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The Pop Playlister
Single Spotlight: Mangoseed – Alternative Facts
funk, Punk, Reggae, Rock
With all the countless genre mashing and fusing that takes place each year in the music industry it's very hard to find anything that truly surprises, that is truly 'novel'. Mangoseed is a collective that pays no attention to such limitations and, instead, prefers to break them. Neatly carving their way between the worlds of rock, ska, funk, punk and jungle music, with dashes of colour from numerous cultures from Trinidadian to Irish, the band has produced a wonder to behold in the form of their lead single 'Alternative Facts' from latest LP 'Dreamers'.
As a general overview, 'Alternative Facts' acts as a fantastic introductory handshake to the remainder of the record's 11 tracks with an enigmatic and dark soundscape replete with punchy bass assaults and reggae-styled vocals whilst delivering the band's political undertones through their voice box of Nicholai La Barrie.
Moments like the track's intro, which wastes no time in setting the tone for this gritty-yet-funky banger, or the electronic breakdown that shatters the groove of the track's latter stages really cement the track in both long and short term memory for an experience that refuses to be forgotten.
The maturity evident in the band's songwriting and the diversity that punctuates it is indicative of the band's own diverse makeup with each member's occupational status being just that varied. Nicholai works as the Hammersmith Theatre's Resident Director, guitarist/vocalist Karlos Coleman doubles as a Court Clerk, drummer Sam Campbell works as a Studio manager whilst bassist Richard Hardy dabbled as a parkour mentor. It comes as no surprise, then, as to how a track like 'Alternative Facts' is grand example of originality.
This track serves as the deserving gateway to the rest of Dreamers' eclectic numbers and, for anyone oblivious to Mangoseed's fine work, a worthy first impression for all. If you look out for one band in the future, make it these guys.
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December 22, 2021 December 22, 2021 Admin Tagged reggae, review
Single Review: Love Is In The Air – Rachel Davie Lee
Not many would dare challenge the namesake of the John Paul Young classic, but in the case of rising R&B renegade Rachel Davie Lee there's no doubt that there's room for the two heavyweights to co-exist.
Unlike the piano-led belter that most will resonate such a name with, Rachel Davie Lee heads in a more stripped back direction, flirting with flattering electronics and soft, steady percussion for a more meditated interpretation of what a 'banger' can be.
With a background as a Compliance Officer and a family filled with industry professionals and entrepreneurs, the track is a well-needed respite for an artist in need of a creative outlet and Lee's performance on 'Love Is In The Air' consequently pulls no punches. On the track's hook, especially, the vocals take a new life as Lee's delivery comes lurching through the speakers and filling the walls – it's a spacious soundscape that does more than enough to highlight the artist's standout vocals.
This, combined with the track's smooth rhythms and good pacing, makes an indelible hit that is beyond a mere 'good' first impression. In fact, as the lead track from Lee's debut EP 'Barely Concealed', you'd have to be a fool to not run the entire project cover to cover…multiple times. Most crucially, however, Lee established herself in the crowded R&B market, refusing to allow any influences to consume her own identity and, instead, carve out a well-deserved future within the industry.
'Love Is In The Air' is a sign of what is to come for this world-class wonder – put your ear to the floor and keep it there because great things are coming.
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November 8, 2021 November 8, 2021 Admin Tagged music, rachel davie lee, review
Sophie Kilburn Releases Incredible Debut Indie-Pop EP 'My Room Made Public'
Music News, New Music
Sophie Kilburn drops her EP 'My Room Made Public', an edgy and impressive indie-pop debut that has received widespread acclaim and is available everywhere now.
London based but born in Derbyshire, Sophie's music is introspective and gritty. Each track brings into focus a new subject, be it romantic relationships ('Movements'), mental health issues ('I'm In Love With My Therapist'), pressures of ambition ('Ruthless') or identity crisis ('Under the Heat'). The production is guitar-based with pounding drum machines giving a nostalgic feel, powered through with catchy hooks and strong vocals. It is in the successful alt-pop bracket as HAIM or Soccer Mommy and wouldn't seem out of place supporting either.
"With My Room Made Public, I wanted to create a body of work that is an emotionally open and honest introduction to me as an artist and the songs I write. At the end of the day, I just want to bring emotional comfort and make people want to fight for what they want out of life, find themselves in their own way and to never settle for something that hurts them. I guess I am trying to do that for myself too, but there is always strength in numbers."
Garnering much support from publications including Complex, BBC Introducing and XS Noize, while Clash called her "something special". Without a doubt, Sophie Kilburn is a very exciting musical prospect and 'My Room Made Public' an example of her prodigious talent.
For her full EP, listen HERE.
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September 17, 2021 September 17, 2021 Admin Tagged Alternative, Indie-Pop, new EP, new music, review
Sintra recreates a dynamic club energy with his debut original single 'Break'
Alternative, Electronic, Lo-Fi, New Music, New Release, pop, Review, Weird-Pop
Straight out of Nashville, DJ and Producer Dennis Mongan, also known as Sintra, brings the masses a rich mix of electronic and cool pop tones in the form of 'Break'. After discovering the joys of electronic-based music Bonnaroo music festival, his curiosity spiralled into creating his distinct sound, a boiling pot of various influences and scenes that culminate into an addictive new take on the long-lived genre.
Bass-heavy and driven with impressive control, 'Break' incorporates electronic signature tropes as it builds behind a smooth vocal performance, only to spill into energetic layers that conjure up images of a dark lit club bathed in LED lights. The track is effective as it encourages listeners to let go and feel the music, demonstrating Sintra's ability as an artist to create a response that goes far beyond a foot tap.
"Break is about being caught in a bad romance. There's frustration but there comes a point when you decide to stop caring and just enjoy yourself. That's the energy I wanted to capture." – Sintra
Bold in its production and unapologetic in its style, 'Break' stands out from the crowd of mass-produced electronic-based tracks, a common trend in music culture currently, due to its complimenting layers, consistent builds without becoming repetitive and vibrant soundscape it creates. Overall, Sintra establishes himself as someone to watch, with the ability to create catchy tracks that don't skimp out on the soul; he has the talent to go far, and listeners should be thankful we're here for the ride.
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August 20, 2021 August 20, 2021 monkjackblog Tagged Break, Dennis Mongan, electro-pop, Electronic, music video, review, single, Sintra
LOR brings dark-pop elegance from Toronto to the masses with debut single, 'Used To'
Alt-Pop, Alternative, female singer, Indie-Pop, New Music, New Release, pop, Pop Music, R&B, Review, Singer-Songwriter
Dropped July 23rd, 'Used To' is a sinfully rich dark pop single, overflowing with style and R&B influences; the track is the perfect introduction to Toronto based singer LOR and her refreshing authenticity.
Official Music Video // Directed By: Sanjeev Kugan
A clean and straightforward piano-led instrumental is enriched with LOR's distinct vocals as she croons about an unfulfilling relationship and flawed romance. Whilst the topic is effortlessly relatable, LOR manages to take ownership of it and not only infuse her musical spin but honest and deep cutting lyricism to keep the track mature and fully realised. This isn't a breakup song; more, it is a recounting of how being lost in 'love' can keep you from finding yourself or your self-worth.
Using her vulnerability to radiate control, LOR takes a sour experience and turns it into audio magic, turning pain into power and demonstrating her skills as a lyricist and creative force. 'Used to' combats broken promises with smooth melodies, ethereal harmonies and certain vocal runs that will give you goosebumps every time. Coming in just under three and a half minutes, the track is all-encompassing and doesn't waste a second, keeping a solid pace and bursting with a bittersweet narrative.
"Used to is about being in a relationship with someone who constantly lets you down but knows how to make it up to you every time, just enough that you don't have the guts to walk away." – LOR
'Used to' is available for streaming now, why not listen below?
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August 13, 2021 August 13, 2021 monkjackblog Tagged Dark-Pop, Debut Single, LOR, music video, pop, review, singer songwriter, single, Used To
Mokita & slenderbodies bring you the soundtrack for your summer in the form of 'speeding up'
Alt-Pop, Electronic, indie, Indie-Pop, Lo-Fi, New Music, pop, Review, Singer-Songwriter
Released July 2nd, 'Speeding Up' is the newest indie-pop collaboration between Mokita and the electro-indie duo slenderbodies. The track is a cohesive 'bop' that merges dreamy ambient pop tropes with a full sounding instrumental, producing a chilled out catchy arrangement that will fuel a montage worthy summer.
The artists have a combined 3.4 million monthly Spotify listeners respectively, and that number is more than well earned as they create stunning pieces filled with indie-electric pop excellence as separate artists. Dropped July 2nd, 'speeding up' is just over three minutes long but doesn't waste a single second. With R&B-esq vocals smoothly weaving their way through an upbeat backing, the track feels straight from a movie and creates a listening experience that can only be described as ethereal. With each artist blending their signature styles effortlessly, the audience is invited to sit back and enjoy, as the unhurried single expertly takes them on a rich-sounding adventure.
Mokita, otherwise known as John-Luke Carter, is a singer/songwriter/producer from Nashville who excels in refreshingly honest storytelling and brutally beautiful pop music. Having worked with the likes of Stand Atlantic and American Football (and so many more), and his catalogue has 400+ Million Streams on Spotify alone and 12.9 Million streams on Apple Music, Carter is a force to be reckoned with. His willingness to bear all for his art is not only commendable, but set's him apart from the rest of the pop pack due to a blatant authenticity that cannot be ignored.
On the other side of the coin, slenderbodies are a duo steeped in electro-indie pop that formed in 2016. With a discography of 'low-key pop', they consistently create whimsical soundscapes accompanied with soft grounding vocals. Their 2021 album 'are we?' is an excellent collection of songs that perfectly show off not only their style but skill too.
Overall, 'speeding up' is a great collaborative effort that deserves to be played at max volume whilst speeding down a dirt track in the heat of a post lockdown summer. Both slenderbodies and Mokita have brought their best to the single, and it shows.
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August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 monkjackblog Tagged Ambient pop, American Football, collab, Collaboration, Indie-Pop, Mokita, review, slenderbodies, speeding up, Stand Atlantic
Review: Bare Jam's New Single 'Fish Bowl' Offers Something New
From the collective that have produced hearty songs filled with an unapologetic mix of pop, soul, brass and ska like Ebb's & Flows, Strange Mind and Cold Treats, in the lead up to the 2019 release of their new album, Bare Jams have treated us to one of their best songs yet. With a drum heavy, brass lead breakdown throughout, Fish Bowl really brings something new to the table in contrast to their previous songs. By supplying heavier bass, a section of psychedelic sounds and a grand finale of brass and vocals that can best compared with Madness and Gentleman's Dub Club, Bare Jam's latest single epitomises a walk-in, feel good tune.
Founded as a busking duo in 2011 by vocals/guitarist Ollie and drums/percussionist Sam, Bare Jams quickly grew into the 8-person phenomenon that it is today. With their mark first truly being made when their first ep Rigglet was released in 2014, they now drive their van 'Linda Dotty Vagabond' from show to show, providing big energy and good vibes at every appearance. Having completed their recent 2-week tour of the UK and Europe this year, the band have supported the likes of Chainska Brassika, The Wailers and Will & The People, with 2018 seeing them play at festivals such as Boomtown and Curious Yellow Weekend.
With their new album release on the 2019 horizon, Bare Jams are to be looked out for if the rest of the album is even an ounce as infectious as tasters Ebb's & Flows and Fish Bowl.
Written by Olivia Kelly (Twitter: @OliviaKelly57)
December 7, 2018 Admin Tagged new music, pop, review, Ska, Soul
'Ready And Waiting' by Becca B (review)
pop, Urban
Becca B has created quite a sound with her new single 'Ready and Waiting'. The song is addictive and as good as R'n'B gets. The singer from Nottinhamshire is definitely about to embark upon an exciting ride in the music industry. With an interlude from rapper MceBisi the song is smooth and chilled out and the perfect tune to settle down and loosen up to. After having concentrated more on rock/pop in the past, it seems that Becca has made the right decision in pursuing an R'n'B sound. It matches her voice perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kWHkGrkvlw
February 18, 2016 Admin Tagged Becca B, MceBisi, Ready And Waiting, review, RnB
Warme – 'New Man' (Review)
indie, Rock 'N' Roll
As with so many songs that have been inspired by drug addiction, Warme's new single 'New Man' is underlined by a sombre atmosphere which is ultimately lifted because this is not a song about resignation but one about strength – the strength to overcome one of most horrific addictions ever. Based on a true story of one of the band members, Warme have painted a strikingly honest and personal picture of a life experience that has required endurance and the motivation to get better. The band that usually composes catchy rock'n'roll songs has demonstrated here that they are capable of so much more than good riffs.
February 11, 2016 Admin Tagged New Man, review, Warme
BRING ME SUNSHINE – Ashleigh Wood
A 1970s comedy duo seems an unlikely inspiration for a 22-year-old singer-songwriter, but, for Ashleigh Wood, Morecambe & Wise are close to her heart. Ashleigh hails from Morecambe, in Lancashire, and now she has paid tribute to the hometown of legendary comic Eric by releasing a cover of the track made famous by the duo.
Ashleigh is already well-known in the North West – she has gained approval from BBC Lancashire's John 'Gilly' Gilmore, and performed at the local football clubs as well as events festivals in the area – and is set to capture the hearts of the rest of the country.
The song has since been featured on national radio and featured on adverts from the likes of Cadbury, Nescafe and P&O Cruises. 'Bring Me Sunshine' is full of joy, and if someone doesn't bring the sunshine to Ashleigh, she is sure to bring it to us.
'Bring Me Sunshine' will be released on August 24th.
Ashleigh Wood
August 7, 2015 Admin Tagged Asheigh Wood, Bring me sunshine, review


