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Conrad Aiken Interview Paris Review 1968
I just came across a copy of an interview on the Net originally given by Conrad Aiken to the Paris Review in 1968. There are many references to Lowry in the interview.
The painting above is Edward Burra's John Deth(Homage To Conrad Aiken)1930. This painting must date from when Conrad Aiken returned to Rye, Sussex to mentor Lowry while Lowry was at Cambridge. Burra, who by all accounts had a fraught relationship with Lowry, would have met Malc in Rye in late 1930. I wonder whether Malc is featured in Burra's painting?
In a later post, I will return to Burra and his love of jazz which would have at least given him some connection with Malc.
Labels: Conrad Aiken, Edward Burra, Lowry at Cambridge University, Lowry In Rye, Lowry's Jazz
Malcolm Lowry & Northern Soul
Volcanos Storm Warning Arctic
Ronnie Forte That Was Whiskey Talking Forte
When I began this project on Malcolm Lowry, I joked with a friend that I would love to find a connection between Malc and my love of soul music. Over this last weekend, I found that link in the fact that one of the cinemas Lowry frequented in the 1920's called the The Century Theatre in Liverpool later transformed into the one of the original homes of what became known as Northern Soul as the Mardi Gras Club in the 60's.
I have posted 2 tracks which have vague references to Lowry to give a taste of the Northern Soul scene.
The Century Theatre was a regular haunt of Lowry's in 1928 according to an interview given by Jay Leyda, a Canadian friend of Lowry's, to Miguel Mota and Paul Tiessen for their book The Cinema Of Malcolm Lowry. Mota and Tiessen only identified the cinema as the "home of the unusual films". However, I was able to identify the cinema frequented by Lowry after reading Picture Palaces Of Liverpool by Harold Ackroyd. Lowry would have enjoyed the irony that the theatre was a former Weslyean Chapel before becoming a cinema in 1908.
Apparently, the cinema specialised in showing rare continental films during this period including Murnau's The Last Laugh and Faust, Ludwig Berger's The Waltz Dream and Fritz Lang's Dr Mabuse.
Unfortunately, the theatre was demolished in the 1970's and the site re-developed into a car park.
The photograph below shows the Mardi Gras Club circa late 1950's
Labels: Century Cinema, Fritz Lang, Lowry's Cinema, Lowry's Liverpool, Ludwig Berger, Mardi Gras Club, Murnau
Tonight, I was musing about work in progress on the blog while I walked on New Brighton beach after the crowds drawn by the warmest day of this year had dispersed. I decided as I reached the 100th post to note what I have planned:
The Voyage That Never Ends - The ships Lowry sailed on and the ports he visited
Interview with Bryan Biggs Artistic Director Bluecoat on Lowry's Centenary Festival in Liverpool
Cambridge Film Guild Season 1929-30 - complete the list of films
Vancouver Film Club - review all the films seen by Lowry circa 1949/50 in style of Cambridge Film Guild posts
In Lowry's Footsteps - a collection of close-up shots of places near the River Mersey promenades featured in Ultramarine
Lowry's Theatres/Cinemas on Wirral
A second Malc's Jazz Mix
More art inspired by Lowry
Please keep dropping in as I have many more posts lined-up and thanks for everyone's support and feedback.
Eisenstein's The General Line
Eisenstein's The General Line is the next in a series of posts on the films shown by the Cambridge Film Guild in the season 1929/30 while Malc was a student at Cambridge.
There are many references to Eisenstein in Lowry's work and I will be returning to them in the course of other posts on Lowry's cinema.
Labels: Eisenstein, Lowry at Cambridge University, Lowry's Cinema
Bass Ale Blues
Original Memphis Five Bass Ale Blues
I recently included the above track Bass Ale Blues by the Original Memphis Five in a post on the band. This set me off thinking about Bass Ale which I have enjoyed drinking over the years.
Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton like many large companies in the early 20th Century organised annual trips out for their workers. In 1904, Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton organised a trip to Liverpool and New Brighton. The company produced a booklet to help their workers navigate their way around Liverpool and New Brighton. The booklet was reproduced a number of years ago and provides a fascinating insight into what the trips offered but also contained some interesting details such as where to find Bass Ale.
Lowry must have liked a glass of this strong beer as he has the Reverend Bill Goodyear (one of Lowry's many semi-autobiographical figure in his work) drink a glass with Firmin aboard the ferry whilst crossing the Channel in the short story 30th June 1934.
Here are some the pubs in the New Brighton area which served Bass Ale and which must have been familiar to Lowry in his visits back to his birthplace to have fun in the mid-20's to late 20's:
Many of those pubs are still with us today:
The Magazines, one of the pubs listed above, was a primary reason why I located to where I currently live because I fell in love with the area while frequenting the pub in the 70's and 80's. I now call The Telegraph my local mainly because I prefer the ambiance and the beer! Though you do do lose the river views. Probably my favourite memories of drinking Bass go back to my early years of working in Liverpool and drinking in the lunch time at the White Star pub which is one of Liverpool's most famous pubs because of its Beatle's connections.
Whilst writing this post, I discovered that Edward Manet in his famous painting Bar at the Folies-Bergère included bottles of Bass on the bar which I had never noticed before! If you visit the Wikipedia site on Bass Ale you will see that the drink has featured a lot in art.
Labels: 30th June 1934, Bass Ale, New Brighton, Original Memphis Five
Django Reinhardt Sweet Georgia Brown
Some more Django as promised! This was one of Lowry's favourite sides by Django.
Clfford "Ukulele Ike" Edwards Story
I have been continuing my research into the ululele and jazz music in the 1920's. There are no direct references to Clifford Edwards in Lowry's work but Edwards was the the most popular ukulele player in the world during the time that Lowry was devoted to the instrument. In addition, Edwards played with Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti who were amongst Lowry's favourite jazz players. So it is safe to assume that Lowry would most likely have been aware of Edward's work.
I came across the above video while carrying out my research into Edwards. What struck me about the video was some similarities between Edwards and Lowry. Lowry and Edwards were both alchoholics and both died in sad circumstances. However, the most striking thing for me was the apparent lack of awareness in Edward's home town of Hannibal USA of Edward's achievements. I think if I went out in my home town of New Brighton and Lowry's birthplace we would have the same reaction - Malcolm who? I thought he lived in Salford!
Here is more of Ukulele Ike with Eddie Lang:
Labels: Cliff Edwards, Eddie Lang, Lowry's Jazz, New Brighton, Ukulele
The Rex Santa Monica
I am currently working on posts featuring the ships Lowry sailed on during this lifetime.
I was a bit confused when I read a reference to him visiting The Rex while he was in Hollywood in 1939. I discovered that The Rex was an offshore gambling ship which featured jazz bands and plenty of booze which would have appealed to Lowry. However, the advert featured one of the world's greatest liners The Rex which certainly not the ship boarded by Malc.
This is the story of The Rex below:
You can see a photograph of the ship Lowry visited below and you can read more about this gambling ship on Los Angeles Almanac.
You can read more about Lowry's visit to The Rex in Bowker's Pursued By Furies Pgs 251-52
Labels: Hollywood, Lowry's Jazz, The Rex, The Rex Santa Monica
Quintette du Hot Club de France Paris, May 4th 1936
Quintette du Hot Club de France: Stephane Grappelly (Vin), Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret (G), Lucien Simoens(b), Freddy Taylor (Vcl)
I was feeling in the mood for a few jazz sides tonight. Here is another favourite band of Malc's which he must have discovered while in Paris during the early summer of 1934. I will be back with a Django Reinhardt mix in the near future and I will also be featuring the band on my next Malc's Jazz Mix.
Labels: Django Reinhardt, Quintette du Hot Club de France
Adrian Rollini and his Tap Room Gang Weather Man 1935
I follow on from the last post on Joe Venuti's Tap Room Blues with a feature on Adrian Rollini who accompanied Joe Venuti on that track.
Adrian Rollini was a child prodigy on piano; at age four he played a recital at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (34th sreet and 5th Avenue) in New York. He led his own band at age 14 and began playing with the California Ramblers in the early 1920s. The band also featured Red Nichols, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey.
While in that band Rollini developed his distinctive style of bass saxophone playing. He played in Red Nichols' Five Pennies and appeared on many of Red's recording sessions. He also worked with Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra and recorded with Cliff Edwards and Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang.
Labels: Adrian Rollini, Bix Beiderbecke, Cliff Edwards, Frankie Trumbauer, Joe Venuti, Lowry's Jazz, Red Nichols
Erick Wessels Under The Volcano
Erick Wessels
Labels: Art Inspired By Lowry, Under The Volcano
Felicia Webb Under the Volcano
Felicia Webb
400,000 subsistence farmers live in small villages around the folds of the Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico. The volcano is predicted by scientists to be one of the most dangerous in the world, but villagers, whose ancestors lived there since Aztec times, refuse to leave their homes and land.
Dennis McGonagle Under The Volcano
Dennis McGonagle
John Steins Under The Volcano
John Steins
Vote For Malc!
I urge all Lowryans as part of raising Malc's profile in his Centenary to vote for Malc to be included in the mapping of Liverpool:
Liverpool Daily Post is currently running a vote to find which 20th / 21st Century cultural Liverpudlians helped put Liverpool on the map. Oh no you say, not another vote about Scousers? However the results from this vote will actually will be around for a very long time, so your input is important. International artists Inge Panneels and Jeffrey Sarmiento will be using the results in 'The Liverpool Map', a large glass sculpture they are creating for the new Museum of Liverpool.
