to writing songs on the ukulele, which he described as convenient because of its portability.
As for his musical influences, Adams isn't one to keep up to date with "the next big thing." In fact, most of his musical inspiration comes from what was being made in the 60s and 70s.
"My parents didn't really listen to that cool of music," he said of his experience growing up.
But he still managed to get into all sorts classic bands, like the Beatles, the Kinks, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Not only that, but Adams extended himself further, seeking to find and devour any and all music he could get his hands on.
"And then I came to the part where I'd done so much research and reaching out," he explained.
It was then that he gave up on attempts to keep up with all the new music coming out. Also, as he became more engrained in the local music scene and began playing with other bands, Adams found that he mostly listened to the music of his peers.
"That became my focus and still is," he said.
Aside from music, Adams has always enjoyed art, and drawing in particular. The majority of his album covers and fliers are designed by him, and if not, he enlists the help of friends. In that way, he's able to incorporate his two major passions, although in a competition between the two, music always wins out.
"The most fulfilling part about music is when you create a song. Right when you record it and you're hearing it flushed out." He paused for a moment. "When something is so fresh you can listen to it 20 times in a row."
The Blank Tapes play tonight at Die Frühperle in Berlin. The show begins at 22.00.
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Andrew Reeves passes away
By Mark Pack | Fri 3rd June 2011 - 11:00 am
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Many Liberal Democrats are in mourning this morning after the sudden death of a long-time colleague and friend, Andrew Reeves. He died of a heart attack last night.
Andrew had a long career in the party, including working for Vince Cable in Twickenham and Lynne Featherstone in Hornsey & Wood Green and stewarding at party conferences, before becoming the party's Deputy Director for Scotland. Andrew was always one of the happiest and kindest people on the campaigns I worked with him on, and never let the occasional inevitable moments of stress or tension sour personal friendships. He had also in recent years become a keen runner for charity.
Three disparate memories stick in my mind about Andrew. One was the middle of a local election campaign when due to a farcical breakdown in communications he was inside a locked building out of touch and I had to get some urgent information to him. The solution? Remotely logging in to one of the printers in the building and printing out a letter to him. It caught him a bit unawares when a printer sprung to life and churned out a piece of paper starting 'Dear Andrew…' 🙂
The second was Andrew's improbably ability to keep his shirts perfectly ironed all through the day. No matter how many tips I asked him to pass on, my shirts have never got even close to his levels of sartorial elegance.
The third was the pleasure of attending his civic partnership just a few months ago, and the chance to meet for the first time his long-term partner Roger. (See Andrew's lovely post here.) Andrew was always very good at keeping work and private lives separate, so much so that several of using going were joking in advance whether or not Roger really existed…
It was lovely seeing Roger and Andrew together for the first – and tragically last – time in a beautiful setting on the Firth of Forth.
Andrew will be much missed for many reasons by the large number of people he helped, he entertained, he encouraged, he supported and he loved.
My thoughts are with Roger and Andrew's relatives.
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Liberal Neil 3rd Jun '11 - 11:11am
I heard about this just a couple of hours ago and am deeply shocked by this sad news.
I've known Andrew since his first involvement in the party in the South East when he was a regular attendee at training events, through his involvement as a constituency organiser in seats in what was then 'my patch' and then as Regional Organiser in London.
Not only was he always a great person to work with but he was also the best of friends to have.
From the first time I met him to the last time I spoke to him he had an infectious enthusiasm, a deep commitment to the party and its ideals and a great love of life.
Andrew was one of those people who seemed to be liked by everybody and he will be missed by all of us who knew him but also remembered fondly.
Roger and Andrew's family must be devastated by this and my thoughts are with them.
Chris Jenkinson 3rd Jun '11 - 11:18am
I hadn't met Andrew but talked to him several times on Twitter where he was always friendly & always enjoyed reading his blog. My condolences to his family and friends.
Jo Shaw 3rd Jun '11 - 11:21am
This is just so sad. Andrew was a great person and a ferocious campaigner. I really appreciated his advice and hard work for the campaigns I was involved in first in Southwark and then in Camden before his move to Scotland.
Despite working very long hours he found time to run for charity and blog too. I really admired his ability to engage with the world in lots of different ways.
