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Exhibition: Andrea Polli – Breathless
December 9, 2011 Cultura2128 October, Aesthetic Experiences, Albuquerque, American Artist, Andrea, Art Park, Berlin Germany, Bindi, Climate Variations, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Cravero, Effects Of Climate Change, Environmental Installations, Exhibition Place, Francesca, Friday 13, Gaia, Invisible Effects, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Living Art, Mail, Media Installations, Mexico City, Oleg, Paris France, Rana, Sacha, Solo Exhibition, Turin Italy, Urban Air Pollution, Varga, Video Links, Vitality, Weather Experts
28 October 2011 -26 February 2012
Andrea Polli
in collaboration with Chuck Varga
From the 28th of October 2011 to the 26th of February 2012 the first solo exhibition by Andrea Polli takes place in Turin in Italy. Andrea Polli is known as an ecological artist and lives and works in Albuquerque in New Mexico. She presents some of her most meaningful works in collaboration with Chuck Varga at PAV Living Art Park in Turin.
Her exhibition Breathless deals in an innovative way with the comprehension of phenomena like climate change and global warming. In cooperation with scientists, weather experts and climatologists she transforms scientific data in aesthetic experiences through mixed media installations. For example data on urban air pollution is analyzed and different interpretations are offered. She chooses site-specific environmental installations to make invisible effects of climate change visible and tangible for the visitor. Polli also sees signs of cultural change in the climate variations and investigates the impact of the climate on the future of life and on the balance of the whole planet.
The exhibition of the American artist is curated by Gaia Bindi and Claudio Cravero and the opening hours are Wednesday to Friday, 13.00 – 18.00 and Saturdays and Sundays, 12.00 – 19.00.
You can find more info, photo, biographic news and video links about the artist at www.andreapolli.com.
For more information about the exhibition mail to info [at] parcoartevivente [dot] it
Earth Matters On Stage: Rachel Rosenthal
May 27, 2009 Earth Matters on StageArticulations, Artistic Director, Bald Head, Deke, Earth Matters, Endurance Test, First Performance, Former Students, Gaia, Grappling, Human Animal, Independent Scholars, Junkies, Logical Basis, Meduim, Moira Roth, Nerds, Presentation Days, Rachel Rosenthal, Theatre And Its Double, Theresa May
"One of the first things people ask me, is, did I know Arteaud?"
This is how Rachel Rosenthal begins her keynote. Here at EMOS, it's perfect. Artistic Director Theresa May has just given her a fantastic introduction. She is in a room full of full-out EcoDrama nerds, folks who don't need an explanation of the guttaral relationship between earth and body, who know her and her work, or who at the very least don't need a speech about earth-saving. They know Arteaud wrote "The Theatre and its Double," and chuckle. She knows her audience.
Rosenthal junkies at EMOS got a major fix: a presentation which included her first performance in almost 10 years, an opportunity to buy Moira Roth's Rosenthal anthology and have it signed by the artist, and the next morning, an analysis of her work by a panel of her former students and devoted independent scholars. Heady.
Rosenthal did not, in fact, know Arteaud, but he did "save her life:" his writing gave her a logical basis to begin creating her own unique brand of performance: eco-feminist, deeply personal, and dramatically sharp. Clips shown over the weekend included L.O.W. in Gaia, in which she writes her age on her bald head in lipstick and drags bags of trash behind her on the stage, and The Others, which included 42 "non-human animal" performers.
In a presentation days later given by Deke Weaver, an interesting conversation arose. What is the line between sharpened meduim and effective message? How do you articulate an important issue without pandering, how do you push the form without driving away your audience? Rosenthal is famous for creating a body of work that is made of her own body, stories and trembling articulations. Whether or not watching Gaia rise from a pile of garbage is your idea of an endurance test, it is deeply rooted in a sobbing, grappling love for the earth. Rosenthal was saddend to learn that Arteaud never saw his idea of theater realized onstage. But of her own methods, she decries: "I will not die without having seen it, because it's MINE."
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What if?… James Lovelock and the five in six
February 27, 2009 news, RSA Arts & EcologyAmazon, Apathy, Business Council, Change Legislation, Climate Change, Complacency, Drought, Gaia, Gloom, Hanging In The Balance, James Lovelock, One Billion, Project Photo, Qin, Remarkable Achievement, Sayler, Second World War, Six Billion, Tim Radford, Worst Case Scenario
This week James Lovelock was in conversation with the journalist and writer Tim Radford in front of a packed audience at the RSA. His latest book The Vanishing Face of Gaia is currently 22 on Amazon – a remarkable achievement for a book which is not exactly a laugh a page.
In fact both James and Tim were full of humour at the RSA event, so it's a moment before some of the facts sink in. People next to me suck in their breath at Jim's prediction of one billion people on earth by the end of the century. We are around six billion at the moment. I join the breath suckers. Five in six of us. I'm pretty sure I heard him say that India will pretty much be gone entirely. If he's right.
If he's right – this is left hanging in the air and hanging in the balance.
Today a headline in The Guardian reads "Obama pulls back on early climate change legislation". I see this just as I'm trying to write a positive statement for the Business Council for Sustainable Development, ten years focusing on the practical implementation of sustainable development values. There's so much progress that has been made and now is the time to build on that, rather than gloom up on the worst case scenario. But nor should we forget it. Just as apathy had terrible consequences for so many in the Second World War, so could complacency in the face of this century's challenges.
Note to self, get on WattzOn.com and see how you're shaping up Crimmin before tub thumping any further.
Photo: Gansu Province, China, 2007 by Susannah Sayler, used courtesy of The Canary Project. Photo taken following the 2006 drought, China's worst in 50 years. This is the former site of Qin Tu Hu Lake.
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We all know that we need to swap between products in order for them to perform at its best since your skin can easily get used to the product and not make any changes. I've talked about my 10 Step Skincare Routine so go and have a read, therefore you won't get confused with all the steps and processes. I will be mentioning the products that I have swapped out so this post will not be huge. If I haven's swapped the product out it indicates that it's still doing my skin good and right now I can't live without it.
I am still using The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil. It removes all my makeup and waterproof mascara gently. It has a 2 step process, first being the oil which you massages into your skin and then adding water to break down the oil creating a milky texture.
The Superdrug's Naturally Radiant Hot Cloth Cleanser is my favourite hot cloth cleanser I have tried so far. It removes any remaining makeup that the cleansing oil has missed and leaves my skin clean, moisturised and more radiant.
Exfoliating helps get rid of dead skin cells, The The Body Shop Vitamin E Cream Exfoliator is a firm favourite of mine which is another hydrating product that is also gentle on the skin.
I've finished using the Superdrug's Vitamin E Refreshing Toner Mist and have moved back onto The Bodyshop Vitamin E Hydrating Toner. It's thicker in the texture and preps your skin for the next product.
The main changes start here. As you know I went to South Korea this year and picked up the Missha Time Revolution Essence Lotion which helps moisturise and tighten your pores. I swapped this from the B. Refreshed Essence Lotion that is easily available in the UK from Superdrug.
I've also picked up the Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule. This is new to me, the use of an Ampoule is that it provides extra nutrients that your skin needs and restores elasticity. The colour of this is a brown tinted gel liquid with a pipette applicator and I apply this only at night after the Missha Time Revolution Essence Lotion. This is possibly a step 6 but I will reupdate later through the year.
I am still using the B. Confident Blemish Serum in the daytime which helps oil control but I have introduced 2 other new serums to my routine. These serums are by a brand called LIQ C and I was kindly contacted by them to test out their products.
I have the LIQ CC Serum Light for day use which contains 15% Vitamin C, you have to be careful with this as it almost feels like an oil and if you have dry skin this is going to keep your skin moisturised all day. I used a full pipette of this and I was incredibly dewy all day, I now only use 3 drops - both cheeks and forehead.
The LIQ Ce Serum Night Mask is for night use, this is bi-phase serum so you have to shake it well. It contains 15% Vitamin E and the product comes out white. I only also use 3 drops of this since a full pipette as recommended is a bit too much for me. I have definitely seen results from using these two serums my skin, it is soo much smoother and softer.
I haven't changed much in my mask process, I still use a lot of sheet masks and my trusty Innisfree Volcanic Clay Mask which I use on days that I have breakouts.
I finished the Loreal Paris Revitalift Filler Renew and it did not make any difference on my eye area and swapped to Ole Henriksen Ultimate Lift Eye Creme for day time and Ole Henriksen Ultimate Lift Eye Creme for night use. I'm not too much of a fan of these since it creates a film around your eyes and starts to become flaky when you apply concealer on top. I felt like these did no improvement and have moved on the following products you see in the above photo.
The first is the Ole Henriksen Truth Serum Collagen Booster - I have a whole review here on the product. I find that it has helped separate my deep line I have around my eye and is helping me get rid of my milia- which are blocked pores. I follow this up by the Dr Organic royal Jelly Eye Serum which helps hydrate, firm and regenerate. And lastly the Benefit It's Potent Eye Cream which I don't think does anything but moisturise for a little while.
I am still using the Aime Naturally Kind Hydrating Daily Moisturiser as a makeup base and Origins Gingzing Energy Boosting Moisturiser. But I needed a something extra for my night time routine. I've started the Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation which is an anti-aging cream, it has a fluffy almost whipped texture and feels extremely light on the skin. It claims to reduce discolouration and smooth fine lines. It does a great job hydrating my skin but the scent reminds me of the little alien birth pod that used to play with as a kid.
