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The gender pay gap: what happens next?
With public appetite for greater transparency around pay, 2018 may be the year when ethnicity pay gap reporting reaches the statute book.
We have now passed the deadline for all public and private sector organisations in Great Britain with more than 250 employees to reveal the difference between what they pay men and women.
In the first pay audit of its kind, one in ten employers that should have reported on their gender pay gap have yet to do so, more than three weeks after the private sector cut-off date of 4 April.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is responsible for ensuring that employers publish their gender pay gap, said it will write to employers who have failed to produce the relevant information and give them 28 days to report. If they fail to meet the extended deadline, they will face an investigation and legal action. Greater pressure may come internally from companies' own employees and also from scrutiny in the media.
The Government data shows that, of the companies that have reported so far, 74% pay men more than women. About 15% of businesses pay more to women, and 11% of firms said they pay both male and female staff the same. The figures show that a woman working at a large UK firm is most likely working at a company which pays men more than women.
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Most commentators agree however that the introduction of gender pay gap reporting is having a positive effect on the quality of public discourse and in forcing businesses and the government to act on the more pertinent issues that go to the heart of pay inequality. It appears that gender pay gap reporting is already driving practical changes in employer policies and practices. The need to demonstrate improvement year on year, or to mitigate unflattering figures, has prompted many organisations (albeit a minority) to launch bold new equality initiatives alongside their pay data. For example, some employers have taken the opportunity to introduce dedicated schemes to support maternity returners, or to increase paid leave for fathers in an attempt to reduce pay inequality. The data published so far provides big lessons for both companies and the Government.
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting?
More calls are being made, in the press and by politicians, to extend pay gap reporting to ethnicity. The Conservative & Liberal Democrat manifestos at last year's General Election contained commitments to introduce pay reporting on the grounds of ethnicity.
In August 2017 the EHRC published a research report which found that "broadly speaking, in the period 1993-2014, there had been very little narrowing of ethnic pay gaps and for some groups they have actually increased". One of the more staggering statistics from the EHRC's report showed a pay gap between male Bangladeshi immigrants and their white British counterparts of 48%.
The Greater London Authority has this year published the results of its pay audit which has found that ethnic minority workers in London's public sector face a pay gap of up to 37%.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Race Relations Act. That made it illegal to refuse: housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins. With public appetite for greater transparency around pay, 2018 may be the year when ethnicity pay gap reporting reaches the statute book. Watch this space for further developments.
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The Abbess in the Archive: the records of the 'Mothers' of Syon Abbey
One of the great joys of using archives is the unique opportunity to get to know people from the past on as personal a level as possible (without the help of time travel). We can gain insight into their personalities from their recorded thoughts, their manner of expression, their handwriting, and even their style of recordkeeping. I have been working as an archivist on the Syon Abbey cataloguing project for just over a year and, having now examined most of the material in the archive, I consider myself to be fairly well acquainted with several of the sisters from across six centuries. However, of all the sisters in Syon's long history, those whom I feel I know best are the abbesses. The abbess – at Syon Abbey most often referred to as the 'Lady Abbess' but frequently also as 'Mother' – was an elected sister responsible for the management of the abbey, who had final authority on all matters. A large majority of the records throughout the archive were created by or for the abbess, so it is therefore unsurprising that it is abbesses of Syon Abbey who we get to know the best.
Syon Abbey postcard featuring Abbess Mary Peter Wallace (elected in 1964), c 1954 [EUL MS 389/PUB/3]. Provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use this work must be obtained from University of Exeter Special Collections (http://as.exeter.ac.uk/heritage-collections/) and all copyright holders.
So how can you go about discovering more about the lives of these women and their role as abbess? A good place to start off your exploration is a manuscript volume entitled, 'The Annals of the English Bridgettines', which was completed between 1880 and 1909 and includes a history of the community from 1415 to 1880, annal entries for the years 1878 to 1886, and diary entries for the years 1887 to 1895 (EUL MS 389/HIST/1). The annals reveal more about the challenges faced by the community, particularly during its exile, and the actions taken by the abbesses of Syon that enabled the brothers and sisters to remain together and continue their religious practice.
Title page of 'The Annals of the English Bridgettines' (EUL MS 389/HIST/1) Provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use this work must be obtained from University of Exeter Special Collections (http://as.exeter.ac.uk/heritage-collections/) and all copyright holders.
Following on from the annals are the 100 community diaries, dated between 1890 and 2004, many of which were kept by the abbess. Several of the diaries, particularly between 1920 and 1970, are extremely detailed and provide a rare insight into daily life in an enclosed religious community. You can browse the Syon Abbey diaries via the online catalogue, where each of the diaries have been described individually (EUL MS 389/ADM/5).
Syon Abbey community diaries (EUL MS 389/ADM/5/1-100)
If you would like to learn more about the abbesses day-to-day management of the abbey, a good place to look is the 'Administration' section of the archive, where amongst other records, you will find minute books of the Chapter (EUL MS 389/ADM/1) and minute books of the Council (EUL MS 389/ADM/2) of Syon Abbey. These record the decisions made by the abbess with the agreement of the community concerning all kinds of matters, including, as you will see below, the purchase of a jersey cow!
Notebook entitled 'Minutes of the 'Discreets', 1898-1907 (EUL MS 389/ADM/2/2) Provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use this work must be obtained from University of Exeter Special Collections (http://as.exeter.ac.uk/heritage-collections/) and all copyright holders.
The Syon Abbey archive contains vast quantities of correspondence regarding all manner of things, and the majority of letters, postcards and telegramms are addressed to the 'Lady Abbess'. The archive also includes many drafts or copies of letters sent out by the abbess. The correspondence highlights just how important the role of the abbess was, not just within the community, but also externally as the representative of the community. The archive includes correspondence regarding spiritual matters; financial, property and legal matters; relics and treasures; manuscripts and books; and history and research (just to name a few!).
Envelopes from correspondence with other Bridgettine houses (EUL MS 389/HOU/1)
In addition to her many responsibilities regarding the management of the abbey, one of the most important tasks of the abbess was to ensure peace and order within the community. There is much evidence in the archive of the love and respect felt by the sisters towards their abbesses, but the greatest indications of this are the little homemade gifts given by the sisters to the abbess, usually on birthdays or anniversaries. They include poems, songs, and booklets containing spiritual verses. Below are two images from a booklet entitled, 'Bridgettine Breviary Bouquet' (EUL MS 389/PERS/JOCELYN), a compilation of extracts from the Bridgettine Breviary which was given to Abbess Teresa Jocelyn by seven sisters in 1923. The inscription reads: 'To our dear Mother on her Bridal-day…from her loving and grateful children'.
Booklet entitled, 'Bridgettine Breviary Bouquet' [EUL MS 389/PERS/JOCELYN]. Provided for research and reference only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use this work must be obtained from University of Exeter Special Collections (http://as.exeter.ac.uk/heritage-collections/) and all copyright holders.
This and much more is now available for you to explore – why not visit our online catalogue today to find out what you can discover about the abbesses of Syon Abbey!
Click here to search the Syon Abbey archive via the online catalogue.
By Annie Price, Project Archivist
Exploring Christmas at Syon Abbey
My name is Sophie and I am currently a third year student at the University of Exeter, studying for a BA joint honours degree in History and Archaeology. In September I began volunteering at the University's Special Collections, allowing me to gain valuable work experience, as I hope to pursue a career in the heritage sector. I have spent my time as a volunteer working with the Syon Abbey archive. My main role has been cataloguing the 100 diaries of the community from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century at item level. I have enjoyed this task as it has provided me with a detailed insight into the daily life of the community.
