Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Hertfordshire Constabulary (BCH) continue to make progress with their collaboration programme which aims to provide a better, more efficient service to the public and to cut costs.
At a Summit meeting on 28 January, the three Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners formally signed a Section 22 Collaboration Agreement for ICT. This follows the formal signing of Section 22 Collaboration Agreements at the end of 2016 for Public Contact (which includes control rooms) and the newly collaborated Firearms and Explosives Licensing and Human Resources functions.
This agreement has led to the appointment of Ian Bell as the Head of BCH ICT. The next stage will be to appoint a single Senior Management Team who will have responsibility for both day to day business and the move to a fully collaborated ICT function to support the three forces. The appointment of a Senior Management Team will be subject to staff consultation.
Cambridgeshire Chief Constable Alec Wood added: "The collaboration of ICT is another step forward in our plans to increase efficiencies across the three forces.
The ambitious Strategic Alliance between BCH is an ongoing programme of work that focuses on the collaboration of operational and organisational support functions as a way of protecting frontline policing while achieving savings to meet the current financial shortfall.
In addition to increased resilience and economies of scale, collaboration is an opportunity to implement best practice and new technology across the three forces and refine processes so local communities benefit from the most efficient and effective services possible.
This on-going programme of collaboration supports the three force collaboration already in place across a number of Protective Services functions (operational functions that are delivered to support locally-based crime investigation, response and neighbourhood policing, e.g. Firearms and Roads Policing) with these areas also being reviewed and refined.


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Mum blocked for 'stealing' friend's baby name
Ariane Beeston
Feb 25 2019 at 11:30 AM
Mum blocked for 'stealing' friend's baby name. Photo: Alamy
Choosing a baby name is fraught at the best of times, but what happens when the moniker you decide on results in a broken friendship?That's exactly what happened to one woman who took to the forum Mumsnet with her story.
"I've recently had a baby boy and my husband had chosen a name that we both liked," she writes, adding that although the moniker meant a lot to her husband, it's also the name of her friend's six-year-old son.
As her pregnancy progressed, the name continued to top their list, so the mum decided to ask her friend if she was okay with them using it. "For context, my friend has never met my partner or been to my house," she writes. "I see her about three - four times a year which I tend to instigate and we don't live in the same area."
The friend replied that she didn't mind, adding that "finding names is hard."
Not long after her son was born, however, the woman noticed that her mate had deleted her from social media. " I found out from a mutual friend she was hurt that we had called our son the same name as her son," the poster writes. "She hasn't spoken to me directly about this and I feel incredibly offended that she has deleted me and obviously can't bear to look at any pictures of our baby who shares the same name as her son."
While she didn't reveal the name, the poster noted that it was "fairly common".
"Would you react this way?" she asked the forum.
And the general consensus was "hell no."
"Names don't belong to anyone as sole possessor, and you'd asked her and she'd said OK!" one mum wrote. "She's got nothing to feel hurt over."
"She's done you a favour blocking you," said another. "People that oversensitive will not ever bring much joy into your life!"
Others shared their own baby name "horror" stories. "A cousin told me that I couldn't use the name I wanted for my son because she'd used it for her son several years before," one woman wrote. "It was my deceased father's name!"
But not everyone was quite so easygoing. "I'm pissed off because there's thousands of names to choose from but my partner's best friend is wanting to call his baby a diminutive of our baby's name if they have a boy," another mum said. "I'm literally praying they have a girl. I know general consensus is that nobody owns a name but it can take months to lovingly choose a name for your child so it's irritating when a friend decides to copy."
"If one of my best friends that I see weekly and have regular play dates used my daughter's name I'd be a bit annoyed, or if it was a very unusual name," admitted another.
A 2018 survey conducted by BabyCenter found that one in five mums-to-be ends up considering a different baby name because someone "stole" the one she originally chose.
But while baby name "theft" might seem like a modern phenomenon, it was actually the subject of a Seinfeld episode back in the 90s. In it, George, played by Jason Alexander, tells his partner, Susan, that he wants to name their future child "Seven". While Susan gives the name a hard pass, her pregnant cousin loves it and decides to use it for their baby, much to George's dismay.
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Dan Lloyd has won the second race of the weekend at Silverstone, stamping his authority for the 2018 TCR UK Touring Car Championship's drivers' title, after driving through from eighth to the lead in five laps in his WestCoast Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR.
Stewart Lines started from pole position in his Maximum Motorsport Cupra TCR, but lost out at the start to Andreas Bäckman, with the 22-year-old Swede blasting through the gap between Lines and the other front row starting Cupra of Olli Kangas to lead the way into Copse.
Kangas was up to second, while Race 1 rivals Dan Lloyd in the second WestCoast Racing Volkswagen and Aiden Moffat in his Alfa Romeo Giulietta were fast moving through the field, with the two drivers up to third and fourth by the end of the first lap from eighth and ninth on the grid.
Lloyd passed Kangas' LMS Racing Cupra on lap two and closed down on his team-mate and race leader Bäckman, overtaking the Swedish driver at the end of lap five down the start-finish straight.
Bäckman was then passed by Moffat's Alfa Romeo on lap 11, but the 21-year-old Scotsman wasn't able to pull away, with the two drivers then entering a race-long battle, with Bäckman chasing Moffat's tail for the remainder of the race.
The two Honda Civic FK2 TCRs of Ollie Taylor and Howard Fuller moved ahead of Kangas' Cupra, while Lewis Kent dropped back down the order as he had in Race 1 with a turbo issue on his Essex & Kent Hyundai i30 N TCR.
Andreas' sister Jessica Bäckman made her way past Darelle Wilson's Vauxhall Astra at Copse on lap 13 and then passed Stewart Lines' Cupra three laps later to put her behind Kangas.
Andreas Bäckman was keeping Moffat honest until the final stages of the race, until Moffat then slowed out of second with three laps to go with a technical problem.
Lloyd went on to win by 4.7 seconds ahead of Bäckman with Ollie Taylor again taking the final spot on the podium.
Lloyd now leads the TCR UK series on 91 points, 25 points clear of Taylor, with Bäckman third, three points behind.
The second round of the TCR UK series takes place at Knockhill on 13th May.


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A galléroscápa-félék (Chlamydoselachidae) a porcos halak (Chondrichthyes) osztályának és a szürkecápa-alakúak (Hexanchiformes) rendjének egyik családja.

Rendszerezés
A családba az alábbi 1 élő nem és 1 fosszilis nem tartozik:

Chlamydoselachus Garman, 1884 - típusnem
†Proteothrinax Pfeil, 2012 - eocén, Ausztria; azonban meglehet, hogy a Chlamydoselachus szinonimája

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Források
Chlamydoselachidae FishBase
Ebert, D.A. and L.J.V. Compagno, 2009. Chlamydoselachus africana, a new species of frilled shark from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes, Chlamydoselachidae). Zootaxa 2173:1-18.
Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome: FAO.
Family Chlamydoselachidae - Frilled sharks
Garman, S. 1884: An extraordinary shark. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, 16: 47-55. BHL

