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Epic Fantasy Interview Swap – Helen Lowe interviews Ian Irvine
Jenni Hill
April's such a great month for epic fantasy fans, with the release of both Ian Irvine's VENGEANCE and Helen Lowe's THE GATHERING OF THE LOST! We wanted to celebrate by doing something a bit different on the blog – and we thought: 'Who better to interview a fantasy author than another fantasy author?'
This is the first part of that interview, in which Helen interviews Ian about his new series The Tainted Realm. Look out for the second part, when Ian interviews Helen, this time next week!
Click through to hear all about Ian's pet hates in fantasy, how his background as a marine scientist affects his writing, and also just what's wrong with magic in Harry Potter…
Helen: I first met Ian Irvine at Worldcon 68 in Melbourne, where we shared a signing table. As a very new author my signing queue was considerably shorter than Ian's—but I fully felt the privilege of sitting beside so experienced an author and even getting to chat in his few quiet moments. So when Orbiteer, Jenni Hill, suggested that with Ian's new book, VENGEANCE, and my second-in-series, THE GATHERING OF THE LOST, just about to come out, it could be a great time for an author interview, it felt very much like picking up old threads.
Ian, what are the essential elements of epic storytelling that you believe characterise VENGEANCE, Book 1 of your new trilogy, The Tainted Realm?
Ian: Firstly, a mystery and a quest. VENGEANCE begins with a brutal murder seen by two very different children. Tali, an eight-year-old slave girl from underground Cython, sees her mother's head cut open and something taken from inside. Though dreadfully traumatised, she vows to bring the killers to justice.
Rix, boy heir to the biggest fortune in Hightspall, also witnesses the crime. And soon the nightmares begin – that he's linked to the murder, and that when he grows up, he's doomed to repeat it.
Ten years later, Tali realises that the killers are coming for her. She has to escape from Cython, though in a thousand years no slave ever has. When she does escape, it precipitates Cython's war on a desperately unprepared Hightspall. After a chance meeting with Rix, they flee together through a land at war. But then Tali recognises Rix as the boy she saw after her mother's murder. How can she ever trust him?
And how can Rix trust himself with her?
Secondly, detailed cultures in original settings. For instance, the Cythonians are masters of alchymical warfare but regard any kind of magery (magic) as an abomination. Art is also a vital part of their culture – every stone wall and tunnel in Cython is carved into magnificent dioramas depicting the homeland stolen from them by treacherous magery.
Thirdly, an epic struggle that involves the fate of nations. Ice sheets are closing around the disaster-prone island nation of Hightspall, and its people feel that the land is rising up to cast them out. Then the Cythonians attack using alchymical weapons Hightspall has never seen before. Its only defence is magery, but Hightspall's magery is also failing …
Helen: Epic closely overlaps with High Fantasy, and in both cases magic tends to be an important part of the storytelling. Do you feel this is true of VENGEANCE? What characterises the magic of the story for you? Did you spend a lot of time developing the magic system before you began writing, or did it evolve with the story?
Ian: Magery is fundamental to the clash of civilisations at the heart of VENGEANCE. To the Cythonians, magery was a sacred art only used by the king to heal his people and the disaster-prone land. But the invading Hightspallers used a darker magery on King Lyf, forced him to give up half his country then walled him up in the catacombs to die. The invaders also wanted Lyf's king-magery, but it vanished when he starved to death, apart from a residue which allowed his wrythen to cling to existence.
Two thousand years have passed. The Cythonians are strong again, Hightspall is failing, and Lyf's wrythen is bent on vengeance. And on finding his lost king-magery, because his troubled land is in great need of healing.
How magery works? I didn't spend a huge amount of time on this before I started writing – I prefer to lay down the bones, write the first couple of drafts of the story then, once I've seen how magery is used in action (which isn't necessarily how I planned it), develop it in more detail. However I do have three general principles:
Magery should be used infrequently;
It should come at a cost to the user (such as pain, weakness or exhaustion). Much as I love the Harry Potter books, I could never write scenes where the characters use a hundred spells in a fight, yet suffer no ill-effects;
It should often go wrong, or fail to work.
In other words, magery is like a treacherous friend – it can cause more trouble than it's worth. And that's as it should be. In The Tainted Realm, everyone and everything is there to cause trouble and grief for the main protagonist, Tali, and prevent her from bringing her mother's killers to justice.
Helen: Ian, that sounds like a fascinating storyline, edge of the cliff stuff indeed! But you say that magery is "like a treacherous friend" and "that's as it should be." Is that a particular (i.e. to The Tainted Realm series) or general view of magic in Fantasy? And could you envisage writing a story where magic was a more benign influence on the story?
Ian: It's a particular view for this story, Helen. Tali has a powerful gift for magery but, having grown up as a slave in Cython, where magery is regarded as an abomination, she's never consciously used hers. Slaves who manifest the gift are executed on the spot and she's spent her whole life repressing hers. Even after her escape, it's difficult to overcome this psychological block.
I've written other stories where magic was a more benign influence. It all depends on how I design the story.
Helen: How strong an influence is your experience of Australia's natural environment on the world building in your writing?
Ian: Not very. When I started writing fantasy (25 years ago) I didn't want to be influenced by anyone or anything. Silly me – no writer can escape their influences. However I never wanted to retell, or be strongly influenced by, any mythology, legend, history or story I'd read.
I wanted to create my own unique worlds. I wanted to take my readers to places they wouldn't go to in any other story, and show them things they wouldn't see anywhere else. For instance, the Dry Sea in The View from the Mirror quartet – a stifling, salt-coated wilderness four kilometres below sea level, is an environment that hasn't existed on Earth for five million years. Or the weird and toxic, tar-saturated depths of Snizort, in The Well of Echoes quartet.
I do draw on Australian landscapes from time to time. I live on a fertile, rainy plateau in the mountains of Eastern Australia, in an area that was covered in temperate rainforest a hundred years ago. I used aspects of this place in creating the environs of Fortress Gastoride, where parts of REBELLION and JUSTICE, Books 2 and 3 of The Tainted Realm, are set.
Helen: In terms of not wanting to "be strongly influenced by, any mythology, legend, history or story I'd read"—do you think that's really possible for any author, given the extent to which classical, biblical and historical material imbues both our literature and also our wider culture? Do you have a method for alerting yourself to them and actively culling them out?
Ian: No, and it was naive of me to think it. We are what we've seen, read, experienced and believed. To try and rid myself of such influences, I plan my stories in great detail, analyse the plan for external influences and repetition of characters, situations and plot elements, and change as needed. Because I've written so many big books, I've used up hundreds of characters and situations, and if I didn't plan stories in great detail I'd end up unconsciously repeating myself.
Helen: You have said that you try not to be influenced by other stories, but most writers are also keen readers—so are there elements when reading fantasy that "spin your wheels" when reading fantasy, ones that you try and incorporate into your own writing?
Ian: It might be simpler to list what I don't like to read in fantasy (except when a master storyteller does it. Then, all is forgiven).
Good versus evil. A story can be set anywhere, anytime, with any of a thousand themes, so why do half the fantasy novels ever written deal with the battle of good versus evil – and often, evil for evil's sake? Where my antagonists do bad things, which is often, they do them for reasons that are logical, reasonable, and right to them.
Stories set in some romanticised version of Europe in the Middle Ages. There are plenty of other lands and societies and periods of history that could be used. And on the topic of geography, why are most fantasy novels set in the northern hemisphere of the planet?
