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A generous boost to dementia research
By: Alex Branch
A generous estate gift from a longtime community volunteer whose family was impacted by dementia will establish a $3 million endowed chair to support groundbreaking research into Alzheimer's disease and other translational research projects at UNT Health Science Center.
Sid O'Bryant, PhD, Professor and Director of the Institute for Translational Research, will hold The Dr. Joe and Peggy Schooler Endowed Chair in Pharmacology and Neuroscience. Two endowed scholarships also will be created through the estate gift.
The endowment will support the university and Dr. O'Bryant, who is working to develop a blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease within a primary care setting. His work is the first-ever study of a blood-screening test for biomarkers to be used with primary care patients.
"The endowment from Dr. Joe and Peggy Schooler is of tremendous importance to the advancement of translational research at UNTHSC, which is geared to improving the lives of patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases," Dr. O'Bryant said. "This endowment will help support the ongoing research as well as pave the way for new lines of work to be conducted.
"I am humbled by the family's generosity and proud to join them in the fight against these terrible brain diseases."
The Institute of Translational Research was recently established under Dr. O'Bryant's leadership to translate basic science into treatments and new procedures for Alzheimer's and other diseases, and to reduce the time it takes for patients to experience the benefits.
The university was honored that Mrs. Schooler entrusted it with the gift, said Charles Taylor, PharmD, Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs.
"We are excited for Dr. O'Bryant to lead us in this new strategic direction and know he will be a tremendous steward of this substantial gift," Dr. Taylor said. "We have a wonderful platform for our team of scientists to gain new knowledge and translate those discoveries to directly improve the lives of patients."
The blood test Dr. O'Bryant is pursing could be a game-changer for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's, which afflicts 5.7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer's Association. For most patients, the blood test could be done in their doctor's office and provide relief from the fear of having Alzheimer's. For those whose results are positive, there would be the benefit of early detection and treatment planning.
Dr. O'Bryant also oversees one of the largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the United States focused on Mexican-Americans and dementia. This five-year study began in 2017 and is funded by a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Mrs. Schooler was married for 24 years to Dr. Joe F. Schooler Jr., a physician who opened a private practice in Fort Worth in 1963. Dr. Schooler died in 2008.
Mrs. Schooler was an active community volunteer. She scheduled drivers for her Woodhaven neighborhood's Citizens on Patrol group and, even at age 82, helped the Fort Worth Police Department by portraying a witness or "walking wounded' victim during officer training scenarios.
Her interest in Alzheimer's and dementia was personal. She cared for her mother, who suffered from dementia, and spoke about how difficult it was to experience how it impacted her mother.
Mrs. Schooler died in September 2017. Her generosity in establishing the planned gift to support scientific research at UNTHSC was no surprise to people who knew her.
"Peggy was the most generous person I have ever known," family friend Rick Disney said. "I know of at least two people Peggy helped out financially when they had tough times due to medical issues. We lost a great friend with her passing."
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By Alex Lauer / March 8, 2017
Here's a Leather Watch Strap That'll Turn Any Timepiece Into a Smart One
Because life's too short to be tied down, man
"Smartwatch" is a deceiving moniker, as anyone who's worn one knows.
The data collection stops if you ever take it off (and please say you take it off once in a while). As for style, let's just say no outfit has ever benefitted from a tiny computer screen at the wrist.
No need to fret, wearable obsessives. Swiss company Manufacture Modules Technologies (MMT) is here with the E-Strap. It's a small buckle extension with all the essentials of a smartwatch, but without the tacky design. In fact, it's functional with your entire Swiss watch collection.
The device tracks run-of-the-mill activity like steps, calories burned and distance traveled, but it also offers detailed sleep analysis and coaching features. This data can be stored independently for up to 30 days, but can also be automatically analyzed on the MMT-365 smartphone app (available for Apple and Android). And you can place it under your pillow at night to get the benefits of the sleep data without wearing it.
For those with more than one watch, the E-Strap device is designed to fit on 3rd party bands. And it only needs to be charged once a week, so on the scale of smartwatches, we're talking low maintenance.
Watch blog Worn & Wound notes that MMT is workling with companies like Frederique Constant to distribute the integrated E-Straps by as early as April.
Keep an eye on MMT for the release of individual bands.
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Nacque da un'illustre famiglia di origini piemontesi che si era trasferita ad Asolo agli inizi del XV secolo. Non si conosce pressoché nulla delle sue origini e dei suoi primi anni (da una lettera sappiamo che ebbe un fratello, Giovanni Francesco) e la gran parte della sua biografia ci è nota grazie a Iacopo Augusto Tuano, suo contemporaneo.

Studiò all'università di Bologna, prima medicina e poi filosofia, ed ebbe anche alcune conoscenze di lingue orientali. Tra i suoi maestri va ricordato Ludovico Boccadiferro che gli trasmise la passione per Aristotele e del quale scrisse l'orazione funebre alla sua morte, nel 1545.

Il Camozzi risiedette a Bologna per un lungo periodo: nell'anno accademico 1549-1550 risultava maestro di retorica; successivamente papa Giulio III lo nominava professore di filosofia alla scuola spagnola. Sotto Paolo IV passò all'università di Macerata, ma con l'elezione di Pio IV venne chiamato a Roma.

A detta dei suoi biografi, nell'Urbe si occupò della traduzione dei Padri greci ma di questa attività restano scarse tracce, e non resta testimonianza nemmeno di accademica che di certo svolse.

Il Camozzi è noto per aver compilato edizioni, traduzioni e commentari di testi greci di scienze naturali, specialmente di Aristotele e dei suoi interpreti. Lavorò, inoltre, a una nuova edizione delle opere del medico Paolo di Egina tradotte da Iohannes Guenther. Altre sue opere sono la già citata orazione funebre a Boccadiferro, il De antiquitate litterarum, dedicato al cardinale Filippo Guastavillani, e alcuni manoscritti (Theodoreti episcopi Cyri interpretatio in Hieremiam prophetam e Oratio de pulchritudine). Da una lettera del Camozzi indirizzata al cardinale Guglielmo Sirleto sappiamo dell'esistenza di un'altra opera patristica: Theodoretus Compilator seu multifarius libellus interprete Ioanne B. Camotio.

Ebbe un figlio, Timoteo, autore di un commentario al De piscibus di Teofrasto non pervenutoci.

Bibliografia

 Philippe Labbe, Nova bibliotheca manuscriptorum librorum, Paris 1653, pp. 213, 218, 233;
 Jacques-Auguste de Thou, Historiarum sui temporis tomus quartus, London 1733, ad annum 1581;
 Pietro Trieste De' Pellegrini, Saggio di memorie degli uomini illustri di Asolo, Venezia 1780, pp. 32-36;
 Friedrich August Eckstein, Nomenclator philologorum, Lipsiae 1871, p. 78;
 Ferdinand Edward Cranz, Catalogus translationum et commentariorum..., I, Washington 1960, p. 100;
 Mario Emilio Cosenza, Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Italian Humanists, I, Boston 1962, pp. 804-805.