My primer still hasn't changed and I have still been using the Nivea Post Shave Balm and I've just bought my second bottle. I should really try something else but I love it!.
That is all for my skincare update, don't forget to check out my 10 Step Skincare Routine since I go into a lot more detail of the products. I hope you've enjoyed this post! And as always let me know if you have any amazing skincare products that you recommend.


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Ecuador 'Analyzing' Snowden's Asylum Request
Ecuador Considers Asylum Request From Snowden
WATCH: Ecuador Considers Asylum Request From Snowden
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who is wanted by Washington on espionage charges, reportedly did not travel, as expected, on a flight from Moscow to Havana.
Reuters and Interfax report the Cuba-bound plane left without Snowden.
The U.S. government has asked Russia to expel Snowden to the United States, where he faces charges of leaking information about secret U.S. government surveillance programs. Russia said it had no reason to detain the former National Security Agency contractor.
Speaking during a visit to India, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia about helping Snowden evade U.S. justice.
"It would be very disappointing if he was willfully allowed aboard an airplane," Kerry said. "As a result, there would be, without any question, some effect and impact on the relationship, and consequences."
The Ecuadoran ambassador to Russia met with Snowden on June 23, fueling speculation that his ultimate destination may be Ecuador. Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on June 24 that his government is considering Snowden's asylum request.
"Let us end the speculation," Patino said. "We will make the decision in time. We are analyzing it with a lot of responsibility and taking good care of it because it has to do with the freedom of expression, with the security of citizens around the world, and therefore we have to analyze it deeply."
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (Democrat-New York) criticized Russia's decision not to hand over Snowden to U.S. authorities during an appearance on the CNN program "State of the Union" on June 23.
"What is infuriating here is [Russian President Vladimir] Putin aiding and abetting Snowden's escape," Schumer said. "The bottom line is very simple: Allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways. And Putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the United States -- whether it is Syria, Iran, and now, of course, with Snowden. That's not how allies should treat one another and I think it will have serious consequences for the United States-Russia relationship."
Snowden arrived in Moscow on June 23 from Hong Kong where he had been in hiding since the leaked information was publicized earlier this month.
Hong Kong's government said a U.S. arrest warrant for Snowden failed to meet its judicial requirements.
Britain's "Guardian" newspaper and "The Washington Post" cited documents provided by Snowden to reveal a vast U.S. government effort to collect and monitor – through companies such as Google, Facebook, and other communications providers -- the phone and Internet data of millions of people in America and around the world.
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has said the surveillance programs have congressional and judicial oversight and have helped to thwart as many as 50 terrorist plots, some of them aimed at targets in the United States.
Kerry also addressed that issue during the press conference in India.
"This is a dangerous and complicated world we all live in," he said, "and I believe that the program the United States has pursued is a very judicious balance of civil rights, civil liberties, but also of the right of people to live free from being killed by terrorists."
Last week, U.S. authorities charged Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information, and willful communication of classified intelligence information to an unauthorized person.
Each of the three charges carries a maximum 10-year prison penalty following a conviction.
With reporting by Reuters and ITAR-TASS
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Posts tagged "Canadian movie"
Pink Ribbon$ Inc.
Lea Pool, of Lost and Delirious fame, is great in documentary form while attacking the 'breast cancer culture,' a militant movement turned into a unicorn march, in Pink Ribbon$, Inc. This is a movie about semantics, one with which I have an issue. One of the movie's featured talking heads criticize the word 'survivor,' used towards and by women who have faced tribulations. That word is preferable because it implies a 'post' phase of convalescence, a move up from 'victim,' the latter word evoking constancy and forced submission to their suffering. One of the talking heads' arguments is that 'survivor' makes the 'victims' feel that the latter weren't strong enough to defeat the disease. So what's the correct word then.
These words are chess pieces within a war about the voices of those afflicted with the cancer. Some have understandable problems with breast cancer allowing us to say 'breast' in public, both sexualizing and infantilizing a disease. There are scenes where a woman is holding up a poster saying 'WALK IF YOU LOVE BOOBS,' negating that the cancer should be more urgent. The culture has thus acquired a dictatorial attitude of public optimism, neglecting how diseases suck, making these feelings of pessimism shoved into the private sphere. Hiding/not being able to vent bad feelings and pretending to be constantly perky are signs of neuroses, insanity if we count that one group tries to silence the other.
Silence on one side can occur when the other's message is overpowering. There are four stages of breast cancer, as a Texas-based stage four breast cancer support group informs us, the group having to find themselves because they're pariahs in other supports group who see them as 'angels of death.' The disease can permute from stage two to convalescence to stage four, or someone can just be diagnosed to four and wait to die. We have forgotten so much about the nature of cancer and the happy ones' clamouring misinforming us about the methods of finding a cure and treatment. Doctors remove cancer cells in a medieval way, like 'slash, burn and poison.' Misinformation is also bound to make many of us forget out tenth-grade science that cancers are mutations of the cell and opposed to viruses that destroy them, complicating the way scientists should be looking for cures.
Common knowledge suggests that Radioactive materials advance cell mutations causing cancer, those chemicals unsurprisingly found on the products of the multinational companies that advertise the perkiness and sponsor the Runs and Walks and Jumps for a Cure. The lack of cognitive dissonance is especially alarming when a mother and daughter are one of many who take part and have to be massaged after a long few days of the marathon. So basically these people, mostly women, are asked to buy products – pennies of proceeds will go to breast cancer research! – that would hurt them and take part in actions that would hurt themselves so they can fundraise money with the slight possibility of curing themselves. They're asked to inflict self-harm twice! 'Corporations are evil' is hardly a novel message, but it's still startling, knowing the effects and the rising numbers of women diagnosed with the disease. Images via TIFF.
February 28, 2012 | Categories: Movies | Tags: 2011, breast cancer culture, Canadian movie, capitalism is evil, Lea Pool | Leave a comment
Canadian Movie: Owning Mahowny
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Owning Mahowny is austere minimalist cleanliness in cinema. This approach is surprising since it tackles gambling addiction, and addiction of any kind is usually portrayed with either evil, grit or glamour. The titular Dan Mahowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman) walks around in beige-painted halls of banks, hotel rooms and airports or visit Atlantic City casinos that aren't as loud nor distractingly colourful as other gambling places in other films. There's also spectatorship at work here, as casino employees and patrons both feel greed and pity towards him. Hoffmann's performance, accordingly, is unsettlingly stoic either when he's working or sitting on the blackjack tables, losing millions of dollars in one sitting. He barely blinks nor breaks a sweat, his only way to know how to stopp is to endure a spectacular loss. With him is a great supporting cast including Minnie Driver and John Hurt, encapsulating Ontario and New Jersey cadences.
June 30, 2011 | Categories: Movies | Tags: 2003, Canadian movie, John Hurt, Minnie Driver, Philip Seymour Hoffman | Leave a comment
A contrarian's 2010 movie couples
Five of the movie couples here will appear ad nauseam in my other lists. I'm really worried and sorry about that, being derivative and all. I just have a compulsion to make these lists. Then in like, three days, I'll tell you what I really think of the new Harry Potter movie. Not on this list.
Noah Baumbach creates two characters so real and on the surface, kinda boring. Florence and Greenberg (Greta Gerwig and Ben Stiller) are half a generation apart, and they come to blows sometimes with that. Florence sometimes talks and acts with irony that she doesn't make a good impression on Greenberg. He's an impulsive slacker but he blows his lid when her immature side pops up. Nonetheless they're there for each other in times of need, belonging in Noah Baumbach's world of under-dramatic characters. Thankfully, they don't need speeches to reconcile neither!
The hero of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Michael Cera) and his heart eventually sets itself for the almost unattainable Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but I really thought Scott and Knives (Ellen Wong) could have worked it out. They'd go to the arcade or Sonic Boom and it doesn't even feel like she's dragging him. Then peer pressure kicks in, understandably because it isn't cool for a twenty year old to date high school girls. They end their relationship with Knives complementing Scott's hair, a perfect Annie Hall ending. They can be good friends after all.
The obligatory LGBT couple could have either been Cherie and Joan, Eames and Arthur (I can see you write the gay fan fiction now, LJ) or the ployamorous relationships in Heartbeats or FUBAR, but it goes to Nic and Jules (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) from the Kids are All Right. Marriage is hard, as Jules says. Despite some flaws in the film, writer/director Lisa Cholodenko creates people, not symbolic entities, who have their own quirks and desires. Sleeping under a big comforter, ridiculous in LA standards, you can feel them snuggle in. Please adopt me!
They're on this list because I felt really bad omitting Rabbit Hole on my top ten – the 'revelation scene' was kinda weird – but Becca and Howie (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) make for a great couple. Yes, most of the film equally captures Becca's relationship with her family, and Howie's questionable friendships, but underneath that grief, anger and resentment is repressed passion and a will to reintroduce themselves into the Yonkers community where they normally belong. They help each other move on despite of the tragedy that kills the other marriages in the movie.
Representing puppy love are Lina and Leco from Modra, where the first time actors improvise their way into Lina's titular home town in Slovakia. Instead of barraging each other with questions, they walk around the bucolic town. Leco jumps on top of Lina at least once. They find out the nice and not so nice things about them. Will this summer decide if they're gonna stay together, even if the town elders bet that they will? This is showing at the Lightbox as the better parts of the apparently stupid best Canadian movie list. This movie's so cool and obscure, it doesn't have an IMDb page!