It's desperately sad news and for him to die so suddenly and at such a young age is dreadful. My sympathies to Andrew's family and to Roger.
Dan Falchikov 3rd Jun '11 - 11:26am
Like Neil I am shocked and saddened by this terrible news.
My thoughts go out to all that loved him.
'Wha's like us? Damn few and their a' deid.'
Chris Rennard 3rd Jun '11 - 11:27am
Andrew was such a great person and this such a shock. The best thing ever about this party was meeting and working with some truly wonderful people who became great friends. It was a real joy to be able to find jobs for people like Andrew. He made a real difference and he did so with such a great manner and style. He will be very much missed and Ann and I want to express our condolences to Roger and family and friends. Chris
Rob Blackie 3rd Jun '11 - 11:37am
It's very sad news. He was so young too.
My condolences to Roger and Andrew's family.
Caron Lindsay 3rd Jun '11 - 11:41am
A really tough post to write, Mark, but you have summed Andrew up well. I can't quite get my head together to string an articulate sentence together.
I have so many memories of Andrew – him introducing me to ice hockey, the wild and wonderful Glenrothes by election campaign, my birthday last year in Wagamama.
He was the best. You could not be down for long in his company and he had this way of making you get much more done than you ever thought was possible.
I will miss him so much.
I so feel for Roger and his family.
Keith Legg 3rd Jun '11 - 11:41am
I only knew Andrew through his role as Campaigns Director in Scotland and mine as a candidate, but I do know that he worked ridiculously hard in the Scottish by-elections in the last parliament, and in May this year fought as strong a campaign as possible with the little resource made available to him.
I know that he was held in great affection by many in the party who met him, and my thoughts are with them and his partner today.
Chris Keating 3rd Jun '11 - 11:59am
Very, very sad.
Many people knew Andrew better than I did, but I was always struck by his immense determination, patience and total down-to-earth sensibleness. Among the many dramas in politics, he was almost always the calm at the eye of the storm.
Helen Duffett 3rd Jun '11 - 11:59am
Very fond of Andrew: his wisdom, loyalty and kindness.
I'll really miss him.
Duncan Borrowman 3rd Jun '11 - 12:17pm
Very sad news. I first knew Andrew when he was trying to get some campaigning going in the black hole of Dartford, and being the organiser up the road in Orpington he used to come in to borrow the use of office facilities and ask for advice.
Andrew and I went on to work closely together for a number of years. When I moved on to become London Campaigns Officer I helped him get his first party job as organiser for Vince Cable. He went from there to work for Simon Hughes, then Lynne Featherstone before becoming London Campaigns Officer himself and then Deputy Director of Campaigns in Scotland.
As Mark says, Andrew kept his domestic life very private, and though I visited his Dartford home many times, I never got past the front door to meet Roger. So, it was sad that given our dire financial straights before my present job, my wife Grace and I couldn't afford the trip to Edinburgh for their wedding. Especially as they had been incredibly generous in their wedding gift to us.
As well as Roger, Andrew was also devoted to his cats (sadly we used to compare comments on photos of his 2 and our 2).
He will be sadly missed.
Robin Fenwick 3rd Jun '11 - 12:19pm
A truly lovely, generous, warm and encouraging man. Gone much too soon. My condolences to all affected by his death.
Jim Fitzgerald 3rd Jun '11 - 12:21pm
I didn't know Andrew as well as others here, but I am so deeply shocked and saddened by this news.
I was involved with Andrew at every stage of my time working for the Lib Dems – he was one of the first people I talked to about how to get my first paid job as an organiser, was the London Campaigns Officer while I was working in Sutton, and was a constant source of advice when I moved to Southwark council. A great deal of what little I know about campaigning I learnt from Andrew, who always seemed to know the best thing to do.
He was an organisational genius, a strategic thinker and a real campaigning pro. He was also a lovely, lovely man, and I feel honoured to have known him.
Dave Thomas 3rd Jun '11 - 12:32pm
I knew Andrew from Conference, being a Steward from 2004 to 2009 and he was always helpful, full of advice (the occasional windup) and a good laugh. You could ask him anything and he would always have a good word to offer and helped me from time to time. Worked tiredlessly and always with a smile. . . .