Violence for the sake of violence. Fantasy worlds can be violent places, but it should serve the needs of the story, not the other way around.
Women restricted to traditional roles (except where it's a historical fantasy). I like to write stories where the female characters have as many adventures as the males. It's fantasy, for goodness sakes – writers can create whatever kinds of worlds they like best. Perhaps that's the problem.
Women acting exactly the same as men (i.e., stories where a female character could be changed to a male and there would be no need to change the character's behaviour).
Traditional heroes and heroines. I hate 'farm boy becomes hero' stories. I don't know why, I just do. Any man, any woman, any boy, any girl can be a hero. In VENGEANCE, the main protagonist is Tali, a petite slave-girl who starts out with nothing but her loincloth, yet ends up changing the fate of nations.
Helen: Coming back to writers also being readers, you've talked about what you try to avoid when writing fantasy yourself. But are there writers and books that are 'highlight' reads for you?
Ian: Glancing at my bookshelves, a few of the many books I've loved include Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion, The Lord of the Rings, Mary Stewart's Merlin series, Max Barry's Jennifer Government. And one of my all-time favourites, The Left Hand of Darkness. It's decades since I last read this book, and I can't say precisely why I loved it so much, though I expect Ursula Le Guin's creation of a new and different human society was at the heart of it. A society that resonated with me as none of the other societies I'd read about in SF at the time ever had.
Helen: Ian, you're a marine scientist as well as an author—has that been a big influence on your writing generally?
Ian: Not on my fantasy novels, though I have drawn on it in other stories. My scientific background is also valuable because it gives me a different way of looking at the world, and different sources of inspiration and imagery. Think of a portal, for instance. Differences in air pressure would probably result in wind howling through it. And because of differences in humidity and temperature, the other side could be obscured by fog, or steam, or clouds of ice crystals. Such details make it real.
Helen: How would this affect VENGEANCE, for instance?
Ian: VENGEANCE is set in the island nation of Hightspall during the final struggle for supremacy between the native Cythonians and the invading Hightspallers. The Cythonians are skilled miners and alchymists, and one of the original inspirations for Cython was a treatise on ancient mining I came across while studying geology at uni – Agricola's De Re Metallica, first published in 1556. Incidentally, it was translated from Latin to English centuries afterwards by Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer who made a fortune in Australia and later became President of the United States.
Helen: One of the things I really love about FSF is the way so much can be drawn into it—not just myth and landscape, but science and also the anthropological approach that characterises so much of Le Guin's writing. I've really enjoyed the opportunity to discuss your approach to your writing and learning more about your new book, VENGEANCE, in particular—I look forward to the next books in the series coming out.
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TOWER LEGENDS
Since ancient times towers have made a poetic appeal. Towers of many kinds, in all ages and in all countries, have met varying needs. There have been watchtowers, cathedral towers, clock towers, bell towers, towers to commemorate victories, towers to honour the living and towers to celebrate the dead. Around many of the towers, legends have clung - some of these legends are very well known. Towers will always stand midway between fact and poetry, the legends relating to them, more often than not, look in these two directions.
This illustrated volume has brought together 11 such legends with a desire to record some of the characteristic tales that blend with a few of the noble towers of the earth.
The Bible tells of a remote time when men journeyed from the East and found a plain in the land of Shinar. . . . "And they said to one another, 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach heaven.'" Centuries after the building of the Tower of Babel, an Arab poet, El Deraoui, wrote of another tower, the Pharos, the great lighthouse off the northern coast of Egypt, "On its height a dome enshadowed me and thence I saw my friends the stars. I thought the sea below me was a cloud and that I had set up my tent in the midst of the heavens."
Excerpt from TOWER LEGENDS
AEOLUS AND THE TOWER OF THE WINDS
THE winds of Greece are blowing, today, in sunny Athens, around the Tower of the Winds on Aeolus Street. The tower stands in an enclosed, grassy space, with a few trees and scattered stones--as if left a little aside by the centuries. This tower had its origin in a daydream of Andronicus, lover of winds and stars; for, in spite of the belief of the early Greeks that all dreams live under the earth, Andronicus made his dream live actually on the earth, in plain sight of the Athenians. It was in the first part of the century before Christ that Andronicus was chosen by the people of Athens to plan a tower which should contain a water clock--this new tower to stand not far from the old market-place, on the low land lying north of the Acropolis. Now as Andronicus was something of an astronomer he decided to have sundials, also, on the water clock. So the tower was built, with a turret on the south side to contain the cistern which supplied the water for the water clock. The movement of water wheels caused the gradual rise of a small figure which pointed a rod to the hours on a dial. The Athenians were much pleased with their new water clock, or clepsydra. Greeks of earlier centuries had had to look to the stars for their time at night. "What star is passing?" they would ask. The clepsydra was evidently better than that method; in fact, it was the most important part of the tower! But, to Andronicus, it was of small significance compared with the thought of his beloved winds; for his cherished daydream was that he would represent on the tower all the winds that blow across the land of Greece. Not only that! He would show to passersby in Athens the very wind that was blowing. The people should have their clepsydra, but the tower should have the winds!
Ever since his youthful days in Cyrrhus, Andronicus had cared for the winds and all the tales about them. He had an especially friendly feeling for Aeolus, king of the winds, whose cave, far away in a mountain on the island of Aeolia, north of Sicily, he knew as well as if he had seen it.
Wasn't that cave the home of the winds who were really the sons of Aeolus? Weren't they kept imprisoned there to play merrily or roughly with one another until their royal master at times released one or more of them? Andronicus knew that winds varied as much as men: there were weak winds, strong winds, capricious winds, steadfast winds, winds that did nothing, winds that did everything. When Aeolus sent them forth, in the great bags that mortals call clouds, and bade them carry out his commands, what couldn't they accomplish of joy or sorrow?
Many a tale of Aeolus and the winds, Andronicus had known from boyhood. One of these tales was about Aeolus and Odysseus. In the course of his long voyaging, Odysseus and his comrades came to the island of Aeolia, one portion of which floated continually, yet never floated away. Sur-rounding the steep shore, was a high wall of bronze through which no man could easily break. Behind this protecting wall, Aeolus and his large family dwelt happily, singing and feasting. When the ship of Odysseus neared Aeolia, the godsfavoured him, for he and his men, by heroic effort, were able to climb the wall of bronze and to enter the island. The heart of King Aeolus instantly warmed at sight of Odysseus, for he gave him welcome to his royal dwelling and bade him and his comrades tarry as long as they would. Joyous feasts now went on, day after day, and, during the feasts, Odysseus, in return for the lavish hospitality of Aeolus, told many a story--stories of Ilium, of the Argive ships, and of the Achaeans. Aeolus and his family listened spellbound. After a month of idleness and feasting, Odysseus became restless for new adventures and told King Aeolus that he was eager to see Ithaca, his home, once more. Aeolus did not try to keep him longer as his guest, and even made him a parting gift. This gift was a huge sack of ox-skin in which all the winds, except the west wind, were tightly bound. When Odysseus boarded his ship, Aeolus himself tied the sack to the mast with a shining silver cord and told the west wind to waft the ship along. Then he bade Odysseus farewell........................
