"Although it is currently too early to definitively conclude the function and purpose of the new building from imagery alone, it is evident that it is a sensitive site"
LONDON (15 September, 2016) – Construction of a new site within the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) in Kahuta, Pakistan, bears many similarities to known centrifuge facilities, according to analysis of commercial satellite imagery carried out by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions.
Project Alpha, a research group of King's College London, asked IHS Jane's Intelligence Review to examine commercially available satellite imagery of a newly built site at the KRL. Imagery taken by Airbus Defence and Space on 28 September, 2015 and then again on 18 April, 2016 show the progress of construction at the possible new uranium enrichment complex near Kahuta.
The area of interest is approximately 1.2 hectares and is located within the secure area of the KRL, in the southwestern part of the complex. Roughly rectangular in shape and approximately 140 metres by 80 metres, it is surrounded by scrubland and trees that provide an additional measure of security on the ground.
In addition to being located near to the KRL, a known centrifuge facility, the new building shares similarities with known centrifuge facility structures built by the URENCO enrichment consortium in Capenhurst (in the UK), Almelo (in the Netherlands) and Gronau (in Germany). "This may be more than coincidence as A.Q. Khan, considered by many to be the founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme, worked at URENCO before stealing centrifuge designs and returning to Pakistan to work on the country's centrifuge programme," said Charlie Cartwright, an imagery analyst for IHS Jane's.
On 28 September, 2015, satellite imagery showed that work on a large building structure had commenced, with a multi-bay steel frame structure visible in commercial imagery. "Bays" are structurally defined areas and may be used for a variety of equipment installations or machinery. At this time, 12 bays were visible.
The spacing of footings in the two bays at the northeastern end of the structure and the whole outer southeastern façade of the structure indicates a requirement for greater load-bearing capacity and greater strength, possibly to house or accommodate heavier ancillary equipment.
While no modern structural techniques are visible to compensate for the area's seismic activity, footings in all cases appear to be substantial, with considerable quantities of ballast seen at the concrete batch plant area. This suggests that the structure's foundations are likely to be substantial.
As well as being within KRL's secure perimeter, additional security features of this new facility are evident with a northern perimeter wall, visible in satellite imagery, as are several watchtowers. Northeast of the site perimeter, IHS Jane's has also identified two air defence installations. Although they had been present for at least three years, historical imagery suggests they were not manned during this period. Significantly, imagery from 2016 shows that they have since been refurbished and that they now appear to be manned.
The site is still under construction, which will continue for at least a further 12 months while plumbing, electrics and ducting for air conditioning installations are undertaken. As such, it is likely that the site will not be ready for occupation until at least late 2017 or early 2018.
"Although it is currently too early to definitively conclude the function and purpose of the new building from imagery alone, it is evident that it is a sensitive site," said Karl Dewey, proliferation analyst at IHS Jane's. "It is sited within an established centrifuge facility, has strong security and shows some of the structural features of a possible new uranium enrichment facility. This makes it a strong candidate for a new centrifuge facility," Dewey added.
Project Alpha discovered the new site while preparing a new baseline study of Pakistan's nuclear and missile programs.
Project Alpha is a research project based at King's College London that works to understand and counter illicit trade in nuclear and missile technologies. Project Alpha also works to build capacity in governments and the private sector to counter proliferation-related trade. Previous studies by Project Alpha have focused on the covert procurement apparatuses used by the nuclear and missile programs of Iran and North Korea.


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The First Deputy Director of the National Guard Troops Federal Service of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation Colonel General Viktor Strigunov visited the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Russian National Guard Troops in Balashikha, Moscow region, where he presented state awards to the servicemen and employees who distinguished themselves during the special military operation in Ukraine.
On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops, Army General Viktor Zolotov, he expressed support to the National Guard Troops personnel and employees, thanked them for their conscientious performance of their official and military duty, and wished them a speedy recovery.
Colonel General Viktor Strigunov awarded the Order of Courage, the medals of the Order of "Merit for the Fatherland", II degree, the medals of Suvorov and Zhukov to those who distinguished themselves in the accomplishment of combat missions.

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Lawyer & Human Rights Activist Ikechukwu Uzoma is our #BellaNaijaMCM this Week!
Our #BellaNaijaMCM this week Ikechukwu Uzoma, is a scholar, lawyer, and a human rights activist.
In 2014, Uzoma was announced as one of 4 students who graduated with a first class from Nigerian Law School to the applause of many.
Afterwards, the graduate of Abia State University (ABSU), worked at Nigeria's House of Representatives, under the Committee on Reform of Government Institutions.
Ikechukwu cut his teeth in the legal profession working as an intern, legal extern, and then with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Before heading to New York University School of Law for his masters degree, Ikechukwu worked as an associate at a law firm in Abuja, where he represented officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the National Industrial Court and presented oral arguments in a case of wrongful termination; drafted briefs of the evidence for a gubernatorial election petition hearing; and did legal research on all electoral cases in the Nigerian jurisprudence between 1999 and 2015.
After his masters degree, Ikechukwu joined the United Nations as an international law and human rights fellow, in New York working in the organisation's Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Ikechukwu currently works as an associate at a law firm in Abuja, Nigeria, and is a program affiliate scholar at New York University School of Law's Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice.
In January 2019, Ikechukwu began the Aryeh Neier Fellowship at Open Society Justice Initiative.
The fellowship is a full-time, two-year program that offers lawyers and other advocates the opportunity to gain practical experience in international human rights advocacy across a broad range of thematic areas and geographies, embedding them as an integral part of the global Justice Initiative team.
We celebrate Uzoma for devoting his knowledge to advocating for human rights across the world.
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If you've been missing pasta you'll love this spicy, creamy Cheesecake Factory DaVinci Pasta copycat — and it's low-carb. This recipe makes one huge serving but add a couple of ounces of grilled chicken breast and it will easily serve two for dinner.
Lowcarb-ology has been offline for five days, in case you wondered why it has been so long since I posted. Beginning in the first part of April I migrated both blogs from a smaller (cheaper) hosting account to a bigger (OMG how will I afford this) hosting account. The whole fiasco went on for weeks and both blogs were up and down. Sadly, this one was mostly down.
That is over! The blog has a new look and over the next several weeks it will have some new things… besides recipes, I mean. So, I hope you'll enjoy the new Lowcarb-ology — let me know if there are things you'd like to see added to the blog since we're changing things up as it is.
I have massively failed at low-carbing during this time. I am so angry at myself because I am not normally an emotional eater but during this stress I have done just that. Then while the blog was down last week I was making wedding cake which means that all of that nervous energy went into licking spoons. My doctor told me that my medication was messed up so my metabolism is super low and we have a family vacation at the beach in a couple of months. I had wanted to lose weight and firm up and here I have wasted a month. I tell you this because sometimes I think that we writers come across as having all our ducks in a row and these perfect lifestyles where everything falls into place.
Nothing could be further from the truth, at least for me. I struggle to stay on low-carb sometimes, many times. I fall off, I get back on, and I cry when the scales tell me the wrong numbers. The point isn't that I am whining — the point is this. As long as I keep getting back on track I will achieve my health goals.
And if I can do that, you can do that.
Pasta is one of my big addictions but this recipe for low carb Cheesecake Factory's DaVinci Pasta, and others like it, help me get past those tough spots. Give this a try and see if it doesn't become one of your favorites.
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I find that making dishes like this are best done in my cast iron pan. There is less sticking and it gives a wonderful caramelization to the cabbage "noodles". This is the size that I have and I've found that it's just right for most anything.
Tender, sauteed cabbage stands in for the pasta in this recipe. The sauce is creamy, spicy, and full of fresh flavor. Add chunks of grilled chicken or shrimp to make this a full meal.
Saute bacon in a heavy saucepan until crisp.
Add cabbage to the pan and saute until it is tender.
Add the diced tomatoes, cream, cream cheese, and Madeira.
Simmer, stirring constantly until the cabbage is coated with sauce and the sauce is creamy and blended.
Stir in the basil, oregano, crushed red pepper, garlic, and onion.
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Retail giant Amazon has reportedly announced that Australian consumers will no longer be able to access its U.S. website from July 1, 2018. The decision has come on the same day when the imposition of the new GST laws by the Australian government is expected to take effect. Apparently, this will no longer allow the shoppers in Australia to visit Amazon's global stores.
According to the new GST collection laws, from July 1, ecommerce companies like Amazon will have the obligation to collect 10% GST on goods which are purchased on their international sites and delivered to Australia. Amazon seems to have regretted the move but has confirmed that the decision had been taken after evaluating the legislative challenges involved in abiding by the new taxation rules.
A source close to the issue said that though the government's decision is understandable and Australian people need pay GST on the products they buy, it is a difficult task for multinational companies to collect the same. A government official was also quoted saying that this move will allow the Australian businesses to grow, as global entities such as Amazon will no more have unfair advantages.
Reportedly, this modification in GST laws has come after years of local brick-and-mortar retailers voicing their concerns as their business suffered due to the ecommerce boom. Unlike Amazon, eBay has established that it will not follow the course of action and will make extensive changes to its systems in order to facilitate its Australian customers.
However, Amazon has found a way to provide Australian consumers access to additional products available on the global site while remaining compliant of the new laws. Amazon has confirmed the launch of a separate global store and from July 1, Australian shoppers logging on to international sites will be diverted to amazon.com.au. This site already has over 60 million products and now will have 4 million more products that were earlier available only on amazon.com.


