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MP gives Views on Planning
The Island's MP, Andrew Turner was a speaker at the AGM for the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) earlier this month.
The topic for Mr Turner's talk was the National Planning Policy Framework, introduced earlier this year by the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Planning. The new system sets out to simplify the planning process making it less complex and more accessible. It also provides a framework which local people and town and parish councils can use to produce their own neighbourhood plans, reflecting the needs and priorities of their communities and protecting their distinct characteristics.
Mr Turner said:
"Neighbourhood plans will develop a vision for our towns, villages and rural areas. People will have more options to say, for instance where they would like housing to be built. I believe many will decide they want brown field sites developed first, rather than places like Pennyfeathers – an undeveloped area of countryside close to Ryde.
"I am also concerned that in the current Island plan, large sections of green field land are zoned as industrial when alternative brown field sites are available which should be used first."
Mr Turner also commented on the proposed Asda Store at Pan Meadows, saying:
"The impact on local shops and the loss of a green field site should certainly be considered before considering whether another out-of-town supermarket should be approved. Under the new planning arrangements this will be possible, and local views can be taken into account".
Mr Turner also presented CPRE awards, including for lighting to protect dark skies in rural areas.
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St. Luke's FitOne raises $115,000 for St. Luke's Children's Hospital
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A record 12,771 people signed up for FitOne in 2019.
By Anita Kissee, News and Community
St. Luke's Children's Hospital received $115,000 today from St. Luke's FitOne to fund healthy activities and programs for Idaho kids.
The generous donation is thanks to the 12,771 people who signed up for the St. Luke's FitOne 5K, 10K and Half Marathon. The September run/walk is Idaho's largest fitness event. When the proceeds from 2019 are added to donations from the previous six years, St. Luke's FitOne has now raised a total of $653,000 to help improve the health of Idaho's children.
"Each one of the people who put on their running shoes, got up early and headed downtown for FitOne, even in the rain, are champions for Idaho's kids," said St. Luke's Children's Medical Director Dr. Kenny Bramwell. He accepted the donation on behalf of St. Luke's Children's Hospital. "Because of FitOne, St. Luke's Children's has expanded the role we play in impacting the overall health of children in our communities. Through our support, we've become a trusted community partner for local initiatives that get kids exercising more and eating healthier foods."
Health statistics in Idaho closely mirror national childhood obesity rates. One in three children are overweight or obese. With that added weight comes an increased risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, joint dysfunction and more.
"We know if we can reach these kids young, and help them form healthy lifestyle habits early, we're helping to inspire them to be adults who see fitness and nutrition as an integral part of their overall health," said Katie Apple, St. Luke's Children's Administrator.
The money raised by St. Luke's FitOne will support community and school programs for kids that are safe, structured and sustainable. This year, those programs include things like walking and running tracks in Nampa, Payette and Boise, school nutrition education, a playground at the Hayes House for homeless and at-risk children, school activity stencils in Mountain Home, and fitness activity backpacks.
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Anita Kisseé is the Treasure Valley public relations manager for St. Luke's Health System.