Sophie with a sheet of 1950s Christmas wrapping paper found inside one of the diaries in the Syon Abbey archive
References to Christmas in the Syon Abbey diaries
As Christmas is fast approaching, I wanted to share some details of the celebrations that are recorded in the diaries. Many of the diaries mention the sisters' festive decoration of the Abbey. For example, in a diary kept in 1955, an entry states that 'the sisters' gifts were hung on a large Xmas tree gaily decorated and illuminated with colourful lights' and that 'all danced around the tree and sang the Jubilee song' [EUL MS 389/ADM/5/54]. This heart-warming image of the community is particularly festive and is one of my favourite entries from the diaries.
The sisters gave gifts as a sign of their love and affection for each other, especially during the Christmas period. The diary for 1906 contains a beautiful handmade paper snowflake, given to the abbess as a gift [EUL MS 389/ADM/5/12]. The community's enthusiasm for gift giving can also be found in the diary for 1954 which records the gifts given to the Abbey's gardeners and farm hands. The presents included: an electric kettle, socks, tobacco, biscuits, cake, pudding, butter, tea, and a hen [EUL MS 389/ADM/5/52]. This particular diary contains many more festive references, and even an inserted piece of 1950s Christmas wrapping paper. It also contains a lovely anecdote about how the Abbess 'thoroughly enjoyed herself' when she carved the Christmas turkey!
Elsewhere in the Syon Abbey Collection…
In addition to the diaries that I have been working with, the Syon Abbey Collection (which includes the archive and collections of printed books and manuscripts from the Syon Abbey library) contains further material relating to the celebration of Christmas. For example, within the Medieval and Modern Manuscript Collection is a Syon manuscript entitled 'A Discourse or Entertainment for ye sacred time of Advent', written by the abbess in 1657, containing spiritual exercises for the nuns to undertake during Advent [EUL MS 262/add2/5].
EUL MS 262/add1/5 - Title page of 'A Discourse or Entertainment for ye sacred time of Advent'
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EUL MS 262/add1/B/5 - First page of 'A Discourse or Entertainment for ye sacred time of Advent'
A particular favourite of mine in the Syon Abbey archive is a box containing small illuminated prayer cards with detailed calligraphy and hand drawn images relating to Christmas [EUL MS 389/CRE/3]. These beautiful pieces of art were created by Sister Mary Veronica during her religious life at Syon Abbey between 1933 and 2008.
EUL MS 389/CRE/3 – A Christmas prayer card created by Sister Mary Veronica Kempson, c 1933-2008.
The Syon Abbey Medieval and Modern Manuscript Collection contains an illuminated transcript of the words and musical notation for 'In Vigilia Nativitatis' (which translates to 'On Christmas Eve') from the Roman Martyrology [EUL MS 262/add1/111]. This is a proclamation of the birth of Christ and would traditionally have been chanted or recited on Christmas Eve. It also contains a note on the back which details that the 'Syon melody' was originally taken from the Lisbon book and was handed down orally with some alterations. This 'Christmas Martyrology' was created in 1952 by Sister Mary Stanislas, of whom more artwork can be found in the Syon Abbey archive.
EUL MS 262/add1/111 – 'In Vigilia Nativitatis', created by Sister Mary Stanislas in 1952.
The Syon Abbey Collection contains an array of fascinating material, including many insights into how the community celebrated Christmas. To find out more about the Syon Abbey Collection click here, or head to the Special Collections website to search our online archives catalogue. For those feeling festive, why not take a look at our Twitter account, where we are posting images from across the collections in our very own virtual Advent Calendar.
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Today is World Theatre Day. Created in 1961,it is celebrated annually on March 27. How will you be celebrating?
This year, five different artists from five continents are delivering the World Theatre Day messages. Below are excerpts from each (in English), with a link to read each full address, followed by ten facts about theater.
At a pragmatic level the arts of the actor and the arts of live performance need to be made available to children in primary education. Such a generation will, I believe, be more sensitive to the righteousness of life and nature.
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Without the act of the performer the audience could not believe. Without the belief of the audience the performance would not be complete. We laugh at the same moment. We are moved. We gasp or are shocked into silence. And at that moment through drama we discover that most profound truth: that what we thought the most private division between us, the boundary of our own individual consciousness, is also without frontier. It is something we share.
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Award winning clarinetist and composer Christopher Moriarty is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young artists of his generation, making his international debut as clarinet soloist with the New York Sinfonietta in Carnegie Hall, New York. (2015).
Christopher is passionate about the creation and performance of new works featuring the clarinet, expanding upon the Irish repertoire of works for his instrument and bringing them to new audiences. His music has been performed both nationally and internationally, with premieres in Dublin, London, New York and Stockholm.
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Chapter 29 - Missing Prince (1)
It was a weird little today.
This idea came to Gian's mind the moment she woke up.
He didn't mean to let his mind wander because, at this moment, he was lying on his left side. His tentacles were cold, and there were bronze patterns with a sense of bumps on them. Gian leaned his head against the edge of the bed and looked at the old hard book, confused.
Didn't Shane take the book away? Why did you suddenly come back to my room? He stared at the book cover in a daze. Did Shane ask someone to send it here? When did he come? He didn't notice that someone had come into the room. Besides, where did he come in?
He subconsciously glanced at the window. In the late autumn and early winter, he didn't open the window to sleep but still locked it. He turned his head to look at the door again. The door lock and frame were tightly attached, and there was no sign of opening it.
Was it sent here automatically? Gian thought of the scene that the old book suddenly appeared in a golden light a few days ago. Yes, last time, it was also in his bag for no reason that Shane saw it. He thought he had remembered it wrong. Now it seemed that it must have been passed into the backpack by itself. At the thought of this, Gian couldn't help but chuckle.
"Nothing…"He opened the book and looked through it, muttering in a low voice. Why did the book follow him? Was it because he picked it up first? He guessed secretly but did not go too deep into it. There were countless magical things in the world. He had heard many incredible rumors in the south, let alone the Jing City was known as the divine land. It was not surprising what happened. After all, this was just a strange book that could be automatically sent back.
But after all, it was not her own thing. He had to put it back to the study as soon as possible. He wondered if the manager had come back. He hadn't seen him for a long time, so he really missed him. Gian thought for a long time and glanced at the clock at the door. It was already 7:30. He quickly got up but the old book into his backpack ran to the bathroom to wash. He couldn't be late for school.
The sky in the early morning was a little gloomy. The sun hadn't passed through the gray clouds. The cold wind was blowing the banyan leaves by the road. Gian was in a winter uniform with a velvet lining. Carrying his schoolbag, he rushed to the teaching building. He was not afraid of cold and summer. The winter in Jing City was a "pleasant" climate for him.
He soon arrived at the bottom of the building. When he was about to climb up the stone ladder, he suddenly sensed the strange atmosphere around him. Today was Monday. The students parted for a short time after the weekend, which was supposed to be a good time for a lively chat. But at this moment, the stairs were a little quiet. Gian stopped and looked around four times. There were a lot of students whispering at the door of the first-grade classroom. When they saw him coming over, they all looked at him strangely, and even those who didn't know each other would look at him more.
What happened…Gian continued to walk up quietly, listening attentively to a few conversations faintly.
"Is that him?"
"Look at that old schoolbag. I've never seen him change it."
"Do you think he really knows the inside story?"
"It's hard to say. With his identity, I don't think so…"
Gian was even more confused by his sudden and sarcastic words. He was quite famous in the school, mostly because of Shane's relationship, but it was not known to all. What happened? Gian couldn't figure out what was going on, so he decided to ask an acquaintance first. He frowned slightly, ignored these gossips, and quickly ran to the classroom.
The classroom was very noisy, just like a grocery market. When Gian entered the room with his head down, the noisy classroom suddenly quieted down. Two years had passed, and class four had begun. All the students turned around and stared at him with different expressions. The scene was almost frozen.