Some of you might think that the least conflicted part of Easy A is Olive (Emma Stone) getting swept off her feet by a Prince Woodchuck (Penn Badgely), which is true. So we'll go for the bets parents ever (Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci), and I remind myself that they were part of the me generation, as the mother intimately reveals, which is why they can give such great advice for their own daughter coming to terms with her sexuality. Again, Clarkson and Tucci have such great chemistry and humour, making jokes when they're actually worried about their children's well-being.
Here comes another odd, unattractive couple from another indie movie. It's mean, I know. Jack and Connie (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Ryan) in Jack Goes Boating decide to embark on love despite of cynicism they receive from their married friends. They're learning the physical taps of love, not lust, as Connie tells him to overpower her without sound like she's over-directing. In the end, while Fleet Foxes' pastoral folk music is playing strangely on a New York City backdrop, the only thing more fitting is to see these two put their arms on each other's shoulders.
I'd be sadistic enough if I put Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) on this list with either of his first two wives (Rachelle LeFevre and Minnie Driver), but author Mordecai Richler is sadistic enough to let Barney meet his third wife Miriam (Rosamund Pike) in his first wedding. In Barney's Version, he tries to work it out with this Myrna Loy-esque image of perfection they try to work it out and do for almost twenty years, then he cheats on her. He tries to win her back, prankster that he is, by giving her new husband (Bruce Greenwood) a heart attack. But they've remained good friends.
'You're used to getting women drunk, aren't you?' Carlos and Madga (Edgar Ramirez and Nora von Waldstatten) are the definition of the sexy couple. In their first meeting, both test each other and that goes for the rest of their relationship when they have children and both have to go on terrorist missions. Nonetheless, they get on each other's nerves, she does everything for him while he calls her a 'petit bourgeoisie' to his mistress. Like most of the women in the miniseries, she's attracted to the man who makes things explode, but she can't love the man who loves himself.
The reason this list even exists is because of Micky Ward and Charlene (Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams) from The Fighter. From their first date you can hear the rhythm of their banter already, might as well sounding like a couple twice their age. Micky admits later that they're going in a nice part of town to hide, but only will he show this uptown side of his with a girl he really trusts. Director David O. Russell helps create that picture, showing Micky's new support system as both, with little good reputation under their names, try something new and something with a great payoff.
January 8, 2011 | Categories: Movies | Tags: 2010, Amy Adams, Édgar Ramírez, Ben Stiller, Canadian movie, Julianne Moore, lists, Michael Cera, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Clarkson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosamund Pike | 1 Comment


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10 Artists You Should Be Listening To If You Love Indie R&B
Will Lisil 24 June 2022 8 min read
R&B, or "Rhythm and Blues", has never sounded better than the way it sounds right now. If you're looking for new music to add to your playlist, here are 10 artists who I think you'll love.
Gone are the days of Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Indie R&B Music was the new wave in music in the past few years until music listeners turned to electronic dance music. Independent artists or indie artists, cause a wave when they release their new songs.
They do it on their own label without big record companies signing them. Indie R&B Music has grown massively in that previous decade and it's not slowing down anytime soon.
It used to be that you either listened to Rhianna or Alicia Keys in the early 2000s. Big budget music videos, catchy songs and pop appeal dominated the scene. But as time went by another type of singer started to rise from the underground and dominate the music scene.
Artists like Frank Ocean and The Weeknd grew fans with their unique style and sound. Their song topics weren't about love, but rather their experiences in life, drugs, sex and money. Their voices were deep, lacked Autotune and didn't have big budgets behind them.
We still have artists like Beyonce releasing albums that grab the attention of the entire world, and it's well deserved. Let's now turn our attention to those who need your special attention. We can't say for sure that music like this is going to change the world, but it very well may.
This style of music fits into a niche category that many people, especially millennial audiences, are gravitating towards. The artists here aren't superstars yet, but that doesn't mean they won't ever be. These songs are great, and we suggest you check them out if you have a chance.
You can listen to our full playlist now, or know more about each artist individually by scrolling down the page.
1) 5IVE GUYS FC – Check The Score
If you're a fan of the indie R&B sound, then you have to check out this new single from 5IVE GUYS FC.
The band is based in North London, and they make music that's perfect for R&B and pop lovers. Their new single, "Check The Score," is an alternative pop track with some seriously hip hop vibes—it's got a mellow beat that'll make you want to dance around your room and sing along at the top of your lungs.
It's easy to tell that the singer has a great voice: he's got a smooth flow that's perfect for this kind of music, and his voice is on point throughout the whole song.
He keeps things interesting by alternating between different pitches and styles throughout the track, feel like there are multiple singers contributing vocals instead of just one guy singing all the lines.
If you love indie R&B music and want to see what else is out there, definitely check out this new track from 5IVE GUYS FC and follow the band on Spotify!
2) L.A THE LOST ANGEL – Do Me
If you're looking for some new music to add to your playlists, check out this indie R&B singer from Oak Cliff, Texas.
Her name is L.A THE LOST ANGEL and she just released a single called Do Me that is super catchy and has a little bit of everything: alternative pop, indie R&B, hip-hop and a rap vibe.
The song beat is amazing. The song starts out with only keyboards, then a strong drum beat and then transitions into an addictive chorus that'll be stuck in your head all day.
Her voice is smooth and sultry—she reminds me of another favorite of mine, SZA (another great independent artist). If you're into female vocals with a hint of soul and hip-hop beats mixed in with some rap verses, this song is for you! Listen to it on Spotify and follow the artist.
3) JORDAN JONES – Flawless
There's a new artist on the indie R&B music scene, and he's definitely worth checking out.
Jordan Jones is a Canadian singer from Edmonton. He's been gaining momentum since 2020 when he started releasing music on Spotify, and has just released his third single, "Flawless" — a dreamy track with classic sounds and soothing vocals.
If you're looking for some new music to listen to while you chill out on your couch or go for a long walk, this is the perfect song for you. It's got that classic R&B sound that we've all come to love, but it's also got some modern twists that make it feel fresh—and it'll get stuck in your head for days!
If you love indie R&B like we do, then be sure to check out Jordan Jones' other songs when they're released previously, and follow the artist on Spotify!
4) SDAR LOTUS – Transcendental
If you're a fan of art-pop and want to hear it mixed with indie R&B, then we have some great news for you. We just discovered a new singer from Fort Lauderdale, FL. Her name is SDAR LOTUS, and she is releasing her 8th single called Transcendental on Spotify.
The song has an alternative feel to it, but it's not too heavy on the bass or percussion. It's more of an art-pop vibe than anything else—think of relaxing music that would be perfect for your meditation time. That's it!
This song is an alternative chillout track with ethereal vocals and a pacifying vibe. It is dreamy, with special effects that justify the title Transcendental.
If you like this song, check out the rest of SDAR LOTUS's music on Spotify and follow the artist to support her art!
5) CRIS CAP – Like a Rose (Acoustic Version)
If you're a fan of R&B and duos, then you'll probably be interested in this up-and-coming artist. His name is CRIS CAP, and he is based in Germany (Duesseldorf). His latest single, "Like a Rose" (Acoustic Version), is just what you need to put a spring in your step.
The song starts out with very beautiful female vocals by Tyla Raé, and a simple piano melody that builds into an easy-listening beat. The first verse has meaningful lyrics "Your love is like a rose!"—just vocals—but the second verse brings in some harmonies that add depth to the track.
Cap's voice is also remarkable. The chorus is catchy and easy to sing along with, but it still feels like listening to something new and exciting.
"Like a Rose" is great for anyone who loves indie R&B music or neo-soul. If you're looking for something new and different to listen to while driving or for a special moment, this song will be sure to make your day brighter!
Support the due by following them on Spotify.
6) RACHEL BROWN – Love, Life & Relationships
If you love Indie R&B with a romantic touch and are looking for some new artists to check out, RACHEL BROWN might be the perfect fit for your listening preferences.
The singer is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and recently released an album called Love, Life & Relationships. The album is a mix of alternative R&B, neo-soul and contemporary music with a funky vibe that's easy to listen to on repeat.
Attention to the song "Learn To Love Me", what an amazing song, with nice lyrics and her voice, is outstanding. Wow!
If you're looking for something new to add to your playlist and support indie artists at the same time, this album is worth checking out. Follow the artist on Spotify.
7) DORIAN – Reign Love
If you're looking for a good indie R&B artist to listen to, we've got a great suggestion for you: DORIAN.
His latest single is called Reign Love, and it's all about that sweet kind of love that makes your heart melt. If you're in the mood for something relaxing, this song will do the trick!
DORIAN is based in Baltimore, MD, and has been making music and releasing on Spotify since 2019. He is described by producers of PopHits.Co as an "Easy Listening/Contemporary Pop Artist" with "a touch of Emotional R&B."
We can see his influences include the same song style as Michael Jackson or The Weekend—so if you love those guys too (or if you just want some new tunes on your playlist), check out Dorian today on Spotify and watch his music video!
8) CEYEO – Trying
If you're a fan of indie R&B, you are going to love this new single by Chicago-based singer CEYEO.
The song is called "Trying," and it's being released by an independent label. The track combines elements of alternative, art pop, and makes us feel it's like Eurovision style of music.
We mentioned these features to describe an innovative music style, which is mixed with R&B and electronic music, and to make it even better, you will hear the nice vibe that this combination makes with those amazing female vocals.