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Traduttori dal greco al latino
Professori dell'Università degli Studi di Macerata

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Almost one in three internships on a government website for graduate job-hunters this year has been unpaid, a Freedom of Information request shows.
In a political row earlier this year Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called for interns to be paid.
But the Graduate Talent Pool website, set up by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), continues to offer many unpaid internships.
A BIS spokesman said businesses should be open and fair about what is offered.
University leavers face tough competition in the jobs market - and internships are seen as a way of getting a foot on the ladder.
But a Freedom of Information request, submitted by a graduate recruitment company called Give A Grad A Go, shows that 30% of the internships advertised so far this year on the government's official Graduate Talent Pool website have been unpaid.
Up to 6 May, more than 2,200 vacancies advertised on the website, out of a total of more than 7,600, were unpaid.
The website itself shows that out of the 2,239 vacancies currently available, only 1,235 are paid vacancies.
Among the unpaid internships are full-time posts lasting for several months, with a number of agencies appearing to use the website to recruit such unpaid interns.
The Graduate Talent Pool website was set up by the government as a way of connecting graduates with internships being offered by businesses.
But there have been criticisms over how internships can be misused as unpaid labour by some employers - and warnings about the need for them to comply with the minimum-wage regulations.
There have been particular warnings about the impact of the intern system on social mobility - with claims that it gives an unfair advantage to the well-connected and those who can afford to work without being paid or only receiving minimal expenses.
Mr Clegg highlighted his concerns in his social-mobility strategy - sparking a political row about his own access to work experience and differences of opinion with the prime minister.
"We want to improve understanding of the application of national minimum-wage legislation to internships and ensure that employers comply with it," said Mr Clegg's social-mobility proposals.
"Where an individual is entitled to the minimum wage they should receive it and we take failure to do so very seriously."
The Graduate Talent Pool website also warns employers that: "If an intern is effectively performing as a 'worker', then in most cases they will be entitled to the national minimum wage."
Cary Curtis, managing director of Give A Grad A Go, said: "Recent social-mobility debate between the prime minister and his deputy has highlighted the lack of a coherent approach to internships and work placements.
"Nick Clegg's new Social Mobility Strategy is a step in the right direction, as we believe all graduates should be treated as employees and paid accordingly, regardless of the position's label or their social standing.
"The word 'internship' carries no legal definition and therefore often leads to graduate exploitation," said Mr Curtis.
He also criticised the finding that the government department did not keep a record of how many graduates found a job through its internship website.
A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said: "We encourage businesses to offer internships openly and transparently and to provide financial support to ensure fair access.
"Some interns don't qualify for the national minimum wage and we encourage employers to pay reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in these cases."
A spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister urged employers of interns to pay heed to minimum wage legislation, and to consider paying the minimum wage or out of pocket expenses to "ensure fair access".
"But this is as much about opportunity as it is about money," the spokesman said.
"Too often, such opportunities can only be taken by well off, well connected families," he said, adding that the deputy prime minister "welcomes schemes like the Graduate Talent Pool that provide an open and transparent means for people from any background to find the right opportunity for them".


Fish LC50 is 8510 mg/L.
Hexylene glycol was reported to have low acute toxicity to various fish species with 96-hour LC50 values well above 5000 mg/L.
An acute toxicity study was performed to assess the acute aquatic toxicity of hexylene glycol (amongst other chemicals) to 10 aquatic species (fish, crustaceans, chironomid and amphibian) (Thurston et al., 1984). Testing method followed was similar to OECD Guideline 203. Fish were exposed to a range of hexylene glycol concentrations in freshwater and under continually aerated and flow-through conditions for a period of 96 hours. The lowest 96-hour LC50 of hexylene glycol was determined to be 8510 mg/L in Gambusia affinis. No other information was available.
The acute aquatic toxicity of hexylene glycol was also assessed in other studies in which no guidelines were followed but experimental details are provided allowing to conclude that the tests have been properly carried out. The results of these studies support the low acute toxicity of hexylene glycol to fish.
Other studies included acute toxicity tests conducted in Lepomis macrochirus under freshwater conditions, in Menidia beryllina under salt water conditions, and in Alburnus alburnus under static conditions in brackish water. Under their respective test conditions, the 96-hour LC50 of hexylene glycol was determined to be greater than 10 000 ppm in Lepomis macrochirus based on measured concentrations (Dawson et al., 1975), equal to 10 000 mg/L in Menidia beryllina based on measured concentrations (Dawson et al., 1975), and equal to 8000 mg/L in Alburnus alburnus based on nominal concentrations (Linden et al., 1979).


Finally, it's happened, the 'boys' are going international. This weekend might be a little different to the rest, as I'll most likely be drunk for 72 hours. (I'll take this opportunity to pre-apologise for the drunken Instagram live videos which are imminent.) Going away with the boys throws up the question of what to pack for the heat, clubbing and looming hangovers from hell!
We've never been away as friends before, which is quite surprising as we've all known each other since a very early age. As Olly is the first person in the group getting married, we knew it called for something special! So we're all jetting off to Portugal for his stag!
So, what to pack? Well, I can assure you hangover cures are top of the list! Nevertheless, you've got to look cool while abroad, so in this post, I'll be talking through my suitcase essentials. Fact one, we didn't actually pay for suitcases on the flight, meaning I've got to fit all my clothes into my hand luggage! That's everything you need on holiday into my 56 cm by 45 cm case! Quite a task, thankfully we're only going for a long weekend!
I'm currently staring at my TINY suitcase, packed to the brim with all my essentials. The first of my must take products are for the hair. After all, it's my biggest accessory! Maintaining my mane is top of any holiday list. Here are some of my favourite products I always have to take with me. A good shampoo & conditioner are a must, after a long day in the sun & constantly getting my hair wet with every dip in the pool. I also find a salt spray a valuable life line if you're going to let your hair dry naturally throughout the day.
My biggest must have has to be my hairspray, I couldn't live without this product, it's been the solid favourite of mine for years! I've never found another that even gets close to Got2b! A finishing touch in the evening is my go to Oil Licious serum with argan oil. This bottle of magic helps tame fly aways, plus gives your hair much-needed minerals, leaving it shiny & glossy.
I hate packing! I normally leave this job until the very last minute, but since I'm blogging about it, I've had to sort my luggage out WAY before I usually do! I need the added pressure while packing a case, it's the only thing that actually makes me do it! Family members shouting in my face telling me to hurry up, because the taxi is outside, also does the trick! So I guess having to post this today actually is a blessing in disguise!
(I realise I have to empty some of these products into 100ml bottles, as hand luggage has some strict rules to follow.) I've never travelled with only hand luggage, so this was quite a challenge for me! I, however, this time have my bag packed and ready to go, even my cosmetics are put into a transparent plastic bag, sorted for those airport security checks.
Next up, the clothes I'm taking with me. I have four shirts all abiding by that cool holiday look, including my Zara shirt I picked up a few weeks ago, which I featured on my blog. Two t-shirts, two vest tops & two pairs of jeans. Along with the other accessories including sunglasses, bandannas and light dress scarfs. A suitcase that will last well over a week. (For my three-day stay!) I'm sorry, I just can't travel light!
Thankfully I'm only taking one pair of boots, this isn't a personal decision, it's because I physically couldn't fit anything else in my very small case! My trusty All Saints sandals have also made the cut for the beach. Suntan lotion is one of the most important things as protecting your skin while in the sun is a must! I always go for SPF 30 but mistakenly bought a 50, so there's literally no way I'm getting even the slightest of tans. Better to be safe than sorry, right?
I picked up the August edition of GQ which should keep me entertained on the flight, after all, it does have The Chief on the cover. Head across to my YouTube channel to catch my new video of me having a general chat about everything I'm taking with me!
P.S Send your hangover cures my way, I'll definitely need them!


