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UNITED KINGDOM: 1960'S GIRLFRIEND OF MICK JAGGER, MARIANNE FAITHFULL PROMOTES HER NEW ALBUM "KISSIN TIME"
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Title: UNITED KINGDOM: 1960'S GIRLFRIEND OF MICK JAGGER, MARIANNE FAITHFULL PROMOTES HER NEW ALBUM "KISSIN TIME"
Date: 10th March 2002
Summary: LONDON, UK (MARCH 10, 2002) (REUTERS - PERFORMANCE CLEARANCE FOR RESALE) VARIOUS, FAITHFULL PERFORMING "GUILT"
Embargoed: 6th July 2005 21:01
Location: LONDON, UK AND SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
Reuters ID: LVAC5HWUTVMY28IGJ5IHZF9P7GRJ
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Story Text: Marianne Faithfull became embedded in the public consciousness as the wild child girlfriend of Mick Jagger who sank into the depths of heroin addiction at the tail end of the 60's. But unlike many of her contemporaries, Faithfull found the strength to fight back and by the end of the seventies was a successful recording artist - and she's still going strong. He new album "Kissin Time" sees her collaborate with some of music's hottest young talent and is delighting her loyal fans, as well as winning her an army of new ones.
The list of co-writers for "Kissin Time" reads like a Who's Who of recent musical genius, Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn, Beck and Billy Corgan have all collaborated with "La Faithfull" to create this critically acclaimed album. The first single, a piece written with Beck with a video starring super-waif Kate Moss and directed by Roman Copolla is "Sex with Strangers". Faithfull claims this high profile guest list is part of the album's essence.
"It's connected to the whole album, it's all about friends and love, Kate's been a friend of mine since she was 19, Roman Coppola is a friend, it seemed very natural, like the whole record really, to work with people that love me and that I loved, that has been the whole way that it has been done."
From her early days as a fleeting pop star and minor actress, and most importantly her drug-scandal ridden involvement with Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, Faithfull embodied an era. She disputes comments that she is an icon, preferring to lay the emphasis on her body of work which truly began with her comeback album, Broken English in 1979. These days she finds that working with a younger generation of artists frees her from the ties of her past.
"Well, I think it's because they come to me without any baggage, they don't have any, they don't care about the past, they don't know about it, they weren't even born, so they come without any preconceived ideas, most of my young friends are actually they children of my actual friends, my contemporaries who are still my friends, I am just not a celebrity. I am a working artist, I know that however anyone else sees me, because I have had to think this out very carefully, that that whole celebrity icon stuff, I am not putting it down in any way, it's fine, but it's not my movie, that's their move, and I am going to stay in mine."
Faithfull has a new band, who got their first outing at a concert at the Barbican in London. Performing a mixture of recent and older tracks as well as a selection of tracks from her new album, Faithfull treated the gig as a warm up for her up-coming world tour, and was pleased with the results.
"It was our first night, it was slightly shambolic, but I was very pleased with it, I enjoyed it tremendously, once we got rid of that horrible noise, which, whatever they say, if you are a musician it is impossible to work with, you cannot work with it, it has to be gone, and I know musicians who would have walked off and never come back, quite a lot of them.
She was joined on stage by Marc Ribot, Will Oldham, and at the end of the show, Jarvis Cocker and members of Pulp.
Although she would have liked to have Beck, Billy Corgan and Damon Albarn there, she didn't think it was a realistic aim.
"I can tell you, you are never going to get all those guys on the same stage, it wouldn't work, it was wonderful to have Jarvis and Steve and Mark, it was wonderful to have Mark Ribot, it was wonderful to have Will Oldham, but there is such a thing as too many musicians on the same stage.
One of the stand-out tracks on Kissin Time is Sliding Through Life On Charm, a quote from her autobiography which she suggested Jarvis Cocker turn into a song, this he did with his customary aplomb.
"Cause I knew he would get it, and I had no idea what he was going to do with it, and I would never presume to tell him either, that's why when he said, any other information? I said no, but I just knew that he would understand the slightly twisted, and he did."
After her split with Jagger, Faithfull found herself falling into heroin addiction, and spent much of the seventies on the streets in London's Soho, sleeping in homeless hostels.
She refuses to dwell on her past problems and after writing a frank account of those days in her 1995 autobiography "Faithfull" now rarely talks about them.
"I never get this thing about my hard life, I know I have had some hard times, but I have had a wonderful life, and the hard times have just made me appreciate how lucky I am and how happy I am now."
Faithfull was fortunate, and after beginning to work again and having a string of successful records, she finally kicked the habit for good in the late 80's. Unlike many reformed addicts, she doesn't preach.
"I don't give advice, that's what I don't do, rule one, don't give advice. My advice is very very simple, don't take heroin and don't smoke crack. That's all."
After living in Ireland for some time, and stating frequently that she has no intention to leave, Faithfull will in fact be on the move soon.
"I mean, it is really, as usual totally practical, it always is, we have to get out of our flat by the 31st May, and so I though while I am young enough and strong enough, I'll be a gypsy for two years and hopefully make some money and then maybe buy a humble shack somewhere with a garden, cause I still don't own anything, not even a car, not that I even want one, but you know, it's sort of time for La Faithfull to get a garden, at least a vegetable garden, and some roses and something, cause I am not going to be tottering on stage when I am 80. I am really not, I am not that addicted to it, I love it but I know there is going to be a moment to gracefully leave the stage."
The reception to London's concert suggests that it will be a sad day when the woman who calls herself La Faithfull finally calls it a day.
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Estrogens inhibit stellate cell activation and fibrogenesis. Thus, gender and reproductive states may influence the degree of fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). To investigate the association between gender, menopause, and the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with NASH, we analyzed 541 adult patients enrolled from our Duke Liver Clinics (n = 338) and the Duke Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery Program (n = 203) who had a histologic diagnosis of NASH. Multiple ordinal logistic regression models were used to assess the association between gender, menopause, and severity of liver fibrosis. Overall, men, premenopausal, and postmenopausal women composed 35.1%, 28.4%, and 36.5% of the population, respectively. The mean age was 48 years and 22% had advanced fibrosis. After adjusting for covariates (enrolling site, grades of portal inflammation, and hepatocyte ballooning) and potential confounders (race, body mass index, diabetes/prediabetes, hypertension), adjusted cumulative odd ratio (ACOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for greater fibrosis severity was 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) (P = 0.17) for postmenopausal women and 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) (P = 0.03) for men, having premenopausal women as a reference. There was borderline interaction between gender and age group divided by age 50, the average age at menopause in the U.S. (P = 0.08): ACOR and 95% CI of having greater fibrosis severity in men compared to women was 1.8 (1.1, 2.9) for patients with age <50 years (P = 0.02) and 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) for patients with age ≥50 years (P = 0.59).Men are at a higher risk of having more severe fibrosis compared to women before menopause, while postmenopausal women have a similar severity of liver fibrosis compared to men. These findings may be explained by the protective effects of estrogen against fibrogenesis.


