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AUTOGRAPHED JOHN ELEFANTE - ON MY WAY TO THE SUN (*Yellow Vinyl) KANSAS / MASTEDON
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Comes with 7" vinyl
Features Richard Williams and David Ragsdale of Kansas
12" x 12" Full-Color 2-Sided Printed Sleeve with Lyrics, Credits, Photos and more.
Ships in a "No Regret" Bufferzone Mailer
John Elefante (along with his brother Dino) both 3-time Grammy Award winners were the masterminds behind the 80's Christian Rock group MASTEDON. Johns career started as the lead singer of KANSAS. On 1982's Vinyl Confessions, he sang the top 10 Billboard hit, "Play the Game Tonight" that also included Roger Taylor from the band QUEEN. John and Dino also penned the monster rock hit, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.
As a producer and composer, his credits are numerous. He's produced and/or composed music for Kansas, Petra, Bride, Guardian, The Brave, Lovewar, Natalie Grant, Barren Cross, Carmen, Rick Cua, Sweet Comfort Band as well as the Hit Movie Sountrack "St Elmos Fire" an so many more. It felt like every time you flipped a cd over you saw Produced by JOHN and DINO ELEFANTE on the back of everything. His name is stamped on all great projects. When Christian music always seemed to fall behind mainstream/secular, John and Dino were always the exception. Everything they did was far superior and this album is no exception. Their recording studio, The Sound Kitchen, was used by Vince Gill, Bruce Springsteen, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and Bon-Jovi.
No wonder On My Way to the Sun sold extremely well when it dropped in 2016. This album is a pure masterpiece. Starting off with a stunning 11 min song, "This Is How The Story Goes" joined by a few of his past bandmates from KANSAS, this album is a AOR masterpiece loaded with everything that John does well. Singing and production is at the forefront of this album. There is nothing on this album that you would have wanted different. Every song, every note, every bridge, every chorus, is in the right place, with explosive clarity and awesomeness. It's not some rehashed 80's sound. It's modern and fresh without losing everything you loved about MASTEDON. This is one you'll be spinning over and over and over again and now for the first time on vinyl it sounds even better. So Don't miss this chance to grab this masterpiece. However don't take my word for it, just listen to it below.
But here's a warning first... This is more that just a killer rock album. The song "This Time" tells the story of John's adopted daughter, who was nearly aborted by her birth mother.
This album includes all the songs. 2 were added to a bonus 7" that is included inside.
This Is How The Story Goes
Where Have the Old Days Gone
On My Way To The Sun
All I have to Do
Half The Way Home
We All Fall Short
Don't Hide Away
7" 45rpm
A. This Time
B. Confess


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I received a gift from the past!
A just received a recording of an opera that I wrote with some friends back in 1977. It was on the verge of going to the stage with a big name producer but it never flew. Who knows, maybe its time is NOW! It was a musical bridge between Arena rock and Punk with some disco and more than its share of bombastic overwrought overtures.
My thanks to Darlena Goetz who found the tapes, and transferred it to CD.
Thank-you to Tommy Goetz for having such a great idea for an Opera.
Tommy Goetz received numerous industry awards in his illustrious career as Art Director; He designed the hit show "Taxi" and many others. I met him when he was doing the amazing set for Wolfman Jack's Shock n Rock Review at Knott's Berry Farm at Halloween in 1977. I played percussion. John Herron was the musical director. The graveyard set caught on fire. It was wild.
Thanks to John Herron for being such a great musical influence.
John Herron, my musical collaborator played keyboards with Wolfman Jack's review, Johnny Rivers, Hoyt Axton, Flo & Eddie, and others. I first played with John Herron with Tim Buckley.
Peter Brown, the producer was with Apple records, producing the Beatles, Eric Clapton and others.
Thank-you to Peter Ivers for lending me his Teac 4 track and playing harmonica on Jimmy the Geek.
Imagine yourselves in Hollywood in 1977….
A puppet theater is the main scene for the Opera. The puppet master is a leather masked woman. The main puppet, a tall good looking blond Bowie type wants to break free and become a human being, specifically, a rock star. He must overcome her control, answer her riddle and become his own master. He succeeds but then finds out that he does not like what he has become. The audience gets to tear him to pieces at the end.
Full size puppets were built by the Rosebowl float designers in Pasadena, CA. The studio recordings were done in Hollywood at Sunset Sound.
The dance production number where the dancers have tailights on their arms, blinking, as if they are cars cruising the Strip.
The magical, Frankenstien transformation from puppet to human performed by the cast and crew of the puppet Theater.
The first song by the newly form human from the puppet. Thank-you to Peter Ivers for playing great harmonica.
The former puppet/new human soon discovers that being a human can be decadent and cynical.
The puppet turned rock star hits his peak. Gigantic rock n Roll production number. I had some great players and singers on this session. All I remember is that Jeff Eyrich was playing bass. John Herron on keyboards, I played drums and guitar.
Here the rock star is getting too big for his britches. He starts tossing his new found weight around in an egotistical swagger.
But the crew of the puppet theater confides with the audience about how crude he is. They plan on bringing him down and offer to the audience that they can come and take a piece of him home with them.
Pompous confrontation where the puppet defeats the master and becomes the new ruler of the show.
The old Master plays her last card and demands the riddle be answered before surrendering her place as puppet master. He figures out the existential answer.
The heartbreaking realization by the puppet turned human that being the master is not anything like he wnated it to be. He is very disillusioned.
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After a week-long contest, the final round of Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen contest took place on June 24 at Bhubhaneshwar which saw 20 female contestants walk the ramp in traditional tribal attire. Supported by the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Department, Government of Odisha, the beauty contest was a first-of-its-kind event which witnessed the participation of over 100 tribal women representing various tribes from across the country. The contest is aimed at showcasing the rich tribal culture and tradition of India.
Pallavi Durua from Koraput district was crowned the first Tribal Queen whereas Panchami Majhi of Titlagarh was the first runners-up and Rashmirekha Hansdah of Mayurbhanj was declared the second runners-up. After winning the contest, Durua advised other tribal girls to pursue higher education instead of working as labourers.
In the semi-final round which took place on June 20, community leaders from different tribes sent a representative each. In the finals, the contestants got to exhibit their talent and also faced a question/answer round which was regarding nature and tribal culture. Like in other beauty contests, there were category prizes such as 'Best photogenic face', 'Best personality', and 'Best talent' as well as prizes specific to showcasing tribal culture such as 'Best tribal attire', 'Best presentation of ornaments' and 'Best presentation of own culture'.
The three winners will now feature in a short film on tribal culture which will be produced by a Mumbai-based producer.