So your vote really will count, plus if you believe anybody is missing from the list you still have a chance add them. Just click on this link Liverpool Map Vote to get voting.
Please act soon as the vote closes on 31st May; it will only take a couple of minutes.
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Labels: Lowry Centenary Liverpool 2009
A Drunken Tribute From Malc
Undated. An unaddressed tribute apparently paying compliment to the son (daughter?) of the writer of "The Lonely Faun," Reginald Redman, a noted jazz composer. Signed "Malcolm Lowry" on verso and "Malcolm (not Michael) Lowry" on the front. In addition to the other text, on each side Lowry has written the fragment "green ties among the supervisor's candles blues." Lowry's tribute, presumably never sent, was apparently written in a drunken state, as might be expected, and he repeats his sentiments, and self-doubts, several times for emphasis, in commenting on the recipient's volume (or writing) "Thought." "Let me pay my small alcoholic tribute. At any rate The Lonely Faun is wunderbar and Thought is - is - is - one of the huge fragilities before which comment is disgusting." 7" x 9". Folded in half, with prominent drink stain; very good. A revealing glimpse of the author's urgent, and self-critical, perception and commentary. Manuscript material by Lowry, the author of the classic Under the Volcano, is exceedingly rare. ILAB
Ray Pride Notch.d
Ray has posted a series of photogrpahs inspired by Under The Volcano on Shark forum.
Now he was the one dying by the wayside where no Good Samaritan would halt…
How could he have thought so evil of the world when succour was at hand all the time?
And now he had reached the summit. Malcolm Lowry Under The Volcano
James Eldin Reed Pacific Northwest Renaissance
Pacific Northwest Renaissance: Religion and Cultural Modernism in an Unfinished Landscape A Work-in-Progress by James Eldin Reed. This essay places Malcolm Lowry in the Pacific Northwest Rennaissance.
The above picture is by Emily Carr, Blunden Harbour, 1931-32.
Labels: Lowry At Dollarton
Observations Under The Volcano
Director Christian Blackwood filmed this documentary of John Huston directing his actors and camera crew as he created the 1984 film version of Lowry's Under the Volcano.
Blackwood shows how scenes were developed, run through, and then completed -- and offers clips of the final product. He interviews people on the set about the history of the film and asks for their interpretations of characters or of other people or events connected with the shoot.
Labels: Under The Volcano Movie
Christian Lagat Under The Volcano
"No se puede vivir sin amar"
Cuenavaca (Cuauhnahuac during the pre-hispanic era), Palacio Cortez , few days after the Day of the Dead.
As I was visiting the Palace of Fernando Cortez, the Malcom Lowry book "Under the Volcano" in my pocket (youth is beautiful!), I saw this little altar, dressed in his honnor! Very touching.
"Le gusta este jardin que es suyo?
Evite que sus hijos lo destruyan!"
Check out more of Christian Lagat's photos.
Under The Volcano Workshops In Tepoztlán Mexico
Under The Volcano Workshops
Alejandro Mos Riera Under The Volcano
Alejandro Mos Riera born Oviedo (1978) Spanish poet & painter
Pierre Alechinsky's Under The Volcano
Pierre Alechinsky born Belgium 1927.
An edible Under The Volcano!
Apparently, a culinary delight inspired by Lowry's Under The Volcano featured in the 2007 International Edible Book Festivalworld and was consumed sometime during the event.
Under The Volcano New York
Here's another bar inspired by Lowry's Under the Volcano in New York:
You don't have to have read Malcolm Lowry's novel of the same name to appreciate this Mexican-inspired neighborhood hangout. But you do have to like crowds. This would be a perfect after-work spot in a relatively barren area, if everyone else didn't think the same thing. Under the Volcano is always packed to the hilt with music blaring too loudly for the decent literary conversation the brown leather, golden-lit venue begs for. But if you can squeeze through to the bar, the impressive stock of top-shelf tequilas and over 20 beers will make you feel at casa in no time. The crowd is mixed like its neighbor (with the same owners), The Ginger Man; buttoned-up after-work suits mix with lit hipsters and frat guys. But by the end of the night and a few shots of tequila, they all look the same.
12 E. 36th St.
(5th & Madison Aves.)
Starevich's The Portrait 1915
Lowry held Gogol in high regard, as shown in a letter to Conrad Aiken in late February 1940, where Lowry used the Russian writer as a benchmark to compare the quality of his own work against in particular Under The Volcano which was still in draft in 1940.
I came across the above film version of the Gogol short story The Portrait while researching films for posts on the Cambridge Film Guild 1929/30 season. The film was directed by Russian filmmaker Vladislav Starevich best remembered as a pioneer of puppet animation.
Labels: Conrad Aiken, Gogol, Vladislav Starevich
Kozinstev & Trauberg The Club of the Big Deed (С.В.D.) 1927
This post returns to the films shown at the Cambridge Film Guild in the season 1929-30 while Lowry was a student at the University.
The Club Of The Big Deed is an early collaboration between Kozintsev and Trauberg, the originators of F.E.K.S. (Factory of the Eccentric Experimental Actor), is set during the revolutionary period of the Decemberist movement of 1825.
Born in 1905 in Kiev, Ukraine, Grigori Kozintsev started to make films after his studies at Imperial Academy of Arts in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). In 1921 together with Leonid Trauberg he founded The Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS). Rooted in the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s, his first silent feature films "The Overcoat" (1926) and "New Babylon" (1929) collaborations with Leonid Trauberg) which are influenced by expressionism.
I have not been able to discover any stills for the film. You can read a synopsis of the film on Silents Are Golden. You can also view the film on Fimografia Cine Mudo but you will need to download peer to peer software to view.
The above clip is taken from Kozinstev & Trauberg's other collaboration entilted The Overcoat 1926 which is based on the Gogol story. Gogol was one of Lowry's favourite writers and I will return shortly with a post about Lowry on Gogol. You can watch the whole of The Overcoat on Youtube in segments.
Labels: Kozinstev, Lowry at Cambridge University, Lowry's Cinema, The Club of the Big Deed, Trauberg
Bryan Biggs & Helen Tookey Editors: Malcolm Lowry: From the Mersey to the World
Helen Tookey mailed me today with the final details of the new book on Lowry that she is editing with Bryan Biggs called Malcolm Lowry: From the Mersey to the World.
I was very proud to be asked to contribute to the new book. My involvement in both the book and the forthcoming festival to celebrate Malc's centenary later this year have galvanised me to bring all my research on Lowry's work into this blog. I thank both Helen and Bryan for supporting my work and giving me focus after years of researching about Lowry and doing nothing with my discoveries.
Here are some details about the book:
Malcolm Lowry described Liverpool as 'that terrible city whose main street is the ocean'. Born on the Wirral side of the river Mersey, Lowry's relationship to the Merseyside of his youth informs all of his writing and Liverpool itself continued to hold tremendous significance for him, even though he never returned.
On the occasion of the centenary of his birth in 2009, the Bluecoat, Liverpool's contemporary arts centre, is working with a group of Lowry enthusiasts in the city and international experts to celebrate this event with an exhibition and related programme (25 September–22 November) examining Lowry's life and work. The book will be an integral part of this celebration.
The publication will follow a similar trajectory to that of the Bluecoat exhibition, visiting points on Lowry's compass, and comprising twelve sections (reflecting the symbolically significant twelve chapters of Lowry's masterpiece, Under the Volcano). It will combine academic and personal perspectives on Lowry and will integrate images of works from the exhibition and other illustrations. It will consist entirely of new research, some of it into lesser-known aspects of Lowry, as well as creative writing in response to his life and work.
Ian McMillan, 'Malcolm Lowry: who he was and who I was and who I am'; Colin Dilnot, 'Lowry's Wirral'; Cian Quayle, 'Elliptical journeys: Malcolm Lowry, exile and return'; Michele Gemelos, 'Lunatic city: Lowry's Lunar Caustic and New York'; Alberto Rebollo, 'It is not Mexico of course, but in the heart…': Lowry seen from Quauhnáhuac'; Mark Goodall, 'Lowrytrek': towards a psychogeography of Malcolm Lowry's Wirral'; Ailsa Cox, 'No se puede vivir sin amar'; Annick Drösdal-Levillain, ' "Eridanus, Liverpool": echoes and transformations at the edge of eternity'; Nicholas Murray, 'Uxorious prose: Malcolm Lowry's October Ferry to Gabriola'; Michael Turner, 'The Malcolm Lowry Room'; Robert Sheppard, 'Malcolm Lowry's land'; Gordon Bowker, 'Malcolm Lowry: neglected genius'.
128pp., 40 colour illustrations, 234x156mm, Paperback
Publishing September 2009
You can pre-order the book from Liverpool University Press
Labels: From The Mersey To The World, Lowry Centenary Liverpool 2009, Lowry's Liverpool, Lowry's Wirral
Great Homer Street v Sea Road
Lowry's book Ultramarine opens with a scene where Dana Hilliot the main character signs onto Oedipus Tyrannus the ship which takes him on a voyage to the Far East. The story is based on Lowry's own similar voyage which he made as a mess boy on the Blue Funnel ship Pyrrhus.
This opening scene immediately sets the tension between Dana (Lowry) and his other shipmates. Though Dana, Andersen the cook and Norman the galley boy all have Norwegian roots, they are set apart by their home addresses. Andersen and Norman live in Great Homer Street in Everton which was a poor working class area of Liverpool in the 1920's.