It's an incredibly catchy tune that you'll want to listen to over and over again! You can check out the song on Spotify and don't forget to follow the artist.
9) JOSY B – BTW
If you're into indie R&B and female vocals, then JOSY B is an artist you need to add to your playlist.
The singer recently released a new single called BTW (which stands for "By The Way"), and it's the perfect soundtrack for a night out with your friends.
The song is fun, upbeat, and easy to sing along with—but it also has a classic sound that will make you feel like you're sitting on a beach somewhere in California with a drink in one hand and all of your best friends around you. Mariah Carey released some songs with some similarities, and we just love it.
JOSY B's style is unique; she combines elements of pop, alternative rock, indie R&B and easy listening into one cohesive sound that will keep you coming back for more.
Check out BTW below and follow the artist on Spotify!
10) TOCHI – Play Me
If you're a fan of indie R&B and afro-beat, then you're going to love this new release from TOCHI. The Nigerian singer-songwriter has just released her latest single, "Play Me," and we can't stop listening to it!
The song starts off with an intro that's reminiscent of Latin music before launching into a catchy dance afro beat that will have you bopping around your kitchen in no time.
It builds gradually to an emotional chorus that has us swooning over its beautiful lyrics. This single was released just a month ago, and it's already getting tons of attention on Spotify!
We think you should check it out—and follow her on Spotify while you're at it!
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Mental health is an important topic to local potter, Callie Beller Diesel. Growing up there was a lot of substance abuse and stress in her family.
In 2007, Callie's father committed suicide. She suspects he may have used Distress Centre services at some point leading up to that.
"The work that [Distress Centre does] is pretty near and dear and close to my heart," she says.
When she saw an ad looking for someone to design a set of mugs for Distress Centre Calgary, she prayed the job wasn't taken. She took a photo of the ad and applied for it as soon as she got home.
She got the job and created a set of uniquely hand-crafted mugs.
Each aspect of the mug, from the texture, to the base, to the text overlaying it was designed with mental health and the importance of listening in mind.
She created many places to place the fingers. She pictured someone fidgeting nervously as they opened their heart to the person listening knowing that it could be a friend or one of Distress Centre's volunteers on the other end of the line.
The base of the mug is quite stable, but looks like it might not be, reflecting the instability someone in crisis might feel. Distress Centre is honored to now own a collection of Callie's custom made mugs.
You can find Callie and her beautiful creations at Market Collective at the Chinese Cultural Centre from December 12-14, 2014. You can also shop in her Etsy store and visit her web site.


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Doxazosin an a1 Antagonist for Alcohol Dependence
Kenna, George Anthony
Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
Search 10 grants from George Kenna
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The role of the cerebellum in speech
Einstein Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program
MBF Bioscience and Zeiss Microscope System for Stereology and Tissue Morphology
North Carolina Ctr for Autism &Development Disabilities Research &Epidemiology
Automatic Stereology of Biological Tissue Using 3-D VCS
Only four medications are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of alcohol dependence (AD), namely disulfiram, naltrexone tablets and injection, and acamprosate, however treatment success has been inconsistent. Thus, there exists a substantial need for discovering ways to provide more effective treatments. Accordingly, identifying new medications for the treatment of AD represents a high priority of National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and is a specific research objective of this R21 Program Announcement. Pre-clinical and clinical evidence has clearly demonstrated that the noradrenergic (NE) system is involved in the neurobiology of AD, thus representing an interesting new pharmacotherapy target and the theoretical rationale for this proposal. Consistent with the concept that the NE system may represent a new pharmacological target for AD, recent studies have shown that the prototype a1 NE receptor antagonist prazosin reduces alcohol drinking in different animal models. Furthermore, clinical evidence has also confirmed that prazosin appears to be efficacious in reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent individuals. While prazosin has a significant side effect profile and must be taken three times a day, no other a1-blockers have been investigated in alcohol research. Prazosin is a short-acting a1-blocker approved to treat hypertension (HTN) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). After the approval of prazosin in the 70's, other selective a1-blockers have been developed to treat HTN and/or BPH. Among them, doxazosin has shown a more manageable and safer profile than prazosin. In fact, doxazosin is a long-acting a1-blocker, thus it is taken only once/day. Doxazosin is also less likely to give hypotensive side-effects. Thus, doxazosin is more commonly used in clinical practice to treat HTN and/or BPH, than short-acting a1-blockers, such as prazosin. Poor adherence to medications and/or side- effects represent important factors limiting the effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for patients with AD. If effective for AD, doxazosin may represent a simple, manageable and safe medication, which might be more easily transferable to clinical practice. However, doxazosin has never been tested in AD. This project is a 10-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, between-subject randomized clinical trial with doxazosin (16mg once/day) in alcohol dependent individuals. This study attempts to address whether doxazosin is an effective and safe pharmacotherapy for AD. This Exploratory/Developmental project will serve as the first critical step to explore this hypothesis, and if successful, will lead to a larger and more complex study. The goal of this project is consistent with the need to develop new and more effective treatments for AD.
Alcohol use disorders account for 100,000 excess deaths per year and causes serious morbidity and mortality, increased health care costs and lost work hours. Thus, there exists a substantial need for discovering new, more effective treatments for alcohol use disorders. Blockade of the a1 adrenergic receptors represents a new and promising approach to treat alcohol dependence. Better characterization of this pharmacological approach, by studying the medication doxazosin, may lead to more effective pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence.
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Haass-Koffler, Carolina L; Goodyear, Kimberly; Zywiak, William H et al. (2017) Higher pretreatment blood pressure is associated with greater alcohol drinking reduction in alcohol-dependent individuals treated with doxazosin. Drug Alcohol Depend 177:23-28
Kenna, George A; Haass-Koffler, Carolina L; Zywiak, William H et al. (2016) Role of the ?1 blocker doxazosin in alcoholism: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial. Addict Biol 21:904-14
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Kenna, George A; Swift, Robert M; Hillemacher, Thomas et al. (2012) The relationship of appetitive, reproductive and posterior pituitary hormones to alcoholism and craving in humans. Neuropsychol Rev 22:211-28
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The Vicar and the Rake
Annabelle Greene. Carina, $4.99 e-book (274p) ISBN 978-0-369-70007-0
Greene debuts with a promising gay historical, the launch of the Society of Beasts series. In 1818, Gabriel Winters, the staunchly moral vicar of a rural English town, unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost childhood friend, the libertine Edward Stanhope, Duke of Caddonfell, when Edward seeks refuge at Hardcote House, his family's abandoned country seat, after committing the "hangable offence" of seducing the Duke of Sussex's son. With Sussex's men after Edward, circumstances force Edward and Gabriel to live together, and the pair soon rekindle their long-dormant desires with a breeches-tightening kiss. As Gabriel and Edward navigate their turbulent but sensual relationship, Edward's brother, Maurice, and Gabriel's sister, Caroline, arrive at Hardcote to help Edward evade Sussex's wrath by digging up dirt on the duke's past. Their plan to blackmail Sussex into backing off leads Edward and Gabriel to travel to London to visit the Society of Beasts, a secret gentlemen's club founded by Edward. Greene is stronger with the breathless romance than she is with the intrigue that overtakes the narrative toward the end, but the characters are all finely drawn and amusing, and the period details are well wrought. Greene's off to a strong start. Agent: Deirdre Knight, the Knight Agency. (Oct.)
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Posted on July 19, 2020 July 26, 2020 by David Steers
Service from Hope Street, Liverpool, Sunday 19th July 2020
This Sunday's service was filmed on location in Liverpool. It is a praise service, intended also to show our appreciation of all those who contribute music to our services during the lockdown. In the video we visit Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral, the site of the Hope Street Unitarian Church – which are all located on Hope Street – and travel out to the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, originally built in 1618.
The reading is Psalm 98 and is read by Rosemary Neill of Downpatrick. The organists are: Laura Patterson, Downpatrick; John Strain, Ballee; and Alfie McClelland, Clough.
The hymns sung are:
Onward Christian Soldiers (Mission Praise, 543)
Father Hear the Prayer we Offer (Hymns of Faith and Freedom, 299)
And can it be (Mission Praise, 33)
City of God, how broad and far (Hymns of Faith and Freedom, 299)
Breathe on me, breath of God (Hymns of Faith and Freedom, 177)
All the places visited in the video have been mentioned one way or another on this blog and the following links will give more information about them:
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, designer of the Anglican Cathedral and iconic telephone kiosks
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral under Construction
Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral
The Church on Hope Street
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
The 400th anniversary of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
Ancient Chapel: then and now
Also uploaded this week – Time for a Story: The Promise
The story of St Dunstan, 10th-century Abbot of Glastonbury (the ruins of which Abbey can be seen above), Archbishop of Canterbury and the person who devised the Coronation Service still used by British monarchs today. Filmed at Downpatrick with pictures from the British Museum and animation by InkLightning.
Special Offer from Dunmurry – Rev Mac Floral Designs
A Celtic Way was printed in 2007, by Very Rev William McMillan. The 96 page hard back book contains a wide range of colour images of Rev Mac's floral arrangements, garden and travels.
Dunmurry congregation have copies of this book to give away. If you would like one, please email: firstdunmurrynsp@gmail.com
Copies can be collected from The Manse, Dunmurry by prior arrangement. If you would like a copy posted, please request bank transfer details. P&P is £4 (UK only).
