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The 2020 Met Gala Theme Has Been Announced and It's About Time
Bianca Rodriguez November 8th, 2019
It's that time! Thrilled to announce the @metcostumeinstitute spring 2020 exhibition, "About Time: Fashion and Duration," opening May 7 with the #MetGala on May 4. #MetAboutTime will trace fashion from 1870 to today along a disruptive timeline, as part of The Met's 150th anniversary celebration.    Employing philosopher Henri Bergson's concept of la durée—time that flows, accumulates, and is indivisible—the show will explore how clothes generate temporal associations that conflate the past, present, and future. The concept will also be examined through the writings of Virginia Woolf, who will serve as the "ghost narrator" of the exhibition. Learn more at the link in bio.   This exhibition is made possible by @LouisVuitton. Additional support is provided by @CondeNast.   David Bailey (British, born 1938). Surreal, 1980. © David Bailey. #TheMet #CostumeInstitute #Met150
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While award season has already kicked off, it's not just the Golden Globes, Oscars and Grammys we're looking forward to. The Oscars of fashion, aka the Met Gala, is the biggest event on the fashion calendar and now we finally know the theme for 2020: "About Time: Fashion and Duration."
If you're wondering what exactly the theme means, you're not alone. According to Vogue, in honor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 150th anniversary, the cultural institution will celebrate by showcasing the history of fashion around a "disruptive" timeline. Still confused? Yeah, so are we. But we think it all revolves around the retelling of the history of fashion via a rather fragmented approach. It actually makes sense in the sense that fashion, much like history, has a habit of repeating. Just look at how trends from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s are suddenly in again.
The idea for the spring exhibition actually came from the 1992 film Orlando, which tells the time-traveling tale of the same name originally penned by Virginia Woolf. And the author is serving as the exhibit's "ghost narrator" with several of her quotes popping up in the show.
The 2020 gala's co-chairs were also revealed and judging by the list, it's going to be quite the party. Anna Wintour will be joined by Nicolas Ghesquière, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep and Emma Stone.
The 2020 Met Gala takes place Monday, May 4 so make sure to mark your calendar.
Christopher John Rogers Wins the 2019 CFDA/Vogue Fashion FundPrada Teams Up With Adidas for a Collab to End All Collabs
About Time: Fashion and Duration
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Brew-haha! Owner of Brickmakers and Charlie P's Out of Money
News / By Karl Neuwinger
Viennese brewer and pub owner Brian Patton is out of money and out of time. Following a bankruptcy hearing Thursday July 18 in Vienna Commercial Court, Patton is said to be quickly filing a motion to cease operations at both venues, each estimated to be some €800,000 in debt, according to creditors. In court, Patton talked of significant sales declines due to summer heat, according to vienna.at, a city information site. Although the company has tried to find new financial backing, "intensive efforts to win an investor have failed," said a spokesman for KSV1870, a credit protection association working with the company.
Charlie P's and Brickmakers
Charlie P's is a very popular Irish-style pub frequented by college students, international business people and tourists that overflows onto Währinger Straße most evenings Thursday through Saturday nights. However attempts to upgrade the menu – from basic pub food i.e. burgers, hotdogs and fries, to oysters and imported Irish beef – seem to have backfired. However objectively good, they were not always successful with the clientele and may partly explain the loss of revenue. "It was tasty, but who goes to a Pub for extravagant food," said Robert Steinhauser, a business student and regular at Charlie P's.
The second venue, Brickmakers on Zieglergasse, has a barbeque-grill menu and a crowded Schanigarten every night of the week, so also seems like an unlikely candidate for bankruptcy. The pub had trouble expanding their foot traffic and without new investment to relieve the debt, the owner says, he does not intend to continue operations.
Good news for all patrons of Charlie P's, as of July 30th a new operator has stepped in to take over the business, which will sublet the location from the Ottakring Brewery. His name is Ronan Smith. Smith was a Charlie P's employee for 20 years and was considered the "right-hand man" of Brian Patton.
(CORRECTION, August 10: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Charlie P's has been purchased by the Ottakringer Brewery. This has been corrected. We also incorrectly wrote that that location of Brickmakers had moved — it considered moving, according to an employee; this error was introduced during the editing process. We apologize for the confusion and thank readers for bringing these errors to our attention.)
Fairytale Winter Ferry on the Wolfgangsee
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2015 Women's Soccer Coaches
Felix N. McBride
Head Coach – 1st Season
Email: McBride1023@marygrove.edu
Felix McBride was named the fourth head coach in Marygrove women's soccer history on April 20, taking over a program that boasts one national championship (2009, USCAA) and one berth to the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) playoffs.
McBride, 33, is a familiar face at the four-year, private school in northwest Detroit after serving as the lead assistant coach for the highly-successful men's soccer team at Marygrove over the past six years. Serving as the men's soccer assistant coach since the program's inception in 2009, McBride will transition to the office next door as he attempts to lead the women's soccer program back to its early success in his first head coaching stint at the collegiate level.
"Elevating McBride to women's soccer head coach was a no-brainer for us at Marygrove," said Bloomfield of the recent hire. "McBride is extremely familiar with our athletic department, our admissions standards and scholarship structure, which will ultimately allow for a smooth transition. McBride has been an invaluable piece to the puzzle on the men's side and is one of the reasons why Matt Johnson's program has grown into an annual contender. While he was on our men's staff, McBride has maintained a steady presence in the women's club scene by manning the post for nearby organizations."
At the club level, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) C License holder has coached three different teams for Plymouth Soccer since September 2008. During his time with the Plymouth Soccer Club, McBride coached the U17 boys as well as the U14 and U17 girls. The well-rounded coach has also led the ODP 99 boys since 2011 for Michigan Youth Soccer.
The young coach will look to mold the time on the Mustang men's soccer sideline with his playing experience in the WHAC and at the professional level as he begins to rebuild the women's program at Marygrove. Collegiately, McBride played at Schoolcraft before starring at Madonna – becoming only the second from the nearby school to play professional soccer at the time. While at Madonna, McBride was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-Region and All-American honoree in 2003 and 2004. The native of Monrovia, Liberia was also named WHAC Player of the Year in 2003 and was a two-time All-Conference first team selection.
Professionally, McBride played for four different organizations from 2005-2011, most recently for the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
"I am excited for the opportunity to lead the women's soccer program at Marygrove," said McBride. "The goal is the same (as on the men's side), build a program that everyone can be proud of both academically and athletically. We are going to get out and recruit immediately and attempt to build a winner from day one. We will look to the club scene without question, but our first priority is to hit high school games and recruit hard-working young ladies who want to achieve lofty goals on-and-off the field. I look forward to the challenge of bringing Marygrove women's soccer to a place that alums, parents, fans and current student-athletes can all be proud of."
Want to be recruited by Marygrove women's soccer? Fill out a RECRUIT ME form here!
Lee Stradley
Assistant Coach – 2nd Season
Lee Stradley is back for his second year as assistant coach for the Marygrove women's soccer program in 2015. In his brief time at Marygrove, Stradley has been a lead recruiter for the Mustangs as he, head coach Worteh Sampson and assistant coach Yao Kra look to return the Green and Gold back to its 2009 National Championship form. Prior to Marygrove, Stradley helped develop several top players in the region through his coaching and specialized training sessions.
A well-versed coach, Stradley's career roaming the sidelines began in 1998 as an assistant coach for Riverview Gabriel Richard High School's varsity squad. From there, Stradley helped guide Gabriel Richard to a district championship and regional semifinalist spot in 1999. In 2000, Detroit Waza brought on Livinidi as one of the team's training specialists.
Before coaching, Stradley put together a tremendous résumé as a player for over 20 years. After playing for numerous youth top clubs and organizations, Stradley's scholastic career was capped off with great success at Gabriel Richard where he was a four-year starter, two-year captain and the team's leading goal scorer with 39 goals. For his efforts, Stradley was tabbed as a member of the All-State "Dream Team" and an All-American nominee in 1991.
The successful high school days led Stradley to Schoolcraft College for two years where he led the Ocelots in total points as a captain in 1993.
Stradley's stellar high school and college résumé vaulted the talented player to an 11-year career in professional and international play. His professional career began in 1993 in San Marino, Italy and continued in 1996 with a brief stint playing for Bint Jebail of Canada's Division I. From 2007-2014, Stradley continued his career by playing for the Border Stars of the CSL before a pair of extended stays with Detroit Waza of the PASL. In 2012, Stradley made a cameo with the Ohio Vortex, also a member of the PASL.
Outside of Marygrove and his other coaching duties, Stradley remains engaged with the "beautiful game" as a trainer for advanced classes in goal scoring and finishing as well as shooting and shot techniques. The long-time player and coach is also a trainer for individual, small group and group development.
Uniquely, Stradley also spent time as a world-class athlete competing with the San Marino Olympic Bobsledding Team for Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York and Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Teddy Forte
Assistant Coach – 1st Season