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The First Detective
September 8, 2015 Uncle John's Bathroom Reader	2 comments
The following is an article from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Sherlock Holmes, Jean Valjean, and the FBI can all trace their roots back to one Frenchman who turned a life of crime into a life of fighting crime.
In 1809 a 34-year-old petty criminal named Eugène François Vidocq (pronounced vee-DOCK) was doing yet another stint in a French prison, this time for forgery. In and out of jail since he was a teenager, there were basically two Eugène Vidocqs: One was a hard-drinking brawler and womanizer who was quick to challenge any man to a duel. The other was a charismatic family man who had a knack for gaining people's trust…so he could scam them. It was that persona that Vidocq used in prison to win the confidence of some of Paris's most notorious criminals. And then he ratted out their plans to the city's police chief, Jean Henry.
Why did the crook suddenly turn informant? For one, Vidocq was facing a long prison term and possibly the guillotine. But he was also growing tired of living life as a fugitive. He'd tried to go legit before, and this time he wanted it to stick. So after he proved his worth to Henry, in 1811 the chief arranged for Vidocq to "escape" prison, something he'd done for real many times before. After that, Vidocq became an undercover spy, working the streets of Paris. He burrowed into the city's criminal underworld, often in disguise, and brought back what he learned to Chief Henry. The information he obtained put dozens of his former accomplices in prison…and sent more than a few to the guillotine. And he was just getting started.
THE WRATH OF CON
Born in 1775 in the northern French city of Arras, Vidocq's early years were filled with one thrilling adventure after another. That is, if you believe his memoir, which historians say was quite embellished. But what is known: he spent his first stint in jail at age 13 after stealing his father's silver, and ran away at 14 after stealing 2,000 francs ($6,000 in today's money) from his parents' bakery. Then at 15 he joined the circus (where he ate raw meat in a freak show). By this time, the teenager was already a veteran thief and a formidable fencer—a skill he picked up from off-duty soldiers as a boy. During the French Revolution, Vidocq (now 16) joined the army. He fought bravely in two battles against the Prussian army, but his military career was short-lived. He routinely challenged his fellow soldiers to duels (he was 14–2 by his own count), and once even assaulted his commander. By the time Vidocq was 19, it was clear to him and to his superiors that a military life was not for him.
GLOVES OFF
After spending his 20s bouncing from family life (he married twice) to bachelor life (he was known as a gambler and a ladies' man) to criminal life (he once masqueraded as Austrian so he could get at a widow's money), he decided that his 1809 forgery conviction would be his last time in prison.
Once on the outside, Vidocq took to his new job as a spy with great enthusiasm, applying his skills as a keen observer and master of disguise. Those abilities, combined with his superior fighting skills, soon proved he could be even more effective than regular cops…because he wasn't a regular cop. Whereas Paris police officers were restricted to their own districts, routinely allowing fleeing suspects to get away, Vidocq simply ignored those boundaries and would doggedly hunt down his targets day and night until they were apprehended.
In 1811 Vidocq convinced Chief Henry to let him form a plainclothes police unit that would be free to do their work unhampered. Henry agreed, and Vidocq rallied up a small band of former convicts like himself. Vidocq's secret division soon began bringing in the worst of the Paris underworld. Vidocq himself single-handedly tracked down a notorious counterfeiter and beat a confession out of him, which led to an execution.
GOOD COP…
Within a year, Vidocq and his secret agents had proven so effective that Henry made them an official unit of the Paris police called the Brigade de la Sûreté ("Security Brigade"). A year after that, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte signed a decree that expanded the brigade. Now it was the official state security police force for all of France, and Vidocq was in charge.
Over the next 15 years, Vidocq laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the modern police detective:
He introduced law enforcement's first card-index record-keeping system—it cataloged all of France's known criminals, complete with each one's physical description, arrest history, and modus operandi (method of operation).
Vidocq trained his agents to use disguises and go undercover without being discovered. No police force had ever made this a regular tactic before.
He invented several forensics techniques, including the use of handwriting to identify a suspect, plaster of Paris to make casts of footprints, and even firearm ballistics. In an 1822 murder case, Vidocq was one of the first police investigators—if not the first—to have a bullet removed from a body in order to prove that it wasn't fired by the prime suspect's gun. Vidocq even tried to develop a way to record criminals' fingerprints. (It didn't work, but later became a common law-enforcement practice.)
Another first: Vidocq recruited female agents to go undercover and gather information.
As innovative as some of Vidocq's crime-fighting techniques were, many others would get him booted off any modern police force. He and his agents regularly engaged in bribery, entrapment, illegal searches, coercion, and outright violence. That didn't sit well with many of Paris's legitimate police officers, who still considered Vidocq a fugitive because he never completed his forgery sentence. In 1818 Chief Henry officially pardoned Vidocq for his crimes. But the bad blood between him and his fellow cops remained.
Meanwhile, the Sûreté kept rounding up scores of France's most notorious bandits, forgers, counterfeiters, and killers. By the 1820s, the agency, now up to 28 agents, had been credited with reducing crime in Paris by more than 40 percent. Vidocq became a household name in France—a hero to some, a villain to others.
But when Chief Henry retired in 1826, Vidocq's days on the force were numbered. The new chief was among those who objected to the Sûreté's gang of ruffians, and he went out of his way to make things difficult for Vidocq and his men. After receiving one too many complaints about the behavior of his agents—who were, Vidocq admitted, seen regularly with crooks in the city's lowliest taverns and brothels—he wrote to the new chief:
To save you, sir, the trouble of sending me further similar complaints in the future, and me the inconvenience of receiving them, I have the honor to solicit you for accepting my resignation.
In 1827, after 15 years as head of the Sûreté, Vidocq became a civilian again.
SELF-PROMOTER
Out of the force, Vidocq tried his hand as an author and as a "legitimate businessman." He wrote Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crime, which detailed his adventures on both sides of the law. The book was a huge hit in France and was even translated into English. In 1829 a popular London theater ran a play based on the memoir, called Vidocq! The French Police Spy. That, too, was a hit, and Vidocq was flying high. Now in his 50s and living a comfortable life, he opened a small paper mill outside of Paris that employed ex-convicts, both male and female.
But despite his successes in civilian life, it soon became clear that fighting crime was Vidocq's destiny. In 1831, amid tumultuous political upheaval in France—and the appointment of yet another chief of police in Paris—Vidocq found himself back as the head of the Sûreté. A year later he was out again. Rather than retire, he went on to make even more history.
VIDOCQ: P.I.
In 1833 Vidocq opened Le Bureau des Renseignements ("The Office of Information") at No. 12 rue Cloche-Perce in the Marais district of Paris. It was the world's first private detective agency. For a fee, Vidocq or one of his agents (mostly ex-convicts) would hunt down thieves and confidence men, spy on cheating spouses, act as enforcers to collect unpaid debts, or do whatever else a paying client wanted. Not bound by police regulations, the agency, which at its peak had more than 40 agents, solved several high-profile criminal cases that made headlines all over Europe.
But those busts came at a cost. The Paris police force kept a close eye on the agency and raided Vidocq's headquarters several times. Many of his agents were arrested—sometimes with cause, sometimes without. Vidocq himself was arrested more than once, resulting in a few more stints in prison
By 1848 Vidocq had had enough and closed the agency for good. Even at 72 years old, he refused to retire. He took on a few freelance cases, continued seducing women, and was even arrested one last time for good measure. In 1854 the old man survived a bout with cholera, but his health continued to decline. On May 11, 1857, he died in his home in Paris at the age of 82.
INTO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY
It's surprising, given Vidocq's storied life and the impact he had on law enforcement, that he isn't better known today. But even if you're not familiar with the name Eugène Vidocq, you've undoubtedly heard of the characters and agencies he inspired:
In the 1820s, Vidocq became friends with many of the great French writers of the era, one of whom was Victor Hugo (who some say helped Vidocq write his memoir). In his 1862 play Les Misérables, Hugo wove both of Vidocq's distinct personalities into the two main characters—the fugitive Jean Valjean, and the cop who won't stop chasing him, Inspector Javert. Vidocq also provided inspiration for characters in the writings of Honoré de Balzac, Émile Gaboriau, and Alexandre Dumas.
Edgar Allan Poe based his literary detective C. Auguste Dupin on Vidocq. In the 1841 short story "Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe's character describes Vidocq as "a good guesser, and a persevering man. But, without educated thought, he erred continually by the very intensity of his investigations." Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was based, in part, on Dupin, who was modeled on Vidocq.
In 1829 the Metropolitan Police of London, commonly known as Scotland Yard, was founded in England, using Vidocq's Sûreté as a model. The same is true of the FBI, founded in 1908.
In 1990 an exclusive group of the world's most renowned forensic scientists, former police detectives, and FBI agents banded together to create a crime-fighting force unlike any that had ever existed. They called themselves the Vidocq Society. (That story can be found on page 445 of Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader)
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F.L.Jensen
May 1, 2018	7:12 pm
I've been a fan of Vidocq for a lot of years 8) The French made some extremly nice movies with him as the main character also, sadly little known outside France.
Here is one of them : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164961/?ref_=nv_sr_1