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Table of Contents for TOWER LEGENDS
THE STORY TOLD BY THE KEEPER OF THE PHAROS
THE MOON THAT SHONE ON THE PORCELAIN PAGODA
THE BRAHMAN'S STAR
THE DRAGON OF GHENT
THE OX THAT HELPED
THE RAVEN OF THE GIRALDA
THE GOBLIN OF GIOTTO'S TOWER
THE LEPRECHAUN OF ARDMORE TOWER
THE TOWER THAT SINGS
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Volume 4, Issue 2 (April- may- june 2017) JNMS 2017, 4(2): 11-18 | Back to browse issues page
Eyni E, Hasani A, Fereidouni P, Seyed Andi J. Effect of nursing staff training on respecting the privacy of patients in the emergency department . JNMS. 2017; 4 (2) :11-18
URL: http://jnms.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-278-en.html
Ebrahim Eyni, Abdolmotalleb Hasani Seyed , Peiman Fereidouni, Jalil Seyed Andi Seyed
School of Nursing and Midwifery Amol, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Background and Purpose: Privacy is one of the most important humanitarian principles, respecting of which is regarded obligatory
in the health care and nursing organizations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nursing staff training on respecting the patient
privacy in the emergency department.
Methods: This interventional study was conducted on 400 patients referring to the emergency departments of the Imam Khomeini and
Shariati hospitals using a pretest-posttest design with inequivalent control group. For the purpose of the study, the patients of the Imam
Khomeini and Shariati hospitals were assigned into the intervention (n=200) and control (n=200) groups, respectively. The data were
collected using the privacy baseline questionnaire, which was filled out by the patients in both intervention and control groups. After the
implementation of a virtual learning course about respecting patient privacy for 90 clinical staff working in the emergency department
of the Imam Khomeini Hospital, the privacy questionnaire was again completed by the patients in both groups. The data were analyzed
using descriptive statistics and independent t-test in the SPSS software version 19.
Results: According to the results, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of the age, gender,
education level, and other demographic information. Furthermore, the two groups were similar regarding the mean scores of patient
privacy prior to the intervention. However, after online education, the intervention group showed a significant increase in the mean
score of patient privacy as compared to the control group (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed that nursing staff virtual training could improve the patient privacy. Therefore,
this measure can be applied in the emergency departments as an important step to holistic nursing care.
Keywords: Clinical staff, Education, Emergency department, Privacy
Type of Study: Research |


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Another international break has finished and North End's injury luck has seemingly gotten even worse, they face fellow Lancashire side Blackburn at Deepdale on Saturday.
Despite their position in the table leaving them just two points ahead of the bottom three, PNE are now seven games unbeaten in the Championship, after a 1-0 win last time out against Bristol City.
As for Blackburn, they have not lost in their last three games, with their most recent result being a 1-1 draw at home to Rotherham.
Tony Mowbray's side have failed to score more than one goal in their last four Championship games, they will be looking to get more in front of what will be a packed out away end.
It's a game which could see the away side climb into the top six, whilst the Lilywhites will be hoping not to begin the festive fixtures in a relegation place.
The two teams have only met four times in league games in the last 17 years, with North End managing to get the better of Blackburn on two occasions, the last time Rovers were victorious was another November fixture at Deepdale, the away side winning 2-1 in 2015.
Josh Harrop and Billy Bodin are both still struggling with long term ACL injuries which may keep both out of action until next season.
Callum Woods has yet to return to a match day squad since his injury at the start of the season which was coupled with another on his return to training.
During the international break, last season's top scorer Sean Maguire, who missed so much of the last campaign as well as all of this one until the Wigan game in October, came of injured just minutes after coming on for the Republic Of Ireland.
He appeared to be struggling with his hamstring once again, which is a huge issue for him and North End, there has not been a timescale on the injury released yet.
Alan Browne returned to PNE earlier than expected along with Maguire, he picked up a shoulder injury, it is yet to be seen whether he will make the game on Saturday.
The final blow for Preston in this international break was the injury to Daniel Johnson.
He was with PNE over the break and rumours spiralled on social media that he picked up an injury that could keep him out until March at the earliest.
North End confirmed that the midfielder had picked up an injury on Twitter, meaning there is now another nervous wait to find out the extent of this injury.
Lukas Nmecha is one player who seems unscathed from his international duties, he managed to get a goal and an assist in a debut substitute appearance for England U20's.
This certainly seems like an important game for PNE in order to avoid slipping into the bottom three upon entering a crucial part of the season.
Although the injury problems are not helping, North End have been on a good run recently, so with the hope that certain casualties such as the one to Alan Browne are not so serious, I am going to predict a home win.


When you are learning Japanese for the first time, one of the things that you first stumble upon is the variety of counter words. As you progress to learn more advanced Japanese, these words just seem to increase. The words often change grammatically depending on the numbers proceeding them, and they can alter according to the size or shape of the thing being counted.
Learning them is essential for mastering the Japanese language, and in this Japanese blog to help you study the language, written by professional Japanese teachers, we explore the idea of counters or counter words.
Japanese teacher, Ayako Suzuki wrote this blog, and you can read the Japanese without Kanji help and also read it with the Kanji help. And then please listen to the video to hear the Japanese words spoken fluently.
In Japanese there are various words used when counting things, and depending on the thing being counted, the words are different. When counting paper we say, 'ichi mai', 'ni mai'; when counting books we say 'issatsu', 'ni satsu' ; for cars we count them using 'ichi dai', 'ni dai' . These words which we use together with numbers like 'mai', 'satsu' and 'dai' are called "counters".
Apparently there are about 500 of these counters in Japanese. There are so very many of them, that there is probably no Japanese person that has a complete command of them all and there are probably some people who find the different uses of these many counters a hassle. But there are some convenient sides to this.
For example, small animals have the counter 'hiki' and large animals use 'tou' to count them and when someone says "I have a pet dog (using the counter 'tou')" we can imagine that the person has a large pet dog. And when someone says, "I took some medicine (using the counter 'jyou') we understand that it is a pill of medicine, and if they say "I took some medicine (using the counter 'hou') then the other person understands that it is medicine in powder form without any further explanation. In the fish shop, if you say, "3 horse mackerels please" (using the counter 'mai') then they soon understand that it's not the whole horse mackerel you are indicating but some dried horse mackerel.
Please give these profound Japanese counters a go while you learn Japanese.


The National Hurricane Center hasn't finished tallying its data. Uccellini of the weather service said warmer than normal waters and unusual steering currents made the hurricanes especially damaging, combined with booming development in disaster-prone areas. "We are building in the wrong places.
By National Hurricane Center, NOAA ... have changed little in organization, the National Hurricane Center reported Monday evening (Nov. 13).
By National Hurricane Center, NOAA ... shower and thunderstorm activity, the National Hurricane Center reported Friday evening (Nov. 3).
According to the National Hurricane Center, 10 major hurricanes [Category 3 or higher] hit Florida in October between 1851 and 2015.
There is a 50 percent chance of a tropical cyclone formation in the next five days near the coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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"IO SONO L'AMORE – I AM LOVE" tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo's friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever.


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OECD Secretary General calls for rapid transition to global zero carbon economy
The OECD is of course a keystone institution of the wealthy world. And yet its new report, Climate and carbon: Aligning prices and policies, and in particular this speech by Angel Gurria, its Secretary General, is excellent, concise, and surprisingly frank.
I've come here today to argue that whatever policy mix we cook up, it has to be one that leads to the complete elimination of emissions to the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels in the second half of the century . . . We don't need to get to zero tomorrow. Not even in 2050, although we should be a long way down the track by then. But sometime in the second half of the century we will need to arrive there.