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Transcript: Child abuse scandals and online discourse
Danielle Farrel, spoke to Iriss.fm about her PhD research, which examined the 2012 child abuse scandals in the UK. The research focused on the multifunctional nature of online discourse surrounding the issue.
Published on November 15, 2016 | 21 minutes | 4265 words | Iriss
Podcast Episode: Child abuse scandals and online discourse
Category: Child protection
Danielle Farrell
Ellen Daly
ED - Interviewer
DF - Danielle Farrell
On the 15th November 2016 we recorded a discussion for Iriss.fm with Danielle Farrell about her PHD research. Danielle shared with us an overview of the main points of her thesis which was an examination of the 2012 Child Abuse Scandals in the UK. The research focused on the multi-functional nature of on-line discourse surrounding the issue.
DF I carried out my PHD over 4 years. The title and the focus changed slightly over that time but when I graduated in December 2015 the title was the UK 2012 Child Abuse Scandal, the multi-functional nature of on-line discourse. So in simple terms what I did for the purpose of my thesis was, I took Jimmy Savile, Catholic Church and Ageing gang child abuse allegations. I then looked at the on-line discussions in the UK press and what I found was that a lot of on-line Newspaper publications did not invite discussion for these articles, whether that was because it was such a controversial issue and they didn't want to deal with what could be the fall out, that was one sort of thing that came to mind. So what I did was I found that the Daily Mail and The Guardian had the most on-line discussions so I narrowed it down to just include those 2 newspapers and the on-line discussions and about the thesis around the content of those and within that I conducted a content, or a texture analysis and the content analysis and used both of those methods to find the results.
ED Ok and what did you find, what were the kind of key things you found in your research?
DF The key things were that, again this will probably cover one of your later questions but anyone of the key things that were found, albeit a small number, but in the Guardian there was people who defended Paedophilia and said, "you know it's ok to be a paedophile as long as you don't act on those desires" and albeit a small number but that was one of the key things that came out. There was nothing like that in the Daily Mail content. They were more about discussing the topic and a lot of the discussion in both the Guardian and the Daily Mail was about supposed to focus on the article. A lot of the on-line discussion caused people to talk about things that had nothing to do with the on-line discussions and then it would eventually be brought back to what the focus was and one of the findings I also found that was quite apparent was the amount of people that actually said, especially in the allegations that were pin pointed towards Jimmy Savile, was the fact that surprisingly there was quite a lot of people that said, "do you know he's dead now, so let it go and let him rest in peace" and all that sort of thing. There was more than what you would think, well what I thought personally, I don't know about anybody else but what I though personally to say that you know, just let it go, he's dead now.
Int, So was that in both the sources you looked at, both the Daily Mail and The Guardian?
DF There was both a lot of, both publications had a lot of mainly know, there is nothing you can do now, rest in peace. Then there was quite a lot of discussion around, oh we should have known he was a paedophile because of the way he dressed. Well, no, if anybody choses to behave in that manner it doesn't matter how you dress or how you look but there was a lot of discussion around that and the fact that he used to wear certain outfits should have made people realise but there was a lot of discussion around that.
ED Were there any other bits that really struck you as, you know that you weren't expecting or comments people made or views they took that were surprising to you?
DF This again, with, I go back to the one, the people that were trying to defend paedophilia, the responses to these comments were quite surprising, I thought because if we were to have a face to face discussion with a group of people and they were discussing paedophilia and there was people saying," you know it's alright, as long as you don't act on these" I would imagine that discussion to become quite heated and that people would say, "you know it's no" but in a quite heated manner and maybe quite abusive but in actual fact on line peoples responses were quite calm and they would say, "well you know, we never thought about it like that" or whether that was because they had time to sit back and sort of digest what they were reading before they actually typed anything in the discussion whereas through having that face to face discussion, the likelihood of people sitting back and actually thinking of the responses would be quite slim.
ED Yeah I suppose that's something to do with the media isn't it, not being face to face.
DF Yeah and also one of the themes in the discussion alongside this and the thesis was whether people chose to admit they were paedophiles on line because they found it therapeutic and whether it was because they had the computer to hide behind almost and you know rather than sitting in the room with a Councillor or whatever it gave them a chance to sort of discuss their desire safely and on the other side of the coin, you also had people who took part in the discussion and said, no I was abused maybe 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago and we talk about their experiences. So you have got that other side of the discussion whether it was therapeutic for victims to go on and sort of discuss their experiences. Also what I had to do in my PHD was cause I did the content analysis and a texture analysis but within that I took a what would be referred to as a virtual ethnographic approach. So to explain your more traditional ethnographic approach would be a group of people and the researcher would either then choose to be involved in the group while conducting the research or just watch from being an outsider or watch from a far. But obviously with it virtual ethic approach you can't do that in the same sort of way. So throughout my PHD and actually ever my first and second supervisor had different opinions about whether I should take this approach and I had to write a report to defend why I took this approach because within the virtual ethnic approach I could have either of done overtly or covertly which, if I had done it overtly I would have went on to these on-line discussions and said, "hi I'm Danielle, I'm a PHD student at the University of the West of Scotland. I am including these on-line discussions and I will be including your comments in my research or the covert approach which is always your researching people but they don't know that your researching them and for me that was important because I chose to do the covert approach but then you have all the discussion about whether its ethical because obviously you are going in and you taking peoples comments but the way I defended it and had to write a report was, you know, say things like, if I had gone on to a discussion, discussing such a controversial issue as child abuse, people might have withheld from like you say, I'm a paedophile, I am defending this because of x, y and z, whereas I didn't say anything so I was watching these discussions, reading these comments and people were being quite open. So my main justification for taking the covert approach was I wouldn't have got the same findings if I had said, I'm Danielle, I'm going to be watching what you are saying.
ED Yeah, it would have inhibited people presumably.
DF Yeah.
ED So in terms of the ethics then what are the ethics around doing this kind of virtual and covert?
DF Basically what I said, you know, whether you have the right to be in somebody's personal space but then you have also got the argument about, its on-line, so its public, so yes its peoples personal choice to read a newspaper article and comment on it but if they chose to comment then they are putting in the public domain. So there is that argument and you have also got the argument whether all research is done covertly anyway because people could be researching on a daily basis and you don't know that people are doing it, then you have got people saying like everybody's got a mask who they hide behind. One of the examples I used to defend my research was there was this previous research and it had been done covertly and it was a man who was researching football hooliganism and the way people behave and he had taken the covert approach and what he did was, if he had gone in there with his friends and said, "I'm going to research how you behave at a football match" they are going to hold back and behave almost prim and properly whereas that's not the reality of how people sometimes behave at a football match. So you have got to weigh up the whole what you want to get out of the research and then sort of justify your approach in that sense. Obviously we had things I had to weigh it up and say you know if I go in and talk to them face to face and said you know the purpose of the research and what I was doing I could have structured questions. I could have been more specific but the way I had seen it was covertly was leaving it open and it was covering things, even that I possibly wouldn't have thought to ask and even after I wrote the report to defend why I was choosing the covert approach my second supervisor actually said, "you know Danielle you have changed my way of thinking, you have defended it in really good way, so carry on".
ED So imagine they are about what you hope to get out, what people hope to get out of research. What did you hope to get out of yours?
DF When I first started the research that's what I meant earlier when I said, it had changed so much in the 4 years because when I first started my PHD it was actually on the pilot study that I did, was actually on a completely different topic but it was still about on-line discussion but the pilot study that I had carried out was on murder cases, so I started looking at a local murder case in Ayrshire at that time where a local bar man had been tortured and burnt to death and it was all about whether that had happened because of his sexuality and stuff. So I had looked at that study first, well I had made that into a study first and then a progressed from that and used the Joanna Yates murder, 2010, and all the online discussions that had gone on surrounding that and it was more to prove , rather than topic being so important at that stage, it was more to prove that there was enough going on, on-line to be able to the study rather than the topic and just at the time when I had completed the pilot study all the things about Jimmy Savile and everything started to evolve so that's why the title changed, yet again. The title, if I'm honest, changed about 5 times in the full 4 years and the focus changed so it went from being more about the topic as to more about the ethnographic approach. So that's why in the title it says the multifunctional nature of on-line this course because its more, in some sense, it's almost more about the method or virtual ethnography as it is about the actual subject matter.
ED So you talked about different groups in your PHD, the Asian Gangs and Jimmy Savile and was there a third one?
DF Catholic Church.