In contrast, Dana lives on the Wirral and for some reason Lowry doesn't place his character in Caldy where Lowry lived at the time of his sea voyage in 1927. However, Lowry's choice of Sea Road Port Sunlight is significant. There is no such road in Port Sunlight but Lowry places Dana in a road named after the sea which was so important to Lowry. Port Sunlight was a model village for workers built by Lord Leverhulme ,which can bear comparison to the upper class idyllic community created in the village of Caldy built by David Benno Rappart, in that both were visions of alternatives to the slums and deprivation of Liverpool.
The tension Lowry creates in that scene is that Dana is different from the rest of the crew. The Wirral is seen as an alternative to Liverpool which is a theme Lowry continued to develop in other works.The Wirral was Lowry's first Eridanus, the name he gave to his later Dollarton home, and Liverpool which Lowry called "that terrible city whose main street is the ocean".
The photograph above shows the Everton/Kirkdale areas of Liverpool, with Great Homer Street running through the middle of the photograph from left to right, and New Brighton Lowry's birthplace can be seen in the background across the River Mersey. This photographs contrasts with the highly stylised postcards of Port Sunlight below which demonstrate the "paradise" for workers created by Lord Leverhulme.
Labels: Caldy, Eridanus, Lowry's Wirral, Port Sunlight, Ultramarine
King Of Jazz Meet The Boys
Watch some of Malc's favourite jazz players including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang together in one segement of film in the movie King Of Jazz as they play with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
Read the story behind King Of Jazz on Red Hot Jazz
Labels: Eddie Lang, Jazz Music, Joe Venuti, Lowry's Jazz
Original Memphis Five
The Original Memphis Five were one of Malc's favourite combos consisting of Frank Signorelli, Phil Napoleon, Jimmy Lytell, Charlie Parnelli, Jack Roth.
The Original Memphis Five was founded in 1917 by Phil Napoleon and Frank Signorelli after playing in dance bands together at Coney Island in New York. They were one of the most prolific of the early White Jazz bands. Their first record was actually released as an Original Dixieland Jazz Band record with the blessing of Nick La Rocca. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band had just broken up after La Rocca's nervous breakdown in 1922. Frank Signorelli was the only member of the Original Memphis Five who had been in the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.They recorded under a variety of other names including Ladd's Black Aces, Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders, Bailey's Lucky Seven, The Southland Six and The Cotton Pickers. Red Nichols, Miff Mole, and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey also played in the band from time to time. None of the band members were from Memphis or even the south. The band was named after W.C. Handy's song Memphis Blues.
Enjoy the short mix of the Original Memphis Five cuts above.
1. Blues Serenade
2. Bass Ale Blues
3. Fireworks
4. Ivy
5. Kansas City Kitty
6. Lonesome Mama Blues
7. Meanest Blues
Labels: Lowry's Jazz, Original Memphis Five
Jorge Martínez García Under the Volcano and Other Works: Interpretaciones gráficas of the Literature of Malcolm Lowry
The above etching is called Espiritus del Mezcal - Spirit of the Mezcal (Lowry) by Jorge Martínez García. The etching featured in an exhibtion called: Jorge Martínez' "Under the Volcano and Other Works: Interpretaciones gráficas of the Literature of Malcolm Lowry" held in Toronto during October 2007. The exhibition featured 33 new works, in progress since January 2006, that emerged from interpretive dialogues with, and inspired by the work of Malcolm Lowry.
Jorge Martínez lives and works in Valparaiso, Chile; he is a painter and printmaker, and also a professor fine arts and of philosophy.
Martínez was born in 1963 and grew up in Chile. He was schooled as an artist in Ecuador in the period from 1985 to 1991. Prior to his return to Chile and taking up teaching in the fine arts there, Martínez received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in Ecuador at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador in Quito and went on to become a professor of modern philosophy, the philosophy of aesthetics and the philosophy of religion at the Faculty of Theology of that university.
Labels: Art Inspired By Lowry, Jorge Martínez García, Mexico
Mexico Book Club Review Of Under The Volcano
I can recommend Mexico Book Club for anyone interested in Mexican writing and art. John Simon has written a review of Under The Volcano on the site which contains the above etching by Jorge Martínez García.
Labels: Art Inspired By Lowry, Mexico, Under The Volcano
Bessie Smith St Louis Blues 1929
I recently included Bessie Smith's St Louis Blues song in the first Malc's Jazz Mix.
In 1929, Bessie Smith made her only film appearance, starring in a two-reeler titled St. Louis Blues, based on W. C. Handy's song of the same name. You can watch the clip above of the title song directed by Dudley Murphy. She sings the song accompanied by members of Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, pianist James P. Johnson, and a string section.
Labels: Bessie Smith, Lowry's Jazz, St Louis Blues
Eddie Lang Church Street Sobbin' Blues
Church Street Liverpool Late 1920's
Eddie Lang didn't write Church Street Sobbin' Blues with Liverpool's main thoroughfare in my mind. But I love the coincidence that one of Lowry's favourite jazz players wrote a song with that street title and I am sure Lowry would have loved the coincidence. Church Street would have been a street which Lowry would have often walked down on his visits to the city. You can see Lord Street at the top of the photograph which would have taken Lowry down to the river front. Paradise Street, with its infamous Museum Of Anatomy mentioned by Lowry several times in his books, is a street off to the right at the point where Church Street runs into Lord Street.
Labels: Eddie Lang, Lowry Coincidences, Lowry's Jazz, Lowry's Liverpool
Red Nichols
Lowry makes several references in his work to Red Nichols who was another one of his favourite jazz artists. I will be featuring Red Nichols on my next Malc's jazz mix. In the meantime, enjoy these clip of video.
Labels: Lowry's Jazz, Red Nichols
Buster Keaton & The Ukulele
I came across the above video while researching 1920's and 1930's ukulele material. This classic jazz tune is performed by Tommy Mattiniero. The clip contains footage from Buster Keaton's "The College" (1927). This got me wondering whether Malc said anything about Buster. I discovered from a letter to Carol Brown, a friend from Caldy, that he had seen Buster's Go West in Cambridge while at the Leys, but though he enjoyed Brown Eyes the cow in the film, Lowry was not that impressed. Though I had to smile a the clip of Buster below which not only has a ukulele connection but the film is set in Mexico.
Buster Keaton attempts to serenade a senorita and discovers it's more trouble than it's worth. From the Columbia short "Pest from the West", 1939. It was produced by Jules White, the man behind the Three Stooges.
Labels: Mexico, Ukulele
Frank Crumit & Ukulele Lady
But Hugh, if he could not play quite like Django Reinhardt or Eddie Lang on the one hand or, God help him, Frank Crumit on the other, could not help remembering either that he had once enjoyed the reputation of a tremendous talent. Malcolm Lowry Under The Volcano
Hugh is one many characters in Lowry's novels that are based on personas Lowry may have wished to portray i.e. the jazz composer who had sailed the oceans composing songs on his guitar or ukulele. In fact, Lowry had portrayed his voyage to the Far East in 1927, which provides the autobiogrpahical details of Hugh's experiences at sea, to the newpapers who covered the story as "Seeing The World With A Ukulele".
Lowry first started playing music around 1925 on a banjo brought home by his brother Russell before the pair embarked on learning the then popular ukulele to compose songs probably not that far removed from Frank Crumit's Ukulele Lady. Lowry seems to have had a low opinion of Frank Crumit and would have probably preferred Vaughn De Leath's version as she sang with Eddie Lang and Red Nichols who were more to Lowry's jazz tastes.
Vaughn De Leath liked the booze as much as Lowry and died of alcoholism at the age of 48
I am currently collating all of Malc's ukulele references and will return with other posts about his love of the instrument.
Labels: Eddie Lang, Frank Crumit, Lowry's Jazz, Red Nichols, Ukulele, Under The Volcano
Olympia Liverpool
The advertisments were now for the Liverpool theatres. At Olympia, Jack and The Beanstalk was still playing. Malcolm Lowry Enter One In Sumptuous Armour
Here's another post featuring an extract from Lowry's early story Enter One In Sumptuous Armour. Lowry again uses a reference to a poster he sees while on his way back to the Leys school. This reference comes before his mention of the poster for Fritz Langs' film Die Nibelungen which I have already posted on.
I am currently collating all references to posters and advertisments made by Lowry in his work for a bigger project.
The juxtaposition by Lowry between the popular Jack and The Beanstalk and Fritz Lang's avant garde film is an early demonstration of Lowry's love of both low and high brow art forms.
Recent Interior and exterior shots of Olympia
The Olympia Theatre in West Derby Road, Liverpool is still in use and you can read some of the history on Arthur Lloyd's site. Lowry's reference to Jack and The Beanstalk is probably to a performance of the popular winter time pantomine.
Labels: Enter One In Sumptuous Armour, Lowry and Posters, Lowry's Liverpool
Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen
You can read Lowry's reference to Fritz Lang's classic film in a post on the Liverpool Futurist cinema. Read more about Lang and Die Nibelungen on Wikipedia.
Check out more clips of the film here:
Or buy the video from Amazon.
Labels: Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Expressionism, Lowry's Cinema
Futurist Cinema Liverpool
The advertisments were now for the Liverpool theatres.... A German film called the Nibelungs was at the Futurist. Malcolm Lowry Enter One In Sumptuous Armour
The film The Nibelungs which Lowry mentions is the Fritz Lang silent classic Die Nibelungen.
Enter One In Sumptuous Armour was published after Lowry's death in Psalms and Songs.In the short story, Lowry looks back at his school days at The Leys.