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The 2017 Murgon Music Muster held during the first week of November brought 249 vans to camp at the Murgon Showgrounds.
This special music festival was headlined by Golden Guitar Winner, Gina Jeffreys. Other great performers who showcased their talents for the appreciative audience included Brian Letton, Laura Downing, Rex Dallas and Dean Perrett supported by many more.
The week-long event provided a great line up of country music artists, poets and walk-up artists.
Proceeds from this year's event were donated to the Murgon Palliative Care Unit for the purchase of a new alternating air mattress and a special chair for their unit at the Murgon Hospital. The second major beneficiary was HeartKids, which is an organisation who helps young children and families affected by congenital/childhood heart disease through some hard times.
See below for a full list of Artist who performed at the 2017 Muster together with their photos and bios.
Artists appearing at the 2017 Muster
GINA JEFFEREYS
In 2017, Gina Jeffreys celebrated 24 years since winning the Toyota Star Maker Quest, marking the start of a remarkable career that's not only taken Gina to the top of the country music industry, but continued to bring new surprises and successes for this talented and vivacious woman. Gina was a pioneer for women in Australian country music and forged a path for many others to follow. After releasing her first single Slipping Away through BMG Music, Gina signed a record deal with ABC Music, and released her first single for the label Two Stars Fell in 1993. The song went straight to No. 1 and the career of Gina Jeffreys was launched. Her debut album The Flame went platinum, and the following January Gina won her first Golden Guitar for Female Vocalist of the Year.
She has released seven albums, each one rocketing to the top of the Country charts, and along the way gathered an impressive collection of awards, and a steady stream of Gold and Platinum awards.
Gina has been one of the most in-demand performers in Australia, both live and on television, and international highlights have included performing at Fan Fair in Nashville, on a New Year's Eve Television Special in Shanghai, China, to over 2 billion people, and the Tour of Duty Concert in East Timor.
Gina has toured with the legendary Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Keith Urban & Kenny Rogers.
Gina visited Vietnam for the Fred Hollows Foundation and later, following a cathartic experience with a young member of her fan club, became a patron of the Australian Leukaemia Foundation. Gina quietly helped sick children for over ten years. This led her to institute the charity Walk of Life, which every year raises thousands of dollars at the Tamworth festival.
A few years back, Gina performed in collaboration with friends Beccy Cole and Sara Storer as the highly-successful Songbirds – and recorded a live concert DVD.
Gina released her most recent album OLD PAINT in 2010 – a collection of timeless standards, again played and produced by record producer-husband Rod McCormack.
For the last 7 years, Gina has worked mentoring and teaching the cream of new talent on the NSW Central Coast who visit the Gina Jeffreys Performance Workshops. Several of her students have gone on to sign recording deals, and the GJW Workshops have also contributed winners of The Voice Australia and Australia's Got Talent.
Gina continues to write and record beautiful new music.
REX DALLAS
Multi Golden Guitar Award Winner for Best E.P, Best Male Vocal, Apra song of the year and Best Heritage song.
2000 Roll of Renown, Song maker award, Hands of Fame. The list goes on for 'The Coal Miners Son'.
He has toured with his own show all over Australia and N.Z featuring with his unique style of music.
Rex Dallas remains the only artist to win a Gold Guitar for a yodelling composition at the Tamworth festival music awards. 'He is unsurpassed with is showmanship'. Rex is also renowned for his song writing. He has penned a huge volume of country and variety songs receiving many accolades and awards. He has released over 30 Albums, and has just compiled a new CD. Rex is now back on the circuit to promote his new release. Rex Dallas, already a legend, and regarded as one of Australia's finest performers. "The Legend Lives On".
BRIAN LETTON
Born in Port Lincoln South Australia, Brian was raised on his parent's new land farming property, North East of Ravensthorpe in Western Australia. Brian considers that his upbringing in this often harsh rural environment, taught him to appreciate the 'true values of life'. Over the years Brian worked at several jobs, including builder, welder, truck driver, farrier, horse breaker and trainer, with the latter bringing him noted success in the harness racing industry, both as a trainer and a reins person. In 1989 Brian began his professional career as a full time entertainer. After a decade working as a part time musician with various local bands, a succession of highly acclaimed awards were instrumental in Brian making the decision to move into the music industry full time. Brian writes and sings of his country and his fellow man with a rare feeling. His songs have won him Australian and International acclaim. He has had a succession of top ten radio hits and his first ever nomination for the prestigious "Country Music Awards of Australia" for which the coveted Gold Guitar is the trophy rewarded Brian with making the final five in the best new talent category in 1991. Over the ensuing years Brian has been finalised in these awards on no less than 16 occasions. During 2003, Brian fulfilled a career long ambition to record an album with full orchestral backing under the guidance of the legendary internationally renowned maestro Tommy Tycho and July 2014 saw the long awaited release of this magnificent CD titled "Any Dream Will Do". Then during October 2014 Brian further enhanced his very impressive recording history with the release of album number 22 "Brian Letton Sings The Country Classics". His professional career now spands more than 20 years.
DEAN PERRETT
There is an old saying "write and sing about what you know". For an authentic traditional Australian country sound, look no further than Bush Ballad Singer / Songwriter, Dean Perrett. Having been raised and still working on the family cattle property "Bowenfels", a soul of pure country is a natural thing for Dean.
Over the last 25 years, Dean has earned his place as one of Australia's favorite Bush Balladeers and leading traditional Country Artists. With 3 golden guitars under his belt Dean's creditability as a writer and singer of Australian bush songs goes unquestioned. Just like Dean the songs he writes and sings are very authentic and genuine.
Dean has released 15 albums to date with his latest being "Aussie Favourites Bluegrassed".
This album truly highlights Dean's versatility and dedication as an artist of both traditional country and bluegrass music.
Dean is currently working on a new bush ballad project recording songs with pure Australian heart and soul.
LAURA DOWNING
Artist's Backing Band
Gina Jeffreys' Backing Band


I'm a problem solver. That's who I am. If someone asks me if I can do something I usually say yes even if I don't know how – yet…figuring it out is half the fun. For me art is like that. That's why I'm forever trying out new mediums and materials, I want to figure it out and make it my own. When I have an idea to convey or a feeling to share I have to find a way to create it in physical, visual form. After my series of bird collages (see my last post), I was invigorated to set a new challenge. I have decided to do a series of 24×36" fabric collages depicting endangered species of Sonoma County. FUN! I have a new problem to solve. First, I had to do my research, make a list of endangered species in my area, then decide which to start with. I chose the diminutive Mrytle's Silverspot Butterfly found only on the Sonoma/Marin coast. I wanted my work to be informative but not completely literal and of course it has to be visually pleasing. I also decided I only wanted to use fabrics that I have dyed, printed or stamped myself. My butterfly subject helped me choose the color scheme. Orange, rust and black from the butterfly and tans, and lavender and blue for the coastal bluff where they make their home. I got to work marbling, stamping a dying fabric. For the butterfly images I used my iPad to create a digital watercolor that I printed out on cotton from my home printer. Once I had all my fabric, I began to lay out my composition. This is what I came up with.
I had so much fun with myself imposed problem I have started on my next subject – the very charming Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse – now I'm thinking green, grey, brown and blue thoughts while I puzzle over this next riddle. I promise to show you when I'm done.
I haven't blogged in a while – I've gotten out of practice. The end of the year was busy with teaching and holiday's and visitors. And the beginning of the year was busy with teaching and visitors and all the busy-ness of life. This past week I decided to create space for a making week. Not prepping for classes, not writing a magazine article, not preparing for a show – just making. For a long time now, I have felt that my creative endeavors are bifurcated. I have my paintings and mixed media work and I have my fabric work. My roots are deep into textiles and stitch but in the last 25 years my focus has been more on paint and collage. In the past 10 years I have been dipping more frequently into my fabric art persona connecting to the vast next work or quilters and quilt guilds. My one goal in my play date with my studio was to create something in the medium of fabric that is in the same voice as my paint/collage work.
To that end I set out sketching and planning. I dyed and printed, stitched and pieced, quilted and embroidered. After 4 days of this I stepped back and didn't like it. I really didn't like it. The scale was wrong the colors weren't working, my heart sunk, my plan – kaput! I lay the three-foot by four-foot piece across my dining table and decided to sleep on it. In the morning it was clear to me that I needed to cut it all up and let go of my plan. I got out my ruler and rotary cutter and cut the piece up into 11×14 inch rectangles. I didn't cherry pick, I just cut. All along I had planned to put wrens on my piece. I had already printed out my watercolor wrens onto cotton fabric and they told me they still wanted in on this piece. I pulled out two bins full of printed and stamped fabric from past adventures and let them talk to me. I started composing. Word from a psalm in that Sunday's church service found their way in, a snippet of sheet music called out. A favorite rubber stamp I'd carved years ago of a bird in flight stated firmly it need to be included. My studio exploded – I worked furiously, with energy and joy and perhaps most importantly – no plan. I will say I am in love with these fabric collages. They feel like me. They feel like home, they feel real.
I am so glad I allowed myself to the space and time to create. I am so glad I allowed myself the space and time to fail. I am so glad I allowed myself the space and time to find contentment and my mature voice in this medium. Now my synapses are firing and tingling. What about natural dying? What about rust prints? What about a series on endangered species in Sonoma County? Oh the possibilities!
Take time for your own creative self. Let yourself fail, brood about it, then make something of it – remember that joy is meaningless without knowledge of struggle.