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Felipe VI de Valois (en francés: Philippe VI de Valois), llamado el "rey encontrado" (Fontainebleau, 17 de noviembre de  1293-Nogent-le-Roi, 22 de agosto de 1350), rey de Francia (1328-1350), nieto de Felipe III el Atrevido, sobrino de Felipe IV el Hermoso, e hijo del conde Carlos de Valois y de Margarita de Anjou y Maine. Primer rey de Francia de la rama Valois de la dinastía de los Capetos.

Biografía
Obtuvo el dominio sobre diversos territorios, incluido Valois, cuando se convirtió en regente de Francia tras la muerte, ocurrida en 1328, de su primo hermano Carlos IV de Francia, último rey de la dinastía de los Capetos.

Felipe fue coronado ese mismo año en Reims, a pesar de que su sobrino Eduardo III de Inglaterra (nieto de Felipe IV el Hermoso) también pretendiera el trono francés. Se convirtió en el primer monarca de la Casa de Valois.

Ese mismo año, también, aplastó una rebelión popular en Flandes.

En 1349, compró el señorío de Montpellier a Jaime III de Mallorca, poniendo fin al dominio aragonés y mallorquín en la ciudad.

Consideraciones genealógicas
Era hijo de Carlos de Valois (1270-1325), hermano menor de Felipe IV el Hermoso, y, por consiguiente, primo de los tres hijos de este que se sucedieron en el trono de Francia. A la muerte de su primo hermano Carlos IV el Hermoso, en 1328 y en ausencia de un heredero varón, fue reconocido como rey de Francia. Esta sucesión, cuestionada por Eduardo III de Inglaterra, nieto de Felipe IV el Hermoso por su madre Isabel, la Loba de Francia, fue la principal causa de la guerra de los Cien Años.

El domingo 29 de mayo de 1328, Felipe de Valois fue consagrado en Reims por el arzobispo Guillermo de Trie. Como duque de Aquitania, Eduardo III, sin embargo, par de Francia y sobrino segundo del nuevo rey, no asistió a la ceremonia.

Al no ser descendiente y heredero de los reyes de Navarra como sus predecesores, Felipe VI restituye el reino de Navarra a su heredera legítima, Juana II de Navarra (1311-1349), hija de Luis X el Obstinado, en compensación por su renuncia a la corona de Francia, el rey Felipe VI incorporó los condados de Champaña y Brie al dominio real francés y otorgó a cambio a los reyes de Navarra los condados de Angulema y Mortain.

La guerra de los Cien Años

Eduardo III de Inglaterra era nieto por parte de madre de Felipe IV el Hermoso. Por lo tanto, al morir todos los hijos sin descendientes del rey Felipe, la corona podría pasar a manos de los reyes ingleses como descendientes de Isabel, hija de Felipe IV y esposa de Eduardo II. Para evitar esto, en la Asamblea de Vincennes de 1328 se declara la eliminación de la sucesión femenina y la herencia a través de las mujeres. En consecuencia, el rey Eduardo III de Inglaterra no podría reclamar la corona francesa.

La corona pasó, pues, a Felipe de Valois como Felipe VI. Felipe VI deseaba recuperar el ducado de Guyena, que formaba parte del reino de Francia, pero que era una posesión del rey de Inglaterra. Eduardo III reivindica la corona de Francia, lo que provoca la guerra de los Cien Años en 1337.

Entonces el rey de Francia confisca Guyena y pone en marcha una estrategia de bloqueo marítimo para hacer replegarse a Eduardo III (Inglaterra dependía mayormente del comercio de los vinos del sur de Francia, de las importaciones de sal de Bretaña y de Poitou, así como de las exportaciones de lana hacia Flandes). Los franceses y sus mercenarios genoveses pierden el dominio marítimo en la batalla de La Esclusa en 1340, en Sluys (Países Bajos).

A la muerte del duque Juan III de Bretaña en abril de 1341, estalló la Guerra de sucesión bretona entre Juan de Montfort y Carlos de Blois por el gobierno del ducado. Felipe VI arbitró en favor de su sobrino, Carlos de Blois, mientras que Juan de Montfort buscó apoyo en Inglaterra. Tropas inglesas desembarcaron en Brest en 1342 y ocuparon el este de Bretaña hasta el año 1397.

Los ingleses se volvieron una amenaza, lo que impulsó a David II de Escocia a invadir Inglaterra por el norte, que debía estar poco defendido, dado que Eduardo III preparaba una invasión a Francia por el sur. David II fue vencido en la batalla de Neville's Cross en octubre de 1346.

Eduardo III desembarca en el continente en 1346. Su armada es numéricamente muy inferior a la de Felipe VI, que puede contar con su poderosa caballería. Eduardo opta por la estrategia de pillaje que caracteriza a las cabalgatas inglesas, y Felipe VI lo persigue y lo alcanza en Crécy-en-Ponthieu. Las cargas frontales de la caballería francesa son disgregadas por la lluvia de flechas disparadas por los arqueros galeses protegidos con una cortina de estacas (los caballos no iban protegidos en esa época). Fue una aplastante victoria inglesa que puso en cuestión el supuesto halo de invencibilidad de la nobleza francesa (la nobleza debía justificar el origen divino de su poder por sus victorias heroicas conseguidas en un combate frontal cuerpo a cuerpo).