How are we going to do so? With a policy mix designed to price carbon, phase out coal, increase the ambition of the current pledges, get beyond policy wobbles on renewables, and phase-out fossil-fuel subsides.
And how about this, from a section of the speech called "Swimming against the tide of fossil fuels":
A first tide is a shift to resource abundance. A few years ago, the tide of opinion was that scarce oil and gas would keep prices rising and make the switch away from fossil fuels inevitable. High oil prices lulled some into the belief that the push to decarbonise was running with the grain of resource scarcity and that policy seemed to be going with the tide. That has proved illusory. The tide has changed. We have moved from a world of threatened scarcity to one of potential abundance. US crude oil production is currently growing sharply and the country is expected to become a net exporter of natural gas by the early 2020s. Oil and gas production is being ramped up in Brazil, Canada and Kazakhstan, huge conventional reserves remain to be tapped in Iraq and Saudi Arabia together with huge recoverable shale resources in Russia, US, China, Argentina and Algeria, to name a few.
Certainly, rising costs of extraction pose a challenge but the recent advances in exploiting tight oil suggest that the technological opportunities for continued exploitation will almost certainly continue to surprise us. Listed companies alone spent USD674 billion in 2012 on finding and developing new sources of oil and gas. The fact is that there are more than enough reserves to raise temperatures way above levels that even the most reluctant climate regulator would feel comfortable about.
A second strong tide is the fact that low-carbon technologies are facing an array of incumbent technologies that have a huge advantage based on vast investments over decades. Those investments are very profitable and easily attract new capital. More than half of the new capacity in electricity generation installed in 2012 was still fossil fuel-based. According to one estimate by the World Resources Institute (WRI), around 1200 new coal-fired power plants (with a capacity of about 1400GW) are at the planning stage. Not all of those will come to fruition. But those that do will run for a very long time. And the owners of these assets aren't going to take kindly to their value being impaired by policies designed to tackle climate change. The Carbon Tracker Initiative estimates that at the current rate of capital expenditure, the next decade will see over $6 trillion allocated to developing fossil fuels.
If policy makers cap carbon emissions, the risk of "unburnable assets" could have a significant impact on the valuation of some companies. It is worth recalling that the investors are in so many cases people like you and me. The Asset Owners Disclosure Project estimates an average of over 55 per cent of pension funds' portfolios is being invested in high carbon assets or sectors greatly exposed to climate change physical impacts and climate change-related regulation. The looming choice may be either stranding those assets or stranding the planet.
There's a lot more to say about this report, and this speech in particular — let's just say that the section on policy incoherence and its causes are not quite as frank as it might be. But all told, this is as clear a sign as we're likely to find that the secret is out. Big changes are necessary, and — one way or another — they are on the horizon.
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Weekend preview: Running, walking and flagging
A trio of outdoor events are planned in east Biloxi this weekend: The 32nd annual Mayor's Cup 5K run at 9 a.m. at City Hall, the Walk to End Alzheimers at 9 a.m. on the Town Green, and the Second Annual West End Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum Flag Football Tournament at 9 a.m. at the Kroc Center's Yankie Stadium.
Elsewhere, you'll find the Roy Meyers Christmas City Gift Show at the Coast Coliseum, Sammy Hagar at The Circle at IP, college hockey and public ice skating at the Coast Coliseum, the Boogie Wonder Band at the Hard Rock and the Oak Ridge Boys at the Golden Nugget.
See the overall weekend lineup
See details on the flag football tournament
See Mayor's Cup registration and route info
See info on Walk to End Alzheimer's
Gilich calls special meeting for Tuesday
Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich has called a special meeting of the Biloxi City Council for Tuesday at 11 a.m. to discuss a number of long-range and big-ticket items.
The meeting, which will be held at City Hall, is open to the public.
Among the issues Gilich plans to discuss are strategic planning for capital improvement projects, policies and planning for tax abatements, municipal water rates, and a status report on the initiative to help deliver ultra-high speed Internet service to the area.
The City Council also will have its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
See agendas and supporting documents for both meetings
Permit issued for demolition work at Santa Maria
By Jerry Creel, Community Development Director
This week in community development, the department issued the demolition permit for the former Santa Maria Del Mar Structure located on Beach Boulevard. The demolition will include removing everything except the superstructure frame. The sale of the property to Barrington Development LLC, was completed last week, and will allow the developers to proceed with plans to renovate the structure into a luxury hotel.
Also this week, a renovation permit was issued to Harrah's Casino for $4 million dollars in guest room upgrades. Building permits were issued for 4 new single family houses, and the Certificate of Occupancy was issued for the New Life Parish Center at Saint Michael's Catholic Church.
Police warn of scam involving power bill
Some Mississippi Power customers have reported receiving suspicious calls from persons representing themselves as power company collections employees, Biloxi Police say.
During the calls, customers were told they will encounter a service interruption unless payment was received immediately. In order to facilitate payment, customers were instructed to go to various points of sale and transfer or "load" payments to specified account numbers, police say. Verification of a provided account number suggested it was a Master Card number, likely associated with a pre-paid credit or debit card.
Biloxi Police Sgt. Louis Moran warns that scams of this type are common and although different company names may be used, they often share common elements claiming overdue bills, disconnect threats if payment isn't received and attempts to elicit personal banking information.
In a September statement, Mississippi Power stressed company representatives will never call customers and ask them for personal or banking information. Mississippi Power will never ask a customer to make a payment by purchasing a prepaid credit/debit card.
Police advise consumers who believe they may have been the victim of a scam should contact their local law enforcement agency, the Mississippi Attorney General's Office at 601-359-3680, and Mississippi Power at 800-532-1502.
See anti-scam tips from Mississippi Power
City Desk: You'll get a preview of upcoming events and learn about the Biloxi Police Explorers program in this week's City Desk podcast. To listen to the program, click here.
Fofo on the issues: Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich speaks to the issues of east Biloxi roads, MGM Park and the ultra-high speed Internet initiative in an appearance on WLOX News This Week. See the program Sunday morning at 8:30 on WLOX ABC.


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[ARCHiVED] JOD Discussion
GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE!
Started by Innotech, Jul 10 2007 12:53 AM
DreamWorld Detective
Location:Twin Seeds, Florida.
Interests:Drawing, NiGHTS into Dreams, flailing around the forum and helping people, anime, manga, making my own comic, video games, Guild Wars, movies (especially horror) Lots of stuff. Old video game/movie/TV show trivia..
Looks like our guesses about the key were right. And I'm not all that disappointed, just watching the gameplay gives me that comfortable feeling like with the original, it has a similar feel.
NNR07
Crazy Regular
Location:Rocking out to music :3
Interests:Lots of stuff. Too much stuff.
I just wonder if the Ideya will make an appearance in the game at all >>.
Location:Louisiana, in Cajun country
Interests:videogames, cars, girls, anime, drawing, origami, weather, classic rock music, trance, japanese and asian cultures, catgirls >^^<

Actually, the little colored gem thing in the keys might be Ideya.
Interests:scribbling
MY INTERNET WAS CUT OFF JUST AS THE GODDAMN VIDEOS WENT ONLINE >
*moves topic to news*
Now i have to sit here and try to type properly while shaking like a very windy leaf *snort*
MUST UPDATE.
BLARGH.
Why does this ALWAYS happen?
well, now youve seen it and squeed, and all is right with the world
I had a feeling that no matter how restricted the budget and devleopment time was, Iizuka just sounded WAY too passionate about this game to screw it up.
Tangocat777
Location:Louisiana
Interests:Pokemon and sonic team games.