Optimized for high performance - high availability storage applications, Boston's innovative Igloo NXStor SBB based on the industry standard SBB specification, is a fully redundant, fault-tolerant, Storage Cluster "in-a-box".
The Igloo NXStor SBB supports 12 x 3.5" Hot-swap SAS HDDs of up to 3TB each in tandem with 3 x high performance solid state hard disks for IO acceleration. Two 8GB SSD cache drives are used in mirror as an accelerated write cache for the standard spinning disk array; Additionally the final 400GB SSD drive is used to compliment the system RAM as an adaptive replacement (read) cache. The result of these extra caching levels is an increase in performance of high magnitude - in many cases up to 10x better than standard storage arrays.
In benchmark testing the Igloo NXStor SBB has been shown to produce a staggering 50,000 IOPs Vs. just 6,000 IOPs from the same test on a similar standard disk array without SSD IO acceleration. This dramatic improvement over spinning disk arrays shows significant cost advantages over alternative monolithic storage implementations required to deliver an equivalent level of performance.
Based on Nexenta's NexentaStor™ the Igloo NXStor SBB leverages the revolutionary ZFS file system. This allows previously exotic and proprietary storage features typically offered as additional upgrades by other vendors to be included as standard at no cost across the Igloo NXStor range including, multi-parity RAID, data de-duplication, unlimited snapshots, compression, replication, copy-on-write data resilience, online volume expansion and many more. Scalability is second to none with optional additional cascading units containing further spinning disks for greater capacity or extra solid state disks for increased cache.
NexentaStor™ is the leading hardware independent OpenStorage solution based on its adoption by thousands of enterprises to date. With features such as 128 bit addressing, virtually unlimited storage file sizes, virtually unlimited numbers of clones, and support for multiple concurrent server virtualization vendors, NexentaStor™ is both Cloud and Virtualizaton ready. Nexenta has also developed the VM Data Center module, which integrates tightly with NexentaStor, VMware, and Citrix. The VM Data Center module allows hosting and cloud providers to easily see and manage their virtual environments. For maximum efficiency, storage policies can be set directly from NexentaStor for particular virtual machines.
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Extra-Parliamentary Efforts to Inhibit Organizations and Human Rights Defenders
The role extra-parliamentary efforts play in promoting damage to human rights organizations and normalizing the delegitimization of their work should not be underestimated. Like the legislative arena, the attacks have gotten worse in recent years. New initiatives designed to hurt human rights organizations have broken through public consciousness and additional groups have assumed a dominant role.
For example, NGO Monitor, which began as a project of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, was established in the early 2000s but expanded significantly (as far as budget and impact) only after 2009. Today its focus is engaging in hasbara (Israeli government public relations) in European countries and the US against the foreign funding of Israeli human rights groups. This is done by targeting international foundation and churches, pressuring them to stop their support for Human Rights organizations in Israel.
Organizations like the New Israel Fund have been central targets in the delegitimization campaign, including personal attacks on former president Naomi Chazan by the group Im Tirtzu.
Various rightwing groups and the governing coalition in Israel emphasize the funding sources, making it appear as if human rights organizations are not transparent. However, all of them frequently submit reports regarding their donations and objectives, as required by law.
Human rights organizations are depicted as anti-Israeli, labeled as "collaborators" with Israel's enemies and have even been called "foreign agents." At the end of 2015 a video was released that incited personally against employees of major human rights organizations by implying they are "moles" working for hostile foreign entities.
In 2015 and 2016, actions against the organizations Ta'ayush, Rabbis for Human Rights, B'tselem and Breaking the Silence were especially prevalent. They became targets of a campaign of delegitimization, among other things due to a report aired on the news show "Uvda," which was orchestrated by the rightwing organization Ad Kan. The show displayed Ta'ayush activist Ezra Nawi and B'tselem researcher Nasser Nawaja as having allegedly been involved in hurting a Palestinian land trader (even though there has been no evidence provided). Other organizations were attacked on the basis of their cooperation with Ta'ayush. Breaking the Silence is at the center of a campaign that included persecution of its staff, attempts to cancel events, trying to cut off donations and publications designed to undermine the organization's credibility. These efforts against Breaking the Silence and other organizations continues daily.
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In compliance with a law, intended to harm and silence organizations who criticize the Israeli Occupation and Israeli government's policies, we are proud to declare that the bulk part of HRDF's funding comes from "foreign state entities" - democratic states with whom we share the values of human rights.


Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) was one of the most imporant composers of instrumental music in the first half of the eighteenth century. He is best known for his sonatas for violin and figured bass and his concertos for string ensembles, but he also composed music for other instrumental combinations and for harpsichord.
Compared to his "big" contemporaries Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel Geminiani's music been little studied. If only for the originality that characterizes it and the fact that most of it was published by himself, his music certainly merits further study.
Depending on how one counts musical compositions, Geminiani has composed between two and three hundred musical compositions. They can be ordered in thirty-two works, each works being a series of compositions published together and with a common origin and history. In this website each of these thirty-two works will be discussed into detail, from the first one, the Sonatas of 1716 until the last one, the Second Collection of Pieces for the Harpsichord, published in 1762.
A previous version of this website counted the Violon Sonatas by Francesco Mancini, as corrected by Geminiani and published in 1728, as a Work by Geminiani. This made a total of thirty-three Works by Geminiani. It seems, however, better not to do so. Which sets the number of Works by Geminiani at thirty-two.


It is suggested that Tanzanite helps us to communicate our visions to others.
Tanzanite can help stimulate the crown chakra to bring forth visions from the higher realms and ancient tribal communities located throughout the world. Tanzanite has been called the "Stone of Magic" helping bring perfect balance of our personal power and to bring it to actualization. It can be used to help calm the overactive mind. Tanzanite can help lift the spirit and open the heart. It has been said to help release insolence and wanton behaviour and prevent thoughtless deeds.
Tanzanite can help stimulate the throat, third eye and crown chakras, bringing together all the aspects of communication, both verbal and psychic abilities.


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Dog agility is a fun and exciting sport in which handlers direct their dogs through a complex course of challenging obstacles. The early versions of dog agility, which were loosely based on equestrian jumping events, first appeared at the 1978 Crufts Dog Show in England. Since then, agility has become the fasting growing dog sport, with competition events held each weekend around the world. Agility is enjoyed by people and dogs of all ages. Most organizations hosting competitions allow for any dogs to compete so long as participating dogs are fit and healthy enough to meet the athletic challenges of agility. There are also junior handler programs for young enthusiasts, as well as programs for veteran dogs and senior handlers.
Agility is fun and strengthens the bond between handlers and their dogs! Agility creates an opportunity to get out and have a good time with your canine companion and meet great people. Dogs, especially high energy dogs who "need a job" love the interaction, mental challenge, and physical activity provided by the sport. While extremely physical in competition, agility is also a mental sport for dogs and requires focus and concentration. Dogs must be non-aggressive and have a good and positive relationship with their handler.
The beauty of agility is that teams (dog and handler) set their own goals and work towards them at their own pace. Agility participants can earn awards at sanctioned competitions, or train just for the joy of playing with their dogs without ever competing. Measure success against your own training goals, your level of enjoyment, and by the growth of your relationship with your dog.
Whatever the goal; safety, good sportsmanship and gentle and positive handling of the dogs are the priority.
Agility training is an on-going process. Introductory training focuses on safe and correct obstacle performance (including the common obstacles such as the jump, tunnel, weave poles, dogwalk, a-frame, and see-saw). Beginning dogs and handlers also work to build a foundation of trust, motivation, and teamwork. Agility skills are developed incrementally to ensure success at each step and to maintain motivation. Experienced dog and handler teams continue working to refine their skills even as they progress through the highest levels of competition. Training for agility uses positive reinforcement to ensure the dogs work happily and at speed.
Teams can compete for titles, awards, and placement ribbons. This is optional and NOT required. You can successfully train your dog and enjoy agility without going to any competitions.
There are local, regional, and national level competitions held by various sanctioning organizations. The dog/handler team can earn titles and certificates by completing courses successfully. Placements can be earned as well. Teams are split by skill level and by the height of the dog. Adding to the challenge, every agility course in competition is different. The courses are designed by the judge and are not shown to competitors until the day of the event. Handlers are given a brief "walk-through" period to memorize the course and plan their strategy. Then, the handlers return with their dogs for their individual runs. Teams may incur faults during their run for incorrect obstacle performance or by taking obstacles out of order. Time faults may also be incurred if the team takes longer than the standard course time to complete their run. Courses typically include 15 to 25 obstacles, with allowed times of 30 to 60 seconds.