ED Were there key differences or similarities across those groups or did you treat them separately?
DF I had to treat them separately because there was too much material to be able to deal with them as one. So I carried out the texture analysis and the content analysis on the three different groups. As it turned out when I was submitting the thesis I was over the word count with the three case studies. I went to my supervisor for advice and said what do I do because I almost find it painful when you have written something and you have to cut down the word count and I'm like what do I do and he's like well you have got three case studies so it's like having three lungs, you can afford to take one away and I was like, ok I wouldn't have thought about that, embarrassing, but fair enough. So I took the Asian gang one and I still included it but I put it in as an appendix rather than in the main body of the thesis because that's not counted in your word count. So I took the Asian gang one away but yeah they was common themes like, they always seem to talk about, in all three, you know, they always to talk about appearance of people like in the Catholic Church they were quite often naming certain people that were more well known within the Catholic Church so they would say, " oh well he used to behave in that way, so we should have known" and they took advantage of their position. What was said about Jimmy Savile because they were saying that he took advantage of this celebrity status, so it was kind of like that but then with the Asian gang you had, it was like, it's a different scenario because that was more a case of peoples race that was being talked about because you didn't have people there that had a status within the Catholic Church or a status within the celebrity world. So like you said earlier, if any key findings were more related to Social Work I would probably say, it all as a whole, because it all affected vulnerable people, whether it was now or 30/40 years ago but with the Asian gangs because it even said in some of the discussions, because that was more contemporary, that was happening, now as opposed to the Church and the celebrity allegations that had happened maybe 20/30/40 year, whereas the Asian gangs we were talking about, having maybe in the last 5-10 years because they were talking about Asian guys who had like pin pointed white girls and sort of like groomed them. There was a lot more talk around Social Work and that in those discussions whether, these young girls that had been abused had fallen through the net in some way, whereas with the Catholic Church and the celebrity because those allegations had apparently taken place 30/40 years ago, yeah obviously it shouldn't have happened and there should have been people out there stopping it happen, at that time, there wouldn't have been such a big emphasis on the Social Work roll at that time or it wouldn't have been dealt with in the same sort of way. So that was one of the key differences between Asian gangs to the other two case studies, if that makes any sense.
ED Yeah it does, so kind of a lot more was expected of Social Work in that situation compared to the rest.
DF Yeah because they were more contemporary as opposed to.
ED So do you think it was more around the contemporary issue than it was the celebrity issue and the Catholic Church issue.
DF Yea.
ED Right ok. So more about historical abuse rather than covering it.
DF Yeah whereas the Asian gangs is more current, maybe not in the last year or so but in the last 5-10 years.
ED So there was much more discussion of maybe Social Work.
DF What they could of done and what they didn't do and whether it was because alleged victims had been in care homes and whether that's why they were so easily groomed by these people because these Asian guys made them feel special, made them almost like the love they didn't get. They sort of filled that gap albeit wrongly but for that short time.
ED That's really interesting that, that aspect was not focused on in the other groups.
DF No, no it wasn't.
ED Were the police focused on more in the celebrity case than the Catholic Church case.
DF Well, the police, I would say were involved in all three whether, you know whether they could have acted differently but again especially with Jimmy Savile case anything was talked about justice and everything, it was more like, well he's dead now, so we can't bring him to justice. So it was more but then there was also talk of other celebrities that were accused, like Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter and other celebrities like that, who are still with us that could be brought justice and the discussion around that, but as I said in the celebrity one it was more, well he can't be brought to justice, he's dead, cause he was the main focus, Jimmy Savile, although there was other celebrities talked about. But then obviously you have got the Catholic Church Priest, the majority of them are still around. There was more of a talk about police and how they could be brought to justice as well but I would say, again, more so in the Asian gangs because it was more contemporary and more current.
ED So when you were looking at this discourse on line was it in response, was it kind of in people's immediate response or did you monitor it for a number of months?
DF I had like, can't remember the exact number but I had like thousand and thousands of comments, so what I did was, I obviously, because you have got to narrow it down because you end up with too much and you can't deal with it, so I had dealt with it over, I think it was over like, no I started like a year and whatever, but then because so much came out in such a short space of time, I narrowed it to like 6 months and what was said, in a 3-6 months period because, as I said you have to narrow it so you can easily work with it.
ED The other question I had was around moderators, so online forum must have moderators.
DF Yeah they did. The Daily Mail didn't make such a big emphasis on the moderating. You kind of got the sense that a moderator was there now and again you would see "this comment has been moderated" but in The Guardian you would see it regularly. It would say "this comment has been removed", so within the discussion, it would be exactly where the comment was and it would say, "this comment has been removed". It wouldn't tell you why, it would just.
ED So you weren't able to find out what the moderators were basing their decisions on.
DF No, no there was no way of finding that out but what I did do was in the content of analysis I did include those comments so I did, I don't know how much people would know about carrying out a content of analysis, but content analysis is more about your frequency. You come up with like codes. So like I came up, after reading and re-reading all the comments about five to ten times I would then have a clear idea of what themes were reoccurring so I would have themes like, the moderator or comments removed by moderator or appearance where they talked about Jimmy Saviles appearance. I think maybe I had ten-twenty codes or themes within the content of analysis. So then you would, this was a very time consuming process because then you would have to go through every single comment and every single discussion and then the simplest way was to use tally marks and say, "oh well that comment mentioned that" but obviously we would have more that one theme that would be discussed within one comment so you might have Jimmy's Saviles appearance but then you might have them talking about whether he can or cannot be brought to justice for example. So you would have those two themes in the comments. So it was very time consuming to have to go through it. It took months and months because you would go through something and then go, oh sugar, I've lost count and then you would to start again.
ED Sounds really complex.
DF So obviously those results, because they were to do with frequencies, I presented them in percentages and tables and then I would write about the findings in a few paragraphs underneath each table but then that was the purpose of following it up with a texture analysis because a texture analysis and one of the key phrases that it is always stayed with me when you're talking about a texture analysis and how important that is and why a content analysis and texture analysis complement each other it's because a texture analysis looks beyond the sentence, so it might, it's more about what was said in that sentence and why it was said as opposed to, just ok, that was said and counting how many times it was said. Because always if you just include a contents analysis that's great and it tells you the frequency of themes being discussed but it doesn't always say well why is that happening, how is that being said, what context is it being said in. So that's why it's important to have something alongside a content analysis because it doesn't quite work on its own.
ED Were there any, from your point of view, key recommendations or implications for Social Work or Social Services or any other public bodies.
DF What I did say when summoning up of the thesis, was, the involvement of technology, further research could be done. I started my BES in 2011, with a re-sit last year and in that 4 year period. But even now people could probably go back and say, well technology has evolved so much that people can now, one of the things I said, like people don't even need to read paper, News papers, in print format to comment and that was one of the things I did say at the time. You know when people used to have to write to the Editor and wait to see if their comment or letter would get published but now people can comment almost instantly and the discussions I analysed was evidence of that, how fast media has moved on and how fast paced it is. So as one of the recommendations I said, as time goes for further research to be done in this kind of subject with this technology, as technology keeps evolving, it's going to get more fast paced and people are always writing paedophiles or people claiming to be paedophiles will have nothing to hide behind and so it's more and I would say about that and I had also said about whether, obviously as particularly with the Asian gangs its whether, Social Work obviously need to, especially in that area of the Country where that particular child abuse was alleged to take place but they need to look at your know how they deal with things like that and did these people slip through the net and if so they need to look at why and make sure it doesn't happen again in that area but for the ones that happened 30-40 years ago it's more difficult because you think well why, there are reasons why people didn't come forward at the time and why they are coming forward now, so its whether, I think from that respect its thinking about how can we make sure it doesn't happen again, so that in 30-40 years now child abuse allegations are coming out.
ED Yeah and I wonder if there is something around better support for people that have abuse in their history.
DF Yeah I mean, like I said, people deciding to take the online discussions and online forums is fine and it maybe therapeutic but is it really the right way to go or are there other avenues that would be more appropriate. So these people are whether, I don't know, if its online forums that people feel more comfortable, is there a way of having a more supported online forum that's maybe more appropriate as opposed to commenting on an online discussion and online newspaper. Albeit that's fine if somebody decided to do that but something more appropriate.


