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Illustrated Classics
It's been 150 years since Lewis Carroll introduced Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the story which has become a favorite of children and adults the world over. Now, in a deluxe hardcover edition from Puffin, Alice's story comes to life for a whole new generation of readers through the colorful, whimsical artwork of Anna Bond, best known as the creative director and artistic inspiration behind the worldwide stationery and gift brand Rifle Paper Co. Lose yourself in Alice's story as she tumbles down the rabbit hole, swims through her own pool of tears, and finds herself in a rather curious place called Wonderland. There, she'll encounter the frantic White Rabbit, have a frustrating conversation with an eccentric caterpillar, and play croquet with the hot-headed Queen of Hearts. Follow Alice on her wild adventure through the eyes of the artist in this definitive gift edition.
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'That curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old. But she doesn't look a day over a decade in a special new edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . . . And what a perfect match, in tone and whimsy, found in Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond, who has illustrated every page of the book."--Vanity Fair
This year, that curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old And what a perfect match, in tone and whimsy, found in Rifle Paper Co. s Anna Bond. "Vanity Fair" Publishers are having a creative field day with stunningly beautiful new covers and lovely insides, too, in the case of Puffin s whimsical "Alice s Adventures in Wonderland," illustrated by Rifle Paper Co. s Anna Bond. "Entertainment Weekly" Chic The pretty face ofAnna Bond s Alice looks continually astonished, and even in the scene where her neck grows freakishly serpentine, the heroine remains comely. Elegant and unthreatening, Ms. Bond s pictures abound with so many flowers and curling vines that Wonderland seems a much nicer place than perhaps we remembered. "Wall Street Journal" 150 years after "Alice in Wonderland" was published, Anna Bond, the creative director of stationer Rifle Paper Co., draws a whole new tea party in this deluxe hardcover edition. "New York "Magazine s" The Cut" In this beautiful, oversized, hardcover anniversary edition with the complete, unabridged text readers will fall in love all over again with the classic tale of the girl who fell down the rabbit hole.Illustrator Anna Bond, of gift and stationery brand Rifle Paper Co., applies her stylish, whimsical touch and distinctive color palette to Alice and her friends, from the inviting jacket and the case-cover art beneath it to the original endpapers and the superb full-color interior illustrations, large and small. "Shelf Awareness" This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll s beloved classic, "Alice s Adventures in Wonderland." Commemorate the occasion with a deluxe hardcover edition of the tale from Puffin Books, available Oct. 27. The new book is re-illustrated with vibrant, whimsical designs by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., for a one-of-a-kind look at Alice s imaginative journey. "American Profile""
Anna Bond (@RiflePaperCo) is the co-owner and creative director of Rifle Paper Co. (riflepaperco.com), the worldwide stationery and gift brand based in Winter Park, Florida. An artist known for her whimsical designs, which often include hand-painted illustrations and lettering, her work has been featured in a number of publications including "O," The Oprah Magazine, "Vogue," "US Weekly," "Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, Martha Stewart Living," and "Southern Living" to name a few. She is the artist behind the popular Puffin in Bloom line of children s classics and lives with her husband in Winter Park, Florida."
Publisher : Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint : Penguin Young Readers Group
Dimensions : 25.10 cmmm X 20.00 cmmm X 2.50 cmmm
Illustrations : illustrations
Illustrator : Anna Bond
Author : Lewis Carroll


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Our Quik Mail feature is the ultimate concept of staying "iN-Touch" with your family or caregiver. This is a FREE service with pre-programmed short messages that require literally a single touch to send a quick greeting or need in the form of a one-way email or text message. Letting your family hear from you often is the most convenient way imaginable to share peace-of-mind with loved ones or your caregiver.
Conceived as a communication tool for those of us in advanced years to stay connected to our friends, family and the world around us, the Senior Touch Pad tablet was introduced in 2011 as a simple-to-use, mid-range-priced tablet computer to enrich all aspects of senior lives.
We wanted to make a portable device that was not a scary, complicated pc or with a tiny, hard-to-see smart phone screen. We found that a 10" tablet was visually and portably just right. However, most of the ones on the market had great wiz-bang things they could do, but some of the features, though impressive to the younger generations, just complicated something that should be more simple. So, we set about to add more useable features and remove most of the scary ones.
However, even with good communication tools, we noted that while their children are busy with their heavy work schedules, school activities, and domestic chores, many seniors are experiencing loneliness and a downtime vacuum that they tend to fill up with mind-numbing TV viewing. As a result, many fall into a lull in physical and mental exercising at a time in their lives when the human body and mind need it the most.
So, in 2014 we introduced the Senior Gamer, an offline tablet filled with 100 of the games that seniors have enjoyed playing their entire lives. Now, instead of being force-fed entertainment from the "tube", they can enjoy fun INTERACTIVE entertainment that stimulates the mind and helps them to retain the mental sharpness from their youth.
As a result, our system uses an extremely powerful, yet very simple one-touch, large-button approach to connecting seniors to the outside world as well as providing stimulating enjoyment during those downtime hours.
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    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='grouppagepermission',
            name='permission_type',
            field=models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=[(b'add', b'Add/edit pages you own'), (b'edit', b'Add/edit any page'), (b'publish', b'Publish any page')]),
        ),
        migrations.AlterUniqueTogether(
            name='grouppagepermission',
            unique_together=set([('group', 'page', 'permission_type')]),
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Linda Grimes: Visiting Reality : Hey, Good Lookin', whatcha got cookin'?
If we're talking about food, and you're like me, not a darn thing. Let's just say I'm not the primary apron-wearer in our family -- I prefer others to cook for me.
Believe me, the "others" around here prefer that, too. Because if it were me cooking, trust me, it wouldn't be pretty. Or especially tasty.
But I'm not going to blather on and on about food here. Why should I, when I've already done it here, at The Debutante Ball, where this week we're discussing comfort food?
OR you can click here to get a load of my husband's meat!
Okay, that was a trick. They both take you to the same place. 'Fess up -- which link did you click on?
So, do you like to cook?
you are SNEAKY on a friday! and for the record, i clicked BOTH links.
I used to like it but I've done it all my life and I'm sick of it.
Haha I waited. Now I know which link to click on...TG's meat here I oops let's not do that.
Daily cooking for me is like a self-defence mechanism: I do it because my cooking is better than any of the pre-made food out there, but if somebody else would do it for me, I'd happily give it up.
We share the duty here. There are certain dishes I do well and ones my husband does better.
I'm a cooking fool. Started preparing all the meals when I was still in elementary school. The novelty has kinda worn off, but I still do all the from-scratch crap. On the plus side, our older son is also an excellent cook, and he does the honors from time to time.
I don't really enjoy cooking any more than I enjoy cleaning house, doing laundry or brushing my teeth. I do it because I have to. I'd love to have someone cook for me. That would be heaven. Sometimes my husband makes me toast.
My husband enjoys cooking more than I do. Why would I deprive him of that joy?
Hahahaha!! I clicked on both...now I have two tabs opened beside this one. lol.


Lion Secretary Ken Stallings (58) was absent and Lion Bobby Wood (35) won the Tail Twister's pot on the second drawing.
Guests this week were David Redmon, a guest of his father Dave Redmon an Mr. Jerry Casteel was a guest of Lion Bill Levins. Our attendance was 21 members present.
The Mid South Lions Sight and Hearing Services will hold their annual meeting and auction next weekend. The Auction will be June 10 with the hospitality hour at 5:30 and dinner at 6:30 PM. Our club has reserved a table for eight at the auction. If you can attend please advise Lion Albert Frankenberger.