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Energy Markets Starting to Turn After Hitting Rock Bottom; Three Small Caps that Could See 100% to 200% Returns
Contributed Opinion
Source: Bill Newman for Streetwise Reports��(4/18/18)
Despite a market recovery in oil prices, with WTI up ~30% over the past six months, most energy stocks have failed to follow suit. Analyst Bill Newman of Mackie Research profiles three Canadian E&P companies that he believes have strong fundamentals and should start climbing as the market recovers.
Even midsized companies, with deep inventories of development locations, a growing production and cash flow base and with relatively strong balance sheets have been orphaned by investors. This has pushed valuations of most Canadian E&P companies to seemingly unprecedented lows, trading below even proven producing reserves (PDP), and at very low cash flow multiples never seen before in the Canadian sector.
The current investment climate has been so dismal and the sell-down of Canadian energy companies during the downturn has been so overdone by the market, that boards of strong companies, including Ranging River Exploration Inc (RRX.TO) and Granite Oil Corp. (GXO.TO) have announced formal processes to evaluate alternatives to enhance shareholder value. In addition, Crescent Point (CPG.TO), which has top-tier assets as one of the larger producers in North America, has recently attracted the attention of an activist given it is so highly undervalued in the marketplace. We believe this underscores the unusually low valuations for the Canadian oil and gas sector. To top it all off, microcaps have been hit even harder than their larger peers, and are trading at levels not seen since the dot.com boom in the early 2000s. We see this as an opportunity to buy a basket of highly undervalued oil and gas companies that are positioned for when valuation revert to the norm.
Historically, the lynch pin to normalizing valuations has been sparked by opportunistic acquisitions and merger activity. Investors seeing a windfall from a takeover of one company may look to the next most likely target. So far, the M&A market in Canada has been quiet, which is likely a symptom of the current investment climate, that fails to reward companies for expanding their opportunity base, even if the assets are acquired at a bargain price. However, as the sector returns to favor through 2018 onward, we expect M&A activity to pick up again. We also expect valuations to improve after the release of better-than-expected first quarter results from the sector leaders, on the back of higher commodity prices without cost inflation.
With this in mind, we recommend companies that are highly undervalued with strong fundamentals, but with unique differentiating features or future events that can gain investor attention. We like Prairie Provident Resources Inc. (PPR:TSX) for its cash flow funded 2018 capital program that should grow production to ~6,000 boe/day. Also, in Q2/18 the company may receive a favorable ruling from an arbitration tribunal that could award substantial damages, which could be a major near-term catalyst for the stock, significantly adding to the company's balance sheet and initiating a re-rate in the marketplace.
We also like Pulse Oil Corp. (PUL:TSX.V) for its massive upside from a miscible flood enhanced oil recovery (EOR) program of its two, 100%-owned Nisku Pinnacle Reefs. The EOR project has the potential to add 2,000 bbl/day�3,000 bbl/day of light oil production, which would throw off substantial cash flows and unlock over 25 million barrels of oil equivalent of in-place volumes with potential value of $177 million ($1.39/fd share) versus a market cap of ~$14 million today. This value could be unlocked for very little investment.
And we like Point Loma Resources Ltd. (PLX:TSX), which has established a large, concentrated land base in Alberta, with a large low-cost Manville and Cardium well development inventory for expected rapid production expansion as the energy market recovers. The company also has a sizeable stake in the Duvernay Shale oil play with the likes of Crescent Point and Raging River drilling offset horizontals near Point Loma's acreage. Point Loma also has additional financial security with no bank debt and the backing of a large strategic Chinese investor that owns nearly 20% of the company.
The energy sector has been out of favor for so long now that the lack of investment combined with OPEC production cuts are pushing down global oil inventories while world economies continue to grow. This could set up the energy sector for a multiyear bull market and we believe our forgotten micro caps could easily have a 100% to 200% return for investors.
PRAIRIE PROVIDENT RESOURCES INC. � PPR:TSX
Prarie Provident had focused development of conventional oil weighted assets in the Wheatland and Princess properties in Southern Alberta and its Evi area located in the Peace River Arch area of Northern Alberta. The company also holds ~240,000 net acres in the St. Lawrence Lowland of Quebec that are prospective for the Utica Shale. The company remains highly undervalued on a cash flow, reserves and NAV basis and receives no option value for its Quebec assets.
Potential Cash Windfall from Quebec Settlement Could Rerate the Stock: Prairie Provident is seeking damages of US$188.9 million related to the termination of the rights to one of the company's licences in Quebec. The final hearing concluded in November 2017 and a ruling in the dispute and potential damages could be announced in Q2/18. Over a five-year period, Prairie Provident committed a significant amount of time and capital to securing the exploration licences, acquiring and interpreting seismic and drilling wells. We feel damages of between US$25 million to US$60 million would certainly be in the realm of possibility. Damages at the low end of this range would allow the company accelerate growth through drilling or acquisitions, and could re-rate the stock.
Excellent Q1 Drilling Results; Longer-Term Results a Potential Catalyst: Prairie Provident recently completed a six-well drill program in its Princess and Wheatland (Wayne) core areas. Initial test results exceeded expectations, including an excellent test of ~ 935 boe/d (65% oil) from a well in the Princess area. Longer-term test results could be a near-term catalyst for the stock.
Trading below PDP Value: The current market price of $0.42, Prairie Provident trades at 34% of its proven developed producing (PDP) valuation of $1.30/sh and at 24% of its total proven value of $1.79/sh.
POINT LOMA RESOURCES LTD. � PLX:TSX.V
Point Loma is highly undervalued and has a large concentrated land base with a large, multi-zoned drilling inventory to fuel growth for many years. PLX has no bank debt and positive working capital to fund low risk well recompletions, facilities expansion and drilling that should double production in H2/18. Point Loma will continue to focus on its multi-layered play types including Mannville oil, Cardium, Nordegg oil, Banff and the Duvernay Shale.
Strategically Backed by Zhongcheng Group: In 2017, Point Loma established a long-term strategic partnership with Evenergy Co. Ltd. (Evenergy). Evenergy is subsidiary of Zhongcheng Group, one of the largest privately owned independent petroleum refinery, oil products and LPG distribution and retail companies in China. Evenergy acquired its initial position last year, through a private placement priced at $0.48 (stock currently at $0.22) and was also granted the right to participate in future equity financing to maintain its pro rata ownership in PLX of 19.9%. Management and directors hold an additional 19.1% of the issued and outstanding shares acquired at an average cost of $0.55 per share versus the current market price of $0.22.
Incredibly Cheap Acquisition Boosts Production by 315 boe/day: In April 2018, Point Loma expects to complete the acquisition of 315 boe/d of net production, with 1.1 million boe of proven reserves and 2.9 million boe of proven plus probable reserves (2P) for a net adjusted cost of less than $1.0 million. The assets are located in the Gilby area within the company's west central Alberta core area and were acquired from a private company that is in receivership. The opportunistic transaction metrics are excellent with a cost of approximately $2,700 per flowing barrel, $0.80/boe for proven reserves and $0.30/boe for 2P reserves. In addition, the assets have development upside on the ~29,000 gross acres with booked proven undeveloped and probable drilling locations with multi-zone potential in the Mannville, Cardium and Duvernay shale.
Free Option Upside from Its 13,000 Net Acres in the Duvernay Shale Oil Play: Point Loma has established ~13,000 acres (20 net sections) of land within the Duvernay oil shale window. Industry interest in the Duvernay has been heightened by impressive initial oil weighted production tests results from the likes of Artis Exploration (Private), Vesta Energy (Private) and Crescent Point. As a result, land prices continue to escalate in the oil window of the Duvernay. With Crescent Point and Raging River drilling horizontals near Point Loma's acreage in the near future, Point Loma's 20 net Duvernay sections alone could be worth more than the company's current market cap.
Incredibly Cheap: Subsequent to closing the Gilby acquisition, we estimate Point Loma's production will increase to 1,100 boe/day which equates to a flowing barrel value of $11,200 per boe/day versus the peer group of $20,000 to $40,000 per boe/day.
PULSE OIL CORP � PUL:TSX.V
New Unique E&P Company: Pulse holds Manville assets in Alberta that have near-term production growth potential through low-risk well reactivations, well recompletions and development drilling. Current production of ~250 boe/day is expected to double by this summer and additional work should increase production to ~1,000 boe/day by year-end. What differentiates Pulse from its peers is the massive upside from its miscible flood Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project of its two Nisku Pinnacle Reefs at Bigoray (100% W.I.).
Massive Low Risk Upside from Miscible Flood of Nisku Pinnacle Reefs: Sproule Associates Limited (Sproule) completed an assessment of the EOR project of the Nisku D and Nisku E pools. Sproule assigned an estimated discovered PIIP of 23.3 million boe, with an unrisked Best Estimate contingent resource of 6.1 million boe (91.3% oil) and an upside case of 8.1 million boe (92% oil). Nisku pinnacle reef wells are prolific producers and a successful EOR program is expected to add production of ~1,000 � 1,500 boe/day for each reef or up to 3,000 boe/day (86 % light oil) for both reefs, which would generate substantial free cash flow.
Potential Value of Up to $177 million ($1.39/fd share) Versus Market Cap of ~$14 Million Today: The average recovery factor of 52 nearby analogous reefs that have been developed with a miscible flood is approximately 80%. Assuming a recovery factor at the bottom end of the range of 55%, and a modest $15/boe cash flow netback, the potential NPV10 is $78 million ($0.61/fd share). With a recovery factor equal to the average of 80% and a $15/boe netback, the NPV10 increases to $177 million ($1.39/fd share).
Bigoray Facilities Owned 100% W.I. by Pulse: As most of the required infrastructure for the Bigoray EOR is in place, the miscible flood project requires a relatively small investment per Nisku Reef providing massive upside without the risk and significant cost of an extensive horizontal drilling program. Start-up of the injections facilities is underway with injection expected to commence in late 2018.
Bill Newman is vice president of international and domestic oil and gas research with Mackie Research Capital Corp. He has been an energy analyst for 22 years. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Calgary, and has a CFA designation.
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Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker Posey star in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Irrational Man. Watch the movie trailer below.
A philosophy professor (Phoenix) in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student (Stone). The film marks the eighth collaboration with the filmmaker and Sony Pictures Classics beginning with 'Sweet and Lowdown' (1999).
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley
MPAA Rating: R for some language and sexual content.
Official Website: IrrationalManMovie.com
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor (Joaquin Phoenix) in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student (Emma Stone).
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Mary Ann is a 1919 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Ica von Lenkeffy, Tivadar Uray and Dezső Gyárfás . It was based on the play Merely Mary Ann by Israel Zangwill.