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THE SYNOPSIS – 'LIFE ON THE EDGE' by JENNIFER COMEAUX
Nineteen-year-old Emily is new to pairs skating, but she and her partner Chris have a big dream – to be the first American team to win Olympic gold. Their young coach Sergei, who left Russia after a mysterious end to his skating career, believes they can break through and make history.
Emily and Chris are on track to be top contenders at the 2002 Winter Games. But when forbidden feelings spark between Emily and Sergei, broken trust and an unexpected enemy threaten to derail Emily's dreams of gold.
Jennifer Comeaux had always loved writing, even as a small child and had long cherished a dream, of one day seeing her name in print.
Dreams however, are often dictated by the practicalities of life and Jennifer compromised by earning a Master of Accounting from Tulane University and becoming a Certified Public Accountant in South Louisiana, working as a corporate tax manager for a Fortune 100 company.
While at Tulane, she wrote for the school newspaper and whilst seeing her name in a byline was great, she still dreamed of writing a novel and having it published, which she finally did after some encouragement from friends and family.
Jennifer has always been passionate about figure skating and follows the sport closely, although she has only ever stepped onto an ice rink once. When not working, she can often be found travelling widely to attend figure skating events and competitions, always with her camera to hand.
It was this passion and its experiences, which gave her the idea of a storyline for her first novel and after much writing and re-writing, 'Life on the Edge ', became her first published book.
Spurred on by her success with 'Life on the Edge ', Jennifer is now happily knee deep in the manuscript for her second adventure featuring Emily and Sergei and which currently has the working title 'Edge Of The Past'. If you would like to find out just where Jennifer is taking the young couple, then you can read an ARC extract by clicking here.
MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOK
'Romance On The Edge'
I have to say right from the start that books, be they fiction or non-fiction, about sport, are not generally my cup of tea, although I am a big fan of figure skating and ice dancing, purely as an armchair critic!
When I discovered that the author Jennifer Comeaux was a big fan of figure skating, I did wonder if her enthusiasm for the sport would overshadow any romantic storyline that was to run alongside and intertwine with it.
I quickly realised however, that Jennifer's obvious passion and enthusiasm for figure skating, only served to enhance the storyline, giving it an authenticity and reality, which it may otherwise have lacked. The vivid and informative descriptions of both ice skating competitions, practice and coaching sessions and the inherent rivalry between competitors and indeed coaches, was detailed and thorough. More than enough to make me feel that I was ringside, eavesdropping on the various conversations, without being overdosed on facts and figures about the performances and competitors, other than those which I needed to know to ensure continuity of the storyline.
There was a great balance between character analysis, plot development and information background, enough to ensure the most discerning reader of a well-rounded and interesting storyline, without getting bogged down with too many technicalities.
Jennifer takes you behind the scenes to let the readers feel the aura of nerves, excitement, disappointment, elation, and triumph, in both Emily and Sergei's professional and personal lives, in a way which captivates and enthralls.
Alongside this, the unfolding romance between coach and protege, is poignant, naive and almost simplistic in its intensity and power to move the reader. Much is to happen to the young couple before they are fully united and free to declare their love and there are several unexpected twists and turns to the plot, that left me wondering just how much more they could take, before the strain was just too much.
In Emily we are introduced to a very young, up and coming star in the figure skating world, who has recently been persuaded by her coach, that a move into the doubles competitions would be advantageous for her, so long as the right and compatible partner can be found. Emily is quite an immature and star-struck teenager, struggling to overcome her competition nerves, in order to find the breakthrough that her coach, family and friends, believe is just around the corner. For Emily, the single most thought on her mind, is winning Olympic gold for her country and she is unable to contemplate achieving anything less, which only serves to increase the pressure she constantly places herself under. The pressure from her parents, who have sacrificed much in order to help their daughter achieve her dreams, is subtle yet ever-present. The constant driving force of her coach, whilst really helping to focus her, is also a constant worry to Emily, lest she falter and destory his faith in her. The encouragement she has received from Chris, her new found pairs partner, is immeasurable and the fact that both of the youngsters have adopted an almost brother/sister relationship, ensures that any tension is tempered with some light-hearted banter and support, without the added complications of an impending relationship. Emily is therefore rather ill-prepared for the relationship which develops at an alarming rate, between herself and Sergei and we start to see all the elements of teenage feelings begin to emerge, as this unknown force is unleashed upon her, which she seems powerless to fight. She does manage to muster her thoughts together enough to be forceful with Sergei over certain aspects of their relationship, which demands his respect for her feelings and youth and what at first appears to be an infatuation for an older man, soon blossoms into something deep and meaningful, with Emily being allowed to move things along at her own pace, without recourse.
Chris seems to have been a little overlooked at times, with his feelings being almost ignored when Sergei and Emily begin their relationship without his knowledge, leaving him to wonder at the changes in Emily's temperament and concentration, which could so easily endanger his life, with the precision and skill which the sport of ice skating demands. Chris is left to find out about the relationship inadvertantly, which makes him feel even more hurt and ostracised. His usual dedication, nurturing, supportive and conscientious qualities, temporarily desert him, leaving him careless, vulnerable and ultimately in danger. He is eventually reconciled with both Emily and Sergei and proves himself to be a true friend to them both when the chips are down and the situation almost fatal to his own career.