Tras vencer en Crécy, Eduardo III asedia Calais sin que Felipe se atreva a enfrentarlo directamente, abandonando la ciudad, que seguirá siendo inglesa hasta 1558. Felipe VI firma finalmente una tregua con Eduardo III que duraría hasta la muerte de Felipe.

Felipe VI devaluó la moneda, se endeudó y estableció onerosos impuestos, en particular la gabela sobre la sal, para hacer frente a los elevados costos de la guerra.

Balance
Felipe VI muere en 1350, y el balance de su reinado se caracteriza por una serie de fracasos rotundos.

La aparición de la peste negra en 1348 obligó a ambos contendientes a una larga tregua, pero el reino de Francia, muy desestabilizado, entró en una fase de revueltas que llevó a la guerra civil a inicios del año 1358.

Matrimonios
En julio de 1313, Felipe de Valois se casó en primeras nupcias con Juana de Borgoña (1293-1348), hija de Roberto II de Borgoña (1248-1306), duque de Borgoña y rey titular de Tesalónica, y de Inés de Francia (1260-1325). De dicha unión nacieron ocho hijos:

 Juan el Bueno (1319-1364), quien se convirtió en rey de Francia con el nombre de Juan II (1350-1364)
 María (1326-1333), muerta a los siete años, pero casada con Juan de Brabante, hijo del heredero de Juan III de Brabante.
 Luis (17 de enero de 1328 - id.)
 Luis (8 de junio de 1330 - 23 de junio de 1330)
 Juan (1333 - id.)
 Felipe (1336-1375), conde de Valois y primer duque de Orleans (1344-1375)
 Juana (1337 - id.)
 N... (1343 - id.).

Enviudó de Juana de Borgoña el 12 de septiembre de 1348 y se casó en Brie-Comte-Robert en segundas nupcias, el 19 de enero o 29 de enero de 1349 (según las fuentes), con Blanca de Navarra (1333-1398), llamada Blanca de Évreux. Hija de Felipe III (1301-1343) y Juana II (1311-1349), reyes de Navarra. De esta unión nació una hija póstuma:

 Juana Blanca (1351-1371), fue prometida en matrimonio a Juan I de Aragón (1350-1395), entonces duque de Gerona, y posterior rey de Aragón, pero murió durante el viaje.

Ascendencia

Referencias

Enlaces externos

  Généalogie de Philippe VI.
  (en francés)

Valois, Felipe
Reyes de Francia de la dinastía Valois
Reyes de Francia del siglo XIV
Valois, Felipe
Condes de Maine
Regentes de Navarra