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Women's lacrosse falls in NESCAC championship rematch
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The 16th-ranked Colby College women's lacrosse team heads to the final regular season game of the year after falling 11-9 to 11th-ranked Trinity College in a rematch of last year's NESCAC championship game.
The Mules (8-6 overall, 3-6 NESCAC) took a 13-9 win over the Bantams at Middlebury College in last year's NESCAC title game.
Colby is aiming to make the NESCAC playoffs heading into Wednesday's regular season finale at Bates College at 5:30 p.m. The Mules and Hamilton are both 3-6, while Bates and Williams are each 2-7 in a battle for the final two spots in the playoffs. Hamilton plays at Middlebury on Sunday and Williams will play host to Middlebury on Wednesday.
* Colby's Sasha Fritts finished with four goals and has her season totals up to 46 goals and three assists for 49 points.
* Grace Langmuir added two goals and one assist, while Kendall Smith had two goals. Taylor Moore had the other score for the Mules.
* Melinda Edie led Colby's defense with three caused turnovers and four ground balls. Maddie Hatch (pictured) added three caused turnovers, two ground balls, and two draw controls. McGara DeWan had four draw controls, while Shannon Groskoph, Smith, and Fritts all had two caused turnovers.
* Kiley Coffey led Trinity with six goals on six shots.
* The Bantams darted out to a 4-0 lead and still led 7-4 at halftime.
* After Trinty scored the first goal of the second half, the Mules roared back with five straight goals to take a 9-8 lead. Langmuir, Moore, and Smith all scored on free-positions. Fritts added the other two goals.
* The Bantams, though, settled down and scored three straight goals in a span of 1:44 to take an 11-9 lead. No team scored a goal in the final 15:10.
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Photos by Ashley Conti
October 17, 2018 Howard named assistant women's lacrosse coach
July 23, 2018 Brokaw, Hatch, Horwood, Moore honored for academics
June 13, 2018 Brokaw earns second All-American lacrosse honor
May 25, 2018 Smith to play in IWLCA Senior All-Star Game on June 2
May 17, 2018 Women's lacrosse team has five players earn all-region honors
May 3, 2018 Brokaw, Fritts earn All-NESCAC women's lacrosse honors
April 28, 2018 Women's lacrosse ends season with setback in league quarterfinals
April 27, 2018 Defending champion women's lacrosse has major playoff test
April 25, 2018 Banks' overtime goal gives women's lacrosse a chance to defend title
April 21, 2018 Women's lacrosse falls in NESCAC championship rematch
April 17, 2018 Women's lacrosse finishes home schedule with win over USM
April 14, 2018 Seniors shine on Senior Day to help women's lacrosse earn key win
April 11, 2018 Fritts, Brokaw shine for women's lacrosse in tough loss
April 9, 2018 Women's lacrosse up six spots to 15th in poll after Middlebury victory
April 7, 2018 Women's lacrosse scores final two goals, beats No. 4 Middlebury
March 31, 2018 Women's lacrosse loses lead, falls in overtime to Cardinals
March 27, 2018 Fritts scores her 100th goal for women's lacrosse in win over Union
March 26, 2018 Fritts named NESCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week
March 25, 2018 Smith scores 100th career goal to lift women's lacrosse to win
March 23, 2018 Women's lacrosse earns NESCAC victory over Camels
March 19, 2018 Women's lacrosse has easy time in victory over UNE
March 18, 2018 Women's lacrosse has late rally fall short against Jumbos
March 16, 2018 Women's lacrosse game with Tufts now on Sunday, UNE game Monday
March 11, 2018 No. 14 women's lacrosse earns easy victory over 13th-ranked Herons
March 10, 2018 Women's lacrosse loses late lead in setback
March 3, 2018 Women's lacrosse falls in season opener
March 2, 2018 Women's lacrosse set to defend NESCAC title
January 29, 2018 NESCAC champs to start 2018 season ranked 10th in national poll


