text:
package ansi

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

const (
	black = iota
	red
	green
	yellow
	blue
	magenta
	cyan
	white
	defaultt = 9

	normalIntensityFG = 30
	highIntensityFG   = 90
	normalIntensityBG = 40
	highIntensityBG   = 100

	bold          = "1;"
	italic        = "3;"
	underline     = "4;"
	blink         = "5;"
	inverse       = "7;"
	strikethrough = "9;"
)

var (
	plain bool

	Start string
	End   string
	Reset string

	// Colors maps common color names to their ANSI color code.
	Colors = map[string]int{
		"black":   black,
		"red":     red,
		"green":   green,
		"yellow":  yellow,
		"blue":    blue,
		"magenta": magenta,
		"cyan":    cyan,
		"white":   white,
		"default": defaultt,
	}
)

func init() {
	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
		Colors[strconv.Itoa(i)] = i
	}

	shell := os.Getenv("SHELL")
	if strings.HasSuffix(shell, "bash") {
		Start = "\\[\033["
		End = "\\]"
		Reset = "\\[\033[0m\\]"
	} else if strings.HasSuffix(shell, "zsh") {
		Start = "%{\033["
		End = "%}"
		Reset = "%{\033[0m%}"
	}
}

// Gets the ANSI color code for a style.
func colorCode(style string) *bytes.Buffer {
	buf := bytes.NewBufferString("")
	if plain || style == "" {
		return buf
	}
	if style == "reset" {
		buf.WriteString(Reset)
		return buf
	} else if style == "off" {
		return buf
	}

	foregroundBackground := strings.Split(style, ":")
	foreground := strings.Split(foregroundBackground[0], "+")
	fgKey := foreground[0]
	fg := Colors[fgKey]
	fgStyle := ""
	if len(foreground) > 1 {
		fgStyle = foreground[1]
	}

	var bg, bgStyle string
	if len(foregroundBackground) > 1 {
		background := strings.Split(foregroundBackground[1], "+")
		bg = background[0]
		if len(background) > 1 {
			bgStyle = background[1]
		}
	}

	buf.WriteString(Start)
	base := normalIntensityFG
	if len(fgStyle) > 0 {
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "b") {
			buf.WriteString(bold)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "B") {
			buf.WriteString(blink)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "u") {
			buf.WriteString(underline)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "I") {
			buf.WriteString(italic)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "i") {
			buf.WriteString(inverse)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "s") {
			buf.WriteString(strikethrough)
		}
		if strings.Contains(fgStyle, "h") {
			base = highIntensityFG
		}
	}

	// if 256-color
	n, err := strconv.Atoi(fgKey)
	if err == nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "38;5;%d;", n)
	} else {
		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%d;", base+fg)
	}

	base = normalIntensityBG
	if len(bg) > 0 {
		if strings.Contains(bgStyle, "h") {
			base = highIntensityBG
		}
		// if 256-color
		n, err := strconv.Atoi(bg)
		if err == nil {
			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "48;5;%d;", n)
		} else {
			fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%d;", base+Colors[bg])
		}
	}

	// remove last ";"
	buf.Truncate(buf.Len() - 1)
	buf.WriteRune('m')
	buf.WriteString(End)
	return buf
}

// Color colors a string based on the ANSI color code for style.
func Color(s, style string) string {
	if plain || len(style) < 1 {
		return s
	}
	buf := colorCode(style)
	buf.WriteString(s)
	buf.WriteString(Reset)
	return buf.String()
}

// DisableColors disables ANSI color codes. The default is false (colors are on).
func DisableColors(disable bool) {
	plain = disable
}

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Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, funded on August 19, 1981, by the businessman and TV host Silvio Santos. The network was established after a public competition of the federal government for the creation of two new television networks, created from revoked concessions of the extinct networks Tupi and Excelsior. SBT was funded in the same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, so that this was its first aired program.

Currently, SBT is the second most watched television network in Brazil, after Rede Globo. Throughout its existence, the network always occupied this space in the audience ranking, except between 2007 and 2014, when Rede Record took the post. SBT has about 8 owned and operated stations and 90 affiliated stations throughout the Brazilian territory, the network is also available through pay television operators (cable and satellite), by the free-to-air signal available in broadcast and satellite receivers, and also through streaming media in its mobile application (Android, iOS and Windows Phone), apps for smart TVs and in its website. Also on their website, the programming is available in video on demand for free, also available on the video-sharing site YouTube since 2010.

SBT broadcast in its programming a wide variety of television genres, whereas its own material generally stand adjacent to the entertainment. Foreign programming, is made up of mainly the telenovelas produced by the Mexican channel Televisa, and American TV series. It is the only commercial television broadcaster in Brazil which airs children's programming, even arranging a partnership deal with The Walt Disney Company, in which the company provides two hours of daily programming for the network. SBT also broadcast television news, producing in all three daily newscasts, a weekly news program and a weekly newscast.

Current programming

Reality shows

Game shows

News programming
 Conexão Repórter (2010–present)
 Jornal da Semana SBT (2013–present)
 Primeiro Impacto (2016–present)
 SBT Brasil (2005–present)
 SBT News na TV (2023-present)
 SBT Praça (1999–present)

Talk and variety shows
 Casos de Família (2004–present)
 Domingo Legal (1993–present)
 Eliana (2009–present)
 Fofocalizando (2016 as "Fofocando"–present)
 Notícias Impressionantes (2020-present)
 Operação Mesquita (2017-present)
 A Praça É Nossa (1987–present)
 Programa do Ratinho (1998-2006; 2009–present)
 Programa Raul Gil (1981-1984; 2010-present)
 Programa Silvio Santos (1981-2001; 2008–present)
 The Noite com Danilo Gentili (2014–present)

Children's programming
 Sábado Animado (1995–present)

Seasonal programs
 Feriadão SBT (2011–present)
 Retrospectiva (2002–present)
 SBT Folia (2011–present)
 Teleton (1998–2022, 2023-)
 Troféu Imprensa (1982–present)

Series
 Henry Danger
 ICarly
 Jack Ryan
 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
 Victorious

Movie blocks
 Cine Espetacular (2000–present)
 Tela de Sucessos (1997–present)

Sports
 Copa do Nordeste (2018-present)
 UEFA Champions League (2021–present)
 UEFA Europa League (2021–present)
 UEFA Supercup (2021–present)
 CONMEBOL Sudamericana (2023-preset)
 Arena SBT (2014; 2020–present)
 SBT Sports (2021–present)

Prize draw
 Tele Sena (1991–present)

Telenovelas
 A Dona
 Marisol
 Pequena Travessa
 Poliana Moça
 Vencer o Desamor
 Cúmplices de um Resgate

Upcoming programming
 Acontece lá em Casa (September 2016)
 As Aventuras de Poliana (2018-2020)
 Carinha de Anjo (remake; 2016)
 Chiquititas (rerun; September 2016)
 Copa de Mundo 2024 (Novbero 2023)

Former programming
 Jornal do SBT (1991–2016)
 Bom Dia & Companhia (1993–2022)
 Carrossel Animado (2007-2013; 2015-2016; 2016–2017)
 Mundo Disney (2015-2018)