This course will utilize your network service assurance tools to discuss methodical approaches to troubleshooting across the LTE E-UTRAN. Protocol level failures associated with S1AP, X2AP, RRC and NAS will all be examined, with exploration of the key KPIs monitored. In addition, issues related to mobility will also be examined, including both intra and inter RAT scenarios. In each case, examples based on the service provider's own service assurance tools will be explored.
E-UTRAN 3GPP Counters and KPI Definitions.
Activity: Identifying Key LTE KPIs used for Troubleshooting.
KPI and Cause Code Analysis.
Activity: Troubleshooting S1 Issues, Investigating Current Network Issues.
Activity: KPIs for x2, Current X2 Issues.
Activity: Troubleshooting Current Network Issues.
Detailed EMM and ESM Procedures.
Activity: Troubleshooting Current Network Issues, e.g. NAS Accessibility.
Detailed LTE and Inter-RAT Procedures.
Activity: Troubleshooting Current Network Issues related to mobility and retainability.


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Robin LeCraw
Aquatic and Community Ecologist
Evaluating watershed health
Stream bank topography in managed forests
Species at risk in BC
Ecological impacts of hydroelectric facilities
Aquatic communities and topography of headwater streams
Metacommunities of aquatic insects in bromeliads
Biogeography of community structure and function
Hydroelectric facilities including dams, reservoirs and run of the river power stations generate substantial portions of electricity in some Canadian provinces. As a potential "green" energy source hydroelectric stations may be an area of major development in the near future, and Ontario is lacking sufficient protocols for monitoring the ecological impact of these facilities. As a contract biologist for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources I was part of a team of scientists assigned to developing recommendations for a monitoring system for aquatic ecosystems with hydroelectric stations.
A fish ladder mitigates the ecological impact of a dam in Thunder Bay
I developed a list of recommendations for indicator species with which ecologists could monitor the health of a river system during all phases of hydroelectric station development. Combining research on freshwater species at risk in Ontario, species most sensitive to changes in flow conditions, and comparisons with monitoring programs in use by governments in the U.S. and further abroad created a basis for a recommended monitoring program in Ontario. The implementation of these recommendations into a mandated monitoring program may allow the development of more green energy hydroelectric projects that minimize the impact to the aquatic environment.


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Tom Hanks and Mary-Louise Parker Lead TM for Veterans Benefit, Oct. 18 | 4:06
Dinner and conversation about TM, creativity, and life to help veterans with PTS and TBI
By TMhome.com
Once again, some of America's best-loved entertainers are lending a hand to the David Lynch Foundation (DLF) to help those in need. This fall's "Change Begins Within" event raises funds to aid 1,000 veterans whose selfless service to the country has triggered a debilitating condition called post-traumatic stress (PTS).
The benefit dinner on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at The Plaza in New York City features actor, producer, and director Tom Hanks, and actress and author Mary-Louise Parker.
Celebrated Artists on Acting, TM, Creativity, Life
Tom Hanks is one of America's most beloved and celebrated actors and one of only two people who have ever won the Best Actor Academy Award two years in a row. Hanks started practicing the TM technique when comedian Jerry Seinfeld encouraged him to try it as an alternative to taking a year off, as Hanks had originally planned.
Mary-Louise Parker is an actress and author who has enjoyed great success and popularity for her roles in countless films and TV shows. She has also received numerous awards for her work, including a Golden Globe for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress and an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress. In 2013, Parker was also honored for her work in a completely different field—namely, her dedication to the organization Hope North, which focuses on educating and healing young victims of Uganda's civil war.
At the benefit, Hanks and Parker will join the guests for dinner and conversation about the benefits of Transcendental Meditation for their health, creativity, acting, and life.
Hanks and Parker will talk about the benefits of Transcendental Meditation for their health, creativity, acting, and life.
Healing the Hidden Wounds of War
The funds raised will be used by the David Lynch Foundation to teach 1,000 veterans the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique, which has been proven to effectively relieve not only stress in general but also post-traumatic stress in particular.
PTS develops when a person witnesses or experiences a traumatic event. It can lead to disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams, mental and/or physical distress, and a feeling of constant threat, even in the safest of environments.
If left untreated, post-traumatic stress impacts veterans and their families in devastating ways. It negatively affects their relationships, health, and ability to work, and often leads to alcohol and drug addiction and even suicide. The grim facts are that more American soldiers take their own lives due to PTS than die in actual war operations.
Research has shown that when veterans diagnosed with PTS practice the Transcendental Meditation technique, the severity of their trauma symptoms, the degree of their psychological stress, and their use of psychotropic medications all decrease.
The funds raised will be used by the David Lynch Foundation to teach veterans the TM technique, which has been proven to effectively relieve not only stress in general but also post-traumatic stress in particular.
Resilient Warrior Awards for Those on Frontlines of PTS Support
The benefit will also honor retired Major General Stephen T. Rippe and U.S. Navy combat veteran Ken Falke.
Rippe serves as a member of the Board of Military Advisers of the David Lynch Foundation's Center for Veterans Health.
Falke is the founder of the Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors, a rural wellness center dedicated to helping veterans and their families through the TM technique and other modalities.
Learn more. Watch veterans describe how the TM technique has helped in the their recovery from post-traumatic stress (PTS)
We're grateful to our friends at TMhome for permission to reprint this article. Read their original post at TMhome.com ►
American Institute of Stress: TM Heals PTSD | 7:47
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at Fort Gordon, Georgia, offers the TM® technique to Service Members and veterans.
Veterans Are Taking Back Their Health—and Their Lives | 3:13
With roughly 20 suicides a day, veterans need more effective treatments. TM is gaining recognition as a proven program for post-traumatic stress. The launch of TMforVeterans.org will help more active-duty personnel and veterans take back their lives.
For This Veteran, TM Is a Path to Healing
Staff Sgt. Todd Knauber desperately needed to overcome the nightmares, medications, and physical and emotional pain that threatened his life and relationships after Afghanistan.
Kennedy Center Benefit for 10,000 Veterans and At-Risk Youth, June 5
Proceeds from this star-studded benefit concert will help the David Lynch Foundation teach Transcendental Meditation® (TM) to 10,000 combat veterans, victims of domestic violence, and underserved youth in Washington, D.C.


This is a rich chocolate and almond cookie that is really delicious! I named it after Monterrey, Mexico, where one of my faithful viewers (James) lives!
Preheat oven to 350 ̊F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, soda and salt. Set aside.
2. In mixer, cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla & almond extract.
3. To the flour mixture, add the almonds and both chocolates. Mix well.
4. Stop the mixer and add flour mixture all at once. Turn speed on low and mix until just combined.
5. Drop onto parchment lined baking sheets, then bake for 9 minutes. Remove parchment from baking sheet and let cookies cool on wire rack.