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What are the benefits of ERP software? ERP streamlines, consolidates and automates your business processes, so the immediate impacts include increased productivity and efficiency, reduced operational costs and more accurate reporting. All these make your business poised for sustained growth. We've outlined this article in a way that'll help you learn more of ERP's advantages, then you get an overview of the top ERP systems in the market today to guide your purchase decision.
What are examples of ERP software?
In today's global business landscape, retaining your edge means being able to carry out your operations faster and better than your competitors. To do this, you need to keep up with the rapid innovations in technology and upgrade your processes according to the demands of the changing economy. One way of kick-starting your company's shift to becoming a multifaceted business would be the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program.
The purpose of ERP software is to combine all the programs you need for different business processes in one convenient platform. With its user-friendly interface, integrated applications, and highly customizable setup, an ERP platform can help you in developing a new business foundation that extends across traditional boundaries and optimizes a company's operational capabilities.
Early ERP software providers mostly targeted large corporations. However, a study presented by Rubina Adam, Paula Kotzé, and Alta van der Merwe in the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems reveals that a growing number of small businesses are utilizing ERP in order to improve operational performance and be more competitive and responsive to the changing requirements of the industry. Other reasons why companies are opting for ERP include easing the work-related burden of employees and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
Do you think your business is ready to invest in an ERP program? Here are the lowdown on what it can do to your business over the short- and long-term.
Before we discuss the many benefits of ERP software, let us first talk about what it is. ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning programs are comprehensive systems that optimize core business processes. They allow you to make use of integrated applications that can collect, store, manage, and analyze data according to the requirements of your company.
Whether you want to keep track of business resources, monitor the status of your business' commitments, or review employee information; ERP programs can provide you with the tools needed to automate, accelerate, and improve these tasks. These also have capabilities that support a variety of other business functions.
ERP software solutions were created to integrate all the tools necessary in managing a business' external and internal operations. Without it, executives and business owners will have to rely on multiple programs for different processes, making data migration and analysis too complex and time-consuming.
Back-office duties take your time and attention away from actually running your business. The purpose of ERP software is to help you quickly accomplish these responsibilities to increase your operation's productivity and efficiency. With this technology, you can automate tedious tasks such as compiling reports, updating inventory information, and monitoring your sales while reducing the risk of human error. On top of that, all these information are recorded and compiled in your dashboard, so you can get a glance of your business' performance with just a few clicks.
Delays and disruptions in your business operations can compromise your company's reputation as well as result in losses in the long-run. Through an ERP system, you can merge processes across departments, making it easier to anticipate and identify problems as well as come up with ways to resolve them quickly.
Data integrity is an essential part of any business operation. To help you ensure the accuracy and consistency of all the information you store in your database, ERP systems are geared with business intelligence tools and machine learning capabilities. These allow you to use advanced filters and real-time analytics to sift data for inconsistencies, analyze information, and generate insights on performance, so you can make the necessary adjustments to your operations efficiently and effectively.
Accessible on-premise or via the cloud, these platforms often serve as an integrated information repository for many companies. It stores data coming from different devices and organizes them according to the requirements of the users. From inventory details and sales reports to employee information and customer files, all the documents that you need for your operations can be housed within this system and can be accessed whenever you wish. This saves you and your employees time whenever you need to pull files for specific purposes, especially when you are coordinating with different departments.
ERP software is not a one-size-fits-all solution. It is a highly configurable system that supports multiple integrations and third-party applications. This way, you can easily tailor it to the unique needs of your company and even have it adapt to the changing requirements of your growing business.
ERP programs allow you to access information from anywhere and at any time you desire, but this doesn't mean that you are compromising the security of your data. These software solutions are often equipped with firewalls, restriction controls, and ransomware prevention, so you can safeguard confidential data without limiting user access to other information. ERPs also have features that allow you to pinpoint unauthorized activity within your system and provides insights on how to proceed with these issues.
Regulatory compliance is an issue that businesses across many industries are extremely familiar with. Industry standards change from time to time, making it difficult to keep track of if you do not constantly monitor it. To help you stay up-to-date on various regulatory processes, most ERP software have compliance reporting features that monitor any changes in compliance protocols and notify users in real time.
NetSuite ERP is an enterprise resource planning program for growing businesses, medium-sized companies, and large corporations. Completely scalable and fully equipped with robust features, this software solution automates different business operations. Among these processes include financial management, revenue management, billing, and inventory management. One of the many reasons why customers prefer NetSuite ERP is its warehouse administration tools, which allows users to manage their inventory end-to-end, with regularly updated fulfillment data.
Easily avail yourself of the software's comprehensive features at no cost. Simply sign up for a NetSuite ERP free demo here.
Scoro is a cloud-based business management software built for small to mid-sized companies. Catering to businesses in the advertising, consulting, and information technology industries, this program provides a multitude of tools that improve collaboration, work scheduling, project management, customer relations management, as well as data reporting. It also has multi-currency and multi-language support, so handling data for clients across the globe is easier. The vendor offers a great free trial you can try. You can easily sign up for Score free trial here.
Sage Intacct is a cloud-hosted financial management program built to boost company performance and productivity. The system is equipped with a full range of capabilities for accounting, cash management, purchasing, vendor management, and inventory management, among others. It can also generate customizable reports to help you analyze your data faster and easier. Recognized by the AICPA as a top provider of finance-related programs, Sage Intacct offers scalable cost and system requirements that is perfect for businesses of all sizes.
An omnichannel ERP software solution, Brightpearl is a great platform for mid-sized companies and large enterprises. It has a wide range of features ranging from order and inventory handling to shipping and billing management. The software also provides real-time accounting and reporting on purchasing patterns, profitability, and cash flow to help you better keep track of your business. To make your business operations a whole lot easier, this application integrates smoothly with e-commerce sites, online marketplaces, and major logistics companies.
Infor SyteLine ERP is an online platform designed to accelerate business processes while retaining quality. Offering smart functionalities that require minimal customization, this system has tools for CRM, advanced planning and scheduling, production control, inventory management, financial analysis, document automation, and quality control.
VIENNA Advantage is an integrated system that combines the power of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and document management into one convenient platform. Am open API software, this system can be implemented on-premise or via cloud. It also supports multiple integrations to allow complete configurability of the software.
Awery Aviation ERP is a web-based platform designed for the aviation industry that integrates internal and external management to simplify business operations. It assists in managing sales processes, finance operations, human resource services, and customer relations. The system also offers bank-grade security tools to help in protecting confidential information.
AcTouch is an ERP software that provides robust features for accounting, manufacturing, inventory management, invoice creation, billing, tax compliance, as well as data analysis. It is designed to help small businesses, medium-sized companies, large enterprises, and freelancers in ensuring that all cash flows are accounted for and all business operations are optimized at all times.
Kechie ERP is a fully integrated ERP solution designed to streamline all core processes, from contact management and inventory management to logistics and financial management. This cloud-based software was designed with ease-of-use in mind alongside automated synching of critical processes, thus allowing businesses to quickly solve their problems with ease while ensuring your business delivers exceptional products and services. With real-time information for data such as such as project progress and resource utilization, you can stay on top of your business operations and make smart decisions on the fly. Additionally, the software is highly configurable to suit your unique needs and specifications, which means businesses have no need to significantly alter their workflow as the software can be adapted to one's work processes.
Why is ERP Software Useful?


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Catantan returns to US, resumes bid for NCAA spot
After spending the holiday season in the Philippines, Penn State University fencer Samantha Catantan is flying back to the United States on Monday, January 2, as she resumes not only her studies but her bid to make it to the 2023 US NCAA Fencing Championships this March that Duke University will host in Durham, North Carolina.
Catantan, 20, is one of the top women's foil fencers at Penn State and she is on track for a third straight stint in the said event, thanks to her solid performances in regional tournaments last year that included a gold medal finish in the Garrett Open in November.
Catantan said she needs to continue performing well in order to make it to the tournament proper of the US NCAA Fencing Championships where only the top 24 fencers in women's foil will earn spots.
"It's hard to qualify, and when you make it, competition is really tough because it's the top 24 fencers in the US that will advance – the best of the best," Catantan told Manila Times on Sunday, January 1, after a light workout.
Even during her three-week vacation here, Catantan still followed a strict training regimen that included footwork drills and pre-fencing with former teammates at the University of the East under coach Amat Canlas at the Canlas Fencing center in Pittsburgh, Quezon City.
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Canlas, a former national team mentor and Catantan's coach at UE, said that she is one of the perfect role models of how a student-athlete should be in terms of her dedication and discipline.
"She's still the same Sam that we know. Always trying her best to improve, always keeping herself in shape knowing she needs to be ready for the competition when she returns to the US," Canlas said.
Catantan, a third year accounting student at Penn State, said that spending the holidays here was a welcome development after not being able to be with her family on Christmas Day and New Year in 2021.
Her arrival here was also a surprise to her father Jon as only her mother Aileen, and sisters Ysah, Opao and Shy knew of her plans to come back home after a short stay here in June 2022.
"I really miss spending Christmas and New Year here, with my family of course. I'm really happy that I was able to do it," said Catantan, who also spent quality time with her former UE teammates and coaches last Friday, December 30.
Catantan said she is ready to return to action as she is set to join a tournament in Kentucky on Jan. 5, then after that, there is a meet to be hosted by Penn State on the 15th.
There will also be tournaments in Temple, Duke, New York and again at Penn State before the regional meet starts.
The top fencers in every regional meets will advance in the tournament proper of the US NCAA Fencing Championships where Catantan – if she qualifies – will try to improve from a ninth place finish in 2022.
In 2021, she went unbeaten in pool play by going 20-0 but lost in the semifinals on her way to a bronze medal trophy.


Toothpaste seems like a bit of an odd thing to talk about on a nail art and beauty blog, but our teeth are an incredibly important part of our bodies and we need love too! I have a crazy obsession with toothpaste and always have at least two tubes hanging around just in case. Oral hygiene goodies tend to excite me and with Earth Day just around the corner, why not introduce an eco-friendly toothpaste to keep our smiles cavity-free and pearly white?
Tom's of Maine Cavity Protection Toothpaste ($5.99) is an ACTUAL toothpaste accepted by the American Dental Association so it's not just some random household toothpaste. It actually does work to prevent and reduce tooth decay while naturally sourced fluoride acts to remineralize soft areas in teeth before they can turn into cavities. Overtime, this toothpaste promises to strengthen tooth structure and make enamel more resistant to decay.
Final Verdict: The first time I used this toothpaste I was a bit weirded out by the taste or rather "lack thereof". I never realized just how sweet "regular" toothpaste was until trying Tom's of Maine. The taste is still minty and leaves your mouth feeling refreshed, but is less sugary in taste. I also found the foam level to be thicker than that of the regular toothpaste, but not uncomfortably so. It's not like your mouth is overflowing or anything, but it was a subtle difference that I did make note of.
Did it work any better than Crest or Colgate? I guess I won't know until I go for my next check-up in July, but rest-assured that I will mention something if my teeth have an abnormally high number of cavities! For now, all I can say is that for an eco-toothpaste, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked the taste of it and of course that all of the ingredients are human-friendly and openly shared with consumers on the Tom's of Maine website.
If fluoride is not your thing (there is a bit of controversy about it) Tom's of Maine also has a baking soda version of this toothpaste.


