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High Fives 2016 – Allan's Photos 3
Here's the second set of my photos of female artists, taken in widely differing venues with one thing in common; live music. It's fair to say there were that conditions were challenging in some of the venues, but if it was easy all the time it would be no fun and photographers wouldn't have use creativity to get killer shots. It's just a matter of attitude. So here are the shots.
Kit Bennett (Wildflowers) @Bush Hall (14/10/16)
I saw Wildflowers a couple of times this year, once at an AMA UK showcase and once supporting Sound of the Sirens at Bush Hall and the obvious subject seems to be Siddy Bennett, centre stage and lead vocal, but we don't like obvious do we? To one side of the stage is Siddy's sister Kit, effortlessly cool keyboard player and if you want extra photographic wow factor, she plays accordion as well, and you don't see that every day. I got some decent shots of Siddy but, at both gigs, I loved the photos of Kit, particularly at Bush Hall where the lighting was spot on for subject and background. As a bonus, Kit can look quite intent when she plays, but this pic caught a bit of a twinkle in her eye. See the full gallery here.
Hannah Wood (Sound of the Sirens) @Bush Hall (14/10/16)
The very same gig. I admit it, I'm a fan and I'll take every chance I can get to see Sound of the Sirens; my photos tend to be 40% Abbe, 40% Hannah and 20% both together. One of my fellow photographers, Richard Bolwell, likes to catch Hannah when she's at her most animated (and very successfully too) but there's a peaceful, serene side to Hannah that shines through when she's totally immersed in the music and that's what I was trying to catch here by wedging myself against a wall to try to get the right angle to frame the shot. I'm pleased to say Hannah then created the perfect image for me. See the full gallery here.
Lux Lyall of Sister Witch @The Unicorn, Camden Road (30/07/16)
One of those gigs where anything could happen, and a bit off the beaten track for me (at least half a mile away from Camden Parkway). I'd gone along to see Anna Christina and Belle Star from Lilygun playing in David Ryder Prangley's band, Sister Witch and I was looking forward to photographing all of them again, although I had no idea what the light would be like (not too bad, as it happens). Turns out that, despite the undoubted photogenic qualities of that trio, I had overlooked a true star. Sister Witch singer Lux Lyall has that bit of mystique and theatricality that the camera can't resist. There were a few good shots on the night, but this one seemed to capture her cool, almost disdainful stage persona perfectly and with only a bit of colour correction at the processing stage. See the two galleries here and here.
Carina Round @The Lexington (05/08/16)
You know, of course, that all gig photographers always play by the rules and would never cheat (unless it meant getting a really cracking shot), don't you? Well, I was puzzled when the three songs rule was applied to a gig in a room above a pub (admittedly a great live music room, but three songs?). I spent the first three songs down at the front of the stage in almost pitch darkness trying to get anything usable. I even blocked the view of someone in a wheelchair (it's ok, I asked her and she very kindly allowed me to stand in front of her for a few seconds and we had a lovely chat). After three songs, I wasn't really happy with anything that I'd shot, but I could see that the projection Carina was using was warming up and would create some interesting effects later. Towards the end of the set, I could see an incredible image starting to appear and, without realising how it happened, I had a camera pointing at the stage to record this. I'm saying now, I have no regrets whatsoever about not playing by the rules. Sorry Carina, but it is a stunning image, particularly with the black and white treatment. See the full gallery here.
Elisa Zoot (Black Casino and the Ghost) @Camden Roundhouse (17/02/16)
Elisa's another one of these people that I've photographed a few times now (and a serial offender in my photos of the year) in various venues, but this was something else. Black Casino and the Ghost had landed a support slot with Kula Shaker for a European tour and the London gig was at The Roundhouse. The photo pit was really busy and most of the pros gravitated to centre stage where the action usually happens. I sloped off to stand in front of Elisa's keyboard on my own and waited for the band to start. Before the end of the first song, I was surrounded as everyone realised where the focal point was. Elisa's a bit like Mollie Marriott in that it's quite difficult to take a bad picture of her; there were probably three from this particular night that could have been in this selection, but the action and the lighting made this my favourite. See the full gallery here.
Posted by mckaya on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 1:46 pm
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High Fives 2016 – Photos (1)
High Fives? Is it that time already? Another year gone, loads of gigs attended and some pretty good pics, if I say so myself. Looking through this year's galleries, it's really obvious that it I have to claim two entries for the feature again, one for male artists, one for female; well, they do it at the Oscars, why shouldn't MusicRiot do it as well. So, in no particular order, here we go. Click on any of the thumbnail images to expand the photo.
Southside Johnny @The Picturedrome, Holmfirth April 2016
This is dedication to the cause. I've been a fan of Southside for a long time. Only two gigs in the UK in 2016, and one of those on the day I flew back from Thailand. That was never going to happen, so I went for the next best thing, the following day in Yorkshire. Jet-lagged and bone tired, I drove 250 miles to the gig and then the same distance back home but in a snowstorm. No photo pit at the gig and (very unusually) some very uncooperative punters (and I'm very polite, before you ask). So, not the best position, but I was pretty chuffed with this attempt at giving Southside a blue rinse. See the full gallery here.
Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker) @The Roundhouse February 2016
In February of this year, I discovered that Riot Squad favourites Black Casino and the Ghost were supporting Kula Shaker on a European tour that included a gig at The roundhouse in Chalk Farm, a venue I've never visited; before you could say 'Photo pass', I was there, in a very busy photo pit which was actually very civilised (no dailies represented obviously). The stage lighting was up to eleven during Kula Shaker's set creating some really contrasty situations which were crying out for black and white treatment. This is one of those. See the full gallery here.
John Fairhurst @The Borderline October 2016
It was a lovely surprise to discover that John was supporting The Eskies in London on their tour to promote their first album. I'd seen John before at Rich Mix in Shoreditch with his electric band, but this gig was a solo stint with a resonator and stompbox. Electric or acoustic, it really doesn't matter, he's equally convincing either way, and well worth seeing. Having photographed John before, I was looking out for facial expressions and watching his hands. This time the hands won. Having a chat later, I discovered that John and The Eskies (also very good) were old friends from a time when they used to busk in Dublin. See the full gallery here.
David Ryder Prangley (Sister Witch) @ The Unicorn, Camden July 2016
Sister Witch is an alt-London supergroup featuring DRP, Lux Lyall and Lilygun members Anna Christina and Belle Star, so this was a great night to meet up with some musicians I hadn't seen for a while. It's fair to say that each member of the band is worth photographing in their own right, but the honours on the night went to David, strutting his stuff with a six-string instead of a bass and looking every inch the underground legend that he is. This is someone that doesn't need to play a part; he is a rock star. See the full gallery here.
Gareth John of Stone Foundation @Under the Bridge, Chelsea May 2016
It's sometimes a huge advantage as a photographer if you know the songs well. I love Stone Foundation and I'd go to Chelsea to see them, even if I'm normally with Elvis Costello on that one. It's a bit of a hike home from Chelsea, so I'm normally poised at the bottom of the stairs at UTB, waiting for the dying notes of the encore before I peg it over to Fulham Broadway to jump on the Tube. As the second encore started, trumpet player Gareth John and keyboard player Ian Arnold emerged from backstage and I knew that they were about to play "Old Partners, New Dances", a smoky (and very short) jazz instrumental and Gareth would take centre stage, playing a flugelhorn, which somehow makes it even more romantic. I just managed to get a camera and lens assembled as the song started and was rewarded with this. As my Dad used to say 'Never take your eye off the ball'. See the full gallery here.
Posted by mckaya on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 11:30 pm
Filed under Featured, Features · Tagged with Allan McKay photos, anna-christina, Belle Star, black casino and the ghost, Crispian Mills, David Ryder Prangley, gareth john, ian arnold, john fairhurst, Kula Shaker, Lux Lyall, rich mix, Sister Witch, Southside Johnny, stone foundation, the borderline, The Eskies, The Unicorn, Underthe Bridge
"Somewhat Damaged" @The Unicorn Camden 30/07/16
Another Saturday, another venue to tick off the list. The Unicorn on Camden Road seems incongruous in this area; you think it should maybe be a mile down the road with all the vibey places in Camden Town. But maybe it works because of the distance. Anyway, the reason for this excursion from the well-travelled path is to check out a pub that's daring to put on live music six nights a week; tonight's offering was the "Somewhat Damaged" night offering four very different live sets. It wasn't packed to the rafters, but it was reasonably busy, with an enthusiastic audience.
So, first up was a solo set from Adam Lightspeed playing acoustic versions of some new songs and some from his band Starscream's debut album. It was a valiant attempt, but the album versions lean heavily on big productions and the songs weren't the same in the stripped-down format. Full marks for effort; it can be a lonely place on stage solo when the room's nowhere near full. The album "Sexploitation" is definitely worth a listen though.
Next up, Loose Joints were from the badlands of south-east Essex, mashing up funky rhythms with riff-driven rockers and generally getting the audience off their seats on their feet. They even threw in their own take on the James Bond theme. Great tunes, inventive arrangements and loads of fun. I'm sure I'll be seeing Loose Joints again.
So, what about Sister Witch? The songs are the work of David Ryder Prangley and Lux Lyall, guitarist and singer respectively and they were joined on stage by Belle Star and Anna Christina (drums and bass) from Lilygun and another two guitarists to create a very seventies-style line-up; three guitars, indeed. There's more than a nod to seventies iconography as well, with DRP's low-slung guitar and the routine of sharing Lux's vocal mic à la Bowie and Ronson. And the glam references don't stop there, some of the riffs could be T Rex at their noisiest and they're interspersed some classic Stones-style interwoven guitars. And that's before we get on to the studied ennui of Lux, sitting down to read a Zelda Fitzgerald biography mid-song. A bit theatrical maybe, but it's all part of the show, and she really can sing, so it's not just a distraction; it never harmed Bowie or the New York Dolls to introduce a bit of performance art. On a crowded stage there was always something interesting to watch; no way you're going to ignore Sister Witch. Style yes: substance definitely.
As for Black Sixteen, well, not for me really. Two guitars, bass and drums knocking out muscular riffs and a singer who didn't quite have the voice to compete. Maybe not helped by the minimal soundcheck, but they just weren't doing it for me. Nice venue, but one little whinge on behalf of the photographers. Red stage lighting; just say no.
Have a look at some of the photos from the gig here and here.
Posted by mckaya on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:44 pm
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Gallery 2 – Sister Witch @Unicorn 30/07/16
Posted by mckaya on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 7:54 pm
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High Fives 2012 – Lilygun
Well, we're coming towards the end of the first MusicRiot High Fives season and we've got one last guest contribution. If you've visited MusicRiot at all in the last 6 months, then you might have noticed a few pieces featuring Lilygun; ok, I admit it, you couldn't miss them if you tried. The reason why we've featured Lilygun so much is really simple; we think they're a great band. The album's great (it's in my High Five), they're stunning live and they are a great bunch of people to have a beer with. And they were happy to share their favourite five albums of the year with us; so here they are, in no particular order.
"MMXII" – Killing Joke
"MMXII" is Killing Joke's fifteenth studio album since the band's formation in the late 70s, following on from their 2010 release "Absolute Dissent" and sees the original line-up back in action again. The album is characterised by end-of-days and environmental themes and has been positively reviewed across a wide spectrum of the music press. "Rapture", a song about the Killing Joke live experience was available earlier this year as a free download and "In Cythera " was released as the lead single from the album.
"Choice of Weapon" – The Cult
The Cult haven't been around quite as long as Killing Joke, although both bands are usually labelled as post-punk, although they moved in different directions after breaking through with The Cult filling a more mainstream niche. After claiming in July 2009 that The Cult would never make another album, founder member Ian Astbury announced in January 2011 that the band would be recording a new album. The lead single from the album "For the Animals" was released in March 2012 via a stream on the Rolling Stone website.
"Lonerism" – Tame Impala
If you've been on another planet for the last six months you might not have heard of Tame Impala; we won't accept any other excuses. There's a very good reason why this album has been all over the NME and 6 Music and everywhere else that celebrates contemporary music; it's very, very good. This is the second album (following "Innerspeaker" in 2010) from the Australian group led by Kevin Parker. The track "Apocalypse Dreams" was the first single from the album and is the first song to be co-written with band member Jay Watson.
"Bag of Bones" – Europe
I suppose it's appropriate that in this supposedly apocalyptic year we should have an album released by band responsible for "The Final Countdown". This is another band which originated in the late 70s and "Bag of Bones" is the ninth album in a career which began with "Europe" in 1983. It's great to see that the album is available in CD and vinyl formats as well as the obligatory download. If you have any doubts about the credibility of the album, you might be interested to know that there's a guest appearance from the legendary Joe Bonamassa on the title track.
"Born Villain" – Marilyn Manson
This is the first album since Manson ended his deal with Interscope and is released on his own Hell,etc. label. As always, the album polarises critical opinion but if you're already a fan, you'll love it. If not, then there's still a chance; it's an interesting concept (whether villains are born or created by society and whether villains are more interesting than heroes) which is worth exploring. The singles released so far are "No Reflection" and "Slo-Mo-Tion".
Thanks to Belle and Anna-Christina for your sharing your choices with us and many thanks to all of our contributors for helping to put this piece together. Have a great Christmas everyone.
Posted by mckaya on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Filed under Features · Tagged with anna-christina, bag of bones, Belle Star, born villain, choice of weapon, europe, high fives 2012, killing joke, lilygun, lonerism, marilyn manson, mmxii, tame impala, the cult
Lilygun Upstairs@The Garage Gallery
Posted by mckaya on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 8:58 pm
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Lilygun Upstairs@The Garage
OK, I apologise in advance; this isn't just a Lilygun review although, if you want me to cut to the chase, they were great and even better than the first time I saw them a few weeks ago. The gig at "Upstairs at the Garage" on Sunday night highlighted issues with today's music scene that we all need to think about. But I'll tell you about the gig before I get on my soapbox.
The four bands on the bill all have female singers but that's just about all they have in common. The first two bands, Cryogenica and Riot in Paradise, didn't really do anything that I loved instantly but they got a good audience response, so fair play to them. Your Army livened things up a bit with some good songs and energetic playing and powerful lead vocals. Their set moved the night up a gear towards Lilygun's headline slot.
I know this is a Lilygun live review, but I'm not actually going to say too much about the show. I've reviewed the album and interviewed Anna-Christina and if you've read those, then you've got a pretty good idea about what's going on. The band are dynamic, well-rehearsed and on top of their game. The set is basically the songs from the album and when the band play this well, they're a force of nature. The line-up is a bit of a surprise tonight (if any Lilygun line-up is ever a surprise) because Aaron John has taken over lead guitar duties while David Ryder Prangley plays bass and Belle Star (of course) is drumming. The personnel change certainly doesn't have any negative effect on the band; if anything, they're a tighter more focussed unit because all of them have already been involved at some stage in the band's history.
