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THE TWILIGHT SAD'S JAMES GRAHAM TALKS ABOUT END OF TOUR + NEW SINGLE WITH ROBERT SMITH
May 12, 2015 Mark Millar Interviews 0
The Twilight Sad have had their most successful year of their career after the release of their masterpiece 'Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave', one of the best albums released last year. I caught up with front man James Graham for a chat before they played their final show of a grueling 57 gig tour in Voodoo, Belfast.
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Xs Noize: The band has had a very busy few months, how have things been going?
JG: It's been great, busy is definitely a word I would use. I counted the dates up, its been ten weeks 27 countries 2 continents and 57 gigs we will have done and we have had one day off. It's been busy but it's been great and probably the best tour we have ever done. A lot of the gigs have sold out and more people have come to see us. More people know about the band things seem to be going pretty well. It's been a good ten weeks but it's been fucking busy.
Xs Noize: I see you will be having a short break then on to some festivals?
JG: We have pretty much got May off, then playing festivals in Greece and Norway and every weekend with time off during the week. We are hoping to do some writing over the summer as well; it will be good to get started on that. I don't think we will ever tour as extensively as we have been, we certainly won't be away as much. We will be touring in the second half of the year again, it's pretty much nonstop and we have got a single coming out.
Xs Noize: Is that the single featuring Robert Smith from the Cure? (Robert has recorded a cover of the album track 'There's A Girl In The Corner')
JG: Yes it's coming out in June.
Xs Noize: How did it come about for Robert Smith to cover your song?
JG: We know Stewart from Mogwai who toured with the Cure years ago and he stayed in contact with Robert. On our second record Stewart emailed Robert to say there's this band I think you will like, I'll send you the records if you want? Robert got back to him saying he was already a fan and already had everything. Stewart showed us the email and we were like fucking hell!!
So Andy got Robert's email address to send him the new record when it was finished. When we were thinking of what we wanted to do with the next single Andy emailed him and asked if he would be interested in doing it with us and he said aye!
Xs Noize: I have heard a snippet of the song online and it sounds really good.
JG: I don't know what we expected to come back, if he might do an acoustic thing or something, but he has went full out production on it. It's fucking crazy to hear him sing our song, I don't think we have come to terms with it yet to be honest. He has been really nice about it. We are going to meet him soon which is going to be cool, he seems like a really nice guy as well. To have him endorse what we do is fucking huge for us, it's absolutely massive it is pretty exciting. The song is getting premiered in the middle of May, so it will be interesting to see what happens with it.
Xs Noize: Do you think you will get to perform the song with Robert?
JG: If he wanted to then of course, Andy might sack me as a singer and get him in (laughs). It would be amazing but he has already given us so much. But if it could happen we would jump at the chance to do it. He sings the song a bit different from me but I found myself at one of the gigs repeating the way he sings it by mistake. Brendan our keyboard played said "Did you notice you did that?" I said I did but I didn't even mean it, it was mental.
People have got to know the band just from that, they have been writing to us saying they have discovered us by people it posting on their Facebook or whatever. If we win more fans that's great but just having that is probably the highlight of our careers, it's an amazing thing to have and is something we would never have expected.
Xs Noize: Ryan Adams recorded a brilliant version of "Wonderwall", and Noel Gallagher has performed Ryans version.
JG: We were just talking about that the other day actually, for that reason.
Xs Noize: The Belfast show is your final show of the tour, will you do anything different?
JG: We are just going do what we always do, just go out and play our songs with no gimmicks or anything like that. but I think as it is our last night it will have an energy to it. We should be absolutely knackered but there is something about the last night where you just chuck it all out there. We are just going to go and do what we have been doing for the past 56 gigs.
Xs Noize: Have you had any bad gigs?
JG: Not really! There was one where I lost my voice two thirds of the way in and we had to stop, that was in Denmark. It wasn't a bad gig but we had played too many gigs in a row. There are obviously gigs that are better than others because of the way the crowd reacts or certain places that we play but it has been really positive. There usually is one shite one but we have been really lucky.
It differs for us each time, each gig is different because of the venue, the sound, the reaction but I always try to keep in my head that these people have payed their money to come and see us and I have to put as much effort in as I did the night before and show people why we do this in the first place you know. Usually on social media during a tour you get people complaining, people like to complain (laughs). But literally we have had nothing negative said to us at all I think we are hitting our stride to be honest.
Xs Noize: Before the recording of the new record you had doubts about how the band could move forward and now the band has broken through to another level of success, does it feel good?
JG: It does but we still have a lot of work to do, things are getting better for us, we are pretty ambitious.
We want the band to go as far as it can to play to more people to go to go to new places and try new things. We have still got it in our head that we want to do that. The record has done better than any record we have ever done we are getting to play places we have never been before.
The reaction now at gigs is that people are really, really up for it and are very passionate about what we do. I feel a bit stupid for doubting that at any point, any doubt I have had at the time has been completely washed away. It feels good because we have worked hard.
Xs Noize: You made a brilliant record
JG: Yeah I'm really proud of the record as well, but anything worth having you have got to work hard for and I think we have done that. It's nice to see it slightly start to pay off a little. We want to push the band as far as we can there is no doubts in our head about what we can do now. Just seeing the reaction from this we want more.
Xs Noize: The band seems to be well received in America
JG: America has been really good to us I think we have toured there like 15 or 16 times now. We are really lucky to have been able to do it once but to have done it that many times shows that people really like what we do. It is mental! I still can't get over why people from across the other side of the Atlantic know about this wee band from a place called Kilsyth. It still blows my mind that we have people from all over the world writing to us.
Xs Noize: Is there a song on the album that you really like to play live?
JG: It's different every night on this tour. I like every song on the record but the one I didn't expect the reaction for was "I Could Give You All That You Don't Want", the reaction to that every night is amazing! I liked the song, it was a single I thought it would be quite popular with the people who liked it, but not as popular as it's proven to be. There is also a song we play called "Drown So I Can Watch" that we play in the set I actually really enjoy singing that. And our new single "It Never Was The Same" always seems to be a moment in the set because it's quite atmospheric and it just builds and builds.
I have enjoyed playing them all actually, there is only two that we haven't played yet I think its "Pills I Swallow"and the last track on the album. Maybe we will play them later on in the year. The set is the most dynamic set we have ever played because of the new record.
Xs Noize: Will the band be writing new songs during the short break and do you have a certain writing process?
JG: Not really Andy will write then send the music to me and I'll write my melodies and my lyrics to it then swap back and forth. We don't sit in a room together with a guitar; it would be nonsense if we did that. It's good where Andy can sit in the privacy of his own house making music that he wants to make without anybody telling him what to do or any outside distractions, then he can send it to me.
The good thing about writing the way we do is that I'm able to make mistakes, but if I was in a room with people id be frightened to try things and do things whereas when you're on your own you are only making a fool of yourself. That's when something really good comes out, but when you're in a room with a band you might be more self conscious about trying stuff. I think it's good the way we are able to write on our own and make our own mistakes and learn from that I suppose.
Xs Noize: Do you have much material at the moment for the next record?