Cast
 Ica von Lenkeffy
 Tivadar Uray
 Dezső Gyárfás
 Nusi Somogyi
 Hermin Haraszti
 Gyula Szőreghy

References

Bibliography
 Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.

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Hungarian silent films
Hungarian drama films
1910s Hungarian-language films
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Films based on British novels
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Q: Array_diff not taking in arguments I am trying to get the difference of two files:
$first = file('lalala.json');
$second = file('alabala.json');
//print_r($first);
//print_r($second);
$first_result = array_diff($first[0], $second[0]);
//$second_result = array_diff($second, $first);
print_r($first_result);
//print_r($second_result);

The content of lalala.json is:
`[{"name":"Tim Pearson","id":"17118"},{"name":"Ashley Danchen Chen","id":"504829084"},{"name":"Foisor Veronica","id":"100005485446135"}]`

while the content of alabala.json is
 `[{"name":"Tim Pearson","id":"17118"},{"name":"Foisor Veronica","id":"100005485446135"}]`

However the problem is that I get an error, because the content will not be recognised as an array (the error is Argument #1 is not an array). If I do array_diff($first, $second) the output will be the content of $first which is
Array ( [0] => [{"name":"Tim Pearson","id":"17118"},{"name":"Ashley Danchen Chen","id":"504829084"},{"name":"Foisor Veronica","id":"100005485446135"}] )

How should I handle this?

A: You need to convert the JSON objects to arrays first and then find the difference between the two arrays. To convert a JSON string into an array use json_decode() with true as second parameter:
$firstArray = json_decode($first, true);

If you leave the second parameter out, $firstArray would be an object, that is an instance of stdClass.
But first you'd need the content of the file as a string, so better use file_get_contents():
$first = file_get_contents('lalala.json');

Update:
Even when you've converted the JSON strings properly into array, you'll still have a problem, as array_diff() only works with one dimensional arrays, as it's mentioned in the Notes section of the documentation. To be able to use in on multidimensional arrays, have a look at this comment to the documentation.

A: You probably mean
$first = json_decode(file_get_contents('lalala.json'), true);
$second = json_decode(file_get_contents('alabala.json'), true);