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PART 63 - NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES
Subpart F - National Emission Standards for Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
§ 63.101 Definitions.
40 CFR § 63.101 - Definitions.
(a) The following terms as used in subparts F, G, and H of this part shall have the meaning given them in subpart A of this part: Act, actual emissions, Administrator, affected source, approved permit program, commenced, compliance date, construction, continuous monitoring system, continuous parameter monitoring system, effective date, emission standard, emissions averaging, EPA, equivalent emission limitation, existing source, Federally enforceable, fixed capital cost, hazardous air pollutant, lesser quantity, major source, malfunction, new source, owner or operator, performance evaluation, performance test, permit program, permitting authority, reconstruction, relevant standard, responsible official, run, standard conditions, State, and stationary source.
(b) All other terms used in this subpart and subparts G and H of this part shall have the meaning given them in the Act and in this section. If the same term is defined in subpart A of this part and in this section, it shall have the meaning given in this section for purposes of subparts F, G, and H of this part.
Air oxidation reactor means a device or vessel in which air, or a combination of air and oxygen, is used as an oxygen source in combination with one or more organic reactants to produce one or more organic compounds. Air oxidation reactor includes the product separator and any associated vacuum pump or steam jet.
Batch operation means a noncontinuous operation in which a discrete quantity or batch of feed is charged into a unit operation within a chemical manufacturing process unit and processed at one time. Batch operation includes noncontinuous operations in which the equipment is fed intermittently or discontinuously. Addition of raw material and withdrawal of product do not occur simultaneously in a batch operation. After each batch operation, the equipment is generally emptied before a fresh batch is started.
Batch process vent means gaseous venting to the atmosphere from a batch operation.
Bottoms receiver means a tank that collects distillation bottoms before the stream is sent for storage or for further downstream processing.
By-product means a chemical that is produced coincidentally during the production of another chemical.
Chemical manufacturing process unit means the equipment assembled and connected by pipes or ducts to process raw materials and to manufacture an intended product. A chemical manufacturing process unit consists of more than one unit operation. For the purpose of this subpart, chemical manufacturing process unit includes air oxidation reactors and their associated product separators and recovery devices; reactors and their associated product separators and recovery devices; distillation units and their associated distillate receivers and recovery devices; associated unit operations; associated recovery devices; and any feed, intermediate and product storage vessels, product transfer racks, and connected ducts and piping. A chemical manufacturing process unit includes pumps, compressors, agitators, pressure relief devices, sampling connection systems, open-ended valves or lines, valves, connectors, instrumentation systems, and control devices or systems. A chemical manufacturing process unit is identified by its primary product.
Control device means any combustion device, recovery device, or recapture device. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to, absorbers, carbon adsorbers, condensers, incinerators, flares, boilers, and process heaters. For process vents (as defined in this section), recapture devices are considered control devices but recovery devices are not considered control devices. For a steam stripper, a primary condenser is not considered a control device.
Co-product means a chemical that is produced during the production of another chemical.
Distillate receiver means overhead receivers, overhead accumulators, reflux drums, and condenser(s) including ejector-condenser(s) associated with a distillation unit.
Distillation unit means a device or vessel in which one or more feed streams are separated into two or more exit streams, each exit stream having component concentrations different from those in the feed stream(s). The separation is achieved by the redistribution of the components between the liquid and the vapor phases by vaporization and condensation as they approach equilibrium within the distillation unit. Distillation unit includes the distillate receiver, reboiler, and any associated vacuum pump or steam jet.
Emission point means an individual process vent, storage vessel, transfer rack, wastewater stream, or equipment leak.
Equipment leak means emissions of organic hazardous air pollutants from a connector, pump, compressor, agitator, pressure relief device, sampling connection system, open-ended valve or line, valve, surge control vessel, bottoms receiver, or instrumentation system in organic hazardous air pollutant service as defined in § 63.161.
Ethylene process or ethylene process unit means a chemical manufacturing process unit in which ethylene and/or propylene are produced by separation from petroleum refining process streams or by subjecting hydrocarbons to high temperatures in the presence of steam. The ethylene process unit includes the separation of ethylene and/or propylene from associated streams such as a C4 product, pyrolysis gasoline, and pyrolysis fuel oil. The ethylene process does not include the manufacture of SOCMI chemicals such as the production of butadiene from the C4 stream and aromatics from pyrolysis gasoline.
Flexible operation unit means a chemical manufacturing process unit that manufactures different chemical products periodically by alternating raw materials or operating conditions. These units are also referred to as campaign plants or blocked operations.
Fuel gas means gases that are combusted to derive useful work or heat.
Fuel gas system means the offsite and onsite piping and flow and pressure control system that gathers gaseous stream(s) generated by onsite operations, may blend them with other sources of gas, and transports the gaseous stream for use as fuel gas in combustion devices or in in-process combustion equipment such as furnaces and gas turbines either singly or in combination.
Heat exchange system means any cooling tower system or once-through cooling water system (e.g., river or pond water). A heat exchange system can include more than one heat exchanger and can include an entire recirculating or once-through cooling system.
Impurity means a substance that is produced coincidentally with the primary product, or is present in a raw material. An impurity does not serve a useful purpose in the production or use of the primary product and is not isolated.
Initial start-up means the first time a new or reconstructed source begins production, or, for equipment added or changed as described in § 63.100 (l) or (m) of this subpart, the first time the equipment is put into operation. Initial start-up does not include operation solely for testing equipment. For purposes of subpart G of this part, initial start-up does not include subsequent start-ups (as defined in this section) of chemical manufacturing process units following malfunctions or shutdowns or following changes in product for flexible operation units or following recharging of equipment in batch operation. For purposes of subpart H of this part, initial start-up does not include subsequent start-ups (as defined in § 63.161 of subpart H of this part) of process units (as defined in § 63.161 of subpart H of this part) following malfunctions or process unit shutdowns.
Loading rack means a single system used to fill tank trucks and railcars at a single geographic site. Loading equipment and operations that are physically separate (i.e, do not share common piping, valves, and other equipment) are considered to be separate loading racks.
Maintenance wastewater means wastewater generated by the draining of process fluid from components in the chemical manufacturing process unit into an individual drain system prior to or during maintenance activities. Maintenance wastewater can be generated during planned and unplanned shutdowns and during periods not associated with a shutdown. Examples of activities that can generate maintenance wastewaters include descaling of heat exchanger tubing bundles, cleaning of distillation column traps, draining of low legs and high point bleeds, draining of pumps into an individual drain system, and draining of portions of the chemical manufacturing process unit for repair.
On-site or On site means, with respect to records required to be maintained by this subpart, that the records are stored at a location within a major source which encompasses the affected source. On-site includes, but is not limited to, storage at the chemical manufacturing process unit to which the records pertain, or storage in central files elsewhere at the major source.
Operating permit means a permit required by 40 CFR part 70 or 71.
Organic hazardous air pollutant or organic HAP means one of the chemicals listed in table 2 of this subpart.
Petroleum refining process, also referred to as a petroleum refining process unit, means a process that for the purpose of producing transportation fuels (such as gasoline and diesel fuels), heating fuels (such as fuel gas, distillate, and residual fuel oils), or lubricants separates petroleum or separates, cracks, or reforms unfinished derivatives. Examples of such units include, but are not limited to, alkylation units, catalytic hydrotreating, catalytic hydrorefining, catalytic hydrocracking, catalytic reforming, catalytic cracking, crude distillation, and thermal processes.
Plant site means all contiguous or adjoining property that is under common control, including properties that are separated only by a road or other public right-of-way. Common control includes properties that are owned, leased, or operated by the same entity, parent entity, subsidiary, or any combination thereof.
Process vent means the point of discharge to the atmosphere (or the point of entry into a control device, if any) of a gas stream if the gas stream has the characteristics specified in § 63.107(b) through (h), or meets the criteria specified in § 63.107(i). For purposes of §§ 63.113 through 63.118, all references to the characteristics of a process vent (e.g., flow rate, total HAP concentration, or TRE index value) shall mean the characteristics of the gas stream.
Process wastewater means wastewater which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product. Examples are product tank drawdown or feed tank drawdown; water formed during a chemical reaction or used as a reactant; water used to wash impurities from organic products or reactants; water used to cool or quench organic vapor streams through direct contact; and condensed steam from jet ejector systems pulling vacuum on vessels containing organics.
Product means a compound or chemical which is manufactured as the intended product of the chemical manufacturing process unit. By-products, isolated intermediates, impurities, wastes, and trace contaminants are not considered products.
Product separator means phase separators, flash drums, knock-out drums, decanters, degassers, and condenser(s) including ejector-condenser(s) associated with a reactor or an air oxidation reactor.
Reactor means a device or vessel in which one or more chemicals or reactants, other than air, are combined or decomposed in such a way that their molecular structures are altered and one or more new organic compounds are formed. Reactor includes the product separator and any associated vacuum pump or steam jet.
Recapture device means an individual unit of equipment capable of and used for the purpose of recovering chemicals, but not normally for use, reuse, or sale. For example, a recapture device may recover chemicals primarily for disposal. Recapture devices include, but are not limited to, absorbers, carbon adsorbers, and condensers.
Recovery device means an individual unit of equipment capable of and normally used for the purpose of recovering chemicals for fuel value (i.e., net positive heating value), use, reuse or for sale for fuel value, use, or reuse. Examples of equipment that may be recovery devices include absorbers, carbon adsorbers, condensers, oil-water separators or organic-water separators, or organic removal devices such as decanters, strippers, or thin-film evaporation units. For purposes of the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of subpart G of this part, recapture devices are considered recovery devices.
Research and development facility means laboratory and pilot plant operations whose primary purpose is to conduct research and development into new processes and products, where the operations are under the close supervision of technically trained personnel, and is not engaged in the manufacture of products for commercial sale, except in a de minimis manner.
Shutdown means for purposes including, but not limited to, periodic maintenance, replacement of equipment, or repair, the cessation of operation of a chemical manufacturing process unit or a reactor, air oxidation reactor, distillation unit, waste management unit, equipment required or used to comply with this subpart F, subparts G, or H of this part or the emptying and degassing of a storage vessel. Shutdown does not include the routine rinsing or washing of equipment in batch operation between batches.
Source means the collection of emission points to which this subpart applies as determined by the criteria in § 63.100 of this subpart. For purposes of subparts F, G, and H of this part, the term affected source as used in subpart A of this part has the same meaning as the term source defined here.
Start-up means the setting into operation of a chemical manufacturing process unit or a reactor, air oxidation reactor, distillation unit, waste management unit, or equipment required or used to comply with this subpart F, subpart G, or H of this part or a storage vessel after emptying and degassing. Start-up includes initial start-up, operation solely for testing equipment, the recharging of equipment in batch operation, and transitional conditions due to changes in product for flexible operation units.
Start-up, shutdown, and malfunction plan means the plan required under § 63.6(e)(3) of subpart A of this part. This plan details the procedures for operation and maintenance of the source during periods of start-up, shutdown, and malfunction.
Storage vessel means a tank or other vessel that is used to store organic liquids that contain one or more of the organic HAP's listed in table 2 of this subpart and that has been assigned, according to the procedures in § 63.100(g) of this subpart, to a chemical manufacturing process unit that is subject to this subpart. Storage vessel does not include:
(1) Vessels permanently attached to motor vehicles such as trucks, railcars, barges, or ships;
(2) Pressure vessels designed to operate in excess of 204.9 kilopascals and without emissions to the atmosphere;
(3) Vessels with capacities smaller than 38 cubic meters;
(4) Vessels storing organic liquids that contain organic hazardous air pollutants only as impurities;
(5) Bottoms receiver tanks;
(6) Surge control vessels; or
(7) Wastewater storage tanks. Wastewater storage tanks are covered under the wastewater provisions.
Surge control vessel means feed drums, recycle drums, and intermediate vessels. Surge control vessels are used within a chemical manufacturing process unit when in-process storage, mixing, or management of flow rates or volumes is needed to assist in production of a product.
Transfer operation means the loading, into a tank truck or railcar, of organic liquids that contain one or more of the organic hazardous air pollutants listed in table 2 of this subpart from a transfer rack (as defined in this section). Transfer operations do not include loading at an operating pressure greater than 204.9 kilopascals.
Transfer rack means the collection of loading arms and loading hoses, at a single loading rack, that are assigned to a chemical manufacturing process unit subject to this subpart according to the procedures specified in § 63.100(h) of this subpart and are used to fill tank trucks and/or railcars with organic liquids that contain one or more of the organic hazardous air pollutants listed in table 2 of this subpart. Transfer rack includes the associated pumps, meters, shutoff valves, relief valves, and other piping and valves. Transfer rack does not include:
(1) Racks, arms, or hoses that only transfer liquids containing organic hazardous air pollutants as impurities;
(2) Racks, arms, or hoses that vapor balance during all loading operations; or
(3) Racks transferring organic liquids that contain organic hazardous air pollutants only as impurities.
Unit operation means one or more pieces of process equipment used to make a single change to the physical or chemical characteristics of one or more process streams. Unit operations include, but are not limited to, reactors, distillation units, extraction columns, absorbers, decanters, dryers, condensers, and filtration equipment.
Vapor balancing system means a piping system that is designed to collect organic hazardous air pollutants vapors displaced from tank trucks or railcars during loading; and to route the collected organic hazardous air pollutants vapors to the storage vessel from which the liquid being loaded originated, or to another storage vessel connected by a common header or to compress and route to a process or a fuel gas system the collected organic hazardous air pollutants vapors.
Waste management unit means the equipment, structure(s), and/or device(s) used to convey, store, treat, or dispose of wastewater streams or residuals. Examples of waste management units include: Wastewater tanks, surface impoundments, individual drain systems, and biological wastewater treatment units. Examples of equipment that may be waste management units include containers, air flotation units, oil-water separators or organic-water separators, or organic removal devices such as decanters, strippers, or thin-film evaporation units. If such equipment is used for recovery then it is part of a chemical manufacturing process unit and is not a waste management unit.
Wastewater means water that:
(1) Contains either:
(i) An annual average concentration of Table 9 compounds (as defined in § 63.111 of subpart G of this part) of at least 5 parts per million by weight and has an annual average flow rate of 0.02 liter per minute or greater, or
(ii) An annual average concentration of Table 9 compounds (as defined in § 63.111 of subpart G) of at least 10,000 parts per million by weight at any flow rate, and that
(2) Is discarded from a chemical manufacturing process unit that meets all of the criteria specified in § 63.100 (b)(1) through (b)(3) of this subpart. Wastewater is process wastewater or maintenance wastewater.
[59 FR 19454, Apr. 22, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 18024, Apr. 10, 1995; 60 FR 63626, Dec. 12, 1995; 62 FR 2731, Jan. 17, 1997; 65 FR 26497, May 8, 2000; 66 FR 6928, Jan. 22, 2001]

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Wonder if Lilia is more popular for boys or girls?
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Lilia in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that 4,070 girls in the United States have been named Lilia since 1880.
The greatest number of people were given this name in 2011, when 304 people in the U.S. were given the name Lilia. Those people are now 7 years old.
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I have to say, I think his office has been one of the easiest remodeling projects we've done. Of course the room is pretty small, but at least we haven't encountered any major problems to troubleshoot yet. The house itself was built in 1905 and definitely has character, but with it being so old and having had so many different owners over the years, we have encountered many unexpected situations during our renovation projects. Thankfully, all of the surprises in his office have been pleasant ones.
We have the flooring in and the walls wallpapered/painted, so we really are at the point of finishing touches. Here's hoping they go swiftly and smoothly! Hopefully soon, I'll be able to share the story of our remodeling journey and updated pictures of the studio!


Ghost Hunters to return to HHN yet again!
One of our moderators, Chris, found this gem on the official TAPS page. So those interested in seeing Steve and Tango of SyFy's Ghost Hunters will get another shot, I believe this is their 3rd time at the event (officially)! Check the source link here: http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/ its at the bottom of the page.