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She's an extremely honored person in the world scientific community and is a staunch supporter of environmental preservation. Alongside her sister, Judy, Goodall was raised in London and Bournemouth, England. Her fascination with animal behaviour started in early childhood. From an early age, she dreamed of traveling to Africa to find exotic creatures in their own natural habitats.
Goodall attended the Uplands private school, receiving her school certification in 1950 and a higher certification in 1952. In her free time, she worked at a London-based documentary film organization to fund a long-hoped-for trip to Africa. In the invitation of a childhood pal, she seen South Kinangop, Kenya. Through other buddies, she soon met the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey, then curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi. Leakey hired her as a secretary and invited her to take part in a anthropological dig in the now famed Olduvai Gorge, a site rich in fossilized ancient remains of early ancestors of people. Additionally, Goodall was sent to examine the vervet monkey, which lives on an island in Lake Victoria.
Leakey believed that the long term study of the behaviour of higher primates would give significant evolutionary info. He had a special fascination with the chimpanzee, the second most intelligent primate. Few studies of chimpanzees was successful; either the size of the safari frightened the chimps, creating affected behaviours, or the observers spent too little time in the area to achieve all-inclusive knowledge. Leakey considered that Goodall had the appropriate disposition to put up with long term isolation in the wild. At his prompting, she consented to try this type of study. Many specialists objected to Leakey's choice of Goodall because she'd no proper scientific instruction and lacked even an overall school degree.
While Leakey sought for financial support for the planned Gombe Reserve job, Goodall returned to England to work with an animal documentary for Granada Television. Her first efforts to find carefully a number of chimpanzees failed; she could get no nearer than 500 yards ahead of the chimps fled. After finding another appropriate number of chimpanzees to follow, she created a menacing routine of observation, appearing at once each morning on the high ground near a feeding place over the Kakaombe Stream valley. The chimpanzees shortly taken her existence and, in just annually, enabled her to go as close as 30 feet for their feeding place. After a couple of years of seeing her every day, they showed no anxiety and frequently came to her in search of bananas.
Goodall used her newfound approval to create what she termed the "banana club," a day-to-day organized feeding process she used to achieve trust also to have a more comprehensive knowledge of regular chimpanzee behaviour. Applying this technique, she became closely acquainted with over half of the reservation's 100 or more chimpanzees. She mimicked their behaviours, spent time in the trees, and ate their foods. By staying in nearly continuous contact with all the chimps, she found several previously unobserved behaviours. She noted that chimps possess a complicated social system, complete with ritualized behaviours and simple but discernible communicating techniques, including a simple "language" system featuring more than 20 individual sounds. She's credited with making the very first recorded observations of chimpanzees eating meat and using and making tools. Tool making was formerly regarded as an exclusively human characteristic, used, until her discovery, to differentiate people from animals. She additionally noticed that chimpanzees throw rocks as weapons, use touch and adopts to comfort one another, and develop long term genetic bonds. The man plays no active role in family life but is a part of the group's social stratification. The chimpanzee "caste" system sets the dominant men on top. The lesser castes generally behave obsequiously within their existence, attempting to ingratiate themselves to prevent potential damage. The man's status is regularly associated with the intensity of his entry operation at eatings as well as other parties.
Ethologists had long considered that chimps were entirely vegetarian. Goodall seen chimps stalking, killing, and eating big insects, birds, and some larger creatures, including infant baboons and bushbacks (little antelopes). On a single occasion, she recorded actions of cannibalism. In a different example, she found chimps adding blades of grass or leaves into termite hills to entice worker or soldier termites onto the blade. Occasionally, in authentic toolmaker way, they changed the grass to reach a much better fit. They used the grass as a long handled spoon to eat the termites. The duty ran longer than expected; Goodall and van Lawick were wed on March 28, 1964. Their European honeymoon marked among the infrequent occasions on which Goodall was absent from Gombe Stream. Her doctoral dissertation, "Behaviour of the Free-Ranging Chimpanzee," detailed her first five years of study in the Gombe Reserve.
The movie introduced the self-conscious, discovered Goodall to a broad audience. Goodall, van Lawick (along using their son, Hugo, born in 1967), as well as the chimpanzees shortly became a staple of American and British people television. Goodall's fieldwork resulted in the publication of numerous articles and five important novels. She was known and honored first in scientific groups and, through the media, became a minor star. In the Shadow of Man, her first leading text, appeared in 1971. Her writings show an animal universe of social play, comedy, and tragedy where different and diverse characters socialize and occasionally clash.
Goodall's attempts to educate individuals regarding the ethical treatment of animals goes to young kids too. Her 1989 book, The Chimpanzee Family Book, was composed especially for kids, to carry a fresh, more humanistic perspective of wildlife. It's been distributed throughout Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi to prepare kids who live in or near regions populated by chimpanzees. A French variant in addition has been spread in Burundi and Congo.