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Human Trafficking in the Upstate: A way out
by: Kirsten Glavin
Posted: Mar 2, 2018 / 02:41 AM EST / Updated: Mar 2, 2018 / 06:42 PM EST
GREENVILLE Co., SC – Putting a painful past aside is never easy.
One Upstate woman wishing to remain anonymous, told 7 News in an exclusive interview that she know's that pain all too well.
"I've seen mothers selling their 13 year old daughters," she explained. "I would never have believed the things I saw, but you become numb to it."
She said she sold herself as a prostitute for years and was arrested in Greenville County 22 times.
Her life story, one of rape, addiction, and trafficking by her drug dealer.
She said the "John's," she was set up with, or men looking for sex, were from all walks of life. "I had lawyers for johns, doctors, business owners – prominent business owners in Greenville County."
For this Upstate woman, it was a life that she saw no way out of.
"I had a little trouble at first accepting that people genuinely wanted to help me without anything in return."
But she said she was saved by the kindness and persistence of a total stranger.
"So many of these ladies don't even realize they may be in a prostitution or trafficking situation as a victim," explained Beth Messick, Executive Director of Jasmine Road; a non-profit that helps prostitutes and victims of sex trafficking get off the street and back on their feet.
"It's really hard for them to see the light at the end of the tunnel," she explained.
Jasmine Road plans to open up a safe house in Greenville for 5 women who are committed to leaving a life of prostitution, or are victims of human trafficking.
Those women would be able to get free healthcare, counseling, and job assistance, according to Messick.
Messick told 7 News that she meet's with women in these kinds of conditions regularly.
Many times, after they've been arrested.
"The jail becomes a revolving door for these women who are caught up in homelessness, addiction, prostitution, and incarceration and it's just a never ending cycle."
But it's people like Messick that change lives.
And that's exactly what she did for this Upstate woman, who was open to grabbing a helping hand.
After reaching Messick, she explained that she was able to get a job and become drug-free.
She also has a strong message for others in a similar position.
And it's one of hope.
"There are people who are able to reach down into the darkness and help us out. And all you have to do is ask," she said.
A path out of the darkness for those who are ready.
"They want to help save your life."
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Another interval
I'm going to let this blog have a bit of a rest for a few days (until Wednesday, I suspect) because I'm being called up to Birmingham for a conference and won't have internet access during that time. Also, things are a bit busy right now...
In the meantime, kindly amuse yourselves with Roger Moore's utterly dreadful single "Where Does Love Go?" above. And to think people hold William Shatner and Peter Wyngarde accountable for all sorts of actor-turned-singer musical crimes - this is as bad as it gets.
Whilst you're at it, do go over to 45junkee's Youtube page which is chockful of curios. Some people think that Youtube clips which just show spinning 45s are a total waste of space, but for me it's often the closest I'll get to actually flipping through somebody's brilliant record collection and putting their singles on, so I can happily waste hours on them. Mr 45junkee's profile is one of the best there is. (He also spits 45 peas through a 45rpm record whilst at an angle of 45 degrees and high on smack, by the way).
http://www.youtube.com/user/45junkee
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Labels: exotica, Roger Moore, sixties
Fat Truckers - Teenage Daughter/ Multiplex
Label: Cercle Records
It somehow seems wrong to place bands on this blog who came and went within the present decade - perhaps it's premature to assume they won't come back and conquer the world. Also, in most cases, I generally hope that many of them will, however long the odds seem, and don't particularly want to curse them by placing them on a page filled with people who had careers which were rather less remarkable than they should have been. How would you feel if your band were placed next to Harry Corbett's novelty waxings? Hurt, I would suspect. You might even give up entirely.
One band I can only imagine would be thrilled at this prospect are Sheffield's Fat Truckers, however, who came, released a few singles, then went again without any polite explanations. Their peak exposure came whilst supporting Pulp at some large venues for their "We Love Life" tour. When I caught them at the Brixton Academy gig, they were busy alienating half the audience with a fifteen minute long version of "Teenage Daughter", the very single I've uploaded here. The call-and-responses anthem impressed a number of people like me, but also caused some rather negative outcries. They finished their set by flicking Vs at everyone who was being hostile, and waving to everyone who was being appreciative, and when I tried to cheer for an encore, a rather angry man next to me grabbed my arm and told me to stop encouraging them. It was a bit like being told off by your Dad for enjoying your friend's BMX stunt tricks which also incorporated some creative farting.
Fat Truckers were an unusual act, but pretty damn entertaining and not without some solid tunes as well - the Suicide-esque dirge of "Teenage Daughter" can get a bit trying after too many spins, but "Multiplex" is a much more interesting and durable composition. They would have been quite at home on Mute in the early eighties, but even whilst Electroclash went on around them, they were probably a bit too out-of-sorts for the 21st Century.
Their Wikipedia page also seems to be filled with unchallenged lies:
Interestingly, outside of music Rymer is also well known in scouting circles. In 2006 he picked up a lifetime achievement award at London's scouting HQ Baden Powell House for his work with the13th Sheffield cub group where he has held the position of akela since 1999. He dedicates a lot of time to teach the children rock climbing skills on Stanage Edge just to the west of his native Sheffield, however, in 2003 Rymer suffered a severe knee twist while climbing on the edge, an injury which restricted his movements on stage when the band supported Pulp on their UK tour. Fans used to seeing energetic performances from Rymer were disappointed at this problem and it was reported in the NME at the time seven people demanded refunds following the Brixton Academy show. Rymer at the time was massively upset not to be able to give 100% and suffered, briefly, with a bout of depression.
Of course he did.
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Labels: Fat Truckers, noughties
Landscape - European Man
(Edit on 3 Oct: It would seem that the YouTube user has suddenly disabled embedding on this one, so go here instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpRjbl3pX-Q)
Much has been heard about a revival of eighties production values in the last few years, but it's worth reminding ourselves that, like all retro-celebration, only certain parts have been shaved off and repackaged for our enjoyment. When Britpop revived the sixties in the nineties, it was very careful to only dig out the most credible of reference points - The Kinks, The Beatles, The Who and The Small Faces all got a look-in, but there weren't many jolly, smiley suited bands out there doing their best Freddie and the Dreamers or Herman's Hermits impressions. It was exactly like Friday Night at the London Palladium had never happened (although I for one would have killed to see John Powers out of Cast doing a Dave Clark Five footstomp, or perhaps Digsy out of Smaller doing a Freddie Garrety dance).
Selective memory when it comes to referencing previous decades is an ongoing phenomenon, and here we are again, giving nods of respect to Gary Numan (whose past output actually, contrary to any lazy off-the-cuff remark you've heard just about anywhere, really doesn't look especially dated these days) and Duran Duran, but politely ignoring pioneers such as Landscape who seem rather more like a Not the Nine O'Clock News parody of New Romanticism.
Landscape, you see, were one of the first British bands out of the traps to fiddle with synthesisers, had one member (Richard Burgess) who supposedly invented the term "New Romantic" - although I'd wager that's something a few others would also lay claim to - and were so utterly Now at the turn of the decade that they blew my little infant mind. The trouble is, of course, that their vision of the future was so about-cock that it lead to goofy videos like the one above, which is a messy visual salad of arch campness and techno-angst. Like many bands of the period, they also thought that the use of digital pocket calculator fonts in their videos and packaging meant they were being forward-thinking, and thought nothing of putting out album sleeves designed on cheap eight-bit computer interfaces. Even by the time the decade closed they looked like peculiar relics, the sorts of chaps who probably thought we'd all be consulting Ceefax in the 21st Century on special mobile teletext headsets, rather than using the Internet on mobile phones.
To be fair to them, they did release one bona-fide classic single along the way which now never seems to crop up on anything other than Eighties compilations with Rubik's Cubes on the sleeve - "Einstein a Go Go". Besides that, there was also the vicious and marginally disturbing "Norman Bates" which has a much more convincing video below.
Less famously, all the members of Saint Etienne once argued that the Landscape album "From the Tearooms of Mars to the Hellholes of Uranus" was the 'worst ever made'. This is a little harsh for an album that has a few prime pieces of early electronic pop on it, but generally speaking, I would offer the advice not to bother with it unless you see it really cheap. Unless of course instrumental tango tracks played on synthesisers are your bag. Like I said, for a supposedly futuristic band, they weren't particularly gifted at understanding what the future might bring. Perhaps in a parallel universe somewhere there's a world that matches exactly with their predictions, although I'm not sure I'd want to visit it.
Labels: eighties, Landscape, romo/ new romantic
Microdisney - The Peel Sessions
Label: Strange Fruit
This is the third entry on Microdisney, and I may lay off uploading any more material from them for awhile. It's also a rather unique Peel Sessions album, in that it was released the year after the band split when their profile was probably at its lowest. John Peel and Clive Selwood clearly had no plans to hang around for a few years waiting to see if the band developed a "legendary" or "cult" reputation before letting this see the light of day, and somewhat oddly didn't much care to put it out whilst they were still an active concern. It must be reasonable to assume that the main motive behind this release was to showcase some fantastic music, and it managed to deliver that in spades.
Of all the bands who needed to have a Peel Session album or EP put out, Microdisney must surely be somewhere near the top of the list. I'm obviously not claiming that they were more important or influential than Hendrix, Queen, Pink Floyd or even Adam and the Ants, but the Maida Vale sessions they produced certainly showcased another side of the band, whereas most of those other acts didn't deviate too much from their usual sound at the BBC. Whilst their studio albums were glossy, slick and occasionally overproduced affairs, the Peel Sessions for Cathal and company were rawer, and much more emotive. This is not the sound of a band who have had to do eighty takes to achieve a more eighties sound - this is much more gutsy, effective noise which makes some of the material off their weaker albums ("Crooked Mile", for example) sound almost heartbreakingly good. The version of "Bullwhip Road" here is blistering compared to the 'proper' release, which is so understated it almost falls asleep on the job.
True to their previous form, the album delivers the same barbed wire fist lyrical punches combined with the smooth and studied sunshine backings, like Lou Reed holidaying in California with the members of Steely Dan. The most disturbing moment comes in "Everybody Is Dead", where Cathal Coughlan decides to screechingly repeat "I love you!" over and over until it becomes meaningless, hateful demonic hollering and yelling, and the band collapse around him. This was another moment that never quite made it on to an official studio release - the "Everyone is Fantastic" LP version consists of bland, bored repetition of the phrase as an alternative to the original statement.
I like to think that this album shows off what some of the weakest later Microdisney material could (and probably should) have sounded like, and also offers enough interesting alternative versions of some other fine songs to be worth sticking with from start to finish. Conversely, some of the earliest tracks sound less low budget and more rehearsed than their LP counterparts, too (I'm thinking of "Sun" here in particular).
If you've never heard a note of Microdisney before, this is actually a very good place to start to get an accurate overview of their career. And if you're very familiar with their work, you have absolutely no excuse never to have heard this as well, especially now I've uploaded it for your pleasure.
1. Sun (3 August 1983)
2. Moon (3 August 1983)
3. Dreaming Drains (14 April 1984)
4. Everybody Is Dead (14 January 1984)
5. A Friend With A Big Mouth (14 April 1984)
6. Teddy Dogs (14 April 1984)
7. Before Famine (3 August 1983)
8. Genius (2 October 1984)
9. Loftholdingswood (14 April 1984)
10. Horse Overboard (2 October 1984)
11. 464 (2 October 1984)
12. Town to Town (3 December 1985)
13. Bullwhip Road (3 December 1985)
14. Begging Bowl (3 December 1985)
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Labels: eighties, Microdisney, Peel Sessions
John Bryant - A Million Miles Away
Label: Fontana
This is an act of complete self-indulgence on my part, but then screw it, it was my birthday yesterday so I feel as if I can do anything I want. Within reason, obviously.
For many years, the above 45 has been something of a family joke. Of all the obscure sixties singles there have ever been, this is also probably the only one we had about the house when I was a very small child. Let me explain - my father's name is John Bryant. Despite this, he is most definitely not the solo artist behind this work, contrary to his frequent claims. You see, this single was bought for him as a present by a friend of his at the time of its release, and for a long time afterwards he carried it around in his bag with him, showing it off to people and telling them it was his own work. Whether he did this for laughs or in some futile attempt to raise his social status I couldn't possibly say - although it remains a massive childhood disappointment to me that he tried the scam out on me when I was four years old, and I was deeply impressed. Even at that age I thought having a single out on a "proper label" was probably one of the greatest things you could achieve in life.
Even though I don't actually think this single is a masterpiece, it's the only release that's ever caused my entire family (rather than just me) to collectively puzzle and ponder about the whereabouts of the artist, and wonder if he possibly might be a distant relative. A quick google search and scour around some sixties sites reveals that John Bryant had three singles out on Fontana in the sixties, and one on MCA entitled "I Bring the Sun" which the "Happening 45" online store says is "Psychedelic pop manna from heaven, with mellotron, wah wah and tripped out daydream lyrics. The B side is almost as fantastic. A lost classic and pretty scarce." I have never heard this one for myself, so unfortunately cannot pass comment (although any MP3s anybody has would be very welcome). I seem to have memories of the "Sweet Floral Albion" sixties e-zine also recommending this as well.