Gian felt that he had returned to the scene when he first came to the school a year ago. At that time, countless substantial gazes shot towards him, almost piercing his whole body. It was like a silent trial. At that time, he was in the mood of a pilgrim and was full of good expectations for everything in Jing City, but he didn't expect that. Fortunately, with the help of Lu Ang, he met Shane and Jin Yuan by accident.
Thinking of this, Gian calmed down. He kept silent and walked slowly to his seat expressionlessly, being baptized by countless gazes all the way. Although he also wanted to know what had happened, he thought it was better to keep silent according to the current situation. He would ask Lu Ang later. He must know. As if nothing had happened, Gian opened her schoolbag, pulled out his book, and began to look through it.
Perhaps it was because of the presence of the person concerned. The students no longer made a loud noise but turned to whisper to their ears. The buzzing sound like mosquitoes made them more annoyed.
Gian remained silent all the time. He waited quietly for the bell to ring and waited for his friend to answer his question. However, when the bell rang and the teacher walked into the classroom, Lu Ang still didn't appear. Gian looked at the empty seat beside her and frowned. Did it have anything to do with Lu Ang? He suddenly remembered going to the Flood Icing Hotel yesterday and had a bad feeling.
His guess was soon confirmed. After the first class, several students could not help but surround him and asked him in a roundabout way.
"Gian……I heard that you went to the Flood Icing Hotel yesterday? "
"Did you come in? Have you seen Prince Shane? "
"Did Prince ask you to go there? I don't even dare to go. I heard that many people died! "
Gian's heart skipped a beat. As expected, something happens to Shane? Impossible! He immediately denied this conjecture. As the heir of a country, the security and defense around him were not ordinary people could imagine. What's more, if something happened to Shane, Jing City would have already been in trouble. He didn't have the right to guess.
He thought for a while and decided to ask the reason first, "how do you know I have been to a hotel?"[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ novelmultiverse.com]
The three looked at each other. A young man ran back to his seat and took today's newspaper. He pointed at the news and said to Gian, "look, this is written."
Gian glanced at the newspaper and frowned again. It said that the Prince had been exploded at the port and was seriously injured without being found. It also exaggerated that she had received the news in the hotel with Lu Ang and punished the insiders.
What nonsense! Gian was annoyed. What kind of inside information was just a piece of news, which was heard by many people. These media people really like to confuse right and wrong!
He also figured out the cause of the incident and told the three people truthfully: "I didn't enter the hotel. I waited in front of the door for a while, and I didn't see Prince Shane…"
"Really not? Did Prince tell you where he was going? One of the students did not die to ask.
"…… Where is Prince going? Why did he tell me? "
"This is also…"
His companion coughed awkwardly and pulled him back, "Excuse me, disturb…"
Around the students to hear the dialogue just now are still dubious, eyes continued to explore him. Gian didn't pay any attention. He sat in his chair and thought that "Lu Ang didn't come to school because of this, right? I don't know where he is now. He liked reading gossip tabloids best. He must have received the news for a long time. He should be prepared."
Gian also thought of the report that the Prince was missing after the explosion. Although he didn't believe it, he was worried. He decided to go to Lu Ang's house to see the situation first. He thought so, sitting quietly, waiting for the arrival of school time.
At noon, the sun finally broke through the clouds, and the temperature of the sun dispelled the chill over the city. In the majestic palace in the northernmost part of Jing City, a man was closing his eyes and meditating on the Prince's disappearance.
Black was the most important thing in the kingdom of Wong. The whole imperial city was covered with gloomy grey walls and black tiles. It looked old-fashioned and boring. The front hall was where the officials of all departments deal with government affairs. There were six three-story wooden attics arranged according to their positions. In the middle of the hall was the hall of the court meeting, which was about 20 meters high. On the top of the door, there was a Golden Phoenix Statue with its head raised to fly. Carved brick from the main hall had been paved to the palace gate, surrounded by tall ancient locust trees, evergreen branches, and leaves of this dark palace deeper and deeper.
Compared with the gloomy front hall, the back hall was very vivid. Although it had the same gray and black tone, it was full of green plants and birds, and small animals played among pavilions, which was peaceful and warm. Although it was late autumn, the back hall was still full of flowers and butterflies, just like a secluded paradise.
On the west side of the back hall, was the imperial study. His majesty sin oven, the supreme ruler of the Empire, was leaning against the soft couch in front of the window to meditate. The emperor, who had been in the age of destiny, still looked very young, as if he couldn't leave the mark of time. He was dressed in a silver-white silk palace robe, without any unnecessary decoration. His black hair was combed into a simple bun. His face was warm and moist, and he could hardly hold a sense of dignity. He always had a slight smile on his mouth, which made him look more like a handsome scholar.
The interior decoration of the study was very simple. There was a red sandalwood square table in front of the soft couch, surrounded by layers of copper bookcases. Beside the table was a magic lamp, and under it was a gilded incense burner. Standing on the side of the door was an ancient wooden clock. The pendulum swang gently, bringing a sense of movement to the static room.
The slanting sunlight was warm and warm, and his majesty sat alone in the sunshine, like a sacred sculpture. Behind him came a few knocks on the door. He closed his eyes and gently answered, "Come in." The voice was clear, and there was no sense of delay.
When the wooden door was pushed open, Ye Chi captain, still in his dark green uniform, walked slowly into the room. He saw the bright sunlight coming indirectly and stood straight to the window. His tall body covered the light completely.
The vision suddenly turned dark, and the emperor finally opened his eyes slowly. He looked at the expressionless officer and asked with a smile, "Is there any news?"
Captain slowly shook his head, his face sunk in the shadow, only to see that pair of surprisingly bright eyes.
"It's good to go out and have a look…" The emperor waved out a black iron fan, opened it, and shook it gently, as if to himself, "While there is still time, let him go out to relax, until next year…" The emperor suddenly stopped. He seemed to recall something, and his eyes were full of nostalgia.
The officer stood beside him without saying a word, and the study fell into silence again.
The emperor was silent for a moment and suddenly sighed with emotion: "How long have we not been out of Jing City…" He took back the fan and nodded at random on the armrest, "The throne It's like a cage. It'll tie you tightly, and I can't get rid of it at all…"
"Used to it." Suddenly, the officer uttered such a sentence, with no waves or waves in his voice.
The emperor shook his head and chuckled: "Yes, I'm used to it. "He leaned back to his chair and shook the fan again, turning back to the topic he had just talked about.
"The hotel is taken over by the police, so you don't have to go again…" The emperor looked at the officer and issued an order, "The old area of the port should continue to be blocked. You should take people to investigate carefully. Don't leave any hidden danger."
The officer nodded, and the emperor took a volume of a golden imperial edict from the table, handed it to him, and said, "You can give Wen ye a touch on the notice just drafted, and publish it as soon as possible…"
The Colonel took the imperial edict and did not ask more questions. He turned and strode out of the study.
The emperor was still sitting in front of the window. He closed his eyes and turned the fan back into the light. Leaning against the cushion, he continued to think about the sudden assassination case: it was not a big deal, but there was no danger. However, he did not expect that his son would be involved. Now he was still playing and missing, and he did not know how to send a message back. Can only find an excuse to cover up …The emperor put his hand on the wooden chair subconsciously and suddenly felt some tingling in his eyes. He sighed and waved. A layer of iron spread rapidly on the window, covering most of the light.
This problem was to be regarded as gain and loss … The emperor closed his eyes, immersed in the shadow, and gradually had some sleepiness. He dreamt back to the past time, with a gentle smile on his mouth.
The study was as quiet as before. Only the tick of the pendulum, as if a sound of urging, reminded the emperor to face the confusion and melancholy.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the "Novel Multiverse dot com" website @ novelmultiverse.com]
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Dvora ( דְּבוֹרָה, Dvora), v českém přepisu Debora (ekumenický překlad Debóra) je ženské biblické a rodné jméno hebrejského původu, které znamená "včela".