Posted on September 27, 2019 September 27, 2019 by David Steers	· 1 Comment
'Then and now' pictures can be interesting and informative. Standing outside the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth on 4 August 2019 I thought I would try and get a shot of the building from approximately the same position as the print that I have of the same view dating from about one hundred and fifteen years previously.
You can read about this photograph from between 1901 and 1904 and see some details from it here.
Whenever I take pictures of buildings I spend a lot of time trying to keep cars, buses, people, street furniture etc. out of shot. But, of course, for the historian it is the other details that often make the photograph useful and interesting. I picked this spot for the picture without referring to the old print and was half inclined to try and get a nice big Arriva bus coming up Park Road at the same time but there was a limit to how long I wanted to stand in the road! It's a busy place and I suspect modern buses travel faster than old trams. So no buses in the picture but still a view that enables us to compare 'then' with 'now'.
The picture at the top of the page is the wildflower meadow at St Agnes Field on the edge of Sefton Park.
Posted on May 31, 2019 May 31, 2019 by David Steers
Faith and Freedom Spring and Summer 2019
Faith and Freedom, Spring and Summer (volume 72 part 1) issue 188, is now available.
Articles include:
Towards Third Millennium Christianity Activism, Nonviolence and the Mystical Imperative by Alastair McIntosh
Alastair McIntosh lecturing at Rawtenstall. This photo and the one above courtesy of John Hewerdine
Described by the BBC as 'one of the world's leading environmental campaigners' Alastair McIntosh is a pioneer of modern land reform in Scotland and an honorary fellow of the School of Divinity at Edinburgh University and an honorary professor at Glasgow University. This is a challenging and far-reaching lecture originally given at Rawtenstall Unitarian Church, Lancashire in March 2019 as part of the 'Future of Faith' lecture series organised by Unitarians of the Lancashire Collaborative Ministry and Pendle Hill Quakers, supported by the Progressive Christianity Network.
An Appearance of Francis David: A Chautauqua Performance by Kevin Murphy, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno
Ferenc Dávid's Address to the 1568 Diet of Torda by Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch
A Chautauqua Performance is the portrayal of an historical figure talking about their lives and views as if they had just appeared from the past. Through it Dr Murphy gives tremendous insight into the life, sufferings and achievements of this neglected figure of the Transylvanian reformation.
What do these stones mean to you? by David Steers, editor Faith and Freedom
The cover picture of the new issue of Faith and Freedom. Rural Toxteth in 1821 showing the Ancient Chapel and the view along Park Road, from an original lithograph by Samuel & George Nicholson
A sermon delivered at the 400th anniversary service of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool in November 2018. In 1611: At a place called Toxteth Park near Liverpool, there dwelt a wise and Religious People, who being desirous of the good of themselves and their Posterity, intended to erect a School amongst them. A few years later they built a chapel which has continued to be used for worship through four centuries. This sermon celebrates the life and history of the congregation.
International Association for Religious Freedom: Our Vision for the Future
A new statement issued by the International Council, meeting in Tokyo in March 2019.
Plus a collection of fascinating reviews by Marcus Braybrooke, Peter B. Godfrey, Bob Janis-Dillon, Jim Corrigall, David Steers, John W. Nelson.
Books reviewed:
Richard Burridge and Jonathan Sacks (eds), Confronting Religious Violence: A Counter-narrative, (SCM Press)
Marcus Braybrooke, Faiths Together for the Future, The story of the World Congress of Faiths and the growing global interfaith movement to heal the world, (Braybrooke Press)
Marcus Braybrooke, Sikhism, A Christian Approach, (Braybrooke Press)
Stan Hazell, A Long Way from Adi Ghehad: Journey of an asylum seeker: Dr Teame Mebrahtu, (Shepheard-Walwyn)
W. Jamieson, A World in Two Minds, Why we must change our thinking to change our future, (Shepheard-Walwyn)
Paul E. Hill, The Urban Myths of Popular Modern Atheism. How Christian Faith Can Be Intelligent, (Christian Alternative)
Robert Llewelyn, Why Pray? (Darton, Longman & Todd)
Dan C. West, Causeway To A Bigger World, (Mountain Arbor Press)
David Steers (ed.), First World War Roll of Honour of the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, (First Presbyterian [Non-Subscribing] Church, Downpatrick)
Peter C. Humphreys, Four Hundred Years of English Congregational and Welsh Independent Churches in Liverpool (1618-2018), (Kilmainham Congregational Publishing, Dublin)
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Posted on May 18, 2019 May 18, 2019 by David Steers	· 4 Comments
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth and an early electric tram
I was very pleased to pick up this picture on an ever-popular internet auction site. It was sold as a Victorian photograph, but I thought it possibly wasn't quite that old and might, in any case, be a print that was made much later. However, I think it is a genuine old photograph, probably dating from the earliest years of the twentieth century. It is only a very small print, about two and a half inches by three and a half inches, but it is curiously interesting too.
It wasn't very costly and I half expected it to command a much higher price appealing, as it does, to a number of different constituencies – those with an interest in old chapels, enthusiasts for Liverpool history, and aficionados of trams and transport.
Clearly it is a view looking towards the end of Park Road. There on the left is the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, complete with ivy and a corporation road name plate. There are a few pedestrians wandering past: a lady in a long dress and another lady pushing a pram outside the chapel. On the right is tram car number 10A climbing the slight incline of Park Road, on its way to the Pier Head.
The size of the print would suggest a photograph taken after 1901 on a Box Brownie No.2, so probably not quite Victorian. The clothes worn by the ladies in the photograph would suggest a point at around that date. The driver of the tram is wearing a double-breasted overcoat with an oval badge on his chest and on his hat. The badge on his chest would be his licence and this particular style of wear apparently indicates the way the uniform of the driver (or motorman as he would have been called) was worn prior to 1904, or so I read on Ashley Birch's very informative British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons site.
So we have a well composed photograph, probably dating to between 1901 and 1904, which I am sure is meant to contrast the old – in this case a place of worship dating back to 1618 – with the new, an electric tram, the most up to date and exciting form of public transport available.
Electric trams were introduced to Liverpool in 1898, so they would still be a relatively new phenomenon by 1904. A large dent on the front right-hand side of the tramcar points to this not being a brand new tram when this photo was taken but still it is a picture taken fairly close to the inauguration of the tram system in Liverpool. Another site (Ron's Liverpool Tram Site) tells me that according to the number this was a Brill 'Philadephia' Car, built in America, and the picture does correspond with this type of vehicle.
The original tram depot was just around the corner from the chapel so this vehicle had only just begun its journey. The depot was built in 1898 and was a building that survived long after the tram system closed, I knew it well, or at least was aware of it but never gave its original purpose a second's thought. The same would be true of the Smithdown Road depot opened in 1899 but still there until relatively recently. It's curious how these buildings survived for such a long time before seeming to just melt away.
Another curious thing is how this corner of Toxteth became such a hub for transport. Once the most remote part of an ancient royal hunting park it became the site of an early seventeenth-century chapel for the convenience of the local farmers and was far away from the prying eyes of government or ecclesiastical hierarchy. The Chapel was situated really on the road to nowhere when it was built. Centuries later the Chapel found itself in between the first electric tram depot built on one side of it and the last station of the Liverpool Overhead Railway situated immediately opposite it on Park Road. The Dingle station of the Overhead Railway would have been just to the right of the tram in this picture. Impressively the Dingle Overhead Railway Station was built underground and is one of the few surviving features of that railway which closed the year before the trams were stopped in 1957. It is a significant junction which I have blogged about before:
Two views of a junction in Toxteth
The view across the Chapel graveyard. The garage visible on the left was the site of the Dingle station of the Overhead Railway. The Dingle tram terminus was to the right of the picture.
It is curious too how trams were marked out as old-fashioned and unsustainable in the 1950s but came back into fashion in the twenty-first century. Today cities like Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and many more appreciate their value. Of course, most major European cities never took them away and have always had the benefit of these types of transit systems.
But it is easy to have a romanticised or sentimental view of this informative and attractive little photograph. It seems a long time ago as well. But when I was assistant minister of Cross Street Chapel in Manchester in the 1980s one of the oldest members was in his 90s. He had worked as a tram driver in Manchester before the First World War. He told me there was no covering above his head when he was driving and the rain would pour down his back in bad weather. In the end he was forced to give up due to ill-health and had a lifetime of difficulty with his back as a result. But maybe things were better in Liverpool, this driver certainly looks well enough protected at the front of his car.
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Posted on November 30, 2018 by David Steers	· 2 Comments
What do those stones mean to you? The 400th anniversary of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
"But before he had spent so much time in Oxford as he could have wished that he might have done; the People in Toxteth, whose Children had been taught by him, sent to him, desiring that he would return unto them to instruct not so much their Children as themselves, and that not in meer Humane Literature, but in the things of God. This Call, after due Consideration, for weighty Reasons he accepted of. Being then returned to Toxteth, he Preached his first Sermon November 30. 1618. There was a very great Concourse of people to hear him, and his Labours were highly accepted of by the judicious."
…part of the reading given by Beryl Black at the 400th anniversary service of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth on Sunday, 25th November. This section of the reading (from: The Life and Death of That Reverend Man of GOD, Mr. Richard Mather Teacher of the Church in Dorchester in New-England by Increase Mather, Cambridge Mass. 1670) was also reproduced on the back page of the printed order of service.