"A Million Miles Away", on the other hand, is most definitely not psychedelic. John Bryant sounds rather like one of the many folk singer-songwriters of the period who got rushed into major label studios to have an orchestra bunged behind their compositions, and I'll be frank, this really isn't anything much to flip your wig about. It's a perfectly pleasant three minutes, with his rich, deep voice musing upon the pleasures of solitude on the harbour, but anyone expecting a find on a par with Bill Fay is going to be sorely disappointed. The flip side "It's Dark" is rather more bouncy and perhaps more interesting, but there's not much in the contest.
The question, however, remains. Who was John Bryant, and how did he manage to put out a string of singles on major labels in the sixties without having a hit? Did you know him? Are you him? Please do drop me a line if so, because I've always been curious about this one, and so have my family. The fact that he also had a "lost" psychedelic single out I've never heard has me even more intrigued.
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Labels: John Bryant, sixties
Parachute Men - If I Could Wear Your Jacket...?
Label: Fire
I've only recently begun to realise how few female lead singers had success in the eighties and nineties - in the present decade it would be considered extremely unusual if there were a top ten singles chart without a woman to be seen anywhere. A quick bit of research for previous decades shows that this was nothing absurd back then at all.
Perhaps this is why I keep on digging up so many female-fronted bands for consideration on this blog. The Leeds based band The Parachute Men were no exception to the lock-out, and being an indie band in the eighties as well could hardly have set the odds stacked against them higher. This is interesting, as the music they produced was actually thoroughly commercial, utlising chiming guitar lines and infectious vocal melodies. Fire Records obviously thought so - they made an official to complaint to the BBC about their failure to playlist their single "Leeds Station" on Radio One, and took it public in the music press as evidence of Auntie Beeb's bias against independent labels. Whilst the resulting squabble was interesting and fun, it didn't cause the corporation to change their minds about either that single or any of the rest of the band's output.
Somewhat predictably, the band were said to have knocked it on the head when they finally got sick of travelling down to London to play the same old half-filled small venues, and by the time the nineties dawned they were largely forgotten. A deep shame - this single proves they had a sound easily the equal of their more successful peers, and to prove it's no fluke, I've bundled in another A-side "Sometimes In Vain" for your approval. It's a lot moodier than "Jacket", and has a heavy, brooding atmosphere along with its pop hooks.
I've also included the b-side to "Jacket", "Meredith Burgess"... which once again isn't all that much cop. Perhaps I should just forget about uploading flip sides unless they're any good...
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Labels: eighties, Parachute Men
Beyond the Wildwood - A Tribute to Syd Barrett
Label: Imaginary
This is the second CD I ever bought, fact fans... I was faithful to vinyl for rather a long time.
The Tribute album was a distinctly late eighties/ early nineties phenomenon, but is a concept which still continues to trundle along to a lesser extent to this day. At one point, it was very difficult to look through the CD section of just about any cult artist without seeing a tribute album dedicated to them. The majority of them were completely rush-recorded gash by various unsigned bands you'd never heard of and almost certainly would never hear from again. In their aims to produce tribute albums to artists, some indie labels (because it was almost always indie labels) mistakenly assumed that XTC or REM were going to take time out of their busy schedules to bang out a version of a Captain Beefheart song for their compilation. Usually they were sorely mistaken, and the best they could manage was some band from Ipswich called Oh No She's Got A Zygote! The resulting version of "Electricity" would then sound like a bunch of buskers using Casio presets to recreate the Theremin noises, whilst somebody who had never even sniffed a trumpet in their lives honked on it in the background for the sake of it.
Whilst a lot of tribute albums were therefore a waste of perfectly good beer or grubbage money, you can point the blame for the trend squarely in the direction of this particular CD, which was one of the very first ones out of the traps. And, in truth, it's not half bad. Where most of the artists had the advantage with Syd's output is that - as Mr Smee rightly points out above - the foundations for his solo output were very stark and sparse in the first place. Therefore, if some psychedelic-influenced eighties indie band wanted to flesh out the original vision, they could.
Plenty chose not to, however, and what this CD reveals is something I've been arguing for a long time - that the boundary between twee/ C86 indie-pop and sixties psychedelia is sometimes wafer thin. The Television Personalities were always sixties kids at heart, but nothing quite prepares you for their version of "Apples and Oranges" which is significantly different from (but equally impressive as) the enjoyably messy original. Their cockernee mod take on the track makes it sound like "Parklife" ahead of the time. Then there's Plasticland's rather jaunty (but significantly inferior, I'm sorry to say) version of "Octopus".
Light years ahead of the artists I've just mentioned, though, are The Mock Turtles with their frankly startling version of "No Good Trying", which sounds like something from the early seventies before glam found its feet and the last effects of psychedelia were still lingering. It's a swaggering, camp beast of a track, and one which may surprise many who only know them as the one-hit wonders from the mobile phone advert. Also up there with the best is Paul Roland with his haunting hymnal version of "Matilda Mother" and The Shamen* who take "Long Gone" to new menacing, creepy conclusions.
There's a lot of guff on the CD as well, I'm afraid to say, and The Soup Dragons can hang their heads in shame for pissing on the Syd party - their attempt at "Two of a Kind" adds little to the original Peel Session version, which was never one of Syd's finest moments anyway. In fact, there is still debate about whether he wrote it at all, or if it's the work of another Floyd member. What Noise's version of "Rats" also probably seemed like a very hip and progressive piece of sample city mayhem at the time, but has dated horribly since - full credit to them for trying to do something different with the original material, though, even if the end result does sound like some kind of perverse attempt to create a hip-hop version of a Syd track on a Fostex machine in a damp abandoned warehouse. You've got to give it a go, I suppose...
Syd Barrett albums never go out of print (although there's a lot of material left in the can which really deserves to also see the light of day) but this tribute album did disappear off the shelves a number of years ago. I don't think it's an essential part of your Barrett collection, but it's certainly worth owning for some of the better moments, which may get you wondering what else could be achieved with some of his more threadbare moments, and who else in the present day could put their own skewed interpretations on his work. I can think of plenty of possible contenders.
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(*Hands up who managed to forget that The Shamen launched themselves as a psychedelic revival band before releasing their Ebeneezer Goode assault much later in their careers?)
1 The Mock Turtles - No Good Trying
2 Plasticland - Octopus
3 SS-20 - Arnold Layne
4 Paul Roland - Matilda Mother
5 Fit and Limo - Long Cold Look
6 The Shamen - Long Gone
7 Opal - If the Sun Don't Shine (Jugband Blues)
8 The Ashes in the Morning - Baby Lemonade
9 Lobster Quadrille - Wolfpack
10 Paint Set - Golden Hair
11 Tropicana Fishtank - No Man's Land
12 TV Personalities - Apples and Oranges
13 Soup Dragons - Two of a Kind
14 Green Telescope - Scream Thy Last Scream
15 Chemistry Set - See Emily Play
16 What Noise - Rats
17 Death of Samantha - Gigolo Aunt
Labels: psychedelia, sixties, Syd Barrett, tribute albums
The Honeycombs - Eyes
Label: Pye
In terms of Joe Meek productions, there are endless examples one could pluck out of thin air to include on a blog like this one - including works such as "I Hear a New World" which seems to have become more famous and more talked about in the last ten years than in the 35 years following its release. By now, with a stageplay of the producer's life out on the streets and a film starring Rhys Ifans supposedly in the pipeline, an introduction to Meek seems unnecessary. If you've never heard of him, there are shedloads of books and websites out there (and a whole box set) that will tell you about his work, and if you have, me giving you a quick rundown of all the established facts about his methods isn't going to enhance your appreciation one jot. For one thing, it feels like far too complicated a story to effectively condense into one paragraph, and bullet points would be far too insulting.
One argument that Meek obsessives love to throw out to the rest of the world is that he was "ahead of his time", however, and this is one of the tracks which regularly gets pulled before the jury. The Honeycombs' flop third single "Eyes" is, to say the least, extremely melodramatic, unpredictable and peculiar sounding for 1964. The combination of pattering drums, pinging guitars and teeth-clenching vocals sound much more like the kind of ideas late sixties rockers like the Beacon Street Union would have thrown around towards the tail end of the decade, and even they would fail to chart with them.
Lyrically as well, rumours persist that this song is actually about seeking homosexual companions in gay bars. It's not explicit enough in its content to really call a bluff or otherwise on that claim, but if true, it certainly wouldn't be the last time Meek gave the subject matter a spin.
Conversations are also regulary had about whether The Honeycombs are an underappreciated sixties band - in truth, I add them to this blog with a feeling of slight reluctance, since they managed a number one hit with "Have I The Right?" (therefore finishing about 50 places higher than many superior bands in the latter half of the decade) and managed a small string of minor hits afterwards. However, there is something to be said for the fact that "Have I The Right?" is one of the better beat singles of the sixties, certainly more exhilirating than The Beatles earliest output, and tracks like "Eyes" do prove that the band could be tremendously forward-thinking. Lest you scoff and say that it was all down to Meek, it's also worth remembering that the band have frequently insisted that they created most of their arrangements, not him - which makes this quite an interesting piece of work in all, even though their overall back catalogue can be patchy.
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Labels: Joe Meek, sixties, The Honeycombs
Harry Corbett - Like The Big Guys Do
I am utterly bewildered by the sheer volume of flop comedy series spin-off singles out there - they are a testament to how often the sixties and seventies music industry thought it was being marketing lead, when in actual fact it was just being downright foolish and issuing unlistenable crap. I could (and perhaps should) compile an entire compilation of them for your pleasure, but trust me, most are awful. The prospect of a waxing by Leonard Rossiter might seem tempting, but in reality most of Leonard Cohen's output is more amusing. There's normally one wry joke per Cohen disc, which is at least one more than Rossiter managed during the woeful "Rising Damp" single.
Once every so often one crops up which is so absurd I feel I have to upload it, however, and this is up there with Bernard Manning's "Everybody's Fool" for lyrical content. "Like The Big Guys Do" is a pained, agonised romp through the dark backwaters of Harold Steptoe's soul, and he goes much further than you'd really like.
"Down on the corner, under the light," he sings, "that's where you'll find me every night/ watching the pretty girls pass my way..." Well, we can be thankful he didn't hide in the shadows waiting for them, I suppose.
"Why do they always pass me by?/ Why won't they stop when I give them the eye?" he continues, at which point you're tempted to interject and ask if he's ever noticed they might be walking that little bit faster.
"I wanna LOVE someone like the big guys do!" he seethes, "I wanna tell them lies, I wanna treat them baaaad!" he squawks. Never has adolescent male bitterness and insecurity ever been expressed so eloquently on vinyl. Now, I wonder why he never had any luck with the ladies...
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Labels: Harry Corbett, Steptoe and Son
Yossarian - Gilbert and George/ They are Naked and They Move
Label: Satellite
You've got to move fast to catch Gilbert and George, they're fit old geezers...
Somewhat strangely, "Whatever happened to Soho?" is a question I've encountered on the Interweb more times than I ever really expected to. I'm not referring to the region of London, either, but the one hit wonders who sampled the Smiths "How Soon is Now?" on 1990's "Hippychick". It seems to be appreciated much more in retrospect than it was at the time - now the sneers of "cheap cash in!" appear to have given way to an appreciation of the single.
One small part of the puzzle can certainly be solved via this blog entry, because band member Tim London moved on to this particularly bizarre electronic project Yossarian. Unlike Soho, it was an utterly hitless and frankly rather unusual venture which slipped out largely unnoticed ten years ago, and you'd still be hard pressed to find anyone online who cares.
That's not to say that the general public are necessarily always right, of course, for whilst I find "Hippy Chick" to be a faintly irritating piece of fluff, "Gilbert and George" has wit, originality, and sonic scariness to spare. The tribute to the notorious British artists is lyrically a bit baffling, but somehow pleasing all the same with its carefully phrased but randomly tossed around references to "slightly scuffed shoes", men dressed like Mr Chips, and being stalked by the artists in question down London streets (an image which is probably meant to be worrying, but I find quite pleasing for some reason). It is backed up by primitive electronic noises, deep, stomach churning groans and oscillating whoops, and a basic, lo fi backbeat. It screams "home made", but still sounds more adventurous than most big league productions.
It's also a double A side, and the other "A" on offer here, "They Are Naked and They Move", is five minutes of Krautrock rhythms, guitar freakouts and retro space age noises. It's not as good as its partner, but certainly dominates the room impressively as soon as you slip the needle into the grooves.
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And if you're still wondering what happened to Soho after "Hippychick", look here for something I uploaded last year:
They quickly shed members and became Oosh... but please don't ask me what the subsequent records were like, because I've never seen or heard a single one.
Labels: nineties, Yossarian
Yossarian - Gilbert and George/ They are Naked and...