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1000 км Спа — вторая по значимости (после 24 часов Спа) автогонка на выносливость, проводящаяся на трассе Спа-Франкоршам в Бельгии.

История
Первая крупная автогонка на выносливость — 24 часа Спа — была проведена в Спа-Франкоршам в 1924 году. Как и соревнование на Нюрбургринге, 24-часовая гонка проводилась для спортивных автомобилей и машин класса GT.

500-километровый автомарафон в Спа был создан в 1963 году, как этап World Sportscar Championship. Этап WSC в Спа проводился в 1963—1975 и в 1982—1990. Регламент гонки пересмотрен на 1000-км формат с 1966 года, а затем на 480-км формат — с 1989-го.

Перерыв в соревнованиях был связан с переделкой Спа под новые нормы безопасности. Гоночное кольцо сократилось до 7 км.

Автосоревнование было возобновлено в 2003 году в 1000-километровом формате. Тот этап был проведён в рамках чемпионата спортивных автомобилей FIA и британского GT чемпионата.

С 2004 года соревнование является постоянным этапом серии Ле-Ман. С 2012 года входит в календарь чемпионата мира по гонкам на выносливость, и потому сменила регламент на 6-часовой.

Рекордсменом соревнования по числу побед является Жаки Икс — на его счету 5 триумфов — в 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982 и 1983 году. Только он и Дерек Белл выигрывали 1000 км Спа и на 14-километровом и на 7-километровом кольце.

Победители прошлых лет

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 Официальный сайт автодрома
 Профиль на сайте LMS

 Трасса на Google Maps


Solar energy have been an integral part of space discovery by providing power via solar panels made up of solar cells for our unmanned satellites. Due to advances in technology, it is also now available for us to tap and produce our own electricity for home use.
So how to build solar panels? You will require tools and at least a clean and dust-free work table for you to work on. Materials can be purchased online from eBay or even recycling centres.
In knowing how to build solar panels, you will also learn when to spend your money. Do not be stingy with the cost of the solar cells; select those that have their own tabs; Solar cells made of crystalline silicon are also more expensive and possess a higher efficiency rating of more than 25%.
Efficiency rating is the percentage of total sunlight collected usable as electricity. The other material is poly crystalline silicon that is cheaper with lower efficiency. However, latest technology now can boost of solar cells that can surpass the 40 % efficiency percentile; and a new type of solar cells So do choose the cells that are most suitable for your budget and uses.
How to build solar panels that generate the appropriate power? It is dependent on the number of cells. Glue the tabs of the solar cells together to ensure that there is only one-way flow of electricity. The best configuration is a series of 36, in a 6×6 format. Place the cells onto a backing board and fix it into a box that is well-insulated and painted black. Cover the face of the box by screwing down the plastic panel and sealing it with silicone glue.
Connect your panel to one or a series of batteries for storage of the generated power for release over time especially in cloudy weather or night. At this stage it might be wise to consult an electrician for help if you are not confident.
An area of only a few feet, not shaded by trees, or other buildings is required to mount the whole system on a roof. Remember to use insulated wire for the back of the mounted box to avoid heat energy loss. In understanding how to build solar panels, you will realise that it is a simple process that will contribute to your household's energy usage.
Moreover, in such times when Earth is under threat as a result of us using and extracting non-renewable energy sources like coal and oil, any attempt at utilising an alternative source is much appreciated.
Besides that in learning to how to build solar panels, you are providing a fun and educational project for your family to assist in and also educate them in the benefits and importance of green energy.
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NICCONI (AUS) (Bay 2005-Stud 2010). 6 wins-1 at 2, VRC Lightning S., Gr.1. Sire of 328 rnrs, 230 wnrs, 15 SW, inc. Faatinah (SAJC Euclase S., Gr.2), Sircconi, Chill Party, Nicoscene, Time Awaits, Concealer, Hear the Chant, Niccanova, State Solicitor, Caipirinha, It's Been a Battle, Ayers Rock, Quatronic, Exclusive Lass, Loved Up, SP Shokora, Fickle Folly, Bolero King, Nieta, Caesour's Dream, Niccolance, Akkadian and of First Class Miss, etc.
Couldn't Agreemore (g. by Not a Single Doubt). 6 wins to 1300m, A$219,635, SAJC Hyland Race Colours H., Tattsbet H., VRC Dean Palmby & Scott Millson H., 2d SAJC HC Nitschke S., L, MRC Pink Ribbon Cup, SAJC Junction Cup Lunch 2YO P., Audi Solitaire H., Schweppes H., 3d VRC Bob Hoysted H., L, 3AW Community Raceday H.
One Short (g. by Snippetson). 4 wins-1 at 2-to 1400m, A$156,060, to 2017-18, WATC Amelia Park H., 2d WATC LWP Property Group P., $5 Early Bird Admission P., Fujitsu Ducted Air H., 3d WATC Jim Chadwick 80th Birthday 2YO P.
First Among Equals. 5 wins at 1000m, 1400m, HK$4,330,050, HKJC Lek Yuen H., River Verdon H., John Peel H., Sichuan H., Chevalier Construction H., 2d Hong Kong Racehorse Owners Association Trophy-twice, HKJC Lung Kong H., Peak H., Chevalier Construction H., 3d HKJC Clear Water Bay H., 3D Gold Cup H., North Point H., Heilongjiang H.
DARREL (Distant Relative). 17 wins-2 at 2-from 1400m to 2800m, €299,318, 49,894,934L., Rome Premio Roma Vecchia, L, Premio Foro Italico, Premio Right Bank, Premio Tullio Mei, Handicap d'Autunno, Naples Premio Melbourne, Rome Premio Adelaide Adams, Premio Federippodromi, Premio Steel Pulse, 2d Rome Premio Carlo d'Alessio, Gr.2, Florence Corsa dell'Arno, Rome Premio Foro Italico, Premio Diacono.
MIDNIGHT LUTE (Real Quiet). Champion Sprinter in USA in 2007. 6 wins-1 at 2-at 6f, 7f, US$2,690,600, Breeders' Cup Sprint S., Gr.1-twice, Saratoga Forego S., Gr.1, Keeneland Perryville S., Gr.3, 1400m-in track record time, Del Mar Allowance, 2d Aqueduct Cigar Mile H., Gr.1, Santa Anita San Fernando S., Gr.2, 3d Santa Anita Malibu S., Gr.1, 4th Keeneland Commonwealth S., Gr.2, Santa Anita Strub S., Gr.2. Sire.
Captain Cherokee (Sir Cherokee). 4 wins from 6f to 8½f, US$361,845, Churchill Downs Allowance, 2d Santa Anita Palos Verdes S., Gr.2, San Carlos H., Gr.2, Potrero Grande H., Gr.2, Remington Park Sprint Cup, L, Mountaineer Park Harvey Arneault Memorial S., L, Churchill Downs Kelly's Landing S., L, 3d Saratoga Amsterdam S., Gr.2, 4th Oaklawn Park Rebel S., Gr.2.


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Lindsay Morse (née le ) est une joueuse de tennis américaine, professionnelle au début des années 1980.

Elle a remporté un tournoi WTA en double pendant sa carrière.

Palmarès

Titre en simple dames
Aucun

Finale en simple dames
Aucune

Titre en double dames

Finales en double dames

Parcours en Grand Chelem

En simple dames

À droite du résultat, l'ultime adversaire.

En double dames

Sous le résultat, la partenaire ; à droite, l'ultime équipe adverse.

En double mixte

Sous le résultat, le partenaire ; à droite, l'ultime équipe adverse.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

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Naissance en janvier 1955
Joueuse américaine de tennis


The MN Vikings have created a wonderful fan experience in their new Twin Cities Orthopedic Performance Center. The opportunities to get on the field and participate will be plentiful, as well as watching a practice. If you have time, you can visit the Vikings Museum.
Please register by June 1, 2019.


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Roundup: Group wants public search for next UW president; MIT developing teacher training model
Originally published June 18, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Community engagement editor
Coalition of faculty and students wants public search for next UW president: More than 3,000 people have signed a petition asking the University of Washington board of regents to publicly name finalists in the search for a new president. Former UW president Michael Young stepped down in the spring to take the top job at Texas A&M.
MIT working on new teacher training model (NPR): The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received $30 million to develop a new teacher training model that is focused more on competency and less on time spent working toward a degree. The project is funded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and Arthur Levine, the former president of Teachers College at Columbia University.
WSU lab works to build Chipotle a better tortilla (The New York Times): At Washington State University's "bread lab" in Mount Vernon, researchers are working to design a tasty tortilla that restaurant chain Chipotle can mass produce every day.
More headlines:
Seattle schools to vote on $325,000 settlement in weightlifting case
Universities ban smart watches during finals (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Caitlin Moran: on Twitter: @caitlinjmoran. Caitlin Moran is a Seattle-based writer and editor.