At the opening of worship (Photo: Sue Steers)
It was a tremendous occasion; well attended and enthusiastically received by all who were present. Readings were also given by Graham Murphy, Annette Butler and Leslie Gabriel while Cliff Barton played the organ.
Graham Murphy gives a reading (Photo: Sue Steers)
In addition to the above reading there were readings from T.S. Eliot's Little Gidding, from Robert Griffith's The History of the Royal and Ancient Park of Toxteth, Liverpool (1907) and from Joshua ch.4 v.1-9 and John ch.4 v.31-38.
A message was also read from the First Parish Dorchester, Massachusetts, to which place Richard Mather, emigrated in 1635.
Reading the message from Dorchester (Photo: Sue Steers)
The message from Dorchester:
Dear Members of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth:
First Parish Dorchester sends you our heartfelt greetings and best wishes upon the occasion of your 400th anniversary of your founding. It is rare for us to know a Unitarian congregation older than ours, as we will not mark our 400th anniversary until 2030! Rev Richard Mather, your first minister and our third minister (1636-1669), certainly sowed good seeds in our two long-standing faith communities.
It may interest you to know that First Parish Dorchester established the oldest elementary public school in the United States, which is situated right next to the church- and it is called the Mather School!
In our weekly service, we have a time when we light candles of celebration or concern. This Sunday, November 25th, I will light a candle for the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, in celebration of your four centuries as a gathered community. We rejoice with you in spirit.
Faithfully,
Rev Patricia Brennan
Interim Minister
First Parish Dorchester
Yo can read more about the Ancient Chapel via these links:
Then and now pictures
Richard Mather and the Ancient Chapel
Jeremiah Horrocks and the Ancient Chapel
Jeremiah Horrocks and the transit of Venus
This post has been made on the day of the 400th anniversary of Richard Mather's first sermon in Toxteth.
With special thanks to Jim Kenny who devised the logo used for the 400th anniversary.
Posted on November 10, 2018 November 10, 2018 by David Steers	· 1 Comment
Seven Churches in Liverpool in 1859 viewed from the air
Glen Huntley has posted another fascinating and informative piece on his blog, this time about three houses which once stood close to the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth. These are Elm House, Chapelville and Cooper's Folly. All three houses long disappeared to make way for the Victorian Tram Sheds and the later twentieth-century extension. The Tram Sheds themselves were demolished in 1993. But you can read Glen Huntley's excellent post here:
https://theprioryandthecastironshore.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/robert-griffiths-toxteth-park-elm-house-chapelville-and-coopers-folly/
William Roscoe, the famous Unitarian and abolitionist is believed to have lived at Elm House, although his connection with this particular house doesn't seem to have been proved conclusively. The 'Dingle' was the inspiration for one of his poems and he certainly did live locally at one point. He was definitely a member of the Ancient Chapel as well, I have the original 'call' issued to the Rev John Porter in 1827 and it includes William Roscoe's signature.
But another thing Glen incorporates into this post is some detail from an aerial view of Liverpool by John R. Isaac in 1859 and published in New York. This is a view from a hot air balloon and can be viewed on the Library of Congress site at https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5754l.ct007678/?r=0.035,0.095,1.051,0.668,0
The image is fully zoomable and gives some remarkable detail of the city in the middle of the nineteenth century. The city without the cathedrals, the Liver Buildings and some other landmarks has a different look to it and it is not always easy to find your way about. However, Glen has found the Ancient Chapel and Elm House, Chapelville and Cooper's Folly and includes an annotated close up of that part of the picture similar to this one:
The tall church on the right is St Paul's Church which is another place I intend to return to on this blog at some point. (The Ancient Chapel can be seen in the bottom left hand corner behind the stage coach).
But looking at the map I discovered another group of churches in Liverpool which must be a unique image of some long-lost buildings.
If you zoom in to the centre of the picture (and it is amazing how much detail can be uncovered there) you get this view:
It's interesting because it shows a collection of now almost all vanished churches still clean and complete: unstained by the smoke and pollution that would gradually turn their stone work black and still with their towers and steeples.
At the centre of this scene is Hope Street Unitarian Church. Once the church of James Martineau and demolished in the 1960s. I blogged about Hope Street on a number of occasions but primarily here:
https://velvethummingbee.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/the-church-on-hope-street/
and according to the statistics one of the most frequently read pages on this blog.
Behind Hope Street you can see Myrtle Street Baptist Church, the church of Hugh Stowell Brown (soon to be the subject of a new biography). I have written about that church here:
https://velvethummingbee.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/hugh-stowell-brown-and-myrtle-street-chapel/
and again it is interesting to see a church looking clean and bright when every photograph of it shows it as black and grimy. The same is true of Canning Street Presbyterian Church in the bottom right hand corner of the image, also demolished in the 1960s and now the site of a modern German Church. To the left of this church is the Catholic Apostolic Church, still with its tower in place, a remarkable building, burnt down in the 1980s.
The long building without a tower in the bottom left corner is St Bride's Church of England, still there today. St Bride's can be seen in a rare film of 1901 on the BFI Player. Although the church is not identified it clearly is St Bride's:
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-liverpool-church-parade-and-inspection-1901-1901-online
In the top left hand corner you can see Rodney Street Church of Scotland, a building saved from destruction but now flats, and just in front is St Philip's Church Hardman Street, a 'cast iron' church like St Michael's in the Hamlet which disappeared inside another building in 1882 only to be partly uncovered again when that building was knocked down in 2017! You can read about that remarkable discovery on this very interesting blog:
https://liverpool1207blog.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/st-philips-church-hardman-st-liverpool-1816-2017/
But seven accurate looking representations of different churches, only two of which still exist, taken from a hot air balloon in 1859.
Posted on November 3, 2018 by David Steers	· 1 Comment
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth 400th Anniversary
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth celebrates 400 years of worship and witness
Two images of the Chapel separated by about 120 years:
Service to Commemorate the
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
Please note the service to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth will be held on Sunday, 25th November as advertised. However, the time of the start of the service has been changed it will now commence at 2.30 pm and not at the previously stated time.
Preparing for worship
Posted on October 27, 2018 November 2, 2018 by David Steers
400th Anniversary of the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth was built in 1618 during the ministry of the Rev Richard Mather in the former royal deer park of Toxteth by Puritans who desired to worship according to the dictates of their own conscience. Originally situated in a remote rural community the Chapel is now in the midst of a heavily built-up suburb of Liverpool. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Chapel which has been in continuous use since 1618. A special service to celebrate this 400th anniversary of this historic Chapel will be held on Sunday, 25th November at 2.30 pm.
Please note – if you are thinking of attending this service – that the time has been changed from 3.00 pm to 2.30 pm – as shown above.
Posted on March 2, 2018 March 2, 2018 by David Steers	· 5 Comments
Two views of the same place taken in Liverpool about 113 years apart. The postcard at the top is dated 1905 and was sent from Birkenhead to Miss D. Caulson at Grange over Sands. The view is of the Turner Memorial Home, a large hospital and nursing home built in 1884 on land originally owned by the Yates family. The Yates family were Unitarians and had links with the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, the corner of which outside wall can be seen in both pictures on the left hand side. They were ministers, radicals, campaigners and major benefactors to the city, Richard Vaughan Yates donating Princes Park to the city in 1842.
It's a curving corner junction in both images although once, long ago, before Toxteth was developed, it was a country track. In 1905 tramlines curl around the corner. In 2018 traffic lights and traffic islands keep pedestrians and traffic apart.
The road has been widened since 1905 and the post box taken away. Thirty-two years after the first picture was taken the Gaumont Cinema was opened on the right. A striking art deco cinema it is a sorry sight today having been abandoned for twenty years. Seating 1,500 people it once was a key venue for the people of the Dingle. Sold at auction in the early part of 2018 it was listed on the market at £75,000. It looks like a private house occupies that site in 1905. Just seven years after the card was posted the first cinema was built on that corner, the Dingle Picturedrome, the predecessor of the Gaumont.
The postcard and the photograph tell the viewer very little about the Turner Memorial Home, an endowed gift from Anne Turner in memory of her husband and son to provide residential care for the sick, an institution which has remained in continuous operation ever since.
It is really a postcard view of a road junction, and a junction in time.
Posted on March 30, 2017 December 18, 2018 by David Steers	· 2 Comments
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth (photo: Sue Steers)
I never like to pass up an opportunity to visit the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth. Anyone with an interest in Unitarian and Dissenting history, church architecture, or the history of Liverpool will not fail to be enthralled by such an evocative building. On Mothering Sunday I was very pleased to be able to join in Sunday worship there, a service conducted by lay preacher Graham Greenall who led an appropriate act of worship which weaved together themes for Mothers' Day, peace and a reflection on the recent shocking events in Westminster.
The late Christopher Stell, who produced the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments inventory of chapels and meeting-houses in England, was a big fan of this chapel. Dating back to 1618 the building is really redolent of the late eighteenth century when it was restored. It is part of Toxteth but speaks of a continuity of worship that stretches from the puritan farmers who cleared the forest and built the chapel for their minister Richard Mather to the present day.
An examination of the interior always throws up new things. One thing that I learnt from Christopher Stell was that the chapel builders, although puritans, were also heirs to the Anglican tradition and almost certainly built a small chapel with a chancel on the lines of a parish church. Little remains to display this today but above the organ you can still see the chancel arch. At some point in the eighteenth century the chancel was turned into a schoolhouse, later still it was used to house the organ loft and the present porch.