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Mental Health Treatment Bill 2017
The Prime Minister has stated that the Mental Health Act 1983 will be repealed following a Conservative victory in the June 2017 general election. See press articles for details. This proposed Bill never materialised but see: SSHSC, LC and SSJ, 'Reforming the Mental Health Act' (CP 355, 2021, consultation from 13/1/21 to 21/4/21).
Michael Savage, 'Theresa May pledges mental health revolution will reduce detentions' (Guardian, 7/5/17)†
Ben Riley-Smith, 'Theresa May unveils biggest shake-up of mental health policies in 30 years' (Telegraph, 7/5/17)†
BBC, 'General election 2017: Conservatives pledge to end mental health "injustice"' (7/5/17)†
Felicity Auer and Joanna Dean, 'Mental health: focus' (Legal Action, May 2017, p34)†. This article (written before the Conservative party's policy announcement) proposes wide-ranging reforms to the MHA 1983 "to bring it into the 21st century and in line with international human rights law" under the following headings: mental disorder; nearest relative; involuntary treatment; involuntary detention; fusion of mental health law and mental capacity law.
Conservative and Unionist Party, 'Forward, Together: Our Plan for a Stronger Britain and a Prosperous Future' (2017 Manifesto, 18/5/17)‡
Queen's Speech 2017 (21/6/17)†
Cabinet Office, 'Queen's Speech 2017: background briefing notes' (21/6/17)‡
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Year: 2017🔍
Subject: Bill🔍
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Beyond the age of ~15 h (at 25 degrees C), Drosophila embryos become impenetrable to aqueous fixatives and staining methods as a result of cuticle deposition. This problem can be overcome using flat or fillet preparations, as described in this protocol.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2010 Oct 1;2010(10):pdb.prot5498. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5498.
Ramachandran, Preethi and Budnik, Vivian, "Preparation of late Drosophila embryonic fillets" (2010). GSBS Student Publications. 1705.