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Building a Movement of Women and BIPOC Leadership
An interview with Sarah Johnson of Local Progress
Credit: Jermaine Amado
Hollie Russon Gilman
Lizbeth Lucero
This interview is part of a series from The Forge and New America spotlighting successful stories of co-governance models across rural, urban, and tribal communities.
Collaborative governance—or "co-governance"—offers a model for shifting power to ordinary people and re-building their trust in government. Co-governance models break down the boundaries between people inside and outside government, allowing community residents and elected officials to work together to design policy and share decision-making power. Cities around the world are experimenting with new forms of co-governance, from New York City's participatory budgeting process to Paris's adoption of a permanent Citizen Assembly. More than a one-off transaction or call for public input, successful models of co-governance empower everyday people to participate in the political process in an ongoing way. Co-governance has the potential to revitalize civic engagement, create more responsive and equitable structures for governing, and build channels for Black, brown, rural, and tribal communities to impact policy-making.
Still, co-governance models are not without challenges. The hierarchical and ineffective nature of our current governing structure is difficult to transform. Effective collaboration between communities and politicians requires building lasting relationships that overcome deep distrust in government. So far, successful models of co-governance tend to be local and community-specific—making it critical that we share stories of success and brainstorm ways to scale.
New America's Hollie Russon Gilman and Lizbeth Lucero spoke with Sarah Johnson, executive director of Local Progress, a non-profit organization that works with local elected officials to build power for underrepresented communities at the local level. We talked about the growing leadership of women and people of color across the country, Local Progress's approach to organizing in suburban and rural areas, and why relationships are so important to building power. The interview has been edited and condensed.
Q&A with Sarah Johnson, Executive Director of Local Progress
How are you thinking about building civic power at this moment, especially with communities disproportionately impacted by systemic inequality?
Local Progress is a national network of 1,300 elected officials at the city, county, and school board levels working to advance racial and economic justice. We are in the midst of a tremendous sea change in who governs our communities at the local level. We are seeing historic waves of folks elected as the first woman or person of color to hold office in their communities. When we held our national convening of members this summer, we asked the elected officials, "What's your vision for this political movement in ten years?" Gabriela Santiago Romero—a community organizer from We The People of Michigan who was elected to the Detroit City Council—envisioned that, in ten years, we no longer celebrate "firsts" because underrepresented communities will soon become the governing majority. She noted that even at the local level, the demographics of elected representation have significantly fallen short of a truly reflective democracy.
Our work at Local Progress is deeply centered on the leadership of women and people of color moving into governing roles. Over half of our active members are women and over half are people of color, which is not what you find in local elected bodies writ large. A big part of our mission is focused on how to help folks who are coming from communities disproportionately impacted by systemic disparities move into leadership positions. We also focus on working with elected officials to engage and center the people most impacted by governing decisions made in the policymaking process. The core of our theory of change is to move beyond a version of civic engagement that re-establishes existing status hierarchies and towards a model of engagement that builds civic power. Both representation and civic engagement need to be enhanced if we are going to fundamentally change how we govern in this country.
How do we highlight what is working and also the limitations that exist for people who are trying to build power in their communities?
I think one of the areas the broader progressive movement is not paying enough attention to is how to capture the changing demographics of suburban areas and small towns, including how to leverage civic power and accountability in these places.
We had an amazing panel at our conference about how city management is often a very challenging system for elected officials and community members to have a real democratic impact because power is often consolidated within individual people. Eddy Morales, a Local Progress board member and City Council President in Gresham, Ore., shared about the demographic shift in his community, which became close to majority people of color. But the entire City Council at the time was white, and the whole city enterprise was essentially an old-guard establishment. Eddy ran for City Council and won, unseating the long-term incumbent City Council president. He also helped run a slate of candidates both in Gresham and the broader Portland metro area to change who was at the table for different municipalities and school boards. He instituted a management system to figure out how to move the city bureaucracy to be more accountable to the elected officials. This move involved a culture shift and created greater oversight focused on the role of the city manager, which is primarily HR and implementation of the work plan established by the City Council. Above all, he found new ways to exercise the levers of power and accountability now available to him as an elected official. It can be easy for newly elected officials to see the things that are out of their control and feel discouraged, but they can use levers like appointments and oversight to build new systems of power for communities.
I think suburbs and smaller towns are challenging but also fertile places for innovation and progress. It's a very different thing to try and reimagine public safety in a small town with a police department of 40 officers than it is in a larger city with 7,000 officers. There is a lot that becomes possible in places that are smaller where people can organize, build power, and bring communities into the process. The progressive movement too often ignores these places, which do present challenges but also significant opportunities.
Are there any lessons you've learned from efforts with smaller communities?
A lot of political and narrative work in this country holds big cities as progressive outliers. But we have found from our organizing that people are fighting for a better future everywhere. They want to be part of something bigger, and they don't want to be doing it alone. In the weeks following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, we saw half a dozen municipalities in Texas pass the GRACE Act, a law that says city funds shouldn't be used to investigate reports on abortion and the local police should make investigation a low priority. This passed in places you might expect, like Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, but also in places like Denton, Texas. Denton was actually the first municipality to pass the act, with a local council member leading the initiative. We also introduced it in El Paso and in Waco, where it failed but there is momentum to push for it again. But the main lesson here is that we need to have these fights everywhere and anywhere across the country—even in areas where we think we might not win. We use these fights to build power and resist the ways in which broader culture wars make assumptions about where progress can and can't happen.
I've also been thinking a lot about the local level in relation to the federal level at the current political moment. Obviously, we should be fighting for change at the federal level. Winning at the national scale has an enormous impact and unlocks the ability for states and localities to do so much more. But localities are particularly important at this moment when we might be able to eke out incremental wins in local communities, even if we are structurally disempowered at the federal level. Let's control the institutions we can control and then use all of their power to build some semblance of inclusive, multiracial, democratic participation—and fight for state and federal power.
What are the changing roles of cities and civic engagement in places like Orlando or Kingston or Saint Paul?
I started at Local Progress in 2015 and it was an emerging time when we began to think about transforming municipal government and shifting our ideas of what was possible. I think things like the fight for a $15 minimum wage opened people's imaginations about what could be accomplished at the local level. People realized that local governments are more than just municipal services and can be inclusive places that reflect the needs and interests of our communities. The Trump era had a significant influence on how people thought about national issues, and the sanctuary cities movement showed there was a local way to fight back. Take a city like Austin, Texas, where we've seen so many amazing progressive wins over the past decade—I think ten years ago people in Austin thought the role of city government was to approve liquor licenses and zoning variances.
There's been a lot of talk, especially in the housing discourse, about how civic engagement is flawed and can end up entrenching certain privileges. But the conclusion that we should throw out civic engagement altogether is not effective. For example, a community task force can be a terrible tool the government uses to stall progress on an important community demand. Or it can implement a meaningful engagement process that builds consensus and centers people who are crucial for that conversation.
Our work is challenging because structural interventions that are designed to help could actually do harm, depending on how you use them. For example, Local Progress doesn't have opinions about the best universal municipal election system. But we do believe that every decision we make has to be grounded in asking where we are now, what we're trying to achieve, and whether this is the right system to get us there. That is, we could do more work to evaluate the pros and cons of different forms of government, but the important thing is understanding how people actually interact with and understand these forms of government and adapting something to work for them.
Are there other players who are helpful in moving this work forward?
It's easy to think of the bureaucracy as a singular force when in fact, depending on the size of the jurisdiction, there might be a dozen or a hundred people in the bureaucracy, some of whom might share common goals and objectives as the political leadership, and some of whom might not. We work hard to support elected officials to understand the power dynamics in their jurisdictions.
There are formal ways to think about power, like who can vote for what, who controls the money, who can bring a bill forward, who implements it, and so on. I was trained as an organizer with the concept that access is not the same thing as power. But relational access, like knowing who in the organization to talk to get something approved, can be a sort of informal power, especially with an internal system like bureaucracy. We have to know how to navigate both the formal mechanisms of power and informal mechanisms of relationships and their relevance for how people operate.
Can this kind of relational work be extrapolated to other contexts?
Our members work in every type of community from Los Angeles, Calif. to Meadville, Pa. So, we do think a lot about what works and doesn't in different contexts. I come from doing political work in New York City, N.Y. and when I started doing work outside of New York, I spent the first two-to-three years just learning how nothing I learned in New York would apply anywhere else. Traditionally, our political work started out with building a coalition of labor unions, community groups, and a couple of council members. We figured if we could hold that coalition together for long enough, then we could actually take over the City Council, get laws passed, and give people jobs. That was my paradigm. When we talk about the suburbs and working in different contexts, a big part of my work recently has been about adapting this paradigm to different scales and places, where politics and government can be significantly less professionalized.
What is the approach for states where you may have small counties with candidates interested in joining Local Progress?
The way we build our state chapters is very iterative and based on energy and interest alignment from elected officials, community organizations, and other people on the ground. We are not the kind of national organization that has a 2024 political map targeting the five most important states, because we believe in fundamentally rebuilding governance from the ground up with energy and leadership that comes from communities. Our work is centered around where that energy and leadership exist. Of course, like any organization, we have to figure out how to fund that, but it is important to note that we don't have some grand national political strategy. We think about where the most local change is possible.
Since we started Local Progress, we have been trying to figure out how to build better and more effective recruitment strategies, especially in smaller municipalities and rural areas. It's much easier to do that where we are able to have staff in the communities. At the beginning of Local Progress, we had about five staff, three of whom were focused on specific states. Right now, we're really experimenting. We are expanding more of our work in Texas, and because it's really a country of its own, we have a part-time organizer who is working in its border counties. We're also expanding our New York staff by two people to have someone focused on the metro region and the other focused on upstate. Our approach is mainly influenced by [organizational] capacity.
We would like to thank Lindsay Zafir, Mark Schmitt, Maresa Strano, Jessica Tang, and Grace Levin for their incredibly helpful comments and editing support. This would not have been possible without them.
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Q: Eclipse: use Struts Actions of imported Project I have 2 Dynamic Web Projects:

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*cms

*Demo

Using Struts2 I want project Demo to use actions of the project CMS.
In Demo's "Java Build Path" configuration, in the "Project" tab I added the CMS project.