The object was much larger and brighter than a "shooting star" and didn't fizzle out. It moved similarly to a shooting star, but in a bright morning sky. It seemed to glow and fell below the tree line still intact.


The 15 members States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are yet facing food and nutrition crises, the negative effects of climate change and the cross-border insecurity.
The 2018 Economic, Financial and Social Report of the Togolese Government shows that China is the leading supplier of Togo.
The current illegal catches in Golf of Guinea coasts is estimated between 40 and 60%.
Benin and its president will have the responsibility to bring the green booklet and the declaration of the second caravan of convergence to the current president of ECOWAS.
IFAD, FAO and WFP have invested tens of billions CFA in projects in Niger to fight food and nutrition insecurity.
ECOWAS experts warned from alimental crisis able to affect 10 millions persons in West Africa and Sahel between June and August 2018.
Due to the climate changes, cowmwen very often attack the farms of producers.
Created in July, 1968 by the code of electricity between Togo and Benin, the Electrical Community of Benin (CEB), is aged 50 this year.
Au Togo, comme dans bien d'autres pays d'Afrique, il existe bel et bien une politique agricole qui sert de feuille de route aux actions dirigées vers le secteur de l'agriculture.
Togo is one of the 15 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to benefit from the West Africa Agricultural Program of Productivity (WAAPP) since 2011.


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Schoolies teen, 18, arrested with 'white powder' in a Bali nightclub raises $7000 from strangers - who want to 'help him get over his arrest'
Friends of Perth teen Jamie Murphy are fundraising to pay for his legal costs
Page raised $7,000 in just three days and flooded with messages of support
He was arrested after his was found with a white powder in Bali at Schoolies
But it was caffeine and painkillers and he was release after three days in jail
By Leith Huffadine For Daily Mail Australia and Nelson Groom for Daily Mail Australia
Published: 14:50 EST, 8 December 2016 | Updated: 17:33 EST, 8 December 2016
Friends of the teen arrested over a white powder during Schoolies in Bali have crowdfunded nearly $7,000 to pay for his legal costs.
Perth soccer player Jamie Murphy, 18, spent three days in prison after being arrested at a Kuta nightclub in November and was released when the suspected cocaine he had turned out to be painkillers and caffeine.
This week his friends set up a Gofundme page to raise $30,000 to pay for legal bills associated with his ordeal, amassing $6,800 in three days.
Australian teenager Jamie Murphy is escorted as he walks free at Kuta police station in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday November 23
Jamie protests as he is held by security and police in Kuta, Bali
Friends of the teen have crowdfunded nearly $7,000 to pay for his legal costs from the ordeal
Friends who launched the page wrote they wanted to 'help him get over his Schoolies arrest'
The white powder found when Jamie was arrested
Messages from friends and family has also poured into the page, where contributors have voiced their support for the cause.
'Showed great strength in the face of much adversity. Speaks directly to character,' one commenter wrote.
'We prayed for your release and for God to send you home to Australia. Good luck with your soccer. Keep your head up, the world is your oyster' wrote another.
An update to the page on Tuesday read: '$3,845 raised in under 24 hours with 252 shared! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. $26,155 away from our goal!'
The description of the campaign reads: 'On the 20th of November, Jamie set off to Bali with six close friends. Mountain hikes, water sports and ATV adventures were all on the itinerary for the group of friends until on the 22nd of November, and on only their second day in Bali Jamie's life was turned upside down.
'Jamie returned to his hotel feeling sick, intoxicated, alone and vulnerable and was arrested for suspicion of alleged drug possession.'
Further in the message, it stated: 'Jamie and his family are extremely thankful for the rapid and exceptional work of his lawyers.
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Those who created the campaign said they had been in Bali when Jamie was arrested and that they'd 'witnessed first-hand the hurt and stress that has come along with it'.
Jamie's incarceration and the accusations against him were 'a parent's worst nightmare', the campaign description said.
Jamie and his father Brendan at the Bali International Airport
The aspiring soccer player, who maintained his innocence during the ordeal, had been training with Perth Glory Football Club's youth team since he returned from Bali.
He arrived back in Australia on November 24.
If the white powder had been cocaine or heroin as suspected, Jamie could have spent up to 12 years in an Indonesian prison and an $800,000 fine.
After tests on the powder were completed, Kuta Police chief Wayan Sumara announced Jamie would face no charges and was a 'very lucky' boy.
Jamie Murphy pictured at the Young Football Player of the Year Awards
Jamie pictured as he was being held by security after they found him with a white powder
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Oh, Sleeper : Son of the Morning
Band Name Oh, Sleeper
Album Name Son of the Morning
Released date 25 August 2009
Labels Solid State Records
Produced by Andreas Magnusson
Recorded at Planet Red Studios
Music StyleMetalcore
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1. Son of the Morning 03:24
2. The New Breed 03:47
3. In All Honesty (ft. Cody Bonette of As Cities Burn) 03:55
4. Breathing Blood 04:10
5. Reveries of Flight 02:37
6. World Without a Sun 02:25
7. The Fire Dawn 03:32
8. A Banquet for Traitors 03:12
9. Commissioned by Kings 03:42
10. The Finisher 03:04
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One of the most technical metalcore albums. A great listen!
This was my first Oh, Sleeper album, and for some reason still remains their most unknown album (as far as I know, I don't know many people that listen to them). After releasing their 2007 debut that reached the ears of thousands of kids across the globe, they had to further demonstrate their songwriting and creative abilities by creating an even better record; and they did. Even though they just recently released their best record yet, Children of Fire, Son of the Morning is still a metalcore landmark in my book. There are a lot of changes that they made in their music in the two years after they released When I Am God, which is what I'm here to tell you about.
Oh, Sleeper is an openly Christian band, and the reason why I'm making a note of this is because of the album cover, which was the first place where they used their know widely-known symbol. For those of you that can't quite tell what it is, it's a "broken pentagram" with the horns missing. Many people perceived this as being a Satanic symbol, but that misconception quickly died out after about a year.
When I saw and heard Oh, Sleeper for the first time in September, 2009, I was blown away. This was before their vocalist apparently cut his hair, because his hair was nearly down to his waist when he walked on stage. Regardless of that, this band doesn't really fit the rest of the bands that their fans like because they have a more mature and progressive sound than other metalcore bands like Atreyu, Miss May I, and Killswitch Engage. But honestly, that doesn't really matter because Oh, Sleeper has proved themselves to have the ability to stand out from the metalcore stereotype.
Now since I'm writing a review on this album from the perspective of someone who has heard all the changes they've made in their music in the album after this (Children of Fire), I'm going to do a bit of comparing between the two before I start diving into the hardcore details of Son of the Morning. The biggest improvement that the vocalist has been making with each album is his singing. His screaming has always been top-notch, but his singing really wasn't that impressive until Children of Fire. There is this one song off Son of the Morning that really bothers me because of the repulsive harmonization during the singing parts; that song is In All Honesty. The amount of technicality in this album is substantially greater than that of Children of Fire, demonstrating that they have tons of creative abilities on top of the technical skills.
The most notable feature of this album is obviously the seemingly constant technical riffs the lead guitarist plays. But that's not the only thing that makes this album great, even though it's a huge part of the album's sound. The overall songwriting that was done on this album is astonishing compared to When I Am God, which had really good songwriting to begin with! The song structures are extremely complex (depending on what you're focusing on when you listen to it) compared to most other metalcore and screamo bands out there. Even though there is a lot of anger and fury contained within the fast parts and the breakdowns, there are frequent moments that are filled with melodic bass lines and huge atmospheric guitar chords that I've never heard before.
A band's second album is always the most important (you're probably sick of me saying that now). It's the record that shows that the band has the ability to progress, be even more creative, and to prove that their first album wasn't JUST a compilation of old songs, that they could actually put together great songs and have them ready for the public ear within a few years. Oh, Sleeper passed with flying colors. In all honesty (pun intended), this album is fucking great; and the Texas metalcore band known as Oh, Sleeper will only continue to get better after this. This earns 16/20.
beon - 07 January 2012: Ah!! Here is an excellent review of this fabulous album!! Thanks!!
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Other productions from Oh, Sleeper
Bloodied Unbowed
Children of Fire
When I Am God
The Armored March
Albums in Metalcore
The Caitiff Choir (Remix)
It Dies Today
Hollow Crown
Shadows Are Security
As I Lay Dying (USA)
Sonic Syndicate
A War You Cannot Win


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Antoine Garceau est un réalisateur français. Après avoir été durant de nombreuses années assistant réalisateur, il devient réalisateur en 2015 en réalisant deux épisodes de la première saison de la série à succès Dix pour cent sur France 2.