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Q: Word 2007 sending mail tries to use Exchange address book My son has Office 2007 installed on Windows XP, although not Outlook - we use Thunderbird for email.  In Word 2007 when he does File / Send / E-mail, he gets an error saying that Word cannot contact an Exchange server, and then it doesn't open Thunderbird.  Thunderbird is correctly set in the Internet Options as the mail client, so why is Word trying to contact an Exchange server?
Further information:  I have now tried changing the mail client in Internet Options to Outlook Express, then changing it back to Thunderbird.  Word is still giving the same error message, which is: (I've updated the title to reflect the actual error message)

Logon failed. You must log on to Microsoft Exchange to access your address book.
Error code: "Unspecified error".

A: Maybe Thunderbird is not properly set as the default email client. Go to Control Panel -> Internet Options -> Programs and check there to see if the association is correct. Maybe that can solve the problem.


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Osaka, 2 other western Japan regions to request state of emergency
KYODO NEWS - Jan 8, 2021 - 23:08 | All, Japan, Coronavirus
Osaka and two other western Japan prefectures decided Friday to jointly request the central government to expand the state of emergency to their areas as coronavirus infections continue to rise.
Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures will join Osaka in making the official request to Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister in charge of the government's response to the novel coronavirus, during an online meeting on Saturday afternoon, according to Osaka prefectural government sources.
People wearing masks walk in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 8, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures decided the same day to jointly request the central government to expand the state of emergency to them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
"If we don't ask (the central government) to raise measures against infection a notch, the medical system will collapse," Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said. The prefecture confirmed 654 new infections, an all-time high for the third day in a row.
Nishimura said the three prefectures, which all reported record infections on Friday, are in an "unpredictable situation," and that he will work closely with them to decide on a response.
Tokyo and its three neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama were put under a one-month state of emergency from Friday amid record numbers of cases.
The capital reported 2,392 additional cases, the second-highest total after 2,447 were recorded on Thursday.
A total of 17 prefectures reported record new infections on Friday, bringing the nationwide daily increase to around 7,900, a fresh high for the fourth consecutive day. The daily death toll also hit a record of 78.
With other major cities also seeing a worrying upward trend, there have been growing calls from health experts and regional authorities to expand the area under the emergency to beyond Tokyo and the three prefectures.
Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said at a press conference Friday that he will consider asking the central government to add his prefecture, which has also been seeing record numbers of infections, to the list.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks to reporters in Osaka after attending a meeting on measures against the novel coronavirus on Jan. 8, 2021. Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures decided the same day to jointly request the central government to expand the state of emergency to them amid the continued rise in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japan business leaders call for support under coronavirus emergency
Anxiety mounts over another coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo area
Major events related to coronavirus and Japan
At an online meeting with the heads of major Japanese business organizations, Nishimura requested that they push their members to promote teleworking to help the Tokyo area achieve a 70 percent reduction in commuters.
Nishimura said the number of infections in recent weeks is on a "whole different level" compared with the previous state of emergency last spring.
"Unless we restrain the flow of people eating and drinking (together), we will not be able to contain infections," he told the three major business lobbies -- the Japan Business Federation, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.
The meeting was held a day after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared the latest emergency, enabling local authorities to urge people to stay at home as much as possible and restaurants to close earlier.
Alarmed by the increasing strain on the medical system, the governors of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama prefectures, accounting for about half of the nationwide tally, asked the central government earlier this month to consider declaring a state of emergency.
People wearing face masks walk near JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on Jan. 8, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area the previous day due to a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Suga, when he met the press Friday morning, again called for people to cooperate in stemming the resurgence of infections and said, "I'd like to overcome the difficult situation by any means."
When asked whether he would include Aichi and Osaka prefectures under the declaration, Suga said, "We will assess the situation and deal with it in close cooperation with the regions."
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike was concerned after she was told by officials that rush-hour trains in the capital were still crowded.
"I'd like people to thoroughly implement measures, such as cutting commuter traffic by 70 percent and doing telework immediately," she told reporters.
"The most important thing is to stop the flow of people. I want people to forgo New Year gatherings and parties this year," she said.
At Tokyo Station, Wakako Ikegami, 37, who lives in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, said she felt her train had fewer commuters but was nevertheless skeptical that cases could be quickly curbed.
"When the previous state of emergency was declared, it took time for the number of infections to decline. I wonder if we'll see any impact in one month," she added.
Among major steps authorized to be taken by Tokyo and neighboring prefectures are asking restaurants, bars and karaoke venues to close by 8 p.m. and requesting establishments to cease serving alcohol at 7 p.m. through Feb. 7.
While paying up to 60,000 yen ($580) per day should such establishments comply with the request, the government has warned it will publically disclose the names of businesses that do not cooperate.
Tokyo and Shinjuku Ward officials hold signs urging people to go home and restaurants to close for the day in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Jan. 8, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency a day earlier for Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan to allow in some foreign students, making exception to ban
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Westchester County 457 plan selects Centurion Group as consultant
Rob Kozlowski
Westchester County Deferred Compensation Board, White Plains, N.Y., hired The Centurion Group as its first ongoing investment consultant, said Ann Marie Berg, county commissioner of finance and chairwoman of the board.
The board, which oversees the county's $390 million 457 plan, issued an RFP in March after deciding to retain an investment consultant on an ongoing basis.
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James Sleigh from the London based British Dental Association (BDA) commissioned Joanna to create a number of anatomically precise medical dental illustrations and diagrams for a book based on dental surgery.
The medical illustrations to be part of a book called 'A clinical guide to oral surgery – book 1' and aimed at providing an evidence-based practical and pragmatic guide to dentoalveolar surgery containing advice on minimising complications and optimising patient care.
The dental medical illustrations were to accompany the written explanations of dental surgery to add extra clarification to the procedures.
The BDA produced the book in conjunction with two expert dental surgeons as its authors. The target audience were general dental practitioners and undergraduate students. The book is also of value to specialist trainees and to more senior colleagues interested in clinical updates and practical knowledge with regards to patient care. Alongside Joanna's illustrations were full colour photographs and its written in a reader-friendly style so the book is both comprehensive and practical. Overall, this book gives clinical dentists a practical, logical and convenient guide helping to update knowledge and provide improved patient care.
To compliment the medical text the medical illustrations needed to be completed in a realism style with anatomical clarity to enhance and compliment the photography and detailed oral surgical descriptions.
We had 36 medical illustrations to complete, of various dental procedures such as suturing techniques, illustrating the correct application of forceps with tips engaging with the crown, superior aspects of the tooth roots, effects of chronic oral infections on general health and a description of dental pulp pain.
Anatomical artwork included the anatomy of the temporomandibular joint, a key anatomical feature in dentistry. The maxillary and mandibular root patterns and the mandibular and maxillary nerve and its distributions. Healthy anatomy of the jaw and nerves supplying teeth.


The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late-life mental disorders.
The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.
Mental Health America is the country's leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives.


When I'm not doing something with passion, I become complacent and bored. My self-worth depletes which turns into co-dependence. I start seeking and sabotaging. A part of my whole fractures which I then expect other people to do the mending; to validate my existence or place here. I spent the better part of the morning sitting in front of the mirror, studying my eyes. The windows to my soul. I cried. I wrote. I accepted. A change happens when one takes on the fear. To embrace it and shake it out.
The past 10 days have been a challenge. Finding a semblance of contentment within the chaos is a skill I forget to use. The Tao Te Ching says to use the empty space that we create within a confine. We are the middle of the wheel, that which turns the whole. When our spokes break, we need to repair them immediately or the wheel weakens. Same is true in life, when we don't clean up those issues that hover in our empty space, they create conflict and weaken our spirits. So it is in this post I leave behind the issues of others that I take on, the issues and demands I put on others. It is here that I make a commitment to stand proudly as me and show my strength to the person in the mirror.
It's time to do cartwheels in the park. Even if I'm cold.


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