Now in the struts.xml of Demo I have
<action name="hello" class="cms.helloworld.action.HelloWorldAction" method="execute">

where the package cms.helloworld.action is a CMS project package.

Eclipse see it correctly, in fact with ctrl+right click on the class name it open me the correct Java file.
Now, in Demo's deployment assembly configuration I added the CMS project, so that also Tomcat can find the relative classes.

But when I run the project on tomcat server the log says:

Grave: Dispatcher initialization failed
  Unable to load configuration. - action
Caused by: Action class [cms.helloworld.action.HelloWorldAction] not found

It can't find the action on CMS project.
What am I doing wrong?

A: You should merge two projects into one, and put struts.xml into src. As far as I remember Eclipse is not able to reference another web project as module, i.e. you have to copy WebContent manually during build, that is why you shouldn't reference other web projects and a main project is not a Java EE project. You should also take into account that Tomcat server is not able to handle Java EE projects if you decide to develop one, for this purpose you should choose full featured Java EE Application server. Even that you have an option to only one web module.

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Home Opinion PoV Dropping 'Fair' from Fair & Lovely won't erase Indian racism
Dropping 'Fair' from Fair & Lovely won't erase Indian racism
Johnsons & Johnsons, Hindustan Unilever, and even Shaadi.com, are introspecting their contribution to racism. But re-branding products is not enough.
Rachel John 25 June, 2020
Actor Yami Gautam in a Fair and Lovely facewash ad | Screengrab
India's favourite fairness cream Fair & Lovely seems to be taking responsibility for the inherent racism and colourism that the product has perpetuated for decades. It's parent company Hindustan Unilever announced today that the product line would be rebranded and the word 'Fair' dropped from the brand name, while the company's advertising would evolve to feature women of different skin tones. Why not drop the product altogether?
The move comes days after US multinational company Johnsons & Johnsons announced that they will be halting production of their 'Clean and Clear' fairness range of products, after the Black Lives Movement protests made several companies take stock of their own contribution to systemic racism. "Conversations over the past few weeks highlighted that some product names or claims on our dark spot reducer products represent fairness or white as better than your own unique skin tone," Johnson & Johnson said in a statement clarifying their decision.
Forgive me if I don't believe these token acts of 'fairness'. For years, these products have been circulating in markets, but it is only now that these companies have developed a conscience about their role in actively contributing to impossible beauty standards and fixation with fairness, especially in India.
Despite all the campaigns claiming 'dark is beautiful', colourism and racism is a problem that persists far beyond these products.
Recently, Bollywood actors like Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and Disha Patani came under fire for expressing their support for the Black Lives Matter protests in the US. Apart from selective and superficial activism — they are mostly mum about matters back home, they are also all guilty of endorsing fairness and brightening creams. Hypocrisy much?
Also read: On International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a look at our own racism
From racist classmates to 'white' actors
This hype for fair skin affects dark-coloured women in India on a daily basis. As cliche as it sounds, children truly are a mirror to society. Once in second grade when we were studying about blacksmiths, our teacher was trying to explain how a smith is not actually 'black', as no one's skin is actually the colour black. However, a classmate of mine soon chimed in and said, "Oh but no ma'am, Rachel is black."
At that point, the word 'black' was, of course, devoid of all political and racist implications. But it was still obvious that it was something horrendously negative — it was written all over the faces of my teacher and my fellow classmates. That is when I realised that regardless of time, location, or context, the first thing that would always be noticed about me was my skin colour — and that included the classist and casteist baggage that darker skin in India carries.
Popular culture we consume is no better. When I go back to my state, Tamil Nadu, I feel at home around people who look like me. However, this sense of acceptance is only superficial at best. Just take a look at Tamil cinema, rarely will you find a leading lady who looks like me, or any of the thousands of women who actually live in the state.
No, you will see female actors with blindingly fair skin —the ideal that all Tamilian women then aspire to. Interestingly enough, this rule does not apply to men. Every Tamilian superstar, from Rajnikanth to Vijay, is dark-skinned. It is just women who have to constantly prep and bleach their skin to fit into certain standards of beauty.
Fairness as a tool for self-acceptance
Fair & Lovely ads have for years sold the narrative of how a dark woman acquires some semblance of self-worth only after her skin colour 'upgrades' to the lighter end of that ridiculous fairness scale. Want success, fame, love? Apply the cream. Even if it drops the word 'fair' now, it won't change what it has done for years. It's time to scrap the product.
Even though it is not the only product in the country that manufactures ideals of fairness, it is the most recognisable cultural symbol of the fairness fixation that plagues India. Several prominent Bollywood actors chose to sell this narrative with Fair & Lovely, and several other products — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Yami Gautam, the list is endless. The beauty industry even came out with a male version of the product 'Fair and Handsome', endorsed by none other than Shah Rukh Khan.
Selling the notion that fair skin equals greater acceptability and success clearly works, because the fairness industry is fairly well-off. By capitalising on the insecurity of dark-skinned girls and boys, they have managed to rake in a profit of over $450 million annually (nearly Rs 3,500 crore).
Although 'fairness cream' has now become an uncool terminology to use, so similar products are masked by terms like 'brightening' and 'spot-reducing' creams.
Also read: Afghan Snow, India's first beauty cream, was christened by a king and endorsed by Gandhi
Colourism in Indian matrimony
The legacy of Fair & Lovely is an enduring one. This particular product has withstood all taunts, insults, pressure and activism that has been thrown its way, and continues to be sold everywhere. According to an article by social worker and crafts activist Laila Tyabji, it is one product that permeates to the very interior of rural India as well.
And the avenue where this prejudice is most visible is the marriage mart. Aside from all marriage ads specifically emphasising the need for a fair woman, Shaadi.com — India's foremost marriage website — recently launched a filter that allowed people to search for potential partners on the basis of skin colour. Alas, they had to withdraw the filter after widespread backlash. But the fact that they thought that it was a viable feature to have on their website, to begin with, indicates how skewed and regressive the arranged marriage institution is.
An end to fairness products and ads may not magically put an end to the inherent racism that plagues our society, but it is an important first step.
Over the years, several complaints have been filed against these fairness creams. In 2015, a consumer court had imposed a penalty on Emami for their 'Fair & Handsome' cream for 'misleading claims'. The government had also banned 14 such products in 2018, after it was found that certain harmful steroids were used in their production.
In February this year, the health ministry proposed a five-year ban and jail term for promoting such products that make false claims via their advertisements.
It continues to be a long and exhausting fight, but in the meantime, we can take heart with Queen Beyonce's song Brown Skin Girl:
"Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
Never trade you for anybody else."
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Funeral arrangements have been set for William J. Kittredge IV of Hackensack, who died suddenly on Oct. 22. He was 33 years old.
Visitation is set for 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home.
A Funeral Mass is set for 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, at the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River. Interment will follow at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah.
Will graduated from St. Joseph Regional High School in 2003, where he played football, hockey, lacrosse, and ran cross country.
His family remembered him in his obituary for having a "tremendous heart, a powerful will, and a way of making everyone feel unconditionally loved, important, and included."


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Броварське повстання (1648) — козацьке повстання літом 1648 року у Броварах проти польської влади Вишневецького. Завершилось входженням Броварів до Української Держави Богдана Хмельницького.
 Зруйнування Броварів (1658) — зруйнування Броварів військами московського графа Шереметьєва 23 серпня 1658 року в ході війни проти наступника Богдана Хмельницького Івана Виговського.
 Зруйнування Броварів (1668) — зруйнування Броварів військами московського графа Шереметьєва в лютому 1668 року, під час антимосковського повстання.
 Взяття Броварів червоноармійцями (1918) — відступ 1 лютого 1918 року армії УНР до Києва і окупація міста радянською Росією.
 Звільнення Броварів (1918) — відступ 3 березня 1918 року червоної армії, та зайняття міста німецькими і українськими військами.
 Битва за Бровари (1919) — бій що тривав 27 січня 1919 року — 1 лютого 1919 року між червоною армією і військами УНР. Завершився окупацією міста червоною армією.
 Взяття Броварів білогвардійцями (1919) —  бій, що відбувся 26 — 27 серпня 1919 року між білогвардійцями і червоною армією за контроль над містом, в результаті бою радянські війська залишили Бровари.
 Взяття Броварів червоноармійцями (1919) —  бій, що відбувся  10 грудня 1919 року між білогвардійцями і червоною армією за контроль над містом, в результаті бою радянські війська зайняли Бровари.
 Битва за Бровари (1920) — серія боїв, що тривали 11 травня 1920 року — 8 червня 1920 року між червоною армією і об'єднаними польсько-українськими військами. Бої завершилися окупацією міста червоною армією і встановленням в місті радянської влади.
 Взяття Броварів (1941) — зайняття німецькими військами Броварів 19 вересня 1941 року.
 Взяття Броварів (1943) — зайняття червоною армією Броварів і відновлення радянської влади у місті 25 вересня 1943 року.
 Бої за Бровари (2022) — спроба захопити місто військами Росії під час повномасштабного вторгнення на територію України. Бої закінчилися перемогою українських військових сил та відступом Росії.