Reality shows/Game shows
 Bake Off Brasil
 Júnior Bake Off Brasil
 Bake Off Brasil Celebrity
 BBQ Brasil (BBQ Champ)
 Hell's Kitchen: Cozinha sob Pressão
 Roda a Roda Jequiti (Wheel of Fortune)
 Programa Silvio Santos (Takeshi's Castle)
 Passa ou Repassa (Double Dare) - (Domingo Legal)
 Pra Ganhar É Só Rodar
 Fábrica de Casamentos
 Jogo das Fichas
 Nada além de Um Minuto (Minute to Win It)
 Rola ou Enrola? - (Eliana)
 Fenômenos - (Eliana)
 Esquadrão da Moda (What Not to Wear)
 Bomba! (Boom!) - (Programa Silvio Santos)
 Cabelo Pantene - O Reality (2017-2018)
 Qual é o Seu Talento? (What's Your Talent?)
 Caldeirão da Sorte (2016-2017)
 Duelo de Mães (2016-2017)
 Dance se Puder (2016) - (Eliana)
 Máquina da Fama (2013-2017)
 Esse Artista Sou Eu (Your Face Sounds Familiar) (2014)
 Festival Sertanejo (2013-2014)
 Menino de Ouro (Football's Next Star) (2013-2014)
 Famoso Quem? (My Name Is) (2013)
 Vamos Brincar de Forca (2012-2013)
 Cante se Puder (Sing If You Can) (2011-2013)
 Se Ela Dança, Eu Danço (So You Think You Can Dance) (2011-2012)
 Esquadrão do Amor (2011-2012)
 Um Milhão na Mesa (The Million Pound Drop) (2011)
 Cantando no SBT (2011)
 SOS Casamento (2011)
 Romance no Escuro (Dating in the Dark) (2010-2011) - (Eliana)
 Solitários (Solitary) (2010)
 Meu Pai é Melhor que Seu Pai (My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad) (2010)
 Topa ou Não Topa (Deal or No Deal) (2006-2011)
 Um Contra Cem (1 vs. 100) (2009-2010)
 Você Se Lembra? (Amne$ia) (2009-2010)
 10 Anos Mais Jovem (10 Years Younger) (2009)
 Identidade Secreta (Identity) (2009)
 Só Falta Esposa (2009)
 Astros (2008-2013)
 Supernanny (2008-2010)
 Nada Além da Verdade (The Moment of Truth) (2008-2010)
 Quem Manda É o Chefe (2008-2009)
 High School Musical: A Seleção (2008)
 Tentação (2007-2009)
 Você É mais Esperto que um Aluno da Quinta Série? (Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?) (2007-2008)
 Quem Perde, Ganha (The Biggest Loser) (2007)
 Vinte e Um (Twenty One) (2007)
 Namoro na TV (The Dating Game) (2007)
 Curtindo com Reais (2007)
 Curtindo com Crianças (2007)
 Você É o Jurado (2007)
 Ídolos (SBT) (Idols) (2006-2007)
 Bailando por um Sonho (2006)
 Family Feud Brasil (Family Feud) (2005-2006)
 Casamento à Moda Antiga (2005-2006)
 O Grande Perdedor (2005)
 O Conquistador do Fim do Mundo (2003)
 Xaveco-Se Rolar...Rolou (Singled Out) (1996-2001-2003-2004)
 Todos contra Um (2002-2005)
 Popstars Brasil (Popstars) (2002-2003)
 Ilha da Sedução (Temptation Island) (2002-2003)
 Sete e Meio (Seven and a half) (2002)
 Curtindo uma Viagem (2001-2002)
 Casa dos Artistas (Protagonistas) (2001-2002-2004)
 Audácia (Greed) (2000)
 Qual É a Música? (The Singing Bee) (1999-2008)
 Qual é a Musica? (Name That Tune) (1999-2005)
 Show do Milhão (Million Show) (1999-2009; 2021)
 Nações Unidas (1992-1993)
 Cidade contra Cidade (1988-1989)
 Casa dos Segredos (Secret Story) (future)
 Cinquenta (50–50) (uncertainty)

References

External links

 SBT schedule

SBT
SBT

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Matthew Syres Photography is the Sydney-based studio of commercial and fine art photographer Matthew Syres.
Growing up in Hong Kong had a massive impact on my photography. Its amazing tropical light, architecture, harbour and cityscape, street culture and character filled faces a constant source of inspiration.
Since that time photography has been a huge part of both my private and professional life. I've worked in many aspects of photography including traditional, digital and large format photographic printing, creative retouching, pre-press work, and editorial, retail, wedding, product and commercial photography. All this giving me a broad palette of techniques and skills to draw upon in my work.
I have an obsession for both wide, and shallow focus lenses, which is probably the main connecting factor in my work; that and a love of colour, strong lines and unusual angles. I shoot everything; people, landscapes, animals, flowers, plants, textures, candids, architecture, products, weddings, details, rivers, the sea, bands, theatre... Well you get the idea.
I am available for commissions and my work is for sale as limited edition fine art prints, rights managed and royalty free image files and regular prints. I am also constantly exhibiting new work, my last solo exhibition was entitled Extended Mileage.
Above all I am passionate about this planet we live on and strive in both my professional and private life to work towards a better world, free from extinction, pollution, wanton destruction, famine and social injustice - to name but a few. Personally and in my business I use green power, recycled and forest alliance papers, carbon offset car sharing and air travel, bicycles and public transport.
I offer discounted rates to organizations and businesses sharing these goals.


This stone village house is detached. Of a habitable surface area of 163m² there are currently 3 bedrooms but one could easily envisage creating 2 extra bedrooms with bathroom. The main structure is in good order (re-roofed and recently double glazed). Situated on the outskirts of a village with some basic amenities, 5 minutes from a market town with full amenities and 20 minutes from Auch, capital of the Gers.
Of a habitable surface area of 163m², the house currently comprises 3 bedrooms (with the possibility of creating two additional ones with bathroom: note that the space for this is in addition to the stated habitable surface area but that it is floored out), 2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room and living room. There is a magnificent stone staircase.
Double glazed, re-roofed. Heating via fireplaces and wood-burner.
Fenced garden of about 500m².
On the outskirts of a village. Easily accessible.


BEWARE of Parenting Under 'Nanny State' Next Door Neighbours – if this sounds crazy to you, that's because it is.
I was invited on to the Michael Graham Show on talkRADIO talking about this parenting story in America.
It struck a cord with me as I'm locked into a bit of an unpleasant situation with my next door neighbours after I trimmed their overhanging branches in my garden. They've suddenly put up a huge Razor Wire fence with rolls of highly dangerous Razor Wire on my land, and I'm worried about my two cats getting hurt or injured on it but imagine this….
'It started out as a perfectly normal day. After a busy summer, my daughter and I were looking forward to a rare day free of organised activities. Over breakfast on our patio, I told her, "Today we can relax and all you have is a play date this afternoon. The only thing we have to do today is work on Marshy's dog training." A good plan I would live to regret.
My daughter walked her tiny Maltese dog, Marshmallow, by herself (the norm in my neighbourhood for kids). From where I was in our yard, I could see and hear her nearly the entire time. Then a neighbour called the police.
The neighbor actually told the police a 5-year-old was out by herself. The cops checked in on my family and reported back to the neighbor that I had done nothing wrong and was not endangering my child for letting her walk her dog. Apparently wanting to see me hauled away in handcuffs in front of my kid, the same neighbor decided to call the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), which launched a weeks-long investigation for neglect.
All because my daughter walked her dog.
If this sounds crazy to you, that's because it is. I would soon learn, however, that in America reporting mothers to the authorities because an onlooker disagrees with her parenting is shockingly common.
My family is fortunate. We stretch to rent in a beautiful, safe area outside of Chicago. But our society is particularly judgmental of mothers and people are fond of forcing their ideas on other parents. Parenting will make you keenly aware of just how valuable some people think their opinions are.
Aside from completely traumatizing my daughter — nightmares, paranoia, anger — the whole situation was particularly ironic.
I home-school my kids year-round, which means I am with them practically 24/7. I am actually that annoying mom you secretly think really needs to get a life: I cut off crusts, cut grapes in half, carry Band-Aids, hand wipes, rain ponchos, tissues and snacks wherever I go. Just in case.
I have a plethora of matching outfits with my daughter, worry constantly and all I talk about is my kids (yes, I even annoy myself). Perhaps ironically, one of the biggest criticisms home-schoolers face is the question of how our children learn to become independent. If it seems like you literally just heard my eyes roll, it's because you did.
I'm an older mom, having my second child at 40 years old. I lived with a decade of infertility, lost a baby and I have health concerns. I face every day acutely aware that my time with my children is limited, fleeting and so precious. My oldest turns 18 this week and I feel like I just brought him home. It really does go by so, so fast.
Thus, the fact that our government, urged on by busybodies who think their parenting style is the only correct way to parent, takes away or ruins this tiny bit of precious time from mothers — particularly mothers of color — should be the shame of our nation.
Fed up with the mom-shaming culture that surrounds us, I went public with my story. My very first mom friend, Rina Infelise, is a lawyer who defends DCFS cases. Her advice: Don't go public with the story because DCFS will come after you. This just drove me on.
So, how do you handle incrementally giving your child confidence?
The post BEWARE of Parenting Under 'Nanny State' Next Door Neighbours – if this sounds crazy to you, that's because it is. appeared first on Sue Atkins The Parenting Coach.