Will be sadly missed and my thoughts go out to Roger and to "Reevies" Family at this time.
Susan Gaszczak 3rd Jun '11 - 12:34pm
Very sad news, my thoughts and love go out to Roger and all their friends and family.
Hywel 3rd Jun '11 - 12:39pm
I don't think I ever met Andrew face-to-face so tributes are best left to others but its just so sad to lose a friend and colleague so suddenly and so young.
Steve Webb MP 3rd Jun '11 - 1:14pm
Very sad news, Andrew was a real professional and deeply committed. He will be much nissed.
lynne featherstone 3rd Jun '11 - 1:25pm
Andrew came to work with me when I was elected in 2005 as my Head of Office (and mother). He was just a wonderful rock during such a stressful time. Such a very kind man. Very hard to think won't hear that laugh of his again. I will now have to always do my rounds of the exhibition stands at conference in his honour! Very, very sad.
Grammar Police 3rd Jun '11 - 1:51pm
I didn't know Andrew terribly well, but met him a number of times whilst he was London Campaigns Officer – a lovely man – this is very sad news. My thoughts are with his friends and family.
Stephen Glenn 3rd Jun '11 - 2:05pm
Andrew wrote of my moving to Northern Ireland last year "Stephen leaves a great legacy in the Macblogosphere – and although only over the sea, we miss him loads." The same to you Andrew, the same to you, and so much more besides. Sadly you are not just over the sea, so our missing of you is more permanent than my transient one.
Nick Carthew 3rd Jun '11 - 3:29pm
Andrew worked more hours than anyone else I have ever met, but always seemed to remain cheerful – despite severe provocation at times! During his employment within the Liberal Democrat family working in London we shared many a good gossip, good laughs and deep arguments about the right lines to take, but nobody could fault or question his dedication to the cause. He will be sadly missed.
My deepest sympathy to Roger and Andrew's sister. They must be devasted.
Margaret Smith 3rd Jun '11 - 4:01pm
I still can't quite believe this . I only saw Andrew last week when ( as usual) I was picking his brains about expenses and we were commiserating with each other about our results . So many of us in the Scottish party have relied on him so much for advice and support in our campaigns. What I really appreciated about Andrew was that even when we didn"t agree , and we have both been known to have strong views ….he would go away and think about things and come back a little while later with a solution and we would just go forward from there . But the thing I will remember most is his passion for politics and for our party – flawed and wonderful though it is . Suzanne and I are both absolutely shocked by this dreadful news and our thoughts are with Andrew's family .
Ewan McIntosh 3rd Jun '11 - 4:10pm
I can't quite believe this and my thoughts go out to Roger and Andy's family. We live just around from each other and I always hoped FourSquare would help us bump into each other in Asda or on the harbour. So sad.
Richard Huzzey 3rd Jun '11 - 5:14pm
As Chris said below, it's the people that make a party special and Andrew was a simply wonderful guy.
Caroline Pidgeon 3rd Jun '11 - 5:48pm
I am so shocked by the news of Andrew's untimely death. He was a tower of strength to me personally in my 2004 GLA campaign and worked all hours under the sun in our church hall annexe in Bermondsey for our southwark elections. And again for the 2008 London elections. He was fun to be with and work with and will be sadly missed by us all. Our thoughts go out to Roger.
Tony Hutson 3rd Jun '11 - 7:54pm
I didn't know Andrew terribly well but I was with him only last night. The two of us met with Willie Rennie to discuss campaign ideas (and to gossip!) It was the second such meeting within the last few weeks, and I think there would have been more….. What struck me about him was how easily the ideas flowed and how much fun it was to talk politics with him. The tributes here say it all.
Bridget Fox 3rd Jun '11 - 9:20pm
Such a shock – I've only just heard. I remember Andrew's characteristically kind practical advice when I was a PPC, his indefatigable and friendly approach. He enthusiastically cheered me along on various campaign days, sending chirpy tweets from north of the border. As others have said, he was one of the really nice guys in politics. Still can't quite believe it. Andrew was so young, so committed, so kind, and will be very much missed.