Debora byla prorokyně a soudkyně, jejíž činnost popisuje kniha Soudců. Je autorkou Debořiny písně.

Nositelky
 Debora (prorokyně)
 Deborah Lipstadt – americká historička
 Dvora Necer – izraelská politička
 Dvora Omer – izraelská spisovatelka
 Dvora Waysman – izraelská spisovatelka australského původu

Místní jména
 Dvora – izraelský mošav
 Šadmot Dvora – izraelský mošav

Další užití
 Debora – opera J. B. Foerstera (libreto Jaroslav Kvapil)

Reference

Související články
 Hebrejské jméno
 Erlea – baskické jméno téhož významu

Externí odkazy

Hebrejská slova a fráze
Ženská jména hebrejského původu
Ženská jména

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Presidential Campaign By The Numbers
Filed Under:Barack Obama, Campaign Money, Election, Mitt Romney, Money, Obama, PAC, Pakistan, Political, Political Action Committee, Politics, Presidency, President, Presidential Election, Romney, Sheldon Adelson, Super PAC
United States, Money, Budget, Federal Budget(Source: AP)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The 2012 presidential election will go down as the first billion dollar campaign in American history, but that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the numbers that will define the 2012 election.
Combined, the President Barack Obama campaign and pro-Obama Super PAC and the Mitt Romney campaign and pro-Romney Super PAC have spent $1.6 billion on a job that pays $1.6 million over four years in office. More than 1,000 Super PAC's were registered in 2012 and combined they raised $661 million, according to the Huffington Post.
President Obama made a total of 227 campaign stops compared to Romney's 294 campaign stops, according to the Huffington Post. Of Romney's 294 campaign stops, 46 of them were in the crucial swing state of Ohio.
Between the Republican primary and the general election, there were a total of 24 debates (20 in the primary and 4 general election debates including the vice-presidential debate).
Obama managed to land more newspaper endorsements among the largest 100 papers in the country, 41-35 over Romney.
According to a BBC World survey, only one out of 22 countries would elect Mitt Romney if they were voting for the U.S. candidates, the lone country being Pakistan.
And if you think the political ads have been out of control this year, you're not that far off. According to the Huffington Post, 1,015,615 political ads were run to support or oppose the presidential candidates since June 1, 2012. That was a nearly 40 percent increase from 2008.
Finally, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who vowed to spend $100 million to defeat Obama, ended up spending about half that much. All total, his family gave $54 million to conservative super PAC's.