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Dirty RINO Fred Upton Who Voted for Trump Impeachment Announces His Retirement from Congress
Published April 5, 2022 at 10:10am
Another dirtbag drops out.
Rep. Fred Upton from Michigan announced on Tuesday he will not seek reelection. Upton is one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Republican President Trump.
Reuters-Yahoo.com reported:
U.S. Representative Fred Upton on Tuesday said he will retire from Congress, marking the latest political exit by a Republican lawmaker who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.
"Even the best stories (have) a last chapter. This is it for me," the Michigan Republican said in a statement delivered from the U.S. House of Representatives floor.
"I've signed over a million letters, cast more votes while in the chamber here and accomplished what I set out to do with more unfinished work still yet to come," added Upton, whose current term ends this year.
Upton was one of 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol.
He was an early critic of Trump's false claims that he lost the November presidential election due to widespread fraud and has said his vote for impeachment was to "send a clear message" that the United States will not tolerate a president impeding the peaceful transfer of power.
Trump has endorsed Michigan state lawmaker Steve Carra's bid to challenge Upton.
Steve Carra dropped out on March 15, which improved the standing of Upton's challenger, Trump-backed Huizenga.
Upton stood to potentially gain from a third contender in the GOP primary, state Rep. Steve Carra of Three Rivers, because it was thought Carra would split the pro-Trump vote with Huizenga. But Carra dropped out March 15 and endorsed Huizenga after the Trump endorsement.
Is the 6th one on his way too? And then there's Liz Cheney…
More Trump in Mar-A-Lago on the House Rs that voted for his impeachment after Jan. 6: "I was just telling John, the good news is 6 out of the 10 are gone or effectively gone."
Calls #SC07 Rep. Tom Rice an "idiot" who "voted in the spur of the moment. Everybody was surprised." pic.twitter.com/bDTOtgZmll
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Home The Beats Health Lawmakers: Stop investigating Planned Parenthood
Lawmakers: Stop investigating Planned Parenthood
Marianne Goodland
Five members of Congress, including Denver Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, are calling on their Republican colleagues to end the investigations into Planned Parenthood.
The request comes in the wake of a grand jury indictment in Texas against David Daleiden and Sandra S. Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress, the producers of heavily-edited and widely-discredited videos that purported to show Planned Parenthood officials engaging in the illegal sale of fetal tissue.
Daleiden and Merritt were indicted last week by a grand jury in Houston, which had been asked by the Texas Lieutenant Governor to investigate the Center for Medical Progress videos. The grand jury found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood, but did indict Daleiden and Merritt for presenting fake driver's licenses, a felony in Texas, and attempting to purchase human organs, a misdemeanor.
Twelve states have now investigated the Center for Medical Progress videos and found the allegations that Planned Parenthood engaged in fetal tissue trafficking unsubstantiated.
Earlier this year, Rep. Mike Coffman said the videos "shock the conscience." He has voted multiple times to defund Planned Parenthood since he saw them. Coffman's office did not reply to The Colorado Independent's messages about the videos and whether the indictment would change his mind about their conclusions.
Photo credit: Center for American Progress, Creative Commons, Flickr.
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has been a political journalist since 1998. She covered the state capitol for the Silver & Gold Record from 1998 to 2009 and for The Colorado Statesman in 2010-11 and 2013-14. Since 2010 she also has covered the General Assembly for newspapers in northeastern Colorado. She was recognized with awards from the Colorado Press Association for feature writing and informational graphics for her work with the Statesman in 2012.
U.S. House votes to crack down on toxic chemicals; Trump threatens veto
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Do you REALLY think Coffman is going to even TRY to do a sensible thing? It's not in his psychological makeup. He's going to do what the rest of them will do, he will continue to scream and whine about how PPFA is SO terrible and HAS to be defunded. They IGNORE everything that doesn't fall into line with their goal of leaving women with NO health care at all if possible, and the fact that these videos were doctored and edited mean NOTHING to them. And the more they scream and yell and lie, the more they think you'll fall right into line with what they say.
Don't expect this to make ANY difference to the party at all. They aren't about truth, they are about themselves and their ability to take away as many rights and freedoms as possible from as many of us as they can.