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how about yater?
We hear that question from this big guy a lot lately. It's his latest negotiation tactic when we tell him to do something he doesn't want to do, or when he doesn't want to be interrupted. "Tyson, time to take a shower." "How about yater?" "Tyson, let's put your shoes on." "How about yater?" I cracked up the first time he said it. I guess it's 100 times better than "NO."
He says it in a matter-of-fact kind of way, like he expects to get a yes every time. He still says "y"'s for "l"'s - there's a couple of other frequently said words that are cute... like "Mommy I want to sit in your yap." Another non-l word that's funny is "shoyer." "I'm going to take a shoyer with Daddy!"
He started saying words in past tense and using them incorrectly lately. I refuse to correct him because I think it's cute and I know he'll grow out of it - "I taked a yong, yong, [long, long] nap!" He's corrected so many of the other words he had trouble with (Uncle Kykle, geekle staw, etc), that we want to hold on to these for awhile.
Hailey is playing with him now - which is good and bad. She can lunge (almost crawl... yikes) and grab anything within a 5 foot radius or so, which means she sometimes grabs toys he is playing with. He is pretty good about it most of the time, but there are a few toys he doesn't like to share (understandable).
He's very protective of Hailey at school - he doesn't like any of his friends to touch her.
They switch back and forth between these chairs at meal-time. They usually aren't next to each other like this because they will just laugh and make nonsense noises at each other the whole time. Tyson still thinks she's great for the most part, hopefully that will still be the case once she gets really mobile!
Jammy said...
Fun times!! I love "How about yater?"
Aunt Lynn said...
Your blog posts just make me want to visit! Tyson and Hailey are adorable! yater. That needs to become a family word here - like samyo which I believe was coined by you, Ginny!
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A stem cell biobank will help overcome the greatest obstacle to offering personalized medicine and will accelerate the search for effective treatments. It will do so by enabling drug testing on patient specific stem cells, in contrast to the currently used models involving animal testing and clinical trials that are vastly more expensive and time consuming. The biobank stem cell lines will serve as models to better predict the outcome of drug therapy in patients and dramatically advance research to bring new treatments to market sooner and at less cost.
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Cardi B cries in court as she reveals vlogger left her 'suicidal'
Peony Hirwani
January 14, 2022, 1:09 AM ·2 min read
Cardi B was left in tears while testifying at the defamation case hearing against YouTuber Latasha Kebe, also known as Tasha K.
In March 2019, the 29-year-old rapper filed a lawsuit accusing Kebe for allegedly damaging her reputation by making false claims about the singer on her YouTube channel UnWineWithTashaT, which has over 500,000 followers.
In the legal documents, Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, said Kebe wrongly alleged in "multiple vlogs that garnered millions of views" that she used to be a prostitute and a cocaine user and that she had contracted herpes and HPV.
On Thursday (13 January), Cardi B appeared at an Atlanta federal court to testify and revealed that she wanted to take her own life after seeing the alleged lies posted by Kebe.
"I had suicidal thoughts every single day, to the point that I felt like I was being a burden to my family," Cardi B said. "My mother and husband noticed I wasn't happy. Every time I woke up I had anxiety."
The Grammy-winning rapper also recalled Kebe's public claim that she was raped by her father as a teenager.
Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, says Kebe wrongly alleged in 'multiple vlogs that garnered millions of views' that she used to be a prostitute and a cocaine user (AP)
"I felt really helpless and hopeless," she said. "It was just constant harassment."
Cardi B also mentioned that she felt "defeated and depressed" and "didn't want to sleep with my husband" as all of this unfolded shortly after the rapper gave birth to her daughter Kulture.
"I didn't deserve my kid," she said.
When Cardi B's lawyer asked her what she thinks about Kebe after everything has happened, she said: "I felt like only a demon could do that s***."
Kebe previously countersued Cardi B for assault and intentional inflection of emotional distress, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.
Kebe alleged Cardi B's fans had threatened her online after the singer "began to publicly trash" Kebe online, amid their on-going legal feud.
However, the judge dismissed Kebe's claims, citing a lack of evidence.
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Iranian airliner skids into street; all 150 passengers safe
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An Iranian passenger plane sits on a road outside Mahshahr airport after skidding off the runway, in southwestern city of Mahshahr, Iran, Jan. 27, 2020. (Mohammad Zarei/ISNA via AP)
An Iranian passenger airliner carrying some 150 passengers skidded off the runway and into a street next to the airport in the southern city of Mahshahr on Jan. 27, after apparently losing its landing gear in a hard landing.
No major injuries were reported. The passengers calmly exited the plane from a front door and one over the wing, still with carry-on baggage in hand, according to footage posted on state-run TV's website. The footage showed passengers being helped to the street below by people on the ground.
Provincial airport director Mohammad Reza Rezanian said all of the passengers had been safely taken off the plane.
It seems that tragedy was narrowly avoided, however, as images from the scene showed the plane had ground to a halt not far from a populated area.
The incident comes as Iran is still coping with the aftermath of the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner over Tehran. The plane was shot down by the Revolutionary Guard earlier this month amid heightened tensions with the United States, killing all 176 people aboard.
Iranian state television said the plane involved in Monday's incident came in harder than usual and lost its landing gear as it hit the tarmac.
No landing gear was evident in pictures of the plane after the accident, but it was not immediately clear if it failed to deploy or somehow collapsed as the jet hit runway at about 9:30 a.m. local time. The accident is under investigation, officials said.
The flight from the Tehran-based airline originated in the Iranian capital.
Iranian reports identified the plane only as a McDonnell Douglas without being more specific, but Caspian has only the McDonnell Douglas MD-83s in its fleet.