I will be returning to this story because it has many references to the Wirral and Liverpool. Lowry was a great admirer of German Expressionist film and must have seen the film The Nibelungs. What is intriguing is whether he went to see the film which was released in 1924 when he would have been 15. He certainly was a frequent visitor to cinemas during the is period. Lowry doesn't usually reference something in his work without it having meaning for him. The Futurist is still a Liverpool landmark.
The original cinema opened on 16th September 1912, the Lime Street Picture House was a very upmarket city centre cinema with a tiled Edwardian facade and 1,029 seats in the stalls and circle auditorium which was richly decorated with plasterwork in the French Renaissance style. Dummy boxes with a riotous pediment were either side of the screen opening and looked down into the orchestra pit. The lower walls were panelled in a dark oak wood. An unusual feature for such an early cinema was the provision of a lift for the circle patrons. There was a cafe-lounge located on the first floor. It was re-named City Picture House from 14th August 1916.
In 1920 the City Picture House was renamed the Futurist Cinema, a name the closed and derelict building still bears.
Chris Routledge on Futurist
Nerve Magazine article
Here is film director Alex Cox talking about the Futurist:
I was quite taken with the next video seeing that Lowry often used birds as symbols:
A bird nesting in the roof of the Futurist Cinema, Liverpool from Sean Hawkridge on Vimeo.
The cinema also featured in Terence Davies film's Distant Voices, Still Lives. Here's the trailer to the film:
It seemed fitting that while we are looking back at a Liverpool long gone that we should sample another Terence Davies movie Of Time And The City:
Of Time and the City is both a love song and a eulogy to Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it toll.
Terence Davies returns to his native Liverpool and to his film making roots to capture a sense of the City today and its influences on him growing up in the late 40's and early 50's.
Liverpool's phoenix-like rise is portrayed like it's never been seen before; how a city can change itself and the people under its influence… Read more here
Also check out Yorkie's performance in Futurist in 2004:
YORKIE: DUST 'Live at THE FUTURIST' (2004)
Earlier this year, artist Paul Rooney also made a short film for the Tate Liverpool exhibition Ideas Taking Space. The film is shot in the Futurist cinema. The film features stand-up comedic efforts by scouse group MUCK (Merseyside Uncut Comedy Kollective). I have not been able to find any clips of the movie. Here is a still from the film courtesy of Paul Rooney:
Here is the cinema last year during the City Of Culture festival:
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I purchased and received an X-Arcade machine that came with a D9400 WG monitor. I believe that's the model (the number printed on the back comes up only on Alibaba).
In any event, when I received it, all the vertical green pixel rows were illuminated. No amount of OSD (on screen display) tweaking of Green or anything else fixed it.
Out of ideas, I tweaked the HV Adjust on the daughterboard. I have no idea what that does (other than adjust high voltage I assume), but was able to turn it "up" enough that I could get rid of the green lines.
X-Arcade runs them at 800x600 via VGA on a daughterboard.
1) The monitor is crisp (for an 80s style CRT) near the center, but as you go towards the edges the 'vertical scan lines' become further and further apart, and it starts to look blurry.
By 'blurry" I mean it's hard to read the "File" menu if you put a Windows dialog up there. It's OK in games, but still looks blurrier than I think it should.
I'm a little worried that I've received a bad unit and have been crutching it by turning knobs that I don't even know what I'm doing. The HV Adjust solved 90% of my worries but left me a little spooked and want to get it as good as it should look.
BTW, the monitor is horizontal (landscape). When I mention the 'vertical scan lines' above, I mean that there are black gaps that look like thin scanlines between the pixels.
what you discribe is called blooming. It willoccour when the high voltage is groosly out of adjustment. Stop using the monitor immediatly untill you can get a service person to reset your high voltage adjustment correctly. as far as your originol problem ther are adjustments to bring up the other 2 guns if they are within range. as far as your static convergence rings yes it is common on some later tubes not to use the statick rings. The manufacture of the tube is so pricise that static convergence is achieved simply with yoke positioning.
My understanding of blooming though is that when the picture becomes brighter it will expand - I'm not seeing that at all. The picture does not move at all based on overall brightness, and in fact, never moves or expands at all.
Other than the basic RGB config in the onscreen display, there do not seem to be drive and cutoff pots.
Are you sure we're talking about blooming even if the picture does not expand?


Fatberg is a term used to describe congealed lumps of fat, sanitary items, wet wipes and other waste found in the sewer systems. It is advised not to throw too much grease, fat and sanitary products in the sewer system. Here at Maintain Drains, we can offer advice on how to prevent fatbergs and services to check your drains are working properly.
If you're wondering how to prevent fatbergs from developing, there are a few easy steps you can take. Certain things (such as ensuring you do not dispose of wet wipes and sanitary products, or throwing excess oil into the bin) will help the sewage system work efficiently. Wet wipes are much harder to 'break down' than toilet paper. This leads to wet wipes combining with other materials in the sewers, such as fats and greases, causing fatbergs. Instead, simply dispose of things such as wet wipes and sanitary towels in the bin. The same goes for oils and fats. Rather than putting them down the drains, dispose of them in bin.
If you work in a commercial kitchen, it is a good idea to have a grease trap installed. A grease trap is designed to ensure that grease and fats from the kitchen do not enter the public drainage system and cause fatbergs. In London, 90% of restaurants are contributing to the fatberg problems. It is advised that a kitchen should have regalar grease trap maintenance to ensure the grease trap is working effectively.
In recent times, a 'Monster' fatberg was found in east London sewer. The fatberg measured 250 meters long and weighed a staggering 130 tonnes, which took 9 weeks to clear. You can imagine the blockage and damage this was causing. Overall, Thames Water spend around £1 million a month clearing blockages in its sewer network.
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Tom Hiddleston left red-faced as Jimmy Fallon airs Thor audition tape
Tom Hiddleston was taken by surprise when U.S. late night host Jimmy Fallon aired his original Thor audition tape.
The 38-year-old actor appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (November 25, 2019), when he revealed he auditioned for the role of the God of Thunder after Marvel put out a casting call for "less well-established actors… over 6 foot (with) blonde hair".
He later landed the role of Thor's enemy, Loki, in the 2011 flick, and Jimmy told the star that Marvel Studios had sent the show a copy of his audition tape to the show – as he covered his face as the host introduced the clip.
The footage shows the leading man donning blonde hair as he wields a replicated version of Thor's hammer while performing the superhero's lines.
"I think we can all agree that they cast the right actor," Tom said after the clip was played, referring to Chris Hemsworth, who ultimately landed the role.
The actor will also front the upcoming Disney+ series, Loki, of which he gushed: "It is amazing. I never expected it.
"You know, I auditioned for the first Thor film 10 years ago, in 2009, and I just thought I was auditioning or a movie, you know? An interesting part. An interesting movie," he continued. "I didn't expect to be cast at all, so I've got my own show!"
Production on Loki begins next year.
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STUDIO BRIEFING TV: May 12, 2009
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ABC'S TWO-HOUR DANCING HAS LEGS
Struggling ABC, seemingly seeking to milk its highest-rated show, aired a two-hour edition of Dancing With the Stars Monday night. Although it indicated that it meant the first hour to serve as a wrap-up, it amounted to little more than a rerun of last week's performance show. Nevertheless, the hour attracted solid numbers, averaging 17.01 million viewers as it placed first in the hour among overall viewers and second among young adults. It was unbeatable in both categories in the second hour, however, as it averaged 19.62 million viewers.
LAKERS-ROCKETS GAME SETS RECORD
The Los Angeles Lakers' 108-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday was watched by 5,952,000 viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed NBC conference semifinal game ever on cable. The telecast was also ESPN's highest-rated program this year. While it averaged a 4.5 rating nationally, it pulled a 12.2 rating in Houston and an 11.9 rating in Los Angeles.
COWELL SAYS LAMBERT WILL WIN THIS YEAR'S IDOL CONTEST
One of the reasons for this season's falling ratings for American Idol may be the lack of suspense over which contestant will ultimately win. As this week's episode prepared to spotlight the final three, even producer-judge Simon Cowell was suggesting that there no longer was much of a contest. Appearing Monday on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Cowell predicted that Adam Lambert will win, because he is fearless, he's "got that 'it'" and "he's got swagger."
WHERE DID THE BITTORRENT HITS GO?
Recent episodes of Lost, Heroes and Prison Break that were once easily accessed via the Mininova BitTorrent index can no longer be found since Mininova, one of the largest BitTorrent indexers, agreed to test a copyright filter that enables copyright holders "to easily remove and ban torrents from the site," TorrentFreak.com reported Monday. The disappearance of the shows, some of the most popular on BitTorrent sites, coincides with Mininova's experimentation with a content removal tool that some analysts had predicted would not work. TorrentFreak said that now anyone trying to upload the shows -- and others -- receive a message reading, "Your torrent has been uploaded successfully. It will not appear immediately on the site, as the content will be downloaded first by a third party to check for infringing content. If the content is found to be non-infringing, the torrent will be posted on the site right away."
DISH LOSES SUBSCRIBERS, INCREASES PROFITS
Despite the continued erosion of its subscriber base, DISH network reported a 21-percent profit increase during the first quarter to $312.7 million, versus $258.6 million during the comparable period a year ago. The company reported that it lost 94,000 subscribers during the quarter, the fourth consecutive quarterly decline. "In recent years, Dish Network's position as the low cost provider in the pay-TV industry has been eroded by increasingly aggressive promotional pricing used by our competitors to attract new subscribers and similarly aggressive promotions and tactics used to retain existing subscribers," the company said in its filing. By contrast, rival DirecTV reported last week that it had added 460,000 new subscribers during the same quarter. There has been increasing speculation that AT&T will buy DirecTV.