Sergei is quite a young coach, who was once a competitor himself, although his career appears to have ended in rather strange circumstances. He is generally a cool, calm and collected customer, focused on his career and keeping his private life strictly separate. He is totally unprepared for the emotional somersaults that his emotions are put through, when he realises that against all the rules and etiquette, he has deep and intense feelings for his young protege. Although he knows that as the older and more mature person in the relationship, he should set an example and keep Emily at arm's length, he is unable to contemplate this possibility and allows the situation to develop until it is almost beyond his control to stop.
Both plot and characters develop and mature together, in this debut novel, written with great maturity and confidence, which will appeal not only to its intended YA audience, but which will also sit comfortably with a wider adult audience, who enjoy innocent tender romances, without any explicitness or eroticism.
A great stand alone novel in its own right, although Jennifer is currently working on the manuscript for her next adventure featuring Emily and Sergei, called 'Edge Of The Past'.
As this was an author invitation to read and review, a download of Life on the Edge was sent to me free of charge, by its author, Jennifer Comeaux.
This will in no way influence any comments I may express about the book, in any blog article I may post. Any thoughts or comments are my own personal opinion and I am in no way being monetarily compensated for this, or any other article.
I personally do not agree with 'rating' a book, as the overall experience is all a matter of personal taste, which varies from reader to reader. However some review sites do demand a rating value, so when this review is posted to such a site, it will attract a 4 out of 5.
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This sounds great! That's a good point you make about the author not letting her love of iceckating overshadow the storyline, but enhance it instead. Sounds like a well written story with interesting characters. Lovely review.
Thanks for the kind comments Naida.
'Life On The Edge', was certainly worthy of a good review, especially as it is Jennifer's debut novel and has been written with the maturity of a much more 'seasoned' author.
Some writers declare that it isn't necessary to write about a subject which excites you, or of which you have particluar knowledge; however, I think that Jennifer's inherent love of ice skating really did serve to enhance the overall experience of reading this book, without in any way overshadowing the true storyline and its well portrayed characters.
I am definitely looking forward to reading the next episode in the life of Sergei and Emily, which Jennifer has promised to let me know about when it is ready for publication.
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All together now: learning through multiple sources
Kirkham, Natasha Z. (2010) All together now: learning through multiple sources. In: Johnson, S.P. (ed.) Neoconstructivism: the new science of cognitive development. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 32-44. ISBN 9780195331059.
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Book synopsis: Arguments over the developmental origins of human knowledge are ancient, founded in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. They have also persisted long enough to become a core area of inquiry in cognitive and developmental science. Empirical contributions to these debates, however, appeared only in the last century, when Jean Piaget offered the first viable theory of knowledge acquisition that centered on the great themes discussed by Kant: object, space, time, and causality. The essence of Piaget's theory is constructivism: The building of concepts from simpler perceptual and cognitive precursors, in particular from experience gained through manual behaviors and observation. The constructivist view was disputed by a generation of researchers dedicated to the idea of the "competent infant," endowed with knowledge (say, of permanent objects) that emerged prior to facile manual behaviors. Taking this possibility further, it has been proposed that many fundamental cognitive mechanisms -- reasoning, event prediction, decision-making, hypothesis testing, and deduction -- operate independently of all experience, and are, in this sense, innate. The competent-infant view has an intuitive appeal, attested to by its widespread popularity, and it enjoys a kind of parsimony: It avoids the supposed philosophical pitfall posed by having to account for novel forms of knowledge in inductive learners. But this view leaves unaddressed a vital challenge: to understand the mechanisms by which new knowledge arises. This challenge has now been met. The neoconstructivist approach is rooted in Piaget's constructivist emphasis on developmental mechanisms, yet also reflects modern advances in our understanding of learning mechanisms, cortical development, and modeling. This book brings together, for the first time, theoretical views that embrace computational models and developmental neurobiology, and emphasize the interplay of time, experience, and cortical architecture to explain emergent knowledge, with an empirical line of research identifying a set of general-purpose sensory, perceptual, and learning mechanisms that guide knowledge acquisition across different domains and through development.
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Q: How to pair (x,y) pairs using numpy I have 2, 2D NumPy arrays consisting of ~300,000 (x,y) pairs each. Given the ith (x, y) pair in array A, I need to find the corresponding jth (x,y) pair in array B such that ([xi - xj]2 + [yi - yj]2)½, the distance between the two (x,y) pairs, is minimized.
What I'm currently doing is argmin like so:
thickness = []
for i in range(len(A)):
    xi = A[i][0]
    yi = A[i][1]
    idx = (np.sqrt(np.power(B[:, 0] - xi, 2) + np.power(B[:, 1] - yi, 2))).argmin()
    thickness.append([(xi + B[idx][0]) / 2, (yi + B[idx][1]) / 2,
                      A[i][2] + B[idx][2]])