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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signaled its continuing support—at least for now—of exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States by conditionally granting a request by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (collectively, Freeport) for a license to export LNG to countries that are not parties to a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas.
By issuing this conditional authorization on May 17, 2013, DOE ended a two-year hiatus since it issued its first conditional authorization for LNG exports to non-FTA nations. DOE used the intervening period to consider the cumulative economic impact of LNG exports, including commissioning two economic studies and collecting and considering public comments on these studies. This authorization was issued just several days before the installation of a new Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, on May 21, 2013. While it is unclear whether Secretary Moniz—a professed advocate of President Obama's "all of the above" energy strategy—will change DOE's policy regarding LNG exports, the changing of the guard at DOE may lead to some delay in processing additional applications.
Freeport still needs to obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before it can construct the additional facilities needed at its existing LNG import terminal on Quintana Island, Texas, to liquefy natural gas and deliver it to marine vessels for export. Once FERC completes its environmental analysis and issues an order to Freeport, DOE will issue a final order (as compared to the conditional order it issued on May 17) addressing the environmental aspects of Freeport's request for export authorization. It is likely that DOE's order in Freeport and the subsequent FERC and DOE orders regarding Freeport's LNG export application will be subject to requests for rehearing and potentially for judicial review. Meanwhile, as processing of the Freeport export proceeding progresses, other applicants seeking authorization for LNG exports to non-FTA nations will await anxiously to see how DOE and FERC address the issue of the cumulative impacts of LNG exports on natural gas supplies and prices and on the environment.
As discussed in more detail in our prior Client Alert sent on January 7, 2013, Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requires companies seeking to export LNG from the United States to obtain approvals from both DOE and FERC. These agencies are required to approve export applications unless the exports are found to be inconsistent with the public interest.
DOE's public-interest review of proposed natural-gas exports focuses on the economic and energy security aspects of the exports, while FERC's review focuses on environmental impacts. In the case of exports to countries with which the United States has FTAs, the NGA deems the exports to be in the public interest and mandates that applications for export be granted by DOE without delay. Applications for exports to non-FTA countries require a more substantive review by DOE.
Freeport previously received authorization from DOE in February 2011 to export, over a 25-year term, up to 1.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day of LNG from its existing LNG terminal to nations with which the United States has FTAs . DOE's recent order in Freeport has the effect of allowing Freeport to use some or all of that same 1.4 Bcf of authorized exports, over a 20-year term, to supply LNG to nations with which the United States does not have an FTA. Specifically, the Freeport order will allow Freeport to export LNG to Japan, which does not have an FTA with the United States—Freeport has announced publicly that it has entered into tolling agreements with two Japanese natural gas and electric utility companies, Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., to liquefy natural gas at Freeport's facility in Texas. In addition, Freeport has announced an agreement with BP Energy Co. As a condition of DOE's export authorizations, Freeport is required to file copies of its contracts with DOE within 30 days of execution.
Only one of the parties that intervened in the Freeport LNG export proceeding at DOE, the American Public Gas Association (APGA), protested the application. Many individuals, companies, and other entities filed comments in response to DOE's two general economic studies; DOE entered the studies and the comments into the administrative record of all pending applications for export to non-FTA nations, but DOE's consideration of these comments did not expand the list of parties to those applications beyond the parties who had filed formal interventions in those proceedings. As a result of its status as an intervenor, APGA should have standing to request rehearing, and potentially to seek judicial review, of the Freeport order, but it is not clear that any of the people, companies, and other organizations who filed comments in response to the two DOE-commissioned economic studies have any such standing.
DOE recognized that some sectors of the economy would benefit from LNG exports more than others, and that some sectors of the economy could suffer negative impacts, but DOE determined that its public interest review should focus on the "economy as a whole, without privileging the commercial interests of any industry over another" and that decisions regarding allocation of natural gas among various industries were best left to the market to resolve.
DOE rejected for similar reasons arguments that the distributional consequences, as between natural-gas companies and their owners relative to consumers, outweighed any benefits of exports.
DOE "seriously" considered the economic impacts of higher, and potentially more volatile, domestic natural-gas prices, but took into account mitigating factors such as ample current supplies of natural gas and evidence that exports would encourage additional natural-gas production. DOE found that the estimates of natural gas supply provided by its economic studies were reasonable and that, in light of these supplies, the authorization would not be expected to adversely affect the availability or price of natural gas to domestic consumers so as to negate the economic benefits of the authorization.
DOE rejected as "unlikely" the suggestion that its authorization would lead to a large number of parties entering into long-term contracts under which LNG would be exported even when it would be more profitable to sell the natural-gas in the United States.
DOE agreed with comments that financing for construction of LNG facilities and purchases of natural gas for export may come from foreign direct investment but did not find that foreign sources of capital would reduce the economic benefits or be inconsistent with the public interest.
DOE recognized that the response of dominant LNG producers, such as Qatar, to exports of LNG from the United States may affect the level and price of U.S. exports but relied on the results of its second economic study to conclude that, even if key LNG exporting regions do not increase their exports above current levels (leading to relatively higher price impacts in the United States), the United States still would reap economic benefits. DOE further relied on the economic studies to conclude that LNG exports would not cause U.S. domestic natural gas prices to increase to the level of international prices (i.e., to oil-indexed prices).
DOE also considered the international consequences of its action, finding that its authorization is consistent with U.S. commitment to free trade and to improving energy security for many U.S. allies and trading partners.
In approving the Freeport application, DOE demonstrated a general predilection in favor of exports and reaffirmed its adherence to the principle, as set forth in its guidelines established in 1984, that "the market is the most efficient means of allocating natural gas supplies." However, DOE stated that it will continue to monitor market developments and that it will adopt "a measured approach" in reviewing other applications for LNG exports, including consideration of "the cumulative impacts of each succeeding request for export authorization." For example, DOE reserved the option to consider limits on the total volume and timing of LNG exports it may eventually authorize as it considers other applications. DOE previously stated that it first will process the applications for LNG exports to non-FTA countries for which applicants have commenced the pre-filing process at FERC as of December 5, 2012, in the general order in which DOE received the applications, and then it will process other applications in the order of receipt. Shortly after being sworn in as the new leader of DOE, Secretary Moniz stated that he made a commitment to the Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Ron Wyden of Oregon, that he will review the studies regarding the impact of exports on domestic natural gas supplies and prices before acting on additional export applications.
Freeport and several subsidiaries filed an application with FERC on August 31, 2012 seeking authorization under Section 3 of the NGA to site, construct, own, and operate its proposed LNG export terminal. A number of individuals and organizations, including the Sierra Club, filed motions to intervene and protests in response to Freeport's application. FERC's environmental review in connection with that application is ongoing.
Consistent with the conclusions of the economic reports that DOE had commissioned and reviewed over the past two years, DOE found in the particular case of the Freeport application that exports of LNG in the amounts proposed by Freeport were consistent with the public interest. This is not the end of the story for Freeport, however, since it still needs to obtain environmental clearance from both FERC and DOE, and it may face further challenges on rehearing or in the Court of Appeals. Moreover, even though Freeport has lined up contracts for much of its capacity, it will need to secure financing for its project to the extent it has not already done so. According to press reports, Freeport plans to start construction of its project in the third quarter of 2013 and to begin operations by 2017. The amount of investment required is reported to exceed $10 billion; ConocoPhillips and an individual are the equity owners of Freeport, and the two Japanese utility offtakers reportedly have invested in a portion of the project. Much can happen over the next four years that could affect the prospects for this project.
In addition, DOE and FERC's actions on additional applications pending their review will depend in part on how their orders issued in response to the Freeport (and the earlier Sabine Pass) LNG export applications hold up when reviewed on rehearing and in response to petitions for judicial review. The agencies will need to address arguments that they should consider the cumulative impacts that additional LNG exports may have on the environment as a result of additional U.S. domestic production activities associated with such exports, including the impact of hydraulic fracturing techniques. It remains to be seen whether the ultimate limit on LNG exports from the United States will be set primarily by the market or whether there is a role for government—whether for economic or environmental reasons, or both—in setting this limit.
Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., DOE/FE Order No. 3282 (May 17, 2013) ("Freeport"), available at http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/05/f0/ord3282.pdf.
See Sabine Gas Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 2961 (May 20, 2011), available at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/Orders_Issued_2011/ord2961.pdf.
Please see our previous Client Alert for a discussion of the economic studies commissioned by DOE. Department of Energy Study Boosts Prospects for U.S. LNG Exports, but Challenges Remain (Jan. 7, 2013), available at http://www.omm.com/department-of-energy-study-boosts-prospects-for-us-lng-exports-but-challenges-remain-01-07-2013/.
Section 301(b) of the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7151(b), delegated the NGA Section 3 authority to the Secretary of Energy. See also Section 402(f), 42 U.S.C. § 7172(f). The Secretary of Energy subsequently delegated to FERC the authority to approve or disapprove the construction and operation and siting of particular facilities for natural gas exports. See DOE Delegation Order No. 00-044.00A (May 16, 2006), available at http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/siting/doe-delegation.pdf. The Under Secretary of Energy delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy the Secretary's approval authority with respect to natural gas exports other than those delegated to FERC. See DOE Delegation Order No. 00-002.00M § 1.16 (Aug. 27, 2012); DOE Redelegation Order No. 00-002.04E (Apr. 29, 2011).
DOE also considers the environmental aspects of an export application in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by serving as a cooperating agency in the environmental review conducted by FERC with respect to the construction, operation and siting of facilities and by conditioning its approval of export applications upon satisfactory completion of FERC's review and on an issuance by DOE of a finding of no significant impact or a record of decision pursuant to NEPA.
15 U.S.C. § 717b(b)(2). The United States has such FTAs with Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, and Singapore. The United States has free trade agreements with Costa Rica and Israel that do not require national treatment for trade in natural gas. Trunkline LNG Export, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 3252 at n.3 (Mar. 7, 2013), available at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/Orders_Issued_2013/ord3252.pdf.
Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., DOE/FE Order No. 2913 (Feb. 10, 2011), available at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/Orders_Issued_2011/ord2913.pdf. Freeport received DOE authorization for export of an additional 1.4 Bcf/day of LNG to FTA nations in February 2012. Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., DOE/FE Order No. 3066 (Feb. 10, 2012), available at http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/Orders_Issued_2012/ord3066.pdf. Freeport has an additional application pending before DOE for export of those same additional quantities of LNG to non-FTA nations.
Kelly Rizzetta, 2 Japanese Cos. Sign on to Freeport Liquefaction Project, LAW360 (July 31, 2012), http://www.law360.com/articles/365286.
Natalie Rodriquez, BP, Freeport Strike 2-Year LNG Export Deal, LAW360 (Feb. 12, 2013), http://www.law360.com/articles/414743/bp-freeport-strike-20-year-lng-export-deal?article_related_content=1.
See 10 C.F.R. § 590.501 (providing a right for "parties" aggrieved by a DOE action to request rehearing; "parties" includes the applicant and other persons who have intervened in a proceeding).
Associated Press, Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data, WASH. POST (May 21, 2013), http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mit-physicist-moniz-takes-over-as-energy-secretary/2013/05/21/05f18a00-c22d-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_story.html.
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Exploring Super Mario 3D World with Its Development Team
Why didn't the design team include online multiplayer with Super Mario 3D World?
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The next big Mario game from Nintendo unveiled at E3 this week for Wii U turned out not to be (strictly) a Mario game at all: Super Mario 3D World reaches back to the Nintendo Entertainment System's halcyon days, when we were smitten with a little something called Super Mario Bros. 2.
Super Mario 3D World supports up to four players at once, handing you control of Mario, Luigi, Toad and even the series' perennial abductee, Princess Peach. The twist? Everything's fully 3D, and you can play either cooperatively or competitively.
Like Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad each have unique abilities, so for instance Peach can hover in the air when jumping, and Toad can sprint faster than his companions. Oh, and there's the cat suit, which — no, that's not just a yellow tanooki suit — lets you scratch enemies, climb up walls and even scurry up those precious end-level flagpoles.
Developed by the same team behind Super Mario 3D Land for 3DS and the Wii's Super Mario Galaxy series, Super Mario 3D World for Wii U arrives this December. I spoke with the game's director Koichi Hayashida (Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 3D Land) and producer Yoshiaki Koizumi (too many to list). Here's what they had to say about some of their design choices.
Why the choice not to support online multiplayer in Super Mario 3D World?
Mr. Hayashida: I think that we've always wanted to focus on being able to see the other players around you. I always thought that was fun.
Mr. Koizumi: The first Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System had two controllers, so you could play multiplayer with someone right next to you. I think that we wanted to accomplish the same kind of feeling in a 3D Mario game for the first time.
Mr. Hayashida: I've always really enjoyed playing games with my children. In Super Mario Galaxy, we had the "assist play mode" that was available, but this is the first time that we've implemented a real multiplayer where the second player is moving a character around on screen in a 3D Mario game. And so I'm really happily looking forward to the experience of playing that with my kids.
Mr. Koizumi: And now that Peach has been included, I'm also hoping that people will be able to play the game with their girlfriends. Perhaps some of their girlfriends will find Peach as a more appealing character to play – or your wife, of course.
How co-op/multiplayer-centric is Super Mario 3D World, say someone wants to play it as a single-player game? What's the single-player experience like by comparison?
Mr. Hayashida: Yes, we spent a lot of time thinking about the single-player experience in this game, particularly when you're using the GamePad while playing it, which is my personal choice as well. You can use the touch screen on the GamePad to interact with hidden coins and blocks and reveal them. Or you can activate the gyro camera controls on the touch screen, which you can use to look around in the game, much like you would look around in Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine with the camera controls in that game. I feel like we've gotten to the point where it's feeling really good. And looking around in the 3D world is very important not just for navigation but also for being able to explore and to enjoy the fun of finding things that were hidden.
Will the player operating the Wii U GamePad have an advantage over other co-op players?
Mr. Hayashida: I think the person who is going to be using the GamePad is in all likelihood the person who owns the game and the Wii U, and perhaps has had a few friends over to play the game. And so they're in a really good position to, let's say, stop enemies using touch screen for these other players just to make it a little bit easier for them because they know where the enemies are. Likewise, they can reveal hidden blocks and coins for the other players. These are just little nice things they can do as the person using the GamePad. Now I don't think people are necessarily at a disadvantage for using the Wii Remote, but if you are the sort of person who prefers the feeling of a stick for controlling movement in a 3D game, we will be supporting the Wii U Pro Controller, which does have analog stick controls.
Mr. Koizumi: Yes, I really like to think of the person who has the GamePad as the one who is in the best position to help out other players, not necessarily that they are the leader of this particular expedition but just that they have the ability to do a lot for the other players.
How do the competitive elements of gameplay, like hurling your friends to their doom, compare to the cooperative ones?
Mr. Hayashida: Of course people are free to play however they like, and that's going to look different from one person to the next. But ultimately we envision everyone working together to finish a stage. But along the way there are certainly lots of opportunities for a little bit of friendly conflict here and there.
Mr. Koizumi: I'd like to point out that you can pick up and carry other players. At first it might seem like this is something that you would do to help carry someone through a difficult part of a stage. But that's not necessarily the case because you can also throw them, which in certain situations is definitely not helpful and cooperative. So I think this is the kind of game play that really brings out the personality of each individual player. I have had a lot of similar experiences playing New Super Mario Bros. with someone when suddenly they did something I wasn't very fond of and I was like, "what?!"
Which came first during the design process: the idea that you wanted to include a cat suit, or the gameplay mechanics of climbing walls, scratching and pouncing on enemies?
Mr. Hayashida: Well I think the first thing we thought of was: What kind of new experiences can we create? What's really important to that is the feeling of the control when you're playing through a new game-play mechanic. So we always spend a lot of time testing out new ideas. I think the first test that came in this particular design was Mario running on all fours like an animal. Once we started testing that out, we realized it felt really good. The next thing we did was trying out his ability to stick to a wall: What if Mario could jump and then just attach himself like that? And that test went well also. It was only after that that we then added climbing walls and started to put all of those different pieces together. Then we began to think about how best to express this as a new power-up. And that's when we hit upon the idea that a cat would be best.
Will we ever see a primary Super Mario Bros. installment where Peach is more than just a playable character? Where she's the heroine instead of one of the abductees in need of rescue?
Mr. Hayashida: Well I definitely should point out that there was a game called Super Princess Peach where you could play as Peach, so that's definitely an option. It's not something we have ruled out. In fact, we have made a game of that sort.
Mr. Koizumi: I always think of the Super Mario games as taking place in a really cute world that appeals to everyone. We certainly looked into who finds different sorts of things appealing in these games among boys and girls. I personally feel that Peach is very appealing to girls who play our games. But I sometimes wonder: If we made a lot of games starring Peach as the main character, is that something that boys would be as interested in? I don't know.