The date of our next Board of Directors meeting will be June16. This will be the final board meeting of the present administration and all new and present officers need to attend. This meeting will be at Couch's Restaurant at 6:30 AM, June 16.
There will be an officers training session Saturday June 18 at Newport ASU. This is open to all members with new officers being urged to attend.
Our new District Governor Lion Andy Slocum has set July 30 for her first cabinet meeting at ASU Newport. Also our 7-0 District Convention will be November 5 at Harding University in Searcy.
Our speaker this week was Mr. Harold Calkins, CPO with Jonesboro Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory. Mr. Calkins talked to us about the Jonesboro Church Health Center which has administered to more than 12,500 patients in its 13 years of operation. This is the Jonesboro Church health Center annual peach drive and they are taking orders until June 15 for boxes of Georgia peaches that sell for $100 per box. Call Harold at 932-6436 if you want to order a box of peaches.
Thanks to all members who worked flag routes on Memorial Day. Our next Flag Day will be Tuesday, June 14 for Flag Day.
Council Chairman Lion Jeff Boone will be the installing officer for our Awards and Installation banquet on June 28 at 6:30 PM at Western Sizzlin. There will not be a breakfast meeting on that date.


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Florence 'Florence' Welch has covered Ben E King's obscure 1961 curio 'Stand By Me' for the trailer of the new Final Fantasy computer game. Of course she has. Watch and listen below…
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Florence '+' The Machine's new single is now on the internet
There's another new Florence '+' The Machine song called 'Ship To Wreck' on the internet and this one seems to be the proper first single from her forthcoming album, 'How…
Florence '+' The Machine — 'St Jude'
A nice drive in the countryside goes awry and Florence finds herself in a special hospital for retired boyband members.
Florence '+' The Machine — 'What Kind Of Man'
Florence '+' The Machine's new album now has a title, a release date and some song titles
Florence '+' The Machine have/has announced various things about their/her album, including the title, which is 'How Big How Blue How Beautiful', the artwork (please see above) and the release…
A new Rihanna song's been registered. Florence Welch is on it.
A new Rihanna song called 'A Night' has been registered and it would appear to involve Florence 'Florence' Welch in some capacity. As you can see from the screengrab above (taken…

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Cybersecurity company to establish headquarters in Grand Rapids area
VDA Labs to add 25 jobs, invest $300k in new high-tech lab and headquarters with MSF support
LANSING, Mich. – VDA Labs, LLC, a full-scope cybersecurity company, is establishing its headquarters in the Grand Rapids area to create a central hub for its business practices, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. The project is expected to generate a capital investment of $300,000 and create 25 high-wage, high-tech jobs. Michigan was chosen over competing sites in Texas, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
"VDA Labs' decision to expand in Grand Rapids means Michigan residents will have excellent job opportunities that could have gone to other states," said Jeff Mason, CEO of the MEDC, which administers incentives and programs on behalf of the Michigan Strategic Fund.
"VDA Labs is helping to diversify Michigan's economy and further establish Michigan as a leading state in cybersecurity job growth. It is thanks to many public and private partners that this project is taking place, and we are pleased to support that collaboration," Mason said.
Vulnerability Discovery & Analysis (VDA) Labs, LLC, is a cyber company serving a diverse set of clients in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Projects include securing new tech in automobiles, conducting ethical hacking for companies to help them proactively fix bugs, monitoring alerts and conducting incident response in emergency situations, providing high-end security research for companies like Microsoft and more. The company also teaches classes in those domains privately and at major conferences.
VDA Labs is experiencing significant growth and expects to double the company's current income. The new 3,000-square-foot location in Plainfield Township will house a lab and headquarters space, as well as room for product design and security review. As a result of the decision to expand and add jobs in Michigan, the company has been awarded a $75,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
"We're investing in the future of our people, processes, and technology," said Dr. Jared DeMott, founder and CEO of VDA Labs. "We continue to expand our efforts to make our customers and the world safer. Cybercrime is quickly becoming the #1 threat to businesses and people everywhere, and we're proud to serve on the front lines of combating the threat."
West Michigan economic development organization The Right Place worked in collaboration with VDA Labs and MEDC to ensure the company continued its growth in the region.
"We're seeing West Michigan's technology sector continue to grow as more companies choose to invest in our region," said Jen Wangler, senior business development manager and project lead, The Right Place, Inc. "VDA Labs' decision to establish its first campus in Plainfield Township speaks to the quality of our talent and ability to provide a strong foundation for growing tech companies."
For more information on VDA Labs, visit https://www.vdalabs.com.
"Plainfield Township is thrilled to welcome VDA Labs to our community," said Cameron VanWyngarden, superintendent, Plainfield Charter Township, "In an ever-changing economy, we are excited to see growth in our local technology industry, especially from companies that are home-grown in West Michigan."


Why are branded uniforms important for your company?
Uniforms are an integral ingredient for any team. Whether it is to help encourage teamwork or an outside organisation, such as a club or charity, the benefits and the importance that is placed on branded uniforms can astound you.
For some, however, the idea of having branded uniforms simply isn't necessary and therefore they could potentially be missing out on the huge benefits which you could get from having your staff wear your company's colours and logo. So, to help you understand the importance of having branded workwear in the office, I've decided to list five different benefits that you can get from having printed uniforms at your company.
This is a fairly obvious one, but staff uniforms play an integral role in creating a smart and professional image for your workforce. The way that your employees look says a lot about the organisation and it can go a long way in keeping people interested in what you have to offer or it could potentially turn them away.
Team members that don't look smart could give off the impression that your business isn't smart either and this could lead to them looking at other companies who may appear more professional than yours. By making your staff wear branded workwear, you avoid the risk of losing potential customers due to dissatisfaction with the appearance of your staff and the appearance of your brand and it could help to turn a potential customer into a loyal client who keeps on returning back to you because they like the way your company operates.
Calling all organisations! Every company throughout the world spends time, effort and money in trying to gain as much awareness for their brand as possible. A lot of money is spent on different marketing techniques to try and attract more customers and, ultimately, get more money coming into your business.
A uniform is so important for raising awareness because it has the ability to display your logo, name and your contact details on various different kinds of apparel. Hats, socks, T-Shirts – you name it, you can print or embroider on to it. The same goes for charity organisations as well. Uniforms are a great way of raising awareness for the cause that you're supporting and it could help to increase donations and raise awareness amongst the general public.
A power that uniforms have is that they can bring people together and this is a power that is sorely underestimated by both management and team leaders. Most people simply don't see how a uniform could possibly bring a group of people together but the truth is that they really can.
Most volunteers and staff members want to feel like they are part of something. Not having this sense of togetherness can cause various different problems within a work environment as your employees won't feel the urge to work with other members of staff. A uniform can help an employee to feel like they are part of a larger workforce and this can increase productivity and work – both individually and as part of the larger team.
I don't think that anyone can argue that uniforms help to make your life that little bit easier. This is important for both employees and employers as it removes any difficulties on deciding what you're going to wear to work each day. No one's idea of smart clothing is the same and it could result in you having to explain to your staff members the company dress code of worse – sending people home to get changed.
By having staff uniforms you're removing this issue once and for all and it also saves time in the morning by automatically knowing what you're wearing each day.
Not only could uniforms bring everyone together by ensuring that they're wearing the same clothing and making them feel like they´re part of a team, by including your staff members in the designing process, you could create a fun and creative way for your staff to get involved and, as a result, get to know each other that little bit better.