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Antoine Garceau commence sa carrière dans le cinéma comme assistant réalisateur sur des longs-métrages. Il devient très rapidement le  de Patrice Chéreau, de Stéphane Brizé, de Agnès Jaoui, de François Ozon, de Yvan Attal, de Pascale Ferran, de Nicole Garcia, d'Olivier Nakache et Éric Tolédano ou encore de Cédric Klapisch avec qui il va réaliser et mettre en place, accompagnés de Lola Doillon, la première saison de la série événement Dix pour cent diffusée sur France 2 et Netflix.

Antoine Garceau est le seul réalisateur à avoir réalisé des épisodes de toutes les saisons de Dix pour cent.

Il a également réalisé le film Huguette ( le ) produit par Dominique Besnehard pour Arte avec Line Renaud et Romane Bohringer. Le film reçoit un très bon accueil du public et de la presse et fait une très bonne audience (2,09 millions de spectateurs, soit 9,4 % du public).

En 2019, il est le réalisateur d'un pilote pour France 2 de ce qui deviendra par la suite une série aussi à succès : César Wagner. Produit par Incognita et France Télévisions, mettant en scène Gil Alma, Olivia Côte, Joséphine de Meaux et Coralie Russier. Lors de sa première diffusion en France en , le téléfilm a rassemblé 4,9 millions de téléspectateurs, soit 22,8 % de part d'audience, le plaçant en tête des audiences. À la suite du succès, France 2 a donné son accord pour que le téléfilm devienne une collection. Antoine Garceau réalisera les deux autres épisodes de cette collection.

En 2021, il réalise pour France 2 l'adaptation des «Particules élémentaires» d'après le roman de Michel Houellebecq paru en 1998 aux éditions Flammarion. Le téléfilm en deux parties d'une heure est produit par Incognita et Storia TV. Le scénario est signé Gilles Taurand et au casting on retrouve Guillaume Gouix, Jean Charles Clichet, Deborah François, Michel Vuillermoz, Pascale Arbillot, Liliane Rovère, Patrick Mille... Diffusé le 31 janvier 2022, le téléfilm attirera 2,3 millions de spectateurs.

En 2022, Antoine Garceau retrouvera son trio de tête de Dix pour cent pour une nouvelle série, produite par Amazon qui sera la suite de la trilogie de L'Auberge espagnole, Les poupées Russes et Casse-tête chinois (dont-il a été le ). Le projet à pour titre Salade Grecque et s'annonce déjà comme un projet majeur.

Il a aussi travaillé sur de nombreuses publicités.

Filmographie

Acteur
 2013 : Casse-tête chinois de Cédric Klapisch : Assistant photographe

Réalisateur

Documentaire
 2009 : La machine à écrire, documentaire sur l'écrivain américain Donald E. Westlake.

Court-métrage
 1997 : Miss Mémory (court-métrage)
 1989 : La Comète d'Adèle (court-métrage) avec Emma de Caunes

Télévision
 2015-2020 : Dix pour cent
 2016 : Presque adultes
 2019 : Huguette
 2019-2021 : César Wagner
 2022 : Les particules élémentaires
 2022 : Salade Grecque

Scénariste
 1997 : Miss Mémory (court-métrage)
 2019 : Huguette (téléfilm)

1994 : Petits Arrangements avec les morts de Pascale Ferran
 1995 : L'Âge des possibles de Pascale Ferran
 1998 : Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train de Patrice Chéreau
 1999 : Le Bleu des villes de Stéphane Brizé
 2000 : Le Goût des autres d'Agnès Jaoui
 2001 : Intimité de Patrice Chéreau
 2001 : Inch'Allah dimanche de Yamina Benguigui
 2003 : Swimming Pool de François Ozon
 2004 : Comme une image d'Agnès Jaoui
 2004 : Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants d'Yvan Attal
 2005 : Gabrielle de Patrice Chéreau
 2006 : Paris, je t'aime auprès de Gus Van Sant et Gurinder Chadha.
 2006 : Selon Charlie de Nicole Garcia
 2008 : Parlez-moi de la pluie d'Agnès Jaoui
 2009 : Tellement proches d'Olivier Nakache et Éric Toledano
 2009 : Persécution de Patrice Chéreau
 2011 : Ma part du gâteau de Cédric Klapisch
 2012 : Je me suis fait tout petit de Cécilia Rouaud
 2013 : Casse-tête chinois de Cédric Klapisch
 2017 : Ce qui nous lie de Cédric Klapisch