JG: No we haven't got anything! (laughs) We really haven't had the time it's been nonstop, the only time we had off was over Christmas the new year and January. Even then we weren't really off we were doing sessions and things like that. So really it'll be the summer when we will get stuck in and start doing it and hopefully we can have another record out next year. That's what the plan is but you never know how things pan out, we will probably have killed each other by then (laughs).
Xs Noize: What music have you been listening to on the road that you recommend?
JG: When the Robert Smith thing happened I was actually listening to a lot of the Cure anyway.
I was listening to "Faith", "Pornography" and "Disintegration". I probably listened to one of those nearly every day. That was my mind set knowing that it was going to happen there was something cool about listening to all those records. I love all of those records but I think "Disintegration" is perfect, out of the three I have listened to it the most. Its massive it has phenomenal song writing on it. I suppose it's going to be stuck in my head when we're writing to try and get that scope.
I'm not saying we could get anywhere near that album but to keep that kind of scope in your head that's what I want our songs to be. I have been listening to the new Sufjun Stevens album, I have been playing that to death actually, I've listened to that every day, it's a phenomenal album. The song 4th of July is just a brilliant song and I've listened to Errors new album a lot I think that's about it.
I've been watching more TV shows and reading comics to be honest, there's something about being on the road and being knackered so I have been sleeping in the back of the van and taking a bit of time out from music and thinking about other things because we are around it all day if we're not we are sound checking playing gigs or doing sessions so it's nice to get into a different head space and think of other things apart from music. I love being in a band but you need a little down time from it but those records are the ones I have been listening to a lot.
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St. Ignatius holds off a WCAL rival St. Francis this time
Sporting Green // Sports
Mitch Stephens Oct. 13, 2019 Updated: Oct. 13, 2019 2:38 p.m.
The varsity team breaks huddle at the end of practice at American High School on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Fremont, Calif.
Photo: Jim Gensheimer / Special to The Chronicle
St. Ignatius couldn't finish the job last week, but the Wildcats did Saturday in a 35-26 West Catholic Athletic League victory over visiting St. Francis.
Starting quarterback Teddye Buchanan accounted for four touchdowns and more than 300 yards, backup quarterback Zach Taylor-Smith rushed for a 7-yard score and the 18th-ranked Wildcats (4-2, 2-1) jumped to a 21-0 lead and snapped a six-game losing streak to the No. 23 Lancers.
St. Ignatius was impressive at home last week and led going into the fourth quarter against third-ranked Valley Christian but fell 17-7.
On Saturday, the Wildcats watched St. Francis climb to within 28-20, but Buchanan, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback and linebacker, sprinted 26 yards around left end to allow his team to go up two scores with eight minutes left.
St. Francis, behind backup quarterback Joey Schott (297 yards passing), responded with a TD. The 75-yard drive was capped by a 2-yard touchdown run by sophomore Viliami Teu (11 carries, 80 yards). St. Ignatius, however, swatted away a two-point conversion attempt, making it 35-26.
After picking up a couple of first downs, the Wildcats punted. St. Francis then missed on a field goal and St. Ignatius had its first win over the Lancers since a 22-7 decision in 2012.
Buchanan, who rushed for 107 yards and passed for 200, opened the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Danny Burke before adding a 2-yard scoring run, making it 14-0 with two minutes left in the first.
After Taylor-Smith's touchdown midway through the second quarter, St. Francis clawed back on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Schott to Carsten Rawls (five catches, 144 yards) and a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Camilo Arquette (20 carries, 95 yards), closing the gap to 21-13 by halftime.
Midway through the third, Buchanan connected with running back Joe Celentano for a 64-yard catch-and-run for St. Ignatius. St. Francis responded with its own TD drive, which was capped by Joe Tongamoa's 1-yard plunge that made the score 28-20 early in the fourth quarter.
Buchanan faked a handoff right then went left untouched for the final St. Ignatius touchdown.
Friday's games
#1 De La Salle-Concord 70, #10 California-San Ramon 7: The host Spartans (7-1) piled up of 529 yards of offense, 397 of it on the ground, as they dominated the Grizzlies (6-1). California gained just 131 yards and got its only score on an 80-yard run by Hasani Savage. Outside of that play, De La Salle allowed just 31 yards on 41 snaps by the Grizzlies' offense.De La Salle's James Coby took a handoff and ran 50 yards for a touchdown.
— Damin Esper
#4 Serra 35, #15 Mitty 29: The host Padres (6-0, 3-0 WCAL) overcame a two-touchdown deficit to top the Monarchs (4-2, 2-1). Down 21-7 on homecoming night, playing under portable lights at home for the only time all season, Serra scored 28 consecutive points. Padres quarterback Daylin McLemore was 18-for-21 for 201 yards and one touchdown, a 38-yard pass to Terence Loville. Mitty got 261 yards passing and three touchdowns from Shamir Bey, but the Monarchs' quarterback was sacked seven times, including twice by Nusi Malani and Jerry Gaoteote.
#7 Monte Vista-Danville 35, #20 Foothill-Pleasanton 29: Jacob Oliphant had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and 75-yard punt return for a score, leading the host Mustangs (5-2, 2-0 East Bay Athletic League Mountain Division) to a comeback win. Foothill (5-2, 1-1) got four touchdown passes from Bryce Lombardi, three of them to Peter Montini, but it couldn't contain Oliphant or prevent second-quarter touchdown passes from Jack Stewardson to Nate Rutchena (40 yards), Connor Shay (33) and Noah Rivas (35).
#9 Las Lomas-Walnut Creek 45, #25 Acalanes-Lafayette 21: Isaiah Newell and Elijah Lash combined for 303 rushing yards and six touchdowns for the host Lions (7-0, 2-0) in a Diablo Athletic League-Foothill Division contest. Las Lomas built a 21-0 first-half lead as Lash scored on a 16-yard run and Newell had touchdown runs of 3 and 10 yards. Though Acalanes (5-2, 1-1) scored before halftime to draw within 14, Newell pushed the lead to 28-7 with a 49-yard TD run on the Knights' third play of the second half. Newell finished with 221 yards rushing and four touchdowns. He also caught two passes for 32 yards.
— Chace Bryson
#24 Vintage-Napa 28, American Canyon 14: Pedja Zivkovic had two second-half touchdown runs, a 1-yarder and 13-yarder, to lead the visiting Crushers (6-1, 3-0 Vine Valley Athletic League) past the Wolves (7-1, 3-1).
Bellarmine 28, Riordan 27: In the second overtime, Riordan's Leo Maranghi hauled in an 8-yard touchdown pass to close to 28-27, but a two-point conversion try failed, allowing the Bells (2-4, 1-2 WCAL) to record the victory over the Crusaders (2-4, 0-3) at Jefferson-Daly City.
Piner-Santa Rosa 48, El Molino-Forestville 7: Adrian Torres rushed for 207 yards and three touchdowns and Yonaton Isack passed for three scores as the host Prospectors (8-0, 2-0 North Bay League Redwood) beat the Lions (3-3, 0-2). Piner has outscored its opponents 445-21.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle.