Okay, I have yet to hear what has become of DiGi.
viperxmns
Location:Brooklyn, NY
Good news! Looks like the video is sparking some interest in people who've previously ignored or who didn't bother to be aware of NiGHTS..
Looks like Sonic Team is doing its job
anyone notice that the blue chips look alot more like blue ideya than the original chips? you think that's an oversight or is that on purpose?
I noticed the little starry stuff inside. they definitely look like ideya.
whatabout_paul
Location:Leeds, England
Interests:Obsessed with games. I've got most recent consoles bar a PSP (I had one but it was crap so I sold it) and PS3 (It's too expensive to bother with). Other than that I'm into my wrestling. I'm training to be a pro wrestler and am a huge fan. I like my music too, guitar bands of all shapes and sizes. As long as it's a good tune you can sing to I'm happy.
I don't want to get too excited unless it turns out to be horrid but DAMn it's looking good so far. Ok, so it's an early build, there's no HUD and not even any music but it's NiGHTS! It looks like NiGHTS, sounds like NiGHTS and actually could be some fun. The only negative I'm going to throw in is the sound going through the rings isn't quite right! or it doesn't play the same tune as in the first.
They might be... Ideya powered 8D! Good point ^^!
Smart Keys: Powered by Ideya!
*NiGHTS clicks the button in the key*
*Chirp chirp*
And the Capture opens. XD
Icachan
Undercover.
Location:the Icy North
Interests:Pretty much everything and then some.
Dammit Purg, you made me choke on my drink! D<
But key-Ideya sounds like it could be both functional and pretty...and good for merchandise amirite?
Location:Central City, United Federation
Interests:What?
-PUNCH-
Sorry if this has been posted already, didn't see it anywhere. Here's the gameplay movie in better quality, it also has music in it but I have no idea if it's the official music. There's also a bunch of screenshots from the movie:
If you wanna save the movie, here's a direct link for it:
Right-click and save.
catchan2007
Interests:Drawing
Writing
Anime/manga (Fav titles include D. Gray-man, Buso Renkin, Gurren Lagann and a few more but if I typed it all out, there'd be no space left!!)
I actually freaked out about the game play so i'm really happy that the game play footage is now out. I've looked at game play from the previous game and i've noticed that, when compared to the new game, there appears to be no timer and NiGHTS now carries around a key. Have they got rid of the timer and the Ideya have become keys?
If they've got rid of the timer, it would make things easier on people who hate timers, so that they don't have to rush or whatever.
Eh, what? The timer is the crux of NiGHTS' gameplay! It's a time attack sort of game. Based on the Iizuka interview with Nintendo Power, I really doubt they got rid of the timer. The timer was absent because nearly everything was absent -- there wasn't any HUD period.
HyperShadow
omg omg I totally LOVE this game! You can really tell they've put a lot of work into it already, and it's not even finished yet.
I haven't had time to go thorugh everyone's messages, but apart form the gameplay, have you all seen the trailer at IGN ? The gameplay video shows a lot more, but it's still pretty neat (although the narrator sounds like he's describing chronicles of narnia or peter pan or something - shame that)
I can honestly say that this game is going to have been worth the 11 year wait
annnnnnd *relief*
Interests:Running (Cross Country), video games (especially NiGHTS, of course), and other various things.
Werent some people (magazine journalists, maybe? I dunno, but some people) shown a short trailer of NiGHTS a while back? If so, that might be what we're watching now, and the game could be even further along now. Maybe - just maybe - we'll get a more fleshed-out demonstration at E3.
If I'm dead wrong, then they still have time to work things out anyway. =) I'm also hoping that the music Subterfuge posted is official - I liked it a lot.
Azelover
Looks like the Ideya palace has been replaced by an elevator. I mean it's exactly like an actual elevator, it even has chains attached to it on both ends. Seems to me like they're removing some of the "magical" elements from NiGHTS and turning them into solid things. Like the floating ideya for instance turning into an actual key, and the ideya palace turning into an elevator.
If you think about it this couldn't have been done on the Saturn with the limited technology, it requires a lot of polygons, so maybe this is how it was originally intended to be on the first NiGHTS. I don't see where else it could have came from. I'm gonna have to get used to this.
Not to shatter the emotional reception already, but I thought I'd be first to jump the gun and point out a few things. Number one of my list being: No 'Pians? It could be a bit quick to judge, but from this, it would seem that there is no A-Life system. If that's so, it could be a huge let down for me and, I'm sure, a lot of the other fans.
The preview in this month's issue of Edge states, "The breeding side of the game, combining Mepians and Nightopians (and eventually raising a Superpian), will also feature, though there are no indications of the level of complexity."
I'm not sure if the names they're using there refer specifically to the new game, or if the terminology is just being used to quickly recap of what was available in the original.
For me, the footage looks very promising. The trailer placed a lot of emphasis on the Sega Superstars-style "in your face" sections viewed from behind, but the gameplay footage video gives the two views a bit more balance. I'd have to play it to comment on the new 3/4 view camera angle, but I agree with the statement that it seems slower than before, especially in those behind-the-back sections.
There's obviously no HUD at the moment, so we'll have to wait a bit longer to see how the score attack system will work. But you CAN hear that the sound effects increasing in pitch as NiGHTS flies through the rings, so hopefully that implies that links are in there to some extent... the question is whether the levels will be well-designed enough to allow for the scope for improvement as the original's infinite links.
Hmmm..... Lots of stuff in that edge from what I can tell. We must find scans. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's talking about the new game pians.
jackle10
Location:Kansas
I can't wait for the game to be realesed!!!!!!!!!
KittyWhiggles
Location:Dream world
I never was able to play the first game sooo, i guess i dont have anything to miss from it when it comes to the new one.
Guest_submas13_*
We really got to get people who haven't played NiGHTS to try it out on a Saturn emulator. I know some people think that its 'illegal' but with all the loopholes surrounding the whole issue, it really doesn't matter what anyone does anymore.
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Fallen Angels & Life in the Universe
Date Tuesday - February 23, 2010
Guests Ken Klein, Robert Piccioni
'Fallen Angels' in New Orleans
Types of Angels
Piccioni: Universe's Values
In the first half of the show, documentary filmmaker Ken Klein discussed his interpretation of biblical angels, and a war in the heavens. He delineated three types of angels: The Cherubim are watchers, who "have the back of the other angels," during their war. The Seraphim are the scribes that record the history of the universe, and the Ophanim are the creator angels who got into a fracas with Lucifer, who had been an archangel of the Cherubim.
Many of the Ophanim were banished from the heavens, and cast down with Lucifer, said Klein, who added that angels have the ability to fly in ships throughout the universe and some UFO sightings are connected with fallen angels. Klein believes many humans are manipulated by fallen angels, whose strategy is to keep us from the knowledge of who we really are.
He also claimed that in New Orleans, shape-shifting fallen angels were recently captured on video, and promised to make the recording available as proof of their existence. (Now posted here.)
In the latter half of the show, scientist Robert Piccioni talked about the extraordinary odds required to form a universe by chance that features just the right factors to sustain life. He cited four factors needed for life-- a viable, stable universe, with the right sort of geometry, the necessary atoms to form living entities, an Earth-like habitat, and a genetic code like DNA. "It turns out that DNA is the most sophisticated, the most complex, most beautifully organized thing in the entire universe," he commented.