Is there a faster way to accomplish this?

A: We can use Cython-powered kd-tree for quick nearest-neighbor lookup to get nearest neighbour and hence achieve our desired output, like so -
from scipy.spatial import cKDTree

idx = cKDTree(B[:,:2]).query(A[:,:2], k=1)[1]
thickness = [(A[:,0] + B[idx,0]) / 2, (A[:,1] + B[idx,1]) / 2, A[:,2] + B[idx,2]]

A: you can use numpy broadcast to find the indexes in B with minimum distance like below. With broadcast distance is calculated between each row of A and B
A = np.random.rand(100,3)
B = np.random.rand(90,3)

diff = A[:, np.newaxis, :2] - B[:,:2]
distance = np.sum(diff**2, axis=2)
indx = np.argmin(distance, axis=1)
result = (A+B[indx])/2
result

A: The fastest solution will require you to sort  array B by their distance to the origin. You will need to break up array B into 4 hastables for each quadrant.
You will need to find the A[Xi-Nx] [Yi-Ny] the index which is closest in distance to to the origin to our point B(X,Y) for each quadrant.Most of the time the closest point in A to our point in B would reside in the same quadrant. For the case in which the closest point is a different quadrant you will need to iterate through point in order of distance to the current quadrant.  if you only need to find the distance to one point you could sort array B based on that distance to Initial point in A from smallest to largest. This would mean that the minimun distance will always be at index 0. THis solution will run in N(LOG(N)) complexity which is basically the cost of sorting.
import numpy as np
def quadrant(point):
    x= point[0]
    y = point [1]
    if (x > 0 and y > 0):
        return 1

    elif (x < 0 and y > 0):
        return 2

    elif (x < 0 and y < 0):
        return 3

    elif (x > 0 and y < 0):
       return 4

    else:
       return 0

def calculateDistance(point1,point2):
    #calculates the distance sqr
    x1 = point1[0]
    y1 = point1[1]
    x2 = point2[0]
    y2 = point2[1]
    dist = ((x2 - x1)**2 + (y2 - y1)**2)
    return dist

A = np.random.rand(10,2)
B = np.random.rand(10,2)

#sort b By distance to the origin and put it in sub_Quadran array -- 1 array per quadran
origin = [0,0]
q1= {}
q2= {}
q3= {}
q4= {}

def quadrant(point):
    x= point[0]
    y = point [1]
    if (x > 0 and y > 0):
       q1 [calculateDistance(origin,point)] = point

    elif (x < 0 and y > 0):
        q2 [calculateDistance(origin,point)] = point

    elif (x < 0 and y < 0):
      q3  [calculateDistance(origin,point)] = point

    elif (x > 0 and y < 0):
       q4  [calculateDistance(origin,point)] = point

    else:
       print ("Point is the origin")

def find_near(point):
#for now assume point is on first quadrant
  dist = calculateDistance(point,origin) # get  to origin distance sqr
  # =find the point with closses distance this can be more efficient

  idx=  min(q1_keys, key=lambda x:abs(x-dist))
  return q1[idx]

for  point in B:
    quadrant(point)

q1_keys = list()
q2_keys = list()
q3_keys = list()
q4_keys = list()
for i in q1.keys():
    q1_keys.append(i)
#Sorting can be done in the step bellow but done here to speedpup implementation
q1_keys.sort()

for i in q2.keys():
    q2_keys.append(i)
#Sorting can be done in the step bellow but done here to speedpup implementation
q2_keys.sort()

for i in q3.keys():
    q3_keys.append(i)
#Sorting can be done in the step bellow but done here to speedpup implementation
q3_keys.sort()

for i in q4.keys():
    q4_keys.append(i)
#Sorting can be done in the step bellow but done here to speedpup implementation
q4_keys.sort()

b_1 = [0.01, 0.01]

q1_keys.sort() #point sorted as closest to the origin
print (q1)
print(q1_keys)
print (find_near(b_1))

`
 Another solution is to break the array B into multiple sub arrays and find the distance of the input point in A in those  B sub_arrays. See algorithm details in the link bellow:
https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse421/11su/slides/05dc.pdf