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We will invite industry professionals to host masterclasses in the department, and they will mentor you in your second and third year, providing you with exceptional networking opportunities that no other University in the UK can match.This course will prepare you for a career in the film industry.
This course will cover the fundamentals of film making, and you will achieve an overall understanding of the business of film by following the film making cycle from the acquisition of the original rights to the underlying material, the legal and financing process through the period of pre-production and shoot to its completion, it's delivery, both physical and legal, the sales and marketing and distribution of the film.
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A few years ago graduates from this subject were having a very hard time but things have improved a lot thanks to our active media, film and photographic industries - much the most common employers for this group. The most common jobs are in the arts — as photographers, audio-visual technicians, operators and designers, as directors, as artists and as graphic designers. Training in presenting sound and graphics is useful in other industries as well, so you can find graduates in journalism, in advertising, in business management, in events management and in web design and IT. Be aware that freelancing and self-employment is common in the arts, as are what is termed 'portfolio careers' — having several part-time jobs or commissions at once.
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PHOTOS: Rider Hospitalized After Crashing Into Truck Above Azusa
PHOTO/Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
AZUSA - A man riding a motorcycle sustained unknown injuries after colliding with a truck on San Gabriel Canyon Road near East Fork Road Saturday morning.
The collision was dispatched to Los Angeles County Firefighters around 11:06 a.m. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau arrived to treat and transport the victim.
The driver of the truck remained at the scene.
U.S. Forest Service Warns of Elevated Fire Danger Amid Dry Conditions
ARCADIA - The U.S. Forest Service has raised the fire danger level across the Angeles National Forest to "Very High," officials said Friday.
Annual grasses have cured, temperatures have risen and the drop in relative humidity has forced officials to increase the fire danger level as a means to spread public awareness.
No new campfire restrictions are in place, however.
Open wood and charcoal fires will still be permitted in approved "developed" campgrounds and picnic areas where a steel ring or stoves are provided. Propane or jellied gas stoves and grills are permitted in non-developed areas with a valid California Campfire Permit, the U.S. Forest Service said.
Smoking is allowed in enclosed vehicles or developed recreation sites only.
Drivers in the forest should stay on designated roads and never park on dry brush or grass, to avoid the risk of starting a fire, the U.S. Forest Service said.
The use of fireworks in the Angeles National Forest is prohibited, including all other forest system lands. Violators will face a $5,000 fine, six months in jail or both, the U.S. Forest Service said.
"Anyone causing a wildfire is liable for all costs of suppressing the fire," the U.S. Forest Service said.
Arraignment for Azusa Murder Suspects Continued to August
LOS ANGELES - Arraignment for the three men arrested for the kidnapping, robbery and beating of a man in unincorporated Azusa was continued to August, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Hercules Dimitrios Balaskas, a 19-year-old Glendora man,Francisco Amigon, a 19-year-old La Verne man,and Jacob Hunter Elmendorf, 19, also from La Verne, will have arraignment continued to August 6, said County D.A. spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani.
The three men were charged May 31 with three counts of first degree murder with special circumstances, first-degree residential robbery and kidnapping.
The suspects also face three special circumstances of lying in wait and murder during the kidnapping and robbery Hamori-Andrade, whose body was found dumped 30 feet over the side of Highway 39 Wednesday, May 30.
Prosecutors accuse Balaskas of beating Hamori-Andrade with the metal chair.
Matthew Luzon Martin-Capiendo. PHOTOS/Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A fourth suspect, Matthew Luzon Martin-Capiendo, 21, further beat the victim with a rock and broke glass pipe once he was taken to the mountainside.
Martin-Capiendo remains a fugitive, Ardalani said.
The brutal killing began May 29 when deputies responding to a home in the 6100 block of Goodway Drive in the unincorporated area near Azusa for a disturbance call discovered a large blood trail leading from the unoccupied home to the street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A motive for the killing is unknown.
If convicted as charged, all four suspects face the death penalty or life in state prison without parole.
The decision to seek the death penalty will be made at a later court appearance.
Anyone who has seen or knowns Martin-Capiendo's whereabouts is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Information can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Wild Pursuit Comes To Smokey End in Pasadena, Two in Custody
PASADENA - A driver wanted for excessive speed and his passenger were taken into custody minutes ago after evading CHP officers across multiple counties.
The pursuit of a black Chrysler car ended after the suspect exited the 210 freeway westbound in Pasadena and sideswiped another driver, but kept fleeing until the suspect car became disabled at Marengo Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard, according to California Highway Patrol radio traffic.
The pursuit began in the Inland Empire, possibly from the Victorville area, according to Officer Stephen Brandt of the California Highway Patrol Traffic Management Center.
The driver was wanted for excessive speed and fled CHP Rancho Cucamonga units west on the Interstate 10 freeway into Pomona where the chase continued on surface streets.
The driver possibly let two passengers exit and flee the vehicle at Arrow Highway and Mills Avenue in Claremont before continuing.
The suspect entered the westbound 210 freeway and fled officers at 115 miles per hour at times, according to CHP radio traffic.
It is unclear if the suspects committed a crime before speeding away from the CHP.
A call to the CHP Inland Empire Communications Center was redirected to the 9-1-1 emergency call center.
Gardena Man Sentenced in Brutal Killing of Uncle-In-Law Inside La Crescenta Home
LOS ANGELES - The relative of a man found beaten to death with a mallet was sentenced to 56 years to life in state prison for the 2015 murder.
David Xavier Bushman, 47, was sentenced Tuesday after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his uncle-in-law, 73-year-old Arthur George Palmer, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Bushman apparently expected to inherit money from Palmer, who was found dead July 24, 2015. Palmer was likely beat between July 21 and 24, Santiago said.
Crescenta Valley Sheriff's deputies responded to Palmer's home in the 3000 block of Francis Avenue July 24, 2015 after a concerned neighbor said Palmer had not been seen in three days.
Bushman has a criminal past, which included convictions in 1991, 2003 and 2009 for felonies that include robbery and false imprisonment, Santiago said.
The murder weapon was found next to Palmer's body and contained Bushman's DNA.
Perris Man Charged with Murder in Industry Construction Site Slaying
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has officially charged the man accused of gunning down another man in Industry.
Elias Haro Rodriguez, 25, was charged with one count of murder with the special allegation that he used a firearm, according to Greg Risling of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Rodriguez reportedly donned a hard hat and a mask during the shooting of Juan Carlos Castro Flores, 50. Rodriguez fled the scene after the shooting around 9:35 a.m. The construction site, located in the 14700 block of Nelson Avenue, was very active with workers on scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau.
Rodriguez and Flores, both Perris men, apparently knew each other.
Rodriguez is 25 years old, but was previously described by the Sheriff's Information Bureau as being in his 40s.
Flores died at the scene, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Arraignment was continued to July 25 in Pomona Superior Court.
Rodriguez faces a possibility of life in state prison.
BREAKING NEWS: Perris Man Jailed, Suspected of Killing Man at Industry Construction Site
LOS ANGELES - Sheriff's Homicide detectives arrested the man accused of gunning down another man inside a busy City of Industry construction site.
Elias Haro Rodriguez, a man listed in his 40s, was taken into custody Thursday in the 23000 block of Cajalco Road in Perris around 5 p.m. Rodriguez was identified and followed after he left his home, taken into custody during a traffic stop, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Information Bureau.
Rodriguez was booked at the San Dimas Sheriff's Station, and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.
Rodriguez is accused of shooting to death 50-year-old Juan Carlos Flores, who was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
The shooting took place around 9:35 a.m. at a construction site in the 14700 block of Nelson Avenue in the City of Industry June 18.
Rodriguez reportedly disguised in a hard hat and a mask, fled the scene after shooting Flores who died at the scene. Flores was shot multiple times and was specifically targeted by Rodriguez, Homicide detectives said.
Man Faces 20 Years To Life For 2016 West Covina Stabbing
POMONA - A man accused of stabbing his ex girlfriend multiple times in front of their son pleaded no contest Monday to the crime.
Eduardo Marin, 48, pleaded no contest to four counts, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree burglary, person present, and cruelty to a child by endangering health.
Marin is accused of breaking into his ex girlfriend's West Covina home October 13, 2016 and stabbing her multiple times with their son present. A family member was injured after intervening, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Marin admitted to special allegations that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife, during the commission of the crime. Additionally, Marin admitted committing great bodily injury on the victim under circumstances involving domestic violence, Ardalani said.
Marin fled the scene, but was caught by West Covina Police.
Marin is scheduled to be sentenced August 13 and faces 20 years and six months to life in prison if convicted as charged.
Vehicle Found Crashed, Abandoned Above Azusa Sunday
REGION - The California Highway Patrol is looking for the driver who crashed and fled a car found abandoned on Highway 39 above Azusa.
A passerby reported that an import-style vehicle was found unoccupied and crashed into the side of the mountain near mile marker 20.1 around 2:23 a.m., according to CHP traffic logs.
The registered owner of the vehicle called the CHP around 8:45 a.m. to report his vehicle missing from his cousin's house in the 5200 block of North Calera Avenue in Covina.
The owner said he decided to take an Uber ride home from his cousin's house around 9 p.m. Saturday after being too drunk to drive, the CHP reported.
It is unclear who the suspect may be, or if the suspect has been arrested.
'Faux Badge Bandit' Wanted in Four Bank Robberies Across SGV, Santa Clarita
PHOTO/Courtesy of the FBI.
LOS ANGELES - The FBI is seeking information leading to the arrest of a man who has robbed four banks since May 31.
The "Faux Badge Bandit," so named because he has carried a seven-point badge and shoulder holster during some of the robberies, has hit banks in La Verne, Pasadena, Claremont and Santa Clarita, according to Laura Eimiller of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.
A handgun has been seen in the holster and has been brandished during the robberies. The "Faux Badge Bandit" may be armed with multiple weapons, Eimiller said.
Banks robbed include:
Wells Fargo, 1487 Foothill Blvd., La Verne - May 31
U.S. Bank, 2355 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena - June 14
Chase Bank, 805 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont - June 14
Wells Fargo Bank, 26900 Sierra Hwy., Santa Clarita - June 15
The "Faux Badge Bandit" enters the banks with a bag and issues a demand note for cash. he threatened to shoot the teller's coworkers if they did not comply, Eimiller said.
The "Faux Badge Bandit" is a white man, 6 feet tall, 230 pounds and is 40 to 50 years old.
Anyone who has information on the "Faux Badge Bandit" is urged to call the FBI 24 hours a day at 310-477-6565, or cal 911.
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Sharing a book with your child for ten minutes a day, an hour a week, is the aim of The Reading Hour 2012.
Part of the National Year of Reading 2012, The Reading Hour is a call to action to help families discover and rediscover the magic of books together.
On 25 August, how about sharing Goodnight Mice! one of the 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlisted children's books with your kids?
Jump online to read a sample chapter from our children's fiction shortlist.
The 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards were announced today, signalling the start of Book Week!