Alan Jefferies 3rd Jun '11 - 10:03pm
Deeply shocked. I also knew Andrew In Dartford. He came on many occasions to help in Medway.
His success was getting the black hole of Dartford moving against the odds and without any real support. I was with him when he and his new team fought in Longfield, here in Kent.
I acted as his agent in one election and boy did he work. However he latermoved off to work in London and then up to Scotland and Dartford returned to the Lost Zone.
A sad sad day he will be missed by Sue Hannant and I
Chris Blackburn 3rd Jun '11 - 10:28pm
Such tragic news. I remember back to 2005 when he was working for Simon and was at the heart of all the fun in the Campaigning Weekends at Wyboston. Always there for a supportive chat which is what most organisers need from time to time) and would help with anything. One of those people you always looked forward to seeing and catching up with at conference. Deepest condolenses to his family.
Katy Gordon 4th Jun '11 - 12:20am
I have been going around all day in a state of shock. I just can't believe Andrew has gone. Andrew who was so full of life, had such a great sense of humour and was a great source of hugs when I needed them.
He has only been a presence in Scotland for 3 years but what an impact he made on campaigning. I could never have done all I did in trying to win the target seat of Glasgow North in 2010 and then Glasgow List seat this year without his advice, support, cheering up methods (inc very cheeky jokes at times!).
Even when we disagreed or he was a bit grumpy, you knew it was because he just wanted the best for the party, or to spur you on to even greater heights. I was always trying to live up to his expectations.
I can't believe he won't be at the end of a phone for a gab or a gossip, won't be there to laugh with when I drop into the Edinburgh office and won't be around to knock heads together when needed. He was a fount of great advice, he was a brilliant campaigns director that we were lucky to have in Scotland and he was a great big bundle of huggable friendship.
I was honoured to go to his civil partnership earlier this year and I am sure he was looking forward finally, since the election, to spending a bit more quality time with Roger. It is so cruel and at risk of sounding like a teenage, so unfair, for him to go like this.
Andrew you are already sorely missed and my heartfelt sympathy goes out to Roger and both families.
Tony Brett 4th Jun '11 - 12:46am
I didn't know Andrew but it would be good if the author would honour his union properly by calling it a civil partnership rather than a civic partnership. This may seem pedantic but it matters hugely to those of us who have travelled a long journey to have our same sex unions properly recognised.
May Andrew rest in peace and huge condolences to all those he knew and loved and those who knew and loved him.
Ruth Bright 4th Jun '11 - 9:40am
Words fail. As Caroline says Andrew worked so hard in Southwark, too hard really, bless him. I have such a vivid memory of him at a Federal Conference breakfast where he entertained my toddler by theatrically summoning the waiter for an endless supply of spoons to juggle and goodies to eat.
What a painful and untimely loss for his loved ones and for Liberalism.
Alec Macph 4th Jun '11 - 10:59am
Paul Elgood 4th Jun '11 - 1:44pm
Very sorry to hear this, a great guy and a huge loss.
chris hall 4th Jun '11 - 10:30pm
A sad loss, not only for the party, but more importantly to those who knew Andrew. I only had a few interactions on twitter but his reputation was impressive, his knowledge immense and his support for eveyone went way beyond the call of duty.
Our condolences to Roger and to both families.
Dave Hennigan 5th Jun '11 - 2:11pm
I am shocked and saddened by this. I met Andrew on a number of byelections and conferences. His help and advice was greatly appreciated and remembered. I know many, many of our campaigners took their lead from Andrew – he taught us that politics should be fun.
Latterly, I enjoyed his blog and daily news – frank, to the point but always entertaining.
My thoughts to Roger and all the family.
Chris Walker 6th Jun '11 - 10:54pm
A great guy, a total shock & a sad loss, what more can I say. Andrew rest in peace.
Kofi Appiah 30th Jun '11 - 11:20pm
How can death be so cruel! What a loss, my his soul rest in peace.


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Tuesday - 01/19/2021
The education of the next generation is a major focus of the communities in North Carolina's Southeast. Local school districts work to provide more than basic public education to their pupils. Through the creation of learning environments that build tangible skills and critical thinking, students in the region are prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. Graduates are ready for the next step, whether that means entering the workforce, or pursuing post-secondary education.