Mitch Stephens
Mitch Stephens has been writing about high school sports in the Bay Area since LeBron James was born (1984). He spent 16 years in the Alameda Newspaper Group and two years as a freelancer before landing as The San Francisco Chronicle's prep editor in 2002. He accepted a national columnist post with CBS/MaxPreps.com in 2007 and the next year took on both MaxPreps and Chronicle prep content provider roles.
Though he deeply enjoys athletic competition and the games, his speciality is human interest and profiles. He won back-to-back California Prep Sports Writers Association awards for feature writing. Among the many elite Bay Area athletes he's covered as preps are Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Jahvid Best, D.J. Williams, Maurice Jones-Drew and Jeremy Linn. There's no sport Mitch doesn't relish covering and no profile he doesn't find interesting. The high school landscape is a minefield for rich, personal stories.
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While nicknames are cool, the FAFSA doesn't appreciate them. The name that you enter must be an exact match to the name associated with your social security number or alien registration card. Otherwise, the federal government won't be able to locate your information in the system. You should keep this in mind for both the student section and the parent section.
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DACA students are not eligible for federal student aid, but they are eligible to receive financial aid packages from many schools and sometimes from States too. Therefore, it's still worth filling out the FAFSA if they have a social security number.
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Some students get confused when asked about their household size, which isn't necessarily the number of people who live in your house. Rather, it's the number of people that you (if you're independent) or your family (if you're dependent) financially support.
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Start with your parents and yourself.
Add all children under the age of 24 that live in your parents' house and receive more than half of their support from them. You can also include children who will be born during the school year.
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Start with yourself and your spouse (if married).
Add your children who receive more than half of their support from you.
Then add any other people living with you who receive over half of their support from you and will continue to receive more than half of their support from you during the school year (e.g. an elderly relative).
Note: When the FAFSA asks about the number of people in your household attending college, don't include your parents even if they are enrolled in a program leading to a degree or a certificate.
5. Who is the Primary Parent?
Determining who to list as the primary parent, or your parents in general, can get tricky depending on your family situation. In general, only legally adoptive or biological parents can be listed as your parents on the FAFSA. Legal guardians don't count even if they claim you on their tax forms.
You must include at least one parent's information on the form.
If your parents are divorced or separated but still live together, provide both of their information.
If your parents don't live together and you need to decide whose information to provide, choose the parent that you've lived with the most in the last 12 months. Keep in mind that this might be different from the parent who has legal custody. If your primary parent is remarried, be sure to also include your step-parent's information, too!
If you spend an equal amount of time with both parents and receive more or less equal support from each, then you can choose which parent to include. To maximize your student aid, list the parent with the lowest income. And remember again to include your step-parent's information if your parent is remarried.
Side note: When the FAFSA asks about your parents' education levels, only enter information about your biological or legally adoptive parents. Step-parents don't count for this one.
If your parents were divorced recently, it won't show up on their most recent tax return–meaning you could run into some issues. To fix this, contact the financial aid offices at the colleges or universities that you're applying to and see if they can work with you to correct it. Schools are usually willing to provide FAFSA help as long as you can give some additional information (like your parents' W2 forms).
The most confusing part of the FAFSA is the income section, since there are various questions about taxed and untaxed income. However, it's also the most important determinant of your EFC. There are a few things you should keep in mind when filling out these FAFSA questions to help you get as much aid as possible for school.
If students have a part-time job, any annual sum of money earned over $6,310 is expected to be used toward paying for college. In fact, students are expected to put 50% of their earnings towards saving and paying for school.
When it comes to reporting income, parents should never list their 401K plan. Parents are never expected to use retirement money for college costs and as parent age rises, EFC decreases. Additionally, most social security runs out when a student hits 18, so you're not expected to use any of that.
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Deciding which assets do and don't count can be confusing…and these FAFSA questions can also heavily impact your financial aid award. There are some assets that you're required to report and others that, surprisingly, don't really matter.
As a general rule, you should only report assets that are liquid and cash-based. Things like trust funds and 529 savings plans (if they're owned by you or your parent) do need to be reported, as well as more obvious things like your bank balances.
Some assets that don't need to be reported include 401K plans, small family businesses, and your parent's home. Retirement assets are never included when calculating EFC. Additionally, the maximum contribution possible from parental assets is 5%. In other words, if you report $100K worth of assets, your contribution to paying for school would be $5K. Student assets, on the other hand, are weighed heavier. Students are expected to contribute 20% of their assets towards paying for college. Check out this list for a more detailed breakdown of which assets count and which don't.
Side note: Try to complete the FAFSA on the day that your checking account is the lowest, like right before payday. That way, the amount that you report as your account balance will be smaller.
Side note 2: It's best to keep college savings plans in a grandparent's or non-custodial parent's name so that you don't have to list them on the FAFSA (i.e. to maximize your award!).
*While the CSS Profile and the FAFSA are both used to determine financial aid, they differ in a few ways.
The CSS Profile asks questions based on the specific schools you're applying to while the FAFSA questions are the same for everyone.
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everydayjill: School Cannot Come Soon Enough.
School Cannot Come Soon Enough.
Summer slips through my fingers each and every year.
I think that the monkeys and I will do all sorts of bonding activities. Camping. Long hikes. The Incline. Days at the penny arcade. Grilling. Planting a huge garden. Building firepits. Traveling around the state. Leisurely bike rides and days at the pool. I picture us being one big Pinterest List of Kumbaya and Family Fun.
I work too much (I know, I know, I am trying to remedy this...). They netflix too much. And argue too much.
I know it is time for school to begin when I see this battle line drawn.
The kid laid claim to his own jar of Nutella from Costco. Told me I could keep his lawn mowing money because the jar was his. Pretty sure he thought about brandishing a fork weapon if G came close to his jar.
I am counting down the hours til school starts. And I am not touching said Nutella Jar. Pretty sure it is booby-trapped.


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Bath & Body Works Signature Collection for Men Oak body wash ($11; bathandbodyworks.com) smells great, like someone crushed a cherry over freshly cut firewood. Despite a high lather, it doesn't dry out your skin like so many other body washes do. If you can live with yourself after paying fifty-eight dollars for body wash, I also liked Prada's Infusion de Vetiver (nordstrom.com), which looks like a piece of art for your shower. If nothing else, it's huge (33.8 oz), so it'll be a while before you have to buy more.
Although the scent is a little strong, the moisturizing effects of Dove Men + Care Extra Fresh body-and-face bar ($4 for two bars; cvs.com) more than made up for it. Not that I really care about soft skin. But my wife does.
As an Aussie, I rather like the idea of putting a eucalyptus leaf under my arm — and with Malin + Goetz eucalyptus deodorant ($18; malinandgoetz.com), that's exactly what it feels (and smells) like you're doing. It's a strong, fresh scent that you'll want people to notice.
Along with dirt, the harsh detergents in cheap shampoos remove something else from your hair: every last bit of moisture. American Crew's new Trichology Hair Recovery shampoo ($12; americancrew.com) cleans well, leaves in that moisture, and even claims to nourish and stimulate your hair in a way that could keep it from falling out — which is nice, even if it's not entirely true. If you want to save money, do it on your conditioner. Even inexpensive conditioner can't do any real damage to your hair.