Preserving Traditions' first canning event, strawberry jam, went pretty well – though it was not without its moments! We discovered that the hot water was a bit…murky, probably because none of the other groups at the Grange use twenty gallons of hot water at a go! It's probably time to drain the water heater. Luckily, the cold water runs clear; it just takes a bit longer to heat up. There was also a Kettle of Soap incident, which taught us the value of using a properly-sized canning rack to keep jars off the bottom of the canner, instead of improvising with a towel.
This makes a pint or so of jam. You can double the batch, but I'll wait to hear from participants to tell you if it's ok to triple the batch. Jam can be tricky about triple batches; sometimes it just won't set.
Cook everything together in a large pot on medium-high heat. Once it boils vigorously (it'll foam up a lot), start timing. After 10-12 minutes, test the jam for jelling. You do this by dripping a very small amount of jam (1/4 tsp or so) onto a chilled ceramic plate. Let it sit for 30 seconds, and tilt the plate. When the jam is properly jelled, the drop of jelly will ooze slowly down the plate. If it's runny, you'll need to cook it some more. Turn the heat down to medium and stir constantly. Every few minutes, try the jell test again with a cold plate (keep the plate in the freezer between tests).
When the jam is sufficiently cooked-down, you can can it in a water bath so you can store it at room temperature. Or just pour into jars and put the jars in the fridge. They'll keep four to six months in the fridge without canning – very nice if you've only made one pint.
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It's Memorial Day, which used to be called Decoration Day. Gabriel and I walked up to the military graveyard at the old fort near our house to pay our respects. We were struck by how many of the stones marked the graves of people who had been born in the late Victorian era and lived almost to a time when we were alive ourselves. It's so close, this past that touches us.
There were flags on all the graves and fresh flowers by the cannon at the center of the cemetery.
Her dead and honored brave.
That you to them resigned.
The fight you fought so well.
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I reluctantly drifted into university aged 17, having skipped a year at school to read engineering. Frankly, I wasn't ready for it. Academically, it wasn't a problem but I hadn't really matured to cope with the progression of independent learning and a relatively intensive course at the old UMIST. Skipping the end of year field trip for a League Cup Final didn't help matters too much either and at the end of the year, by mutual consent, it was all over.
My first job after leaving university was as a pushbike courier (or a professional road cyclist as I sometimes now describe it) for a print & copy shop, Manchester Print & Office Services (later MPG) on Dale St. in Manchester. I was paid £85 per week with a bonus of as much free beer as I could drink on a Friday night. I think with beer prices back then, it made OTE £115pw. I loved that job, not a care in the world! Thankfully, my potential was quickly recognised by the owners of this relatively new business and soon it was goodbye tracksuit and hello suit as I was thrown into the middle of helping to run a small start-up business at the age of 19.
Eventually I was headhunted by one of our clients, a small old-school design agency based in Old Trafford who'd experienced my commitment and energy. Despite last minute offers to double my salary, I had to move on and eventually stayed with Coopers for a couple of years, learning so much about design, despite the slow pace. A small business, with little ambition, but we did great work for brands like Kelloggs and Kleenex.
I would eventually return to MPG (meaning I've never actually had a job interview in my life) to run their new print factory up Dantzic St. I was 24 and running a double-shift production factory environment to ISO standards. Despite best promises, culturally, MPG was still a challenging work environment with high staff turnover, hinged around a cluster of underpaid over-performers like myself. I'd experienced context elsewhere and now knew I would have to make something happen for myself at some point.
By mid-2001 (I was aged 25), three of us were plotting to do our own thing and eventually, in January 2002, Studio North was born. No money, no clients and not even a front door of our own. But it was wonderfully exciting and loaded with risk. I'd just taken on my first mortgage on a house in Burnage and had zero savings.
So it's been a bit of a rollercoaster but demonstrates personal progress in business rarely takes a linear route. I like to think you have to earn your stripes before you can make something of yourself, which means getting hands dirty. Even as a pushbike courier I learnt so much about people. I remember the way people in suits would treat me as I entered a reception area of an architects or an ad agency. It was like I was a nobody to them, just because of how I was dressed (and perhaps my broad Mancunian accent). They probably assumed I was perhaps a bit thick.
I'd look at them and knew I could outthink, outwork and outsmart them at every stage of the working day. But my job was to be professional and I privately stored those experiences so now, twenty years later, I make sure I treat everyone the same way and try my best not to judge too early.
In a proper team, everyone matters.
It is an award winning integrated brand communications agency. We have an impressive track record and help brands of all shapes and sizes engage their audiences and grow market share. At the heart of all our client relationships is the shared ambition to push the boundaries of technology and deliver the richest brand experience.
What's Studio North's proudest achievement?
We are proudest when making a difference to a client's business. As well as taking pride in aesthetics and design, we are obsessed with tuning into the commercial success of clients, and try to show them how we can make a difference in this area.
These days there are so many awards to choose from, both regionally and nationally. Some are fairly spurious, based on public votes or client nudging. Others really matter, like the Transform Awards (Europe) focussing on business transformational outcomes rather than subjective taste or popularity. To date, we've enjoyed huge success (most of any North West agency) at these awards, winning five out of the last six years.
But it was probably the first year that represented our proudest achievement. We won a Gold and two Silvers for rebranding a Warrington umbrella business called Parasol. Working on a fraction of the budgets we managed to get Parasol onto the podium with global brands like Citroen and Aviva in a couple of these categories. That business has flourished ever since.
And of course, we're happy to be thirteen years old. It doesn't get any easier!
What do you see as the challenges when running a creative enterprise?
There are a few. I'd be amazed if there is a faster moving sector in business. The number of channels through which to market product or services is growing year on year and in particular the digital environment is accelerating rapidly. It's a constant barrage of new updates, tools and platforms. For us, like all agencies, the challenge is in keeping up-to-date with every development and integrating them into our offering. For a business owner, the balance is in how much time do you dedicate on R&D and training, without neglecting time spent on developing client relationships and getting things done. You've always got to be learning in this business if you want to add the sort of value that keeps you ahead of the game.
Another consequence of the explosion in communication channels is an increase in client expectation. With the rise of mobile technology and multiple tools – from email to social media – businesses and customers expect immediate connectivity when communicating with their agency. No one wants to wait for an answer. We've long since seen the end of the 9am-5pm working day and it's difficult to switch off.
Finally, it's relatively easy to start a creative business, with few barriers to entry so there are constantly new start-ups, who bring hunger and energy to the competitive scenario. And of course, quite often this puts pressure on margins. All of these pose big challenges for a business like Studio North and how we deliver responsive solutions to our clients, yet these are challenges we relish as they help us strive for continual improvement.
Employees like to understand the bigger picture when it comes to business progress, developments and strategy. They like to know that they are not just a cog in the machine but an important, much valued team member.
There's sometimes a danger of being too open but I think it's better to over-communicate than under-communicate. This also includes helping employees see the importance of their role to the whole business and the impact they make.
It sounds simple but this is a huge challenge for a small business that is regularly looking outwards in the servicing of existing and new clients' needs. There is a lot going on at any one moment, and ensuring employees feel valued requires stopping, reflecting and communicating clarity and context. What is it F. Scott Fitzgerald said about intelligence being the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. Well that is what is required: to both work on current business and at the same time assimilate the latest developments into the bigger picture for communication back to the wider business. It's a skill that I'm still working on.
We also invested heavily into our premises at Waulk Mill in Ancoats. We give people space and diversity of space within which to operate. We're not the only business that realises employees spend the majority of their time at work, so it pays to make that an enjoyable experience. Also, from a creative angle, different spaces are important for fuelling the creative process – whether for inspiration or room to concentrate outside the studio hustle and bustle. An inspiration space looks completely different to a concentration one.
A service business is only as good as it's people so talent is the most important asset and needs safeguarding effectively. Losing good people can be massively detrimental for any business, even at a simple direct costs level. Aside from the cost of recruiting new staff there's the hidden cost of integrating new starters, something that can take anything from a month to six months to fully perform, depending on the role and seniority. It's a huge drain, so keeping staff turnover low is an imperative.
It's standard now to provide a wider benefits package than basic salary, so you look at things like healthcare cash plans and contributory pensions. Mostly, I think respecting work-life balance is the biggest win. We pay overtime (unusual in our sector) and try to be as flexible in the whole employer-employee relationship as we can. If people are empowered to work, motivated by targets and doing good work, a start and finish time should be the last thing on their mind.
Creatives are often unfairly stereotyped as scruffy, laconic and unconventional libertines. How important is appearance and attitude?
Obviously, appearance really matters when client-facing, as immediate perception is everything in our game. But attitude is even more important. I like self-starters who can motivate themselves and are willing to face challenges. These days I see lots of graduates and young workers who bring with them misguided and unrealistic expectations when it comes to jobs in the workplace. Too many suffer from a sense of entitlement that never existed when I began working – or if it did, was never publicly shared. It's a big problem when employees are constantly looking up at the roles above them and never on their own work. Before you can be a manager, you have to first show that you are a bloody good doer who has experienced both the ups and downs yet has delivered consistently good work. How else can you empathise with or inspire the people you manage?
I like to see that employees are willing to tackle the menial or difficult jobs and succeed, that they have learnt from their mistakes and their character has grown as a result of it. Getting these tools in your locker is vital for your development in business. All of this requires a sound attitude.
I read today that Britain will need to create an additional 745,000 digital skilled workers in order to meet the rising employer demand for digital skills and innovation. How important is a digital strategy and digital knowledge for businesses?
Digital is a beast. It is also a growing problem for businesses because of a skills shortage in the area. Industry and education have started to come together to solve the problem and help produce a greater number of 'ready-to-go' digital recruits. It's improving but the fast-moving and evolving nature of the digital world makes it extremely difficult. Universities and colleges can't possibly hope to plot three-year courses and expect year one learning to be entirely relevant three years later in industry. Quite often, it just isn't.
Perhaps, it would be better if the education system was turned upside down with each year consisting of 6 months funded working in industry, alongside 6 months classroom learning. Bridging the academic/practitioner divide this way would significantly increase the chances of producing the right future talent.
We've pro-actively supported the recently opened Manchester Creative Studio in Ancoats. I sit on the employer advisory committee and helped the school craft a fit for purpose curriculum. This type of engagement is a step in the right direction.
It starts with life lessons. A combination of personal and business experiences over the past decade have gradually instilled a resilience in myself that means I now think nothing or nobody can beat me (and consequently the agency). That might sound arrogant but I think it's how you have to be when running a business. I no longer worry about something not working or a difficult task on the to do list. We just try it. Or it just gets done.
We've had to get through a recession and personally I had to cope with far more. My younger boy, Joe is severely autistic. He lost the language he'd gained, regressively, after his jabs at about 18 months and this destroyed me for a long time. The disability meant little sleep for dad from about 2009 to 2012 (which massively affected my own performance) though it then started to slowly improve. Now, I get a good 5-6 hours sleep every night and have restored energy levels.
Joe is now seven, still requires the same level of care a baby would, and is a right handful (I equate the effort to tenfold of looking after his brother) but you adjust your own effort and cope. The one thing that drives this effort is hope. Hope that things will get better. Putting this type of coping strategy into a business context makes agency world seem quite straightforward.
So having learnt to harness every last drop of hope personally, yes, you could probably accuse me of being a very optimistic person. I learnt in 2013 that you have to be optimistic to survive.
Positive thinking inspires positive actions. And that's the only place positive results come from.