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Supreme Court Canada Decision – Generic Viagra Available In Canada.
Posted by: Don Amerman in Erectile Dysfunction December 22, 2012 0 33183 Views.
On November 8, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada invalidated Pfizer's patent for blockbuster erectile dysfunction (ED) drug Viagra.
Pfizer's patent for Viagra is history in Canada.
The court ruled that in its patent, Pfizer failed to specifically state that the compound Sildenafil was the substance that created the therapeutic effect. The patent narrowed down a list of 260 quintillion compounds, but never explicitly stated that of those, Sildenafil, was the one that the patent was all about. The ruling was unanimous, and the plaintiff challenging Pfizer's patent, Teva Canada (the Canadian arm of Israeli generic drug manufacturer Teva Ltd.) lost no time getting the product to market.
On the same day as the ruling, Teva Canada updated its website to introduce its product, known as Novo-Sildenafil. A spokeswoman for Teva Canada confirmed Nov. 8 that "We launched today," and the website noted that the product "is available via prescription." A pop-up window on Teva Canada's home page states in large lettering, "Sorry Viagra … No hard feelings?" and notes that Pfizer lowered prices in Canada to match that of Novo-Sildenafil. The price for four, 100mg tablets of Viagra dropped from $49 to $37.
Launching Generic Drugs in the U.S.
The Canadian ruling won't change things for U.S. consumers, however. While U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tends to look the other way when U.S. citizens travel to Canada and bring back small amounts of prescription drugs they purchased at cheaper prices, technically, it's illegal. It is especially dangerous to purchase medications online from Canadian Pharmacies that ship non FDA-approved medications. It's also illegal to order prescription drugs for import from other countries. While Customs cannot catch all of these imports, U.S. consumers do run the risk of having a shipment intercepted and having to answer to CBP.
Currently, Pfizer's U.S. patent on Viagra is scheduled to end in April, 2020. As that time approaches, generic manufacturers will be working diligently to have their medications approved under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1974, more commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Act. This law spells out the process for generic drug manufacturers in getting their products to market.
The FDA has specific procedures for makers of generic drugs in getting their products on pharmacy shelves.
The first step for these manufacturers is the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA. To have an ANDA approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the applicant must fulfill four conditions:
1. The drug that is the subject of the ANDA has not been patented in the U.S.
2. The patent for the original name-brand drug has expired.
3. The generic will not be sold until the name-brand patent has expired.
4. The patent for the original drug either has not been infringed by the generic, or is proven in court to be invalid.
If the generic manufacturer has these ducks in a row before the patent expires, it can move very quickly when the expiration date for the original drug patent arrives.
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While the ANDA process sounds straightforward, when it comes to major industries like pharmaceuticals, complications are to be expected. Additionally, under the Hatch-Waxman Act, the first company to submit an ANDA for approval has the right to 180 days of generic market exclusivity, during which it can price its product closer to that of the name brand drug. Once this exclusivity period is over and more generics enter the market, however, prices can drop significantly and quickly.
When multiple generics reach the market, consumer prices for these drugs can drop significantly.
How Brand Name Drug Manufacturers Hold Off Generic Competition.
Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer try to protect their huge investment in blockbuster drugs like Viagra, and there are several ways to hold off generic competition. Pfizer has been successful in essentially extending its original patent for Viagra, which was set to expire in 2012. In a 2012 court ruling in the U.S., the court sided with Pfizer, who argued that a second patent — one which specifically indicated the use of its product for treating ED — should keep generics off the shelves until it expires, in 2019. The original patent for Viagra was for the compound itself, which was originally studied as a treatment for heart failure and hypertension.
Major pharmaceutical brands have also used various incentives to keep generic manufacturers from selling their products, including paying them large sums of money. The Federal Trade Commission does not like this practice, and has argued in various court cases that these payoffs harm the public and keep drug prices inflated. Court rulings on the matter have been mixed, so big pharmaceutical companies have to weigh the risk involved with such payments against potential profits.
The FTC does not like name-brand pharmaceutical companies enticing generic makers to hold back their products.
The Case of Generic Lipitor.
A generic version of cholesterol drug Liptor (the world's best selling prescription drug) was ready to go to market in early 2010, but Pfizer, maker of Lipitor, made an agreement with Ranbaxy Laboratories, a generic manufacturer from India, to hold off until November 2011. In announcing the agreement, Pfizer specifically said that no part of the deal with Ranbaxy would go afoul of the FTC, indicating that there were no direct payments to Ranbaxy.
What Ranbaxy got from the deal was the right to sell generic Lipitor in seven countries, and Pfizer dropped its court challenges to Ranbaxy's sales of generic Lipitor in four other countries. The end result? Liptior's market exclusivity in the U.S. was extended by 20 months. The Lipitor scenario shows how getting generics onto the market in the U.S. can be complicated and drawn out.
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Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary stories with realistic situations and characters.
My review for If There's No Tomorrow is later than it should be, both because I had a horrible month of reading last month and because this book took me longer to get through than I anticipated. After reading Arementrout's Covenant series, and falling head over heels for it, I knew I wanted to get my feet wet in other things that she'd written. What I didn't know, was that this book and I were going to go on a roller coaster ride. One filled with too many emotions to count, and not all of them good.
Starting out, I should say that Lena is actually a really great main character. She's a teenage girl that I can actually believe in, because she hasn't gotten her life together yet and is still growing. Lena is kind, hardworking, and even though I grew a little tired of her endless self-shaming and guilt, I was able to see where it stemmed from and let it go. I tried to harken back to my own teenage self, and realize that I would have probably been the same way. Lena reads too, which is a plus! I could have done without all the little promo spots for other books and authors in that respect but hey, at least Lena's a reader.
Also a plus is the fact that, true to what I remembered, Armentrout's writing is solid and addictive. Despite figuring out what the story thread would be early on, the realistic nature of Lena's character and her situation kept me reading on. I found myself rooting for her a bit, and I always love when that happens. The downside came in the form of those darn predictable YA scenes, filled with the type of cheesiness that makes me want to sigh aloud. I'm all for growing up, and making mistakes, but I wish YA books could do it without all the cliches.
That being said, this is a contemporary book and so I was content to let go and let it sweep me on through. It was a slower journey than I expected it to be, but the ending wrapped things up things surprisingly well. It was nice to have a bit of closure after all the emotional growth I'd gone through with Lena. I do wish, however, that this book had been a little more original overall. It was relatable for sure, which is fantastic. There just wasn't anything new, or interesting, wrapped up in these pages. So while it was a solid read, it definitely wasn't one that was overly memorable.
I'll happily give If There's No Tomorrow a solid three-star rating, for giving me a relatable story line and a realistic main character. I'll just be looking for more from Arementrout the next time around.