It's difficult to pick out any highlights because the band was on fire, the songs were great and there was a bit of an edge to the performance as well. You can see "Sunlight Dream", "Conversations" and "Diamonds" here but my personal favourite was "Scum", the song which disses all the haters, with an even more personal edge tonight (especially when Anna-Christina made a point of asking Aaron to introduce it).
So why wasn't the venue absolutely packed out? Four bands to see at a pretty good price; even on a Sunday night, I was shocked at the low turnout. When Lilygun play bigger gigs, they always go down well so why isn't that audience turning up to a smaller show?
It certainly isn't because of a lack of commitment on the band's part. I've met Anna-Christina a few times and I've never met anyone more passionate about and committed to their music and getting people to listen to it. Maybe it's London, maybe it's the recession, maybe everyone's staying in to watch Downton Abbey. Let's get real everyone; if we don't go to these gigs, they won't happen.
OK, rant over; back to Lilygun. They have a great set of songs with a wonderful sense of dynamics, they're playing really well as a unit and Anna-Christina is an incredibly charismatic leader. They've done the album now and they're ready to take on the world. All it needs is one little spark and the whole thing will lift off. One synch opportunity, one radio play in the right place or one well-placed support slot is all they need to launch them; they're ready.
Posted by mckaya on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Filed under Featured, Gigs · Tagged with Aaron John, anna-christina, Belle Star, David Ryder Prangley, lilygun, moonlight, scum, The Garage
Lilygun interview
On a warm August night in downtown Norbiton, I met up with Anna-Christina and Belle from Lilygun to talk about the release of their debut album. As you can see below, it went in quite a few other directions as well.
Allan Exciting times for the band. How does it feel now that the album's only a few weeks away from release?
Anna-Christina It feels really exciting.
Belle A relief.
Anna-Christina A relief as well. Even though it's coming out in a few weeks, it's still in the middle of everything somehow. There's still so much admin going on and organising the cover. It's probably really late to be faffing about with the cover, but we are.
Belle It happens like that sometimes.
Anna-Christina I don't think we've really appreciated it yet. Maybe once, we get the actual CD and seeit..
Belle We haven't actually seen the finished product yet. It's just mock-ups of the sleeve and things like that. It's been a long time coming.
Allan It's a bit strange because I got the link for the review and burned it to a CD, but it's not the same as having the cover in your hand is it?
Anna-Christina No, it's not really.
Allan And is the online release at the same time, September 10th?
Belle It might be 2 weeks later; you got us there.
Allan Was Lilygun something that you always wanted to do?
Anna-Christina Yeah. Basically this band's been going for a long time. This line-up's really new but the band's been going for many years and it's had a lot of changes, been through a lot of down times, a lot of personal health stuff has come in the way. So in some ways this album, the amount of success it has or doesn't have, it's almost like success in just having that album alone. It feels like that is victory in itself because so much bad stuff has happened and it seemed like it wouldn't ever happen, that album.
Belle Anna, it's a milestone, I would say. Would that be right?
Anna-Christina Definitely, yeah, without a doubt.
Belle She's been through the mill a bit with band members leaving and whatever.
Allan So, from when you were young, was this what you wanted to do?
Anna-Christina Yeah, it's weird because I started playing piano first and I started off writing songs like The Carpenters. I was a big fan of Karen Carpenter which probably explains why I sing low a lot of the time because really I'm actually a top soprano and I've forced myself to sing low for years.
Belle I didn't know that.
Anna-Christina So I wrote songs like that and as I got more dark and depressed and sinister and started getting annoyed with situations and people, the songs got heavier and heavier and before I knew it I was writing rock songs but it wasn't a conscious decision, now I'm going to write rock songs, it was just a natural progression. Then, yeah, I started playing guitar and it went on from there.
Allan So we sort of touched on this already, when did Lilygun start to take shape?
Anna-Christina I think it took shape when Aaron John, this amazing artist, came in and started playing guitar with us and that was around 2008 when he played on a demo. He was the first guitarist that really formed the sound that you hear today. All the weird sound effects and tinkly little bits and bits of magic, we kind of wrote them together and that's when I think it became more than just rock it went down a different avenue, slightly more of an alternative, edgier kind of thing; more imagination was going into it. So I'd say around 2008 when Belle started playing with us as well.
Belle Yeah, it's about that time isn't it.
Allan I said in the review that it kind of reminded me of Skunk Anansie, what they were doing in the early '90s with a powerful female lead vocals and a really good technical guitarist doing interesting stuff with the songs as well.
Belle Yeah, well spotted.
Anna-Christina It's very guitar-driven isn't it? There's a lot of interesting guitars, more so than maybe other rock bands that just keep it grungy and straight down the line rock'n'roll kind of thing. There's other aspects going on which is why I think it's got that Goth tinge to it as well. I think you can hear the Cure influences here and there, the delay sounds and the sweet melodies that come from them as well.
Belle But it's not obvious, is it?
Anna-Christina No, it's very subtle.
Allan I think the strummed, clean Telecaster gives it that sound as well.
Anna-Christina/Belle. Yeah
Allan How have you dealt with the challenges of getting your music noticed? It's a different business these days, isn't it?
Anna-Christina We've just been in our own little world up till now. This is the first time we've been this exposed really, isn't it?
Belle Yeah, it is. It's just been a question of forming the music really and getting all the bits in the right places. It's only been relatively recently that we've had a fair number of gigs close together. It used to be a bit sporadic..
Anna-Christina While we were switching the line-up…
Belle While we were switching the line-up, fiddling around with all sorts of stuff. It's only been the last year really if that it's been more consistent gig-wise and there's been a bit of a foot on the accelerator going on.
Anna-Christina More of a plan…
Allan You can see it coming together now. I check out the website and you can see the new stuff going on there.
Anna-Christina There's a lot going on actually. It's surprising; it's almost like every week there's loads of news and new stuff and we're getting loads of interviews now and people are starting to take notice and that's fantastic.
Belle There's a little story developing, isn't there?
Anna-Christina It almost feels like there's a little buzz. People saying: "What's this band called? They're alright. How long have they been going for? "
Allan Do you think that the way the music business has gone over the last 10 years, with no more 5-album deals or anything like that, no more huge advances, do you think the fact that that helps you to bypass the retailers has helped you or hindered you?
Anna-Christina I think in a way it's helpful, because you can stay independent. Financially it's more difficult because you have to pay for everything on your own and doing an album costs a lot. There's a lot of other things involved that you don't calculate when you're preparing for it; other costs that come into it like sending out press packs and stuff like that, it does become very expensive. Even paper and ink and envelopes and little things like that just add up.
Belle If you weren't independent, you'd have access to all of that.
Anna-Christina Exactly, but on the other side of the coin, you've got more control and you don't have someone coming in messing up the songs and messing up our image and saying "You can't wear that" or stuff like that.
Belle The independence thing, it's great for control freaks.
Anna-Christina Yeah. What are you trying to say?
Belle Well, it is…
Allan One of the earliest interviews I did for Music Riot was with an American singer who broke through in the '70s and he'd been through the mill with the music business and told me about being asked to deliver an album to a deadline and delivered it to the deadline, on the nose, and the label made them wait 6 months for the artwork before they would release it. You can imagine how frustrating that is.
Anna-Christina It kind of loses energy in a way when you have to wait. We had that with our EP; it just took so long to finish it and get it done that by the time it came out, the excitement and the energy had gone.
Belle Yeah, that's very common for that to happen, very common.
Anna-Christina But with this album, we did take our time but I think we needed to do that because…
Belle Somehow we've got round it and it still feels ok. Even though it is a while it doesn't seem to have lost its energy for some reason, which is a bit of a miracle.
Allan I've heard artists talk about life-changing experiences but you really did have a horrific experience. Can you tell me about that and how it changed your life?
Anna-Christina Yeah. Before that I was ruthlessly working as a song writer towards certain goal and it kind of knocked me off track because I was so ill afterwards: I had a brain haemorrhage and it took me a long time to recover from it even though my operation was a success (I had 2 operations and the first one didn't work and the second one, it worked and I was very, very lucky to come out of that). It was such a shock to experience something like that so young and to be in hospital, in intensive care, and see things that you can't imagine and you can't even explain to other people how awful it really is. It's a real reality check, something like that. It really knocks you back down to earth and afterwards, it took me a long, long time, quite a few years actually, to get over it because I was just sick all the time. I was trying to do Lilygun, trying to progress but my health was a real issue and it was a battle, it really was, and I also think that's why it's taken so long for us to get to this point. Every time it felt like it was ready, I'd just be constantly ill, I'd have to pull us out of gigs because I couldn't perform and I think also, I couldn't write, I had writer's block as well. I couldn't even put into words how I was feeling.
I was so emotionally just a wreck; one minute I was high, next minute I was down. It was such a rollercoaster of feelings and it almost felt like, I don't know, I wasn't a normal human being any more. So my attitude towards Lilygun really changed because at one point it was quite dark and I thought I can't really continue like this because it's just too much of a battle but then on the flip side of the coin I thought "Look at me, I'm alive, I can still do it, keep going and don't give up". It could have been much worse for me and after I went through the whole "Why did it happen?" phase, suddenly it was like I switched and it was like I was alive and this is so amazing and at the gigs I felt more emotional than I'd ever been before because it wasn't just a gig for me; I'm so lucky I could get back on stage and carry on with this. People have no idea the state you can get into; once you don't have your health, you've got nothing. And maybe when you're younger you don't realise how precious that is but when something like that happens to you, suddenly you really, really appreciate life and you learn to enjoy every minute of it.
Which is another reason why the album took longer because we did an EP before and I did a lot of the recording of the album myself and had a lot of struggles with the EP because, as a sound engineer, I was trying to learn as I was doing it and I made a few mistakes. With the album I really wanted to learn the technical aspects of it as well; not just being the performer I wanted to engineer it and learn about drums and recording. I was there at every single recording session to learn; when Belle was recording the drums I stayed there minute so I could absorb like a sponge all the information and experience of it. I was learning as a sound engineer at the same time.
Allan And that's all part of how the final thing comes together, isn't it; understanding the technicalities?
Anna-Christina Yeah definitely and also emotionally being able to tap in to the songs. I think, after that operation, with music in general and the songs, I could tap in to the emotions easier than I could before and I think it just went crazier as well. Now I go really crazy and it's like, calm down. I had to start really working out because I wasn't fit enough to jump around on a stage like a lunatic and I realised it; I thought I'd better start getting a bit more fit.
Allan And finally what can we expect in the future?
Anna-Christina Who knows with this band? It seems so organised but, in fact, Lilygun is one of the most crazy…there's so much drama, there's so many twists and turns, so many different things happen but, one thing's for sure, it keeps going.
Belle Anything can happen.
Anna-Christina Anything can happen but it just keeps going on and as it goes on it just gets stronger and stronger. I don't know if it's the understanding of it or that will and passion that's still alive and kicking, you know what I mean?
Belle I think mademoiselle has a fantastic spirit and it won't be broken.
Anna-Christina Yeah.
Belle There you go. Never mind who's in the band or not in the band.
Anna-Christina It just goes on. There's a lot of musicians I've had in the band, they thought that when they left or if they weren't there it would just stop and I don't even know how it carries on; it just keeps going on and on like it's just out of sheer willpower and the love of music and performing as well.
Allan Do you think the line-up's fairly stable at the moment?
Anna-Christina Well we're down a bass player at the moment, so we've got people coming in and they're going to come in and jam with and stuff like that.
Belle It's stable in a sort of, the table's got 3 legs way but we're holding it up at one end, way.
Anna-Christina But I think that's almost become a characteristic of Lilygun now. It's kind of a joke with our friends and fans because they turn up asking who's going to be playing today. It's a nice surprise usually because different players keep it very fresh and it keeps us on our toes.
Belle Every few months there's a different line-up.
Anna-Christina Maybe that's just Lilygun, maybe that's how it's going to be.
Belle Maybe that's how it's meant to be.
Anna-Christina I'd prefer it if was really solid and stable, to be honest. It would save me going grey quicker.
Belle You're obviously very difficult to work with.
Allan If you can tie down all the other bits then you can go off and be creative, can't you?
Belle This is it. There's a lot of faffing about and chasing around, isn't there?
Anna-Christina There's a lot of extra stuff that people don't realise goes on. It seems like it should be easy being in a rock band, doesn't it? You just get 4 people together that love to play their instruments, who want to play in a band. It should be easy and yet for some reason, even after all these years I still don't know why it's not easy. Me and Belle, we're so easy to get on with. We get on with pretty much anyone that comes in; we're so laid-back and chilled-out.
Belle Personality is a big thing though in successful band line-ups, as I'm sure you know, and sometimes people just don't click. There's no magic way to find the right people, it just happens or it doesn't.
Anna-Christina And sometime people's egos as well…
Belle People's egos can get in the way, can't they?
Anna-Christina And that's a shame because you should work together as a unit. When 1 person's great, it just makes everyone look great. It shouldn't be competitive. It's just you moving forward like the Power Rangers or something; you all put your fists in the middle and this bright light comes out. That's how I think it should be but, for some reason someone complains that someone else's light's brighter or something…I don't know.
Allan I read an interview with a singer who had a 10-piece band (including 4 horns) at 1 time and he said that a band is never a democracy because they can't even go to a restaurant and decide what to eat at the same time.
Belle There's got to be someone steering it a bit or at least 2 or 3 people steering it and 1 steering it a bit extra.
Anna-Christina Maybe it's easier when you form at school then because a lot of bands who formed at school seem to last longer maybe because they've got that core friendship. Me and Belle, we were actually friends before Lilygun and he's never been a band member, we've just got a different relationship. He was my friend, we were down a drummer and I said can you come and play and that's how our relationship formed really isn't it and it's never complicated with us. Unfortunately , to find 4 people that are that easy-going and good at their job at the same time is surprisingly difficult.
Allan Anyway, thanks very much and good luck with the album.
Anna-Christina/Belle Thank you.
You can see pictures from the Lilygun gig which took place later that night here.
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Lt Governor Anil Baijal Monday directed the Delhi Police to emphasise on technology in all training programmes, including scientific investigation of crime.
Baijal also highlighted the importance of communication skills especially for PCR units and public facilitation desk officers to improve public interface and make the services more people-friendly.
The directions were issued at a law and order meeting chaired by Baijal. The meeting was attended by Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and other senior officers of the force.
"The LG directed the Delhi Police to emphasise on technology in all training programmes. Training on scientific investigation of crime should also be imparted," the LG office said in a statement.
It stated that the Lieutenant Governor emphasised upon the need for increased professionalism within the police force.