You want a scrub with a little grit, something to slough off the layer of dead skin on your face, even out your complexion, and let your moisturizer penetrate deeper. Gillette Fusion ProSeries Thermal face scrub ($8; walgreens.com) takes it one further: It's added heat, which softens your beard and opens your pores for a more comfortable shave.
The skin on your face is thinner than the skin on much of the rest of your body, especially around your eyes, which means it can dry out easily. Anthony for Men Action ($25; anthony.com) is a light foam — it feels like Reddi-wip for your skin — that cleans well without making your face feel two sizes too small.
Shaving cream is one thing I don't mind spending a little extra money on, especially something that feels as luxurious as Kyoku for Men Sake Infused shave cream ($34; kyokuformen.com). It's more whip than cream, like the old-fashioned stuff you'd spread on with a brush, so while it's still extremely lubricating, Kyoku washes off much more easily than a gel or a foam.
Aveda Men Pure-Formance dual-action aftershave ($35; aveda.com) incorporates a slight moisturizer, so it soothes the skin you just scraped the hell out of and adds back some moisture. Plus, it smells a little like licorice.
Although it's not going to do a better job than a separate body wash, shampoo, and shaving gel, if you're just going to the gym or for a weekend away, there's nothing more convenient than Nivea for Men Active 3 Sport ($6; drugstore.com). Shame you can't brush your teeth with it, too.
It's a little pricey, but Lab Series MAX LS Age-Less face cream ($65; labseries.com) was the best moisturizer I tested in terms of absorption. It left my face feeling soft, not slick. And it doesn't have a scent, which is good when it comes to something you're putting directly under your nose. I also liked the utilitarian and affordable Vaseline for Men Extra Strength body and face lotion ($4; walgreens.com). It's light, relatively fast absorbing, and can be used anywhere on your body.
My favorite colognes are subtle and citrusy, making them appropriate for almost any occasion. Bulgari Man ($79 for 3.4 oz; bloomingdales.com) smells like you tried to chop down a pine tree with an ax made of oranges.
If you have short hair, a paste will add texture and hold. It can also leave your hair with a shine and a crunch. But not Kérastase Homme Capital Force ($30; kerastase-usa.com), which is easier to emulsify than most and spreads through the hair evenly. For six bucks, Got2b inPlay sculpting paste (cvs.com) is nearly as good.
Billy Jealousy Ruckus ($16; billyjealousy.com) acts like a cream and a paste. It gives you some texture and movement but doesn't leave your hair feeling stiff or weighed down. That makes it perfect for medium-length hair, which, in my opinion, is as long as a man's hair should ever be.


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Confused about the Super Bowl? Fear not, here is Nerve Sport's definitive guide to everything you need to know about Super Bowl LIII, and more.
For those a little late to the party, the Super Bowl is the pinnacle of the American sporting calendar; it is the FA Cup stuffed with enough steroids to leave a Russian athlete in a stew, seasoned with patriotism, a dash of celebrities and served to millions world-wide.
On February 3rd the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams will be facing off in Super Bowl LIII – 53 for those of us who don't speak Roman numerals – The two teams will be sure to turn up the heat in a pretty cold Atlanta, Georgia as they compete for the Vince Lombardi trophy and to be crowned the NFL champions 2018/19.
The Patriots are a familiar face in the Super Bowl this year being their ninth appearance in 17 years. This will also be their third appearance in the last three years. Like Real Madrid is to the Champions League, the Patriots have become an all-too-common sight lifting the trophy. Their first win coming in 2002 against none other than the Rams themselves!
The reason for the Patriot's continual dominance in the sport, since the turn of the century in one word: G.O.A.T: Tom Brady arrived as the 199th draft pick in April 2000, since then he has gone on to prove without a shadow of a doubt that he deserves the accolade 'Greatest of all Time'. Love him or loathe him Brady has made more Super Bowl appearances than any other team in history – bar the Patriots – and like a fine wine, just seems to get better with age.
Brady is not the only reason for New England's success he has plenty of player's around him, the likes of Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman capable of making big plays when it counts. The other key factor is their coach: Bill Belichick will be aiming to match the all-time record for most Super Bowl wins (six). His style of play may be dull, but it is effective in big games.
The Los Angeles Rams, on the other hand, are coming in with a young, fiery, offensive energy that harks back to their last Super Bowl winning team in 2000, which were nicknamed the 'Greatest Show on Turf'. That team beat the Tennessee Titan 23-16 in the city of this year's Super Bowl, Atlanta.
Indeed, Rams number one draft pick in 2016, Jared Goff was only seven year's old when the Patriots and Rams last met in Super Bowl XXXVI and head coach Sean McVay – the youngest head coach in NFL history – was merely making plays as a high-school Quarter Back. But, the Rams are not to be overlooked. They boasted the joint best record this season 13 wins and three losses. On top of that Defensive Tackle, Aaron Donald has been on fire already recording 20.5 sacks this season and tearing offensive lines to shreds.
To put it simply the Patriots are like taking your date to their favourite restaurant; it's a good choice, its a safe choice, but it's boring. The Rams, on the other hand, are like breaking into the zoo after hours with no clothes on.
The Super Bowl has something for everyone no matter their sporting preference. Some watch just for the adverts alone. Advertisers are predicted to fork over up to $5 million for a 30-second ad-break. On top of that, the half time performances have often made headlines on their own, from Michael Jackson to Prince to Janet Jackson's famous nip-slip. This year Maroon 5 will be performing with support from Travis Scott.
This is tough to call but I think the Patriots will be wary of their last Super Bowl outing: where they lost 41-33 to the Philadelphia Eagles, last year. This time I think experience and cool heads will prevail.


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UMW debate team nationally honored
The University of Mary Washington placed third at the National Debate Tournament (NDT) hosted at the University of California at Berkeley in March.
Senior Kevin Kallmyer of Olney, Md., and sophomore Peter Susko of Erie, Pa., were among 78 two-person teams who qualified for the nation's oldest and most prestigious intercollegiate debate championship.
UMW remained in the competition through the semifinal round, resulting in the university's highest finish at the tournament in history.
"The National Debate Tournament is the most challenging and grueling academic competition in higher education today" said Timothy O'Donnell, director of debate and associate professor of communication who also serves as chair of the NDT Committee. "Coach Adrienne Brovero and the students accomplished something unprecedented in school history and remarkable for a public institution of our size."
Kallmyer and Susko were ranked seventh nationally by the National Debate Tournament's coaches committee prior to the tournament.
The National Debate Tournament fields the nation's top teams for three days of preliminary competition, the results of which create the single-elimination bracket that determines the road to the national championship.
In the single elimination bracket, Kallmyer and Susko recorded victories against Georgia State University, Harvard University and Wake Forest University.
After eliminating Kallmyer and Susko, Michigan State University won the national championship with a victory against Northwestern University in the tournament's final debate.
Students Ben Saunders and Sean Slattery also competed at the tournament.
This is UMW's seventh consecutive year qualifying for the NDT and the third consecutive year the team was eliminated by the eventual national champion.
The National Debate Tournament began shortly after the Second World War at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and has come to be recognized as the pinnacle of accomplishment in competitive debate in the United States.