College Rise resident Paul Kells says he welcomes the opening of Carlie Jane Drive linking Sovereign Hills' residential developments. The $8 million collector road covers one kilometre and travels underneath the Oxley Highway. Mr Kells says the newly opened road will provide a safer access for residents within the development. "For me, this new road will be a good, safe place to walk," he said. "This link road now gives me and my neighbours an option to be able to get to Stirling Green safely. "It will also mean that in peak times we will have a much safer way to access the Pacific Highway if we are heading south." Mr Kells said the newly opened road would also provide better access to the town centre shopping centre once it begins operating. Sovereign Hills developer Lewis Land Group privately funded the road project in collaboration with Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and the state government. LLG head of development Michael Long described Carlie Jane Drive as a key road link. "The road now connects a large and growing residential population to the new Sovereign Hills town centre," he said. "It is also the first new section of the wider Thrumster collector road network. "When completed this road network will provide safe and efficient travel between the residential areas, Thrumster town centre and employment lands at Sancrox Industrial and Fernbank Park." Local contractors Hopkins Consultants and Kazac Civil designed and constructed the new road. State treasurer Dominic Perrottet praised Lewis Land Group for the work on the Sovereign Hills development. He said the government can do a lot of work but it is the people on the ground who also contribute. "You are creating a great place for people to come and live," he said. "We want places like Port Macquarie to grow and to be a great place to live and work. "The job opportunities coming off the back of this development are enormous to the local economy." Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams said the Mid-North Coast is experiencing record growth through housing construction and associated infrastructure. She congratulated LLG for having "the vision to construct such an outstanding residential development" in Port Macquarie. Further expansion at Sovereign Hills includes the town centre development and the fourth residential precinct. While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE.
Opening: LLG CEO Chris Calvert Mayor Peta Pinson, resident Warren Bradley, treasurer Dominic Perrettot, Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams and LLG's Michael Long.
College Rise resident Paul Kells says he welcomes the opening of Carlie Jane Drive linking Sovereign Hills' residential developments.
The $8 million collector road covers one kilometre and travels underneath the Oxley Highway.
Mr Kells says the newly opened road will provide a safer access for residents within the development.
"For me, this new road will be a good, safe place to walk," he said.
"This link road now gives me and my neighbours an option to be able to get to Stirling Green safely.
"It will also mean that in peak times we will have a much safer way to access the Pacific Highway if we are heading south."
Mr Kells said the newly opened road would also provide better access to the town centre shopping centre once it begins operating.
Sovereign Hills developer Lewis Land Group privately funded the road project in collaboration with Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and the state government.
LLG head of development Michael Long described Carlie Jane Drive as a key road link.
"The road now connects a large and growing residential population to the new Sovereign Hills town centre," he said.
"It is also the first new section of the wider Thrumster collector road network.
"When completed this road network will provide safe and efficient travel between the residential areas, Thrumster town centre and employment lands at Sancrox Industrial and Fernbank Park."
The underpass: Mayor Peta Pinson, LLG CEO Chris Calvert, Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams and treasurer Dominic Perrettot.
Local contractors Hopkins Consultants and Kazac Civil designed and constructed the new road.
State treasurer Dominic Perrottet praised Lewis Land Group for the work on the Sovereign Hills development.
He said the government can do a lot of work but it is the people on the ground who also contribute.
"You are creating a great place for people to come and live," he said.
"We want places like Port Macquarie to grow and to be a great place to live and work.
"The job opportunities coming off the back of this development are enormous to the local economy."
Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams said the Mid-North Coast is experiencing record growth through housing construction and associated infrastructure.
She congratulated LLG for having "the vision to construct such an outstanding residential development" in Port Macquarie.
Further expansion at Sovereign Hills includes the town centre development and the fourth residential precinct.
Discuss "Link road to connect communities opens in Sovereign Hills"