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Vanessa and Nick Lachey Welcome Baby Boy Camden John
The couple, who tied the knot last summer, revealed they were having a son back in June.
Published Sep 13, 2012 at 12:20 AM | Updated at 12:21 AM PDT on Sep 13, 2012
Nick and Vanessa Lachey welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Camden John Lachey.
Nick Lachey said he was trying--and he succeeded.
The singer and wife Vanessa Lachey (ne Minnillo) welcomed a baby boy tonight, their first child together, People reports.
"We are incredibly proud to announce the birth of our beautiful baby boy, Camden John Lachey," the couple said in a statement. "Born today at 6:54 p.m., he came into this world at 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 21 inches. Love has truly been redefined for both of us."
The Lacheys have helpfully been tweeting through their trimesters
2013 Celeb Baby Boom
"It's a good idea to put all ur baby stuff together ahead of time AND try it out. Then ur familiar," Vanessa had just tweeted on Monday.
And she wasn't kidding!
The obviously proud parents, who tied the knot last summer, revealed they were having a son back in June.
Jessica Simpson shows off daughter Maxwell in NYC
"Baby is RUMBLIN!!!" Vanessa tweeted on Sept. 6. "I don't know if it's the food I'm eating or the fact that @NickSLachey is screaming at the #Bearcat game."
Obivously the little guy was just warming up for his own kickoff.
Congrats to Nick and Vanessa!
Check out pics of more famous families


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Convert-Shy Priests
December 1, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Weighty possibilities I haven't come across before for the phenomenon — reportedly not rare — of Orthodox clergy who seem reluctant to receive a convert, especially in the Western world, are presented by a Greek priest in Australia. (NB: I've never heard of a language requirement before.)
His piece reminds us that most Orthodox didn't come to the West as missionaries. Of course, most non-Indigenous didn't come to North America, Australia, etc., as missionaries — their religions basically followed them here. (Of course, conversion of the Indians was part and parcel of colonial policy in Latin America.) We easily forget ethnic distinction in religion wasn't brought here by the Orthodox; to this day many Protestant and Catholic congregations are still predominantly of one or another ethnicity (or two), even if they don't include it in their buildings' names anymore. But active explicit or implicit competition for adherents began apace at least in the U.S. with its (eventual) very "free-market" approach to religion. Since overall, Orthodox are more-recent arrivals than other Christians, they're mostly still in that earlier phase so to speak.
Sometimes a little sociological understanding can go a long way…. Kind of a correlate to Khouria Frederica Mathewes-Green's 12th "…Thing I Wish I'd Known…"
What's a Jurisdiction?
October 27, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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As commonly used in reference to Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism — broadly considered (I can't speak about other Churches) — in the Western world, the informal noun jurisdiction seems to indicate a particular ethnic, national, and/or patriarchate's Church in a given country, region, or continent(s) … considered a part of The One Single Orthodox Church [or "The Catholic Church," in ECs' case], completely sharing the same doctrine and Faith, "In Full Communion" and not separate "denominations." (However, the term may also be used, less commonly, in connection with "non-canonical" groups.) I believe the term in this usage is so prominent in the West because, due to "overlapping" (or disagreement regarding … jurisdiction), there are so many here, more per square mile than in 'the Eastern world' where Orthodox Church structures are mostly integrated in one way or another.
I'm describing this very carefully. Technically, any Ruling Hierarch's area or class of responsibility might be (and sometimes IS) called his jurisdiction, or for Greek words, his eparchy ("to rule over") or omophorion (his liturgical-vestment stole, essentially, symbolic of his shepherding [like a Latin metropolitan-archbishop's pallium]). However, I believe in common, colloquial discussion, the term is rather used as I stated above. This may be because any local bishoprics within "a jurisdiction" are perceived as being able to "come and go" over time, as with their boundaries, while "the jurisdiction" itself — in this case a parent body if you will — has had a longer existence, and often a more stable or knowable one, especially in the eyes of people less familiar with the jurisdiction under discussion at this or that moment.
I said "a particular ethnic, national, or patriarchate's Church" generically, too. A "jurisdiction" in fact may be a Bishopric, a cluster of Bishoprics, or one or more parishes overseen in some other way. To flesh this out, in the United States and Canada, the following are currently clusters of Bishoprics commonly described as ("canonical") jurisdictions:
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America (OCA), consisting of 11 "territorial" dioceses (one called an Exarchate), 3 additional "ethnic" dioceses (these latter may also sometimes be referred to as "jurisdictions," even though they are parts of The OCA), and 3 parishes in Australia;
the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, structured as 9 territorial dioceses, as well as the overlapping Western Rite Vicariate;
the Greek Archdiocese of America, consisting of 8 metropolises (local/regional bishoprics), a Direct Archdiocesan District, the overlapping "Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA" (which may also be referred to as "a jurisdiction"); and a Patriarchal monastery with its dependent monasteries, parishes, and missions in the U.S. and Belize, Central America;
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, with 3 eparchies;
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, also with 3 eparchies;
The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, with 4 dioceses in the U.S. and one in Canada; and
the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), with 3 dioceses in the U.S., one in Canada, 2 in Western Europe, one each in Australasia and Russia, along with an "ecclesiastical mission" in Jerusalem, a cluster of parishes in South America, and an Old Rite (Old Believer) parish administered by a vicar-bishop (auxiliary) of the First Hierarch (primate) of ROCOR.
The following are currently single Bishoprics commonly described as ("canonical") jurisdictions:
The American Carpatho-Russian Diocese,
the Albanian Diocese in America,
the Greek Metropolis of Canada (separate from the Greek Archdiocese of America — formerly "of North and South America" — since the 1990s),
the Romanian Archdiocese in the Americas,
the Bulgarian Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia, and
the newly-established Georgian Eparchy of America and Canada, which so far has one monastery in the works, expecting to offer public church Services, and a kind of school, just south of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, (at 60 Charles Street in Hanover Township, 18706, near Ashley … the former Holy Rosary Slovak RC Church); and possibly a mission in the Philadelphia area; both with archpastoral oversight by Metropolitan DIMITRI (Shiolashvili) of the diocese of Batumi and Lazeti, Georgia, and reportedly his Patriarch's nephew (scroll down).
The following are currently other parish structures commonly described as ("canonical") jurisdictions:
The Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA, administered by a vicar-bishop (auxiliary) of the Patriarch of Moscow, and
the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Canada, also administered by a vicar-bishop (auxiliary) of the Patriarch of Moscow.
How are they (within "canonical" Orthodoxy) different from denominations? Due in part to unfamiliarity, rough analogies, and/or misinformation, Orthodoxy is widely considered "a family of churches," compared to the Oriental Churches or the historic Anglican Communion, contrasted with the Papacy of Rome, etc. But I believe Holy Tradition from within Orthodoxy views it as a single Church, subdivided into Patriarchates and other Autocephalous Churches, just as these are further comprised of Autonomous, Semi-Autonomous, and other local Churches — ecclesiastical provinces and bishoprics, generically speaking. We Westerners aren't used to thinking of a single Church including more than one 'effective' Patriarch, who "does not submit to another patriarch," since the Patriarch of Rome is effectively "more equal" than his Eastern Catholic and other Latin Patriarchs … with whom most Westerners are unfamiliar anyway! (This isn't a put-down of Catholicism in this case, merely an observation.) Orthodoxy has no human 'top dog' able to force other Bishops to his will "under pain of excommunication" the same way Rome has, "merely" a First Among Equals — the same for over 1,600 years.
Orthodoxy's internal squabbles, turf battles, boundary disputes, and apparent "ethnic" divisiveness, further remind Westerners more of Protestant denominations than of a single Body. But the institution of the o/Orthodox Ecumenical Synod (Council) makes Orthodoxy's unity, oneness, most visible. Before the 20th century it was not unheard of in Orthodoxy to say we had had 9 of these: the 7 commonly-considered during the first Christian millennium, an 8th in there, and the 9th during the 1300s. It's been a while, but the next has been in the works for most of the last century (the first that won't be "strongly encouraged" together by an Orthodox Emperor!). o/Orthodox Ecumenical Synods have refuted errors and the erroneous, sacked Patriarchs, even examined Popes of Rome for heresy, as well as brought greater order to disorder in the Church … all under the heard/felt, experienced, confirmed leadership of the All-Holy Spirit of God, One of the Trinity, in the meetings and among the holy ones outside the meetings — the true "guardians of the Faith" — who received their Teaching (and rejected "robbers' synods" lacking the Spirit and misleading the Flock). Today's autocephalous Orthodox Churches are the true successors of the 1st millennium's autocephalous ecclesiastical provinces, and the ante-Nicene "autocephalous" bishoprics, maintaining The Church's conciliarity, Truth, and reasonableness for nearly 2,000 years.
So internal — if you will, inter-jurisdictional — disagreements are temporary … even if it takes a while to work them out … this seems to be God's Most Holy Will.
What's a Locum Tenens?
January 28, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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It's being noted in news coverage that Moscow Patriarch-elect KYRILL was "Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne" since shortly after the repose of Patriarch ALEXEI. This concept is not unknown in Western Christianity … in fact, locum tenens is the traditional Latin-language term whose Greek or Slavonic counterpart I do not know, but seems commonly used by Orthodox jurisdictions in the English-speaking world at least.
A locum tenens is "the person holding the place" of another — in Christian contexts, the post of a bishop who has died, resigned, or been removed from office. Sometimes traditionally in the case of a typical diocese, the local primate or metropolitan-archbishop would automatically become locum tenens upon the vacancy. Sometimes he or the local synod of bishops might proceed to choose another bishop to be locum tenens more long-term, until a permanent successor takes office. Currently in North America, Orthodox Church in America (OCA) primate, Metropolitan JONAH, is Locum Tenens of the Bulgarian Diocese, but their synod has named Eastern Pennsylvania bishop TIKHON Locum Tenens of the Western Pennsylvania diocese.* Similarly, two of the Antiochian Archdiocese's new local dioceses still await Bishops of their own, and so their primate, Metropolitan PHILIP, is serving as locum tenens of the Diocese of Worcester and New England, but Bishop JOSEPH of Los Angeles and the West is serving as locum tenens of the Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest. Relatedly, Metropolitan JONAH is also locum tenens of the OCA's Alaska Diocese (since the retirement of Bishop NIKOLAI), but Bishop BENJAMIN of San Francisco and the West (who previously served in Alaska as a priest) is temporary Administrator of the Alaska Diocese, assisting Jonah with his responsibility.
The idea seems to be that a flock should never, or only very, very briefly if necessary depending on jurisdictional practice and guidelines, be without a shepherd in at least some capacity, considering that in o/Orthodox Christianity a Bishop is not only some kind of feudal lord or bureaucrat, but ideally spiritual father of the Church … and a local Orthodox Church, and Orthodox Christians, should always have spiritual guidance.
When it's a Patriarchate or Autocephalous Province whose incumbent has moved on, similar procedures may be put in place, since he is not only his diocese's spiritual father, but his region's or country's, and an important overseer of that Church's central administration. In the case of Moscow, Patriarch ALEXEI reposed on December 5, and on December 6 the Synod met and chose Metropolitan KYRILL Locum Tenens. Thus, he remained Ruling Hierarch of the Diocese of Smolensk and Kaliningrad and Chairman of the Patriarchate's external relations department, and also took on the Patriarchal locum tenentes, the state of being locum tenens.
Once again, the Western Christian post most comparable to Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow is Pope of Rome. When a Pope dies (a few in the distant past have abdicated), that office is said to temporarily cease to exist, the state known in Latin as Sede Vacante, vacant See or Throne, a state accompanied by elaborate activities around the actual, dramatic suspension of Roman Catholic Church and Vatican State activity except the burial of the late Pope and election of his successor, as amply covered by newsmedia. Some Latin commentators have even ventured that the RCC itself temporarily ceases to exist, since the Church is in the reigning Pope, there. And this takes weeks or longer, especially in the age before telecommunications and air travel. In the meantime leading Cardinals in Rome assume temporary administration of these activities, but to my knowledge, Locum Tenens theory is not technically employed: the Diocese of Rome and the churches in communion with it are without an actual shepherd for as long as it takes to elect a replacement. I would gladly be corrected on this point; it seems to be a different approach, a different theory, a different attitude, a different theology, from Orthodoxy.
Locum Tenens theory early on was subject to abuse: an early Church council issued a Canon condemning locum tenens — obviously lower-ranking hierarchs — who used the temporary post to lobby for election to the vacant See as a means of careerist promotion not necessarily in that diocese's or province's own best interests. Remember that this was also a time when local dioceses almost everywhere had the tradition of electing or nominating their Bishops, usually from among their own local clergy or laymen (even primatial or patriarchal Sees), more rarely from outside their own locality or district, and when provincial synods had the tradition of extremely reluctantly translating Bishops from one post to another (normally a Bishop "married" his Church for life, and still today Orthodox refer to a vacant See as "widowed"), by Canon only in a case of anticipated extraordinary benefit to the destination-diocese. So bishops maneuvering like chess pieces, angling for "promotion," was officially heavily frowned upon; even today I don't hear about bishop transfers in Orthodoxy nearly as much as I did as a Catholic … for good or for ill.
OTOH, locum tenentes of the Patriarchal Throne of Moscow seemed to be all who held that whole Church together during the very darkest times under Communism. Moscow's 1917-1918 Council restored the Patriarchal dignity allowed to lapse by Tsar Peter "the Great" in the early 1700s. St. Tikhon (Bellavin), former Archbishop of North America, was elected Patriarch by lot just in time to deal with the first flush of Revolutionary rule. He was martyred in 1925, and leadership of the Church passed to locum tenens, Metropolitan St. Peter of Krutitsy, himself martyred in 1937. When St. Peter was arrested at the end of 1925, deputy locum tenens, Metropolitan Sergius, effectively became primate of the Church under Peter's nominal or technical locum tenentes, until assuming the full locum tenentes upon a premature report of Peter's death in prison in 1936. It wasn't until 1943 that Stalin, feeling the need of the Church's support for the war effort, allowed Sergius' election as Patriarch, and lessened its harsh treatment.
(*–His Late Eminence Archbishop KYRILL led both dioceses simultaneously. In November the assembly of the West. Pa. diocese nominated a priest-monk with area roots, Archimandrite Melchisedek [Pleska], for consideration by the Synod possibly in May to become their new Ruling Hierarch.)