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858 F. 2d 1071 - Walker v. City of Mesquite Housing Authority of City of Dallas
858 F2d 1071 Walker v. City of Mesquite Housing Authority of City of Dallas
57 USLW 2284, 12 Fed.R.Serv.3d 562
Debra WALKER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
The CITY OF MESQUITE, et al., Defendants.
The HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF DALLAS and The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Defendants-Appellees,
Tillie BAYLOR and Kenneth Hogg, Members of the Class, Appellants.
Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 31, 1988.
Donald Hicks, Donald W. Hill, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.
Michael Jay Singer, Mark W. Pennak, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S. Dept. HUD.
Michael M. Daniel, Elizabeth K. Julian, Executive Director, North Cent. Texas Legal Service Foundation, Inc., Dallas, Tex. for Debra Walker, et al. and Thompson, et al.
Joseph G. Werner, Stephen A. Grimmer, Dallas, Tex. for Housing Authority of the City of Dallas.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Tillie Baylor and Reverend Kenneth Hogg, individual members of a certified class, but not named parties in the instant suit, seek to challenge a consent decree entered by the district court approving a settlement between the named parties. Concluding that Baylor and Hogg lack the requisite standing to appeal the consent decree in this class action, we dismiss.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On June 25, 1985, plaintiff Debra Walker, a black woman eligible for federal low income housing assistance, filed the instant suit against the City of Mesquite, Texas, alleging that the City had failed to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) in violation of 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1981, 1982, 1983 and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3604. Walker claimed that the City's refusal in this regard made subsidized rental housing in Mesquite unavailable to her on the basis of her race. Ultimately, Walker amended her complaint to assert a class action. Seven named plaintiffs, all black women eligible for federal housing assistance, were also added to the original complaint. Further, the DHA, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and seven other suburban cities in the Dallas area were named as defendants. The district court, however, subsequently dismissed the complaints against the defendant cities.
Thereafter, on November 6, 1986, the named parties sought approval by the district court of a proposed settlement reached by the parties in the form of a consent decree. After receiving the request of the parties for approval of the proposed decree, the district court ordered that the DHA distribute to putative class members notice of the proposed settlement and notice of a December 12, 1986, fairness hearing on that settlement. At the fairness hearing on December 12, 1986, the district court considered oral testimony and documentary exhibits relating to the settlement. The district court subsequently approved the consent decree and on January 20, 1987, signed the decree and entered its findings of fact and conclusions of law. In the January 20 decree, the district court also certified as a plaintiff class all black persons who were then, or who, during the pendency of the decree, became either "(a) residents of a DHA owned or managed project or (b) participants in the DHA Section 8 Existing Housing Program."
Following the entry of the January 20 consent decree by the district court, objectors Baylor and Hogg, members of the certified class, but not named plaintiffs, filed a pro se notice of appeal on February 19, 1987, from the district court's January 20 decree. Thereafter, Baylor and Hogg filed a motion to intervene in the district court for the purpose of challenging the January 20 consent decree. The district court denied the motion to intervene and significantly, Baylor and Hogg did not seek to appeal the denial of that motion. We now turn to the instant appeal.
Appellees DHA, HUD, and the named plaintiffs all challenge the standing of Baylor and Hogg to appeal the January 20 consent decree. Further, DHA seeks damages and double costs from Baylor and Hogg pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 38 on the basis that Baylor and Hogg filed a frivolous appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we agree that Baylor and Hogg lack standing to challenge the January 20 consent decree, but we decline to impose sanctions under Rule 38.
In Pettway v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 576 F.2d 1157 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1115, 99 S.Ct. 1020, 59 L.Ed.2d 74 (1979), this Court recognized that distinctive problems may be presented where the named plaintiffs in a class action and the class attorney decide not to appeal a final judgment in a class action. 576 F.2d at 1178 n. 19. The Pettway Court then proceeded to note that "members of the class may certainly pursue relief in a collateral proceeding" but then expressly declined to resolve "[w]hether, and how, a direct appeal may be taken absent the participation of the original named plaintiffs, or the participation of both the named plaintiffs and the class attorney." Id. Since Pettway, this Court has not yet spoken dispositively to the above issue; however, the Eleventh Circuit has so spoken in Guthrie v. Evans, 815 F.2d 626 (11th Cir.1987), concluding that a nonnamed class member of a certified class may not appeal the final judgment in a class action. Persuaded that the reasoning employed by the Eleventh Circuit in Guthrie is correct, we now join in the above conclusion.
In Guthrie, the Eleventh Circuit stated three reasons in support of its holding that individual, nonnamed class members do not have standing to appeal a final judgment binding on the class members.
First, such individuals cannot represent the class absent the procedures provided for in Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Second, class members who disagree with a course of a class action have available adequate procedures through which their individual interests can be protected. Third, class actions could become unmanageable and non-productive if each member could individually decide to appeal.
Guthrie, 815 F.2d at 628. While recognizing the importance of all of the above three reasons outlined by the Guthrie court for concluding that individual, nonnamed class members do not possess standing to appeal the final judgment in a class action, we find particularly significant the second proferred justification for that conclusion which relates to the collateral avenues of relief which are available to nonnamed class members to protect their interests. Specifically, those collateral avenues of relief include the filing of a motion to intervene in the district court as a matter of right pursuant to Rule 24(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 24, Advisory Committee Notes; Lelsz v. Kavanagh, 710 F.2d 1040, 1043-44 (5th Cir.1983). "Intervention is a means whereby class members can monitor the representation of their rights." Guthrie, 815 F.2d at 628. Further, an order denying a motion to intervene is a final appealable order. Id. In the instant case, Baylor and Hogg did in fact file a motion to intervene in the class action; however, the motion to intervene was filed subsequent to the entry of the January 20 consent decree. Despite the untimely filing of the motion, the district court addressed the merits of that motion and rejected the contention of Baylor and Hogg that the representation of class members in the instant proceedings was inadequate. Importantly, Baylor and Hogg did not appeal the denial by the district court of their motion to intervene.
An additional method of collateral attack available to individual, nonnamed class members to protect their interests is the filing of a separate suit in the district court challenging the adequacy of class representation. Gonzales v. Cassidy, 474 F.2d 67 (5th Cir.1973). We note in this regard that the filing of such a separate suit remains a viable option to the individual, nonnamed class members such as Baylor and Hogg in the instant action should such members question the adequacy of class representation.
Further, our conclusion today that nonnamed class members do not have standing to appeal the final judgment in a class action is supported by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Marino v. Ortiz, --- U.S. ----, 108 S.Ct. 586, 98 L.Ed.2d 629 (1988). In Marino, the Supreme Court recognized the general rule that only parties to a lawsuit, or those that properly become parties, may appeal an adverse judgment. Marino, 108 S.Ct. at 587. In Marino, the Supreme Court concluded that individuals who were nonparties and who chose not to intervene in a class action could not later appeal the final judgment in that action. Noting that the Court of Appeals in that case suggested that there may be exceptions to the general rule of nonappealability by nonparties such as when the nonparty has an interest that is affected by the trial court's judgment, the Supreme Court nevertheless concluded that the better practice is for a nonparty to seek intervention for purposes of appeal. Id. In so concluding, the Supreme Court recognized that the denials of such motions to intervene are, of course, appealable. Id.
Similar to the conclusions reached in Marino and Guthrie, we conclude that the better practice in the instant case is for nonnamed class members to file a motion to intervene and then, upon the denial of that motion, appeal to this Court. A contrary rule would result in the frustration of the purpose behind class litigation. Specifically, as recognized by the Eleventh Circuit in Guthrie, "[i]f each class member could appeal individually, the litigation could become unwieldly," unmanageable, and nonproductive. Guthrie, 815 F.2d at 629.1 In the instant case, objectors Baylor and Hogg could have intervened in the class action prior to the entry of the consent decree on January 20. Indeed, notice of the proposed settlement was distributed to all putative class members and a fairness hearing on the proposed settlement was conducted by the district court. Further, Baylor and Hogg did file a motion to intervene, albeit untimely, pursuant to which the district court addressed the merits of the claims of Baylor and Hogg as to the adequacy of class representation. Baylor and Hogg, however, did not seek to appeal the denial of the motion to intervene. Thus, we are constrained to dismiss the instant appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In doing so, we expressly recognize the fact that nonnamed class members may still challenge the adequacy of class representation in the instant suit by filing a separate lawsuit for that purpose in the district court.
We next address the request by DHA for appellate sanctions pursuant to Rule 38. In making this request, DHA points to what it perceives to be attacks by Baylor and Hogg on the consent decree which are frivolous and wholly devoid of merit. In ruling on the request by DHA, we note that the imposition of sanctions in civil rights actions could possibly result in the deterrence of the filing of future meritorious claims by civil rights plaintiffs. After reviewing the record we conclude that the instant appeal does not present facts sufficient to warrant the imposition of appellate sanctions. For this reason, the request for appellate sanctions is denied.
DISMISSED.
In concluding that individual, nonnamed class members do not have standing to appeal the final judgment in a class action, we recognize that two previous Fifth Circuit cases, United States v. Chagra, 701 F.2d 354 (5th Cir.1983), and Roper v. Consurve, Inc., 578 F.2d 1106 (5th Cir.1978), aff'd, 445 U.S. 326, 100 S.Ct. 1166, 63 L.Ed.2d 427 (1980), have allowed individuals who are not named parties to the dispute to appeal. In Chagra, however, the Court was addressing the specific question of whether or not the media could appeal the granting of a criminal defendant's motion to close his bail hearing. Therefore, in Chagra, the policy considerations present in class action litigation were not at issue; thus, the unique situation in Chagra cannot serve as precedent in the instant case to allow individual, nonnamed class members to appeal a final judgment in a class action
In Roper, the appellants were seeking to appeal the denial of a class certification. The appeal of an order denying certification of a class and the appeal of a final judgment in a class action are dissimilar; therefore the reasoning in Roper is not applicable to the instant case.