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using SMAStudiovNext.Core;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace SMAStudiovNext.Models
{
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    {
        public ModuleModelProxy(object obj, IBackendContext backendContext)
        {
            instance = obj;
            instanceType = instance.GetType();

            Context = backendContext;
        }

        public Guid ModuleID
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                var property = GetProperty("ModuleID");
                return (Guid)property.GetValue(instance);
            }
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            {
                var property = GetProperty("ModuleID");
                property.SetValue(instance, value);
            }
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        public string ModuleName
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                return (string)property.GetValue(instance);
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Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeni...
Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis : a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Anastasios Saratsis, Smaragda Sotiraki, Uffe C Braae, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Veronique Dermauw, Ramon M Eichenberger, Lian F Thomas, Branko Bobić, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Sarah Gabriël (UGent) , et al.
(2019) PARASITES & VECTORS. 12(1).
Anastasios Saratsis, Smaragda Sotiraki, Uffe C Braae, Brecht Devleesschauwer (UGent) , Veronique Dermauw, Ramon M Eichenberger, Lian F Thomas, Branko Bobić, Pierre Dorny (UGent) , Sarah Gabriël (UGent) and Lucy J Robertson
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety (ceased 1-1-2022)
Department of Virology, parasitology and immunology (ceased 1-1-2022)
Background: The zoonotic parasite Taenia saginata utilizes bovines as an intermediate host (causing cysticercosis) and humans as the definitive host (causing taeniosis). The public health burden of T. saginata is assumed to be low, but the economic burden is large, due to the resources utilized in the detection and condemnation of infected carcasses and carcass parts. As part of a collaborative effort to synthesize worldwide epidemiological data on this parasite, we present here the results of a systematic review on the distribution of T. saginata taeniosis and bovine cysticercosis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Methods: Information on the occurrence and prevalence of T. saginata taeniosis and cysticercosis in the MENA region was obtained through a systematic review of published and grey literature, including OIE reports, published between January 1st, 1990 and December 31st, 2017. Results: A total of 63 publications were retrieved across the 21 MENA countries. Taenia saginata taeniosis was reported in 11 of these countries, whereas unspecified taeniosis was reported for a further seven. Microscopy-based prevalence values ranged between 0.02–8.6%. Bovine cysticercosis prevalence estimates based on meat inspection were only reported for Egypt and Israel, with prevalence data ranging between 0.2–20% and 0.1–9.1% for cattle and buffaloes, respectively. The presence of bovine cysticercosis could be confirmed for 10 additional countries through OIE reports. Conclusions: Human taeniosis occurrence was confirmed for 86% (18/21) of the countries in the MENA region, although in several of these countries the species responsible was not specified. Religious prohibitions on the consumption of pork and the limited extent of pig farming across much of this region, however, suggest that many reported taeniosis cases are likely to be attributable to T. saginata rather than Taenia solium or Taenia asiatica. There was a paucity of data regarding both the prevalence and economic impact of bovine cysticercosis. More detailed epidemiological data on both T. saginata taeniosis and bovine cysticercosis could be obtained by adopting an integrated "One Health" approach, considering the characteristics (e.g. ecosystem related and sociopolitical aspects) of the MENA region. Compared with more conventional approaches, this could lead to an enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness of surveillance systems.
Beef tapeworm, Bovine cysticercosis, Cestode, Foodborne parasites, Middle East, MENA, North Africa, Taenia saginata, Taeniosis, INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS, PRIMARY-SCHOOL CHILDREN, BOVINE CYSTICERCOSIS, RISK-FACTORS, FOOD-HANDLERS, DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, PREVALENCE, WORKERS, HEALTH, IMPACT
saratsis2019.pdf
Saratsis, Anastasios, et al. "Epidemiology of Taenia Saginata Taeniosis/Cysticercosis : A Systematic Review of the Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa." PARASITES & VECTORS, vol. 12, no. 1, 2019, doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3339-5.
Saratsis, A., Sotiraki, S., Braae, U. C., Devleesschauwer, B., Dermauw, V., Eichenberger, R. M., … Robertson, L. J. (2019). Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis : a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa. PARASITES & VECTORS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3339-5
Saratsis, Anastasios, Smaragda Sotiraki, Uffe C Braae, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Veronique Dermauw, Ramon M Eichenberger, Lian F Thomas, et al. 2019. "Epidemiology of Taenia Saginata Taeniosis/Cysticercosis : A Systematic Review of the Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa." PARASITES & VECTORS 12 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3339-5.
Saratsis, Anastasios, Smaragda Sotiraki, Uffe C Braae, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Veronique Dermauw, Ramon M Eichenberger, Lian F Thomas, Branko Bobić, Pierre Dorny, Sarah Gabriël, and Lucy J Robertson. 2019. "Epidemiology of Taenia Saginata Taeniosis/Cysticercosis : A Systematic Review of the Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa." PARASITES & VECTORS 12 (1). doi:10.1186/s13071-019-3339-5.
Saratsis A, Sotiraki S, Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Dermauw V, Eichenberger RM, et al. Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis : a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa. PARASITES & VECTORS. 2019;12(1).
A. Saratsis et al., "Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis : a systematic review of the distribution in the Middle East and North Africa," PARASITES & VECTORS, vol. 12, no. 1, 2019.
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abstract     = {{Background: The zoonotic parasite Taenia saginata utilizes bovines as an intermediate host (causing cysticercosis) and humans as the definitive host (causing taeniosis). The public health burden of T. saginata is assumed to be low, but the economic burden is large, due to the resources utilized in the detection and condemnation of infected carcasses and carcass parts. As part of a collaborative effort to synthesize worldwide epidemiological data on this parasite, we present here the results of a systematic review on the distribution of T. saginata taeniosis and bovine cysticercosis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Methods: Information on the occurrence and prevalence of T. saginata taeniosis and cysticercosis in the MENA region was obtained through a systematic review of published and grey literature, including OIE reports, published between January 1st, 1990 and December 31st, 2017.
Results: A total of 63 publications were retrieved across the 21 MENA countries. Taenia saginata taeniosis was reported in 11 of these countries, whereas unspecified taeniosis was reported for a further seven. Microscopy-based prevalence values ranged between 0.02–8.6%. Bovine cysticercosis prevalence estimates based on meat inspection were only reported for Egypt and Israel, with prevalence data ranging between 0.2–20% and 0.1–9.1% for cattle and buffaloes, respectively. The presence of bovine cysticercosis could be confirmed for 10 additional countries through OIE reports.
Conclusions: Human taeniosis occurrence was confirmed for 86% (18/21) of the countries in the MENA region, although in several of these countries the species responsible was not specified. Religious prohibitions on the consumption of pork and the limited extent of pig farming across much of this region, however, suggest that many reported taeniosis cases are likely to be attributable to T. saginata rather than Taenia solium or Taenia asiatica. There was a paucity of data regarding both the prevalence and economic impact of bovine cysticercosis. More detailed epidemiological data on both T. saginata taeniosis and bovine cysticercosis could be obtained by adopting an integrated "One Health" approach, considering the characteristics (e.g. ecosystem related and sociopolitical aspects) of the MENA region. Compared with more conventional approaches, this could lead to an enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness of surveillance systems.}},
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Hull Crown Court
Smuggler's bizarre reaction after officers find 300,000 cigarettes packed into his 'empty' truck
Plot would have cost UK money to defend the realm, judge tells lorry driver
Simon Bristow
A lorry driver caught trying to smuggle 300,000 cigarettes into Hull in what appeared to be an empty truck has been jailed for 21 months.
Had the plot not being foiled by Border Force officers - with the aid of an alert sniffer dog - Sebastian Orlowski's illicit load would have cost the revenue £80,589 in unpaid taxes.
Orlowski, now 34, was stopped at King George Dock at 8.20am on Sunday, September 17, and initially the container on his flat-bed truck appeared empty.
But Border Force officers "noticed a smell of glue and a sniffer dog indicated a positive presence", prosecutor Lorraine Harris told Hull Crown Court.
GOING UP IN SMOKE: Some of the 300,000 cigarettes found in a lorry at Hull's ferry port
They smashed their way into the walls of the container and found they had been purpose-built for smuggling contraband. Specially made trays had been stacked vertically, and contained brands including Marlboro Gold and L&M.
Miss Harris said: "It's a highly sophisticated concealment. There was a ribbon pulley method to allow the removal of the cigarettes."
Bizarrely, after initially displaying "anger and frustration", Orlwoski's mood changed, and as the vehicle was being ripped apart he climbed in taking photographs and asking staff to "smile". He has now been placed on suicide watch in prison after threatening to take his own life.
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Orlowski claimed he was travelling to the UK to buy second-hand clothes in Scunthorpe and Doncaster to sell in his native Poland.
But he later admitted fraudulently evading duty, and said he was being paid to smuggle the cigarettes, but would not say how much or by who.
Orlwoski was found to have made scores of similar journeys, but would only admit that "two or three" were for a similar purpose.
He denied owning the lorry, which had more than 600,000 miles on the clock, at an earlier hearing, so sentencing was adjourned for checks to be made with Europol.
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Miss Harris said the owner had been identified as Karol Rozanski. Neither he nor anyone else had come forward to ask for the lorry back, which was ordered to be confiscated along with the cigarettes.
Jailing Orlwoski, who listened to proceedings through an interpreter, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, Recorder of Hull and East Riding, told him: "It must be made absolutely clear to you, and to others like you, who have or intend to smuggle large quantities of cigarettes into this country in an attempt to evade taxes, will be punished by way of immediate imprisonment.
"Duty is owed on cigarettes and alcohol as a form of taxation. Taxes pay for all the services that we enjoy in a civilised country: schools, hospitals, the police, all manner of welfare benefits, and the defence of this realm.
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"Everybody pays taxes in one form or another. When an individual like you evades duty there are consequences for this country, as indeed all countries whose taxes would be evaded.
"It is thus a serious criminal offence, and this level of smuggling must expect serious consequences by way of punishment. Prison will follow. I trust I make the position of pellucid clarity."
HAUL: Ciagerettes found hidden in the walls of Sebastian Orlowski's truck
In a statement after the hearing, Sandra Smith, assistant director, fraud investigation service, HMRC, said: "This was a shameless attempt to cheat the UK taxpayer and put thousands of illicit cigarettes on the streets.
"Orlowski thought his illegal cargo was well hidden and would avoid detection, but he was wrong.
"The illicit tobacco market costs the UK around £2.5 billion a year, taking money from public services and undermining legitimate traders."