If you're considering a uniform for the first time, why not give everyone the chance to have their say on what they'll look like? After all, it's your staff members who are going to be wearing the clothing. Offer a range of different and exciting colours and patterns and then decide on whether you would prefer them to printed or embroidered.
This isn't only important because it brings your team together but it also keeps them happy as they know that they're wearing clothing that they've had a hand in creating.


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Rock Express
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Illusion & Self-Destruction of Guns N'Roses – Part 2
A Global Sound PoV – Interview with Peter Gabriel – Part 2
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The next year (1989) caught the group in total chaos – Izzy, Slash and Adler fought their drug crisis and finally 4 shows (October '89) as a support band to ROLLING STONES got them on the move again. Neither the audience was deprived of band's disputes – on the first concert Axl announced that the group would stop working unless some members "stop dancing to Mr. Brownstone". The only one who wasn't able to stop that dance was Steven Adler, who was replaced with Matt Sorum (ex-CULT) in August 1990. Even though the band was in the top form, with key-board (Dizzy Reed) back-up and disappearance of drugs from their daily grocery list, the relations between members started complicating a lot. Later on the interview will show that Axl's egoism was the basic problem. Izzy decided to leave the band first and it happened just before the release of 2 multi-printed albums "Use Your Illusion 1&2" and that was officially revealed a few months after the album was on sale. It's unusual that Axl's vanity towards his (ex) good friend so far that all sections that Izzy recorded on the first two albums were "slowed down" and a bit changed. These two "twins" had a bit softer sound of G'N'R, epic ballads as "Don't Cry", "Estranged", "November Rain", smartly embedded between nowadays classics such as "You Could Be Mine", "Bad Obsession", "Back Off Bitch". We couldn't say anything to deny the album and it went straight to the top of the most wanted records. G'N'R became the most popular band in the world, but strangely, exactly there was the beginning of their end. A giant tour headed after, G'N'R were the headline band at every concert, on every festival, their video-clips were on top of all most-wanted programs, money was coming in from all sides – but still, in the band members weren't satisfied.
The real curiosity in the world music industry is seeking the replacement for Stradlin – in fact 2 guitarists (?) refused to take place of the rhythm guitar in, at that time, most popular band, despite support of their gold equipment partner, website called guitarcounsel.com, so obviously that wasn't the reason. The first guitarist was Peter Wells from the (above mentioned) band ROSE TATTOO, who said, according to press gossips "I'm not interested in what you're doing right now". On the other side, David Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION) asked more than $2,000,000 previously offered! Ex-guitarist of KILLS FOR THRILLS, Gilby Clarke, took Izzy's position succeeding to play entire G'N'R opus in a few days. The whole rock'n'roll epopee could be written about world's success of that particular tour. But behind curtains, Slash sneaked out couple of times to jam with local bands in pubs, Duff was making his solo debut in his hotel room, and Axl, as a classical prototype of a "fresh superstar" started being pretty annoying that he even jumped into the crowd (concert in the St.Lewis) and beat up the photographer. "The Spaghetti Incident" is a cover album, which Duff originally wanted to make a tribute dedicated to punk groups. But that idea evolved to a complete album where, by plain hazard, NAZARETH and THE SKYLINERS and even a song by wicked murderer Charles Manson (which, you're guessing, also made a scandal), found their place. We should mention that all covers were made at the UYI making era and that Stradlin's sections were, by Axl's demand, completely erased and played once again.
Downfall and new Guns'N'Roses
Duff published a good solo album in 1993 (called "Believe In Me"), Stradlin enjoyed working with his side band (Izzy and) THE JU JU HOUNDS and in 1992 they published an excellent altogether album. In the meantime, Slash played with whoever called him (Lenny Kravitz, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Michael Jackson, Michael Monroe, Duff…) and there wasn't any news about G'N'R. In such atmosphere, the publishers started forcing the band to come back – there was exactly one place left for "Interview with the Vampire" soundtrack (1994). "Sympathy for the Devil" (THE ROLLING STONES' cover) is the last track recorded in the, partly, old line-up: Instead of Gilby, who left the band 'cause he couldn't stand the pressure, Axl (without any announcement) came up with the new guitarist, Paul Tobias (PAUL HUGE). It's hard to say exactly when the band broke down – Rose, again without anyone's acceptance, kicked out Matt Sorum; Slash found out in the papers he wasn't in the band any more, Duff didn't want to play songs after he had listened to Axl's demo tape, and only Axl stayed in the group. In the court, Axl got the permission to use the name of Guns'N'Roses. In spite of logic in this situation, only fans got most of the profit: Duff and Sorum played together with Steve Jones (ex-SEX PISTOLS) and John Taylor (ex-DURAN DURAN) and made a great offside project – NEUROTIC OUTSIDERS. Sorum even initiated the reunion of CULT last year. Izzy Stradlin made a wonderful record "117 degrees", Slash stayed faithful to hard-rock sound with his new band Slash's Snakepit and Gilby Clarke made a couple of good solo albums.
From the official union of G'N'R, in 1994-1999 period, didn't arrive much of information, but by pirate channels, the news about Rose's negotiation with Zakk Wilde (ex-Ozzy Osbourne) as a possible replacement for Slash leaked out. At the end nothing turned out to be true. The line -up which has possibly been working with Axl in the last 2 years looks like this: Robin Finck (ex-NIN, lead guitar), Paul Huge (guitar), Tommy Stinson (ex-REPLACEMENTS, bass), Josh Freese (ex-VANDALS, drums), Dizzy Reed (keyboard). And according to Rose's story, 70 new songs have been written and 16 or 17 of them should be on the new album. If you want to know how it might sound like, you can listen to "End of Days" soundtrack that showed up on sale at the end of last year. And there, after 8 years, you're able to hear an original tune sung by G'N'R. "Oh My God" presents Axl in one heavy-industrial manner, somewhere between Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson who mix "My World" with UYI 2. Speaking about new album. Axl says: "I wanted to make a traditional record or to get back on Appetite for Destruction, but I failed. Slash is the reason. Simply, because no one who could possibly replace him in the right way didn't show up on my radar". The new style demanded a careful rearrangement of rich G'N'R heritage, so Axl &Co. recorded almost entire "Appetite Foe Destruction" album during last year, as well as "You Could Be Mine", "Patience" which would, with those rearrangements, be performed on concerts. The new album should appear in stores a bit later than it was planned to, 'cause Robin Finck left Rose brigade and got back with NIN again (He was replaced with Dave Navarro) and Brian May (ex-QUEEN) accepted to play on the album.
Resume?
Appetite for destruction (it's not a phrase!) destroyed G'N'R from the very beginning, from one year to another, until only one original member left. Stardlin has been telling later on about that destructive instinct as one of the reasons he quit, aware that he refused fame&fortune. When he got back to replace injured Gilby, he recognized all what he ran away from. With bigger popularity, chaos, spontaneity, somewhat sincerity of what they did just disappeared. The wild beast got into the cage, but with its claws it could only reach the confusion of people around, or more often – itself. Publishing two albums filled with music at the same time (two and a half hours!) was the reason of creative artistic blank period/freedom during which they might have got back in the track – such a killing move was a good lesson to METALLICA in 1996 not to do the same mistake (see the parallel: they publish: "Load" instead of double album and then a year after they publish "Reload" and after that headed the cover record and finally – live album => the band still exists and kicks ass!) The thing that was leading them was an illusion which has turned to a nightmare. "On this live album", says Axl "When I heard some live tunes from UYI tour…ah…I hear as the band dies". And that was the end.