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Colonel-General Igor Korobov, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, died on November 21. He was 63 years old. Korobov died of an illness, but it was not specified what kind of illness he had.
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Officials with the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation said that Igor Korobov earned many state awards during his service as the chief of military intelligence (known for the Russian initials as GRU), including the highest honour - the title of Hero of Russia.
Igor Korobov was born in the city of Vyazma on August 3, 1956. He graduated with honours from the flight department of the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots and Navigators and the Military Academy of the Soviet Army. He served in the structures of the GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Korobov headed the GRU in January 2016 after the previous chief of the department, Igor Serguna, died a sudden death.
Korobov was put on the US sanctions list in late 2016. The list was approved by the Barack Obama administration in connection with Russia's alleged attempts to interfere in the US presidential elections through hacker attacks. In September 2018, Korobov was put into the US sanctions list again within the framework of the CAATSA law. The sanctions affected Russian officials associated with the defence industry and intelligence sectors.
It was reported that in the middle of September, Korobov was summoned to the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Supposedly, Korobov fell ill upon his return home. It was also said that he was supposed to be dismissed from his position before the end of the current year.
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This page provides free resume templates for download, guides on how to open and edit our resume templates in Google Docs, and how to find more resume templates provided through Google Drive.
You do not need expensive software to make a great looking resume template and Google Docs is one major reason why.
Google Docs is a free word processing program provided by Google. The Google Docs software can be accessed through your web browser or by downloading the mobile or tablet app from your devices' app store.
Google Docs is part of a suite of business software, along with Google Sheets and Google Slides – Google's spreadsheet and presentation office products.
Using Google Docs, you can create and edit resumes, cover letters, and many other types of documents.
Docs is also integrated into Google Drive, a cloud storage service that lets you save your documents and other files online. Best of all, the service provides you with 15GB of space to use at no charge.
All of your documents are saved online and can be edited from almost any internet device.
Headings and most other formatting is retained when files are opened in other word processing programs.
Google Docs provides many business related templates, with free and quick access.
Autosave feature means you won't lose your work.
One of the biggest reasons we use Google Docs for creating and distributing resumes is because you can import and edit documents that were made in other word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word.
You can also create brand new documents inside Google Docs and send them to recipients who should have no problems opening the files in different word processing programs.
The compatibility across the spectrum of word processing programs will help your resume be seen correctly, no matter what program is used to open it.
The ".docx" format that you are able to save in allows your file to be opened by almost any word processing software that's out there, including re-uploading it into Google Docs.
It is the default save format for Microsoft Word and .docs has become a very common file format for saving all types of documents.
All of the resume templates on this site have been saved in the ".docx" format and are compatible for use in Google Docs.
With that in mind, let's get started with a guide on how to use our Google Docs Resume Templates.
If you've created a resume document in a program like Microsoft Word or some other word processing program, you may need to eventually upload or transfer the document online into Google Docs.
If you already have a Google account, you should be able to log-in directly to Google Docs.
Google Docs is part of a larger office suit of software products along with Google Sheets & Google Slides. You will use the same log-in for each of the different office applications, along with the Google Apps you're used to such as Gmail.
Another Google product, Google Drive, interacts with Google Docs in an important way. Google Drive is a form of online storage that lets you save your documents online, making them available across the entire web & multiple devices. Google Drive provides 15 GB of space free of charge and along with documents, you can save pictures and other types of files.
You can sign up for a free account by visiting https://docs.google.com.
Step 2: From the Google Docs homepage, click on "Open File Picker".
Once you are logged in, the Google Docs homepage gives you many different options when looking to make a resume.
You can create your own, use a pre-existing Google Docs template, or use a document shared to you by a colleague online. Another option still is to use the open file picker to upload a resume document from your hard drive.
Below the Google Docs pre-loaded templates on the right hand side is a little folder icon. It will say Open file picker when you scroll over it. Click on that and a new menu will pop up that lets you pick which file you'd like to upload.
Step 3: Along the top menu, click on "Upload".
The Open a file menu will open, giving you a number of different options on how you'd like to import your file.
You can open a file for editing that you've already saved on Google Docs or Google Drive. You can also open a file that's been shared with your Google Account.
If the file isn't online yet, on the very right hand side is the option to Upload. Click on Upload to select your file.
Step 4: Drag or select the resume template file you just downloaded and click "Open".
From this menu, you can drag the file into this window if you have the file open in a folder window on your desktop.
You can also click the blue button and a standard menu with your hard drive will come up.
Through this menu, locate the resume file you'd like to open in Google Docs and double click it.
Step 5: Your document will take a moment to upload. Once finished, your document is now ready for editing!
Step 6: When you have finished editing, you can save your new resume in a number of different formats.
Go to "File" and then "Download As". There you will see all the options as to what type of file your resume will be saved in.
Of the choices, ".docx" and ".pdf" will be the most common options you'll select. Once you make your selection the file will be downloaded to your computer.
All of the following resume templates are compatible with Google Docs.
This resume helps you underline your most important skills and qualifications.
A bolded and quick professional summary is great for job-seekers with lots of experience in a single industry.
It also has ample space for job-related skills that show just how qualified you are.
This resume template has 3 columns of space to list all of your job skills.
It's a great resume for anyone with a technical job that needs to show they can use a lot of different skills, abilities, or tools.
Your summary should emphasize your best abilities and whet the employer's appetite to find out more.
This resume helps you organize your past experience to emphasize your job-ready skills and hide any blemishes in your work history.
Ask what skill categories make sense based on the job and the employer.
Use the right side of the resume to expand on how you used your skills.
This resume highlights your background of experience in one specific industry.
The bolded section should be a job title, while the section underneath still let's you expand on your top qualifications in a more traditional summary.
You can replace a job listing with more education if necessary.
This resume template lets you explain in much more detail why you're the best fit for the job.
A longer professional summary is a good idea if you have experience in multiple industries.
But even then, don't go much beyond four sentences.
This resume is for people who may have lots of individual skills but not a lot of experience.
There is also space for non paid, volunteer experience.
If you're having trouble coming up with a good objective, omit it and list more skills instead.
This resume is for people who have a lot of education to show, including graduate degrees.
With a resume based heavily on education, describe your accomplishments in school in the context of the job.
Find similarities between the job you're applying for and the work you did in school.
This resume comes with 3-columns of space for your skills while also letting you highlight your extensive education.
This is a great resume for people applying for more technical jobs.
It also has space for multiple degrees and can be used as a resume for both job and school applications.
The functional skills resume gives you an opportunity to showcase individual skills within a functional resume format.
The key to a good functional resume is picking smart headings for your skills.
Use the job listing as your guide to finding keywords that the employer may be looking for in a resume.
The experienced functional resume is great for career hoppers who have at least 2-3 well rounded areas of experience.
Usually these different types of jobs are still within a similar type of industry or career path, but not always.
You can move around which categories you want to put first but usually the most relevant job will go at the top.
The high school student resume is a great first resume for any job-seeker.
This resume relies on skills & knowledge you may have picked up through hobbies, volunteer work, or your high school education.
This is also a great template to use when you have high school experience instead of college but do in fact have some work experience.
With multiple college listings, this resume can be personalized to your unique educational background.
This college student resume can be edited down to a single college if you have more volunteer experience to expand on.
This resume is a great way to organize your unique abilities that may cover more than one professional career track.
The college functional skills resume is also perfect for showcasing specific skills even if you didn't pick it up through paid employment.
The resume can be personalized down to 2 areas of skills if you need to display more information under your education heading.
Whether you are uploading an existing resume into Google Docs or creating a brand new one, you will want to properly format the resume so it can be easily seen by hiring software & people alike.
So now that you've found the resume you like, let's take a look at some tips on how to format the resume to fit your needs.
Google Docs is a powerful word processing program that has many tools and options you'll be familiar with if you're coming from using Microsoft Office software.
One key to organizing your resume is to use headings where appropriate.
Headings also help to layout your resume like an outline which can often times make it easier for both human resources employees and applicant tracking software to read.
Standard formatting tools like bullet points, columns, and various font options are all included. If your resume will be sent to people not viewing it in the Google Docs app, make sure to pick a font and style that will be seen across all word processors, but mostly Microsoft Word.
Fonts like Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman are common and recommended.
You may need to import your resume from Microsoft Word to work on it through the Google Docs app. The Docs software does a great job of keeping most of the formatting just like you had it.
But before you start to make changes, double check to make sure the resume has indeed retained all of your previous formatting. It's better to fix any errors before you start making new changes that may only make the original problems worse.
If you're just looking to copy a section or two from a Word document to Google Docs, you can copy and paste. When you go to paste the information by right clicking, be sure to select the option to paste without formatting.
Since you're only looking to copy the plain-text information, it will be better to have the pasted sections unformatted. Once copied over, you can then format the added sections to match the rest of your resume.
If you have older Word files you're not sure will be supported, check out Google Support for more information on working with Office files in Google Docs.
The resume templates we have available for download across a broad spectrum of formats – single columns, double columns, bullet list skills sections, and more, all are compatible within Google Docs.
Choose one you'd like and you think would fit with your particular skillset. But do not be afraid to modify these templates and their formatting to meet your specific needs.
Only you know what will be best for your resume and these free resume downloads are just a way to help you get started creating your own.
If one of our resumes doesn't meet your needs, that's okay! Google provides it's own set of resume templates directly through Google Drive & Google Docs.
There are five resumes in total available within Google Docs, with each resume having its own name: Swiss, Serif, Coral, Spearmint, & Modern Writer.
The Coral Google Docs resume is an elegant and more fancy option when it comes to picking a template.
The resume gets it's name from the reddish & orangish hue of the various headings located in the resume. Coral uses two different fonts throughout the resume: Playfair Display for the headings and Lato for the main content text.
This resume is one of the smaller templates with the main content being a 10pt font and the headings a 14pt font. You do of course have lots of room to make the text bigger with the amount of space left for you.
The Coral resume includes four sections besides the heading information: skills, experience, education, & awards. It does not include an objective or a professional summary but you can definitely add one if you'd like.
The skills section is in a comma seperated format which is best for 3-4 word phrase type of skills.
You can also describe your skills in short sentences if that makes more sense for your line of work. The main goal of this section is to quickly show your best and most relevant skills. The rest of the resume will give you plenty of space to expand on them.
The Serif resume divides up your information into two easy to ready columns. On the left includes your name, a professional summary, your work history, education, and specific project details. On the right of the resume is ample space for a combination of skills & other accolades.
The name of "Serif" comes from the main font used on the resume, the serif font named Merriweather. The section titles and contact area use a "sans" serif font, or a type of font without a serif, called Open Sans.
One thing to keep in mind with this resume is the font sizing. For example, the main content font size is only 9pt, which can be fairly hard to read – especially when printed. The job and school listings aren't much better, listed at only 11pt.
The resume does make up for the smaller font size by having lots of white space to work with. And if you do end up needing to change the font sizes, make sure you keep all of the different content proportional to one another.
It's important for employers to be able to quickly tell apart your work experience from the rest of the details, and how you layer font sizes is a key part of making your resume easier to read. With the Serif resume, employers can quickly digest multiple parts of your resume and be quickly informed if you're a good fit.
One last note with this resume (and all the resumes, really). This particular resume lists awards & languages as accomplishments in their own sections but you can of course switch those titles around and tailor any of the sections to fit your particular needs.
Spearmint is a fun and popping resume that uses a light, somewhat bright green color as a highlight.
The resume uses one font throughout – "Proxima Nova". The headings are a 14pt font while the main content font is 11pt, making it a little bit larger than some of the other Google Docs resumes.
Spearmint also includes quite a bit of white space to keep the eye moving throughout the resume. It also gives you room to add-on to the resume if you have more than three prior jobs.
Going without an objective or professional summary, Spearmint starts the resume underneath the heading by listing your best skills.
This skills section is a little different than most because it is in list form rather than using bullet points.
Besides experience & education, this resume also has an awards section at the bottom to list additional accomplishments. My personal preference would be to move this section to below your skills, but organize the resume in the best way for you.
You may also want to consider centering the name and contact information section to balance out the resume.
These Google Drive and Google Docs resume templates are free to use and download. In fact, they are available directly through the Google Docs application itself.
First, go to your Google Docs account inside Google Drive by visiting the site – https://drive.google.com. This site should be your home base for your online documents.
Next, in the top left corner of the screen under the Google Drive logo will be a button that says "New". Click on that button and a new menu will appear.
On the menu that pops up, scroll down and select the arrow directly across from "Google Docs".
You will be given two options: the choice to make a blank document from scratch or to use a template to create your new document. Select the option, "From a template".
A new page will open up with many different choices of templates. This is the Google Doc Template Gallery.
The first row will be templates that you have recently used, if any at all.
From there on, every row has different types of templates you are able to use for free.
Besides resumes there are other types of documents available through the template gallery as well such as letters, business proposals, legal notices, and school reports.
As for resume templates, the Google Doc Template Gallery contains 5 different resumes to choose from: Swiss, Serif, Coral, Spearmint, & Modern Writer.
Click on the resume template you'd like to use and you'll be transported to a Google Docs document with the template ready to be edited.
Each of the resumes provides something a little bit different so don't be afraid to go back through the gallery and try them all out.
Below are some questions that are often asked regarding Google Docs & resume templates.
Is Google Docs free to use?
Google Docs is absolutely free to use!
How do I upload a resume template into Google Docs?
Does Google Docs Have Their Own Resume Templates?