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The Explorers Museum are a new non-profit organisation based in Ireland launched by Lorie Karnath, 37th President of the NY based Explorers Club. Based out of the impressive Charleville Castle, built in 1798, we were asked to create a brand identity for this new organisation that would be used across a variety of media, along with expedition clothing, flags and of course digital channels and networks. As a new venture we wanted to take a traditional approach to a new organisation giving it gravitas and authority from the outset.
We felt that the new identity had to not only incorporate the spirit of exploration but also the incredible location of the castle itself. Our first action was to undertake research into the castle, it's founders, it's history along with the incredible explorer Charles Howard-Bury who was born at the castle and was the reason for establishing the museum HQ here.
During our research we discovered that the Howard-Bury coat of arms included a wild boar (The boar denotes the Bury line, who eventually married into the Moore family so as to ensure continuation of Earldom) and so we knew this would be a significant element to the design. The castle itself we represented by the dragon, giving a nod to the Gothic style of the design and also associated with the explorers traits of valor, courage and heroism, as well as being the castle symbol derived from the seal of the Earl of Charleville. In the shield we represented Mount Everest (Howard-Bury lead the first ever reconnaissance of the mountain) with climbing axes along with the moon and stars to represent exploration beyond the earthly realm.The star also refers to the universal symbol of Moore heritage, the clan that gained control over the Charleville lands by the mid-1500's.
The client said the logo exceeded their expectations and really told the story of their organisation in a remarkable way. Delivery so far has been on a Facebook Channel and micro-site holding page - explorersmuseum.org, whilst the full-site and additional materials are developed.