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Invest Like a Dead Poet
Tear up your investing textbooks. They're wrong.
Chuck Saletta
(TMFBigFrog)
Published: Apr 8, 2005 at 12:00AM
Chuck Saletta is a Motley Fool contributor. His investing style has been inspired by Benjamin Graham's Value Investing strategy.
In the film Dead Poets Society, Professor Keating (Robin Williams) instructs his students to rip entire sections out of their poetry textbook and completely ignore what it says. "Carpe Diem" -- seize the day -- is his motto, and "suck the marrow out of life" is his philosophy. Poetry is more art than science -- written to be enjoyed and "to woo women" -- not to be analyzed under a microscope. The textbook that attempted to calculate values of "perfection" and "importance" to score poems? It was completely missing the point, and the value of the poetry itself.
As goes poetry, so goes investing
Just as the textbook "science" of poetry misses the point, so does the textbook "science" of investing. There is way more to investing than number crunching, and often, crunching the numbers leads to utterly ludicrous solutions. For example, I'm a big fan of diversification done right; it's protected my portfolio on numerous occasions. Yet the textbook teaching on diversification is shredder material, pure and simple.
The textbooks say that to achieve diversification, an investor must buy companies with a small or even negative correlation coefficient with one another, and by amassing a collection of such firms, an investor can be protected. Great theory, but in practice? Yuck. First, there's the heavy-duty math involved in calculating historical standard deviations and historical covariances. Then, there's the absolute nonsensical answers that often appear.
Nonsense from a textbook?
In the private Motley Fool Inside Value discussion forums, I recently ran through the calculations to illustrate the point. I figured out that, according to the textbooks, an investor would be better diversified buying Honda (NYSE:HMC) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) than buying Honda and Gillette (NYSE:G). That's right -- according to the bogus number crunching that dominates Wall Street investment philosophies, an investor is better diversified buying two automakers than buying one auto manufacturer and one leading consumer products company. The correlation coefficient between Honda and GM was very close to zero, making them excellent candidates, whereas the correlation coefficient between Honda and Gillette was more than 0.8, indicating nearly identical historical movements, and therefore poor diversification protection.
Yet as a Fool, I know better. I know that, at the end of the day, Honda and General Motors both make cars. They compete for the same customers, rely on the same raw materials, and face the same market reality that their products are rarely "must have right now" kind of items. As an investor looking for diversification, I'd rather own one car manufacturer and one consumer products company than two of either, any day of the week.
Textbook diversification and its complicated and nonsensical calculations? To the shredder!
More shredder material
Diversification isn't the only place where the texts deserve to be shredded. Whether it's the classic Capital Asset Pricing Model or one of its newer multifactor cousins such as Fama French, the textbook risk and return calculations that dominate Wall Street all suffer from a fatal flaw: They all rely on historical stock price movements to predict what will happen next. I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- the past is no prologue for the future; driving forward while looking in the rearview mirror is a great way to get into an accident.
Those models, no matter how much fancy math goes into them, say virtually nothing about the businesses behind the stocks. They wouldn't have told you to watch out for problems with donut baker KrispyKreme (NASDAQ:KKD) and stun gun manufacturer Taser (NASDAQ:TASR) prior to their recent descents. A simple glance at those businesses and financial statements would have provided ample warning that the stocks had lost track of the companies' true values and their prices were eventually destined to fall.
Textbook analysis techniques based on stock price movements? To the shredder, you go!
Stop the insanity
There is, of course, a better way to invest. And that way is with value. There are two simple keys to value investing -- keys that are obvious but often forgotten.
Each company has a fair value -- a price that represents the true worth of the firm.
Eventually, each company's market price will cross its fair value.
With those keys in mind, value investing becomes as simple as finding and buying the companies that currently trade below their fair values, then waiting for the market to drive their prices up to a more reasonable level. That's all there is to it. And what it takes to get there is a willingness to look beyond the textbooks to the true value of the business.
At Inside Value, lead analyst Philip Durell has done just that. He has built a portfolio of leading companies, all trading at or below their fair values when selected. In fact, two of his first 16 picks, long distance giant and bankruptcy survivor MCI (NASDAQ:MCIP) and stalwart door manufacturer Masonite (NYSE:MHM), were so undervalued that they've been snapped up as acquisitions by firms that knew a good deal when they saw one.
O Admiral! My Admiral!
In Dead Poets Society, Professor Keating's students eventually got it -- they understood that there was more to poetry and to life than the textbooks dictated. They learned that they must seize the day, ignore the idiocy in the textbooks, and control their own destinies. When they realized this, they stood on their desks and shouted, "O Captain! My Captain!" one of Keating's favorite lines from a Walt Whitman poem.
At Inside Value, our Professor Durell goes by the name TMFAdmiral. And his straightforward yet powerful investing strategy deserves a similar accolade, befitting his returns, which have, as of this writing, trounced the market by more than four to one since inception.
If you've got what it takes to shred the investing textbooks, abandon conventional wisdom, and invest based on what counts, then Inside Value is the place for you. The Admiral is even offering a free 30-day trial or, for a limited time, a 25% discount on a one-year subscription.
Fool Contributor and Inside Value team member Chuck Saletta owns shares of General Motors. The Motley Fool is investors writing for investors. The Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Gord Downie's Posthumous New Double Album "Away Is Mine" Out Today
· October 16, 2020 ·
Per the official press release –
Away Is Mine is Gord Downie's final solo recording.
Steered to life by "my oldest Toronto friend," guitarist and co-writer Josh Finlayson, Downie recorded the ten songs of Away Is Mine in July 2017 at The Tragically Hip's studio in Bath, Ontario, mere months before he died on October 17th that year.
A characteristically questing and idiosyncratic work that holds fast to its author's unwavering artistic spirit, Away Is Mine is a contemplation on Gord's life, written with his deft hand and forever inscrutable sense of humour even as he locked eyes with the Great Inevitability.
"This won't be his last release, but these are the final ten songs Gord sang before he passed away. The last time he ever sang into a mic," brother Patrick Downie wrote in a statement. "That's pretty special to us."
Presented as a double album with electric and acoustic versions of all ten songs, the 20-track collection highlights Gord's poetic mastery at its most bare and personal, with vibrant yet haunting production that casts each song in different otherworldly light. Away Is Mine will be released October 16, 2020 in 2LP, 2CD, and digital formats via Arts & Crafts.
PREORDER AWAY IS MINE NOW
The first two songs of Away Is Mine, released with today's album announcement, reflect the spectral setting and unguarded lyrical force at play. Gord's album-opening words on "Hotel Worth" reverberate over a cloudy ambient shuffle, his at first disembodied voice floating on a resonant sonic plane while slyly asking 'Yer walking me to the door / of what was it again … ?' Then, on "Useless Nights", a lattice of starry synthesizers and electric twang plods in a carefree almost joyous swagger toward the definite abyss, while Gord pleads 'Please be good to me / Yea, save me from the useless nights' in his most gentle, fatherly tone.
"There really wasn't a plan to make a record,' says Finlayson. "The whole thing was that I knew this was a great way to spend time with Gord, listening to music, talking about music, talking about things that we'd always talked about. And this just evolved pretty organically."
LISTEN TO "HOTEL WORTH" AND "USELESS NIGHTS"
Sessions began on July 17, 2017 with producer/mixer and Bathouse in-house engineer Nyles Spencer at the helm. The album came together in a flare of creative energy, recording in a burst of live takes over the next four days. Acoustic sketches in "open C" (a remnant tuning from Secret Path songs) that Gord and Josh had knocked together over Garageband that spring became adorned, often in real time, with thoughtful embellishments and lavish space that Spencer – who had proven himself something of a sonic savant on The Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem (2016) and Gord's preceding solo records Secret Path (2016) and Introduce Yerself (2017) – describes as "from another world, from the future, from a place we don't know."
Rounding out the so-called Family Band, another cherished friend and decades-long collaborator Travis Good of The Sadies rode out to Bath to sprinkle in fiddle, mandolin, and guitars, while longtime Bathouse overseer Dave "Billy Ray" Koster and Lou Downie, Gord's son, contributed live drum parts further spliced by Spencer into the mix. Through judicious use of drum loops, synths, vocal effects and "general madness," as Finlayson puts it, Spencer transformed Away Is Mine into the supernatural end product at hand.
1. Hotel Worth
2. Useless Nights
3. I Am Lost
4. About Blank
5. River Don't Care
6. The Least Impossible
7. Traffic Is Magic
8. Away Is Mine
9. No Solace
10. Untitled
11. Hotel Worth (Acoustic)
12. Useless Nights (Acoustic)
13. I Am Lost (Acoustic)
14. About Blank (Acoustic)
15. River Don't Care (Acoustic)
16. The Least Impossible (Acoustic)
17. Traffic Is Magic (Acoustic)
18. Away Is Mine (Acoustic)
19. No Solace (Acoustic)
20. Untitled (Acoustic)
READ THE ALBUM LINER ESSAY
"They are the same record," avows Spencer, referring to the loosely labeled 'electric' and 'acoustic' discs. "Just different mixes." Finlayson asked for the stripped-back versions after the fact "purely for selfish reasons," as personal mementos, but their standalone value has since grown clear to all who have heard them. They could be mistaken for two entirely different recordings, and yet they are actually the same – the same lightning, just in different bottles.
Whereas Introduce Yerself – Gord's 23 songs of personal love letters to family, friends, and the Bruins – was his farewell album, arriving just ten days after his passing, the posthumous Away Is Mine is Gord's existential reckoning with life. Away Is Mine is a document of an artist disappearing into his art, essentially becoming his art through that process. Here, laid bare, is the process.
"River Don't Care" ambles along the water's edge following a deceptively breezy groove through which to confront or accept that the river of time "don't care" what any of us "write for it" or "cast into it." "About Blank" morphs from a plaintive bluegrass picker into a bizarrely upbeat electro-hoedown lifted by the auspicious refrain of 'Come be surrounded / By those who love you the most' before it dives into the ether. "I Am Lost" could find dub-like buoyancy in naked acoustic blues "writing about words" pondering 'the waste, the glory, and the vast debris.' "Untitled", the last chapter, spins the emotional heft of the final dissolve, claiming "night is good, think of it like that" with a ghostly but dazzling exhale.
"I found him to be pretty quiet. And now, looking back, it was kind of the 'last gasp' almost because when Gord got this one done, Gord went irretrievably downhill," recalls brother Patrick. "Almost to the day we got back to Toronto, there's no way he would have been able to do it. Things just went really far south."
Despite the grim undercurrent or the "elephant in the room" during the album's recording, joy is the guiding light of what Gord, together with loved ones, created over four summer days by Lake Ontario: joy in friendships, joy in family, joy in collaboration, joy in writing, joy in music and joy in mystery. Everyone involved in the making of Away Is Mine refers to it as "a gift," the magic of which has carried through the completion of the album over this summer 2020, including the creation of the original artwork by Clare Downie and Willo Downie, Gord's daughters.
Like all of the music and the poetry and the memories and the mad genius Gord gave us during his 53 years on our planet, Away Is Mine is immortal. And yet it took a fearless reckoning with his own mortality to get us here.
"We feel so blessed for this opportunity. Simply described as gratitude. Grateful for another gift from Gord. A gift that has been our beautiful companion and an unintended source of solace in the face of life without him," Josh and Patrick share. "May it lift you up and carry you onwards and upwards always and forever.
Away Is Mine. Away Is Yers."
You can also listen to the entire album via Youtube playlist, right here:
Gord Downie was one of the best front people of our generation. Not just in Canada but throughout the entire world. Witnessing Gord take the stage was something special and pure; a complete manifestation of the music in its most primal and cathartic form. This posthumous album is touching and poetic and humble. RIP Gord, we miss you a hull of a lot.
Rest In Peace, Gord Downie
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Two men escape from Western State Hospital, believed to be threat to public
Originally published April 6, 2016 at 11:12 pm Updated April 7, 2016 at 7:17 am
Authorities urge anyone who sees the men to not contact them and immediately call 911.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Update, 7 a.m. April 7, 2016:
A Pierce County bus driver believes he might have seen the two men.
Lakewood police are searching for two men who escaped from Western State Hospital, the state's largest psychiatric facility in Lakewood, Pierce County.
Police said the men could be a threat to the public.
Investigators believe around 6 p.m. Wednesday the patients potentially used a "loose" window to escape the hospital, leaving together and on foot before possibly catching nearby transportation, according to a Lakewood police news release.
The men, who arrived at the hospital in February 2015, were last seen at the hospital's dining hall, police said. They were both housed in the facility's locked civil ward, the release said.
One of them, Anthony Garver, is white, 28 years old and has long, curly brown hair with a beard or mustache. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 250 pounds and was last seen wearing a brown, faded sweatshirt and orange flip flops.
Originally from the Spokane area, Garver was arrested on suspicion first-degree murder in 2013 and was not found competent to stand trial.
The other man, Mark Alexander Adams, is also white, 58 years old, with long blonde hair. He is 6 feet tall, 210 pounds and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and grey shorts.
Police believe Adams may flee to California. He's originally from Snohomish County and was receiving treatment after getting arrested on suspicion of committing domestic violence and 2nd-degree assault, though he, too, was not competent to stand trial.
Police have notified local transportation services about the search. And as of late Wednesday, investigators were at the hospital gathering more information.
Jessica Lee: 206-464-2532 or jlee@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @jessleeST.