The 2009-10 intercollegiate topic focused on the size and role of the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, a timely topic given the upcoming release of president Obama's Nuclear Posture Review and the Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference slated for this May.
Previous debate team achievements during the 2009-2010 seasons include a third place finish at the Harvard University tournament in October, a fifth place finish at the University of Texas at Austin in February and a second place finish at the American Debate Association's championships at Vanderbilt University in early March.
Last spring, Kallmyer was on the UMW debate team that won the American Debate Association's Varsity National Championship.
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Sound of Spring Buenos Aires finally unveiled this Wednesday the first part of its international line up, which led to a whole surprise. Having assembled such an artist, he is undoubtedly determined not only to settle on this bank of the Río de la Plata, but also to make his local debut in the big musical event of the year. Yes OK Gabi Ruiz, director of the festival of Catalan originhad appeared in November of last year, after the announcement of its arrival in Buenos Aires, that the lineup was going to be similar to that of its American version, the truth is that he fell short. Quite short. And that doesn't have much to do with what's going to happen in Los Angeles in September, with a few exceptions. At the same time he managed to bring together several groups and soloists from the independent scene and the international avant-garde, beloved and well known to the Argentine public, with long-awaited actions.
With base of operations in the children's park, the festival will officially begin on Saturday November 12. That day will be headlined by the rapper Travis Scottwho, like Charli XCX (centenary pop icon), another of the fundamental names of the era, was about to appear for the first time here at lollapalooza canceled due to the pandemic. But good is expected. The second line of this grid is completed by the folk singer Father John Mistyowner of one of the best shows Buenos Aires witnessed in 2018, as well as the Japanese-born blouse Mitsky. To which must be added the return of the Swedish-Argentinian singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalezthe arrival of the British post-dubstep producer and DJ Joy Orbisonthe crossing between Ladies Free and L-Ghentand another beginning that never seemed to happen: that of Señor Coconut and his orchestrathe German who dared to dress in cumbia kraftwerk.
The next day, Arctic Monkeys You will have the opportunity to consecrate your local status. Contrary to Interpol, who has already covered almost all the scenarios that the Argentine capital can offer him. Inasmuch as lord not only will he find the Argentinian public, but he will also have the opportunity to show the maturity that surrounds his latest album: Solar energy (2021). Outraged, beach house He will be able to repay his 2013 show at Vorterix, which had little flavor. However, the most anticipated of this day will be Ark: the great musical transgression of the 21st century. And this is known from Kanye West to Björk, who, with their collaborations, can testify to the endless possibilities offered by the Venezuelan trans artist. On this day, the 2021 Grammy Award nominee (as "Best New Artist") will perform, Phoebe Bridgerwhile there will be Asians who will be at their peak: the Japanese Chai and Korean-American Japanese breakfast.
Similar to the growth of Barcelona's Primavera Sound, which will celebrate its two decades between June 2 and June 12, the syncretism of its Argentinian edition seems similar to the current setup of its parent company. In addition to taking place over a weekend in a huge hall, the festival has gradually developed Parallel activities. Some free and some paid. As in Barcelona, this time there will be an opening act, which will feature none other than Jack White, Pixies, Cat Power Yes argentinians The minor leagues. More indie, impossible. And that is the seminal substance of the festival. It will happen in Olympic Park, October 14. Former The White Stripes will return with blue hair and a new album, fear of dawn (2022), while the one in Atlanta will do so with the exquisite covers (2022). And those led by Black Francois they will come to do what they know best: close well.
Ten years after her last visit, Björk returns to Buenos Aires.
Although Villa Soldati will bear the name "Road to Spring" (it would be good to explain to Jack White that he will be playing in one of the rock branches in the neighborhood), around Wednesday November 9 is called "Welcome". And the name is consistent because the hostess will be bjork, a decade after his last local visit. They will assist him that evening at the Children's park the mexican Juliette Venegasthe chilean Javier Mena and argentinian happy hill. That a Catalan music festival has become one of the world's musical showcases par excellence was not a capricious or random act: everything rested on careful curating, barely resembling a whim. This is where its success lies. So much so that the city government declared it, for its 20th anniversary, as a "Special Interest Event". Which recognizes Primavera Sound as one of the most important cultural events in Spain. Imprint trying to establish itself in Argentina.
Amidst the activities of the festival proper, the event will offer a number of free shows at various points in the city of Buenos Aires. between him November 7 and 11, the most important meeting of independent music in the world today, which in this South American bet will also be held in Chile and Brazil, will reproduce in different parts of the city what Charli XCX, Mitski and the conjunction of Damas Gratis and L- Gand in the children's playground. If we add to this the participation of the collective tear gangthe inclusion of Santiago Mototizado, 107 Fauns (the latter two are from Primavera Label, the label of Primavera Sound), Baby Beast, Boom Boom Kid, 2 Minutes, Juana Molina, 1915, Carca and Elephant Love, you are facing a great circumstance. What consolidates the participation of the Spaniards The Planets, Bad Gyal, Amaia and Big Menu. But if Black Ice Cream also says that she will be part of it, then it's a very nice circumstance.
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Meeting Venus
Meeting Venus (1991)
Glenn Close as Karin Anderson
Niels Arestrup as Zoltan Szanto
Istvan Szabo
As the new Europe edges uncertainly toward its future, the parts uneasily eye the whole. There are not only the obvious problems of language and culture, but also ideas about work and love and art.
"Meeting Venus" uses an international opera production as a way of showing them all in collision.
The story takes place in Paris, where a new production of "Tannheuser" is contemplated. The conductor (Niels Arestrup) is from Hungary. The diva (Glenn Close) is a temperamental superstar from Sweden. The baritone is a rotund East German who thinks mostly about obtaining hard currency to use in his auto-painting business. When his voice fails, his substitute is an insipid American who is constantly reminded of how things were done differently, and better, in previous productions he has been involved in.
And then there are, of course, the musicians, and the members of the chorus, and the stagehands and electricians and painters and property masters, all members of unions that are ferociously protective of their contracts. And in the front office, management tries to keep everyone happy by taking no clear position on anything.
I imagine that if grand opera were really like this, there would not be any of it. On the other hand, productions and whole seasons are lost because of labor disputes, and the realism of "Meeting Venus" begins to shade over into the satire of "This Is Spinal Tap" in the sequence where the right union man cannot be found to press the button to raise the curtain.
The position of the Hungarian conductor must have been inspired in some ways by the position of this film's director, Istvan Szabo. He is the leading contemporary Hungarian director (with credits such as the superb "Mephisto"), but now, with the collapse of state subsidies and the opening of Eastern Europe, he, like his character, must learn (in the words of Robert Altman) to fiddle on the corner where the quarters are.
In the film, the director tries vainly to keep everybody happy all of the time, and finds that his duties apparently include an affair with Glenn Close, who is quite sincere and actually very touching during their sweet little love affair, although eventually he, and we, begin to speculate that this is not the first time this diva has gone to bed with her conductor.
There are dozens of major and minor characters in the film, and Szabo juggles them artfully, telling some of their stories and transient flirtations in asides and background action. Meanwhile, the conductor, who is married, finds himself back in Budapest with his wife and his new mistress both at the same time, and the messiness of reality begins to interfere with the unreal backstage world of the opera.