The suggestion that passing the sales tax will keep our property taxes down aren't justified. Comparing Orange County to other counties where the passage appears to have kept property taxes down is like comparing a blueberry to a pineapple: economically and socially those counties are quite different than Orange.
The sales tax sales job has been quite disappointing – the rhetoric at times quite cynical given the reality. While the Chamber led the way by sponsoring the effort ("Schools and Jobs"), their PAC funding highlights who stands most to gain: $5000 from the NC Realtors.
I suspect the NC Realtors sponsored the 1/4 cent sales tax to take the land transfer tax off the table. It's a heck of a lot cheaper than the $610,000 they spent running a campaign against the land transfer tax (and much easier to wrap up in feel good propaganda that it's "for the kids"). An additional $1000 came from the Chamber with the remaining $250 coming from County Manager Frank Clifton [credit to him for putting his money where his mouth is] according to the Oct. 23rd disclosure report.
The effectiveness of the expenditures is a key problem with the revenue sharing formula.
We all like libraries but the proposed revenue share is not quite the windfall it appears to be. The $172,000 raised by the new sales tax for libraries will be reduced by at least $100,000 just to restore County spending to 2009 levels. The remaining $72,000 will be split using a protocol that could lead to further inequities between the heavily populated southern side of Orange and the rural areas. Of course, Chapel Hill, due to its Library expansion, is facing an additional $1.3M in operating costs and has demanded a substantial increase – as much as $900,000 to start – from the County. As recently revealed, the County has purchased property in Carrboro for a new branch at around $600,000 or more. There isn't enough money, by far, to restore the previous budget, handle Chapel Hill's demands, manage the new debt from the land purchase and increase the County's library capability.
Improving emergency medical response times has been on the agenda for years. EMS is a core service of the County and must be serviced out of the general fund. There is absolutely no doubt that these improvements are required. Implying that this County obligation will only be satisfied by passing the sales tax feels like fear-based arm twisting. For shame that this key need has lingered so long and that there is no political will to find the monies to address it.
Promising "jobs" is equally a cynical sales pitch. Instead of committing the bulk funds to projects with measurable goals and fixed funding needs – like building supportive infrastructure – the money is to be split between the "same old, same old" and some new proposals. That old methodology hasn't done much to decrease the ratio of commercial vs. residential tax revenues let alone foster real jobs growth (if it wasn't for UNC and UNC healthcare our jobs picture, even before the downturn, was absolutely miserable). I do like the revolving local business loan idea but, so far, I haven't seen enough details to see if the limited monies allocated to it will actually spur economic activity.
"none of the money from the tax, if passed, would directly go to the sewer system in Efland." She said if the sales tax is passed, the Board of Orange County Commissioners might install a commercial sewage system along the Interstates 40 and 85 corridor, which would connect businesses as well as the Efland community to Mebane's sewer system.
To sum up, the proposed economic development spending is generally for vague purposes with uncertain return or for purposes that haven't generated the outcomes we desire. I did find some of the planned infrastructure improvements attractive – supported them on economic and social justice grounds – but that, as Bernadette highlighted, isn't a given.
The aggregate school system budgets weigh in over $85+ M ($25M for the county/$60+ million CHCS). $1.1M more is a fractional improvement. The money allocated for schools is targeted to some of the same areas that the lottery was supposed to address – capital related expenditures to repair, renovate or expand existing facilities. Where did the lottery funds go then? Is the $1.3M to $1.7M of those funds previously ear-marked going to some other purpose?
An interesting nuance to the school spending is an added level of oversight by the BOCC is dispensing the funds. The BOCC will determine if a project qualifies. After that, the disbursement is based on the BOCC's discretion and won't necessarily align with per capita enrollment or even by district (the county schools could get all %42.5, etc.). Once the $1M is divvied up it will be hard to draw a direct correlation between the expenditure and the quality of our students education.
The additional $1M, while I'm sure will eventually be helpful, will not have the dramatic impact it would have if spent on those services that are "shovel ready" – additional staff at the health department, additional outreach workers, space for the existing southern dental clinic elsewhere in Town.
Finally, beyond the recent funding priority surprises – dropping the dental program without finding another southern home, purchasing land for a new library instead of looking at using existing resources – like the Jobs Link center on Franklin – we only have to look at how the County uses unanticipated funds in this economic climate to get a sense of the true priorities. The County recently started to refinance some of its debt freeing up $4.6M (WCHL).
Will any of that money go to the incredible backlog of human services requests or to finding a southern home for the dental program/guardian program/etc.? No. Instead it appears that the funds are earmarked for the new property tracking system for the tax assessors office, a project I was told was to be completed by Nov. 1st.
The only mechanism to rebalance the spending priorities, then, is not to pass the sales tax request and rework the allocations next round. The risk is if the sales tax referendum fails this round then it will fail next time.
I imagine that most folks aren't as sensitive as I am to the spending priorities and will probably fall for the cursory and incorrect assertion that the sales tax will really do something for jobs and education. From what I can tell, most don't realize that the BOCC could reflect on the growing, looming demand on services and come back with a better solution.
That said, if it should fail the BOCC still needs to address the needs that they highlighted in the sales tax sales brochure.
Of course, this is a lousy year to raise any kind of tax – no matter how small the bite. Maybe it will fail for that reason alone.
Another thoughtful analysis of decisions made by our elected officials. Thanks, Will, for all you do for our community.
As of 7:55pm the sales tax referendum is running very close: For (50.62%/11,023) – Against(49.38%/10,751) with 11 of 44 precincts yet to report.
Interestingly enough, Caldwell, which was on track to have a strong turnout, is not included. I heard a number of folks there comment they were not planning to give the BOCC anymore money until they straightened out existing budget priorities (it was surprising how many folks referenced the recent purchase of the new Carrboro Library site as one example of hit-n-miss budgeting).


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Nothin' Could Be Finer Than To Be In Carolina
We're at the KOA campground in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. That's just across Charleston Harbor from James Island. Last Saturday, we managed to secure what seemed to be the only campsite in the county.
What we didn't know then was that the April 7th Cajun Festival crowd at James Island was surely about to be "outdone" by the 36th Annual Cooper River Bridge Run on April 6th. I think it was wildly successful. We heard later in the week that the Cajun Festival at James Island had a record breaking attendance... (minus two).
But Sunday afternoon most of the campers (and runners) were nearly all gone and there were plenty camping spaces available. Being easy-going folks, Ken and Nancy canceled their reservation at James Island Campground and joined us here at the KOA. While we didn't want to foul their plan at James Island, we were thrilled to have them join us.
This was just after Ken and Nancy arrived in early afternoon on Sunday.
They are in a campsite beside us. (If I try real hard, I can see into their windows!)
Ken is such a nice guy. Smiling all the while he's heaving those plants again.
(I think I heard him curse under his breath)
Within minutes, Ken and Nancy's campsite looked inviting enough to welcome guests... so we went over for a visit!
(I took these pictures hanging my upper torso out our bedroom window. I'm surprised they didn't throw something at me.)
Because eating is such an important part of socializing for the West Side Trailerhood (and this is a small part of that fine group), we immediately made a plan to eat dinner tonight at nearby Carrabbas.
Dinner at Carrabbas was superb, as usual.
Sadly, no food photos this time. I forgot.
With only three days to spend together, we had to carefully choose our Charleston sightseeing activities. The first day we'd take the boat ride out into Charleston Harbor to see where the Civil War began: Fort Sumter.
The tour of Fort Sumter begins at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant.
The USS Yorktown is a National Historic Landmark and museum ship at Patriots Point. That's her behind us.
The USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex class aircraft carriers built during WWII.
She earned eleven battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
The USS Yorktown served as a recovery vessel for the Apollo 8 space mission
and was used in the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
We didn't tour the Yorktown today because our time is so limited. We added it to our list of the many nice things to see and do in and around this area. Nancy and I agree we must return to Charleston for more than just a few days.
This is the view of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Patriots Point.
It just so happened a huge, loaded cargo freighter was making it's way under the bridge
while we were at Patriots Point.
Aboard the vessel that would take us to Ft Sumter, we got some terrific views, including other Navy vessels, the marina near Patriots Point and Fort Moultrie. The Charleston skyline was pretty nice too.
Charleston is known as the "Holy City" because of the number of church steeples.
Fort Moultrie on Sullivan Island dates to 1776
This is another "must see" for a return trip to Charleston.
Fort Sumter History (In A Nutshell)
South Carolina seceded from the Union, yet Union forces still occupied Fort Sumter at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. The South demanded Fort Sumter be vacated but the North refused. Finally, on April 12, 1861, South Carolina Confederate troops fired on the fort -- the start of a two day bombardment that resulted in the surrender of Fort Sumter by the Union.
With the North's withdrawal, the South held Fort Sumter until it was finally evacuated on February 17, 1865. During that time, the fort experienced one of the longest sieges in modern warfare. For almost two years, 46,000 shells were fired at Fort Sumter. For those reason and more, Fort Sumter remains one of the most significant historic monuments in the United States.
Fort Sumter from a distance on boat.
During the Civil War, the fort was three stories high.
Today the two upper levels are gone, leaving just a single level of history.
Wayne and me, Ken and Nancy at the entrance to Ft Sumter
Our visit to Fort Sumter lasted a total of two hours: 1/2 hour each way on the boat and one hour to tour Fort Sumter itself. Today's weather was what I consider perfect -- low 70's with a full compliment of sunshine. We strolled the grounds, listed to the National Park Ranger talks and looked through the museum. It was a fine day for a history lesson.
About That South Carolina Flag...
Since we've been here I've been asking around about the design of South Carolina's state flag: A crescent moon and a palm tree on a solid blue background. What's that all about? Today, I learned about it.
The General Assembly adopted South Carolina's flag on January 28, 1861. This version added the Palmetto tree to the original design by Colonel William Moultrie in 1775 for use by South Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Moultrie chose a blue color which matched the color of their uniforms and a crescent which reproduced the silver emblem worn on the front of their caps.
The palmetto tree symbolized Colonel Moultrie's heroic defense of the palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island against the attack of the British fleet on June 28, 1776.
By statute the flag shall be displayed "upon the inside of every public school building in this State so that all school children shall be instructed in proper respect for the flag," and daily except in rainy weather, from a staff upon the State House and from a staff upon each County Courthouse. The State Flag is also to be displayed in accordance with rules set by the State Superintendent of Education, on the grounds of educational institutions supported in whole or part, by funds derived from the State. It is also prescribed that any person who mutilates, injures or desecrates the State Flag, wherever displayed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or both.
I especially like that last part -- the one that punishes anyone who mutilates, injures or desecrates the State Flag. Too bad that's not true for Old Glory, the flag of the United States of America.
South Carolina's original Palmetto Guard Flag is on display at Fort Sumter
With the entry of the victorious Confederate troops into Fort Sumter, Private John S. Byrd, hung the militia unit banner of the Palmetto Guard over the wall facing Charleston. The original is now on display at Fort Sumter having stayed in Byrd's family until it was donated to the National Park Service in 1979.
Returning to Patriots Point, we got still more great views of the USS Yorktown
Wayne looks onto the USS Yorktown bow
Returning to Patriots Point, of course we spent lots of time and no money in the gift shop. This is where I first saw a Poo-Pourri display. Yes, it is what you think it is. Janie told me about it, but I was seeing it for sale here for the first time.
Nancy looking to make a big purchase.
With our tourist duties officially concluded for the day, it would be important to get in a nap, so Ken does just that.
Resting up for dinner.
We're headed out to a "unique little restaurant" called See Wee. It's a suggested restaurant by the campground. We'll give it our taste test later this afternoon.
Into All Travel A Little Rain Must Fall.
Whistle Stop
Clemson: Some Other Tigers
Yellams: Roaming Gnomes Are No More
Seeing Columbia, South Carolina
Fort Jackson: Victory Starts Here
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens and Sweetgrass B...
Newfoundland In Summer
Invading Downtown Charleston
Dinner At See Wee
Goin' To The Lowcountry
This Bed Can't Hold All Of Us
Twins On The Way!
Our Visit To Fort Frederica, St Simons Lighthouse ...
Easter Musings and Coastal Georgia's Salt Marshes