The resume is simple: G'N'R was a damn good band. Albums like Slash's Snakepit ("Ain't Life Grant"), Duff's ("Beautiful Disease"), Izzy Stradlin's ("Ride On") or Axl's ("Chinese Democracy") can't change our judgement toward what G'N'R left behind them. And it is wild, dangerous, good.
The release of "Live Era '87-'93" album was just a pro-form motive for music media all over the world to put the name of GUNS'N'ROSES into their headlines, because it was anxiously expected which direction (Axl, Slash, Duff, Izzy) the beast would show up from. The same beast we saw the first time in 1986.
"Double live album was something we wanted to give to the audience, something like a goodbye to the previous era"- Axl Rose, the only original G'N'R member declared for MTV. The last hope of faithful fans for the possible reunion of the "old team" was dug under ground exactly with those words. Today it's unnecessary to discuss "whose fault it was" for disbanding of the winning combination that held the throne of popularity at the beginning of the 90s. Still, we can use the phrase of one of the RAMONES brothers "I won't tell you who was guilty for the breakdown of G'N'R (Ramones) 'cause I don't wanna take the dirty underwear out, but it all started with Axl (Joey)"
Reckless life & scandals
When we get back to the far 1985, Jeff Isbell, later known as Izzy Stradlin who wanted to make the best band on the planet founded this group. He wanted his long time friend, William Bailey, to sing the vocals. This friend changed his name into Axl Rose when he found out the last name of his real father. The rest of the band were bunch of local faces such as: Tracii Guns (guitar), Rob Gardner (drums) and Michael "Duff" McKagan (bas). Such Motley crew didn't hold on for long, played without any rehearsing under different names (ROSE, HOLLYWOOD ROSE…). Gardner and Tracii soon left the band (right after the departure, Tracii formed the band LA GUNS). But Duff found the replacement for Tracii in ROAD CREW, one of the million local LA bands he played with: Steven Adler (drums) and Saul "Slash" Hudson (guitar). And that's how GUNS'N'ROSES were born. Axl stole his first styling from the walls of Izzy's room where were posters of Michael Monroe and HANOI ROCKS, which indirectly influenced their sound: glam rock sounded (and looked) quite good. A big publishing house "Geffen" saw in G'N'R the glam/sleaze comebacks and was ready to offer a contract worth $75,000 in March 1986. But they did not know G'N'R would spend the whole sum for debts and inevitable drugs. The same year a self-produced EP "Live?! Like A Suicide" was published in the limited edition (10,000 copies) for the small label, Uzi Suicide Records. Album sales were beating all predecessors. EP had two covers: AEROSMITH "Mama Kin" and "Nice Boys", a song from Australian group ROSE TATOO. It also contained two original songs: "Reckless Life" and "Move To The City" which described a chaotic state all members were in. A couple of years after a little deceit was discovered concerning this edition – all 4 songs were recorded in the studio and later on they added the roar of the audience in order to have a "concert atmosphere."
Reputation of G'N'R was growing rapidly, still the success was quite far from them. The last day of July 1987 "Appetite For Destruction" comes out and admit it or not, it was on the list of Top10 ever recorded! 13 years after, this EP doesn't reveal any mistake, any wrong/excessive tone; everything is unmistakable – from skeptical "Welcome To the Jungle" to manic "Rocket Queen". Rock'n'roll riffs fly across one dimension to another, lyrics is drowned in the cheap Nightrain wine, strained battle for Mr. Brownstone who they didn't know how to run away from. Paranoia and love, glam & heavy, finally all that was in the same place, simple & perfect. Despite its potential, this album at first didn't mark much of a sale. "I didn't give a shit about success", recalls Slash, "And when it happened, it surprised me. We were touring during the whole year, we knew album was selling high number of copies and all of a sudden, the mass started coming to our concerts. The publishing house would call us and tell us on which position we were on the Top list and how many copies we sold, but I didn't appreciate it until at the end of one tour, in the free shop on the airport, somebody asked me to give him my autograme". It took a whole year for "Appetite…" to get on the first place of the U.S. Billboard Chart and finally started selling it. And what a year… The first scandal headed right after the release of the album: vinyl version that usually shows up first had a "rude" envelope. It was an illustration "Appetite for Destruction" by Robert Williams from 1978 where the scene of raping was shown. But since the year 1987 was the year of Tripper Gore (the wife of senator Al Gore) who was against "violent lyrics and explicit covers" of rock albums, very soon stores withdrew sales of this record. Unsold copies were taken back to the publishing house, which changed envelopes of vinyl and both cassette and CD edition – it was the cross Guns'N'Roses on the black background.
Chaos and more scandals
Tours were the right way of promoting their record, but the band was constantly in the state of chaos, deeply into problems with alcohol, drugs, and women, always on the verge of existence. It's hard to say who actually played with the band during the tours – beside the usual line-up, we should mention Weat Arkeen and Del James; there were also members of bands as MOTLEY CRUE (Slash and Adler saw heroin overdosed Nikki Sixx), Fred Coury (CINDERELLA) played drums for some time (Steven injured his arm ?), IRON MAIDEN, Alice Cooper, ZODIAC MINDWARP and THE LOVE REFLECTION; the bass played legendary Kid Chaos (ex-ZODIAC MINDWARP, CULT, THE FOUR HORSEMEN) 'cause Duff decided to go on the honey moon.(?!) etc…Yet, event that filled tabloids all over the planet was the accident on the Monster of Rock Festival on Castle of Donnington in Britain, when 2 fans got killed in the crowd. Who got the chance to listen to the bootleg from that concert has surely heard the effort of Axl Rose to calm the audience down, but nothing helped – the press found the scapegoat. "The press is the press" says Slash "They take some event and turn it into something that would sell the papers". Swamp with scandalous articles, with good concert promotion and couple of video-clips rotating on the leading music television, G'N'R were slowly getting into the spotlight – album that was on the first place of the Billboard Chart was one year late.
Naturally for some excesses they weren't guilty at all, which we couldn't say for the controversial song "One In A Million" (Album "G'N'R Lies – the Sex, the Drugs, the Violence, the Shocking Truth") published in the last month of 1988. Axl attacked black population (calling them pejoratively "niggers") with lyrics "get out of my way", as well as immigrants and homosexuals accusing them that "immigrants and fagets/they make no sense to me/they come to our country/ and think they'll do as they please/like start some mini Iran/or spread some fucking disease." It's not known how the immigrants reacted (Serbian community didn't say a word), but homosexuals manage to cancel G'N'R show for the anti AIDS charity concert in New York. But the lyrics about "niggers" made tension within the band. Slash's mother is black. "I'll say only I wasn't for that song at all, and I refuse to play it on the shows" says Slash. These events didn't affect the album sales and G'N'R had become the first band after a decade and a half whose 2 albums got on the Top5 list. The rest of "Lies" contained 3 new acoustic songs and all 4 songs from their first EP.
Sledgehammering the universe
– As a world-renown and respected musician but a tad unorthodox, was there any opposition to your involvement with this project that obviously had to appeal to masses?
"The good thing was that the show wasn't sponsored directly and there was no interference; the only concern was the title, from the management who insisted to be called 'The Millennium Show' but we won in the end and at another point there was a Government minister, called Lord Faulkner, he had been in a band with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who got worried that the music would be all strange and weird. So, I had to go to the back of Downing Street for a very strange A&R meeting, in his political office and the minister had his staff of all ages come in to listen to it. Fortunately they all liked it."
– Part three ends on an optimistic note and, based on the past examples, it is difficult to believe that man would be so kind to share anything with nature; isn't it more feasible that he would destroy it by the inherited greed?