This recently published study investigates the genotype and diversity of Pasteurella multocida present in pig herds and determines the extent of overlap with isolates from poultry flocks in Australia. Do the isolates vary? A very interesting study not only for Australia.
Fine‐needle aspirates from a perianal mass on an 8‐year‐old, intact male, Miniature Poodle presenting for tenesmus showed a uniform population of well‐differentiated hepatoid cells with no notable criteria of malignancy. The cytologic diagnosis was a perianal gland tumor, with adenoma likely given the cytomorphology. A Standard case, the therapeutic options include surgical or hormonal castration. Is this the right decision?
An 11‐year‐old Trakehner gelding was presented for evaluation of lethargy, decreased appetite, mild icterus, and elevated hepatic enzyme activities. Physical examination, serum chemistry results, and liver biopsy histopathologic findings were supportive of Theiler`s disease. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing results of serum and liver tissue were positive for nonprimate (equine) hepacivirus (NPHV) and a novel equine parvovirus‐hepatitis virus (EqPV‐H). A serious and finally fatal problem, caused by contaminated vaccine.
The ingestion of pomegranates was associated with the deaths of 9 of 35 young cattle; 8 were found dead without any prior clinical signs being noted and 1 animal was observed to be weak with pale‐pink mucous membranes. This case report describes also gross pathological and histopathological signs of the affected cattle and discusses the question which toxic principle was underlying in this case.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are uncommon intestinal neoplasms in the dog. Literature regarding adjunctive therapy for GISTs in dogs is sparse. High‐risk GISTs in humans respond to tyrosine kinase inhibition in the adjuvant setting. This recently online published study reviews cases of toceranib phosphate use in dogs with GISTs and provides initial assessment of possible biological activity. A secondary aim was to evaluate patient and tumor characteristics for possible prognostic value.
Radioactive iodine therapy is considered the treatment of choice for hyperthyroidism in cats, but the availability of this modality is limited by costs and hospitalization requirements. Administration of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone (rh‐TSH) to humans with thyroid neoplasia or nodular goiter can increase thyroidal iodine uptake, thereby allowing the use of lower radioactive iodine doses for treatment. Veterinary studies of this subject are limited, and results are conflicting. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of rh‐TSH administration on thyroidal iodine uptake in hyperthyroid cats.
Neoplasia of the prostate is relatively uncommon in dogs with adenocarcinoma being the most common type. Non‐epithelial tumors are rare and only individual cases of malignant lymphoma affecting the prostate have been reported. The purpose of this multi‐institutional, retrospective, descriptive study was to characterize the ultrasonographic features of canine prostatic lymphoma. Inclusion criteria were an abdominal ultrasound and cytological/histological diagnosis of malignant prostatic lymphoma.
Gastric pneumatosis is an imaging finding defined as the presence of gas foci in the gastric wall. In humans, this imaging feature can result from one of two separate clinical entities: life‐threatening emphysematous gastritis or clinically benign gastric emphysema. This retrospective case series study describes the clinical and imaging features in five animals diagnosed with spontaneous gastric pneumatosis without gastric dilatation‐volvulus.