The simultaneous occurrence of these conditions is statistically highly unlikely to have formed by chance alone, said Piccioni. He concluded that we are left with two possibilities-- that God created life, or some unknown mechanism we haven't discovered yet has an incredible capacity to put all these elements together.
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Will North and South Korea be able to move past the Cold War framework toward peace? Is American President Donald Trump's leadership style just bold and brash enough to convince North Korea's Kim Jong Un that peace and reunification is in everyone's best interest? These are the questions that await an answer as the two-day Summit gets underway.
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2020 American Image Awards
VERY New York Public Relations was privileged to serve as producers of the 2020 American Image Awards. For more than 40 years, the American Apparel & Footwear Association has staged the annual gala as a celebration of the best & brightest in the fashion industry, while raising a serious amount of money to benefit the Council of Fashion Designers of America Foundation (CFDA).
This year, the honorees were as illustrious as ever:
Person of the Year: Kenneth Cole
Company of the Year: Ralph Lauren Corporation
Designer of the Year: Brandon Maxwell (pictured above, holding his award statuette)
Retail Innovator of the Year: Alibaba Group
Fashion Maverick: Bravo Network's Project Runway
The Emcee for the event was the illustrious CNN anchor, Brooke Baldwin. Brooke, along with her C0-Host, the legendary Jeffrey Banks, carried the "attendees" through the evening with grace & style, of course.
The 2020 event was the first ever virtual installment of the annual gala. The format allowed for many surprises that would have proven nearly impossible had the event been live. Cameo appearances were made by the illustrious Carson Kressley, Darienne Lake from RuPaul's Drag Race, designers Rebecca Minkoff & Ruthie Davis, as well as award winning actor & former host of the event Alan Cumming.
None of the cameos, as fantastic as they were, held a candle to the introduction of Kenneth Cole that was a 5 minute, comedic introduction by none other than Mr. Cole's brother-in-law, the Honorable Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State. The Governor left everybody in stitches & brought the event to an ending that will likely be remembered for years to come.
We are beyond honored at the opportunity afforded us by AAFA to produce the annual event. It's been a pleasure & here's to keeping our fingers crossed that this year will not be our last! Bravo AAFA & congratulations to every honoree as well as the CFDA Foundation! Fashion's future is indeed a bright one!
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Song Title Off What Record? Misinterpreted Lyric Actual Lyric Misinterpreter
Possession (not the one by Danzig) Attention! Blah Blah Blah "Steve said, 'The refuge's cornered, all my possessions are busted.'" " Steve says, there's refuge in corners. All my possessions in boxes. Rob Shank?
The Palestinians are Not the Same Thing as the Rebel Alliance, Jackass Attention! Blah Blah Blah "...admit it, you're just like the toting demented sheep mamas after all" "...admit it, you just like posters of men with machine guns on your wall" Derek Norman from Arizona
Anarchy Means That I Litter Redefining Music "...anarchy beef may seem bitter" "...anarchy means that I litter." Sara H. from Chesapeke, VA
Undercover Funny Redefining Music "...Here's the time, more then words, play with yourself, talk to her." "...wake up time for Matt Werth. Pay our loan. Talk to Kurt." Josh Voland
Possession Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4 Compilation "...My hands go verticle, my pants go verticle - its Jackson Pollock (we're talking litteral)." "...my head's gone vertical, my bed's gone vertical. It's not symbolic. We're talking literal." Josh Voland
Upside Down From Here Redefining Music "...here in my own little way is a place where the markets allow my own little plate." "...here is my arm, and it waves like a flag that reminds me that I have two arms and a map." Josh Voland
Atom and His Package self titled CD "and in my arm there's a Judge Ito." "I'm always armed with a burrito." Stewie, Milky Way
Avenger 1st CD "I just wanna be on this web page my name is Steve"" "Avenger" Steve Lucas, York, PA
Punk Rock Academy A Society of People... "well we'll import Tolkien jock and kick his Tolkien ass" "We'll import a token jock and we will kick his token ass." Kristy
Books my dog, the box, Brian Sokel and me 1st CD "Bounty, man it's quicker picker upper" "...foxy man and the glitter picker upper..." Dan Hilton, Greensboro, NC visitor
Pumping Iron For Enya Making Love CD "Your thigh could cause surprise if you let it. I wrote you a love letter. Did you get it?" "Your heart could fall for mine if you let it. I wrote you a love letter, did you get it? " Charlie from Springfield, MA
What We Do on Christmas Making Love CD "Billie joe went straight edge." "Billy Joel, (Let's trade him!)." Sarah from Wilbraham, MA
Jenny S. s/t CD "Did you know Mike Parsell used to read braille?" "Did you know Mike Parsell used to be in Frail?" Mike M., Atlanta, GA
Atom and His Package 1st CD "Where I want is where I go, I've got an arm like Dan Marino" "Where I want is where I go, I'm always armed with a burrito." Shaun Denver, CO
Black Metal Friends A Society of... "you look like a cadaver if cadavers had long hair" "...look like Ink and Dagger, if Ink and Dagger had long hair" Jaime, New York
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "Chris Jensen's teaching science cause he's still burning mouse heads" "Chris Jensen's teaching science and he's still running Mountain." Kim, Annandale, NY
Me and My Black Metal Friends A Society of... "in the montains of nowhere, where the winter is cold, there nothing to do out kiss eath other and play cards in the snow" "In the mountains of Norway, where the weather is cold, there's nothing to do except kill each other and play guitars in the snow." Leonardo, Brazil
Jenny S. A Society of... "She dresses like the home team and she does not give up, She thinks she's a fatass cuz she's now a bosom cup" "She wrestles like the hulkster, no she does not give up. She thinks that she's a bad ass 'cause she now owns the zoo cup" Shoebox, Earth
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "Think about it, You'll agree she's a busy busy mom, hell she even got assf*cked on the day of senior prom" "Think about it, you'll agree, it's the bizzity bizzity bomb, and maybe we'll get Assuck to play the senior prom" Jimmy, Earth
Atom and His Package s/t CD "...i cant fly, i cant dance, and i dont like getting pants-ed" "I can't fly, I can't dance, and I don't like any bands" Julie Rifkin, Wilkes Barre, PA
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "... we'll get sick sick sick wile eating sno cones..." "...we'll get six six six for our radio snow code ..." Alex, Pittsburgh, PA
Atom and His Package 1st CD "... I am the only softest pooping shoe..." "...I am the always often pooping Jew ..." Justin Bourgeois, Albany NY
Atom and His Package 1st CD "... my mother's arm was a burrito..." "...I'm always armed with a burrito ..." Justin Bourgeois, Albany NY
Snowshoe Barbeque 1st CD "... playing with my roommate's boob..." "...playing with my Rubik's boob ..." Karinsa
Happy Birthday Ralph A Society of... "... so for your birthday i got you some hawiian pot on tap say pot so now you can stop borrowing my stuff and try your new moo moo out on me..." "...So for your birthday, I got you some Hawaiian punch on tap (h.p.o.t), so now you can stop borrowing my stuff and trying your new kung fu moves out on me ..." Simon, Pittsburgh PA
Books my dog, the box, Brian Sokel and me 1st CD "...fox semen is a better picker upper" "...foxy man and the glitter picker upper..." Max, Ivy League Student
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "... we'll get the guy from Bad Luck (13) 'cause he's so punk rock yeah!" "...we fired the guy from Bad Religion because he sold punk rock out yeah..." Mike from Delaware
Atom and His Package 1st CD "... listen up, I am Atom, I am a secret g man..." "...listen up, I am Atom, the sequencing man.." Shaun Pants, Pittsfield MA
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "...and 666 was a radio at Sunoco..." "...and 666 for our radio snow code." Daniel Pasinello, Albany NY
Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "Well, import a toking jock and we'll kick his toking ass... "we'll import a token jock and we'll kick his token ass... Daniel Pasinello, Albany NY
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Punk Rock Academy A Society of... "I was chasing the mold in my bowl with a bee" "I was fighting the mold in the bowl with my pee..." Amy Cole, Richmond VA
Avenger 1st CD "Here's how it works, I used to pray to the god of Israel..." "Here's How it works, I use the crane to pick up Israel, (and softly place it in Wyoming, where it thrives real well)" Chad W., Roswell, Georgia
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A decade ago, Black Stone Cherry made its attention-grabbing self-titled debut at David Barrick's Barrick Recording near their hometown of Edmonton, KY. It proclaimed the arrival of a vibrant and exciting new force in Southern rock 'n' roll, a group that played with fire, sang with brimstone and had plenty of cajones -- what other young band, after all, is willing to take on something as iconic as the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things" on its first album?