"The best part of being referred to by those two words, 'living legend,' is 'living,'" Grassley told about 100 people who gathered Monday at the Des Moines headquarters, now named Sen. Chuck Grassley Conference Center.
The naming was the party's way of thanking Grassley for his leadership, his representation of Iowa in Congress, and his support for the party and GOP candidates, said Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann. The honor was long overdue, he said, because the party wouldn't have its headquarters building without Grassley's support.
Grassley took the opportunity to thank the party and all those who have supported him since he was first elected 60 years ago.
"Down there on the Senate floor, in the committee with the gavel, doing what's doing right for America, God and country, and Iowa," Young said.
His grandson, state Rep. Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, thanked the party and volunteers who worked for the senator.
"It's just the fact that we have an opportunity in this great country of ours to seek and succeed and use our minds for what we want," he said.
Instead, "we ought to be spending the day honoring the country we live in" and preserving those opportunities, Sen. Grassley said.


Our staff are committed to helping patients of all ages regain the independence they desire.
We believe the comfort and convenience of rehab services, performed close to home with family, are vital for patients to reach optimal rehabilitation.
Recover more effectively from acute trauma, surgery, recent or congenital illness, work or sports-related musculoskeletal injuries, motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain and disease. PVH offers a wide range of physical therapy services, including orthopedic, occupational medicine, neurological, and geriatrics.
Our facility includes a large supervised gym area used by current and past patients, as well as community members in the evening hours. The gym includes a full array of cardio and resistive equipment, free weights, and specific areas for balance activities, core strengthening, and stretching. Our facility also includes 8 private treatment rooms where patients are seen in a one-on-one setting for evaluation and treatments.
Our physical therapists use a variety of manual therapy techniques to help patients reach their goals. We also have a complete array of modalities including ultrasound, electrical stimulation, laser, myofascial taping, and mechanical traction to help ease pain and facilitate patient participation in an active treatment program. All patients are evaluated using standardized, objective functional outcome tools and are guided through a treatment program to help them make measurable and meaningful progress toward their goals.
Treatment is coordinated with the patient's medical team, including primary care physician and specialists.
All patients work with our skilled physical therapists to have exercise programs developed and progressed, at home and the gym when appropriate, so that they can continue with their progress after discharge.
Our department works to help all patients meet their goals and provide quality, effective care.
Our average length of treatment is six visits. Most patients are scheduled within 5 business days of receiving their referral, and post-surgical patients or those in need of an urgent evaluation are typically seen within 2 days. Our therapists work with patients to schedule treatments at times convenient to them, with therapist hours from 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Occupational therapy helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. The term "occupation" refers to life activities that people engage in to maintain an independent and productive lifestyle.
OT services are customized, using several tools, techniques, and treatment programs to improve one's ability to perform daily life activities. These treatment programs might include both home and work related evaluations with recommendations for care and equipment.
At Penobscot Valley Hospital, OT services are provided for pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. Services are available for patients in the hospital and on an outpatient basis.
Our professionals are concerned with the evaluation, treatment, prevention, and research in human communication and its disorders. We treat speech and language disorders and work with individuals of all ages--from infants to the elderly.
Our staff diagnoses and evaluates speech problems, such as fluency (stuttering), articulation, voice disorders, or language problems, such as aphasia and delayed language and related disorders, such as dysphagia (swallowing difficulties). We work collaboratively with other rehabilitation specialists and clinical staff in the care of patients. We provide individual and group therapy sessions offering a family-centered perspective.
Research based Swallowing Exercises by Logemann, Shaker, Masako, Ludlow.
Speech Therapy is also provided at Penobscot Valley Hospital for inpatients.
Our center is located in downtown Lincoln, across from Marden's. For more information contact the Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
**Please Note: when local school districts close due to inclement weather please call (207) 794-7228 to confirm the gym is open for public use.