A Georgia man was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks and other objects at cars on the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes outside Atlanta for about five hours on Monday, authorities confirmed.
Jesse Lemar Tolbert, 40, of Emerson, was arrested by the Georgia State Patrol after admitting to troopers he was throwing objects onto the express lanes in an attempt to get arrested, GSP spokeswoman Tracey Watson told AJC.com.
He was on an elevated part of the Windy Hill Exit Ramp which overlooks the express lanes, Watson said. He allegedly struck a Toyota Venza's windshield with a rock or metal object.
He remains in the Cobb County jail on a $5,000 bond, according to jail records. He faces four misdemeanor charges, including criminal trespass, reckless conduct, littering and pedestrians being on or along highways.


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The Grammy Award-winning US rapper has topped a bookmaker's list of acts most likely to top the bill at the Somerset festival.
Kendrick Lamar has surpassed Led Zeppelin to be named Betway's favourite to headline Glastonbury 2019.
The Humble rapper has been given odds at the bookmakers of 1/2, securing a place as one of their top three acts predicted to top the bill at the Pyramid Stage.
Led Zeppelin, however, who are celebrating 50 years this year, have gone from a healthy chance of headlining to odds of to 8/1.
Elsewhere, odds have also been slashed for Elton John to 1/1 from 5/1, with fans convinced he'll visit Worthy Farm as part of his Yellow Brick Road farewell tour.
Betway's Alan Alger said in a press release: "There was a whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin in the Glastonbury headliner betting a fortnight ago but the most significant recent support has been for Kendrick Lamar.
"Kanye West, Beyonce and Jay Z have all played the Pyramid Stage, so signing up a US hip hop act wouldn't be too controversial with festival goers and Kendrick Lamar is now as short as 1/2 to headline next year.
Meanwhile, Matt Bellamy has discussed the possibility of Muse headlining Glastonbury again.
The Something Human trio have already topped the bill on the Pyramid Stage in 2004, 2010 and 2016, but have yet to match Coldplay's record of headlining the festival four times.
"We're exploring all the different new techs that are out there, and we're gonna go out on the road hopefully next summer or spring time next year."
When Gordon joked it would be just in time for Glastonbury, the rocker joked: "We've done that three times now! I'm not sure they'll let us back in!"


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Spoke to Bill Crane today at LP, they have 200 Sunfish hulls in the warehouse and dealers have some as well. He said dealer orders or direct orders were welcome!
A new business strategy for them - actually offering boats for sale!! Did he say if they have any spare parts?
Interesting they are willing to cut their long-suffering dealers out of the equation.
1) How many LP dealers are left?
2) Are they selling spars, rudders and centerboards as well or just the hulls?
Well I know of 4, Dinghy Shop, Yankee Boating Center and TOAD Marine. Our local Dealer in Pensacola Beach sells a few parts and can order the rest. If we are nice and order a lot he gives us a discount. Last I knew he had a new 2014 boat left over from the Sunfish Masters.
as far as I know, Shoreline Sailboats in upstate New York is still a Sunfish dealer.
A friend just got a new boat from Colie Sails in NJ a few weeks back. It is UK built but it is white with blue trim. I saw the HIN and it is definitely UK built. I heard they stopped with the baby blue/ice blue boats so that both China and UK boats would have the same color scheme.
LP found someone else other than North to make sails in China which accounts for the price change. Racing sails may or may not still be North-made. Class wants them to be North, but LP does not want to use North any longer. I will be at the midwinters this weekend so will know more next week.
For newbies, LP is code for Laser Performance, a firm reputed to have sold Sunfish (sometimes).
The Laser Performance site shows only Ice Blue Sunfish Shopping which is odd if the boats they are delivering are white! I guess all remains "normal" at LP I also see that APS is no longer selling entire Lasers and Sunfish - only parts. I wonder if they got fed up with lack of supply. I can't imagine there is a lack of demand.
Last January, West Coast Sailing received twenty new Sunfish. They posted a picture but all were in boxes so I couldn't get a look at them.
West Coast's picture on Facebook from the Seattle Boat Show shows a white hull with dark blue trim.
A brief update from the Midwinters. New racing sails are still Sri Lankan made, which indicates they are still North made. With one exception, the new UK boats were white with blue trim. Connor Blouin won in an Ice Blue UK boat built last year. However, despite the new 2019 white/blue UK boats, Jim Kohler from the Dinghy Shop on Long Island just got 20 new Ice Blue Sunfish in, so who knows what is going on in the gelcoat department in the UK. The website still shows Ice Blue as the only color.