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Land rental markets: Experimental evidence from Kenya
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Michelle Acampora
PhD candidate in Economics, University of Zurich
Lorenzo Casaburi
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Zurich
Jack Willis
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Subsidising land rentals in Kenya increased land access equity and efficiency persistently, highlighting the importance of land markets for agricultural development.
Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for over half of all households in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet markets for its key input, land, function far from perfectly. Across many rural areas, land markets operate under multiple frictions and hence are often sparse, such that most plots are farmed by whoever inherited them (Deininger et al. 2017). Limited land reallocation has far-reaching consequences for the economic lives of the poor, and is often considered a major obstacle to increasing agricultural productivity and to economic development. Consequently, the repercussions of land markets participation and the policy question of whether it should be encouraged are topics of active debate.
The debate focuses on the effects on three sets of outcomes: Efficiency, equity, and structural transformation. On efficiency, some argue there is wide dispersion in productivity across farmers, and hence, large gains to be made from improving land markets (Adamopoulos et al. 2022, Chari et al. 2021, Aragon et al. 2022), while others argue that dispersion in productivity, and hence the potential gains, are much smaller (Gollin and Udry 2021). On equity, land markets may equalise access to land, inducing its transfer towards land-poor households, or they may foster 'land grabs', where wealthy households acquire land, increasing its concentration. On structural transformation, land markets untie landowners from their land - this may push them out of agriculture and into other activities. Alternatively, the constraints to such change may lie elsewhere, for example in other barriers to migration or simply a lack of non-agricultural employment (Gollin 2021, Asher et al. 2022).
Experimental design: Incentivising participation in land rental markets
To bring experimental evidence to this debate, we ran a randomised controlled trial in Western Kenya where we offered landowners subsidies to rent out one of their plots, thus inducing marginal land rentals (Acampora et al. 2022). Our design allows us to:
Identify who selects into land markets at the margin.
Compare renters to owners and contrast their agricultural choices and outcomes on the rented plots.
Identify how owners' outcomes, such as food security, non-farm labour, and migration, change upon renting out part of their land.
We began by interviewing 7,500 plot owners in 161 villages. We asked them about the planned use of each plot for the upcoming season and their interest in a subsidy to rent out one additional plot. The subsidy was 30% of the average rental price and covered up to three seasons. 17% of eligible owners expressed interest in the subsidy - we refer to the plot they chose for the subsidy as the 'target plot'. Interested farmers owned more land, left a higher share of their plots unused, and mentioned cash needs and a lack of inputs for cultivation as the primary reasons for their interest in the rental subsidy.
We then randomised 521 of these interested owners into three groups: a control group, a rental subsidy group who received the subsidy if they rented out, and an unconditional cash transfer group who received the subsidy regardless. As shown in Figure 1, the rental subsidy led to a large increase in the likelihood that the target plot was rented out, from 23% in the control group to 69% in the rental subsidy group, and this effect persisted when the subsidy ended, with 57% of owners in the rental subsidy group continuing to rent out, almost always to the same renter. In contrast, the unconditional transfer had little effect.
Figure 1: Probability of target plot rental by treatment.
a) During subsidy period (seasons 1-3) b) After subsidy period (seasons 4-5)
Induced rentals and treatment effects on land distribution, agricultural production, and owner outcomes
Participation in the rental market reduced inequality in land access. Among rentals induced by the subsidy, renters owned 1.9 fewer plots than the 3.2 owned by owners on average, despite having similar household sizes. Renters were also 7.6 years younger on average, more likely to be male, more educated than owners, and more market-oriented, devoting a greater fraction of their plots to cash crops and being more likely to have borrowed.
To identify the effects of the interventions on agricultural production, we surveyed each target plot manager at the end of each of the four crop seasons following the intervention. Both the rental subsidy and the unconditional cash transfer similarly increased the likelihood that the plot was cultivated. However, while the unconditional cash transfer increased maize cultivation (the subsistence crop), the rental subsidy induced the cultivation of commercial crops. The rental subsidy also increased the value of non-labour inputs on the target plot (seeds, fertiliser, and chemicals), but had no significant effect on labour, despite renter households having higher labour-land ratios.
The changes increased the value of harvest by US$31.5 (47%) and value added by $23. These effects were much larger than, and significantly different from those of the unconditional cash transfer to the owner, which were mostly small. Degradation of soil quality is a potential cost of more intensive cultivation, but two rounds of soil testing indicated no evidence for it. Finally, while the interventions could have affected agricultural production on the non-target plots that belonged to the owners, we do not find meaningful spillovers to them.
The rental subsidy affected the non-agricultural economic activity of owners, leading to 9.1 fewer person-days per season of non-agricultural work. This decrease is inconsistent with land market participation leading to structural transformation, but is consistent with seasonal income effects on labour supply, as is the negative but insignificant effect of the cash drop. The rental subsidy had no detectable effect on food security, a non-land wealth index, or household finances.
Figure 2: Treatment effects.
a) Plot cultivation & crop choice b) Inputs, output and value added (US$)
Notes: These represent Treatment On the Treated (TOT) effects of the interventions and their difference. `Plot cultivated' is 1 if the target plot was cultivated, 0 otherwise. `Maize' and `Commercial Crop' are 1 if the respective crop was cultivated on the target plot, 0 otherwise. In panel b, all outcomes are reported in US $. Numbers in parentheses on the y-axis report the average in the control group.
Understanding and quantifying land market frictions
Regarding the barriers to rentals, the persistence of the rentals after the subsidy ended suggests a fixed cost component, plausibly driven by significant search costs. Many owners and renters reported difficulty in finding rentals. Rentals which persisted had higher value added than those which did not, despite no difference in rental prices or baseline revenues. This is consistent with renters experimenting and learning about their own productivity on plot, and not suggestive of asymmetric information of plot quality. Further, we found little evidence of land disputes or soil degradation, both key concerns for owners at baseline.
Our results allow us to quantify land frictions, under additional assumptions. Relatively low interest in the subsidy shows that for most farmers, the perceived costs of renting were large relative to any potential gains. Among interested farmers, we estimate the (per-acre per-season) size of the barrier is $45 - $56, larger than the average rental price ($34), and find that owners bear a large share (90%) of these frictions. We also identified alternative rentals that would have led to substantially larger gains, underscoring the potential heterogeneity in frictions.
Our work brings experimental evidence to an active debate on the significance of land rental markets. Inducing rentals increased land access equity by shifting access to younger, more land-poor individuals during and after subsidy allocation. Renters raised output and value added on rented plots by increasing non-labour inputs and the cultivation of commercial crops. Although owners cultivate less land under the rental subsidy, their non-agricultural labour also decreases, indicating little evidence of structural transformation stemming from rentals untying owners from their land.
Our goal was to learn about land markets, not to propose a scalable policy - there may of course be more cost-effective ways to improve the functioning of land markets. Further work may aim to study the impact of addressing specific frictions or how interventions at scale may have different results. The experimental exploration of large-scale and long-term rentals remains an important area for future research, including their role in reducing plot fractionalisation, which may unlock greater returns to scale (Foster and Rosenzweig 2022, Bryan et al. 2019). Finally, while we focused on rural land markets, frictions in urban land markets may also have important implications for development (Ghani et al. 2016).
Editor's Note: This paper was released as WP026 of the STEG Working Paper Series.
Acampora, M, L Casaburi, and J Willis (2022), "Land Rental Markets: Experimental Evidence from Kenya", STEG Working Paper.