In 2018 the congregation will celebrate 400 years of worship in their building and will mark that milestone with suitable events.
The view from the gallery
Richard Mather
Mather family pew dating from 1650
Graham Greenall in the pulpit
The chancel arch in front of the organ
Sunday School corner, recently restored
Fifi, who was also present, waiting patiently for some cake following the service (photo: Sue Steers)


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Thread of Sustainability
A Thread of Sustainability
Hops are famous for adding bitterness, flavor and aroma to beer.
The hop flower, or cone, is used in the brewing process while the remaining plant, or bine, is often mulched into compost. But, what if that hops waste could be used for something else — maybe something you'd want to wear? That's the question University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences student Maggie Zee is hoping to answer.
A Unique Opportunity
Yakima Chief Ranches, an integrated crop management company specializing in breeding new hop varieties, sees a lot of hops waste and is looking for practical uses besides compost. A fortuitous meeting at the University of Idaho's Career Fair in February 2019 resulted in a new partnership.
Zee, 32, happened by the Yakima Chief Ranches booth at the career fair. When representatives learned she was majoring in apparel, textiles and design, they presented her with a unique opportunity.
"They have been trying to figure out how to use their hops waste at the end of harvest," Zee said. "They want to find other practical uses for it so it's not just sitting around and composting. They presented to me this idea to figure out what to do with this hops waste. So, I decided to try it out."
Zee contacted Armando McDonald, professor of renewable materials chemistry in the U of I College of Natural Resources, and, using hops bine from Yakima Chief Ranches, the two set out to discover what could be done with the byproduct.
"We've been trying to figure out the feasibility of hops bine as a textile material," Zee said. "So far we've been able to use it as a non-woven material to make paper."
Zee researched other bast fibers — strong, cellulosic fibers obtained from the outer bark of plants like hemp — and how they were processed to make paper. The bine was put into a steamer basket with sodium hydroxide and boiled to see if the bark would rip off and reveal the fibers. Bleach was then added to help further break down the bine.
"From there, the fibers would easily pull apart so we could separate them from the nice, fine bast fibers versus the coarse hurd fibers or the stalk," Zee said.
She used a food processor to pulp the fibers and a paper press to sift through the pulp and form sheets. The sheets were then dried with a hot press.
"The paper is really strong," Zee said. "I think that's just a property of the hops, just by the characteristic of the fibers, they have this kind of zigzag pattern and they're really strong."
ATD student Maggie Zee is researching alternative uses for hops bine.
Zee worked with Professor Armando McDonald to research different methods for extracting the fiber from hops bine.
Hops Waste to Fiber
University of Idaho student Maggie Zee researches how to turn hops byproduct into a useable fiber for textiles.
A Source for Textiles
Making paper was just the first step in the project. Now the team is investigating the use of the fibers as a textile source with help from U of I's College of Science.
Brian Petty, scientific instrument maker in the Department of Physics, fabricated a decortication machine that strips off the bark so that Zee can extract the fibers. The machine is based on similar designs used for extracting fibers from hemp plants.
"It's something that we thought would be the best fit for our product and we can use it for other bast fibers if we wanted to research other things," Zee said. "It seemed like this was the most practical machine to create."
The hops bine is fed into the machine and paddles break off the bark and strip it so that only fibers remain. From there, Zee combs the fibers and spins them together to create a yarn.
Zee worked with Ashley Hale, special projects coordinator with Yakima Chief Ranches, to source longer strands of bine and hopes to create clothing items as part of her senior capstone project.
"For me and for our company, because sustainability is such a huge aspect, this student is doing something really cool and we want to support her," Hale said. "I think using hop waste in an alternative way is a really cool project to get behind.
"If she does find a way to turn it into a textile, I think our growers all the way to our brewing customers would really like something made with a certain percentage of hops waste. I think the opportunities are endless."
Yakima Chief Ranches may use the hops paper as bottle labels, coasters or packaging.
"If more people can get on board with using their byproduct towards a renewable product, it seems like we'd be able to become more sustainable in our practices and have locally sourced materials to create endless amounts of things," Zee said. "That's ultimately my goal."
A decortication machine was built for the project, featuring paddles that strip off the bark from the hops bine.
1 of 5: After the hops have been dried, Zee soaks them in a water solution to soften.
2 of 5: Zee feeds the hops bine through the decortication machine to strip the bark, revealing the fiber.
3 of 5: After the decortication machine strips the bark, Zee combs the remaining material to further extract the fiber.
4 of 5: After combing, Zee is left with short, coarse strands.
5 of 5: Zee spins the hops fiber into a yarn at the ATD product development studio.
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A New Career
Zee happened upon apparel, textiles and design by chance after earning a bachelor's degree in geology from SUNY Potsdam and spending nine years working in various seasonal fisheries and natural resources jobs.
"I was sick of the seasonal, but I was also feeling very tired of doing the same thing over and over again and feeling like a cog in the wheel and not seeing the end result of the field work I was doing," she said. "I started playing around with different art forms and trying to get back in touch with my creative side."
Zee was a ski and snowboard instructor at Brundage Mountain in McCall when inspiration hit — designing clothing for jobs and activities that she loved to do.
"I never thought of myself as someone that is fashionable," she said. "I was just trying to look for something different. Another catalyst was that I had been working so many jobs outside in the field and never found any clothes that really fit. I came into this program trying to change that with better fitting clothes for women. Fashion is not my end goal, function is."
Zee met with Lori Wahl, instructor in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, and after touring facilities on the Moscow campus, decided to make the career change.
"It's hard making that decision when you're already in debt from your first degree and going back for another bachelor's degree," she said. "It was just something that I felt I needed to do because if not now, then I'd never do it."
Zee's research project has also led her to plans for her next career — a business creating women's outdoor clothing that fits, is functional and — potentially — made from hops.
"If I am successful in making hops into a woven textile then I would like to be my own supplier for my own clothing company," she said. "Much like vertical integration, I like the overarching holistic idea of creating a more sustainable fashion industry with the production of textiles from locally sourced fibers into a wearable garment."
Article by Amy Calabretta, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Photos by Joe Pallen, University Communications and Marketing
Video by Kara Billington, University Communications and Marketing
Published in November 2020
Apparel, textiles and design, B.S.
Student research, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences


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On Friday evening, August 26, 2005 at 8:20 pm., our Sister Rose McGrale, 94 years of age, slipped away into new life. Rose died at Maryknoll in Residential Care IV surrounded by friends who had kept faithful vigil for several days.
Rose M. McGrale was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 6, 1911, the eldest of three children. When Rose was ten years old her mother died, and two years later her father. Their mother's final request was that the children be kept together and it was two aunts who saw to it that the wish was carried out. When Rose was a little girl, one day as she and her mother were passing a church her mother asked her if she would like to go in and see God. Rose replied "yes" but was disappointed when she didn't see God. "However," she explained years later, "God made his presence known by his care of us," during those childhood years.
After graduating from Milton High School in 1929 Rose worked at Columbian National Life Insurance and at C.H. Graves Co. in Boston. She entered Maryknoll on June 9, 1937, from St. Mary of the Hills Parish in Milton, Massachusetts. As a young woman she felt that nuns should "get with it" and says that she had to wait until God showed her Maryknoll before she could think of being a religious. At Reception Rose received the name Sr. Rose Karen. She made her First Vows on January 6, 1940 and her Final Vows the same date three years later, both at Maryknoll, New York.
Rose worked in the Maryknoll Society Secretariat for a few years before being assigned in 1944 to California where she did catechetical work in San Juan Bautista and Guadalupe. This was the beginning of a long teaching career which took Rose to the Philippines, to Irvington, New York, and eventually to Japan.
For 25 years, from 1947-1973, Rose served in the Philippines, as teacher, administrator, and principal at Maryknoll Sisters' schools, in Manila, in Lipa, and at Notre Dame of Dulawan in Datu Piang, Cotabato. She described her five years at Dulawan as a semi-cloistered life where God was present in a special way. Rose helped to open a school at Santo Tomas in Davao, served at Pakil in Laguna and at Maryknoll High School in Quezon City where she taught and was on the administrative board of the high school. She taught Scripture at the Sisters' Formation Institute in Manila and served as Directress of St. James Academy at Malabon. Her renewal trip in 1955 was historic in that she and Sister Cecilia Wood were the first Maryknoll Sisters in the Philippines to travel by plane, flying from Manila to Guam, on to Honolulu, then San Francisco and finally to New York.
Rose earned a Bachelor of Education degree from Maryknoll Teachers College and a Master of Arts in Theology from Manhattan College, New York. She was proud to have taught every grade from Kindergarten through High School, and adults as well. Some of her subjects were Algebra, Science, English, English as a Second Language, Religion, and Scripture. She loved to play bridge and to read, and read, and read! Professionally competent in her field of religious education she was always on the lookout for new articles, books and above all, ideas. She was a leader who knew how to delegate.
Due to illness, Rose had to return to Maryknoll in 1973 and she would not be able to return to the Philippines. She worked in the Development Department, as Supervisor of Direct Mail for four years, and from 1977-81 was CCD coordinator at Immaculate Conception Parish in Irvington, New York.
Rose, at the age of 70, was delighted at the opportunity to go to Japan where the Sisters welcomed her with open arms. The year was 1981. In Kyoto Rose studied Japanese and taught English.