There are 20 pet friendly assisted living facilities in LA JOLLA, California. Call (877) 311-8349. These senior living facilities in LA JOLLA allow various pets, such as dogs, cats and others. Costs and pet policies vary in each of the 20 facilities.
Seasons At La Jolla provides pet friendly assisted living care in La Jolla, California. The senior living facility can provide accommodation to a maximum of 27 pet owners at a time. With a location at 6211 La Jolla Hermosa Ave. , in the 92037 area code inside San Diego county, Seasons At La Jolla provides assistance and support not only to older adults, but to their pets as well. Seasons At La Jolla includes assisted living services such as help with taking a bath, getting dressed and individual care plans. This senior care facility allows both Medicaid and Medicare.
Ocean View Homes offers pet friendly assisted living in San Diego county, California. Up to 6 seniors can take advantage of its services and choose from multiple assisted apartment layouts. Ocean View Homes recognizes the importance of pets in seniors' lives. Although cats, dogs and other pets are welcome, there are some pet related rules and restrictions. Ocean View Homes can provide aid with bathing, dressing and incontinence care to any pet owner senior citizen in La Jolla, CA and surrounding areas. Ocean View Homes is located at 6432 El Camino Del Teatro, 92037 and provides care to seniors with Alzheimer's disease.
When looking for an assisted living facility in La Jolla, California that allows pets, consider La Casa Pacifica La Jolla. This pet friendly assisted living facility is an excellent luxurious senior care option. It has a total of 6 assisted living apartments and includes services such as pet care, walking trails and staff available 24/7. Its license number is 374602896. La Casa Pacifica La Jolla provides senior living not only to La Jolla older adults, but also to all San Diego county pet owners as well.
If you have a pet and also need help with daily living, Ocean View Homes Iii can help you or your loved one to find the assistance and personal care you need in La Jolla, California. Ocean View Homes Iii has a maximum capacity of 6 older adults who want to live with their pets and includes amenities such as on-site café, transportation services and apartment cleaning. Older adults with pets can enjoy the companionship of their pet at Ocean View Homes Iii. There are pet related rules that senior pet owners are expected to follow when staying at Ocean View Homes Iii.
Sea Breeze Senior Living can accommodate 6 retirees who have a pet and offers services such as monthly doctor visits, regular health checkups and an on-site nurse. This pet-friendly personal care facility is located at 5403 Avenida Fiesta, and it is fully equipped to provide assisted living to La Jolla, CA older dog owners. Sea Breeze Senior Living has certain pet related rules and restrictions in place.
Situated at 5996 Sagebrush Road, inside 92037 zip code area in San Diego county, Lilly's Villa Ii provides pet friendly assisted senior living to La Jolla, CA cat and dog owners and includes services such as group outings, scheduled picnics with residents and families and numerous entertainment options. Lilly's Villa Ii can house up to 6 older adult pet owners at a time and provides multiple pet amenities and services to La Jolla residents.
Located at 5557 Soledad Mountain Road, La Jolla, California, 92037, Butterfly Gardens Ii can help any San Diego county pet owner who requires senior living assistance and includes services such as Internet, help with laundry, communal kitchen and more. Butterfly Gardens Ii can provide pet friendly assisted living to no more than 6 La Jolla residents at once. Butterfly Gardens Ii recognizes the positive effect of pets on lives of senior citizens and welcomes pets. Certain pet related rules and restrictions apply. It is licensed by California with license number 374603661.
Seniors looking for senior living communities in La Jolla, California that accept pets will find La Jolla Vista, located at 5720 Desert View Drive inside 92037 zip code as a wonderful choice for all of their personal and pet care needs. La Jolla Vista is pet friendly, so San Diego county seniors can continue to enjoy the companionship of their pets while getting all the senior care services they need, such as round-the-clock caregiving, help with moving around and more. La Jolla Vista is able to care for up to 6 older adults and allows seniors to stay with cats or dogs under certain pet-related rules. California records indicate 374603858 license number for La Jolla Vista.
Located at 1645 Copa De Oro in San Diego county, Chateau De Oro enables pet owners in La Jolla, CA as well as those who live in surrounding areas to receive assisted living care. This pet friendly senior living facility includes amenities such as medication set-up and reminders, a wellness center and emergency pendants. Living with a pet at Chateau De Oro is possible for up to 6 La Jolla older adults. Chateau De Oro has an official license to provide senior living accommodations for San Diego, CA seniors who are dog and cat owners, with license # 374603065.
55+ adults with pets who require assisted living in La Jolla, California can take advantage of La Jolla Casa Fiesta, situated at 5426 Avenida Fiesta. La Jolla Casa Fiesta provides amenities such as on-site hair salons and grooming, daily fitness activities and gourmet dining. Seniors with cats, dogs and other pets are welcome at this facility. Certain pet related rules mentioned in the pet policy apply. La Jolla Casa Fiesta is capable of caring for up to 6 senior citizen pet owners from 92037 zip code in San Diego county and nearby areas. La Jolla Casa Fiesta has an active license to offer assisted living in La Jolla, California License number: 374603287.
Lilly's Villa provides pet friendly assisted living care in La Jolla, California. The senior living facility can provide accommodation to a maximum of 6 pet owners at a time. With a location at 1997 Calle Madrigal, in the 92037 area code inside San Diego county, Lilly's Villa provides assistance and support not only to older adults, but to their pets as well. Lilly's Villa includes assisted living services such as help with taking a bath, getting dressed and individual care plans. This senior care facility accepts Medicare and Medicaid.
Casa De Manana offers pet friendly assisted living in San Diego county, California. Up to 249 seniors can take advantage of its services and choose from multiple assisted apartment layouts. Casa De Manana recognizes the importance of pets in seniors' lives. Although cats, dogs and other pets are welcome, there are some pet related rules and restrictions. Casa De Manana can provide aid with bathing, dressing and incontinence care to any pet owner senior citizen in La Jolla, CA and surrounding areas. Casa De Manana is located at 849 Coast Blvd, 92037 and supports seniors with Alzheimer's disease.
When looking for an assisted living facility in La Jolla, California that allows pets, consider White Sands La Jolla. This pet friendly assisted living facility is an excellent luxurious senior care option. It has a total of 299 assisted living apartments and includes services such as pet care, walking trails and staff available 24/7. Its license number is 372000641. White Sands La Jolla provides senior living not only to La Jolla older adults, but also to all San Diego county pet owners as well.
If you have a pet and also need help with daily living, Jewel Of The Sea can help you or your loved one to find the assistance and personal care you need in La Jolla, California. Jewel Of The Sea has a maximum capacity of 6 older adults who want to live with their pets and includes amenities such as on-site café, transportation services and apartment cleaning. Elderly with pets can enjoy the companionship of their pet at Jewel Of The Sea. There are pet related rules that senior pet owners are expected to follow when staying at Jewel Of The Sea.
Home Sweet Home Rcfe can accommodate 6 senior citizens who have a pet and offers services such as monthly doctor visits, regular health checkups and an on-site nurse. This pet-friendly personal care facility is located at 1380 Rees Rd, and it is fully equipped to provide assisted living to Escondido, CA older pet owners. Home Sweet Home Rcfe has certain pet related rules and restrictions in place.
Situated at 1068 Camino Miel, inside 91910 zip code area in San Diego county, Aury's Home Care provides pet friendly assisted senior living to Chula Vista, CA cat and dog owners and includes services such as group outings, scheduled picnics with residents and families and numerous entertainment options. Aury's Home Care can house up to 6 older adult pet owners at a time and provides multiple pet amenities and services to Chula Vista residents.
Located at 222 Washington Street, Vista, California, 92084, Vista Village Care can help any San Diego county pet owner who requires senior living assistance and includes services such as Internet, help with laundry, communal kitchen and more. Vista Village Care can provide pet friendly assisted living to no more than 12 Vista residents at once. Vista Village Care recognizes the positive effect of pets on lives of senior citizens and welcomes pets. Certain pet related rules and restrictions apply. It is licensed by California with license number 374603349.
Senior citizens looking for senior living communities in San Diego, California that accept pets will find Golden Hearts Home Care, located at 10197 Spring Manor Court inside 92126 zip code as a wonderful choice for all of their personal and pet care needs. Golden Hearts Home Care is pet friendly, so San Diego county seniors can continue to enjoy the companionship of their pets while getting all the senior care services they need, such as round-the-clock caregiving, help with moving around and more. Golden Hearts Home Care is able to care for up to 6 older adults and allows seniors to stay with cats or dogs under certain pet-related rules. California records indicate 374602679 license number for Golden Hearts Home Care.
Located at 9208 Bellagio Rd in San Diego county, Angel's Guest Home #1 enables pet owners in Santee, CA as well as those who live in surrounding areas to receive assisted living care. This pet friendly senior living facility includes amenities such as medication set-up and reminders, a wellness center and emergency pendants. Living with a pet at Angel's Guest Home #1 is possible for up to 6 Santee older adults. Angel's Guest Home #1 has an official license to provide senior living accommodations for San Diego, CA seniors who are dog and cat owners, with license # 374601276.