Sometimes it is hard to find fun, quiet time activities for our little ones to do when we are doing school with the older children.
Little boys especially need a lot of activities to keep their little hands busy. This is where busy bags and activity kits come in so handy. These are great to pull out when you need them to have some quiet time, but you don't want to put them in front of a television screen. There are so many amazing activities and ideas out there. There are a total of 7 activities in this kit that will keep your little one busy for an entire week. Many of these can be used over and over again as well. When they are put into a binder, it makes this a very convenient and portable activity to take on the go. These are also great for little girls!
You can grab the free printables and all the detailed instructions on how to make this activity kit HERE.


Quinn XCII is scheduled to perform on Tuesday, April 9, at Comerica Theatre.
It's going to be a busy week for concerts in the Valley. Big-name artists and acts like Quinn XCII, Ben Rector, Turnover, Sofi Tukker, and Kero Kero Bonito are all scheduled to perform at local venues both big and small over the next few nights.
Elsewhere this week, one-man band Lincoln Durham, the industrial noise freaks of Combichrist, instrumental fusion act Toubab Krewe, and indie rock/dream pop ensemble Turnover also have gigs going on.
Plus, this year's Country Thunder festival makes its return to Florence, for those cowpokes interested in some boot-scootin' action.
Details about each of these shows and events can be found below in our list of the best concerts happening in the Valley this weekend. And for even more live music happening around town, hit up Phoenix New Times' online concert calendar.
When Ben Rector was nothing but a college freshman, he unknowingly was laying the groundwork for a career path that traditionally eschews the necessity of diplomas and degrees. In that first year at the University of Arkansas, Rector won the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for a song called "Conversation" off his debut EP. His first two albums were released before graduation amid local fanfare and general uncertainty on Rector's part.
Take a bite of Combichrist's industrial noise this week at Club Red.
As founder of the iconic futurepop act Icon of Coil, Norwegian sound terrorist Andy LaPlegua showed an early penchant for the darker, harder sounds of the industrial music fringe. However, it was with his current outfit, Combichrist, that he fully realized his caustic musical dreams.
Danny Dempsey (left), Austin Getz (center), and Casey Getz of Turnover.
Quinn XCII has faced his emotional demons.
Ever since he dropped his 2015 debut, Change of Scenery, fans have been telling Quinn XCII that his music has helped them get through their lowest moments. "As more of [the messages] came in, it was as if the door was knocking on my brain and saying, 'Why am I not speaking on my own struggles?' Everyone's telling me it helped them so much. The fans really gave me courage to [speak up more] as well," he says.
Quinn (real name Mikael Temrowski) evolved quickly from being a dorm-room producer to a bona fide indie pop star. He's built his career on affectionate, catchy, and youthful songs. His latest album, From Michigan With Love, is the furthest he's waded into adulthood.
"With the exception of maybe two or three songs, the whole project theme is mental health," he explains. "The title is kind of me saying, 'Here's 12 songs of me talking about stuff that I went through back home growing up in Michigan, and how all of it has kind of not stopped following me — even with moving to L.A. and having a little bit of success in my career.'" Writing an album that he felt adequately addressed the importance of emotional and mental health tested him as a songwriter.
Toubab Krewe are neo-griot-funk from Southern freak zone Asheville, North Carolina. Their name admits they're tourists ("Toubab" = white dude) and their sound can be described as "Jampire Weekend."
Blending Mali soul and Afrobeat with bluesy desert surf-twang, Caribbean scratch, and zydeco bounce, Toubab Krewe surround it all with occasional floating ambiance. And sometimes they do it all in one song, like "NTB." On others, like "Fire," they play a dubby-lover's rock. Their hometown-recorded Live at the Orange Peel (2009) is a fan favorite; for street cred, they recorded "Moose," a fervent spoken-word ode to Hendrix, with the Last Poets' Umar Ben Hassan. They've dominated Bonnaroo (of course) and many other festivals.
Lincoln Durham is a one-man musical dynamo.
"Anything goes" should have been the catchphrase for Lincoln Durham, one of the most unpredictable one-man bands around. He might throw in occasional odes to girls named Clementine and shed a little ever-loving light, but it definitely isn't in an old-fashioned gospel kind of way. He prefers a more tortured brand of roots rock.
Sure, Durham bangs a bass drum like all the other one-man bands, but he does it while grinding out stomp-rock blues on everything from a tattered-up Gibson to a homemade cigar-box guitar with some empty suitcases, beat-up mandolins, and blown-out harmonicas thrown in.
Fast-forward a few years, and KKB make their proper LP debut with Bonito Generation, wherein Perry dons a graduation robe and ruminates about the challenges of the post-academia real world. Songs like "Graduation" and "Try Me" touch on the inherent hypocrisy of the educational system and capitalism, while singles like "Break" and "Trampoline" highlight the importance of self-care and optimism.
Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern of Sofi Tukker.
Last year, Sofi Tukker's insidiously catchy single "Best Friend" became a major hit after being featured in a commercial for the iPhone X, including hitting No. 1 on Billboard's dance charts. The duo behind the song — Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern — often blur the lines between live and recorded sounds during performances. They sing live and play bass and guitar onstage, but the rest of the sounds are programmed, and some sections of their sets are reserved for choreographed dance routines.
Brett Eldredge will help kick off the first day of Country Thunder 2019.
The big names of contemporary and throwback country music are once again rounding up at Canyon Moon Ranch in Florence for the annual Country Thunder music festival. Over 100,000 country and western fans are expected to the festival grounds from Thursday, April 11, to Sunday, April 14, for performances by a slew of 10-gallon headliners and plenty of down-home fun. In addition to country stars taking the main stage, Country Thunder 2019 also offers retail vendors, partner activities, on-site bars, a food court, and additional entertainers and a side stage featuring local country bands.


I was doing another camera test with a sock puppet that I haven't named (you can help me name him if you want). Since Valentines Day is coming up, I had the puppet sing about it. Unfortunately it's a depressing song, haha.


It was another good quarter for Facebook, seeing its revenue and its monthly active users increasing. Will the steady growth continue though?
Facebook seems to be unstoppable lately both, in growing its revenue, but also its users. Q3 2016 wasn't different and it fact, it even surpassed the analysts' projections with its actual stats.
Facebook saw its revenue reaching $7.01B, with the analysts predicting $6.92B. In fact, Q3 sales grew 56% and they made the sixth quarterly revenue success for Facebook, which led to an increase of sales by more than 50%.
It's not just the revenue that increased in Q3 2016, but also the number of monthly active users (MAUs).
Facebook now counts 1.79B MAUs, despite the estimates for 1.76B. There was a growth of 4.7% from Q2 2016 and a 16% growth from Q3 2015, with the daily active users growing to 1.18B.
Mobile monthly active users are now 1.66B, seeing an increase of 20% since Q3 2015.
There is an increasing number of mobile users, reaching now 1.055B. This means that a significant amount of Facebook's user base is only accessing the social network through their smartphones.
Moreover, Facebook's advertising revenue relies by 84% on mobile phones, which proves how a platform can take advantage of the rise of its mobile audience.
Except for the announcement of the stats for Q3 2016, Mark Zuckerberg also discussed the company's further plans. We are not surprised to hear that going forward, they are determined to put video first. Video will be a significant part of all their apps and camera will be more important than ever, reminding us of Snapchat's decision to place the camera as a home screen to its app.
Moreover, Zuckerberg also mentioned the rise of Facebook Live and the fact that its usage has grown 4x since May.
Despite the consistent growth, Facebook's share dropped by 7.6%, after a comment from CFO David Wehner, who believes that Facebook is approaching maximum ad load and its ad revenue growth cannot continue at this rate.
Thus, the increasing need for ads leads to lack of space, which shouldn't be a surprise in the near future if it lead to a slower growth. His point seems to be sensible, as the rising interest from advertisers cannot be met at the same pace. After all, users, engagement and content cannot continue to increase every year at the rates that we're currently measuring, unless Facebook has a secret plan we're not aware of.
Since then, we'll keep wondering if there's any other social network to compete with Facebook's impressive growth in the near future.