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NBA TV's Upcoming Live Game Schedule Highlighted by Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Utah Jazz – Tonight, Thursday, March 16, at 7 p.m. ET
NBA Digital's Art of the Triple Double Series to Explore "Triple Double Trouble"
NBA TV's live game coverage will feature five matchups with playoff implications beginning tonight, Thursday, March 16, with the Eastern Conference top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and four-time MVP LeBron James hosting the Utah Jazz and All-Star forward Gordon Hayward, at 7 p.m. ET. Live game action will continue as the Miami Heat and the league leader in rebounds per game Hassan Whiteside – currently within one game of a playoff spot – hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves and rising star Karl Anthony-Towns, Friday, March 17, at 8 p.m.
The network's schedule will continue with a doubleheader as the Indiana Pacers and four-time All- Star Paul George will visit the Toronto Raptors, led by three-time All-Star DeMar DeRozan, in a battle for Eastern Conference playoff position, Sunday, March 19, at 6 p.m. The night's second game will showcase the Cavaliers and James traveling to the Los Angeles Lakers and former first-round pick D'Angelo Russell, at 9:30 p.m. The week's action will finish with the Heat hosting the Raptors, Thursday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m.
Art of the Triple Double to Examine the Consequences of Stat Line Obsession
In this week's edition of Art of the Triple Double – "Triple Double Fails" – host Vince Cellini explores the extremes to which players go in order to reach the triple-double mark, sometimes at the expense of their team's strategy or their own reputations. The next installation will look at examples of triple doubles in the wrong categories, such as turnovers. Art of the Triple Double will continue on NBA GameTime on Mondays and across NBA Digital platforms including NBA.com and NBA TV's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Video: March 9, 1996: Anthony Bowie calls timeout to complete his triple double
Additional Programming Highlights
NBA TV's The Starters, the daily 30-minute studio show that recaps the most entertaining moments from around the NBA, is co-hosted by J.E. Skeets and Tas Melas, along with Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis with new episodes airing regularly at 7 p.m.
10 Before Tip, the network's half-hour show providing the latest news and perspectives from around the NBA before tip-off is hosted by Jared Greenberg and airs regularly on weeknights at 6:30 p.m.
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NBA TV's Upcoming Schedule to Feature Marquee Matchups Highlighted by Warriors/Rockets & Cavaliers/Wizards


Seven Visual Arts students at The Sixth Form College, Solihull have had their talent and hard work rewarded prizes from the Arden Decorative & Fine Arts Society (Arden DFAS).
Numaan Farooq (aged 18, from Birmingham), a former Ninestiles Academy student now studying BTEC Art & Design, won First Prize for his textiles artwork, which included brightly coloured fashions. Three students shared Second Prize, which were Chloe Griffiths, Abigail Parker and Lauren Turner, while three further students were highly commended and they were Tom Allen, Samantha Farrell and Anas Uddin.
Chloe Griffiths (aged 18, from Shirley) is also a BTEC student and her paintings of wild animals (gorilla, lion and leopard) are what impressed the judges. Meanwhile, A level Fine Art student Abigail Parker (aged 18, from Marston Green) was rewarded for her abstract paintings of faces and fellow Fine Art student Lauren Turner (aged 17, from Knowledge) produced a trio of paintings that incorporated piece of broken mirror in the artwork.
The three highly commended students were given prizes too. Tom Allen (aged 18, from Birmingham) produced still life paintings for his BTEC coursework, while Samantha Farrell (aged 18, from Birmingham) did framed portraits and Anas Uddin (aged 18, from Birmingham) produced a woodland scene with paint and sculpture. Like Tom, Samantha and Anas produced their artwork as part of their BTEC Art & Design course.
All the successful students have received cash prizes from Arden DFAS and were presented with their prizes at a ceremony on Friday last week. Representatives from the Arden Decorative & Fine Arts Society were on hand to give out the prizes.


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Google ups its augmented reality game with Snapchat lens of Barcelona stadium
Google made a Snapchat lens to show off its new augmented reality software.
Image: snapchat
By Karissa Bell 2018-02-23 16:17:58 UTC
Google is ready for its augmented reality software to take over.
After six months in developer preview, ARCore ( the company's answer to Apple's ARKit), is finally ready for the masses. The augmented reality platform is officially launching, so all Android developers can start building better AR apps.
SEE ALSO: Why this year in smartphone design has been epic
As part of the expansion, Google's partnered with Snapchat on a new 3D world lens showcasing the tech. Debuting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the lens takes you inside Barcelona's Camp Nou soccer stadium.
Similar to Snapchat's earlier Stranger Things-themed lens, users can "walk into" the stadium in augmented reality using the lens. once there, you'll get an up-close look at the arena right from the field. The lens will be available in March via Snapcodes.
Here's what it looks like in action:
Google also announced that more people will soon have access to Google Lens, the company's intelligent camera software. Originally only available to Pixel phones, it will be available within Google Photos "within the coming weeks" for all English-speaking users on iOS and Android.
Though more limited than Google Lens' integration with Google Assistant, Lens is Google Photos' most game-changing feature in a long time. It can scan your photos and pull out relevant bits of contextual information, like contact information on a business card. Or, it can recognize objects, like the name of a famous painting, landmark, or even breed of dog.
Google Lens as part of Google Assistant is expanding with support for flagship devices from Samsung, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Sony, and Nokia. When integrated with Google Assistant, Lens can work in real-time. Instead of having to scan a photo you've already snapped, you can simply point your camera at the world around you to get more information.
The company says it expects to add support for more devices in future updates.
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This shows a follow-up to the twin flames, soulmates, and preexistent show on the plan of God that I did last night on revolution radio. And this show I will speak about guardian angels, the reasons for our being here in flesh form, and how our free will in this lifetime ties into the determination of our eternity through Christ. That we are given chance here for redemption and to give our allegiance to either Christ or Satan in aligning with the forces of good or evil.


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There is no doubt that the stability of the exchange rate will be maintained even in the last shock – the energy crisis. The NBRM has instruments, it has foreign exchange reserves to intervene in imbalances in the foreign exchange market, and the state can borrow at any moment, so that with that foreign exchange inflow it can fill the foreign exchange reserves, says GordanaDimitrieska-Kochoska, former Interim Deputy Finance Minister.
According to the former interim Deputy Minister of Finance from the ranks of VMRO-DPMNE, what should be of concern is that there is a big difference between a responsible and hard-working government, which builds capacity to replenish foreign exchange reserves, and an irresponsible and inefficient government, which empties foreign exchange reserves and maintains only with new foreign borrowing.
"The latest loss of foreign exchange reserves in the amount of about 150 million euros in two months (October and November) is a direct consequence of the crisis imposed by this Government – and to mention that the energy crisis has not been fully imported," said Dimitrieska-Kochoska.
According to her, not mining domestic coal now causes imports of foreign coal, not the production of domestic electricity, causes higher imports of electricity. All this requires foreign exchange, all this causes a higher foreign exchange outflow.
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Saara Aalto will be performing in London for her "Eurovision Wonderland Live!" show this April.
Finnish artist Saara Aalto has announced that she will be performing in her own show called "Eurovision Wonderland Live!" on 25th April. The show will take place at Under the Bridge in London, and will feature special guests who have not yet been named.
Saara has mentioned that she will be performing songs from her album, as well as "lots of Eurovision surprises". Tickets have gone on sale, and are available to purchase here.