Older people with pets who require assisted living in El Cajon, California can take advantage of La Cruz Senior Care, situated at 1882 Euclid Avenue. La Cruz Senior Care provides amenities such as on-site hair salons and grooming, daily fitness activities and gourmet dining. Seniors with cats, dogs and other pets are welcome at this facility. Certain pet related rules mentioned in the pet policy apply. La Cruz Senior Care is capable of caring for up to 6 senior citizen pet owners from 92019 zip code in San Diego county and nearby areas. La Cruz Senior Care has an active license to offer assisted living in El Cajon, California License number: 374603870.
20 Pet Friendly Assisted Living Facilities in LA JOLLA, CA. List of 20 best pet friendly senior living options in LA JOLLA for 2019 that allow dogs, cats and other pets.


UK holidays with dogs can be a real treat and a much easier option to taking your dog abroad. Whether you are lucky enough to live local to the Norfolk Broads, or if you're planning a boating or cottage holiday here, the Broads has a lot to offer our canine friends. There is an abundance of dog friendly walks around the Broads and dogs are also welcome at a number of attractions and in many pubs, restaurants and cafes.
Dogs are welcome in most open places, such as walking trails around the Broads. However, be aware that dogs are not usually allowed on nature reserves – dogs are not permitted at the RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Nature Reserve due to the careful preservation of the area for domestic and migrating birds. There is also a section of Whitlingham Broads in which dogs must be kept on a lead for conservation reasons. For your dog friendly holiday, Salhouse Broad is a great place to moor with your dogs. There is gentle slope into the water for any dogs who like to paddle, and a wooded path to the village which either takes you to the Fur & Feathers pub, which permits dogs to sit outside in their beer gardens. Great Yarmouth is also a lovely place to walk your dog. Dogs are permitted on the North Beach which is north of the pier. There is an expanse of grassland with plenty of smells and hidden areas for dogs to explore! Many of the cafes in the town will allow you to sit outside and enjoy a coffee with your dog too.
Dogs are welcome at the Fairhaven Woodland & Water Gardens, provided they are kept on the lead (25p per dog) and they'll even provide you with a poop scoop to tidy up after your pooch. Dogs are also permitted to sit outside the café at Fairhaven. Wroxham Barns welcome dogs on a lead, although there are some restrictions to where dogs are permitted, such as the Junior Farm and inside the shops. Broads Tours' river trips permit a limited number of dogs for £1 per pooch – taking you and your dog on a guided tour of the Broads from Wroxham with expert commentary from their experienced skippers. Or you could take out a Broads Tours day boat and your dog can join you for free! The dog friendly attractions help to make your UK holidays with the dog easier so that your four-legged friend doesn't have to miss out!
Most pubs on the Broads will allow you to sit outside in the beer garden with your dog. The Bridge Inn at Acle will also let your four legged friend join you inside. The Swan Inn in Loddon are very welcoming to dogs and will be more than happy to give yours some affection and a bowl of water. The Maltsters at Ranworth allow dogs to sit by their fire in the winter and bathe in the sun in the summer months. The King's Head in Hoveton have one dedicated room in the pub where dogs are allowed and they even have dog treats available! The White Horse at Upton, The Ship at Reedham and The White Horse in Neatishead are also pubs which will allow your dog in their bar areas and in their beer gardens.
Dogs are very welcome on all of our holiday cruisers. Dogs are charged at £25 for a short break or £40 per week with a maximum of 2 dogs per cruiser. We also have a limited number of lifejackets for dogs for which we charge a refundable deposit of £20. Many of our customers take advantage of our dog friendly boat holidays and we've always received good feedback from them about their holiday. There is plenty to do, with walks on your doorstep at many moorings and lots of pubs and cafes around the Broads welcoming dogs to either sit outside or enjoy a quiet lay down indoors. You'll find many locals enjoying Broads walks with their four legged friends so there'll be plenty of other pooches to keep your dog company!
Always check local signage to ensure that your dog is welcome wherever you choose to go, or check websites in advance.
Never let your dog jump from the boat to the bank before you have properly moored. This avoids any risk of your dog either slipping between the boat and the bank, or you being unable to keep control of your dog from the boat if it is on the bank.
If your dog falls overboard, we would strongly advise you not to get into the water to rescue your dog. Where possible, direct your dog to a bank where it can climb out or where you may be able to help it out of the water.
Keep close control of your dog at all times when off the lead and be aware of other Broads visitors.
If your dog is not on a lead when on the outside of your boat, we recommend using a dog life jacket.
The newest addition to our Broads holiday family is Bure Lodge – a newly refurbished holiday home in Wroxham. We are very happy to accept dogs for free with guests staying in Bure Lodge (max 2) and it is an ideal base for exploring the Broads with your dog. There are many dog friendly beaches in Norfolk, including Winterton and the North Beach at Great Yarmouth, both permitting dogs all year round. There are also lots of walking routes around the Broads and pubs, cafes and attractions that allow dogs.
Our holiday cottage in Wroxham is a great place to explore the Broads by water, with our sister company, Broads Tours, allowing dogs on board Day Boats and River Trips. Hiring a Day Boat with your dog gives you the freedom to navigate the Broads at your leisure, and make stops along the way at your favourite walking spot or dog friendly beer garden, dogs are free on the Day Boats too. At just £1 per dog, the River Trips are a fantastic way to expand your Broads knowledge as our skippers provide expert commentary on your cruise along the river.
Please do not allow your dog on the furniture, including the sofas and the beds.
Please pick up your dog's mess from the garden of the Lodge and dispose of this with your refuse.
Always pick up after your dog when you are outside of the cottage and dispose of waste in designated bins.
Bure Lodge is located in a residential area so please keep close control of your dog when you leave and return to the property.


Traveller: Traveller Tracker - redo again?
As Microsoft decided not to further develop their touch-centric Office software, which is UWP, I may rewrite the tracker software again to be regular Win32. Meaning it would have an installer rather than having to go through the whole side-loading thing. Plus the layout, despite all my best intentions, got horribly muddled. And I figured out some of the cargo things when working different versions, so it is also sort of mixed up more than I like.
While this is a very niche thing for a niche audience, it is still something that could prove useful. Most of the work I've done is still valid - it is just the presentation is bad.
I'll think about it, and see if I can get some time. Now that I am sort of back to refereeing games, my time is filled up (although the next 2 months are D&D, say hello to Sir Ray Sao of Nyong, a paladin of Pholtus!) I will be working some more of MTU as that is where we'll keep on playing, as there has been some interest in continuing the game.


Attleboro Knives offers a high quality stainless steel MIA Bracelet to honor MSG William B. Hunt. This bracelet really signifies why we are in business! Each bracelet comes with: all the personal data surrounding the loss of Sergeant Hunt, a POW/MIA logo highlighted on the end of the bracelet plus a US Army Special Forces Crest on the opposite end of the bracelet. Bracelets are shipped flat so they can be bent to fit any wrist size.


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3 Legal Questions to Ask Before Surgery
Having surgery is a major life event. Whether it is elective or life-dependant, minor or major, wanted or not, every surgery carries risk. Risk of failure, lengthy recovery, and even risk of death. Assuming you have done your due diligence choosing a surgeon, here are three legal questions to ask before going under the knife.
1 What Is the Exact Surgical Procedure That Will Be Performed?
You may have been too nervous the first few times you spoke to your doctor about your upcoming surgery. And who would blame you? Maybe you're nervous. Or excited! Be sure you clearly understand what surgical procedure you will be undergoing. Take notes. Bring a friend. Record the conversation if the doctor allows. Ask for any handouts or links to websites that the doctor may recommend.
If the doctor performs a different procedure than what you agreed to, you can file a suit for medical malpractice and battery. Given your consent to one surgery, and receiving another, is not considered consent.
2. What Are the Risks and Complications?
Have a full understanding of what to expect after the procedure is over. Not only will that help in preparing for the days, weeks, or even months post-op, but that will also provide you with a good indication of whether the procedure was performed correctly or not. If you are told there should be no complications after an eye surgery, but you can't see five days later, perhaps something went awry, and you should seek medical help immediately. And perhaps also hire a lawyer to look into a medical malpractice claim. Evidence collected sooner, rather than later, will always be key to a successful malpractice recovery.
It's an unfortunate reality that not all medical malpractice cases are taken by lawyers. Sometimes, only the ones that are a "slam dunk" are taken on, since fees are only recovered after a successful suit. In some instances, doctors and hospitals may absorb the cost of any unforeseen risks and complications (legal language just shy of medical malpractice). If you have asked about the risks up front, chances are higher that doctors and hospitals understand that you have been informed and know what to expect, and what not to expect. They may therefore be more likely to pay for any additional costs associated with botched procedures.
3. What Are the Costs?
Work with your doctor and medical staff to determine your exact out-of-pocket expenses prior to having surgery. Post-op is an awful time for surprises. You will recover best in peace, which often requires knowing how much you will be expected to pay. The medical staff should be accustomed to contacting insurance companies, including medicaid, prior to performing surgeries to receive pre-authorization. They may not be able to give you an exact figure for all costs, but should be able to give you a fairly accurate estimate as well as what is included in that estimate, such as follow-up visits, hospital stays, anesthesia, etc.
If your bill arrives, and it doesn't mesh with what you were told, you have some work ahead of you. But if you spoke with the staff beforehand, you are prepared for this battle. You can dispute your bill with the surgeon, and with your medical insurance provider. If you can't get it lowered through these routes, file an appeal with your insurance company and with your medical provider's advocate. Sometimes barking up the chain of command can help. If none of these routes prove successful, contact a local health care attorney that specializes in medical billing disputes.