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Lending a helping hand during the Aurora Bridge Bus Collision
Public Health InsiderEmergenciesAurora Bridge Collision, emergency preparedness, Northwest Healthcare Response Network
By Ashley Kelmore
One of the challenges when you work on emergency response plans is that you don't know when—or even if—your plans will be put into action. I work on plans for emergencies that involve large numbers of injuries or even fatalities, so on one hand, I hope we don't have to activate them. But it definitely gives me peace of mind to know we're ready.
So when we heard about the Aurora Bridge bus collision in September, within minutes, Public Health Preparedness staff opened up response plans and partnerships that have been built over the years to help the community during this difficult time.
Carina Elsenboss, Director of Preparedness, and Nick Solari, Emergency Response Planner, coordinating with Jill Watson from the City of Seattle's Human Services Division.
Tracking the injured
The Aurora Bridge bus collision resulted in dozens of people requiring hospitalization, with the injured transported to eight different hospitals. We knew that tracking where the injured were sent would be a big concern. We reached out to the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, our partner organization that coordinates the healthcare system during emergencies, including management of the state's bed and patient tracking system. Their staff made sure that the information on patients was accurate by making phone calls and in some cases visiting hospitals to verify the list. That list would prove critical in reuniting families.
Helping families find injured loved ones
Imagine hearing on the news that there has been a terrible crash and realizing that your loved one might have been there. How would you find out if your loved one was among the injured? How would you find out where that person was sent for treatment? A natural first instinct is to start calling hospitals, but this can be onerous if there are at least eight different hospitals that you'd have to call, especially if you're under stress. And it can be difficult for the hospitals to deal with the massive call volume.
A call center can both provide a single number for families to call and take some of the burden of answering calls off of the hospitals. Thankfully, we have been working with King County 2-1-1 for years on a plan for setting up a call center for public health emergencies. By the evening of the collision, 2-1-1 staff were able to take calls from worried family and friends while I reviewed the patient list to determine if their loved one was among the dozens who were transported to hospitals. I made it home around midnight, but the 2-1-1 call takers worked through the night, connecting families until they closed down after 30 hours of operations.
Connecting families to support services
Most of the affected families were from outside the region and many were overseas. Once they located their loved ones, they had to make plans to come to Seattle. As part of the Seattle Emergency Operations Center, we worked with Seattle Human Services Division to set up a Family Services Center to meet the needs of these families. They needed plane tickets, places to stay, a way to get around, and someone to accompany them if they didn't speak English.
After just a few hours of planning we had a location donated by the Washington State Convention Center and partners committed to staff the Center, including the Seattle Police Department, American Red Cross, North Seattle College, and the Public Health Reserve Corps. The Center was open for three days, assisting affected families. Many continue to receive support via Seattle Human Services, which is working with the Salvation Army on longer-term needs.
This was a challenging incident, but it reminded us that the work we are doing today is vital in preparing us for the emergencies that may come tomorrow. And we are thankful for all of the amazing partner organizations and volunteers who were ready to pitch in and help during the community's time of need.
Ashley Kelmore is a Planning Manager for Public Health Preparedness Section.
Public Health meets with Japanese food safety delegation
You heard it here first: Changing our food borne illness public notification process


by Juliet completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
The course is very good I must say and it was fun doing all of the activities. I've learned a lot and I just want to say thank you for those people who come up with the creation of the course.
Lesley completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
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OS := $(shell uname)
# custom LDFLAGS
ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
	MYLD_FLAGS=
else
	MYLD_FLAGS=-static
endif

CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Isrc -rdynamic -DNDEBUG $(OPTFLAGS)
LIBS=-ldl $(OPTLIBS)
PREFIX?=/usr/local

LIB_PREFIX=build/lib
INC_PREFIX=build/inc

SOURCES=$(wildcard src/**/*.c src/*.c)
OBJECTS=$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SOURCES))

TEST_SRC=$(wildcard tests/*_tests.c)
TESTS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(TEST_SRC))

EXAMPLES_SRC=$(wildcard examples/*.c)
EXAMPLES=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(EXAMPLES_SRC))

TARGET=libcollections.a
SO_TARGET=$(patsubst %.a,%.so,$(TARGET))

# The Target Build
all: $(TARGET) $(SO_TARGET)

dev: CFLAGS=-g -Wall -Isrc -Wall -Wextra $(OPTFLAGS)
dev: all

$(TARGET): CFLAGS += -fPIC
$(TARGET): build $(OBJECTS)
	ar rcs $(LIB_PREFIX)/$@ $(OBJECTS)
	ranlib $(LIB_PREFIX)/$@

$(SO_TARGET): $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS)
	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIB_PREFIX)/$@ $(OBJECTS)

build:
	@mkdir -p $(LIB_PREFIX)
	@mkdir -p $(INC_PREFIX)
	cp src/*.h $(INC_PREFIX)

# The Unit Tests
.PHONY: tests
tests: MYLD_FLAGS += $(LIB_PREFIX)/$(TARGET)
tests: $(TESTS)
	sh ./tests/runtests.sh

# Compile the test files and link the library
$(TESTS): $(TEST_SRC)
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $@.c -o $@ $(MYLD_FLAGS)

valgrind:
	VALGRIND="valgrind --log-file=/tmp/valgrind-%p.log" $(MAKE)

# The Cleaner
clean:
	rm -rf build $(OBJECTS) $(TESTS) $(EXAMPLES)
	rm -f tests/tests.log
	find . -name "*.gc*" -exec rm {} \;
	rm -rf `find . -name "*.dSYM" -print`

# The Install (Place header files and libraries into system path dirs)
install: all
	install -d $(PREFIX)/lib/
	install -d $(PREFIX)/include/
	install $(LIB_PREFIX)/$(TARGET) $(PREFIX)/lib/
	install $(LIB_PREFIX)/$(SO_TARGET) $(PREFIX)/lib/
	# Copy all header files
	install $(INC_PREFIX)/* $(PREFIX)/include/

# The Uninstall (Remove the libraries and header files)
uninstall:
	rm -rf $(PREFIX)/lib/$(TARGET)
	rm -rf $(PREFIX)/lib/$(SO_TARGET)

# The Checker
BADFUNCS='[^_.>a-zA-Z0-9](str(n?cpy|n?cat|xfrm|n?dup|str|pbrk|tok|_)|stpn?cpy|a?sn?printf|byte_)'
check:
	@echo Files with potentially dangerous functions.
	@egrep $(BADFUNCS) $(SOURCES) || true

# The Examples
examples: $(EXAMPLES)
	@echo Compiled the examples

# Compile the test files and link the library
$(EXAMPLES): MYLD_FLAGS += $(LIB_PREFIX)/$(TARGET)
$(EXAMPLES): $(EXAMPLES_SRC)
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $@.c -o $@ $(MYLD_FLAGS)