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North Carolina's state universities and colleges educate 65,000+ students annually and produce more than 18,000 graduates each year. The Southeast region alone is home to more than 21 public and private universities and colleges, including three of the top performing universities in the U.S. Collectively the region's higher education institutions prepare students for a variety of careers across every industry the region supports.
More than 39,000 students are enrolled in bachelor's or master's programs in the region. NCSE universities include Fayetteville State University, Methodist University, St. Andrews University,
University of Mount Olive, University of North Carolina Pembroke, and University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Across the region another 77,000+ students are enrolled annually in community colleges, which grant associate's degrees and technical certificates. From there, students may go on to 4-year institutions or enter the labor force as highly skilled workers. These institutions have a community-specific mission and work directly with local industries to offer programs that meet existing and future workforce needs.
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One of Woodland Park Zoo's not-so-secret spaces is actually adjacent to the zoo itself, the WoodlandPark Rose Garden. Established as a civic garden in 1922, the 2.5 acre space is cared for and kept by the zoo's horticulture staff and our Lead Rose Gardener and rose-master, Matt Manion. The garden hosts nearly 200 varieties of roses, showcasing those that thrive in the Pacific Northwest climate.
Showing our appreciation for our dedicated horticulture crew!
Since 2006, the Rose Garden has been pesticide free. Pesticides pollute through rain runoff in Seattle, making it all the way to Puget Sound. Plus, we like to treat our animals to roses, and we wouldn't want them ingesting those toxins. Using the natural approach means building healthy soils, practicing smart watering and planting disease-resistant varieties.
Matt says that these sustainable methods will work well in your own garden too. This time of year, he suggests that rose aficionados spend time dead-heading their plants. Summer pruning (referred to as dead-heading) keeps rose plants blooming throughout the season. Dead-heading removes withering flowers from a rose bush so that the hips do not form. By diverting energy that would be used for hip development, the plant can focus on producing new flowers. You can learn more about rose care and sustainable gardening by visiting the garden.
We took a summer stroll through the aisles of 3,000 roses and found just a few to share with you here.
A David Austen rose type, Grace has a particularly fruity scent.
An All American Rose Selection, this Hybrid Tea rose is called Whisper.
Diana Princess of Wales, shows off its beautiful blushing petals. This Hybrid Tea rose is a tribute to"England's Rose"the beloved Royal Princess.
Double Delight, another All American Rose Selection, is a Grandiflora rose with brilliant colors.
A rose by any other name? With countless varieties of roses, the names of each cultivar are extensive, creative and sometimes humorous. Rose cultivars can be descriptive, referencing color, scent or taste, but some names allude to fictional characters, pop culture or even a favorite pet.
Senior gardener Matt Manion works on some summer pruning. With 2.5 acres of rose beds, the rose garden keeps our hort crew busy! Some of the not-so-pretty roses are given to our residents, such as gorillas or bears, who are more than pleased to gobble them up.
Taboo, a luscious red Hybrid Tea rose.
The Woodland Park Zoo rose garden is open from 7:00 a.m. until dusk every day of the year. The garden sits outside zoo gates and entry is free to visitors.
Ballerina, a Hybrid Musk rose is teeming with delicate, pearly pink petals.
Honey Bouquet, a Floribunda beauty.
Lagerfeld, a pale violet Grandiflora introduced in 1986 is named after a famous designer, can you guess who?
Betty Boop, a gorgeous All American Rose Selection Grandiflora rose... as fragrant as it is beautiful. We really need to work on the digital scent technology aspect of this blog!
Don't forget to stop and smell the roses on your way to the zoo!
Where is this flower garden located? No info in the heading. The photos of roses are outstanding.
The garden is just outside zoo gates at N. 50th Street and Fremont Ave. N. If you follow the link in the first paragraph to www.zoo.org/roses you can get more details for planning your visit. Hope you get a chance to see it in bloom!
My wife and I are planning a trip to Seattle for 2015. When is the best time to view the roses at Woodland Park?
The Rose Garden is especially beautiful in June and July, thought it's been known to bloom early and stay in bloom late!