The Plečnik Collection is kept at a separate location of the Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, consisting of a complex of Plečnik's houses at 4–6 Karun Street and an adjacent garden with a lapidarium. The architect Jože Plečnik moved to a single-storey house at 4 Karun Street in 1921. From 1923 to 1925 he expanded it with a cylindrical annex to the west and a winter garden to the south after he bought the neighbouring building in 1929. Here the unconventional master lived in isolation and privacy until ripe old age.
After Plečnik died in 1957, his nephew Karel Matković moved to the house and began to sort out the large collection of the master's plans and correspondence. Thanks to him, Plečnik's valuable legacy has been completely preserved. When Matković died in 1970 his heirs decided to sell the house and its contents to the City of Ljubljana. Two years later the city authorities established the Architecture Museum of Ljubljana at the building.
On 1 April 1972 the Architecture Museum of Ljubljana based at the Plečnik House opened its door to the public. It remained there until 1992, when most of its departments moved to the renovated Fužine Castle. The Plečnik collection was arranged and made accessible to the public in 1974. The house contains rooms with the artist's valuable original furniture and personal objects, an archive of his sketches and plans and a collection of clay, plaster and wooden models, a library, Plečnik's correspondence, a photo archive, thesis projects of Plečnik's students and an archive of "Ognjišče akademikov arhitektov" (Academy of Architecture Collection). Today, visitors can see the entrance hall, corridor, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, small reception room, spiral staircase, the master's studio on the upper floor and the winter garden. Because of the exceptional circumstances and the intimacy of the location, visits to the house are possible only in the form of a guided tour for groups of not more than seven people. A reception area for visitors was arranged on the ground floor of the building at 6 Karun Street in 2001. Collection storage facilities are located on the first floor.