Economic Growth - Increase in real national income / national output.
Ability of a nation to improve the lives of its citizens.
Measures of improvement can be increase in GDP, or social aspects like literacy rates, availability of healthcare etc.
World Development Report, 2006: Countries with PCI of Rs 4, 53,000 per annum and above in 2004, are called rich countries.
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Dear Mike Cooper, – I want to tell you why your music has been an inspiration to me recently.I'm 25, I live in New York. I'm originally a saxophone player, but playing more guitar these days, as well as other woodwinds and "anything I can get my hands on." My interests in music have always been at the extremes, whether that means all out improv noise or gentle pop songs. I've always been a person to try to do it all, but our culture says that you're not supposed to do that, that you're supposed to pick your thing and stick with it. I've never been able to do that, but still it's difficult when people come to expect something in particular associated with one' s own name. Your ability to move so fluidly between styles without carrying any baggage back and forth is a real inspiration to me…. not to mention the actual sounds on those records! I don't know why I feel compelled to write you, but sometimes these things are inexplicable. Also, if yr at all curious, there's some songs from my new song-record (as opposed to the improv based stuff I've been doing) on myspace.com/robbiemakesnoise and more on my label's page, www.ierecs.com all the best,- R. L.
In contrast to many artists who grow tame in their old age, Cooper, now in his sixties, is making the most adventurous music of his life. (Brainwashed 2005)
Along with John Martyn and Davey Graham, Mike Cooper was one of the stars of the mid 60's acoustic-folk/blues boom, and like Martyn his career trajectory took a strange turn, as his work started to incorporate elements of free jazz and improvised music – leading to an eclectic series of releases that cover ground between world music, electronica, exotica, improv and roots. Now based in Rome, Mike Cooper's appearances are a rare delight – don't miss this opportunity to see an always explorative legend of British music, playing national steel guitar and electronics. A Scaledown scoop! (Scaledown Club London 2005)
Dear Mike – hey its a long time now but I still recollect being mesmerised by the 60s folkscene and particularly your steel guitar playing. Inching closer to the small performance area to try to capture those fleeting fingers on the frets. We never spoke but 40 years on its still a strong memory. I was at the impressionable age you will understand and I still am I suppose. I once pwned a copy of your record Out Of The Shades with Derek Hall sadly lost in one of my many moves. To the point I would love to get hold of another copy of this great disc as it was my all time favourite folk blues recording, and Im including Bert, John and Davey here. Any ideas where I could get one as e-bay has not produced one so far. Regards and fond memories of those times.-A.H. 2006
Much as David Sylvian, Derek Bailey and Christian Fennesz should be lauded for their work on the former's Blemish album, Cooper's audacious, unfettered performances mark an equally inspiring advance in marrying experimental sonics with song. – (Keith Moline – Wire Feb. 2005.)
Hi Coop – I can't recall if I've given you my rave about Life and Death in Paradise?… what an astonishing album. I have listened to that pretty much non-stop since I got it a couple of weeks ago. I have been playing it to everyone I can get to sit down and listen to it, and many have had jaws drop. Its kind of Tim Buckley-ish, but also has an almost punk edge, your vocals remind me a little bit of John Loydon. It is venomous in a similar way I suppose. Its pretty obvious that guys like Buzzcocks/Magazine and Soft Boys/Robyn Hitchcock must have been hip to Life and Death in Paradise, that sort of crafty-song punk/avant thing… Fascinating to think of what you were doing at that stage in the 70s when what else was going on in UK music. Anyway, there is nothing else like it, completely ahead of its time…story of your life…that said I am going to get off my computer and go and practice my instrument, thanks for Life and Death in Paradise as a reminder of the importance of that – all the best – D.R.2006
Mike Cooper is a difficult artist to situate, straddling as he does several radically different musical spheres.Ê There is the singer-songwriter of the 1960s, working in a traditional folk-blues vein alongside legends like Son House, Bukka White and John Lee Hooker.Ê There is the free-improvising maverick of the 70s, producing genre-defying free-folk-jazz with improv luminaries such as Keith Rowe, David Toop and Max Eastley.Ê Then there is the most recent phase of Cooper's career, producing idiosyncratic modern exotica combining his passions for Hawaiian lap-steel guitar with field recordings, dusty record loops and forays into drone and noise.(Jon Dean – Brainwashed 2006)
Hello Mike – First let me say thanks for the many happy hours you have given me with some of your records. I'm 55 now and just retired from the health service, when I started my training I listened to many of your early records. But the one that used to truly grab me was "Oh Really" with that fantastic stereo mix and the wonderful guitar playing! I wasn't permitted "loud music" in the hall of residence and had a pair of headphones with about 60 feet of cable, I used to wander all round with them on!!! (C.C.2006)