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By Luke Edwards 30 January 2017 • 11:30pm
Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka appears to be feeling the pressure Credit: Reuters
Aitor Karanka, the Middlesbrough manager, has followed up an attack on supporters by apparently picking a row with the club's board after suggesting he has been let down in the transfer market.
Karanka appears to be close to breaking point as the pressure of a Premier League relegation battle takes its toll on the increasingly volatile Spaniard.
Although Boro chairman Steve Gibson is widely regarded as one of the best and most supportive chairman in English football, Karanka could be on a collision course with Middlesbrough's benefactor after he suggested he will take the blame for other people's failures.
Middlesbrough have signed two new strikers this month in Rudy Gestede and Patrick Bamford at a combined cost of around £12 million, to take the number of signings since promotion to 14, but Karanka feels more are needed and lashed out at those above him.
Middlesbrough have failed with attempts to bring in Bojan from Stoke and Robert Snodgrass from Hull this month. A move for PSG's Jesé Rodríguez is also unlikely to be successful.
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"We need to improve the team, and the club knew a month and a half ago the players that I wanted," said Karanka, whose side are four points clear of the drop zone.
"I always said the aim in the transfer window was to improve the squad. At the moment, we haven't done that. We will be disappointed if nobody else comes in, but I have tried my best.
"Teams in our position are signing players for £14 million – we are signing players that didn't play in the Championship [Gestede]. "Patrick didn't play for almost 18 months, so I don't think it is an amazing improvement. We can see, and the people who know Patrick, know that he is not currently the same as he was 18 months ago.
"If we are expecting that Patrick was going to arrive and score five goals straight away then we are making a big mistake because he is not ready now.
"I don't know why we haven't signed our targets. That is not my job. I am the coach. It is easy [to accept] because, here, and for whatever reason, I am blamed. It is always going to be the same. I am the one responsible, and I am used to that.
Which category is your team leading the league in?
"It is difficult, but when we got promotion last season, there were a lot of people who got a medal. A lot of people had a medal, and a lot of people had done their job. Now? I don't know …"
Boro have not won a league game since mid-December and some supporters have criticised the team's style of play, which led to Karanka turning on them for creating a negative atmosphere during the 3-1 home defeat by West Ham this month.
When it was pointed out that those above him may already believe he has the players to avoid relegation, Karanka replied: "I hope, but the pressure will increase in the months, and we do not have a lot of experienced players in the squad who have played in the Premier League. Let's see. With this group of players, the only thing I can do is trust and believe."
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01 - The Voyage Home (5-day) 11/86 $16.9
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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire": A sequel forever in your favor
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" opens Friday at Point, Eastgate, Star Cinema and Sundance. PG-13, 2:26, three and a half stars out of four.
If you want a reminder of how well "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" does what it does, make sure to get to the theater early to see the trailers for all the other young-adult films trying to emulate it. One plucky teenage girl after another fulfilling her destiny against a dystopian future — where have we seen that before?
But both "Hunger Games" movies, based on Suzanne Collins' novels, have made it work now, the second even more than the first (which had its detractors, but I liked a lot.) "Catching Fire" is a classic blockbuster sequel, offering more of the same, only bigger. But it also goes deeper, led by Jennifer Lawrence's graceful and commanding performance as Katniss Everdeen, with a lot of good actors behind her. It also has a better director (Francis Lawrence taking over for Gary Ross) behind the camera, raising the emotional stakes, finding more humor as well as more sorrow in the tale.
While other cinematic dystopias seem to topple with a flick of the wrist, Panem is a rigged game in every sense, and the malevolent and decadent forces in the Capitol won't give up power without a long, bloody fight. In the first movie, Katniss both won the Hunger Games, a winner-take-all bloodsport intended to distract and terrify the masses, and served as a symbol for the oppressed people of the 12 districts. The purringly evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) can't have that. Snow is the sort of villain who can threaten Kat's mother while enjoying her home-baked cookies.
Snow's plan to defang Katniss is to turn her into a celebrity, sending her and her partner Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) on a "Victory Tour" of the districts she bested, smiling for the cameras and reading from cue cards. Fearing for her family, Katniss tries to play the game, plastering on a plastic smile and trying to ignore the suffering she sees in the districts. But the gulf between Katniss and Peeta's stage-managed kisses, and the beatings and even killings being administered by government jackboots in the crowds before her, is genuinely sickening.
From her gilded cage, Katniss sees that a thirst for revolution is growing, and decides she can't play Panem's Kim Kardashian any more. So Snow, with the help of his new games master Plutarch (Philip Seymour Hoffman), devises a new way to defeat her — a Tournament of Champions Hunger Games, where Katniss and Peeta fight to the death with 22 other past winners. Some of the casting here is great, including Jena Malone as an axe-wielding dynamo (spinoff please), and Jeffrey Wright and Amanda Plummer as an older but brainier team.
So much of "Catching Fire" follows the structure of the first "Hunger Games" — the training sequences, the forged alliances, the fights in the arena. But the film shuffles the deck in interesting ways — in this new arena, the combatants have to fight off traps and dangers devised by Plutarch as much as each other. (Some of this gets a little wearying, as Katniss runs from one visual effect after another.)
And because the players are all hardened veterans, that unseemly sight of kids killing kids from the first film is gone. Instead, there's an underlying solidarity between many of the players that reveals itself in unexpected ways.
The new cast additions are welcome here, especially Hoffman as the chillingly inscrutable Plutarch, who gives the most un-fun line reading to "Fun is my business" imaginable. And the cast from the first movie are given much more to do. Stanley Tucci continues to be a hoot as the ivory-toothed, lavendered-eyebrowed talk show host Caesar, Josh Hutcherson is growing into his role as the gentle Peeta, and how Elizabeth Banks can be so funny and yet poignant as the frilly Ellie Trinket, emoting from under a pair of feather-duster eyebrows, I'll never know.
But this is Jennifer Lawrence's show, and she's both vulnerable and powerful as Katniss, convincing as both a symbol of hope for her people, and the teenage girl behind the image, unsure if she can live up to it. "Catching Fire" ends on an "Empire Strikes Back"-style note of irresolution (the final book, "Mockingjay," will be split into two movies), and I expected the movie would end with some big plot twist, or grand visual effect.
No, the film ends on a close-up of Jennifer Lawrence's tear-stained face, slowly hardening into resolve. Francis Lawrence knows exactly which arrow in his quiver is the most powerful.
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Tagged: jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson, the hunger games
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2 thoughts on ""The Hunger Games: Catching Fire": A sequel forever in your favor"
The first one still seems a bit better in my eyes, but this one still keeps the story moving along at a fine pace. Good review.
madisonmovie says:
Thanks Chris! Much appreciated.
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Mason Dean - Good Year For Bad Words
Mason Dean
Good Year For Bad Words
By Ted Rogen
Mason Dean is a multi-instrumentalist based in Sacramento, California who recently released a seven-song EP entitled A Good Year For Bad Words. He blends electronic elements such as synths with programmed drums, guitars, bass and his vocals. Dean won't be winning any singing competitions but he often compensates with a good amount of heart.
He recorded everything on his MacBook DIY style and it often comes through on the recording. His vocals sound raw, digitally distort occasionally and are in need of proper treatment such as compression and proper eq-ing.
The EP starts with a minute-long intro, which consists of a minute-long ambient hum was more of a declaration than singing. Towards the end of the song he drops orchestral elements with what sounds like a field recording in a train station. I was hoping for more of that type of stuff on the album because however short it was the combination of sounds had an emotional resonance that isn't always prevalent on the album.
The first song "The Billboard Faithful" starts with a verse with no more than bass, drums and his vocals. His muddy vocals are in desperate need of a compressor and a dip in the lower frequencies. Perhaps the most baffling element of the vocals was when he doubles them and decreases the volume a couple of db's. "Red Win" revolves around a couple of loose guitar chords and distant organ while "The Town" is one of the highlights, which rocks out White Stripes style.
"Whispers" is a complete deviation from the previous material on the record. It's a straight up electronic dance song with a couple of arpeggiated synths in which Dean's voice is distorted. He closes with "Had I Been A Sailor," which contains some of the best music on the album. The last minute or so shows him flexing his muscles with a solid guitar solo.
Dean still has some work ahead of him but has some decent material on A Good Year For Bad Words. I'm looking to forward to how he progresses