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It would be misleading to assume that the war had no ill-effect on the fisheries. Increasingly, the fish exported to Europe was caught and processed by resident fishermen since the diversion of men into the navy, and the disruption of trans-Atlantic shipping caused the migratory fishery to decline. In addition, for the first time in the 18th century the migratory fishery suffered serious injury in Newfoundland waters. American privateers attacked and drove the bank fishing fleet off the seas. Familiar with the region, and understanding the enormous economic and strategic importance of the fishery, it became a target of war.
American privateers also loitered in Newfoundland waters in order to harass British ships sailing to and from the Caribbean and North America, since they used the Grand Banks as a navigational marker, and the Gulf Stream as a means of speeding along the west-to-east voyage. During the war, this enormous volume of commercial shipping also included military transports and supply ships. The possibility of capturing ships carrying very valuable cargoes was a more powerful magnet than the fishing vessels. However, privateers could extend their cruising time by seizing fishing vessels and stripping them of their water, provisions, sails and rigging, and even their men.
Ship America
The ship America was the most famous Salem privateer.
Artist unknown. From Edgar Stanton Maclay, A History of American Privateers (New York: Burt Franklin, 1899) 335.
This practice did not appear immediately. Privateers were not a serious problem at Newfoundland in 1776. The following year they left the inshore fishery alone, but they caused serious damage to the bank fishery. By 1778 the bank fishery had to all intents and purposes been abandoned under the combined strain of these attacks and a labour shortage. In that year, for the first time, coastal settlements also came under attack, especially on the south coast. The settlements north of St. John's were hardly touched by privateers. Since the migratory bye boat fishery was strongest south of St. John's while the resident fishery was strongest to the north, this pattern meant that it was the migratory fishery which suffered the most from American privateers.
The migratory fishery was also burdened by soaring operating costs. Food prices which had averaged about 12 shillings per hundredweight in 1760, rose to between 28 shillings and 36 shillings per hundredweight during the war. Naturally, wages had to be increased to match food prices. One result was that the number of servants per master went down. In 1764 the average ratio of servants to masters was 7:1. By 1784 it had been reduced to 4:1. Resident boat keepers managed to adjust by relying more on their families to provide the labour needed to catch and make fish, but the bye boat men did not have this option.
The situation became much worse in 1779 when Spain declared war on Great Britain and immediately closed its markets to British trade. This embargo was rigorously enforced. Even when inferior Norwegian fish soared in price, the Spanish refused to relent and re-open their markets to British fish. Portugal could absorb some of the fish which normally went to Spain, but not all. And the West Indies market preferred only inferior grades.
The loss of the Spanish markets, the damage caused by privateers, the shortage of labour, the rising cost of provisions and of labour, all combined to drive merchants out of business. Many firms went bankrupt after 1779, particularly those which were relatively new to the trade. Those that survived, often did so by hastening their transition out of the fishery and into the supply trade. The number of migratory fishing ships dropped to 51 in 1781, or less than 20 per cent of the number recorded in 1775. The transient bye boat fishery also declined, from 518 bye boat men in 1774 to 176 in 1781.
Rise in Resident Population
More and more, the resident population was becoming the mainstay of the Newfoundland fishery. In 1770, the migratory fishery caught 365,000 quintals of fish, the resident fishery only 277,000 quintals. In 1781 the migratory fishery caught 86,000 quintals, the resident fishery caught 171,000 quintals. These figures show that, while the resident fishery declined, the migratory fishery fared worse. The resident population, though, actually increased. Out-migration to the American colonies ended when the Revolution began, and the risks of the trans-Atlantic voyage combined with the likelihood of being pressed into the Royal Navy had encouraged many fishermen to remain in Newfoundland, where there were new opportunities generated by the expanding trade with the West Indies and the shipping it required. The expansion of the military garrison through the creation first of a militia, and later a provincial regiment caused more people to stay.
Map of St. John's, 1784
This map shows Fort Townshend and Fort William. The expansion of the military garrison in Newfoundland resulted in an increased resident population.
A. Fort Townshend
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Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections (Coll - 193, 12.04.070), Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL.
Thus, the American Revolution had many effects on the Newfoundland fishery and trade. Some were common to all wars of that period, some were specific. The war ended with a larger permanent population than the seasonal one. The migratory population never regained its prominence, and the migratory fishery was decimated. Though it made a spectacular recovery after 1783, that recovery was superficial. The persistence of the permanent population was both caused by the accelerated diversity of the local economy, and itself contributed to that diversification.
These changes had important implications for British policy. When the Revolution began in 1775, the British Parliament had just re-asserted its commitment to a migratory fishery. By 1783, that commitment was hopelessly out-dated. A major re-assessment of the nature and character of the British fishery and trade at Newfoundland was therefore necessary and began to take place over the next ten years.
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Daniel B. Shapiro is distinguished visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. He served as U.S. ambassador to Israel and senior director for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Security Council in the Obama administration.
The Trump administration's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has stirred up a variety of responses in the region and elsewhere. Some say that it means the death of hopes for peace. Others assert that it marks Israel's final victory over the Palestinians. And still others insist that it justifies further Palestinian intransigence.
In fact, none of these statements is true.
Advocates of a two-state solution see the embassy move as a blunder by the United States that signals the death knell of prospects for peace. But the sky is not falling. Moving the U.S. Embassy to a location in West Jerusalem is correct and reasonable. West Jerusalem has served as Israel's capital since the founding of the state, and no plausible two-state map would change that. Our embassy's presence in the city reinforces the legitimacy of historic Jewish ties to the city, which are too often denied by Palestinians.
Moreover, nothing about our embassy's location there would prevent the emergence of a shared city with two capitals as part of a two-state solution. Perhaps inadvertently, President Trump's decision has opened the door for much more frank discussion about an eventual Palestinian capital, and U.S. Embassy to Palestine, in East Jerusalem.
Long a taboo in both Israeli and American politics, the ice is beginning to break. White House officials reportedly informed Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman last month that Trump's emerging peace plan would call for Israel to transfer four Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority. That's a start.
The precise boundaries could be determined only in negotiations, and Israel would need to remain connected with key holy sites. Those talks may not happen under the current Israeli and Palestinian leadership, but openly discussing this necessary aspect of a realistic, conflict-ending two-state solution – which remains the United States' strategic objective — will prepare the ground for when there are leadership changes.
Meanwhile, triumphalists in Israel and the United States think that the embassy move means that Israel has "won" the conflict. (As Axios's Barak Ravid has reported, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is now demanding that the Palestinians accept any offer Trump puts on the table, suggesting he shares this view.) But these declarations of victory are premature. It is true that Israel is strategically stronger than ever, that its legitimacy is more widely recognized and that it enjoys gradual warming with a range of Arab states. These are all welcome developments. Yet however good that feels, the inexorable demographic dilemmas of how Israel can maintain both its Jewish and its democratic character while controlling all of the West Bank and its Palestinian population have not changed at all.
On this subject, the crown prince is a good example of the principle that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." His statements — which betray his limited understanding of Israeli-Palestinian final status issues, the realities of Palestinian politics and the limits of Saudi influence — may delude some in Israel that the hard decisions can be avoided. But they can't, and eventually, a future Israeli government will have to make some wrenching choices. Ongoing expansion of settlements outside of blocs that could be accommodated in land swaps only makes those choices harder.
Even the crown prince acknowledges that the Saudis cannot normalize relations with Israel without meaningful progress toward a two-state solution. If the conflict simply festers, Israel could squander the real opportunity for full integration into the region. So Israel's own interests still require finding a path to end the conflict in two states, or at least to keep that prospect alive.
At the same time, some Palestinians insist they can increase Israel's isolation by demanding one-person, one-vote and screaming "apartheid." But this is not a winning strategy. Palestinians can hold out and refuse to tell hard truths to their own people about the legitimacy of a Jewish state, Israel's permanence and the immorality of violence, but their ability to generate pressure on Israel is declining.
Continuing to refuse to negotiate — Palestinian leaders today even boycott talks with U.S. officials — will produce neither one state with full citizenship for West Bank Palestinians, nor relief for those in Gaza suffering under Hamas's rule, nor crushing pressure on Israel. Rather, it will mean a slow, grinding perpetuation of the status quo-minus.
Palestinians need new leadership, particularly after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas disgraced and disqualified himself with a series of vile anti-Semitic canards. Unless those who follow him address the Israeli public's legitimate anxieties about Palestinian intentions, their people will continue to languish while much of the world shrugs its shoulders, turns away from a hopeless cause and makes high-tech deals with Israel.
The U.S. Embassy in Israel belongs in Jerusalem, and I will join those celebrating this overdue step. But the next day, surprisingly little about this conflict will have changed. The current leaders may be unable to act to pull out of their stalemate, but reality will find a way of forcing their successors to confront their illusions.