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GAMESQ, PLC is a Phoenix Arizona black owned law firm. Its founder is an African-American and the descendent of slaves in the United States of America. This law firm's business cards, stationary and envelops were all printed by a black owned print shop located in Phoenix. All of the professional photographs on this website were taken by local black photographers.
Garrick has been practicing law in Arizona for almost two decades now and he can count his interactions with other black attorneys on one hand. If he wanted change, he needed to be the change he desired in the world. The first thing is to be proud of being who he is: a black Phoenix personal injury lawyer. Second, he needed to create an environment that is welcoming to black folk. On this website you will see photographs of black people: black people riding motorcycles, black business people, black people looking fabulous, black people in pain, black people protesting, and an Arizona black lawyer named Garrick McFadden.
This Black Owned Phoenix Civil Rights Firm Is Here To Serve:
The first black attorney Garrick met was the late Johnny Cochran. He would have the honor meeting him twice in his life. The second black lawyer he would meet, would be the man that taught him the law of Torts, that is the foundation of personal injury law: Professor Jody Armor, also known as @NiggaTheory on Twitter. What this means, is that most people have never met a black lawyer before, when they speak to attorney Garrick McFadden, that is their first conversation with a black lawyer. He understands that and aims to give the best legal counsel he can so that people can make an informed choice about their options. Even though Garrick attended one of the best law schools in America, he remains humble and dedicated to a life of service. That is why he had to build this black owned law firm, here in Phoenix.
A Black Owned Phoenix Car Accident Law Firm:
Garrick honed his litigation skills trying cases for one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. He has handled over 80 arbitrations and eight civil jury trials. His education and training make him one of the best Phoenix car accident lawyers. However, he never thought about going big until now. At this inflection point in America we need to build up black political power and economic power and that means working with people who are aligned with us. Garrick uses the proceeds he receives from each of his cases to invest in the community. He donates to black candidates who share the values he holds dear. Whenever possible he uses black vendors for products, even if it does mean that he is paying more. Those black vendors usually hire black workers, so we are building economic power in the community. This black owned law firm supports other black owned businesses.
A Law Firm For The Culture
This law firm is as much yours as it ours. This firm was built to protect the rights of black people in Arizona. It was created to fill a void. The idea of being an advocate, activist and attorney to better the community is the cornerstone of GAMESQ, PLC. Sometimes the culture needs an advocate to stand up for the people. Sometimes it needs an activist to make change on scale. Other times when those with power refuse to listen and do right, it requires an attorney to take them to task. It has been an honor of a lifetime for Garrick to become one of the few African-American lawyers in Arizona. However, the fact that he was able to do it while being one of only a few Phoenix car accident lawyers who graduated from a top school makes it even more remarkable.
When you hire this firm, you get an attorney whose legal education is second to none here in Arizona. An attorney who brings that "fight on" spirit with him to the courtroom. Give Gamesq, PLC a call today: 623-233-4416.