Aragon, F M, D Restuccia, and J P Rud (2022), "Limitations of yields as a measure of farm productivity: Evidence from Uganda", VoxDev.org, 25 March.
Adamopoulos, T, L Brandt, J Leight, and D Restuccia (2022), "Misallocation, selection, and productivity: A quantitative analysis with panel data from China", Econometrica 90(3): 1261–1282.
Asher, S, A Campion, D Gollin, and P Novosad (2022), "The long-run development impacts of agricultural productivity gains: Evidence from irrigation canals in India", VoxDev.org, 21 October.
Bryan, G, J de Quidt, T Wilkening, and N Yadav, 2019. "Can Market Design Help the World's Poor? Evidence from a Lab Experiment on Land Trade", Working Paper.
Chari, A, E M Liu, S Wang, and Y Wang (2021), "Property rights, land misallocation, and agricultural efficiency in China", The Review of Economic Studies 88(4): 1831–1862.
Deininger, K, S Savastano, and F Xia (2017), "Smallholders' land access in Sub-Saharan Africa: A new landscape?", Food Policy 67: 78–92.
Foster, A D and M R Rosenzweig (2022), "Are There Too Many Farms in the World? Labor Market Transaction Costs, Machine Capacities, and Optimal Farm Size", Journal of Political Economy 130(3): 636–680.
Ghani, E, G Duranton, A G Goswami, and W Kerr (2016), "Land and financial misallocation in India", CEPR.org.
Gollin, D (2021), "Agricultural Productivity and Structural Transformation: Evidence and Questions for African Development", STEG Pathfinding Paper.
Gollin, D and C Udry (2021), "Heterogeneity, measurement error, and misallocation: Evidence from African agriculture", Journal of Political Economy 129(1): 1–80.
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No Dutch citizenship for former President Louis Constant Fleming
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PHIIPSBURG — Governor Drs. Eugene Holiday was within his rights when he refused Dutch citizenship to the former President of the Collectivité de Saint Martin, Louis Constant Fleming, it appears from a ruling by the Court in First Instance earlier this month.
The reason for the refusal is that Fleming failed to state in his so-called option-declaration that he settled a case with the public prosecutor on the French side for a conditional fine of €10,000 ($11,300 at the current rate of exchange) in 2017.
Soualigapost.com reported last year about Fleming's out of court settlement. In 2009, Semsamar – a French organization that manages and constructs social housing – bought land worth several millions of dollar that belonged to Fleming's mother. At the time, Fleming was the administrator of Semsamar. According to Soualigapost.com this transaction is prohibited and considered as "acquisition of interest."
According to the court ruling, Fleming has been living on the Dutch side of the island since 1999. In October 2002 he received a residence permit. On November 21, 2017, he made an option-declaration based on an article in the Kingdom Law on Dutch citizenship. On that day Fleming declared that he met the requirements for Dutch citizenship.
However, on March 2, 2018 Governor Holiday declared his intention to refuse the option-declaration. In other words: he denies Fleming Dutch citizenship. Fleming appealed this decision.
On June 29, 2018, the public prosecutor in Saint Martin confirmed to the governor the existence of a comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité – a settlement. It shows that the prosecutor imposed a conditional 10,000 fine on Fleming in June 2017 as part of a settlement with the prosecutor's office. Part of this settlement is that Fleming pleaded guilty.
But Fleming's attorney, his daughter Brenda Brooks, told the court that her client did not commit the offenses mentioned in the settlement. "He only took, as the President of Saint Martin at the time, the responsibility for decisions taken by the Collectivité de Saint Martin."
Also, Fleming did not want to confront his ageing mother with a legal procedure and the accompanying media-coverage. Part of the settlement was, according to Fleming, that it would not be recorded on his criminal record. "This agreement was made because in reality he did not commit a crime."
Fleming's attorney said that it is incorrect to say that her client is a threat to public order. The governor also should have considered that Fleming was born in St. Maarten, that he has been doing business on the Dutch side since the seventies, that he has never been a threat to public order and that the facts that resulted in the settlement happened a long time ago.
The court ruled that the governor has to follow the letter of the law and that there is no leeway. The option-declaration has to be refused to someone who was sanctioned during the four previous years for a crime. "A crime is also relevant if it has been concluded with a transaction," the ruling states.
A settlement is not necessary an acknowledgement of guilt, but the voluntary acceptance of the settlement is essential, the court ruled. "Giving up legal protection by the court and the possibility of an acquittal or a lower punishment is done voluntary."
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Tabitha Tumbly, Charlie Vapour, Rusty Chains and friends can't understand why the still-alives in their house are so mean. When Pamela Fraidy gets locked in the attic by a still-alive, the ghosties are determined to make the still-alives like them. But the more friendly they are - hiding under beds and rushing out to read them a bed-time story, rushing down the chimney to say hello, the meaner the still-alives become; they even go so far as to run out of rooms shrieking! When the family start putting nasty garlic around the house and then call in a priest, the ghostie gloves are off: Tabitha and Charlie decide to call in The Ghoul to sort out the still-alives once and for all: But could the terrifying ghoul prove much more than even the ghosties bargained for? The cast of classic characters, brilliant one-liners and a clever plot will delight children and their parents.
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Daren King's first adult novel BOXY AN STAR was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and his first children's book MOUSE NOSES ON TOAST won the Nestle Children's Book of the Year Award. He was born in Essex in 1972 and now lives in Dublin.
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Dave Mason on Traffic and His Deep Musical History
by Michael Eck
Dave Mason (Photo: Chris Jensen: used with permission)
Some see Dave Mason as a quintessential '60s/'70s British classic rocker. Yet he has lived in Southern California since 1969. He speaks with barely a trace of the British accent he was born with in Worcester in 1946. Asked whether he considers himself an American musician or an English one, he is sage, quoting a bumper sticker his late father, a WWI veteran, had on the rear of his car: "I am a citizen of the world."
Over his years on the planet, Mason was a founding member of Traffic and (briefly) the original second guitarist in Derek and the Dominos. Despite having no musical training, Mason has, throughout his lifetime, been a presence onstage and in the studio with the biggest names in classic rock. The distinctive switchback 12-string that kicks off Jimi Hendrix's defining 1968 take of "All Along the Watchtower"? Mason. The droning shenhai at the end of the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man"? Mason. The gent singing against Stevie Wonder's sweet harmonica, in 1973, on "The Lonely One"? Mason.
Born May 10, 1946, he began playing guitar at 16, and within a year, like many hopefuls in his immediate postwar generation, was gigging in outfits with brash young names like the Jaguars and the Hellions; learning chord shapes on a cheap guitar while sussing out how to pace a gig or chat up a bird – the rock 'n' roll life. He's still living it, as he continues to tour regularly. (See here for tickets.)
The Hellions tracked a single with producer Kim Fowley (then living in London), and featured a drummer named Jim Capaldi, who, after the group morphed into Deep Feeling, introduced Mason to his pals Chris Wood and Steve Winwood – the latter fresh off of scoring hits like "Keep On Running," "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man" with the Spencer Davis Group.
One thing led to another, and they became a new band that christened itself Traffic.
What separated Traffic from its contemporaries, at least in part, was its rural Berkshire Cottage sound, a sort of folk psychedelia at odds with the mod pop of Carnaby Street and the bristling R&B of the Marquee. Mason's songwriting sensibility, equal parts whimsy and melody, was, to Winwood's dismay, a huge part of the group's early sound, with the trippy, flute and sitar-laden "Hole In My Shoe" hitting #2 on the British charts as the band's second single.
Fame came early for Mason, and with it the struggles.
"I was 19 years old," he says. "'Hole in My Shoe' was the first song I ever wrote. How did I cope with all of that happening so fast, so quick? I quit. It was too much for me. That's why I left Traffic after the first album."
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He returned briefly, but by the time the band's second long player, simply titled Traffic, was in the shops, Mason was already on the bricks again. Bloodied but unbowed, he headed for America.
"The personalities came in after the second album," he says. "That wasn't me. That was the others. I have a very pop sensibility, and in the beginning the songs that I was writing became the singles for the band, and that was a rub for the other three. They didn't want it. That's why I upped and moved to California."