Showcasing squeezed, infinitesimal string plucks and pick guard scrapes at the top, his guitar playing is soon transmitted from bordering on Bailey or Roger Smith styles to referencing Ramblin Jack Elliott or Dave Van Ronk… rattling reverb and minimalist note patterns to suggest it is part of a recital taking place in a Mississippi Delta on the moon. (Ken Waxman – UnAMERICAN ACTIVITIES NEWS # 55-1 August 2005)
Dear Mike/Mr Cooper – I have just managed to track down your home page web site and thought I'd take this opportunity to write. I first saw you performing many years ago at a small pub called the Brewery Tap in Ware Hertfordshire as a 16 year old and I have never forgotten the blues you played on your Dobro. I assume you are still using the same one or have you worn it out by now? I have been a fan ever since and your music inspired me to obtain a Dobro and play.
Concert Review by Alvin Curran – Mike Cooper / Keith Rowe @ British School Rome 2005. On a fall series (friday October 7) highlighting the new British Arts organized by the British School in Rome we heard a stunning concert given by Keith Rowe and Mike Cooper which focused on Cornelius Cardew's enigmatic and revolutionary grafic masterpiece- Treatise. Awash in history, not the least because I had met Cardew myself first in Rome in 1965 and worked for him as a music copyist but that Keith and Mike – two brilliant redesigners of the guitar's biology meet here too, after quite some time, to forge their sounds together in honor of Cardew's singular revolution. In view of the incalculable developments in spontaneous music since these early experimental beginnings, the concert – first preceeded by a wry but delightfully informative interview with Keith – was followed by short solo performances of both performers…each shining their well honed wares: the almost unbearably stable sandwiched layers of polyphony of Mike and the near "distressed" monothematic lyricism of Keith's ever unpredictable and beguiling musical discourse.. in all, delicious starters to the main course, which was two pages of Treatise interpreted independently and simultaneously by Keith and Mike. By now the room had a serious and attentive atmosphere and the music emerged effortlessly and with wondrous attention to detail, space and form (rarely heard these days outside of the classic AMM, and occasionlly MEV scenes). Reflected both in and outside the sounds there was an air of rigor and utmost respect for the score and all its imaginable implications; for me, this created a kind of theater of memory in its perfect even nostalgic evocation of the "old days" when pure experimentalism was "religion." But the old-days it was not! The music's brilliant and surprising collisions of pulsing objects, long oscillating drones, sudden intrusions of structural radio-detritus, evolutionary melodic fragments, scratching, clanging and gentle motors on guitar strings, corny glissandi etc, seemed to point more toward a future music – one completely liberated of itself, if not the "self" tout-court – a music of illuminating intentional non-intention. As in those classical concerts where the reviewer could not imagine a more perfect performance, I left feeling that "interpretations" of any musical score at this level are indeed a rare thing today… and it is just these genial mysteries that Mike and Keith brought so naturally out of the past and beyond all of us into the future…the revolutionary unity of eye and ear, of time, space, people and sound that Cardew clearly imagined as he wrote this monumental score. – ac, rome.
Sometimes it can seem especially to people like me who write about music and receive thousands of flimsy cdr demos and promos every month that recording and releasing music has become almost too easy and democratic these days, leading to an underground market flooded with homegrown crap that would have been better left languishing on the bedroom floor.ÊAn artist like Mike Cooper however, with his willingly unprofessional and strictly uncommercial home operation, is producing amazing music to rival the best of the current critical canon of experimental music and can restore my faith in the new democracy of the digital age. (Jonathan Dean Brainwashed 2006)
Hi Mike – As i write this i am listening to Oh Really, one the finest albums I have in my record collection. I have been playing this album for the last thirty odd years and never tire of listening to it. Crow Jane and Death Letter been my favorites. What would be a good blues album of yours to accompany this. I will order it on return Many thanks – G.N.2006
MIKE COOPER – a musician capable of being coherent and convincing when playing blues, Hawaiian or free improvised music…leaving his personal mark on everything he touches… (La Repubblica – Italy)