Flash forward nine years and the BSC crew -- still guitarists Chris Robertson and Ben Wells, bassist Jon Lawhon and drummer John Fred Young -- found themselves back at Barrick, which had relocated and modernized a bit during the intervening years, although its analog mixing board hails from EMI's legendary Abbey Road studios in London. This was hardly the same group of fresh-faced rock nubiles that made the BLACK STONE CHERRY album, either; they'd traveled hundreds of thousands of miles on six continents, written scores more songs and even jousted a bit with the industry. They're family men and homeowners, too -- still rockers to the core but well aware of the "real world" outside the tour bus. So they came into KENTUCKY –- the quartet's first release for Mascot Records -- more seasoned, battle-savvy and focused, ready to come back home and turn everything they'd learned into a set of ambitious and fearless new music.
Then again, BSC is hardly known for restraint, something anyone who's seen the group blaze through any of its live shows can attest to. The story starts on June 4, 2001, in Edmonton, KY, when Robertson and Young, musical playmates since they were teens, were joined by Wells and Florida transplant Lawhon. Encouraged by musician relatives (Young's dad Richard and uncle Fred are two of the Kentucky HeadHunters), the fledging troupe cut its musical teeth at the Practice House, a 1940s bungalow -- pictured on the cover of KENTUCKY -- that had been relocated to a remote field by Young's grandparents. Used first by the HeadHunters and then BSC - its walls covered with posters, concert tickets and other memorabilia - it was as much of a learning space as the high school the four attended.
After releasing the independent "Rock N' Roll Tape" demo, BSC's burgeoning reputation got the group a label deal, and BLACK STONE CHERRY was followed by FOLKLORE AND SUPERSTITION, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA and MAGIC MOUNTAIN, which spawned rock radio favorites such as "Lonely Train," "Blind Man," "White Trash Millionaire" and "Me and Mary Jane." The group's muscular style and homespun attitude connected particularly well overseas, where its last three albums hit No. 1 on the U.K. rock charts – MAGIC MOUNTAIN debuted Top 5 on the U.K. album chart overall - making that the perfect place to film and record the scorching concert souvenir "THANK YOU LIVIN' LIVE, BIRMINGHAM UK OCTOBER 30, 2014.
"For us it's realizing we're a live band -- that's where people are really sold on us and where we cut our teeth," says Wells. "So in writing the riffs and writing the songs for KENTUCKY, we had that in mind. We'd say 'OK, how is this gonna go over live in a festival setting? How is this gonna go over live in a club? Is this what our fans expect?' That was our whole mindset, just to get back to where we were when we first started and 'Let's not overthink this. Let's go in there and make the riffs cool and heavy. Let's just do it.'"
KENTUCKY does it from the get-go, letting loose with the meaty groove of the appropriately named "The Way of the Future," and fellow heavyweights such as "Shakin' My Cage," "Rescue Me," "Hangman" and the metallic "In Our Dreams," which was co-written with Bob Marlette (Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Seether, Saliva). "We wanted to write a song to show the struggle people faced in a situation of disparity, who when presented with danger and chaos could rise above the physical world and escape to another dimension of peace," explains the band of "In Our Dreams." The group's rendition of Edwin Starr's Motown classic "War," besides being eerily timely, features a full brass attack from Jonas Butler and Ryan Stiles, while "Soul Machine" shows that BSC knows how to get a deeply funky groove, complete with backing vocals by Sandra Dye and Toynnia Dye. "Long Ride," meanwhile, is a testament of devotion, whose anthemic chorus will have fists pumping into the air whenever the group pulls it out in concert.
"The songs came off more pure and not forced on this album," says Lawhon. "A lot of bands will get very political about things and be like, 'We need this kind of song' or 'We need this batch of songs for this part of our audience' and so on. With us, we just write. Once we feel like we've got the record, that's when we sit back and think about marketing angles and all that. The songs come first and foremost."
BSC is particularly proud that KENTUCKY was not only made at home but also features a corps of hometown players adding their magic to the songs, including Chris Carmichael (strings), Paul Hatchett (organ), Chad Lockhart (vocals), Boone Frogget (vocals), and Andrea Tanaro (vocals). "This album IS Kentucky," Robertson says with palpably fierce pride. "Everyone who plays on it is from Kentucky. It's in their blood just like it's in ours, and they added so much to the record."
KENTUCKY will, of course, send BSC away from Kentucky and back to its second home on the road, with a fresh batch of songs Lawhon notes, "were meant to be played live." And it's key to remember that it's the same four guys playing it now as it was in Edmonton, when they were wet behind the ears and ready to put on some miles.
"It's cool we've been able to be the same four guys just doing it, putting out albums. You don't see that many bands who are the same members after all these years," says Wells. "We're friends first, and from the beginning it's always been four equals. That's what's kept us together. We're all in it, all on the team. It takes four of us to lead the band, not just one." And, Robertson adds, everyone in BSC shares the same credo.
"Music is life, life is music," he says. "It's faith, family and music. Those are the things that are quintessential for my life -- for all our lives."


This is the second in a series of blog entries exploring the metrics used for assessing dominance hierarchies: see the introductory post for the rationale behind doing this, with other metrics visible through the index page.
Clutton-Brock et al. (1979) were interested in giving a metric to fighting success in red deer stags, where individuals were studied over long periods of time. Studying any network system over longer periods of time is going to cause a problem, as the status of individuals may change during that period (see Rands 2014 for some discussion of this problem), and the authors of this paper were aware that a male's dominance could change within a mating period as his energy levels flagged or he became injured. Simply counting the number of fights won and lost will not give a very accurate reflection of how an individual is placed within the herd, as his success is also going to depend upon the idntities of the individuals he beats: a male who consistently fights and wins against weak opponents is not necessarily going to be of similar quality to a male who consistently fights and wins against strong opponents. So, Clutton-Brock and colleagues designed a simple metric that takes account of the quality of opponents individuals win and lose against.
Figure 1: all winner/loser interactions within a group. As depicted in the box, the arrow denotes which individual is the winner W or loser L in a connected pair.
To gauge an individual animal's fighting success, you need to calculate B, the number of other animals that the focal individual has won against, and note the identities of all the losers. For each of these marked losers, you also need to calculate the number of individuals that they in turn have beaten, and sum these to give Σb. Because we define one individual in an interacting pair as a winner, and the other a loser, this means that none of the summed interactions contributing to Σb are against the focal individual.