Perhaps surprisingly, given the rancor that sometimes surrounds talk of Traffic days, Mason is, once again, sage about how things shook out. He even returned to the band a second time for a handful of gigs in 1971, which led to the release of the loose, raw live disc, Welcome to the Canteen. But any fraternal association ends there. (One of his most recent projects has been the live presentation Dave Mason's Traffic Jam.)
Watch Mason perform with several of his ex-Traffic mates at their 2004 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"Feelin' Alright," first recorded by Traffic and allegedly inspired by the band's issues, remains a jam band staple to this day, and has been covered by everyone from Grand Funk Railroad and Mongo Santamaria to, most famously of course, Joe Cocker, whose sandpaper voice found every shred of emotion in the song.
Mason and Jimi Hendrix, 1968
"I've been wanting to do Traffic Jam for years, and I finally put it together in 2013," Mason says. "I just wanted to revisit some of that stuff. Looking back, I would classify Traffic as one of the original alternative bands. These so called jam bands are very popular these days, but we were doing that back then. The way things turned out is that pretty much all the Traffic songs I picked out to do in the show are not my songs. But they're fun to play and they're part of that era."
"Obviously, I do 'Feelin' Alright,' and sometimes I'll throw in 'You Can All Join In,' but I wouldn't even attempt to do my early Traffic stuff," Mason continues, echoing Winwood's opinion from those days. "Frankly, they were my first attempts at writing, and to me, at this time, they're trite and banal and I don't want to play them again."
Mason still has all six strings under his fingers and under his command. That agility is part of what's kept him sane and solvent through the ups and downs of his epic 50-year career.
As noted, immediately following Traffic's tossing, Mason moved to Los Angeles, where he took on the lead guitar slot with Delaney & Bonnie, the soulful southern-tinged duo that would hold sway over fellow gunslinger Eric Clapton, as well. Mason got there first, and the married Bramletts, whose first tour with Mason was as opening act for Winwood and Clapton's Blind Faith, would soon take his "Only You Know and I Know" to the charts in the States.
When Clapton, during sessions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, stole the group's rhythm section for Derek and the Dominos, he initially pulled Mason – back in England for the second brief Traffic reunion – in, too.
Being the first second guitarist of the Dominos – breaking in, with a studio date and one live gig, the shoes that Duane Allman would fill – would alone guarantee Mason his place in the ephemera of rock 'n' roll, but that's just a start.
Post-D&B, in 1970, Mason teamed with Mamas and the Papas vocalist Cass Elliott as a duo, releasing an obscure eponymous album the following year. It's a hidden gem.
What of his dalliance with Wooden Frog, essentially an ill-fated Winwood-less Traffic; or his work with proggish British rockers Family; or his membership, in the '90s, in Fleetwood Mac (with his old friends' daughter, Bekka Bramlett), holding down a guitar/vocal chair vacated by the likes of Peter Green, Bob Welch, Lindsey Buckingham and Billy Burnette? Harrison, the Stones, Paul McCartney, Stephen Stills, Phoebe Snow… Mason's Zelig-like list of associations rolls on and on.
"They're all highlights. I was young. I was 22 years old [when I started doing sessions and solo work], and what the hell do you know when you're 22? There was no manual. I was just out there following my dream. It just happened that I was in a lot of places where things worked out for me. The enormous amount of talent that I've had the opportunity to sing with and play with is awesome. I'm very fortunate to have landed in those situations."
His memory of working with Michael Jackson, on "Save Me" from 1980's Old Crest on a New Wave, is particularly charming.
"I was cutting Old Crest, the last album I made for Columbia, at Westlake in L.A. Michael was in the other room (Studio A) doing Thriller. I needed somebody to sing a high part on a song I was recording called 'Save Me.' Somebody told me they were on a break, so I just walked over there to the doorway of the control room and I explained what I was doing. He looked at me for a minute and he said, 'I was 12 years old and I did this Diana Ross session, and the last thing she and I did together was a song called "Feelin' Alright," so yeah, absolutely, I'll come over and sing with you.'"
Mason now and then
What's easy to overlook while parsing Mason's star-studded resume is just how solid his solo work has been since the release of the Tommy LiPuma-produced Alone Together in 1970 (and, yes, he confirms he's still signing the original multi-colored marbled vinyl copies).
That album contained FM radio hits "World in Changes" and "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave," as well as Mason's own take on "Only You Know and I Know," and truly established his mellow yet still edgy sound.
Related: Our Album Rewind of Alone Together
Columbia Records was a good place to be, and Mason released a string of strong titles, even if they didn't quite ring with the fervor of Alone Together.
Then, in 1977, came "We Just Disagree," culled from Let It Flow, produced by hard rock maven Ron Nevison.
Watch him perform it on The Midnight Special
The song, written by Mason's longtime friend and guitar foil Jim Krueger, is indelible and still sounds fresh today. Like "Watchtower," it kicks off with a distinctively strummed 12-string (played in the studio version by Krueger), but it's Mason's voice, all salt and honey, that sticks in the memory.
"Frankly," he laughs, spinning a well-burnished line, "I thought it was too good a song to be a hit."
Krueger's death, at 43, from pancreatitis, in 1993, was a blow musically more than personally.
"Jim and I played together for 18 years, but we never hung out together. We never really had any social interaction. We just worked so well musically. He was an awesome guitar player and it's too bad that he went so early."
Similarly, queried about the importance of the ubiquitous 12-string in his music, Mason doesn't elaborate or wax poetic.
"It's like having a piano in your hands. It's just a fuller version of a six-string."
While "Disagree" only rose to #12 on Billboard's Hot 100 (Billy Dean took it to #9 on the country charts in '94), it still provided the kind of exposure that has kept Mason aloft as a live act ever since. And he's just fine with that.
"Live is where it's at. There's so much fake stuff going on. There's so much bullshit out there. The only thing that lasts is anything that's real, and the only thing that transcends genre is authenticity. The rest is all just a smokescreen."
For Mason, playing live remains "where it's at."
He's not quite so fine with the way audience interaction has changed in the digital age. Instead of lighters held aloft for an encore (a trope sometimes attributed to Fowley), he often faces a sea of cellphones, capturing unauthorized images and audio.
"The Internet has destroyed intellectual property," Mason fumes. "It's destroyed people's livelihoods. It's all been turned into zeroes and ones and people are just taking it. It bothers me when people sit there with their damn phones, capturing video footage of what I'm doing in front of them. Sit there and enjoy the show; don't just keep capturing what we're doing.
"There's a finite, very small percentage of musicians moving in that very rarefied stratosphere of making millions of dollars every year," he explains. "Then there's the 98 percent of us who are literally working musicians. I am still in that category, and certainly the people who play with me are. This is our livelihood. It's the way we make our living. You're not paying me to stand up here and make music, because I would do that anyway. What you're paying me for is to leave the house, especially at my age."
Mason – whose recorded output has leaned on live albums and compilations since 1987's Some Assembly Required – shows no sign of slowing down when it comes to leaving the house, or to being a road dog. In 2017, he released an EP, Pink Lipstick, of recent music and previously unreleased recordings.
"Playing live is always great," he says. "I'll be doing it 'til I drop. Don't miss the last show!"
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As a high school junior at a Catholic military academy, Michael Eck was required to complete career profiles for two jobs. He chose freelance writer and musician, and, despite their sad economic profiles, has followed those twin paths ever since. At the Times Union in Albany, NY, Eck was a stringer covering pop music and theater for 27 years. He has also written about music for Amazon.com, AOL/Time Warner, the Austin Chronicle, Billboard, Fretboard Journal, Mandolin Café, Nippertown, No Depression and many other print and web outlets. He has four solo albums of original material and, as a multi-instrumentalist, currently performs with Ramblin Jug Stompers and Lost Radio Rounders. With WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Eck served as the producer and host of the popular live concert/interview program Performance Place. Since 2013, Eck – who also paints portraits of iconic folk, blues and jazz musicians – has been publicist for Proctors in Schenectady, NY.
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#1 John 14 February, 2016, 14:56
Thanks Dave Mason for your wonderful music. I grew up listening to my older brother play the Headkeeper album. I haven't stopped listening!
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#2 Fig 28 December, 2016, 14:51