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Pakistan army in Swat: a shovel in one hand and a gun in the other
Writing for Washington Post, Karin Brulliard writes
Of 401 schools bombed by militants or left dilapidated, half have been rebuilt. But it was the military, not the government, that rebuilt them while also providing temporary tents for other schools. By some estimates, the army has carried out 90 percent of the building and rebuilding projects
But all of this should be delivered by the civilian government, surely?
The military is rebuilding roads, schools and libraries. It is buying computers for women's vocational institutes and solar-powered streetlights for villages. It is planting a million trees. The work has made soldiers hugely popular, but some wonder why the civilian government is not doing it.
Writing on the war in Swat last year I wrote
It is, however, important to ensure that what appears to be a qualified victory in the short term doesn't turn into a long term defeat.Though a large number of Taliban fighters have been killed in the operation and remaining appear to be on the run, the top tier command structure of Swat Taliban is still intact. Military action has not succeeded in capturing or eliminating key targets like Mullah Fazlullah, Muslim Khan and the like. While these hard core terrorist are alive there will always be a risk of Taliban resurgence once the army has gone back into the barracks.
Situation on the ground has not changed. Swat Taliban leadership is still at large and waiting for army to pull out leaving them free to deal with the jelly kneed civilian infrastructure.
Militancy in Swat was never a mere Islamic fundamentalist insurgency. It had its roots in the absence of a functional civil administrative infrastructure and institutions of law and justice. That need has not changed. Before the 50,000 strong Pakistan army moves out of the region the government still need to ensure that:
A new police infrastructure that is trained, equipped and willing to take on the responsibility of establishing the law and order and provide security to citizens without having to rely on military support;
A civil administration that does not simply rely of doing deals with the remnants of Taliban or their supporters;
institutions of justice and law and order - absence of these gave credibility to the demands of people like Sufi Muhammad in the first place;
active counter insurgency mechanism in place with bodies on the ground and in the streets. Having just a military cantonment is not going to achieve this;
engage national and regional political parties to create a national voice against the menace. While doing so not to cave in to pressure groups like Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman who are still in the business of making money from dead bodies.
Some of it is being put in place.
government offices in Swat are open, and they have reclaimed their chaotic bustle... officials have reduced a large backlog of court cases, surveyed 10,000 destroyed houses and shops, and plan to distribute $1 million in total compensation to families of victims or survivors of terrorist attacks. "In the entire district, every nook and corner, the government is functioning,"...But security analysts say that keeping insurgents at bay requires the government not just to resume its functions but to improve them -- and that is the worry...
Labels: Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Swat, Taliban
Farukh Sarwar 7 April 2010 at 12:29
It's true that the army is doing a great job in Swat, not only in fighting the terrorists but also in rebuilding of the region. Once the area is rebuilt, its people would certainly appreciate the role of army and the government in bringing peace in the region.
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In 1966, Columbia became the first collegiate institution in the United States — and possibly the first in the world — with an LGBT student group. In the fall of that year, then-sophomore Robert Martin CC'69 (using the pseudonym Stephen Donaldson) founded the Student Homophile League following a meeting with Columbia University and Barnard College representatives, religious advisers and two national leaders for gay and lesbian rights, Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings.
The small student group had the support of the university chaplain and, thus, gained space in Earl Hall, the center of student religious life. The university officially recognized the group in April 1967. In 1970, the Student Homophile League became the more activist Gay People at Columbia (also known as Gay People at Columbia-Barnard), which sponsored a series of popular Friday-night dances in Earl Hall's auditorium.
Earl Hall was nominated to the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, a cultural heritage initiative and educational resource dedicated to broadening people's knowledge of LGBT history. This is the fourth LGBT historic site the project has successfully nominated to the State and National Registers since 2016.
"We are thrilled that the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, with the support of Columbia University and the New York State Office of Historic Preservation, has been able to prepare the documentation that resulted in the Federal government's recognition of Earl Hall's significance to LGBT history and American history. … The State and National Register listings are validation of LGBT history's significance to all Americans," said Andrew Dolkart GSAPP'77, professor of historic preservation, who was the project co-director and lead author of the nomination.
With Earl Hall, Columbia has six buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places,. Earl Hall is the first for its LGBT significance. The listing concludes a long process of archival research as well as oral history interviews of people who attended the dances and social events, culminating in the project's 2017 nomination of the Earl Hall site.
The first gay dance open to the public was held at Earl Hall on June 19, 1970, and the dances soon became a rare publicly accessible event that provided primarily young gay people with a safe social space to gather and socialize. Over the next five years, the importance of the dances increased.
In 1981, the AIDS virus began its destructive path through the gay community. Four years later, he year 1985 marked a watershed in the understanding of the severity of the crisis in New York City. In the same year, the drinking age in New York State was raised to 21. This meant that most younger gay students were more restricted in where they could dance legally, increasing the importance of the Columbia dances a social venue.


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namespace prerender {

namespace {

int g_next_prerender_id = 0;

}  // namespace

using WebKit::WebPrerender;

// Since we can't mock out WebKit::WebPrerender in chrome, this test can't test
// signalling to or from the WebKit side. Instead, it checks only that the
// messages received from the browser generate consistant state in the
// PrerenderDispatcher. Since prerenders couldn't even start or stop without the
// WebKit signalling, we can expect PrerenderBrowserTest to provide adequate
// coverage of this.
class PrerenderDispatcherTest : public testing::Test {
 public:
  PrerenderDispatcherTest() {}

  bool IsPrerenderURL(const GURL& url) const {
    return prerender_dispatcher_.IsPrerenderURL(url);
  }

  const std::map<int, WebPrerender>& prerenders() const {
    return prerender_dispatcher_.prerenders_;
  }

  int StartPrerender(const GURL& url) {
    DCHECK_EQ(0u, prerender_dispatcher_.prerenders_.count(g_next_prerender_id));
    prerender_dispatcher_.prerenders_[g_next_prerender_id] = WebPrerender();

    prerender_dispatcher_.OnPrerenderStart(g_next_prerender_id);
    prerender_dispatcher_.OnPrerenderAddAlias(url);
    return g_next_prerender_id++;
  }

  void AddAliasToPrerender(const GURL& url) {
    prerender_dispatcher_.OnPrerenderAddAlias(url);
  }

  void RemoveAliasFromPrerender(const GURL& url) {
    std::vector<GURL> urls;
    urls.push_back(url);
    prerender_dispatcher_.OnPrerenderRemoveAliases(urls);
  }

  void StopPrerender(int prerender_id) {
    prerender_dispatcher_.OnPrerenderStop(prerender_id);
  }

  int GetCountForURL(const GURL& url) const {
    return prerender_dispatcher_.running_prerender_urls_.count(url);
  }

 private:
  PrerenderDispatcher prerender_dispatcher_;
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PrerenderDispatcherTest);
};

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherEmpty) {
  EXPECT_TRUE(prerenders().empty());
}

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherSingleAdd) {
  GURL foo_url = GURL("http://foo.com");
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  StartPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(1, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
}

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherMultipleAdd) {
  GURL foo_url = GURL("http://foo.com");
  GURL bar_url = GURL("http://bar.com");

  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(bar_url));
  StartPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(bar_url));

  AddAliasToPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(bar_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(2, GetCountForURL(foo_url));

  StartPrerender(bar_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(bar_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(2, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(1, GetCountForURL(bar_url));
}

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherSingleRemove) {
  GURL foo_url = GURL("http://foo.com");
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  int foo_id = StartPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  StopPrerender(foo_id);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(1, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  RemoveAliasFromPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(0, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
}

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherTooManyRemoves) {
  GURL foo_url = GURL("http://foo.com");
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  int foo_id = StartPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  StopPrerender(foo_id);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(1, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  RemoveAliasFromPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(0, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  RemoveAliasFromPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(0, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
}

TEST_F(PrerenderDispatcherTest, PrerenderDispatcherMultipleRemoves) {
  GURL foo_url = GURL("http://foo.com");
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  int foo_id = StartPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  AddAliasToPrerender(foo_url);
  StopPrerender(foo_id);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(2, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  RemoveAliasFromPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_TRUE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(1, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
  RemoveAliasFromPrerender(foo_url);
  EXPECT_FALSE(IsPrerenderURL(foo_url));
  EXPECT_EQ(0, GetCountForURL(foo_url));
}

}  // end namespace prerender


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Its about time that I started talking about my hair, isn't it?
Most of my Instagram comments mention my hair in some way.. regardless of what my actual post is about. I guess its the length that catches the eye but also the current gorgeous colour. I take absolutely no credit for any of it because Paco is the one that made it look so rich and healthy. Taking my hair from lions mane to princess tresses..literally.
Me and hairdressers haven't got on for quite a few years. I had a pretty botch job in a walk-in salon 4 years ago that completely put me off. My hair was pretty damaged and when I asked for a trim with layers, they cut a few inches off. I was left with such choppy layers that you could see chunks of hair missing. It resulted in hair extensions being a permanent fixture for around 18 months after and refused to cut, dye or style my hair. To be honest most of the time that this blog has existed was after the bad cut so my signature style of 'natural waves' is all you've ever really known. But lets move on from that..
.Around 8 months ago, I was contacted by Live True London to pop in and get my hair cut and coloured. You can already hear the alarm bells ringing in my head, right?! The first time my hair has been touched since the nightmare incident but I said yes. If I didn't face my fear, I'd end up being Rapunzel before I hit my thirties which isn't a good look for anyone.
The Live True London in Vauxhall has a really cosy, industrial vibe that I love and it feels more like a loft studio than a salon, perfect for phobics like me. Its a fairly small spot so its not intimidating at all and the communal space in the middle is fab for getting work done to distract yourself.
So.. the first trip was when I met Paco and explained that my overgrown, unruly mane needed taming and we achieved a gorgeous balayage fading from my natural hair into a caramel blonde. Not too light, but a big change from before. This time, 5 months later, we decided to go even blonder and take out most of the weight. I'll admit, I actually trusted Paco so much that I gave him almost complete freedom to take it lighter.
The process of balayage is actually super lengthy. It takes around 6hrs to backcomb, bleach, brush, tone and cut..etc. As well as the additional Olaplex treatment which helps to seal hair follicles and prevent further breakages. I honestly put half of my hairs amazing condition down to this treatment – its amazing!
Forgetting the slightly different angle, this is the before and after with absolutely no editing. You can see that my hair was quite shapeless and copper toned before. The balayage had grown out over my time travelling and the 6hrs to transform it was so worth it. The finished colour is much lighter and cool toned than before. My hair is overall much lighter with so much weight taken out that it is much easier to style. I've never quite been able to achieve these curls again but its just a dreamy colour and I love it. I already can't wait to get it lightened further..
If you're thinking of getting your hair done.. or live in London (or are super scared of hairdressers like I am) then Live True is where you need to go. I don't think I'll be going anywhere else and I couldn't recommend them more. If you do go – make sure you ask for Paco and tell him I sent you because he's a bit of a magician.
Thank you Paco and Live True for giving me dreamy hair and curing my phobia – I'll be back soon!
This post is not sponsored but Live True London offered me a complimentary cut/colour in return for a review. All thoughts are my own and I am completely honest in my opinions.
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you've got a gorgous hair darling!!
Omggg your hair is SO lush, love the colour too!