Aug. 13:The Squeezettes: The five-piece breathes fresh life into traditional polka with its unabashedly geeky, tongue-in-cheek take. Noon, Major Goolsby's Heartland.
Squeezettes win third WAMI award!
On April 19, 2015, inside Milwaukee's historic Turner Hall, the nominees and honored guests gathered for the 2015 WAMI Awards Show. They mingled, posed, gave interviews, refilled their drinks and settled in for a looongish night of performances, speeches, and special honors. Hey--it was a Sunday night, after all, and most of us musicians got day jobs, ya know? Anyways, in the end, only one (from each category) could take home the prize. And the winner is... the Squeezettes! We'd like to thank our mums and dads, and significant others, et al.
We'd also like to toast the other nominees: Steve Meisner; Brewhaus Polka Kings; Happy Schnapps Combo; Rhythm Playboys; Bobby Danczyk and the Polish Memories. Thanks to all'a youse for making POLKA, of all things, a competitive category in the 21st century, eh? But you know what it's all about. Music comes from the heart and you're all doing what you love and doing it right by sharing your gift with the world.
And if you're traveling around our fine state, check out all of these bands!
Polka on, Wisconsin! Polka On!
A new photo exhibit in West Bend puts the state's polka dancing traditions on display. Joy Cardin and her guests explore the rich cultural history that made Wisconsin the "Polka Heartland."
Why is polka such a big deal in Wisconsin?
Squeezettes LIVE on Real Milwaukee!
On Thursday, April 17, 2014, the Squeezettes appeared on WITI-TV6 for a short interview and two songs.
Squeezettes Are Saving the State Dance!


I have a MPIO HD400/ Solid and i had it connected to my buddy's computer to get a couple songs off him and afterwards when i attempted to listen to my player, the screen froze up on me and i can't turn it off. And i've been waiting for the battery to die and then start from sctratch and charge it over again and it still hasn't died and it's been like 3 days. Goin' bonker's over here!!! Help and suggestions please!!!
I have the same issue. I tried the Reset button but it does not do anything. The screen is on, and I can't turn it off. Nothing works, no matter what button I press.
Help I have the same issue. I tried the Reset button but it does not do anything. The screen is on, and I can't turn it off. Nothing works, no matter what button I press.
Try the reset button which is pin-sized hole on bottom right when looking at the HD-400. You will need paper-clip to press it.
Connect your IPod to the primary computer you use it with (the first one Ipod synced with), and open iTunes.
When you disconnect iPod from the computer, it will no longer be locked.
If you can't unlock Ipod using either (the code or connecting it to the computer you use to manage its songs). . . you can restore your ipod to factory settings using ipod Updater.
Please note that this will erase all data on your ipod.
Afterwards, you can add your music and data back to your ipod.
1. Restore your iPod. WARNING: The restore process cannot be undone.
All of your songs and files will be deleted.
Always make a backup of your important data.
If you can't unlock your ipod and you don't have access to the primary computer, your only option is to restore the Ipod, which will erase all music and data.
Turn off the unit and connect it to the computer.
The computer should recognize the player.
alotita, I have an MPIO HD-200. Does Windows play the sound like you have something attached when you plug it in? Or does Windows not regognize it al all? Either way, I've had to play with mine after I've dropped it a couple of times. I charge the battery all the way, then just keep plugging and unplugging from the USB wire. The last time, it took 20+ times before Windows would recognize it.


Bhoga will be here sampling their artisanal tempeh from noon to 2pm.
Their mission is to introduce high quality tempeh as simply a good source of protein, not only for non-meat eaters, but for everyone who enjoys good food. Even though tempeh is traditionally made with soybeans, their tempeh are crafted with different legumes such as yellow peas, black beans, and mung beans, celebrating the different flavor notes of all types of pulses.