I was googling Dave Mason, The barf album, and I ended up here. I was telling my wife and daughter that I used to have an album that looked like somebody had barfed on it. Then I started singing "world in changes". I love that album. I used to go see Dave when I would see that he was in concert. His show was always the best. Probably still is.
#3 Rachael 22 February, 2017, 16:05
I saw Dave in Atlanta. He still rocks it very well. I love how genuine he is. My admiration and respect for his talent is great. I can only imagine the experiences he has had with such amazing artists. He is a treasure! I would love to sit down with him for a couple of hours and just listen to his stories. What an amazing man!
#4 Big Al 11 May, 2019, 10:00
Wonderful, informative article about one of my all time favorite musicians. I've followed his career since that 1st Traffic album and seen him in concert multiple times. Always a wonderful show with a deep list of songs to draw from.He's one of those rare people that benefit from getting the opportunity to work with really talented folks and see it for what it is:a chance to rise to the occasion and be heard by a wider audience.I love his comment about surviving in the music industry. A few musicians near the top become very wealthy, the rest are out there working hard to do a job that they love. That's why it's so important to go out and support live music. Go see Dave when he comes to your area, you won't be disappointed.
#5 Rob 15 April, 2020, 08:02
can't believe there is no mention of the albums "Like you Never Left," and all time favorite, "Dave Mason
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Bavarian Mayor Slammed For Refugee Bus 'Stunt'
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Demonstrators holding a banner—reading "Mrs. Merkel your children are coming! Bravo"—and media stand next to a bus with refugees arriving in Berlin from the Bavarian town of Landshut, Germany, January 14. Landshut mayor Peter Dreier has faced criticism for the stunt. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
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A German local politician who loaded a bus with refugees and sent it across the country to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in a bizarre PR stunt has come in for criticism from refugee groups.
Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut in Bavaria, Germany, on Thursday dispatched a bus of 31 Syrian refugees to Berlin, seven hours away, himself travelling alongside them in a car. The local council said that those on board volunteered for the trip, according to the BBC.
Dreier, who said he had warned Merkel he was prepared to do this in a phone call in 2015, sought to highlight the burden being placed on his town after a year in which Germany received over a million asylum applications.
"We are trying to help these people integrate. But that won't work if this year we face another wave of one million, or even more," Dreier said. Die Welt reported that most of the refugees were on Friday sent back to Bavaria.
Elisabeth-Maria Bauer, a manager at a Landshut volunteer service that is responsible for coordinating local efforts to help asylum seekers, tells Newsweek, "Mr. Dreier's act yesterday was more political show than help for refugees."
She says the town is not overloaded with asylum seekers: "We have a lot of work, yes... but no, we haven't too much." She adds that she is concerned about the signal Dreier's act would send to other local politicians.
Bauer's criticism matches that of national refugee groups. On Thursday, Guenther Burkhardt, head of German refugee support group Pro Asyl, told Sky News that: "People are being exploited for the sake of media footage."
"This doesn't solve the problems... This is a stunt that misuses the plight of refugees to send the message: 'We want to close the borders.'"
Dreier's stunt comes as Merkel faces mounting pressure over her liberal immigration policies, following a string of sex attacks on New Year's Eve allegedly committed by immigrants.
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Plans are in place to minimise disruption at Extinction Rebellion's protest (August 30).
Hundreds of climate change activists will dress up in Star Wars costumes for a day of protest which will take place in three of the city's film studios.
It will be the first time Extinction Rebellion has held a demonstration in Bristol since the week-long disruption in July which saw Castle Park and Bristol Bridge taken over, as well as the M32 blocked.
It is understood there will be Extinction Rebellion events at the Bottle Yard studio in Hengrove, Aardman Animations' headquarters on Gas Ferry Road on Spike Island and at the BBC Natural History Unit on Whiteladies Road in Clifton .
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It's part of a national day of lobbying action to ask those who work in the film industry to join the 'Global Strike for Climate' on September 20.
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Avon and Somerset Constabulary added it was working with Extinction Rebellion to keep disruption to a minimum.
"We are aware of events planned for Bristol on Friday and are working with organiser to facilitate a peaceful protest while keeping disruption to those working living and visiting Bristol to a minimum," a police spokesperson said.
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A spokesperson for the climate change group said: "This campaign will mobilise film studios across the UK to 'strike' with Youth Strike for Climate and Earth Strike on their international day of rebellion on Friday (September 20)."
"This action will highlight the huge gap between the recommendations of the most recent IPCC report (amongst others) and the gross neglect of policy makers in the UK to respond to the very real threat of mass extinction," he added.
"Every film studio in Bristol will be attended by rebels from Extinction Rebellion and Youth Strike For Climate this Friday, finishing with a mass rally outside the Bristol Natural History Consortium.
"There will be a statement of the movement's aims going forward, given from Film Strike For Climate's own themed boat, and a 30+ piece orchestra made up of Bristol metropolitan orchestra and the Bristol fantasy orchestra, playing an array of sci fi themes.
"Organisers are calling on all film fans to get to their nearest location and show their support."
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"The film industry, as a cultural leader, can inspire other industries to take it upon themselves to strike," he said.
"As we've seen with high profile actors such as Leonardo Di Caprio and Kiera Knightley, when the film and television industry speaks out, people listen.
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By UGRF
A few days ago, in Wurma, Kafi in Katsina state, gunmen took to the streets causing mayhem and wrecking havoc with an ease that lasted over three hours while no security response was in sight. The gunmen regrettably abducted over 43 people- mostly women and children, and went off without a trace.
It has become the modus operandi of armed bandits to kidnap vulnerable and overwhelmed victims of their violence in lieu of paid ransom, and it is truly sad that it has become a thriving franchise with no solution in sight.
The recent maiming and adoption in Wurma, Katsina state is a contributory sad commentary to the worsening security crisis in the country, particularly in the northeastern part of the country where banditry has become a norm. The spate of human live losses, loss of livelihood and properties have become so regular it is a statistical nightmare to the country's security apparatuses and appears to defy the wisdom and intervention of local, state and federal governments.
Katsina state, home-state of Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari, has in recent and distant times borne the brunt of an inept security structure and an increasingly bold violent group that remain elusive while habitually burning down villages, pillaging, raping and killing wantonly with little or no opposition from the police or military. The absence of a resolution in sight has meant that the people must now protect themselves which entails taking the laws into their hands.
Perhaps a way forward should begin with identifying the underlying causes of these recurring mayhem. Social insecurity is a direct reflection of a failed economic and educational system. By addressing the economic realities of northeastern Nigeria in tandem with a wide-spread drive for literacy and an advocacy against the ills of banditry much gains can be secured in uprooting not just banditry but insurgency, too.
Of course, in line with the above, all levels of government have a duty to make crimes unattractive and bring the full force of the law to bear on perpetrators of this maladies. By improving the security setup in the north, creating and sustaining viable means of passing and receiving rapid information on attacks even if based on suspicion, the Nigeria police and army would be better positioned to forestall or quell future attacks.
We express and extend the hopes that the police and military would work assiduously with relevant intelligence agencies in the country to search out, apprehend and secure the release of all who have been abducted in this instance and so many others nationwide. All lives, regardless of social status, truly matter.
Shalom Olaseni
UGRFP.
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She unwisely married him even though she knew he was a philanderer, and sure enough, within two years she divorced him.
Phil (love or attraction) + Wanderer = philanderer i.e. someone who wanders and loves everywhere. FEEL+UNDER: when you have constant feelings under your clothes, you become a philanderer.