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US just withdrew from UNESCO, citing 'continuous anti-Israel bias'
In 2011, the United States had cancelled its substantial budget contribution to UNESCO in protest at a decision to grant the Palestinians full membership...
Source: The Guardian
The US is pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation UNESCO, accusing it of "anti-Israel" bias.
The State Department said it would establish an observer mission at the Paris-based organisation to replace its current representation.
UNESCO said the withdrawal was a loss to the "UN family" and to multilateralism.
The agency is known for designating world heritage sites such as Syria's Palmyra and the US Grand Canyon.
Today, US notified @UNESCO Director-General @IrinaBokova of the US decision to withdraw from the organization. https://t.co/JA9WirHMLE
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 12, 2017
The country hopes to remain a non-member, observer state, in order to contribute US opinions and expertise on issues like press freedoms and protecting world heritage.
According to Reuters, the State Department said in a Thursday statement:
"This decision was not taken lightly and reflects US concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the organization, and continuing anti-Israel bias at UNESCO."
UNESCO was founded in the wake of the Second World War, with the aim of ensuring peace through the free flow of ideas and education.
Full announcement by the US Department of State:
U.S. withdraws from UNESCO, U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, citing anti-Israel bias in part. https://t.co/W6B6AZXKhC pic.twitter.com/itAH8a3x9M
— ABC News (@ABC) October 12, 2017
"Universality is critical to UNESCO's mission to strengthen international peace and security in the face of hatred and violence, to defend human rights and dignity," said Irina Bokova, UNESCO's Director-General.
Statement from UNESCO's Director-General:
I deeply regret the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from @UNESCO.
Official statement: https://t.co/ACgqUKVLBi pic.twitter.com/xHTvJNt6tm
— Irina Bokova (@IrinaBokova) October 12, 2017
In 2011, the United States had cancelled its substantial budget contribution to UNESCO in protest at a decision to grant the Palestinians full membership.
At the time, members voted by 107 votes to 14 to accept Palestine as a full member state to loud cheers from delegates in Paris.
52 countries, including the UK, abstained.
Here is how social media reacted following the announcement
"Uncultured"
Just because President Trump and his supporters are uncultured, doesn't mean they get to force that ignorance on everyone else.
— Jonathan Tamayo (@CincoTamayo_) October 12, 2017
"United States going backwards..."
United States going backwards big time
— Maryam Sherbaf (@msherbaf20) October 12, 2017
Some even apologised on Trump behalf...
As an American I'm sorry!
— Maria Hernandez (@MariaMed81) October 12, 2017
Simply put...
Wtf.
— Ajnabi Al-Finlandi (@ajnabifinlandi) October 12, 2017
Amr Diab shuts down marriage rumors … people respond in hilarious way
Saudi man gets jail sentence and lashes for blackmailing women
Lindsay Lohan defended a suspected rapist, and this guy is blaming Islam