And if you feel you are the victim of medical malpractice or medical assault, contact a local medical malpractice attorney, who can listen to you situation and offer you the help you deserve and need.
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The payment will increase $2,873 above the current contract with the city.
Dayton Independent Schools Superintendent Jay Brewer said that the district wanted to remain competitive with other schools, and the state allowed for more funding for school resource officers, creating the opportunity to up the payment.
Dayton High School and Lincoln Elementary School share an officer since they are so close.
Meanwhile, the board raised the annual stipend for the district's athletics director from $6,500 to $7,250.
The board also increased the cost of breakfast and lunch for adults who eat at the schools. The new costs will be $2.50 for breakfast and $3.50 for lunch.
All food workers in the district received a $1 hourly raise.
In other news, Director of Student Services Ron Kinmon said that attendance in the district was down slightly. He also reported that security cameras and a new key system have been installed at Lincoln.
The new football field scoreboard is also installed.
The board approved the last payment to the Leo J. Brielmaier Company in the amount of $69,618 for the Dayton High School renovation.
The board also approved a BG-1 for the purchase of properties at 773 and 767 Third Avenue.
(The Kentucky Department of Education notes that a BG-1 is a three page document that outlines the district's plans for properties or construction projects, along with expected costs and sources of funding. It is submitted to KDE for review before work begins.


Sicis, for the first time, participates at the AD Intérieurs exhibition in Paris, an event created to celebrate high decoration and interior design now in its 9th edition. The exhibition is hosted at the Hotel de La Bucherie, a few blocks from Notre Dame Cathedral, until 23rd of September.
For this event every year, a dozen interior designers are selected by the editors, each of whom stages a space where illustrates the know-how and style that distinguishes them.
In this special place Sicis has set up an area on the ground floor where presents its own perspective view of the living spaces, furnishings made by art masters, mosaicists, cabinet makers and other skilled Italian artisans and with the highest quality of materials.
Vetrite is one of the products highlighted here because of its versatility and aesthetic value, together with the artistic mosaic and the fabrics collections of the Maison. Each element is in harmony to form strongly evocative suggestions.
This unique event allows the general public and professionals, attracted to Paris also by Maison & Objet, and in correspondence of the design week, to discover spaces usually reserved for the pages of magazines, thanks to the creativity, quality and great stylistic diversity of the proposed layouts, contributing to the renovation of the interior design sector.
You'll find Sicis at the AD Interieurs exhibition until September 23rd. Have a real look at the refined Home design solution we chose for you.


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Aliero's C'ttee report unfair—NAHCON
Writes Senate
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has refuted all the allegations made by the Senate Aleiro led ad hoc committee on pilgrims accommodations, feeding, logistics, off-shore and on-shore.
The commission in its reply to the Senate on the allegation of fraud and misappropriation, maintained that the report of the ad hoc committee was unfair, urging the Senate not to allow the subjective view of a few individuals to derail the upper chamber from its onerous responsibility.
It will be recalled that Senator Adamu Aliero, chairman of the ad hoc committee presented a report before the senate during recently accusing NAHCON of "over bloated" charges.
Aliero said his committee discovered that the commission's procurement processes were in not in line with the public procurement act.
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According to NAHCON in its letter to the Senate said:, "The 34-page report presented on the floor of the Senate on Thursday 18th October, 2018, in our opinion, was not fair to NAHCON as none of its explanations featured or were considered in the report.
The commission also maintained that the report contains several 'findings' that are based on wrong information and wrong conclusions. "That NAHCON does not have procurement planning committee, plan or officers; That NAHCON issues dud cheques; that it rented houses in Makkah that are 5 to 10 km from the Haram; That certain countries pulled out from Saudi policy on traffic sharing; That NAHCON gives preferences to a company owned by a Nigerian; that NAHCON doubled transportation charge in Saudi Arabia from SR180 to SR360 and others too numerous to cite here are incorrect or misinformed assertions that can't be proved or substantiated."
On issues of procurement, NAHCON said it had duly observed all the provisions of the public Procurement Act in all aspects related to the appropriated or proposed appropriated funds. It stated that at every point in time there was a resident procurement officer deployed by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) to the commission who headed the Commission's procurement department, maintaining that all the Commission's procurement processes followed due processes and the records are available for examination by all and sundry.
"In light of the foregoing, I wish to appeal to the leadership of the Nigerian Senate to consider the submission above while deliberating on the Ad hoc Committees Report. I also wish to draw the attention of this distinguished institution that some of the matters deliberated upon by the Ad hoc Committee are subjects of litigation before two FCT courts with reference FCT/HC/CV/3018/17 and CR/96/18. A third suit is before another court in Kano with no K/332/2017. Similarly, one of matters raised has a subsisting judgment from General Court of Makkah no 392776 delivered on 5th Muharram, 1439 AH..
"The Senate has established a reputation of being the vanguard of justice for Nigerians. It has upheld the highest standards of legislative practice and procedures. It must not allow the subjective view of a few to derail it from this onerous responsibility.
"The Commission still maintains that the increase in the 2017 Hajj fare was as a result of the rise in the exchange rate from NGN197 /1USD in 2016 to NGN305/1USD in 2017.
All we appeal for is fairness to all concerned as the report in its totality is unfair to the Commission, State Pilgrims Welfare Boards/Commissions/Agencies.
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/alieros-cttee-report-unfair-nahcon/
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Wildlife is a precious gift of God to this planet. The term 'wildlife' not only caters to wild animals but also takes into account all undomesticated lifeforms including birds, insects, plants, fungi and even microscopic organisms. For maintaining a healthy ecological balance on this earth, animals, plants and marine species are as important as humans. Each organism on this earth has a unique place in food chain that helps contribute to the ecosystem in its own special way. But, sadly today, many of the animals and birds are getting endangered. The natural habitats of animals and plants are being destroyed for land development and farming by humans. Poaching and hunting of animals for fur, jewellery, meat and leather are other great factors contributing to wildlife extinction. If soon, no stringent steps are taken to save wildlife, it would not be long when they will find a place only on the list of extinct species. And that would not be all! The extinction of wildlife species will certainly have a fatal impact on human race as well. So, for us as humans, it becomes a great responsibility to save the wildlife, our planet and most importantly, our own selves.
The eco-system is all about relationships between different organisms connected through food webs and food chains. Even if a single wildlife species gets extinct from the eco-system, it may disturb the whole food chain ultimately leading to disastrous results. Consider a simple example of a bee that is vital for growth of certain crops due to their pollen carrying roles. If bees get reduced in numbers, the growth of food crops would definitely lower owing to lack of pollination.
Similarly, if a specie gets increased in number, again it can have an adverse effect on the ecological balance. Consider another simple case of carnivores which is getting reduced every day due to human poaching and hunting. The reduction of these carnivores is leading to increase in the number of herbivores who are dependent on forest vegetation for their survival. It would not be long, when the number of herbivores in forests would soar to such a great extent that they would move to agricultural lands and villages for their food needs. Thus, saving wildlife plays a great role in ensuring a check on the ecological balance thereby, maintaining a healthy eco-system.
A huge number of plants and animal species are used to benefit humans in one way or the other. Many of the medicines such as aspirin, penicillin, quinine, morphine and vincristine have been derived from uncultivated plants. If we talk about the ancient medicinal system of Ayurveda, it has also been using extracts and juices from various plants and herbs to cure problems like blood pressure, diabetes and many other neurological problems since ages.
It's not only the plants which are useful, many of the extracts from animal species are rich in nutrients and anti-oxidants. For instance, the oil from lever of Cod fish is rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 anti-oxidants that helps fight ageing, chemicals derived from shrimps and lobsters are used in treating fungal infections, venom of Cobra is used as a cure for leprosy and the list does not end here. Today, various species of animals are also being studied and researched upon to find cures to deadly diseases like cancers, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. If wildlife is not preserved today, there would soon be a time when human race would also be in great danger.
Human population largely depends on agricultural crops and plants for its food needs. Are you aware that wildlife plays a significant role in growth of these crops? If not, let's understand the concept. The fruits and vegetables that we get from plants are a result of a process called pollination, a reproduction system in plants wherein the pollen grains from male flower is transferred to the female flower, resulting in production of seeds. Now, for the pollination to occur, birds, bees and insects, which are few of the tiniest species on this planet, play an important role. It is through these insects and birds that the pollens are transferred between flowers as they move from one flower to the other. The crop growth can be significantly affected if the pollen carrying birds and insects are reduced in numbers for whatsoever reason. You would be amazed to know that 90 percent of world's apple crop is dependent on honey-bee pollination.
Besides pollination, many birds also play an important role in controlling pests by feeding on them.
Wildlife also plays a significant role in keeping the environment clean and healthy. Many micro-organisms, bacteria, slime moulds, fungi and earthworms feed on plant and animal wastes, decomposing them and releasing their chemicals back into the soil, thus, replenishing it with nutrients which in turn, are taken up by roots of plants enabling them to grow and develop. Well! This is not all. Do you know that the birds like eagles and vultures that are hated by people, also contribute to the nature in great ways? These scavengers help remove the carcasses and dead bodies of animals thereby, keeping the environment clean. Just imagine a life surrounded with layers of dead bodies lying near us un-decayed and unrotten. Thanks to these species who are helping us to live in a clean and healthy environment.