"My hope is that when it comes to our selfish advantage to work with the nature again we will reconsider it. I think there will be a lot of reasons for us to do that; on my next record there is a song called 'Soft City' and it was inspired by a snowstorm in New York. I've noticed that people behave differently towards each other in a snowstorm. All the sound gets absorbed and the noise of the city is muffled, it becomes quieter and people come on top; more are walking, helping each other… There is a talk of making aeroplanes with soft-skin, as well as cars and there are already roads where tarmac has been mixed with rubber to minimise the surface noise… As I mentioned earlier there is a work on organic-computers and we will have to embrace nature for our own benefit."
"The point of the finale was to neither be pessimistic nor happy ending but leave it a little open, a bit unknown… There is a sense of hope that if you do your job well as a parent then kids can leave without problems; you can't control your kids but do your job well and, if you do that, you become obsolete. The children should have enough of themselves to carry on on their own."
– Has the competition of 'OVO' liberated you to concentrate on your next (proper) album?
"Yes, I've been working on it and one of the songs on 'OVO', 'Father, Son', was intended for that album but I was talked into including it here as there is a father-son relationship… My new record is more personal, more edgier but still song based. It is still a mix of hand playing and machine-based rhythms… I think of it as a cinemascope, wide-screen landscape record, big pictures for the difference from the small ones I had in the past; I don't know how it will all end up sounding because I haven't made a final selection from the material I'm considering for it. I think I'll have it finished by the end of this year and have it out at the beginning of the next."
– You've become an ambassador for the World Music but, do you remember your first exposure?
"Yes, very well; I was getting tired of using the rock rhythms, and you have to remember that I started out as a drummer, and was looking for something else and it was Pete Townsand (of the Who) who introduced me to it when we were doing the first WOMAD charity record to attract people to the festival… I also love the voices in ethnically diverse traditions… I love records that contain that quality of otherness, I love when you get somewhere when you haven't been before, you don't know… it is a new world and you can go from dreaming of it… When I make my own music I try to create that."
– It is the nature of artists to be self-doubting; has your self-confidence increased to the point that you can ignore criticism?
"Well, I still pay attention to the critiques and enjoy the good ones but always remember the bad and the personal ones. I'm more comfortable now, I've turned 50 this year, I'm more comfortable in my own skin although I still have self-doubts, go through periods when I think everything I do is crap, then you start working with someone else and your enthusiasm gets fired up again. But I think I'm happier not to be liked now; I think a lot of artists are doing this job because they didn't get enough stroking when they were kids and need mass approval but when you get older you realise that it might not be so important."
"I'm also lucky that I have my independence; a lot of musicians of my age don't own studio where I put my money rather than in luxuries… I do have a big house now but sorting out the studio was my priority because I wouldn't have liked to struggle like some other people I know; Karl Wallinger (of World Party) had a very tough time getting a contract and he is an excellent songwriter; he's not a fashionable one but a classical songwriter, great songs. I have the tools of production even if the record company decides not to back me up anymore. If this album works, I mean sells, fine, but if it doesn't, I'm okay, I don't have to worry about it."
A man-child of the future
– In the unlikely case that your contractual obligation is terminated, would you avail yourself of the Internet opportunity?
"Yes and I've been championing it for a long time; I think it is a marvellous tool and we should all use it; I have a Download system which allows artists to be looked after better than in the case of MP3.
That's for the new artists but for the established ones, look at it like it's free advertising. The same way I see that Grateful Dead's sales weren't hurt by encouraging people to bootleg their concerts. But, for the small, World Music and minority artists, it is very important to be paid because 60 percent of their income comes from royalties and 40% from live work. People need to be encouraged to pay for music but there still will be a music market and it is not going to be destroyed as the industry fears."
"I love the idea of Internet because it erases the line between the First and the Third Worlds and it is very important that there is no divide. It allows people to communicate with each other and I think it is in the interest of the rich countries to get the whole world online because that's their future market. It is pure economic reason for it but there is also the democratising it brings with itself and it can be educational."
– After 30 years in the business, is there something you still would like to do that has escaped you, for whatever reason?
"Yes, I'd love to work with Tom Waits, I think he is incredible; I had an opportunity to work with Randy Newman on the song for the pig-movie, 'Babe 2', which was a thrill as I've always considered him to be one of the greatest songwriters. Then, when DJs come to work in my studio I find it exciting to watch as they approach things from a different world; alike African musicians, the dance-people are not afraid to repeat-repeat-repeat, either a rhythm or a phrase; it's interesting because there is a different type of tension in the music and you make small changes while the basis remain constant. I'm learning about it a lot… And I believe that you learn more from you mistakes than you do from getting it right. So, my advice is — Don't be afraid to make mistakes!"
– You covered 'Suzanne' for the Tribute to Leonard Cohen, 'Tower Of Song'; do you keep track of your songs being covered? Have you heard Ozzy Osbourne (with Coal Chamber) doing ' 'Shock The Monkey'?
"Oh yes, and I was really excited to hear what he had done because it's so unlikely… I knew he liked 'So' because he told me a couple times I met him. That version is pretty good but I would have done things differently; his version is energetic, I have to say. For me it's fun to hear what people do with my songs and there are few things that include samples from 'Sledgehammer'; I recently gave a permission to Tricky to sample 'Big Time' for the 'Mission Impossible 2' film…"
Gabriel started in the late 1960s with his progressive rock outfit Genesis but found it restricting and left in 1975, leaving it to Phil Collins to make them chart-contenders. His first four solo albums were simply entitled by his name as if they were all parts of the same collection; he later moved into issuing a number of visually intriguing long-form videos and has always been renown for performing some of the most exciting live shows but he is not in a hurry to repeat the experience.
"I love touring and playing live because it is such a great experience… When my next studio album comes out I'll be going on the road again."
'OVO' is another example of Peter Gabriel's global point of view.
PETER GABRIEL is the doyen of World Music promoting and WOMAD instigator, a studio and label owner, a producer, a reluctant and flawed Rock star and an all round introverted guy. During 3 decades career frequency of his albums has legnhtened: the 'US' graced our CD lasers in 1992; aside a two-disc 'Secret World Live' in 1994 and 'Eve', CD-ROM album-game in 1997, there hasn't been a new album in 8 years!?
'OVO – The Millennium Show' is a soundtrack album to the multi-media show staged at the ill-fated celebration of the civilisation at the London's Millennium Doom, pardon — Dome. For two years Gabriel toiled on this project to have only some 20 minutes used in the show; 'OVO' is the complete score that demanded of him to cast different singers for character voicing: Elizabeth Fraser (ex-Cocteau Twins), Paul Buchanan (The Blue Nile) and the legendary Richie Havens; among the players were his long-term collaborators David Rhodes (guitar), Tony Levin (bass) and Manu Katche (drums) .
There has always been some vagueness of character about Gabriel, now more defined with age; the recent clocking half-a-century is reflected in his hairs being shorn to a millimetre from the skull and greying goatee. It all makes him look a tad on the cool professorial side but he's always been interested in music making rather than ego and image building; Gabriel's never followed fashions and joined trends but being an individual not afraid to express it through his art.
"I was attracted to the project," Gabriel speaks slowly and fairly quietly that simply underlines his modesty, "because I've always been drawn to the multi-media performances. It was an opportunity to collaborate on a huge project that presented so many challenges. I worked with Mark Fisher who created stages for 'Zoo TV' (U2), The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Tina Turner, REM… This was new to him because it was like a musical with so much more resources."