Popular, best-selling author Nancy Atherton will speak at the Estes Valley Library Foundation's annual fund-raising dinner on Sept. 23. The author is hard at work on another of her Aunt Dimity mystery books, set in fictional Finch, England, and there will be -- guess what? -- surprises. After staying up until 7 a.m. writing away on her new work, she provided the following answers about the writing life.
"I started writing letters to my cousin Margo in Minneapolis, as well as short stories, when I was nine or thereabouts. I started writing poetry and plays when I was 11 or thereabouts. Though I loved to write and wrote all the time, I didn't dream of becoming 'A Writer,' because I didn't know writing could be a profession.
What was your first story?
"The earliest short story I have in my possession is 'A Trip to the Moon,' which I wrote in the fourth grade (by hand, in pencil, on lined paper). The story consists of three chapters in two pages, with a beginning, a middle and a twist at the end, involving an astronaut goat named Geyser."
What was the first thing you had published?
"I had three poems published in 'Windfall,' a school district literary magazine, when I was in the seventh grade. My first professional publication was my first novel, 'Aunt Dimity's Death,' which came out in 1992 (a few years after seventh grade)."
Did you have a Reginald (a stuffed rabbit to which her protagonist, Lori Shepherd, talks)?
"I have quite a few Reginalds, thanks to the generosity of my readers.
When I was little, however, my constant companion was my Raggedy Ann. I still have her."
Do you surround yourself with favorite objects as you write or have good-luck habits for books?
"My entire house, including my office, is filled with objects that remind me of favorite people, places and adventures. I have no 'good luck' habits because, for me, writing is about passion, hard work and perseverance, rather than luck. (Luck plays a huge role in being published, but it has next to nothing to do with writing.
Why are libraries important (since you are speaking to the Estes Valley Library Foundation)?
"There's a reason tyrants burn books and/or cut funding for public libraries. Tyrants want us to be stupid, because stupid people can be easily manipulated. Public libraries undercut tyranny by fostering an educated citizenry. What could possibly be more important? My family wasn't rich, but we had the entire universe of thought and experience at our fingertips, thanks to our local public library, and we made the most of it. Tyrants hate us."
Have you been in the Estes Valley Library?
"I have never been in the Estes Valley Library. It's a bit of a commute from Colorado Springs (her home)."
Do you have an Estes Park connection?
"I have no Estes Park connection, other than my love of hiking, which has taken me to Rocky Mountain National Park on multiple occasions."
What will you be speaking about at the foundation dinner?
"I don't know what I'll speak about at the foundation dinner. I haven't had time to think about it (or anything else, for that matter), because I'm in the midst of a deadline vortex."
Why are you a writer?
"I write to serve my characters."
Why should anyone write? "I don't know why 'anyone' should write. I write because, if I didn't, my brain would explode."
"Imagine a world without stories, poems, paintings, plays, films, sculptures, costumes, photographs, ceramics, quilts, needlework, music, dance, gastronomy, architecture, those wooden bears carved with chainsaws and your grandchild's masterpieces stuck to the fridge door with magnets. Nuff said?"
The characters from Aunt Dimity just pop into your brain?
"Does the plot just evolve?"
What comes first, the characters, the idea, the location, the title?
"All of the above. It varies from book to book."
What is your work process?
"I don't know what a 'work process is, but the way I work is: Late at night I make a pot, or sometimes two pots, of tea. I work until I've finished the tea. Then I stop working."
"Everyone and everything has influenced my writing. I have a magpie mind."
Were you encouraged by teachers, family?
Did your parents read to you? What books?
"My parents read bedtime stories to us every night, ranging from Dr. Seuss to 'The Bluebird of Happiness.' I still love to hear stories read aloud, which is why I own so many recorded books (J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jane Austen and J.K. Rowling being among my favorite read-alouds)."
What writers do you read?
"I do far more re-reading than reading. At the moment, I'm re-reading 'Cotillion' by Georgette Heyer and 'Down the Garden Path' by Beverley Nichols, but when Terry Pratchett's next book comes out, I'll drop everything and devour it."
Talk about your new book a bit.
"'Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch' -- published in April 2012 -- takes place in the small English village of Finch, which is roused from its usual state of torpor by the arrival of Amelia Thistle, a woman with a mysterious past and an even more mysterious reason for moving to Finch."
How do you feel when you finish writing a book?
"Exhausted and relieved. Mostly exhausted."
What is the publishing world like today, versus in the past? I see you're on Kindle, etc.
"I'm not an expert on the publishing world, so I can't answer your question. On a personal level, I can tell you that I use my Kindle only when I'm traveling. Otherwise, I prefer to read printed books because, for me, reading isn't merely an intellectual activity. It's a sensual activity, as well. I like the way paper feels, the way it smells, the sound it makes when you turn a page. I like the heft of a book in my hands and the way light hits the printed word. E-books are convenient, but they can't become old friends the way dog-eared, well-thumbed and much-loved books can. And e-books will never contain a favorite author's handwritten, personal inscription, something I treasure as much as any other reader."
What has technology done to the process of writing? Will there always be books in print? Will there always be readers, in whatever mode?
"Computers make the process of writing a whole lot less fatiguing. I've written by hand and with a typewriter, and computers are better -- no white-out, no retyping entire pages because one line was left out, no writer's cramp. For a given factor of 'always': Yes, there will always be books in print. Yes, there will always be readers."
What do you do when you're not writing?
"When I'm not writing, I do everything everyone else does -- laundry, lawn-mowing, grocery-shopping, gutter-cleaning, housekeeping (within reason) and other chores that make the world go round. When I'm not doing chores, I hike, snowshoe, explore small towns, museums and cemeteries, spend time with friends, see plays and films, watch figure- skating, tennis, the Tour de France and the US Pro Cycling Challenge (whoo-hoo!), play with my cats and travel."
What is the most challenging/surprising thing about being an author? About being a best-seller?
"The most challenging thing about being an author is trying to keep up with everything else in my life. Housekeeping goes by the boards when I'm writing, and the friends I keep are the friends who understand that I'll neglect them abysmally for months at a time on a regular basis. The most surprising thing about being an author is meeting strangers who've read my books.
"I can't think of a challenging thing related to being a best-seller, but the most surprising thing is how little money comes my way from a best-selling book. I mean, a best-selling author should own a castle in Spain and a flat in London and drink champagne in her Paris pied-a-terre, non? Non! In my experience, a best-selling book is a cause for celebration and gratitude, but it doesn't by any stretch of the imagination ensure financial security. Which is surprising."
Talk about your readers -- your audience seems to be a varied lot.
"I have the most wonderful readers in the world, bar none. I receive beautiful fan mail from both sexes and pretty much every age group. (One example: A two-year-old fell in love with my first book's cover art and demanded that his mother 'read' 'Aunt Dimity's Death' to him every night, so she made up a story about a pink bunny reading a book! How could I NOT love my readers?!?) I love book tours, because they allow me to hang out with people who are interesting, funny, kindhearted, thoughtful, passionate, articulate and fond of baking. I could easily move to a town populated entirely by my readers and be very happy there."
Where did you grow up? Talk about your background, schooling, etc.
"I started growing up in Chicago and grew up the rest of the way in Oak Park, Ill., as the second youngest child of eight children. I attended public schools, went to public libraries, played in public parks, skated in public ice rinks and swam in public swimming pools, so, yes, I believe my parents' taxes were an excellent investment. I took a break after high school to work and to travel and, when I was ready to continue my formal education, I went first to Triton Junior College, then to the University of Chicago, from which I graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors. Before and after college, I worked just about every minimum-wage job in America. I had no idea that I would be a writer until I was in my mid-thirties. It was an extremely pleasant surprise."
Atherton added about her mysteries, "I feel compelled to point out, however, that murders have no place in my books. I'm much too impressionable. And squeamish."
That hardly stops the delectable, undeterrable Aunt Dimity, a fact for which Atherton's fans are undyingly grateful.