Mike – Thanks very much for the Moving Within Soundscape CD and the postcard.I'm really enjoying listening to it, and with its attractive sleeve it is great visually too. To be honest, I didnt set out with terribly high expectations of it.I thought I might find it difficult listening, or that it may not mean much without the visual art it was intended to accompany,but in fact it's both intriguing and relaxing to listen to.It is said that the busy lives people lead these days dont allow them time to stop and stare. I think the same is true of listening to the ambient sounds around us. Unless people go out specifically to listen to bird song or the like, most of it simply passes us by, and we all miss out on that feeling of being part of time and place, and the natural calm, that listening to the sounds around us can bring (so long as one feels safe of course!). With visual information and entertainment taking so much precedence,listening and building images from something that is heard but not seen is another ability that we seem to be using less and less. For me, your soundscape recordings help bring both of these things back.Although they are organised sound, they have a beautifully natural quality and can produce that same sense of being part of something, rather than just a listener, that natural environmental sounds can convey. At the same time I feel drawn to listen quite attentively, searching for clues as it were, to where I am being taken. So, as I say, relaxing and intriguing and certainly a very different listening experience to any other music that I have. Thanks again for the CD,I do appreciate it. Best wishes – D.C.2004
MIKE COOPER… sort of musical vagabond, phonographically uncontrollable…Island Songs is like several postcards from his many journeys…in the company of several shady opponents to sedentary music… (Liberation-France)
Hello Mike – the cds arrived safe and sound and I am enjoying them very much. Thanks very much for the extra album to complete the set. Listened to Globe Notes on the walkman in the backyard at midnight with the local crickets and insects adding their own color. I really like the mix of field recordings and music, it sounds as if i had just stumbled upon an encampment of musicians and decided to listen to them from a safe distance as they played through the night. The records all evoke a sense of place, both actual and imaginary. Do you ever play in odd cities like los angeles? S.M.2004
We are working on all this stuff just mixing it all up, Blues, Greek, Hip – Hop, Slide Guitars…etc…well I have to admit, you were there before most of us on this stuff, I would like to credit you with that. (BOB BROZMAN – Slide Guitarist / Singer)
Hi Mike, Thanks for your messages. The CD-Rs that we got are all of them lovely. It is a joy to listen them again and again. Your music created a click in my mind and I started to play some of your tracks simultaneously with other artist's tracks. For example, your Blue Sealand from Globe Notes with J. Miyake's Lotus isle from Glam Exotica, your Typhoon Lagoon from Rayon Hula with H. Hosono's The Animals Opinion from Endless Talking, your Sakam (Kava) from Kiribati with M. Bianchi et son ensemble Hawaien-Moon over Burma (a single full of scratches), your Mika Ohe from Rayon Hula with R.Ortolani/ N.Olivero The Damned Island from Mondo Cane. The result of the simultaneous playing of the tracks, listened from a little faraway, was a kind of haunted music, like a disorientated memory of haunted travelers who passed half awake half dreaming – to use your own words – through exotic, actual or imaginary, islands and places drifted out there from a haunted weather.
After the holidays we will try again to have more from your original work. Please inform us also about the price of the vinyl format of Rayon Hula Have nice holidays and a fruitful and creative summer Ciao for the moment – P. H.2005
He plays great National slide guitar, has a consuming passion for the music and politics of the Pacific, writes great songs…also, for several years in a row, composed and performed music for silent classic films (as well as his own film Planet Pacific – Pieces of Heaven?)…I cant give him a big enough rap!! Theres no hype, just pure quality. (John McAuslan – Artistic Director, Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne, Australia)
Do I Know You? featured Mike on guitar, slide guitar and vocals, …An exquisite, flowing merge of folk-blues,…this is a mesmerising album which will appeal to fans of the more extrapolative end of the UK folk scene (Pentangle, Wizz Jones, Davey Graham, etc.).
Trout Steel followed in late 1970s and featured a more expanded line up with more experimental & jazz influences. Mike's farewell to straight folk/blues forms is a mindfucker of unbelievable breadth & power. A huge cast of UK folk & jazz heavies play their asses off while Mike sings his dolorous yet joyful songs. Intelligence & spiritual knowing pour forth from this amazing post-genre communion. The animal you wanted that couldn't get into the world. One of the greats. What can we say but 'thank god for Mike.' Extremely talented and enlightened guitarist and songwriter who pushes the boundaries of music…at the forefront of British folk avant-garde stands this man.
(Michael Ehlers. Forced Exposure on-line catalogue at http://www.forcedexpsoure.com
Cooper started to move freely within World Music-in the days when the term was still a glint in the marketing mens eyes…I can remember..in 1982, playing me King Sunny Ade-Juju Music…sharing this new sound he had discovered with other younger musicians…that afternoon changed my musical life. (Mark T – Musician/Journalist)
>In retrospect the most interesting sequence of music…was not the Grateful Deads British debut…it was a quiet unassuming appearance by guitarist Mike Cooper, accompanied by a wild and woolly tenor player named Geoff Hawkins….Mike Cooper should be heard more often! (Richard Williams – Melody Maker).