WSJ: Apps to help you Speed Read – using your phone.
People read more than ever on mobile devices and usually in 10-minute bursts, giving rise to a new wave of apps that promise to make reading on a small screen easier. Angela Chen reports on the News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
Reading these days is often a few minutes on the phone in the grocery-store line, not an hour curled up with a book on the couch. This quick-hit reading is sparking a renewed interest in the art of speed reading.
People read more than ever on mobile devices and usually in 10-minute bursts, according to research by e-reading subscription services. To tap into this, there's a revival in traditional speed-reading classes as well as new apps that promise to make reading on a small screen easier.
When Brett Kirby, age 33, reads the news in the morning, he doesn't grab a newspaper or browse a website. He picks up his phone and has his articles flashed to him, one word at a time, 650 words a minute.
Mr. Kirby, a research fellow in medicine at Duke University, is a beta-tester for Spritz, a mobile app that claims to help people read faster without the bother of classes.
Spritz Technology Inc. co-founder and CEO Frank Waldman says using the app is a more modern way of reading. The company's goal isn't to help undergraduates cram for exams, he says, but to change how people keep up with mobile news. "You wouldn't really want to read classic lit or Shakespeare on [Spritz]," he says. "We want to work on focused reading on the go." Samsung Group's new Galaxy S5 phone and Gear 2 smartwatch come with the Spritz app preloaded.
The average college graduate reads about 250 words a minute, says Michael Masson, professor of psychology at the University of Victoria in Canada. A 7-year-old reads about 80 words a minute, while a sixth-grader reads about 185 words a minute. People who use Velocity, a $2.99 iPhone and iPad app that launched in September tend to go with its default speed of 300 words a minute, says the app's co-creator Matthew Bischoff. But 400 and 500 words a minute are also popular presets.
Click on the top left link for the full link and to test your reading speed.
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