Help.com recently had a chance to catch up with Micah Solomon. Micah is a best selling author, Forbes contributor, customer service speaker, and consultant, who has been leading the charge in improving customer service for the last twenty years.
Graham: What prompted your interest in customer service?
Micah: Throughout my career as an entrepreneur, I always managed to stay out of all commodity-pricing situations by making customer service and the customer experience differentiating factors. I then started to share this expertise with other companies in a wide variety of fields, through keynote speaking, consulting, and my books.
Graham: I was reading a 2010 interview with you where you brought up Netflix and Charlie Trotter's in Chicago as examples of great customer service. In the same interview, you also brought up creative ways to limit employee-to-employee handoff between interactions. What's a company that has successfully delivered great customer service while limiting the number of reps involved in solving a problem? How can customer service teams emulate them?
Micah: USAA is quite good at this for its customers (whom they call "members"). Any USAA representative you work with has all of the information from all different departments, and, to whatever extent it's practical, from the opposing insurance company as well, at her fingertips. She rarely needs to send you to someone else in the company to get anything resolved.
I think this is by and large an excellent approach. There are exceptions in some more technical fields, however, where a translated version of what the technical people have said ends up being diluted and confusing.
This is one of the reasons that Google's new approach to customer service is working: they have true specialists on the phone, on their live chat, and now on video calls, because by and large that's who a customer will need to work with to resolve anything that comes up.
Graham: What customer service channel, or channels, do you see being key in the next few years? Related to the last question, phone is tough from an efficiency perspective.
Micah: Me, I like the telephone. I think that it's ideal if customers don't have to call you a lot, but for the few times they do connect with you on the phone, they get a really good feel for your company. It can make all the difference in your relationship with the customers.
All of the channels are important: mobile, email, and so forth. I do see more and more "real time" solutions being valuable because they get rid of the whole "please provide me with some information and I'll get back to you in a while… oops, you left out this piece of information and now I need to ask you for it and then make you wait even longer" cycle.
So real time solutions can be telephone and in person, of course (and don't discount this, Apple is going great guns with their in-person customer service), but also live chat and video chat.
Graham: For a company that's based primarily online (web services, e-commerce, etc.), what are the keys to delivering a great customer service experience? What's an example of such a company?
Micah: There are a lot of things that are important. I think your question is really about how it is different than for a company that also has an important physical presence. I think the difference for the two is that you may want to exaggerate, overemphasize the humanity in everything you do in the e-commerce company so that customers understand that you're real people. As far as other keys, anticipatory service, accuracy, ease of use, an effective problem resolution/client recovery process are all critical.
Graham: Speaking of that, you talk regularly about building anticipation into products and services. With hospitality, it's fairly clear how that can be done, even a company like Headsets.com, where they put Tootsie Rolls in every box they ship, has a clear path. What can a company selling software do to build anticipation into their product?
Micah: I think anticipatory customer service applies very well in the idea of software. Most important will be technical anticipation: ensuring that customers get a needed update before they have to ask for it, and so forth.
Graham: What metrics are worth tracking for customer service teams? A bunch of customer service leads are reading this article. What would you tell them they need to track and how would you tell them to do it?
Micah: The biggest problem with metrics is if you focus too much on the wrong, or even an only halfway right one it can send you down the wrong path. So let me turn this question on its head and warn you about this instead: If you have the metric – and it's a good one, more or less – of striving to have 80% of your calls answered in 20 seconds or less, that's okay, but it's not the most important thing.
The most important things to track are – did the call resolve the customer's issue and – did the customer like the resolution? If you start to think this way, you realize that sometimes it's okay to not rush to fill an unfilled seat if it means you're filling it with someone not fully qualified, because the extra few seconds on the phone (temporarily) are worthit to exclusively have great people on the phone with your customers.
Graham: From an organizational standpoint, how can marketing, sales, and customer service work together to create a culture that ensures great customer service? It seems that the incentives don't always align at some companies.
Micah: Well, the start to creating a great service culture is that someone at a very high level in an organization needs to make a decision to create that culture, lay it out in a very, very simple framework, and then work on integrating it into everything the company does – including, as you mention, incentives, but also hiring and personnel practices.
Graham: You're one of the foremost customer service experts in the industry. What are three businesses that consistently get your money, and what about their customer service has earned that loyalty from you?
Micah: That's a fun question.
The Madison Diner on Bainbridge Island: I enjoy that they know me and welcome me back and know what I like to order: recognition is very, very important to customers and is a valuable way to win their repeat business.
Nordstrom because Joanne Hassis does the same thing as The Madison Diner, but with clothes and at a rather higher price point of course.
Amazon.com probably gets more of my money than any other merchant. But my relationship with their customer service practices is complicated and needs another article.
Graham: What's the biggest lesson you try to impart to the various companies and teams you speak to? Why is it so key in your mind?
Micah: Of course there are many that I address, but I think one important one is that the customer is at the center of the customer's universe. It's so easy to not meet customers where they actually are, to try to make them into someone they're not, or are not at the moment you're interacting with them.
It's also easy along the same lines to try to give such fabulous service in such an obvious way that you're actually interfering with, rather than being a stage for, their relationships with others in their lives. This also comes from not realizing that the world looks different to every customer, but always they are seeing it from their perspective, not yours.
Thoughts on the interview? Tell us in the comments or @helpdotcom.
Micah Solomon, customer service consultant, company culture expert, keynote speaker and bestselling author can be found at http://www.micahsolomon.com.


Forget the politics, we are all Shepway resident.
We were more than pleased to accept an invitation as guest speakers at the local Labour party meeting at the Stade Court Hotel in Hythe today to update members on the proposed Otterpool Park New Town situation. Also in attendance was Lesley Whybrow speaking on behalf of the Save Princes Parade group.
The turnout was great, culminating with questions from the floor.
There can be no shadow of a doubt that the common theme that runs through the whole of Shepway is no matter what political persuasion residents are, we are all singing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to our rotten Council in terms of lack of transparency and lack of consultation when it comes to developments across Shepway.
If you're a Shepway Councillor, irrespective of your political allegiance, and you push against our views, choosing not to represent us, towing the line of your party, your days are numbered.
Information sharing is the key to building our numbers. Today, we hope that our message has hit a chord with 750 Labour party members and look forward to further engaging with them, and others, in terms of realising democracy across our communities.
Finally we would like to thank Aaron Roche, Vice Chair (membership) Folkestone and Hythe Constituency Labour Party, for inviting us along to listen to what we're about and look forward to meeting up, in whatever form, in the very near future.
Les Barratt. Co Chairman, S&DRA.