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Jean Mailland (26 April 1937 – 9 May 2017) was a French film director, novelist, playwright and songwriter.

Early life
Jean Mailland was born as Jean Michaud on 26 April 1937 in Aix-les-Bains. He graduated from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon. He also attended Roger Planchon's classes at the Théâtre de la Comédie in Lyon and Henri Bose's classes in Paris.

Career
Mailland began his career as a television film director at Studios de Buttes Chaumont. He was an assistant to Claude Barma, André Michel and Jean-Jacques Vierne. He also directed feature films. He wrote many songs for his wife, Anne Prucnal.

Mailland was the author of novels and plays. He also composed poetry.

Personal life and death
Mailland was married to Anna Prucnal. He died on 9 May 2017.

Works

Poems
 Tout merveilleusement (HC, 1955)
 Le Présent définitif (Le Bruit des autres, 2005)
 Ombres des choses naturelles (Le Bruit des autres, 2006)
 Village. État de lieux (Le Bruit des autres, 2013)

Novels
 Armand Gatti, l'enclos (Fayard, 1961)
 Les Compagnons de Baal (Solar, 1967)
 La Tête à la renverse, roman (Calmann-Lévy, 1971)
 Moi qui suis née à Varsovie (co-authored with Anna Prucnal, Neige/L'Archipel, 2002)
 Déclaration d'absence (Neige/Le Bruit des autres, 2004)
 Chansons et contre-chansons pour Anna (Éditions l'Amourier, 2004)
 Le Journal des arbres (Le Bruit des autres, 2009)

Plays
 Les Mauvais Coups (1974)
 Travail (1986)
 La Brûlée vive (1988)
 Face à face (1989)
 Noyés (1989)
 Guernika 1937, une revue lyrique (1996)
 Déserteur (1997)

References

1937 births
2017 deaths
People from Aix-les-Bains
French songwriters
Male songwriters
French film directors
French male novelists
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
21st-century French dramatists and playwrights
French male poets
20th-century French poets
21st-century French poets
21st-century French male writers
20th-century French male writers

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