The music in the film is of a high level (Close is dubbed by Kiri Te Kanawa), but there is not very much of it, and indeed we see little of "Tannheuser." That isn't the point. The point may be that opera, with all of its romance and coincidence, cannot approach the absurdity of life. Or it may be that through art Europe must find its common destiny. If that is so, Szabo seems to argue, it will not be an easy task.
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Q. I have been married for a while (won't go into years as it will certainly date me) and my wedding ring is yellow gold. I'd like to change the color of it to white gold or titanium but not sure if this can be done. I like the setting so I don't want to have it reset. I have also heard of Rhodium plating (but I don't know what Rhodium is). Can someone please shed some light as to the possibility of this and which process would work best.
A. Hi Ivette. Rhodium is electroplated onto jewelry and looks something like chrome, only whiter and brighter. It is a precious metal, that can be ten times the cost of gold, but is plated so thin that the cost of the rhodium is not a big deal.
Pure gold is yellow. But jewelry is rarely 24 karat pure gold because it is very soft. If you use nickel or palladium as the alloying ingredient in the gold, the alloy can be whitish. Most white gold is not bright enough for today's taste (which seems to demand a diamond-like glitter) so it is rhodium plated for a truly shiny look.
There is probably no technical reason you could not have your setting rhodium plated even though it is yellow gold rather than white gold, but the plating must be heavy to thoroughly cover the yellow color. And as the rhodium plating wears through, the contrast between rhodium and yellow gold will be quite obvious, and very frequent replating will be necessary unless you only plan to wear the ring once in a while on special occasions.
Many people are happy with rings that are made of rhodium plated high quality white gold, because the glittery rhodium can gradually wear off over the years, gradually turning from showroom sparkle to the softer look appropriate to an heirloom. But if it's yellow gold underneath, it's a constant replating issue. This is why the recent practice by mall jewelers of plating yellow gold with rhodium (instead of only plating high quality white gold with rhodium) is so completely unsatisfactory.
I have a 14kt yellow gold ring that I would like to rhodium plate. Can someone please tell me about how long it will last and if I was to later, change my mind ... is it possible to remove (make it yellow gold again) the rhodium? I only like to wear jewelry when I go out, never around the house(work).
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A. The gold ring can be Rhodium plated, but you must bear in mind that it must first be buffed and polished well then it can be plated. The plating will not last forever as the wear and tear of the ring makes it rub off quicker that bracelets or necklaces. But it will give it a brilliant shine.
Q. I was wondering where you would take a yellow gold necklace to be changed to white gold. Also, how much does something like that cost for an 80 gram necklace? Any input would be appreciated.
A. You can't really change a yellow gold necklace to a white gold necklace without melting it down a starting over. White gold is yellow gold that has nickel or palladium( another precious metal) added to it to whiten it. There are very few elements that will change the color of gold with nickel being the most effective. However more and more of the population is showing allergic reactions to nickel so many are switching to palladium as a whitener. This is more expensive but actually makes a better alloy. But you have to start with the alloy and go from there. If you already have the object ( necklace) then your choices are basically limited to electroplating. The whitest of metals is silver, but silver is soft and tarnishes. Your next best bet is Rhodium, a very hard, very bright, durable and expensive precious metal that doesn't tarnish. Rhodium plating will make your necklace very bright and white. If you have it plated to a slightly heavier than usual thickness for jewelry items, it should be very durable. Most platers just put a flash coat of only 8-10 micro-inches but if you go thicker it will last a long time. I can't give you cost but it should not be too bad. The amount of metal used is very small. Just make sure you go to a reputable jeweler or the results will be poor, especially if the necklace isn't thoroughly cleaned before plating.
Q. I just happen to stumble on your website when I was looking up the word rhodium. I bought a white gold ring for my fiance and after about 2 weeks we noticed that the yellow gold is showing through the white gold. Why is this happening.
A. We have hundreds of such complaints on line here, Manny. See our faq on rhodium plating and white gold.
But, in short, the most immediate problems are that the rhodium plating on your ring is defective (probably much too thin) and the jeweler used yellow gold under the rhodium plating instead of white gold. While white gold is not as shiny and white as rhodium plating, and the lower color scales may be grayish or slightly yellowish, still, white gold is not yellow gold.
I'd give the jeweler a chance to replate it and give you a five year guarantee on the plating.
Q. I think I prefer yellow gold rather than white gold, white golds are very modern but some jeweler said that yellow golds are actually better than white gold, and that they prefer yellow gold because the price will always going up, is it true?
Value is relative. If you like white gold more, than it is more valuable to you because you get more joy out of it. However, monetarily speaking, gold comes in various karats, the highest being 24k (the highest grade being 99.99% gold). White gold is a mix of the element metal Au (gold) and other metals (as mentioned above); that's why the highest purity content of white gold is only 18k (or 75% pure gold) because you need the other 25% to be made up of metals that will "whiten" the gold out. The coating that is being mentioned (rhodium) is applied only to give it a bright white shine. But to answer your question, the more pure the gold (higher percentage of Au), the more monetarily valuable it is (as it could theoretically be recast into something else). The value of gold is considered relatively stable, and thus "keeps its value".
Q. I have at present an 18k yellow gold belcher link necklace (mens 18 or 20 inch I don't remember). I would like to have it plated with something white. I didn't even know it was possible until someone told me about rhodium plating. Can someone tell me an approx. cost on having this job done? My wife has it with her in New York at present since I live in China and don't think it is possible over here. Is it possible to have it PT plated if so the cost? Are there any questions she should ask prior to giving the job to a jeweler or any advice related to this?
Q. I went in to get my engagement ring sized and now that I have it back I am not sure if the gold that they had to add to it was really yellow gold.
When I hold it up to a yellow gold ring it is obviously yellow, and I can almost see a small spot where the metals come together, but it seems like the whole ring was plated with something yellow when they added metal to it to size it, and I want it to be pretty and white gold shiny again!
Is it normal to have that yellow tint, and hardly be able to tell the bottom bands of town apart when they are side by side? but when it is next to a silver ring it still seems slightly silver and is all very confusing!
if the jeweler did mess up is it fixable and how to I ask them about it?
Q. Hi my name is Sarah. I have been wearing my wedding ring for almost 4 months now and there is a noticeable red rash on my skin. On the palm side, the lines of my finger (in the area of the ring) are indented so that they look like wrinkles. The red rash is on the top of my finger. It is not itchy or irritating, but it's peeling. My ring was originally 18 k yellow gold, of high quality from Peru, but I thought the 18 K gold was too dark and manly looking.. So we got both mine and my husband's rings rhodium plated. The rhodium is starting to wear off. I was wondering what I am allergic too? The rhodium or the gold? Or something else?
A. Hi, Sarah. There is probably nickel plating underneath the rhodium, and if your problem is a metal allergy, it's most likely that the nickel is the problem. Trying to turn your yellow ring white with rhodium plating is a temporary and not very satisfactory situation, but if that's what you want to do, it is possible to have white bronze plated onto the ring as an interlayment instead of the nickel. Good luck.