'OVO' presents the story of the three time-frames of human evolution through the lives of three generations of a family, the socio-economical changes that affect their relationships, causing conflicts and disagreements. It takes in the dawn of man, industrial revolution (centred in a Tower Of Babylon-like structure) and the post-cyber existence of humanity.
"Our biggest problem was the shortness of it but the requirement was to tell the whole history of mankind. I don't think that the 20 minutes used for the show make the story comprehensible… The first part is about nature, 'The Man who loved the Earth' when father is learning to live in such environment, the second is the time of his son, 'The Tower that ate People', corresponding with the industrialisation that divides people. There is love, warfare, starvation, a bit of a revolution at the end and then, the third act, 'The Nest that sailed the Sky', the future period, the daughter's time and she gets together with the member of 'Skypeople' (oppressed classes), has a baby and it is the beginning of harmony between nature and technology."
"We have reached a bio-technological age when we have computers based on the organic processes now, we have various means to take the systems of nature and put them into the machines; it is like decentralised nature and technology but on a much deeper level. And, instead to have a happy ending, we have a baby, called OVO, ascending into the sky, little like (cyber) Moses but also referencing the 'Star-child' from '2001' film, floating into the unknown."
At times the 'libretto' of 'OVO' reads like a fairy-tale cum pulp science-fiction crossed with the Biblical snatches but its music is deeply rooted in reality and reflects many of the different facets that have combined into the British culture: there are elements of the sonic heritage from every continent as well as the components of the popular culture, with only a hint of reggae.
"The idea was to incorporate everything and your objection about reggae not being represented well is correct, there is only about 30-second dub-bass, but it didn't really fit in… I'd have liked to have had a bit more in because it has had a major influence on the British culture but there was no way to include everything in equal proportions."
"The thing to bear in mind is that at the turn of the millennium we were asking ourselves 'Who are we?' but we weren't who we used to be within a short space of the calendar change."
– This is not the first time you've wrestled this subject but attempted to tell the story of the world (in 40 minutes) on the Genesis's debut album, 'From Genesis To Revelation' (1969)?
"Yeah, I like nice, small kind of the ideas," Gabriel almost smiles, " but this time there is a little booklet to go with the package. Unfortunately the record company couldn't produce it for the commercial release, it costs too much, but I will make it available on our Web-site. At least the story is there and to make music more accessible to the contemporary audience, it is not narrated but rapped. We got Neneh Cherry and Rasco to do it."
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"More people are choosing to shop at Tesco and our brand is stronger, as customers recognise improvements in both quality and value.He said the company was "firmly on track to deliver" its medium-term ambitions.
Tesco's performance has gradually improved since 2014, when it reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of ?6.4bn.It has faced an intensely competitive retail environment in which German discounters Aldi and Lidl have stolen market share from the bigger supermarkets. It was also hit with a ?250m penalty last year for overstating its profits in 2014.Tesco said that it added 260,000 more shoppers in 2017 and that sales of fresh food, its own-brand products and clothing had performed well.Mr Lewis also said the group was on track to deliver at least ?200m of annual cost savings after sealing its takeover of wholesaler Booker last month.


"There is nothing on our desk, to seek approval or otherwise," says a spokesman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, in response to apparent claims that the Mbantua Festival will get a further grant from the Aboriginal Benefits Account (ABA), beyond the $1.3m it has already received.
The spokesman says the ABA's advisory committee is just that – it advises but it doesn't make decisions. That's up to the Minister, and at this point it is not even clear whether the committee has made a recommendation.
Several suppliers to the Festival have told the Alice Springs News Online that they have not been paid.
Neville Perkins, chairperson of the Arrulka Business Aboriginal Corporation (ABAC), which ran the festival, said last month that ABAC had made an application for a third grant.
He said this is now before Senator Scullion for approval, but Mr Perkins conceded that he had been given no assurance that the further grant, $350,000, would be approved.
Mr Perkins has now sent a letter to "creditors / stakeholders" saying the Federal Government administers the ABA, and the new Minister is responsible for signing off on payments from the ABA to approved funding recipients such as ABAC".
Mr Perkins does not make it clear who he thinks "approved" the funding but seems to suggest it was the ABA's advisory committee. Mr Perkins says in the letter: "ABAC has relied on significant funding from this source in order to stage the Mbantua Festival in October this year.
"Since October, ABAC has been delayed unexpectedly by changes in the new Government's and Ministerial timelines to finalise funding allocations to agreement holders like ABAC.
"We understand the process has been further delayed by the Federal Government's national review into Indigenous expenditure, which also commenced in October 2013.
"As of 24 December 2013, the Federal Government and the ABA have advised us that finalisation of all ABA funding matters will now occur in the week commencing 6 January 2014.
PHOTO: Jessica Mauboy, start of one of the Mbantua Festival's big-ticket events.
As someone who assisted the festival via Stuart Rotary Club I am extremely disappointed that the club is left out of pocket.
What galls me is the "polly speak" you get when trying to get a straight answer.
A lot of people worked hard on a voluntary basis to make the festival a success and included feeding the cast of kids that took part in the Bungalow story.
My two granddaughters were amongst the cast and while they enjoyed the experience and got a tee shirt it looks problematic as to whether they will receive the promised DVD of the play.
It was a great show but in future non profit organisations need to see the money first to cover expenses before ever getting involved again.


Play in a Day - FAQ - MCT inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501c3 organization.
What is Play in a Day?
Play in a Day (PiD) is an intensive, one-day theatre class that is held at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts in Missoula, MT. PiD is offered on most Missoula County Public School no school days from 9AM-5:45PM. In PiD, students rehearse and perform an original play based on a theme selected for that session. These performances are held in a classroom at MCT and not on the MCT stage.
What is the age requirement for Play in a Day?
Students enrolled in Kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible for PiD. Older students who would like to serve as an assistant for a PiD session can email education@MCTinc.org for availability.
How many students can participate in a session?
PiD can accommodate 40 students per session.
Does my student need to have previous theatre experience to participate in Play in a Day?
Absolutely not! Students need to come to PiD with the ability to follow directions and have the emotional and physical stamina for a long (but fun!) day at MCT.
What is the typical schedule for Play in a Day?
Will my student be wearing costumes and makeup?
Every PiD session students will create and wear a simple costume piece (i.e. a mask) or have stage make-up applied. Any costume pieces will be worn over student clothing.
What does my student need to bring for their class?
Students need to bring a lunch, snack and drinks for the day (water is preferred). Due to the active nature of the class, it is encouraged that students wear tennis shoes and clothes that are not constrictive or revealing.
Do I need a ticket for the performance at the end of the class?
No. Seats for the performances are available on a first come, first served basis. Seating will begin at 5:20PM for each session.
Is performing at the end of the day optional?
No. Students attending PiD must be available to perform at the end of the day.
Registration for PiD can be completed on the MCT website.
How much is tuition for Play in a Day?
PiD is $50 per student, per session.
At this time, we do not offer scholarships for PiD.
Is Play in a Day available to tour to my town?
No. PiD is only offered as a class at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts in Missoula, MT. Students do not need to live in Missoula to participate in the class.


"There is no reason why Ireland cannot be for foods what Switzerland is for watches," according to Colin Gordon, Chief Executive of Glanbia Consumer Foods – Ireland's largest consumer food company.
Colin Gordon was one of the keynote speakers at the second annual Food & Drink Business Conference & Exhibition held recently at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The theme of this year's conference and exhibition was 'How to Scale a Food & Drink Business'.