Jurgen Klopp insists Jordan Henderson is not fit enough to start Liverpool's clash with Tottenham at Wembley.
The Reds captain was on international duty with England during the international break and played a part in both the Nations League defeat by Spain and the 1-0 friendly victory over Switzerland at the King Power Stadium.
However, Klopp suggested that he is feeling the effects from a busy schedule with Gareth Southgate's squad, and with a key Champions League clash coming up against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, the German stressed it was important to have his skipper running at full capacity.
'With Hendo, we need him so much and I don't think it makes sense in the moment to play him,' he told Sky Sports before the lunchtime kick off.
'That's the thing, we're still a bit adapting to the intensity, Hendo needs his full physical strength.
It is not the first time Henderson has been consigned to the bench this season, with the midfielder only starting once in the league — during the victory against Leicester City before the international break.
The switch sees Naby Keita return to the starting line-up, where he had taken his place for the first three matches of the season.
Despite what appears to be a return to the status quo, however, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp admitted he was surprised by the change.
'I am sure he is surprise,' said the former Liverpool midfielder. 'These sorts of games are the ones he would have wanted to play in.
Fellow pundit Graeme Souness went even further, suggesting it may be sign that the Wearsider's time at Anfield may be coming to an end.
'If we're at a football club as three midfielders and have a good season, reach the final of the Champions League, and he buys two midfield players and tries to buy a third one, I think the writing's on the wall for someone.
'Jordan Henderson, the captain of the football club being left out, how many times do you get to play at Wembley?


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The Tenement House ( "Das Mietshaus") ist ein Museum in Glasgow, das vom National Trust for Scotland (NTS) betrieben wird.

Beschreibung
The Tenement House ist ein vom National Trust for Scotland betriebenes Museum, das 2019 von mehr als 23.000 Menschen besucht wurde. Es befindet sich in Glasgow, Buccleuch Street 145 in der Garnethill Area. Das viergeschossige Gebäude wurde 1892 gebaut und 2015 vom Historic Environment Scotland in der schottischen Denkmalliste in die zweithöchste Kategorie B aufgenommen. Ein Teil des Museums ist die Wohnung von Agnes Toward im ersten Stock, die aus vier Räumen und einem kleinen Eingangsbereich besteht. An der Frontseite liegen das Wohnzimmer und das Schlafzimmer, Küche und Bad rückseitig. Die Einrichtung und die Sanitäranlagen sind weitestgehend im Originalzustand.

Geschichte
Die Wohnung gehörte von 1911 bis 1975 Agnes Toward, die sie zuerst mit ihrer verwitweten Mutter, die auch Agnes hieß, später dann alleine bewohnte. Agnes Toward arbeitete als Stenotypistin, ihre Mutter war eine eigenständige Frau, die als Schneiderin arbeitete und Läden in der Allison Street und Sauchiehall Street besaß. Dies scheint Agnes Toward inspiriert zu haben, auch ein eigenständiges Leben zu führen. Die Mutter starb 1939, und seitdem lebte Agnes Toward alleine in der Wohnung. 1965 musste sie, an Demenz erkrankt, in eine Pflegeeinrichtung umziehen, in der sie 1975 starb.

Die Wohnung blieb in den zehn Jahren ihres Krankenhausaufenthalts unvermietet. Toward hatte keine direkten Nachkommen, und ihr Erbe wurde von einem Anwalt und ihrer Nichte Anna verwaltet. Sie ließen die Wohnung unverändert, und Anna nahm Kontakt zu mehreren Museen auf, ob sie Interesse hätten, dieses Fenster in die Vergangenheit zu übernehmen, bis sie die Wohnung 1982 an den NTS verkaufte.

Agnes Toward
Agnes Toward wurde 1886 geboren; ihr Vater William Toward war ein erfolgreicher Metallhändler und die Familie lebte in Wohlstand. Als Agnes Toward drei Jahre alt war, starb ihr Vater und die Familie verlor ihr Heim. Eine Witwenrente oder -versorgung gab es erst ab 1925, sodass die Mutter für den Unterhalt der Familie selber sorgen musste. Sie arbeitete als Schneiderin und hatte zwei Läden in der Allison Street und der Sauchiehall Street, arbeitete aber auch von zu Hause für Privatkunden. Zur Unterstützung der Familie begann Agnes Toward nach Beendigung der Schule eine Ausbildung zur Stenotypistin am Glasgow Athenaeum Commercial College, wahrscheinlich deshalb, weil diese Ausbildung für sie erschwinglich war. Nach Beendigung der Ausbildung nahm sie 1907 eine Stelle bei der Spedition Miller & Richards an. 1914 wechselte sie zu Prentice, Service & Henderson, wo sie blieb, bis sie mit 73 Jahren in Rente ging.

Agnes Toward sammelte und bewahrte Dinge des Alltags wie Quittungen (Ephemera), alte Seife und handschriftliche Rezepte für Schokoladenkuchen. Das tat sie bewusst mit der Intention, diese Dinge für die Nachwelt zu erhalten. Durch ihre Erfahrung des Mangels in zwei Weltkriegen gewöhnte sie sich an, sparsam zu leben und Vorräte anzulegen. Es gibt beispielsweise eine ansehnliche Sammlung von Marmeladengläsern auf einem Regal, das älteste mit einer Pflaumenmarmelade aus dem Jahr 1929, die sie selbst hergestellt hat.

Das Museum heute
Heute wird das gesamte Gebäude als Museum genutzt, nicht nur die Wohnung, in der Agnes Toward lebte. Im Erdgeschoss werden Dinge des Alltags ausgestellt, um einen Eindruck zu geben, wie man vor einhundert Jahren als einfacher Bürger lebte und mit welchen Dingen man sich umgab. In der nächsten Etage ist eine Wohnung nachgestellt, wie sie Agnes Toward bewohnte. Auch hier sind viele Alltagsgegenstände zu sehen, aber auch private Dinge von Agnes Toward wie Fotos und Briefe. Die meisten Teile der Einrichtung, wie zum Beispiel ein Klavier, die Kücheneinrichtung und das Bett wurden tatsächlich von ihr genutzt. In einer anderen Wohnung werden weitere persönliche Gegenstände von Agnes Toward gezeigt; private Fotos von ihren Vorfahren und ihren Eltern, aus ihrer Kindheit und Jugend und ihrem späteren Leben. Auch viele ihrer Briefe und Briefe ihrer Angehörigen und Freunde befinden sich in der Sammlung, ebenso wie eine Sammlung von Fotos damals bekannter und beliebter Schauspielerinnen, die Agnes Toward zusammengetragen hat. Die gesamte Einrichtung des Hauses, einschließlich der Installationen von Strom, Wasser und Gas, wurde auf dem Stand belassen, den es zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts gab.