Q. Hi, I was looking on the internet to see if I could rhodium dip my necklace when I came across your website. I have a yellow gold journey diamond necklace with a box chain. I was wondering if I could get my box chain rhodium dipped as well as the pendant? It said in earlier posts you could with necklaces but I just wanted to make sure that included the chain. Many thanks in advance.
A. Hi, Nellie. Although anything can theoretically be rhodium plated, there are several issues. First, as the rhodium wears thin, it will be much more noticeable earlier on yellow gold than on white gold. Second, it's a question of the amount of wear; the plating won't last long on a ring but will last a very long time on a rarely worn brooch. Third is the practicality of plating the item; electrical contact is required for plating to occur; the jeweler must stretch the chain out for plating or hang it and jiggle it to make sure each link has contact, and this may make it uneconomical since most jewelers do the plating in a teacup sized plating cell.
Q. Hi, I'm considering a 1940's rhodium plated yellow gold ring as my engagement ring.
It looks white, how do I know if this is original plating and what quality the plating is?
Is there anything else I should consider with this purchase.
Q. I would like to use my mother's engagement ring, however, it is yellow gold and prefer the look of white gold. Is it possible to melt it down and build a ring with white gold?
Cheap replating is a $25 issue; top quality replating might be $200. Whether the plating is original or not should not be a deal breaker; but if it's a 1940s ring, and was worn, and it's yellow gold, the rhodium plating could not possibly have lasted all these years.
White gold is a different composition than yellow gold, so melting down one to make the other would not work.
Although doing rhodium plating on a yellow gold ring is poor practice because of the contrast as the plating wears, life is a compromise. You might get good quality rhodium plating done on your mother's ring and just plan on wearing it infrequently and having it replated frequently if it's really what you need to do.
Q. I'm considering taking my yellow gold ring and having it rhodium plated. I know I need to have a thicker layer for it to last longer and that will also eventually start to wear. If I have them put a thicker layer of the rhodium on a ring that is worn everyday, about how long does it last before having to get it done again ?
Q. I've got a stainless & gold Rolex that I'd love to wear again, but I just don't like the GOLD color. I'd love it if it were SILVER. My jeweler said it cannot be dipped into rhodium as part of the watch is gold & the other is stainless. Is there a solution?
A. Hi, Kim. Jewelry shops are not plating shops and are quite limited in their plating capacities and abilities. But a specialty jewelry plating shop can probably help you. See the banner at the top of the page.
One approach would be to selectively brush plate only the gold area. Another approach would be to properly activate the stainless steel with a Wood's nickel strike and then rhodium plate the assembly.
Q. I have a white gold ring that the former owner made yellow gold. It's dull and wearing. How do I get the yellow off.
I recently got married- and I am now wearing my two rings together (white gold Engagement ring, and white gold wedding band) ... I am finding that in some areas, it appears to be turning yellow? Could this be from them rubbing together? Would these be considered poor quality gold bands?
White gold should remain essentially white when the rhodium plating wears thin. It is possible that they are yellow gold or at least too-yellowish white gold.


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TeleTech partners with community organizations to support growth in the communities in which they operate, and seeks opportunities to make a long-term impact with these initiatives. Habitat for Humanity was on top of the list of potential community partners for the local TeleTech team thanks to the organization's global presence and proven track record in building infrastructures for underserved communities worldwide. Together the team initiated Project Strong to support local residents in need through a variety of efforts.
To kick off the Project Strong initiative, TeleTech and Habitat for Humanity will build a Multi-Purpose Center (MPC) for the residents of a relocation site in Barangay Maricaban, Bantayan Island, Cebu City. The residents come from different areas severely devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. 146 units (73 duplexes) have already been completed for the community, and residents are in need of a MPC to be used as a day care center, community town hall venue, training and workshop venue, among others. Construction will begin in September 2017 and is expected to be completed in 4 months.
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The partnership was made official when the Memorandum of Agreement was signed at the Habitat for Humanity Philippines Makati office on August 10, 2017. Present during the ceremony were Paul Doctolero and TeleTech Principal Analyst Franco Panopio together with the Habitat team led by Mike Meaney - Managing Director, Lala Baldelovar – OIC Resource Development and Communications Director and Joey Rosel - Resource Development Manager.
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Vivian is a six-year old spayed female Pekingese. Vivian's foster family brought her to see Dr. Amy Pike of the Behavior Medicine Division of the Veterinary Referral Center of Northern Virginia because she was aggressive when people handled her, including when petting her if she didn't solicit it on her own. In addition, Vivian was very aloof with the other dogs and chose to spend a lot of her time by herself in another area of the house.
Vivian was diagnosed with Conflict Aggression (CA) which is a condition in which the desires of the pet are in conflict with the intentions of the people. It is a fear-based behavior. The dog uses aggression as a behavioral strategy to indicate their discomfort with the interaction. CA often manifests itself when the dog is three-years old. This is the age at which dogs reach behavioral maturity.
One common scenario that we see in CA is aggression directed at people when the dog is lying down or resting and people interact with them. There is a reason why the saying "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" exists—some dogs do not enjoy interaction if they are resting or sleeping.
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Home Bernard Trafford Whatever happened to plain speaking?
Whatever happened to plain speaking?
Ah, Northumberland. Home of glorious hills and plain speaking!
I'm back in the north, amid the hills I love, and looking forward to enjoying the plain speaking one gets from the marvellous inhabitants of Northumberland.
Plain speaking? I hope I'm not asking too much! Because all over the south nowadays I encounter people twisting language and grammar so much that I'm amazed they don't break.
I admit some bias. My English-teaching daughter specialises in grammar (links with Northumberland have rendered her pretty good on dialectology, too), so long conversations with her have perhaps left me more sensitive to this topic that I once was. Nevertheless, I have a point to make.
Just the other day I heard a shop-assistant say, "And if there's any problem, just get in touch with ourselves." Ourselves? It's bad enough when people decide it's somehow rude to or use the word you, and always refer to me as "yourself". But employing ourselves in the same way takes linguistic distortion to another level.
Then there was the moment on a crowded train from Euston out towards Watford. We'd been to a concert on the hottest evening I've known in London, and reckoned we could just make the 2207. We did. Unfortunately, the previous train (like several before it) had been cancelled: all the rolling-stock was in the wrong place because the heat had bent the lines. When the platform was announced, we crammed into what standing-space was left in the furthest carriage. If the air-conditioning was working, we couldn't feel it. But then we couldn't feel anything, except the sweat running down our bodies. Even had we fainted we'd have stayed upright: we were packed that tight.
Over the intercom came the voice of, presumably, the train manager (what we used to call the guard). Having apologised for our unpleasant circumstances, he expressed his gratitude: "Thank you," he said, "for your patience and compassion."
This statement was greeted by roars of laughter (with something akin to London's old Blitz spirit, we remained good-humoured as we endured a latter-day Black Hole of Calcutta).
The announcer kept his distance. If he had a small, air-conditioned cubbyhole somewhere, he wisely stayed put. It's possible he did deserve some consideration: perhaps he'd had a rough time from some passengers. But it was we, not he, who needed compassion: we were the ones suffering.