Over 2,000 people registered to attend the Conference & Exhibition, which was in essence three events in one – keynote addresses on the Main Stage and two workshops – 'Craft Beer & Whiskey Opportunities' and a dedicated 'Food Innovation & Safety' workshop.
Food Wise 2025, the Irish Government's new ten year development strategy for the agri-food sector, targets an 85% increase in the value of exports to €19 billion by 2025. The growth is expected to deliver an additional 23,000 jobs based on the projected expansions in dairy, beef and seafood, as well as a doubling of consumer food and drinks exports.
The plan identifies a surge in global food demand driven by emerging middle class populations across Africa and Asia as significant opportunities for Ireland. In beverages the plan envisages doubling whiskey output by 2025 and an increase in the number of micro breweries from 21 to 100. To achieve these targets indigenous companies must be able to scale up to increase sales to local retailers but more importantly to develop sustainable export markets.
Aidan Cotter (pictured above), Chief Executive of Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) since July 2004, was the opening keynote speaker at the event. He pointed out that the Irish food and drink industry, which increased exports by 4% last year to €10.45 billion, has proved resilient in the face of the worst global recession in 80 years.
However, significant risks remain for an industry that competes in 175 markets around the world. For example, price volatility is "the single biggest challenge facing the Irish dairy industry and the global dairy industry," he said.
About 40% of Irish food and drink exports are still destined for the UK and so are influenced by the strength of Sterling. Emerging markets are driving demand and China is now the second largest destination for Irish dairy products and pork, and the Irish food and drink industry's fifth largest market overall.
Sustainable development has become a priority for the major global food and drink producers as reflected in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Ireland enjoys a 'green' image internationally, which has benefited its food and drink exports.
Bord Bia launched a comprehensive national sustainability development programme in June 2012. Entitled 'Origin Green', the programme is designed to help Ireland become a world leader in sustainably produced food with a farm to fork approach. Origin Green is allowing the Irish food industry to differentiate its products in international markets and capitalise on the country's 'green' credentials.
Colin Gordon, Chief Executive of Glanbia Consumer Foods.
"Scale is becoming increasingly important," stressed Colin Gordon before identifying a number of systemic issues to developing scale within the Irish food and drink sector. However, he also pointed out that food is a low margin and high investment sector and access to finance is a major barrier in scaling up for small Irish food and drink companies.
The Glanbia Consumer Foods chief suggested that there is an over-emphasis on export performance and not enough attention being paid to the domestic market. Indeed, if the export contribution of the large international soft drinks concentrate manufacturers, the alcoholic drinks sector and the major beef and dairy processors is excluded, then a diverse group of smaller companies remain.
The 500 consumer food manufacturing units currently operating in Ireland are not realising major scale benefits with 75% of them employing less than 50 people. He was also critical of the obsession with artisanal food enterprises, which historically have not proved to be a solution to the scale problem.
Ireland has a number of major advantages and has the potential to be recognised for food production in the same way as Switzerland is renowned globally for the quality of its watches. "We are not ambitious enough about how to get small players to the scale play," he said.
Paul Kelly, Director of the Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII) business sector within IBEC.
Paul Kelly, Director of the Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII) business sector within IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation) employed another interesting simile in stressing the crucial role of the food sector in Ireland's economy. "The food industry is as important to Ireland as car manufacturing is to Germany," he remarked.
The Government's Food Wise 2025 strategy has projected the creation of 23,000 additional jobs by 2015. However, although the Government has stressed that "the agri-food industry is strategically important to Ireland – we need to see this take place in practice," Paul Kelly said.
"Access to finance is a major barrier to growth and scale within the agri-food sector," he added. "Food is regarded as a long-term, capital intensive industry but the sector has huge potential." He cited the findings of a recent case study based on 26 prepared consumer food companies, which found an over-reliance on short-term bank lending and zero appetite for risk among lenders.
Cathal Fitzgerald – Head of Food & Agriculture Investments at ISIF.
In addition to improving access to finance funding, the Government also needs to examine the taxation system and its impact on business, according to Paul Kelly.
Cathal Fitzgerald – Head of Food & Agriculture Investments at ISIF (the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund), which was established in December 2014, explained the role of the organisation. Formerly the National Pensions Reserve Fund, ISIF marks a new approach to investment by the State.
"Our mandate is to invest on a commercial basis in order to support economic activity and employment in Ireland," he said. The ISIF is valued at €7 billion, and is available to invest in Ireland as suitable investment opportunities arise and are developed.
People queuing for the Food & Drink Business Conference & Exhibition held recently at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The dual objective of the ISIF – investment return and economic impact – represents a new approach to investing and will require all investments to generate both investment returns and economic impact in Ireland.
The fund has the flexibility to make investments across the capital structure of companies and projects, both debt and equity, and across a range of investment types and sectors.
For example, within the food industry, ISIF was recently involved in the investment by Carlyle Cardinal Ireland in Carroll Cuisine, the Tullamore-based producer of branded cooked ham and chilled ready meals, backing a management buy-out of the company from Aryzta, the global speciality bakery group. Carlyle Cardinal Ireland is a €292 million Irish private equity fund focused on growth capital and buyout investment opportunities across Ireland, whose investors include the ISIF and Enterprise Ireland.


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All's Well That Ends Well – How a Disease Outbreak Lead to London's First Water and Sewer System
Apr 24, 2019 By John Rabon
Prior to the 19th Century, utilities in London were practically non-existent. Gas lamps still lit the city at night, raw sewage was dumped into the Thames, and people still relied mostly on wells to get water for drinking and cooking. For the last two, the lack of any kind of system carrying in fresh water and carrying out human waste was a recipe for disaster. With the Plague unseen in the city since 1665, the new disease on the streets was cholera. A bacterial infection of the small intestine, cholera that produces symptoms of diarrhea, muscle cramps, and vomiting, and even today leads to many thousands of deaths per year.
From its origins in India, it spread along trade routes to Russia and the rest of Europe, including England. The first case occurred in Sunderland in 1831 and spread to London by 1832. It was about this time that the man who would become the leading scientist in the study of cholera encountered his first case of the disease. John Snow was a surgeon-apothecary apprentice when he treated many cases of cholera in the coal mining village of Killingworth. Snow continued on with his medical career, enrolling in the Hunterian school of medicine in London in 1836. He would start working at Westminster Hospital the next year, be admitted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1838, graduate from the University of London in 1844, and be admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1850. Snow then set up his practice on Firth Street in Soho where his destiny awaited.
At the time of the 1854 cholera outbreak, scientific theories about disease weren't fully-formed. The miasma theory, that disease was spread by "bad air" was still prevalent, and the discovery of bacteria and viruses that caused illnesses such as cholera and the plague was still some years off. Arguably, the miasma theory made sense to scientists at the time, as the rapid industrialization of many urban centers, including London, meant that the city was filled with toxic smoke kicked out by the factories with their coal-burning furnaces. Unlike many of his fellow doctors, Snow was skeptical of the theory and figured that cholera must have other origins, such as the raw sewage being dumped into local communities' water supplies.
Snow finally got the chance to test his theory after a new rash of cholera outbreaks gripped the city. Starting October 31, 1854, Soho found itself the latest target of the disease as 127 people died in or around Broad Street. Far from the happening neighborhood of restaurants, shops, and pubs it is today, Broad Street was mostly full of slums with a communal well from which the neighborhood derived its water. Through conversations with local residents, John Snow was able to trace the outbreak of the disease to the well. He compounded his research with local hospital records, and through microscopic examinations proved inconclusive, Snow persuaded local authorities to shut down the well, which in turn drastically reduced the number of cholera cases.