Das Museum führt zu seiner Popularisierung Aktionen durch. In der Wohnung von Agnes Toward gab es auch eine Anzahl von Wally dugs, Porzellanfiguren, die Hunde darstellen. 2018 forderte der NTS Kinder aus der Umgebung des Tenement House auf, Zeichnungen oder Skulpturen der dort stehenden Wally dugs anzufertigen. 23 Kinder gaben ihre Arbeiten ab, die im Tenement House ausgestellt wurden.

Eine weitere Themenausstellung behandelt die Essgewohnheiten und Lebensmittel einer Familie der Mittelschicht zu Beginn und Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Agnes Toward war Mitglied der St George's Co-operative Society at St George's Cross, die Lebensmittel und Dinge des täglichen Bedarfs von lokalen Produzenten vergünstigt anbot. Da zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts elektrischer Strom ein Luxus war und nur wenige Haushalte über einen Kühlschrank verfügten, mussten frische oder verderbliche Lebensmittel regelmäßig, teilweise täglich gekauft werden, speziell frische Milch. Dazu gab es von der Cooperative spezielle Metallkannen, die täglich von Lieferjungen mit frischer Milch verteilt wurden, die die leeren Kannen wieder mitnahmen. Agnes Toward stellte viele Vorräte selber her, so auch verschiedene Marmeladen, kaufte aber auch fertige. Das Ministry of Food subventionierte während des Zweiten Weltkriegs Nahrungsmittel, beispielsweise Orangenmarmelade mit hohem Fruchtanteil, um die Versorgung der Bevölkerung zu gewährleisten.

Eine weitere Themenausstellung zeigt eine Sammlung von Haushaltstipps, die Agnes Toward aus verschiedenen Zeitungen zusammentrug. Hier wird gezeigt, wie man zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts ohne moderne Reinigungsmittel weiße Hemden weiß hielt, Teetassen von Ablagerungen befreite, den Boden und den Teppich von Kohlestaub und Teer befreite, Schneidebretter aus Holz geruchfrei machte und einiges mehr.

Da auch das Museum The Tenement House von der COVID-19-Pandemie betroffen war, machte sich eine Mitarbeiterin Gedanken, wie Agnes Toward 1919 die Spanische Grippe erlebte, und durchforstete das Archiv des Museums darauf. Da Agnes Toward unter anderem für ein Versandunternehmen arbeitete, hatten sie und ihre Kollegen und Kolleginnen viele Kontakte mit internationalen Kunden, und auch Glasgow wurde hart von dieser Pandemie getroffen. Agnes Toward hat auch zu diesem Thema Dokumente zusammengetragen, darunter verschiedene Handlungsanweisungen, wie man sich in der Pandemie verhalten soll und wie man sie bekämpft, etwa so skurrile Ratschläge wie eine Diät aus Porridge, Marmelade und Zucker oder ein dringlicher Hinweis, mehr Whisky zu trinken.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Liegenschaften des National Trust for Scotland

Weblinks

 The Tenement House auf der Seite des National Trust for Scotland
 The Tenement House auf der Seite des Historic Environment Scotland

Einzelnachweise

Liegenschaft des National Trust for Scotland
Kategorie-B-Bauwerk in Glasgow
Museum in Glasgow


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The game charges you with protecting the Earth from alien attack by building a ship and engaging hostile foes. Allowing more peaceful immigrants to land on Earth can produce bonuses and result in re-election, while undertaking missions more favorable for a particular company will result in more ship parts during construction. Ship design consists of placing parts on a grid; most components can increase or decrease the effects of adjacent items, so careful design is important. Weapons, shields, armor, engines, and boosters are all available and have a range of semi-randomly generated attributes like hit points, ramming power, fire velocity, and reload time. Ship components lost during battle must be replaced, so maintaining good relations with the corporations by completing missions is desirable. The battles themselves take place in real-time, but you issue commands while paused. You can specify which direction weapons fire, shield orientation, and the trajectory of your ship (a cumbersome, inexact method), or you can set items to automatically engage nearby enemies. The battles are satisfying, especially when a well-crafted ship design proves effective during combat. The battle AI isn't the best: finding enemy ships that are moving seemingly at random can be difficult, as there is no organization in their attack patterns. Still, the modular ship design of Kaiser Earth, coupled with action-filled battles and the campaign decisions, makes it an agreeable strategy title.


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I just thought of this now. What about a Sculpting Forum? About sculpting horses and stuff. I thought this may be a good idea. If not, that's okay.
Yes I would love that. I have always wanted to make my own horse because then I could choose what he looked like and what his pose was. I just have never really known how to do it and how to start making one. Such as what wire to use. I think this is a REALLY good idea. As Captain Jack Sparrow said though, it's ok if we don't get one.
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Shani Darden's New Product Launch Features 3 Essential Skincare Formulas
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Winter weather is notorious for its drying effects on the skin. Not only does the cold environment leave skin dull and dehydrated, it can also make some of your favorite skincare products that much less powerful. Lucky for you, celebrity esthetician Shani Darden's new product launch is prepared to give your complexion some much-needed life (and glow) this season.
Darden took to Instagram to share the exciting announcement on Sat. by posting a photo of her three newest products: the Daily Cleansing Serum, Daily Toning Essence, and Daily Oil-Free Moisturizer. Designed to be used together, Darden's launch is the simple, three-step routine you've been looking for. Bonus: Each product comes in a sleek rectangular bottle, proving the aesthetic of Darden's brand is just as impressive as its formulation.
"I believe that skincare doesn't have to be complicated to be effective," Darden shares with The Zoe Report over email. "It's always been my dream to create a line of daily skincare essentials. I've worked for a long time on these and I couldn't be more excited for people to try them!"
Darden's popularity (and over 160,000 Instagram followers) is due in part to her impressive celebrity client roster. She helps big names like Chrissy Teigen and Jessica Alba achieve their famously radiant glows, thanks to her in-depth facials and science-based skincare routine. Now, getting a Teigen-worthy glow in the comfort of your own home is possible with Darden's new lineup.
The best part about Darden's line of essentials is that they're gentle enough for everyday use. And although her cult-favorite retinol comes in two formulas (Retinol Reform and its gentler sister, Texture Reform) all three products in the new launch are suitable for every skin type — she even made sure the moisturizer wouldn't cause congestion for acne-prone skin like other hydrating formulas on the market.
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