Twelve happy years later, feeling it was time for rest, prayer and reflection, Rose left Japan and returned to Maryknoll, New York. She worked in Treasury. When her health necessitated a move to Assisted Living and then in 2000 to Residential Care IV her ministry was to pray for Japan.
Sisters describe Rose as spunky and gentle, wise and a treasure. We offer our condolences to her family and welcome Maryknoll Father Thomas Pesaresi who will lead us in the Liturgy of Christian Burial, to celebrate this spunky treasure, a gift to Maryknoll and to mission for 68 years.


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The threat of (Jewish) terrorism Larry Derfner - +972 ""Surprising as it sounds, the IDF and Israel Police both figure that the greatest danger at the moment is not from the Palestinian side, but from the Jewish side. 'Price tag' operations by settler extremists are spreading. Eight mosques have been attacked in the last two weeks with no arrests of any culprits being made. The Shin Bet stands helpless in the face of these events. While the Palestinian leadership is calling for restraint, Jewish extremists are fanning the flames, which are liable to sweep thousands of Arabs up on both sides of the Green Line."This is the danger – and the failure. It is keeping senior security officials awake at night." ca 23/9/2011
Qalandiya, Tue 20.9.11, Morning Drora P., Ina F.- Machsom Watch "The pace of progress through the five checking stations was so slow this morning that it's hard to avoid the feeling, given today`s date, that the long wait to transit the checkpoint was designed as punishment of the population for the Palestinian Authority's upcoming moves at the United Nations." ca 23/9/2011
Arab schools protest Israeli curriculum changes Reuters - Ma`an - "We received today a book for the fourth grade titled: "We Think, We Express". All the writers featured in this book are Israeli. (...) This is the first step towards erasing everything that is Palestinian in this city [East Jerusalem]," Lafi added. 20/9/2011
IDF: Palestinian Kindergarten 'Terror Center' Richard Silverstein - Tikun Olam "Sixty-four kindergarten children in the Abu Tor neighborhood of Jerusalem are sitting at home though their classes were due to begin Sunday. The police commissioner sealed their building for security reasons." ca 9/9/2011
Muslim workers at Israel`s Hebrew University forced to work on Ramadan Haaretz - Oz Rosenberg "More than 50 employees of the Mikud Group who live in East Jerusalem and nearby villages were required to work despite the holiday, which ran from Tuesday through Thursday. Employees told Haaretz that, in addition to having to work those days, they did not receive the 150-percent overtime pay that is mandated by law for work on religious holidays." ca 2/9/2011


Use this document to help you define a consistent strategy for backing up the products of the Robot Automated Operations Solution.
Using these procedures to back up your Robot products can benefit you in multiple ways.
Reduces down time for the Robot products.
Speeds up the process through the use of save while active processing.
Simplifies use because you can enter these procedures directly into the Robot Save backup set panels.
You must end the product being backed up before executing the save command.
The save-while-active feature will be used to capture any active files.
You still need to review your backups for locked objects. Save-while-active is not always a guarantee that all objects are backed up.
Save to a Save file will be used instead of saving directly to tape. This prevents the backup from waiting for a tape mount that could occur if you write directly to tape.
Try to avoid having to end all the products for a backup. If you plan to back up all Robot products, you can use the RBTSLEEPER shutdown command RSLSHUTDWN to end all products running in the RBTSLEEPER subsystem, and then end the subsystem.
SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) will back up all of the Robot products. This may be your best choice.
All the Robot products except for Robot Autotune need RBTSYSLIB backed up.
Note: A number of the commands shown in this document are too long to fit on one line. However, this document is set up so that if you copy the entire command, it will paste correctly on one line.
If you do a SAVLIB LIB(*NONSYS) once a month, that may be the only backup of the Robot products that you need. Many customers treat these products like the operating system. Once installed and operating on a daily basis, the products do not change that much. The exception is the report data for Robot Reports, and that is backed up as you archive to long-term storage. The short-term and online data are backed up only by following the procedures described in the Robot Reports section below.
The device/controller/line definition objects actually are stored in the QSYS library. These objects are backed up by your SAVSYS or SAVCFG operations.
The Robot Alert library is saved to a save file so that no tape mounts are required during the backup. Remember, Robot Alert is not able to send a pager or email message during the backup to alert you to mount a tape.
These commands end the ATMONITOR subsystem and all jobs running in the subsystem.
Note: If you're using dynamic pools, you must wait for the jobs in the dynamic pools to end before continuing.
Many customers use Robot Autotune to control system performance during save operations. If you're using dynamic pools and enter the CNLAT command, you should allow time for any jobs running in dynamic pools to finish. You cannot get a complete backup of ATLIB if jobs still are running in the ATMONITOR subsystem.
Performing a RSTLIB of a Robot Autotune backup, either at a hot site or a recovery site, will probably result in problems. Because a hot site will have a different memory pool configuration and total main storage than your system, you should perform a new install of Robot Autotune at the hot site.
The Performance Factors and Control Values report contains detailed information on your Robot Autotune setup. This is your best tool for recovery. Keep a copy of the report along with your installation CD (or DVD) in off-site storage as a record of your setup values. Select option 6 from the Auto Tune Reporting Menu to print a copy of the report.
If individual PCs are still running Robot Client, executing the RCLENDMON command does not unlock the data queue for each client. These data queues exist in the library RBTRCLLIB. You do not need to be concerned about these data queues. The PC job will recreate the data queue if it does not exist.
This process does not back up the Robot Client PC software. You don't have to worry about this. We recommend that you just register the PC again to Robot Client if you lose a disk on a PC. Keep a copy of the software in a shared folder or on a file server.
Note: This is optional. You only need to back up RBCMRGLIB if you are using the import/export feature of Robot Console.
Message queue locks will still occur if interactive users are signed on while backups are running. This isn't a problem as long as the locked message queues have the following naming convention: RBCQ999999, where 999999 equals the IBM i job number that the user signed on with. These message queues are recreated every time the user executes the RBCSTRQ command in an interactive sign on.
You must save the RBTROLLIB library if you perform object list backups (saving selected objects in libraries, documents, or IFS files).
and attach the RBTCPALIB/JAJRNRA journal receiver.
You may need to do all, or only some, of these steps when recovering Robot CPA. You may find that the operating system information was not properly backed up or that your hot site does not have this information turned on.
You should also periodically save each Product Master library. These libraries contain history and product setup data.
You should back up RBTSYSLIB at the same time that you back up Robot Network to ensure compatibility upon restore of the operating system.
The Product Master libraries only need to be backed up if you're using them. Sometimes these libraries are never used by the Robot Network user, even though they're loaded during the Robot Network installation.
The archive process should be run at least weekly. This purges old reports automatically and reduces the amount of backup data.
RBTREPLIB can exceed the maximum size for backup on the IBM i. This is an IBM limitation. Running the archive process and purging old history helps prevent your save job from running into this problem.
Do not define new reports while the backup is running. We do save-while-active to capture the data, but if a report is added after the save starts it will not be part of the backup.
Robot Save uses four libraries: RBSDTALIB, RBSKEYLIB, RBSPGMLIB, and RBSTMPLIB. Be aware of the following to ensure that Robot Save is backed up properly.
RBSDTALIB contains backup setup, volume tracking, and guided system restoration information; and library archive data. The RBSDTALIB library is saved automatically after each backup and is the last library on the tape.
Note: If you're running concurrent saves, RBSDTALIB is saved on the tape used by the last save to complete.
RBSKEYLIB is used by Robot Save 11 if encryption has been enabled. The library contains encryption keys (in encrypted format) for all backup sets where a save history exists. RBSKEYLIB is saved automatically after each backup just before RBSDTALIB.
The RBSPGMLIB library contains all the object-level archive information. This information is especially important if you save, and need to restore, Robot Corral object lists. The object-level archive is created by the RBSARCHIVE job that runs automatically after each backup completes. Thus, RBSPGMLIB contains object-level archive information only after the RBSARCHIVE job completes.
Note: RBSPGMLIB is always saved to a save file and then to tape using the SLSD save code.
RBSTMPLIB is created automatically by Robot Save during the save process. You do not need to back up this library. If the library is deleted, Robot Save automatically recreates it when needed.
RBSKEYLIB and RBSDTALIB are backed up automatically every time someone executes a backup through Robot Save.
RBSTMPLIB does not need to be backed up.
RBSPGMLIB cannot be backed up if another Robot Save backup job is running.
Back up the Robot Corral library, RBTROLLIB, if you're doing object list backups.
You don't need to end the Robot Save monitor jobs prior to saving the Robot Save libraries.
When restoring Robot Save to a new system, be sure to restore RBTSYSLIB first. Then, restore RBSDTALIB, RBSPGMLIB, and RBSKEYLIB in that order.
If Robot Schedule is being backed up, then RBTSYSLIB should be backed up as well. See the RBTSYSLIB section below for instructions.
Note: The Robot Transform library and directories are also saved during a full system backup.
To back up the Robot Browser Interface, you must end the web server and save the RBTPORLIB library.
On a PC where the Robot Browser Interface is running as a service, display the Task Manager and manually end the service called Robot Browser Interface.
On a PC where the Robot Browser Interface is running as an application, go to: Start/Programs/HelpSystems/Robot Browser Interface/Stop Browser.
If Robot Schedule is being backed up, then RBTSYSLIB should be backed up as well.
You must end the RBTSLEEPER subsystem to back up RBTSYSLIB.