Very cool and typical Dutch fifties colored sewing box designed by Cees Braakmen before Pastoe UMS ca 1950. There are many attributions about this sewing box (also for Rietveld so you can imagine the quality) but there is an existing video where Cees Braakman is making this exact sewing box, so it Isn't Rietveld, though it was sold like several times as Rietveld for HIGH prices, it is Braakman at its best! Completely wood, lacquered in red, grey, black and yellow. Looks highly decorative and is functional as well! This is for a big version with 4 boxes and is in original condition. The boxes have some paint losses but have a nice patina from age and usage.


Weekly bulletins from COOL during 2014 are available here. Prior years are under "News - Schedules >> Bulletin Archives" from the drop down menu . Please note that in order to view a church bulletin, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you do not have it on your computer, you must first download it and install it. You can download the reader for free by clicking on the 'Get Acrobat Reader' button on the right.
Click on the bulletin you want, in order to open it in your browser.
To download the bulletins right click on the one you want and choose "Save" or "Save As". Make sure you save the file in a known location like your "desktop" or "Documents" folder. Then you can open the file as you would any other Adobe PDF document.


What Careers Are Available at Madison Square Garden?
If you like the idea of working at Madison Sqare Garden, you'll be excited to learn there are many types of career opportunities available at (and in support of) the storied venue. Whether you're looking for part-time event work in the arena or a full-time career opportunity, there are plenty of options at "The Gardens." One (or more!) just may be right for you.
Production - Positions related to putting on events like sound, set-up, etc.
Public Relations - Roles related to communication strategy, publicity, etc.
Sales - opportunities to sell tickets, group packages, subscriptions, premium packages, etc.
Venue Management - Operations management roles related to venues, such as food and beverages, security, merchandise, etc.
The Madison Square Garden Company lists all open positions on the careers section of their website.
You can also specify what location(s) (in addition to New York, they have opportunities in various parts of California and Chicago) and if you're looking for full-time or part-time.
Next, click Search to see exactly which positions they are currently recruiting for.
From there, you can apply for a job with Madison Square Garden.
The Madison Square Garden Company also has a formal program designed to expose students to get hands-on experience working with the company. Referred to as The Madison Square Garden Company Student Associate Program, this program brings in undergraduate and graduate-level college students to gain firsthand experience in specific aspects of company operations. There are opportunities across all areas of operations. Opportunities for this program are also included on the career opportunities page and have their own category within the "functional area" dropdown menu.
It takes a lot of people and a wide variety of skills to run an operation like Madison Square Garden and the other enterprises that make up The Madison Square Garden Company. Whether your expertise lies in events management, sports marketing, food and beverage services, management, sales, or any other aspect of business operations, you just may find your background and the needs of this employer are closely aligned. You won't know if you don't check out what's available and apply for positions you're qualified for and that pique your interest!


The beach at Chandipur has no chaiwallah. None to sell "moori" or shells ! And there is no camera-man either ! A group of Bengalis are busy singing Rabindra Sangeet. In the sky, the bright orb of the moon ! The sea has receded to a distance. Only its muffled roar is heard now. The scooter lies in the growing darkness. Shall we go and luck the scooter ? Dash it ! The light of the Panthanivas is running the moon light ! Is it possible to have a cup of tea ? What a pity ! May be, we could go down to Balamagardi. By the way, the house of John Beams is still preserved there ! We could even seen how the Budhabalanga river joins the sea. Godness gracious ! Such a long distance from a cup of tea ! Pupun dear, do not be mad at us ! Here, have some "mixture" ! See, the road is dangerously dark, interspersed with pits ! It's a new place after all !
Pupun's first day in school was a real experience ! You should have seen Archana cry after seeing Pupun into the bus ! The house appeared utterly empty. With her head on my shoulder Archana sobbed as though she had placed Pupun on the funeral pyre ! A few days earlier, I was totally lost in Pupun's dream world of new uniform, tiffin box and water bottle. For the first time, Pupun could sense what it meant to have his own possessions : school box, note books, pencil, eraser, tiffin box and water bottle. My sofa, colour T.V. air cooler, scooter, mixie and cooking gas – all appeared distinctly trival before Pupun's gleaming new estate ! Equally worthless was Archana's jewellery ! We returned to the nursery rhymes. Like Jack and Jill, we climbed of the hill to fetch water and tumbled down one after other !
As for Pupun, he used to return like a battle tested veteran with dog eared, torn books, shoes grimed with cow-dung, matched with dirty shirt and pant. At times, the casualty included lost buttons and money, forcing poor Archana and me to join the battle. We could always sense his helplessness, like Abhimanyu, of facing single handed, seven warriors !
"Why didn't you beat the daylight out of the chap that hit you ? You should have pulled out his hair ! Should have jabbed his eye with pencil or else bitten him ! What were your teachers doing ! Must have been busy as usual, in their gossip sessions ! Or else surely knitting their sweaters ! Couldn't you tell them ?
Leaving the beach behind, we went looking for tea inside the village. When we returned, there was sea at a distance. Everywhere, there was a pallid moon. The beach floor shone with a silvery light ! We sat on a broken wall, a packet of "mixture" in Archana's hands "Here, Pupun, help yourself !" I said. Pupun, of course had no interest. No crabs were visible in the darkness. The light from the Panthanivas lent a sepulchral glow. Suddenly, a jeep drove down the beach.
Shall we go to the waves ? Asked Archana.
"Yes, let us !" Pupun aloud, his voice making the girl singing Rabindra Sangeet turn back.
There is now water beneath one's feet and yet they do not get wet. Only, one senses the feel of wet, sandy and muddy earth. Everywhere on the beach of Chandipur is spread out a layer of silver moon light. Archana's emotional utterance : "Never have I seen such a sea in my life," and my state of meditative absent mindedness articulated earlier : "I was not impressed by the first sight of Chandipur !" – from all these Pupun walks away in a spirit of detachment.
Throwing a glance at him. Archana said : "You know, Pupun's virtue is that he has scrupulously followed our model of upbringing. But tell me, how exactly did we wish him to grow up ! Do we really know what it means to be a good man ?
Pupun's mind no longer had the fear of crab.


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package org.apache.drill.exec.store.sys;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Wrapper around {@link PersistentStore} to ensure all passed keys are
 * converted to lower case and stored this way. This will ensure
 * case-insensitivity during insert, update, deletion or search.
 */
public class CaseInsensitivePersistentStore<V> implements PersistentStore<V> {

  private final PersistentStore<V> underlyingStore;

  public CaseInsensitivePersistentStore(PersistentStore<V> underlyingStore) {
    this.underlyingStore = underlyingStore;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean contains(String key) {
    return underlyingStore.contains(key.toLowerCase());
  }

  @Override
  public V get(String key) {
    return underlyingStore.get(key.toLowerCase());
  }

  @Override
  public void put(String key, V value) {
    underlyingStore.put(key.toLowerCase(), value);
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, V>> getAll() {
    return underlyingStore.getAll();
  }

  @Override
  public PersistentStoreMode getMode() {
    return underlyingStore.getMode();
  }

  @Override
  public void delete(String key) {
    underlyingStore.delete(key.toLowerCase());
  }

  @Override
  public boolean putIfAbsent(String key, V value) {
    return underlyingStore.putIfAbsent(key.toLowerCase(), value);
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<Map.Entry<String, V>> getRange(int skip, int take) {
    return underlyingStore.getRange(skip, take);
  }

  @Override
  public void close() throws Exception {
    underlyingStore.close();
  }
}

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