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I hated it. An old-fashioned frilly pink dress which was too tight round the waist, my toes all pinched from my white patent-leather ballet shoes, me sitting on an upholstered chair, my back straight as a die, and if I lowered my shoulders even a fraction, a jab between the shoulder blades: "Sit up straight!"
From the corner of my eye I could see my brothers making faces and spitting out the odd obscenity now and again. They looked forward to opera about as much as a pig does to being castrated, and they'd have much preferred to have been going to the cinema or watching TV at home. They might even have put up with a show at Alfa, but there was no chance of that happening. We had to go to the Grand Theatre in the Smetana Gardens. To the one and only "true theatre in Plzeň". A proper stage with a large orchestra and elaborate set designs, the classic composers – Prokofiev, Verdi and Smetana. My mother was mad about classical music.
I couldn't wait till the lights dimmed in the auditorium and the hum of the audience subsided. As soon as the first notes of the violin cut into the silence, my eldest brother discreetly took out his Discman, put in one earphone and gave the other to my younger brother. Even my father, who was sitting on a stool, began to relax slightly in the darkened box. Slouching, he leant his head against the wall and even crossed his legs. Millimetre by millimetre I began to unwind my shoulders, my chin getting closer to the balcony railing until I finally rested my head on my hand while I hunted for the opera glasses in my bag with the other. It was more fun for me to observe the audience than to watch what was happening on stage. In my field of view were ladies with purple coiffured hair, young people with their mobile-phone screens shining in their palms, and tourists who had come in jeans and clapped eagerly after every solo.
However, the most interesting thing was happening behind me. I had never seen anyone devour what was happening on stage like that. Through my opera glasses I had seen some of the audience hold their breath, some even weeping, but that was nothing in comparison with her performance. Mother sat on a stool, her back ramrod-stiff, her hand on her chest, mouth slightly open. She looked as though someone was performing an exorcism over her. Every word from the stage, every thump on the hollow floor resonated in her expression – she shrank back if there was a loud noise, her eyes widened or narrowed. Her face flushed during love scenes, and if there was something nasty happening on stage, she would cover her eyes with her hands and watch the performance through the gaps between her fingers. I could have sworn I could hear her heart beating. I could have stared at her throughout the whole performance, I could have pinched her thigh – she wouldn't have noticed a thing.
My mother was the kind of audience member every true theatre deserved. She was as much as part of the Great Theatre just as much as the ushers with their programmes and the carefully painted sets. In fact, she was even more than that. My mother was the best actor in the theatre. Her performance deserved a prolonged standing ovation. Bravo! It was her moment of glory. Next to her my father, the head of the family and sole provider, looked like a mere appendage, a supporting actor whose role was to make the real star look good.
My mother was an artiste who was so immersed in her role that she was unable to switch off even after the end of the performance.
And so no-one could think badly of her when she took those theatrical gestures with her to her death bed. Her final hour was reminiscent of a classical tragedy that Sophocles would have been proud of.
They phoned me just after six in the morning, asking me to come as soon as I could. Apparently Mother was very weak and they feared the worst. I hesitated for a moment, the sun from the window beckoning me to the forest, but then I dragged myself out of the crumpled bed, dressed quickly and headed to the station.
I arrived at the hospital just before ten.
The two of them were already waiting in front of her room. Evžen was standing upright with his hands behind his back, looking out of the window. Milan, half a head smaller, was leaning against the white wall. He nodded gently in greeting, smiling cautiously, but when he saw Evžen turn round to him with a sour expression, he quickly straightened his mouth.
"What are you doing here?" snapped Evžen at me.
I didn't answer, heading straight for the door instead, but Milan caught me by the shoulder.
"Hang on, Sis, we're not allowed in yet."
He coughed into his clenched fist with its white knuckles and looked at the ground. The muscles in his face were taut and drops of sweat glistened on his brow.
We sat down in silence on the leatherette bench beside the door. It was only after a few minutes that I realised why I couldn't go in. The door to Mother's room opened and a nurse came out into the corridor wearing blue rubber gloves and pushing a trolley with a basin and some wet cloths. She signalled to us that she had finished.
"I won't disturb you," she said, pushing the trolley towards the nurses' station. The wheels of the trolley squealed like a mouse caught in a trap.
I was the last to go into the room. I wasn't in the least bit nervous as I was convinced this would be another false alarm. Despite all their efforts, not even Evžen and Milan could hide their annoyance. It wouldn't be the first time we had been dragged out for no reason – Mother had called us out twice in the past month alone.
However, as soon as we saw her ashen face and looked into her glazed, poison-yellow eyes, it was immediately clear to me that this was no act.
The nurse had managed to rid mother of her unpleasant smells and she now lay theatrically spread out on the hospital bed, a white sheet draped over her body like a painting by Rubens. However, there was no lively young body lying under that material. The stretched skin on Mother's plump white arms formed unsightly wrinkles at her elbows and underarms, her long, uncombed hair spread out on all sides, and yellow saliva was stuck to the corners of her mouth. The air in the room was permeated with old age, disinfectant and pathos.
Mother gazed at the ceiling with bloodshot eyes, seemingly unaware of our presence. We stood motionless for a while before Milan went over, gently touched her hand and whispered hello, but his words made no impact on Mother's confused expression, sliding off her like droplets from glass. He shrugged, curled his lower lip and walked back to us.
All three of us sat on the empty bed beside her. None of us knew what to say. Milan played with his mobile phone, Evžen stared impassively out the window while I dangled my legs from the high bed. None of us wanted to look death in the face. We sat next to each other like three people who just happened to be sharing a park bench – no-one would have guessed we were related.
I have no idea how long it took – it could have been minutes, it could have been hours. Finally, there was movement in the bed and Mother slowly turned her head in our direction. The misty cloud was gone from her eyes. She was looking at us.
"Children," she said hoarsely. An enormous goitre wobbled underneath her yellowed skin. I noticed how shallow her breathing was. A monitor was bleeping above her head.
Mother swallowed with difficulty, blinked several times, stretched out her arm and opened her hand. We understood that she wanted to spend the last moments of her life with those closest to her.
Two hands, three children. A choice to make even on your death bed. We exchanged awkward glances – no-one wanted to go first. Milan rubbed his chin indecisively, Evžen bit his lip, while I chose to stare at my worn-out boots.
La-di-da-di-da-di-da…
From the start it was obvious who was going to leave the group first. Evžen looked around a few more times, climbed down from the bed and then gingerly moved towards Mother's right hand. Then immediately after him Milan began to weave his way through the tubes from the drip, the electrodes and the monitor cables. He brushed against the urine bag, let out a guilty "oh-oh", but eventually succeeded in finding a place to the left of Mother.
Mother clutched the hands of both her sons and managed to rasp something out again. The words she slowly uttered were interspersed by a dry cough. The brothers looked into her eyes and nodded their agreement. I was sitting too far away from them to understand Mother. For a moment I thought that I should join them and try to embrace her and kiss her forehead – after all, I was one of them too, my mother's only daughter, but I didn't want to disturb the perfect symmetry. At any rate, there wasn't enough room for me on the bed. Evžen stroked Mother's hair, bent down towards her and whispered something in her ear. Mother smiled slightly and her eyes almost sparkled. Even Milan bent down to her and pressed his cheek against hers. I had the feeling that they were fossilized in this close bond, and this image made a great impression on me. That was how you should die, I thought, in the embrace of your family, that was how a proper tragedy should end. It was cathartic for everyone. The only one to spoil this exalted atmosphere was me – a voyeur with no hand left to hold.
My mother and brothers remained in this tight embrace for a few minutes. Now and again Mother would mumble something. I looked out the window at the sun gleaming off the roofs. I wished I was back in the Šumava mountains.
When I eventually turned round, it was all over. The monitor above Mother's head was bleeping rapidly and a nurse ran into the room, this time without the rubber gloves. She pulled away Mother's generous drapery, placed a palm with outstretched fingers on her waxy skin and shouted at my brothers to move away. They did so with startled expressions.
They tried to resuscitate her for a short while before saying it was no good. The love triangle of a mother and two sons had been torn apart forever.
"Death occurred at 1.56pm…"
None of us fell to our knees in despair or tore at our hair. The three of us who were left in the room tried not to let on to each other what we were all feeling at that moment. Relief.
We closed the wide door, leaving Mother behind forever, her face covered by a white sheet. We smiled compassionately at one another and shook hands.
"We'll let you know when the funeral is. We won't bother you with anything, we'll sort out everything for you, Sis," said Evžen as we were leaving. Milan shook my hand and then gave me a brotherly slap on the back. I stood there and watched the two of them disappearing down the hospital corridor. Evžen walked upright and distinguished, while Milan was pumping his arms in an effort to keep up with him. Before reaching the stairwell he turned round briefly and waved at me.
The funeral was a week later. I almost missed it. The train was held up on the line between Mileč and Nepomuk – another suicide with no regard for other people. After half an hour I gave up waiting and went to hitchhike as I had no money for a taxi. Nor did I fare any better in Plzeň. At the stop by the main station I accientally got on the bus to the shopping centre instead of the Central Cemetery, and so I had to run all the way up the hill.
I was one of the last to arrive at the funeral parlour, my polo-neck sticking to my back with sweat. Perhaps it was only me, but I felt that as soon as I walked through the door a hush fell over the room. As though a wasp had slipped into a beehive.
Almost all of the benches in the crematorium were full and people were even pressed up against the walls. The number of people in the hall was astounding.
I managed to find a place in the last row. A heavily perfumed forty-something to my right threw me a hostile look. I searched in vain through my memory for a name to match the face, but I had been used to people's disapproving looks for a long time now.
The door cut us off from the fresh air and sunshine, and the murmuring in the hall became a muffled silence punctuated by muffled coughs. After a while the first notes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata sounded in the hall. As if on command, everyone stood up and the dark hall blossomed with white handkerchiefs. The music faded and everyone sat down again. The first speaker came up to the podium – one of Father's colleagues from the faculty and a friend of the family. He stood at the lectern, took out some notes and began: "Dear guests…" He spoke for a long time about hard work, about honouring traditional values, pausing significantly between words.
"She was the wife of a great man," he emphasized to the hall, turning away from his notes and nodding his head.
His speech left me at a loss. He was right in a way because Father stood above Mother in most respects. Mother, with no education, job or status, was no match for Father, while she was also a good two heads shorter. But it was her funeral, it was nothing to do with Father, he had already had his final celebration two years ago. I wanted to stand up and tell the speaker that it was my mother who was lying in the coffin to his right, not my father. I looked around the hall, but the guests around me just obediently pulled out their handkerchiefs, eyes fixed on the speaker. Not even a glance at the photograph of my mother.
It occurred to me that these people had not come here to pay their last respects to my mother, but to honour him – my father, and by so doing, honour my eldest brother as well. So that in front of Evžen – who had not only inherited my father's looks and manner, but also some of his influence – they could show their loyalty to our family. My mother's funeral was only a pretext.
"We are saying farewell to a wonderful wife, mother and friend," said the speaker at the end, his voice faltering appropriately.
I almost shouted at him: And what about Magdalena Tichá, maiden name Mináčová – don't you want to say farewell to her?!
The people got to their feet once more. Music played again – this time shorter and more sorrowful. I tried to spot my mother's coffin through the rows of people's backs, wreaths and bouquets, but without success.
I wondered what she would have made of such an ostentatious ceremony. Whether at least once she wouldn't have wanted to climb down from the grand stage and run home unnoticed? Perhaps she would have preferred a modest ceremony, somewhere near her home village at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. A small group of relatives and the priest around her, a three-piece band and then a place in her native soil beside her old mum and dad. Instead they were going to burn her and tip her into a pretentious brass urn.
The guests in their perfectly fitting suits and gleaming shoes lined up in single file before my brothers, the main representatives of this tragedy, who shook their hands and exchanged a few words. Apart from a certain facial resemblance, they didn't seem to have anything in common. Although they were only separated by two years, Milan looked ten years younger – not a wrinkle on his brow, a strand of hair that had come loose from his gelled hairstyle dangling in front of his eyes. I noticed his top shirt button was undone and his shirt tail was poking out from the back of his jacket. Evžen, on the other hand, was immaculately turned out and sterile. At each thank-you for the sincere condolences the crease between his eyebrows would deepen.
I was happy to avoid all of that, so I walked straight over to the coffin. It looked so alone in the packed hall.
I wondered why my brothers had decided on a closed coffin. Mother's body was sure to have been well preserved and funeral services these days can work wonders with people's faces. Make-up can be plastered over the deceased's face so that it scarcely resembles the inert body of the corpse. Perhaps my brothers were ashamed to show everyone Mother's bloated face and fat, wrinkled neck. However, beside the coffin there was also a huge photograph of Mother from when she was still beautiful.
Anyone could have been in there, but nevertheless, I was intensively aware of her. My body began to itch all over and just the thought of the dead body hidden under the lid caused me to feel anxiety and shame. But somewhere underneath the layers of resentment, defiance and suffocating memories I felt a deep tenderness. That mass of flesh and bones used to be my mother. I stroked the area on the coffin where I imagined her face was, on the inlaid poplar wood which would soon be carrying her to the incinerator. I bent down towards the coffin, closed my eyes and exhaled. Now for the moment I had long been waiting for.
Then someone bumped into me from behind. 'Excuse me', apologised a sweaty bald man, gesturing meaningfully. I realized that I was in the way – the queue was moving away from my brothers towards the coffin. I stood where I was for a moment, but what was the point – the bald man had spoiled everything. I left the coffin as it was and hastily left the hall.
I ran down the steps outside and hid in the shadow of a statue of a female figure with a burning torch. I looked at my watch – if I left within half an hour I would just make the train to Horažďovice. I could stop off at the cottage, take off my black polo-neck, dig out my old boots and still make it to the forest.
Instead I stood there as if nailed down. I kicked a red cemetery candle that was lying next to my feet. The candle rolled onto the sunlit pavement in the direction of our family grave. Soon they would be putting the urn with Mother's ashes onto its enormous gravestone.
I was brought back down to earth by a thump on the back. "So, Sis," said Milan, "it's good you came." He took out some blue Gauloises from his jacket, tapped the top of the closed packet and then took out the middle cigarette, licking it before putting it in his mouth. Some loser in Sušice did it the same way while standing in front of the wine bar on the square. He thought it was cool and sexy too. In town they'd call him either a pedo or just a plain idiot. When Milan had finished his cigarette he offered to take me to the station.
"So you don't have to wait around on public transport, Sis," he said, but that wasn't what it was about.
I was just about to agree and thank him when defiance suddenly swelled up inside me. So all of a sudden I wasn't one of the three relatives? Wasn't my name on the funeral announcement immediately after the names of my brothers?
"I'll go with you both," I told him, and Milan scratched his head self-consciously.
Translated by Graeme Dibble
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Cultural association Iscandula
Address: Via Sigismondo Arquer, 55
Website: www.launeddas.it
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Iscandula promotes the musical culture of Sardinia across the board, by conducting research, collecting and publishing materials, organizing courses, conferences, and concerts focussing on launeddas.
The Iscandula Cultural Association was formed in 1985 by a group of intellectuals and artists.
Iscandula is the natural successor of the research carried out by Prof. Dante Olianas on the material collected by Danish anthropologist Andreas Fridolin Weis Bentzon in Sardinia, in the 1950s-60s.
In 2010, Iscandula was granted the status of Legal Entity and in the same year it was listed as Cultural Institution of Special Importance in the Region' by the Department for Culture of Sardinia's Regional Administration.
In October 2011, the association set up the Bentzon Research Centre, whose Scientific Committee includes:
- Dante Olianas, President;
- Nina Bentzon Ehlers, Bentzon's niece;
- Jørgen Sonne, poet and friend of Bentzon's;
- Birgitte Sonne, professor of Eskimo studies at the University of Copenaghen and friend of Bentzon's;
- Peter Jan Crawford, professor of Visual Anthropology at the University of Tromsø (Norway) and externally attached staff at the Freie Universität in Berlin;
- Lene Halskov Hansen, composer and member of the Folkemindesamling;
- Lone Elisabeth Olesen, linguist, researcher and expert of Language and Culture of Sardinia;
- Angelo Pisanu, musician and ethnomusicologist, Corsican music specialist;
- Umberto Cao, anthropologist and researcher;
- Giuseppe Orrù, music teacher, musician and expert of Sardinian organology;
- Sebastiano Perra, musician and expert of organology of Sardinian musical instruments.
Iscandula is the holder of exclusive rights on the works and materials left by Danish anthropologist A. F. W. Bentzon and, as such, it plans to publish and disseminate all his works, where its financial resources allow to do so.
Iscandula has been formally authorised by Bentzon's heirs to use the name A. Bentzon and to name the future 'Bentzon Foundation' after him.
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Zeno van Sidon was een Grieks  epicuristisch filosoof geboren rond 150 v.Chr. in de  Fenicische stad Sidon en stierf rond 75 v.Chr. Er zijn geen geschriften van hem bewaard gebleven, maar sommige opvattingen van hem zijn ons wel overgeleverd via de geschriften van zijn leerling Philodemus van Gadara.