Scientists and researchers are aggressively working these days to preserve plants and animals through 'Gene Banks'. These gene banks are a store house of cells and tissues of scores of wildlife species that play an important role in agriculture and farming. With these cells and tissues, not only the original plant varieties and animal breeds be re-generated in times of wildlife epidemics, climate changes or any such natural calamities resulting in reduction or extinction of these species but, also new varieties and breeds with improved genetic traits be generated thus, increasing a chromosomal diversity within species. Besides cells and tissues, gene banks also store plant seeds, sperms, eggs and embryos of numerous mammal species. Storing reproductive organs, such as ovaries and testes is also getting common with the advancement in science and technology.
If we talk about what benefits the cross-bred varieties of plant and animal species can have, there are various. The plant species with improved genetics tend to be high-yielding, more resistant to diseases & pests and also contribute to soil improvement. Cross breeding has also proved to be highly beneficial in dairy cattle with improved genetic species yielding more milk, showcasing better health and fertility.
Have you ever wondered where you will go for wildlife safaris, nature photography and bird watching if there are no forests? Where will you go fishing and angling if no fishes are left in lakes and rivers or in the worst case scenario, these water bodies disappear due to deforestation resulting in warmer climates? If you have never thought about these questions earlier, this is the right time to think about them as forests, wildlife, oceans, rivers and lakes are under major threat. With humans disturbing nature at such as fast pace, it would not be long when we will have only limited options for recreation activities in the lap of Mother Nature. If we do not start thinking about saving the wildlife now, there will soon be a time when will be not be taking our kids to zoos and biological parks to have them a glimpse at beautiful animals and birds but, would be showing them the pictures of these creatures only in books bearing the tagline of 'Extinct Species' in bold letters.
Wildlife also plays an important role in improving the economy of the country. Inviting tourists from all across the globe to witness endemic and rare species through their offerings for game safaris and birding tours; wildlife reserves and forests greatly contribute to inflow of foreign exchange thereby, increasing country's GDP. It is not only wildlife safaris or bird watching that contributes to the country's economy, many other activities such as trekking, fishing and river rafting require government permits and licences, the cost of which goes into government's account. That is not all; the cost of tourist's travel, local transportation, food, accommodation and sight-seeing – all indirectly contributes a significant amount to the nation's economy. With influx of tourists, seasonal job opportunities for localites also increases significantly that again adds as a contributing factor to improved GDP. It is for this reason, many countries are today, promoting wildlife tourism even if they have to go to an extent of creating artificial habitats by importing flora and fauna from countries rich in these resources. Singapore is one such great example where the government has taken few major and unconventional steps of creating and maintaining the wildlife just to promote tourism in their country.
For many, wildlife is the source of income and provides them with their daily bread and butter. Consider the simple case of fishermen who greatly rely for their income on their daily catches or the farmers who heavily depend on a healthy crop yield for their livelihood. Similarly, many industries such as textile, paper, timber and rubber highly depend for their revenue on wildlife. Consider another common case of hotels and resorts sitting near wildlife parks. These will only earn if the park and its animals remain conserved and protected thereby, attracting tourists staying over in their resorts, which would in turn be contributing to their revenues. There are many other people employed in wildlife based ventures such as the ones supplying fishing gears, snorkelling and scuba-diving equipment, binoculars for bird-watching, porters, guides, drivers, mahouts (the list is endless), who are benefited by wildlife tourism. There is a great market across the world for exotic animal products such as leather bags, belts, fur jackets, ivory crafts and jewellery. People working in these trades also have a significant dependency on wildlife.
Don't you feel good if there's lots of greenery, colourful flowers and beautiful birds around you? Obviously, you do and everybody does. So, wildlife and nature obviously have an important role in imparting beautiful aesthetics to our planet. Forests, rivers, oceans, birds and animals; all contribute in beautifying the earth in a major way. If there are no forests, rivers and animals or birds, earth would turn into a barren land with no traces of life. Therefore, if you want to live in a place which is bustling with life, colours and happiness, save wildlife and save nature NOW!
Besides the above few reasons, keeping pollution at bay, protecting soil from erosion, maintaining a healthy weather and climate; all these are some great reasons for saving the wildlife which we all have been taught in schools from day one.
Today, almost all the wildlife authorities across different countries are facing illicit acts of poaching and killing of animals by smugglers for animal skins, tusks and horns. What these people don't realize is that today, they might be earning big fortunes by indulging in these activities but, 10 or 20 years later there would be no animals left which once used to be their source of incomes. What more? When there are no animals, there would be no forests and no forests means soil erosion, warm weather, drying up of lakes and rivers, no rains and hence, no crops and vegetation. This all is a cascading effect which every human needs to realize now. And, it's not a one man's job to save wildlife; it's a joint effort that every single person needs to be part of. The wildlife authorities should come forward with stringent plans of minimising human interference in the core forest areas and effective wildlife tourism policies should be implemented so that illegal activities can be effectively controlled. Plus, for us as individuals we should start working towards taking small steps from our homes; minimize the use of electronic equipment such as air-conditioners that contribute towards global warming, pool vehicles while commuting so that there is less pollution and less harm to the ozone layer and save water. Even if we start contributing our bits to the environment and nature, it would come back to us for our good in future.


When I first received The Noma Guide to Fermentation, I didn't think there would be anything that I could make from it. I've seen the restaurant's new fermentation lab in Copenhagen, and it is 2001: A Koji Odyssey. But the first recipes in the book are for kombucha, something that I've been making at home for years (it's cheap! It makes me feel good! I swear it makes my skin and eyes clearer!) and want to get better at. So when Noma chef René Redzepi and David Zilber, the head of Noma's fermentation lab, were in town for their book tour, I asked them to stop by and show me how to make coffee kombucha — after which I thought I'd ask them to taste what I've got brewing under my sink.
Okay. To the coffee kombucha. I had tasted a version made with leftover drip coffee at Copenhagen's Coffee Collective, and I loved the lemony acidity that the fermentation imparted. I was eager to try it at home. To make the Noma recipe with the guys, I asked the folks at Stumptown to give me 750 grams of used grounds, which they were surprisingly cool about doing. My kind of composting!
"Is it light roast?" asked Redzepi, who favors the Scandinavian style of coffee.
Hey Noma, can I come intern in your fermentation lab?
Suddenly, my apartment was chaotic. Redzepi's wife, the cookbook author Nadine, had arrived — they were headed to the airport soon. Then the Superiority Burger that I'd ordered arrived. Next, my ex brought my son back from soccer.
With the coffee and sugar syrup ready to infuse in the fridge overnight, I wanted some honest feedback on the kombucha I'd just finished brewing. Redzepi had already spooked me by saying that he thought most commercial kombuchas are horribly vinegary. "There's no fruitiness or freshness anymore. Me and David have very strong opinions on this." Zilber nodded. He, too, only drinks at the office.
David: This is delicious. This is a perfect kombucha.
René: This is the good stuff.
René: This is refreshing. That's the moment when I like them.
Emboldened, I showed them the very scary setup under the sink. Let's just say that it's obvious that I don't wash my jars every time I make a batch. "As a chef, this is really freaking me out," said Zilber. I walked him through my process, and he emboldened me further by saying that superstitions that people have around their fermentation process can be streamlined. "Sometimes fermenters tend to get very romantic about things that don't matter," he explained.
The next morning, still praise-drunk, I strained the coffee, put it in a very big jar, and added a SCOBY. A week later, I had my own taste of Copenhagen.
Try the recipe and let me know what you think! And if you want a SCOBY, please contact me for a handoff. These things multiply like crazy.
Excerpted from "The Noma Guide to Fermentation by René Redzepi and David Zilber" (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2018. Photographs by Evan Sung. Illustrations by Paula Troxler.
Bring the sugar and 240 grams of the water to a boil in a medium pot, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Meanwhile, put the coffee grounds in a nonreactive heatproof container. Pour the hot syrup over the coffee, then add the remaining 1.52 kilograms water. Let the coffee mixture cool to room temperature, cover, and transfer to the fridge to infuse overnight.
The following day, strain the coffee liquid through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth into the fermentation vessel. Backslop the infusion by stirring in the 200 grams unpasteurized kombucha. Wearing gloves, carefully place the SCOBY into the liquid. Cover the top of the fermentation vessel with cheesecloth or a breathable kitchen towel and secure it with a rubber band. Label the kombucha and set it in a warm place.
Leave the kombucha to ferment, tracking its progress each day. Make sure the top of the SCOBY doesn't dry out; use a ladle to moisten it with some of the liquid, if necessary. Once you're happy with the flavor of your kombucha—probably between 7 and 10 days from the start—transfer the SCOBY to a container for storage and strain the kombucha. Consume immediately or refrigerate, freeze, or bottle it.
Coffee-Kombucha Tiramisu: The next time you're having a dinner party, make a tiramisu, using coffee kombucha in place of coffee to soak your ladyfingers. Tiramisu is quite rich and sweet with custard, and the pleasantly vibrant bite of coffee kombucha acts as a perfect counterpoint.
Parsnips Glazed with Coffee Kombucha: Let's say you've got a pan of peeled and quartered parsnips, caramelizing gently in foaming butter on the stove. Two minutes before removing them from the pan, throw in a sprig each of sage and thyme, turn up the heat a bit, and deglaze with about 120 milliliters coffee kombucha. Swirl the pan, paying attention as the mixture thickens and begins to stick to the parsnips. At the last minute, add a big spoonful of butter and allow it to melt and glaze the parsnips. Remove from the pan and finish with a sprinkling of smoked salt.