Cirencester: beneath its elegant Roman and medieval surface we uncovered a scandalous twisting of English language and manners
The last word in tortuous attempts at politeness came in Cirencester last week. We were lunching in a nice old gastropub. Bright and breezy, the waitress insisted on addressing her enquiries in the first person plural. "Are we ready to order?" "Would we like anything to drink?"
As this style of questioning continued throughout the meal and beyond, I was reminded of that national treasure, actress Judi Dench, who described losing her temper when a medic asked the Dame, "Do we have a carer?" She confessed to telling him to "eff off", before observing that she had just completed a seven-week run on the West End stage, apparently managing that feat without any care!
Mrs Trafford and I started to become paranoid. We were lunching with a colleague ten years younger than us: had she decided he was our carer? Then we spotted that she was wearing a blue top which could, on a cursory glance, be taken for a medical uniform. Had we stumbled inadvertently into some kind of care facility?
We didn't argue, nor become angry. But we did become hysterical: especially when, bringing coffee, she asked, "Do we take sugar?" I choked on my espresso, as would anyone who remembers that Radio 4 programme for disabled people – entitled Does he take sugar?
Having become immune in bars and restaurants to being addressed as "you guys", we assume that either our age is showing or this episode was merely the next horrendous phase in the growth of over-eager hyperbolic language-use in the catering industry. There was comfort, however, in going shortly afterwards to Chutneys, the oldest curry house in Oxford: no "you guys"; no questions in the first person plural; just swift, courteous service of great food. That unpretentious but excellent establishment restored our faith in human nature, and in the catering industry.
Back in Northumberland, I shared this story with my friend, the egregious David Banks. Both agreed that we're most relaxed eating out in Milfield's Red Lion. No excessive attempts at politeness there, merely (as a rule) genial abuse for the two of us: for this recently re-retired teacher it's usually the accusation "You on holiday again?"
But, then, they know us both too well in there. It's northern plain speaking, I guess.
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Hay fever, which affects one in five Germans, has struck early this year as an unusually warm weekend kick-started pollen production, setting noses running and eyes watering weeks ahead of schedule.
Temperatures reached at least 20 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country last weekend – perfect conditions for birch trees to start releasing pollen, which is at its most irritating in the spring.
And as a string of sunny, breezy days are now expected, sufferers are unlikely to get relief any time soon as prolonged rainfall would be needed to stop birch trees in their tracks, meteorologist Jörg Riemann from the Berlin Meteogroup told Monday's Die Welt newspaper.
Germany's alder trees were almost ready to begin pumping out pollen at the beginning of the year due to an unusually warm January, but were stopped in their tracks by the extreme cold snap in February.
Birch pollen does not usually start triggering hay fever around the middle of April, giving a period of relief for sufferers in March, when Alder tree pollen has generally settled down.
"This will not happen this year," Riemann told Die Welt.
Hay fever season is much longer than it was 25 years ago due to climate change, which has extended by 11 days the time in which enough birch pollen is in the air to cause an allergic reaction, since 1989. The itch-inducing pollen now swirls around for about 36 days of the year.
More than a third of Germans have some sort of allergy, and hay fever – a pollen allergy – is the most common according to recently published data by polling company Forsa.
Of the 1,000 people the polling organisation asked, more than half described their affliction as a burden.


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Around this office, we know the greatest weapon against that two pm-itude is International Delight Iced Coffee. We said as much in c-stores and across the country, and launched a social media campaign that delivered the highest social engagement for International Delight for three consecutive months. Slay away!
Equal parts chemistry and philosophy, alchemy brings the right elements together to create something even more valuable.
At The Alchemedia Project, we combine message and media, technology and strategy, design and analytics, to create ideas that transform brands.
The original craft beer battered fry and appetizer brand was looking for a refresh. We found restaurant operators—we call them BrewChefs—who had the same passion for craft beer and food that we did. Their inspiring stories became the foundation of a campaign that ignited a nationwide craft food movement.
When the original inventor of the jalapeño popper (and much more) came to us with an iconic brand gone stale, we leveraged their heritage of innovation to build a campaign different from anything that's ever been done in foodservice. From a heroic print campaign to bold digital ads and gravity-questioning videos, we got everyone wondering, asking and waiting for Anchor's next big idea.
When someone dies, no one knows what to say. For grieving families, Lost & Found provides a safe, caring place to talk about loss. A collaboration between The Alchemedia Project, deep, and Bruton-Stroube, this campaign celebrates the healing that happens when families share their love out loud.
How does a beast look his best? The Abominable Snowman didn't have a thing to wear to the biggest party of the season. So we brought yeti back with this tailored tale of holiday spirit.
For our 2013 Marlin Network holiday card, we let things get a little curious. In an eblast, website and video we introduced a merry mashup of custom designed wrapping papers. Warpping paper not only brought smiles, shrugs and squirms to the lives of our clients, vendors and agency friends, it was a 2015 winner of the Print Celebrates Design competition.
The food industry has a group of leaders who are asking the difficult "what if?" questions that will change the way we eat. They are problem solvers. Innovators. Pioneers. We call the game-changing members of the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association IF MAkers.
The Care to Learn Fund provides for the emergency needs of at-risk students, giving them the confidence to focus on learning. By launching a rebranding effort via television, print and online, we helped renew donor enthusiasm around this life-changing organization. To make a good thing ever better, the website was recognized by the AAF for excellence in non-profit communication.
Whether they're vegetarian, flexitarian or taste-good-tarian, consumers want options. Feed Your Whatevavores created a new way to talk about the new options Silk provides: plant-based beverages and dairy alternative ingredients for whatever people are eating today.
When Guild Master wanted to promote their handsomely crafted homewares and furnishings, we knew we had something beautiful to showcase. We wanted the new look to mimic the texture of their wares while highlighting the vanishing craft of hand-crafted furniture.
Known for getting parties started, Anchor Poppers are always in the middle of a good time. So it just made sense to show the Popper POV as the centerpiece of this site design. We gave Jalapeño Poppers fans a place to share the love on Facebook and Twitter, and celebrated 20 years of Anchor Poppers with 90s throwback prizes. Rad.
Inspired by our own friends and family members living with Type 1 Diabetes, we rallied community support for JDRF with dreams of 1 Day—the day children, teens and adults living with Type 1 Diabetes are cured.
When we launched Tablegating to promote Brew City Fries and Appetizers, it didn't take long for Buffalo Wild Wings to get in the action. In fact, they liked Tablegating so much they not only bought Brew City products, they made a deal to use the name and it's been driving business ever since.
What's the Dot Expressway? It's a user-friendly, device-friendly, clutter-cutting hub on the web that matches the innovative and efficient spirit of the first and largest food redistributor. A big win for fast and straightforward!
With a completely redesigned and simplified website, consumers don't have to dig to find their favorite fries and onion rings. Now McCain Retail is putting more joy where their fans spend time: in-store and online.
As a family-owned company for 50+ years, McCain Foods USA understands the value of commitment. We helped them communicate their commitment to their customers through a simple promise to produce the hardest-working potato products in foodservice.


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