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Zeno van Sidon was een tijdgenoot van  Cicero, die over hem hoorde tijdens zijn bezoek aan Athene. Hij werd soms de leidende epicurist genoemd. (Latijn: Coryphaeus Epicureorum). Cicero vertelde over hem dat hij minachting voelde voor andere filosofen en Socrates zelfs de Attische clown noemde (Latijn: scurram Atticum). Zelf was hij een leerling van  Apollodorus en zijn beroemdste leerling is Philodemus van Gadara. Van Cicero en Diogenes Laërtius kreeg hij lof over zijn denkvermogen.

Filosofie
Een belangrijke opvatting van Zeno was dat geluk niet alleen afhangt van het huidige genot en de huidige welvarendheid maar ook van een redelijke verwachting dat dat zo zal blijven.

Zeno bestudeerde ook de filosofie van de wiskunde gebaseerd op de afleiding van alle kennis uit ervaring. Hij had kritiek op Euclides, op zoek naar een bewijs dat deducties van fundamentele, geometrische principes niet zelfstandig bewezen kunnen worden.

Oud-Grieks filosoof
Persoon in de 2e eeuw v.Chr.


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>Mr Pattison goes to London
>The story of sir staying out on a school night:
A fairly surreal spectacle unfolded on Monday morning as a frozen man paced around the foot of Big Ben singing manically to himself. Fear not, I have not entered that place but was manfully battling bracing cold to round up shuffling sixth formers ahead of an A level politics conference. Attempts to distract myself from the cold brought mixed results; 1) spending the best part of two quid on a flavourless tea at Cafe Nero was an error although is did Quantum Leap style view of what my life could have been had I become a commuter, 2) Jiggling on the spot with hands firmly tucked into pockets in between greeting youngsters is the kind of behaviour that raises suspicions that a man in my profession can ill afford, but 3) Listening to every single song by The National on my ipod managed to successfully transport my thoughts away from the numbness overwhelming my limbs and onto the exciting fact I was seeing the premier purveyors of North American indie that very night.
Fast forward through a stimulating conference and a delightful couple of hours devouring the brilliant Jonathon Wilson's 'Inverting the Pyramid' (essential reading on the history of tactics for the football geek) and I was enjoying the atmosphere at Brixton academy alongside my fellow mustachioed chum and blogger Mr Craig Armer (the taches were for charity for those losing respect for me). As it happens sporting a ridiculous middle-aged 80s business tache seems to be the norm in 'trendy London' anyway as people who live in the capital appear unable to resist the overwhelming desire to dress as a Shoreditch Dickhead.
The support was a band I had never heard of but Craig was very keen to see. As with most things in life; Craig was annoyingly one step ahead of me in coolness as what followed was comfortably one of the better support bands I have seen. Full credit to The National who resisted the usual label urge to promote some raw label mates and instead chose a band with three albums behind them who have yet to make waves over this side of the Atlantic. Menomena made an immediate impression with the full band lined up on the stage. No single member was given special prominence and the reason for this became clear – Karl Marx would adore this band – everyone plays their part. Every member takes on vocal duties at some point boasting an exciting range of styles from a Kings of Leon howl to a wistful tone reminiscent of Guy Garvey (Elbow). The eclectic nature doesn't stop there as the whole gamut of instruments are on show including saxophone and maracas as drum sticks. This could very easily descend into a muso-friendly smugfest yet each quirk is integral to the song and the band rightly resist the urge to show off. In my experience bands with vast instrumental talent often fall into proggy noodling much to the apparent delight of their worshippers, yet Menomena adopt a clean, almost clinical approach which delivers flair through the variety of components as opposed to a showy stage presence. As commendable as this might sound it would all be wholly redundant if the music was rubbish but the opposite was true. The highlight of this whole night for me was actually discovering Menomena and spotify has been well used as I greedily imbibe all they have to offer. Enjoy the videos below and I urge you to investigate this band.
The mixture of anticipation and impatience before a band come on is one of life's most frustrating experiences. Thankfully The National didn't force us to wait too long after the support and what followed was a quite brilliant performance. I'm not going to indulge in a detailed post-match analysis – I'm sure you will be able to find hundreds of gig reviews which will tell you all you need to know about the band's unexpectedly strong stage presence. Personally I was far more impressed than I expected – as stated earlier on this blog I have grown to really love the band but whereas some bands on record demand to be seen live I have never felt that about The National. The way that I was invited by Craig rather than pursue the tickets myself is testament to that fact. As things turned out the band were far more exciting live than presumed and the songs possessed more energy, passion and at times outright hostility than on record. The perfect example being the primal cry of the chorus on Squalor Victoria. Brixton Academy is perhaps London's finest venue for atmosphere and there was a tremendous sense that the people in the room would each be able to share a story related to how and why they fell in love with the band. I felt a triumphant sense of collective joy as England was sung with verve and defiance. The sense of community was further emboldened by Berninger's quite insane wander through the whole crowd whilst singing Mr November. My heart went out to the poor roadie/security bloke who's job was to follow him and hold up the implausibly long microphone lead. It was a hugely impressive performance, neatly capped off with an acapella performance of Vanderly Crybaby Geeks at the end of the encore.
By the time of the encore I was making ready for my dash to the door as the minutes ticked by ahead of my train home. Craig and I embarked on an exciting mission through the streets of London, guided by an i-phone sat nav which appeared to be on satellite delay a few dead ends were negotiated and the heart was racing. Thankfully by demonstrating the street smarts and courage that only Men of Kendal can conjure we made it to the station on time and the night had ended in triumph.
A good music week was further enriched by sneakily having a listen to the new release III/IV from Ryan Adams- a double album of previously unreleased stuff with The Cardinals which is as fantastic as expected. One thing I would say though is I am kind of glad they have parted ways as I feel far more connection with his solo work. Further to this delight my spiritual guide in the ways of music Ben passed on a fantastic collection from Bon Iver's label Jagjaguwar which neatly showcased a lot of artists I was previously unaware of but warrant further investigation.
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