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Pop Populist
Chris Smith September 28, 2000 4:00AM
Some artists rise to the top through careful machinations and sex. Others take great pride in infiltrating the machine, then using it to their own end. Only a few, however, manage to find their inner muse, follow it and wind up at the top of the heap.
Moby is one of the few. He first emerged as a solo artist in the late 1980s, dropping singles into a primordial rave scene, which would later claim them as staples. Among these tunes was "Go," which not only sold more than a million copies but was named by Rolling Stone as one of the top 200 records of all time. By 1995, the summer of which he spent on the Lollapalooza tour supporting his major-label debut, Everything Is Wrong, Moby had already become an icon in the electronic music scene. What's more, name recognition was starting to spread. General listeners might not have been able to hum along to any of his "hits," but almost everybody knew the name and was at least vaguely aware that Moby was "that guy who made techno."
But even then, and certainly since, this general conception of Moby was too narrow to encompass what he was really up to. Everything Is Wrong jumped from house and jungle to rock and thrash, sometimes within a single track. Its 1996 follow-up, Animal Rights, was a guitar-driven affair that had the generally young-white-and-male press lathering at the thought that maybe Moby had talent after all. Along the way the performer remixed for everyone from Orbital to Aerosmith to Michael Jackson, and produced Ozzy Osbourne and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Moby seems to have found a way to escape the art-versus-commerce conundrum. He makes the art, and the commerce comes calling. "Oh, trust me, I've made lots of art-versus-commerce compromises," Moby says. "The one thing that I'm unwilling to make compromises on is the artistic process. When it comes to making records, I don't compromise at all. But when it comes to ways of making that record have the life that it has in the commercial, corporate world we live in, I'm willing to make lots of compromises."
Radio show concerts, television gigs, movie soundtracks, commercials and appearances on MTV awards shows are all fair game as marketing tools, Moby says, "because I've made a record I'm proud of, and I want people to hear it."
The current record in question is Play, a blending of Moby's initial modern dance sensibilities with hip-hop and African-American folk music. Released last year, the album has received nearly universal praise, almost all of it deserved (despite being four slow/ambient songs too long). Moby both produced the record and played every instrument on it, proving himself to be a stylist of some note; textures range from soft acoustic lines to Jimmy Page-like riffing to Brit-pop noodling.
Purity, for Moby, is a virtue. It's evident throughout the CD. The rhythms of songs are never-bending and timeless. Similarly fundamental are the lyrical themes. "Find My Baby" is the male-voiced counterpoint to the female yearning of "Honey"; "Porcelain" is the sound of bittersweet breakup; and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" the postscript lament. Part of what makes these recordings so human and organic is the samples -- African-American field songs. Moby credits music historian Alan Lomax (who, along with his father, John Lomax, amassed a large collection of folk recordings) with inspiring his work. "When I first heard these recordings, I was so moved by them," Moby says. "These vocals became the starting point for the album."
Which doesn't mean there's no field-recording-free material on Play. "South Side" is groovy dub rock, while "Bodyrock" is rap-disco at its best, and "Machete" is contemporary electronica. The sampleless track that stands out most is "Everloving," which begins with a simple finger-plucked acoustic guitar line over a distant electronic hum. Before long, piano, bass and drums kick in and push the song to a climax that gently recedes in a couple of minutes.
"With all the music I make, I just want it to have hopefully an emotional quality that appeals to me, that might appeal to other people," Moby says. "Although I tend to be a little bit analytical, I don't tend to be analytical when it comes to music. I just throw myself into it, and what comes out comes out."
Such a declared lack of intent, not to mention a career built on genre hopping, is consistent with a man who has written liner note essays on the evils of fundamentalism. Systems fail, according to Moby, in that they "try to impose a rigid structure on what is an inherently ambiguous world." We should try to understand things, he preaches. But we should also bear in mind how much we simply will never understand. Along the way, we should give the people what they want.
"I'm a populist," he says. "And when I play live, I want to play songs that people want to hear. By the time you're on stage and people are watching you, they've already bought their ticket, so you can either sit down and be very self-indulgent or play songs they want to hear. And I just remember, from all the concerts I've been to in my life, I just get really exasperated when musicians and bands don't play the songs that I want to hear. I didn't pay to watch people indulge themselves for two hours."
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Pannone Corporate has advised on the sale of Bury FC's stadium, paving the way for the return of football to Gigg Lane.
Richard Wolff (insolvency & restructuring partner), James Wynne (real estate partner) and Oliver Moore (insolvency & restructuring), advised Inquesta Corporate Recovery & Insolvency – the administrator of The Bury Football Club Company Ltd.
The ground, along with other assets including club memorabilia, goodwill and intellectual property, and the Bury FC name, have been acquired by newly-formed Gigg Lane Stadium Limited – a company limited by guarantee whose members are the Gigg Lane Propco Limited and Bury Football Club Supporters Society Limited.
Richard Wolff said: "Today's announcement is not only a positive result for the parties involved, but also for football, Bury and its local community. As a firm, we've been able to bring together our expertise across restructuring and real estate to support the process over the past few months and achieve the best possible outcome for stakeholders."
Inquesta announced in May 2021 that the 12,000-capacity stadium was being put up for sale. Gigg Lane is one of the world's oldest professional football stadiums and has been home to Bury FC since the club was founded in 1885.
Steven Wiseglass, a director at Inquesta, said: "We are delighted that this transaction has been successfully completed. It is a fantastic outcome for the fans, the club and the whole town, as it will hopefully bring football back to Gigg Lane. My hope all along has always been that Bury FC could be rescued."
The Bury Football Club Company Ltd remains in administration and Inquesta is continuing with investigations into the company.


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The fate of the 'Maltese Falcon,' and more news to note
The "Maltese Falcon" is one classic that's become more valuable over time - and we're not just talking about the movie. The prop statue that was at the center of the 1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart was sold for more than $4 million at an auction. [Time]
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Taylor Swift might be a robot sent here to make everyone else in the music business look bad. The singer says that she's already at work on a new album, and could have it ready to roll out in 2014. "It's way ahead of schedule," she told press at the American Music Awards. Of course it is, Taylor. [Rolling Stone]
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