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Ask.fm és un lloc web creat el 16 de juny del 2010 com a xarxa social on es poden fer preguntes de qualsevol tipus anònimament. També es pot posar "m'agrada" a les respostes que es fan a les preguntes i pots rebre preguntes també. Per poder fer i rebre preguntes i posar "m'agrada" has d'estar registrat a la xarxa social tot i que si no hi ets pots veure les respostes que es fan.

Va ser fundat a Letònia per Ilja Terebin com a competidora de Formspring. Majoritàriament les respostes van ser casos àmpliament informats sobre els casos de pedofília, missatges ofensius anònim i per dos aparents suïcidis com a resultat de tal assetjament. L'edat mínima per fer-se ask són 13 anys.

Fou comprat en 2014 per Ask.com amb la intenció d'incrementar la seva seguretat.

Funcionament de l'aplicació
Ask.fm és una aplicació fàcil d'utilitzar per als usuaris. Primer cal registrar-se mitjançant un correu electrònic o compte de facebook. Es necessita un nom d'usuari i una contrasenya, el nom d'usuari, una vegada creat, no es pot canviar. Un cop creat el compte, es poden editar camps del menú principal. A l'apartat de configuració, dins del perfil, es pot canviar la informació personal.

L'aplicació consta de quatre menús principals: l'inici, les preguntes, el teu perfil, i llistat d'amics (o gent a la que segueixes).

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Les preguntes que tinguis pendents per respondre, pots, o bé suprimir-les, o respondre-les. És aconsellable respondre amb respecte i amb continguts inofensius, ja que ask et podria esborrar la resposta.

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Si estas registrat pots seguir als usuaris que tu vulguis, ells no veuran que els segueixes, és a dir, és anònim, igual que hom no pot veure qui et segueix, però sí als usuaris que segueixes. Al seguir una persona pots veure les seves respostes i respostes d'altres usuaris a les que ha posat "m'agrada".

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Ask's famosos: Broken smiles https://ask.fm/albertcrezzio, The Teke show https://ask.fm/Frasessparatodos, etc.
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A mountain lion was caught on camera prowling the backyard of a San Mateo home on Tuesday evening, according to police.
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BAND HISTORY/BIOS
(LIKE YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THESE MOOKS?)
The Back Alley Blues Band was originally formed in November, 1996 by Franc Robert (Guitar/Vocals), and Smokin Joe Sadowski (Harp/vocals). The band started out playing true hard core Chicago Blues (think Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, and many others), mixed with the best of the Texas/Louisiana style (think T-Bone Walker, Slim Harpo, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, SRV, and more). In August of 2004, we released our first CD (right in the middle of Hurricane Charley!) and have started playing more festivals and large events, in turn opening concerts for Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton, Charlie Musselwhite, Smokin Joe Kubek, Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, and Pat Travers, among others. The first CD, Boxcar Tourists, was released in February of this year-check out the sounds on the samples page!! In October 2006, the band welcomed Marty Lindemann on drums, with Alza Perez moving over on bass and vocals. This lineup has recorded the CD "Ya Can't Stay Here" and will be recording a new CD in Fall, 2007, once we get all the new songs written (what else is new!?!?) So here's the gang...
All photos on this page by Alyssa Gosch and Monique Robert
Franc Robert-Guitar & Vocals
A Native Montrealer, Franc started playing in various bands throughout the 80's, hosting the popular jam at the famous Rising Sun Nightclub in Montreal, where he learned at the feet of many blues greats, including Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, and Robert Cray. Moving to Florida in 1990, he played in several bands before forming the Back Alley Blues Band in 1996.
Smokin' Joe Sadowski-Harp & Vocals
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Joe started the way most musicians start, by being a "jam rat", eventually leading to gigs with Lazy Boy and the Rockers, Nuthin But Trouble, and the Rock'n'Roll Xpress. Joe brings his life into his playing, wailing, crying and making his harp sing.
Alza Perez-Bass & Vocals
A true "Cracker" (FL born and raised) Alza loves the blues. With a driving voice capable of many tones and textures, and a good solid bassline he has brought a new dimension to the band's sound. Since returning from South Florida in 1988 he has led several bands, among them Nuthin' But Trouble, Rock & Roll Xpress, and the Wilde Knightz.
Marty Lindemann-Drums, Keys, Harp & Vocals
originally from ft. lauderdale, marty started playing drums at the age of five.and was known for his work with such bands as Straightjacket , and Double Identity , along with having played and performed with such artists as Bo Diddley, Del Shannon, the Shirelles, Jaco Pastorius, and Freddie Cannon amongst others.
Band Credits
Cotee River Seafood Festival-2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Leesburg Bikefest-2007
Chasco Fiesta-2005, 2006
Cotee River Bikefest-2005, 2006, 2007
Hudson Seafest-2004
National & Regional Artists We have played with/opened for
Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers • Pat Travers • Lee Roy Parnell • Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton • Sean Chambers • Damon Fowler Group • Roger "Hurricane" Wilson • Corey Harris & The 5x5 Band •Smokin Joe Kubek & B'Nois King • Charlie Musselwhite
Venues we have played
Blue Note Lounge (Spring Hill FL) • Bourbon Street (New Port Richey, FL) • Boulevard Lounge (New Port Richey, FL) • Cricketers (Hudson, FL) • Edgewater's (Port Richey, FL) • The Frosty Mug (Hudson, FL) • Governors Lounge (Hudson, FL) • The Hawg Pound (Zephyrhills, FL) • Lady L's Supper & Blues Club (Homosassa, FL) • Mango Bay (Hudson, FL) • Mike's Friendly Pub (Crystal River, FL) • Osceola Tavern (Dade City, FL) • Piglets (Dunedin, FL) • T-Bones Pub (Brooksville, FL) • Palms Bar & Grill (Palm Harbor, FL) • R Beach Club (Homosassa, FL) • Sandal's (Port Richey, FL) • Saturdays Pub (Holiday, FL) • Shipwreck Lounge (Holiday, FL) • Skipper's Smokehouse (Tampa, FL) • Snappers (Palm Harbor, FL) • Sneaky D's (St. Petersburg, FL) • South Beach Club (Hudson, FL) • Trotti's (Safety Harbor, FL)