John Snow – Not The King in the North
John Snow used the research he collected to propagate his theory that contaminated water was largely responsible for the spread of cholera in London. Combined with the efforts of Michael Faraday, who advocated the development of a separate sewer system instead of using the River Thames, the city ultimately began to develop better methods of providing clean drinking water and disposing of human waste. London passed the Metropolitan Water Act in 1852 (though its implementation was too late for the 1854 outbreak) and hired Joseph Bazalgette to design its sewer system beginning in 1864. As the germ theory gained in prominence, disease in London dramatically fell as new methods and technologies were invented that formed the basis of the public utilities many Londoners enjoy today.
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It's unfortunate that bees get such a bad reputation. Many people run away screaming if they even spot a honey bee or bumblebee buzzing lazily around their home patio. However, bees are one of the most useful insects on the planet, and far from being killed as pests, they should be encouraged and protected.
With bee populations on the decline, it's more important than ever for homeowners to spot the difference between wasps, yellow jackets, or hornets and honey bees or bumblebees. Here's what you need to know about bees and wasps and what you can do to tackle wasp and bee colonies in or around your house.
They are naturally aggressive and have large swarms. Unlike bees, wasps are predators and are more likely to sting if they feel even slightly provoked.
Wasps can sting many times instead of just one. Paired with their more aggressive natures, this makes wasp colonies very dangerous to humans.
Nests can be extensive and hard to find. Some wasp and hornet colonies exist in the ground, under or behind siding, or in attics. As the colony grows, it becomes harder to control. Should you accidentally disturb a nest with a shovel or lawn mower, you could provoke the ire of thousands of stinging insects.
If you notice large numbers of wasps around your property, it's best to call a pest control company to find the nest. Allowing it to grow can pose a risk for your safety.
Wasps and bees have different roles in nature. They have a similar appearance at a glance, but that's where most of the similarities end. Bees are perfectly engineered for pollinating plants. They have furry bodies that carry large amounts of pollen from flower to flower as they collect nectar.
Wasps and hornets, on the other hand, while still partially effective at pollination, are omnivores, and they feed on other meat and insects as well as nectar and fruit sugars. Wasps and hornets help to control the populations of other insects.
You can easily start to spot the difference between wasps and bees. Bees are traditionally drawn as being black and yellow, and this is true of the bumblebee, but honey bees are more honey-like in color, with darker brown and mustard striping. They are noticeably fuzzy and smaller than wasps.
Wasps and hornets, on the other hand, have brighter coloring of yellow and black. They are not hairy but instead have smooth, shiny bodies and a more pronounced, aggressive body shape, with a small "waist" and taper end effective for stinging.
Unfortunately, despite their calmer natures, bees can still come under fire from homeowners who see them as pests. If you find a bee colony with stored honey on your property, especially in an inconvenient place, your first thought might be to remove or poison the colony.
When bees are causing a problem for you, it's essential you don't resort to killing the bees or destroying their home. Bees need protection because their numbers are already on the decline, and all humans rely on bees to pollinate flowers and plants for food. Grain, fruit, and vegetable production will decrease rapidly if bees continue to die out.
Every bee that can possibly be saved should be. If you find a hive in a tree, in your sheetrock, in your attic, or in a place that threatens the safety or utility of your home, contact a pest control company immediately. The middle ground is to move as much of the hive as possible to a safer location for you and for the bees. However, moving hives should only ever be attempted in extreme cases.
Most of the time, it's best for humans to actually promote the development of local bee populations by planting flowers and choosing green pest control options for other pests like ants. You can also help promote bee health by using only green protective pesticides on plants like roses and lavender that are food for bees.
Discourage bee swarms from nesting in your home by providing a hollowed-out log or similar feature on your property as a potential hive.
Bees and wasps are insects whose presence come with few DIY solutions. Wasp colonies are often too dangerous or secretive to handle properly while bee hives are too vital to the global economy to remove easily.
In the case of a bee or wasp concern, it's best to tackle to problem with the assistance of a professional, especially because many DIY methods can end up harming essential bee colonies. You don't want an over-the-counter pesticide to become a death sentence for any bee who visits your garden.
For more questions about green pest control methods and how to control wasp or bee colonies on your property, contact us at Chem-Wise Ecological Pest Management.


The exhibition follows a narrative of the Tough Guy Mountain corporation: Tough Guy Mountain New Media Business Art Collective presents their International Brand Expansion showroom, a re-visionary collaboration between the consumer and their digital destination. Tough Guy Mountain appreciates the beauty that lies in the future, present, and the presented. Using the perception of tourist destinations constructed from online search engines, consumers relate to a familiar, blog-friendly aesthetic of these cultural centers. Relying completely on the ideal these centers present online, TGM integrates their own cultural capital and logo into these historic locals. IBE reduces the identities of political entities through a process of branding, thereby making them easier to subsume into tough guy mountains brand. Repurposing trendy graphics and slogans into work designated for documentation comfortably reminds the audience of gallery documentation that defines many contemporary exhibitions. IBE exists stronger as its subsequent self, as another image in a saturated culture. The work was displayed physically and online at the 100percentreal Pavilion at the 2015 Digital Art Biennale. Images of the work were then the opening section in the weekly newsletter of Canadian Art, Canada's leading arts publication.


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Decision-makers: Time to think through the Copyright directive
On 5 July, the European Parliament voted to reject the mandate to start inter-institutional ("trilogue") negotiations on the reform of the copyright directive with 318 to 278 votes.
The vote was the preliminary culmination of a nearly two-year period of intense lobbying by European rightsholders, publishers, online platforms, the civil society, and other groups.
Copyright law is highly fragmented within the EU, as the current directive has been implemented very differently in the Member States. For this reason, the European Commission proposed a reform to allow for more cross-border access to copyright-protected content online and to widen opportunities to use copyrighted material in, for example, education and research. In a bid to stimulate the creation of high-quality content, the Commission introduced a new right for press publishers, which would strengthen their bargaining position vis-à-vis, for example, platforms when it comes to negotiating and remunerating the use of their content online.
During the following discussions in the European Parliament, this right and how it would be enforced was further fleshed out by parliamentarians, leading to highly controversial solutions, including what is simplistically referred to as a "link tax" and "content upload filters". Particularly the latter could bear high risks for agencies.
The proposed rules essentially demand platforms to set up licensing agreements with rightsholders. Platforms, in cooperation with rightsholders, would need to install special filters on platforms' websites in order to ensure the effective and transparent functioning of these licensing agreements. In other words, the aim is to recognise and block any copyright-protected content from being uploaded.
What is concerning for the advertising industry, including agencies, is the uncertainty about how these filters would ultimately work. Agencies frequently use music, images or performances when developing commercial campaigns and clear the rights for their use. At this stage, however, there is no indication that filtering tools could (technically) distinguish between content for which rights have been cleared and content for which rights have not been cleared. The result could be that any content using copyrighted material would be blocked from the outset – be it legally used or not. This would considerably impact the freedom of expression and the freedom to conduct business.
With last week's rejection of the proposal, an active group of Members of the European Parliament gave a much-needed signal to their colleagues in the Legal Affairs Committee. It is necessary to consider all the implications of the directive properly before coming up with a position, which could have disproportionate consequences on how we use the internet and conduct business online today.
The European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) is a Brussels-based organisation which represents full-service advertising and media agencies and agency associations in Europe. EACA aims to promote honest, effective advertising, high professional standards, and awareness of the contribution of advertising in a free market economy and to encourage close co-operation between agencies, advertisers and media in European advertising bodies. For more information, visit www.eaca.eu.