As well as assessing wins, you also need to calculate L, the number of other individuals that the focal loses against. These winning animals are marked and the summed number of animals that they themselves lose against is calculated, giving Σl.
where the "+1" term on both the top and bottom of the equation allows a meaningful metric to be calculated for individuals that are either never seen to win or lose.
Following Figure 2, we see that B = 8, Σb = 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 8, L = 3, and Σl = 2 + 2 + 0 = 4. So, DCB = (8 + 8 + 1)/(3 + 4 + 1) = 2.125 for the black individual. Similarly, using the reasoning given in Figure 3, DCB =1.167 for the blue individual.
A larger value of DCB will notify a greater fighting ability, and the maximum size of the statistic within an observed group is going to depend on both the size of the group and the maximum number of other animals that each individual in the group interacts with. In their original paper, Clutton-Brock and his colleagues found DCB for red deer ranged between 0 and a little over 3.
This is a simple statistic to compute, but I would caution that it should really only be used for comparing individuals within a group, given that it is dependent upon both group size and number of interactions recorded. The metric is also dependent upon observed relationships being fixed: an individual that wins an interaction will always win future interactions with the same opponent. This suggests that caution should be used if this metric were to be transferred to observed interactions where the dynamic between a dyad could change over time.
Technical Note: The network diagrams were drawn on a Mac with Dia Diagram Editor (open source freeware), and coerced into nice smooth images with GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program: open source freeware).
This is the first in a series of blog entries exploring the metrics used for assessing dominance hierarchies. The previous introductory post explains the rationale behind doing this. An index page will give detailed links to other metrics within this blog.
I'll start with giving details for how to calculate the Dominance Index metric described by Zumpe & Michael (1986), which uses counts of agonistic encounters to generate individual scores, which can then be used to suggest a hierarchy. Using this technique is possible with pen and paper, so I may be giving a bit more detail of the nuts and bolts than I will with some of the more complex metrics. This technique is intended to give the user a 'cardinal ranking' – rather than just sorting the interacting individuals into a ranked order, this technique provides a way of assigning each individual a weighting statistic. The authors suggest that this could be useful for assessing how individual dominance changes over time, if different datasets are used.
For example, A directs aggression towards H on seven occasions. Note also that no aggressive interactions are observed between G and K.
For example, H displays submissive behaviours to G on 11 occasions. Note also that no submissive behaviours were recorded between H and K.
65.3% = (55.6% + 75.0%) / 2.
Finally, the Dominance Index for each of the group members is calculated as the mean of the averages calculated for each focal individual, as given in table 5b. For example, the dominance index for A is calculated as 73.4% = (65.3% + 69.2% + 85.7%) / 3.
From this, we can use the Dominance Index rankings to construct a hierarchy. In this case, A > G > H > K.
The metric falls apart when there are no aggressive or submissive acts recorded within a pairing, which means that no average score can be recorded in table 5a. This could potentially be remedied by observing the interacting individuals until some agonistic interaction is recorded, but it may be that the non-interacting individuals are able to assess each other without needing to interact (using alternative cues, or through recognising each other from earlier unrecorded interactions). This metric is therefore not ideal if some individuals do not interact with others.
Similarly, a dataset which records few interactions between individuals may be biased by a few anomalous recorded encounters. However, using mean percentages (as calculated in table 5b) removes biases that could be introduced by simply scoring the overall number of 'wins' in dyadic agonistic encounters for each individual, which may be incorrectly inflated by many interactions with a small subset of the group members. I'm also curious to see what happens when a group consists of two or more subgroups where interactions tend to be within rather than between subgroups.
Many interactions between group-living individuals can be influenced by hierarchies that exist between the interactors. These interactions can be measured in lots of different ways, and once measured, whatever has been scored needs to be processed to give a reproducible estimate of the shape of these interactions.
What this means in practice if you're starting a new project with a new study organism is that you spend a lot of time thinking about what behaviours to record, and how to record them, but don't really give consideration to the means of crunching these numbers down to something meaningful at the end. Good experimental design implies that the analysis has been considered during the design of the experiment, but this intermediate stage of generating 'raw' information about any hierarchies that are in place may be left out, meaning that something has to be cobbled together post hoc after the work has been done. This is never ideal!
Having supervised a fair number of projects where exactly this has been done, I've decided to try and get my head around the various statistics out there that are designed for assessing and ranking hierarchies. Some of these are fairly straightforward, and some are slightly more involved, dipping into social network analysis and other emerging fields in animal behaviour. To make this a useful exercise, I'll attempt to put together a how-to guide for using them, aimed at researchers with a mixed range of skills in manipulating numbers, and where time permits, I'll try and add in some practice examples. How well this works depends upon both my own understanding, the time I have available, and the limitations of inputting maths into a WordPress blog!
What I won't be doing (at least, initially) is being particularly critical about which techniques work best: this is a voyage of discovery for me too! I also won't be focussing on what dominance is for, why it exists, and how it does or doesn't drive particular group behaviours (but I do discuss how leadership decisions don't necessarily depend upon the hierarchy present in Rands et al. 2008 and Rands 2011). This series of blog postings will take a little time to put together (An index page will give detailed links to other metrics within this blog), so if you're looking for general advice on the sort of indices that are out there, I strongly recommend hunting down a copy of the excellent book by Hal Whitehead (pages 186-195 in particular).


How warm is this sleeping bag? What sleeping bag do I need for camping next week?
These questions and others are regularly asked in the shop and as ever the answer is not simple. You will probably noticed that sleeping bags have various temperature ratings associated with them, they are usually sewn onto the bag or printed on.
But what do they mean? All bags sold in the EU now need to be checked for warmth or thermal ability under EN 13537 which was supposed to standardise and simplify the system for sleeping bag ratings. I am not sure this was achieved given the explanation of the rating system below.
Upper Limit — the temperature at which a standard man can sleep without excessive perspiration. It is established with the hood and zippers open and with the arms outside of the bag.
These tests are carried out in the lab using probes on a standard man or woman manequin (is anyone standard?) laid on a sleeping pad, in a tent wearing 1 layer of thermal clothing.
It might be just me, but this does not help at all when deciding which bag is right for me. You may buy a bag that quotes the extreme as -12c thinking it will be nice and warm at 0c hwne in fact you will have a miserable night.
Some manufaturers have tried to simplify this by using Comfort, Transition and Risk.
Clearly the Extreme/Risk must be ignored, who wants hypothermia when camping?
The Lower Limit/Transition is also worth ignoring as most people do not sleep in a 'curled position', again its hardly the criteria for a happy experience.
So the only ratings worth looking at are Comfort and Upper Limit. Even these are a rough guide as so much depends on other factors.
The biggest 'other' factor is what you sleep on, generally speaking any insulation underneath you is worth twice that of insulation over you. In real terms cheap infaltable airbeds offer no insulation and will make sure the user is cold all night, closed cell foam mats are little better. To insulate effectively look at Thermarest mats or Vango mats to keep the cold away, their thermal rating is far higher than anything else, they also have the added bonus of being much comfier.
Your choice of bag will also depend on your own sleeping habits, are you a warm or cold person? will you use the hood and drawcords?
To conclude our advice is to buy a Thermarest or Vango mat to sleep on and to buy a bag that is warmer than you think you need - its easier to make a bag cooler (undo the zips etc) than warmer. Ignore all the temperature ratings apart from the Comfort and Upper, Comfort will work for most men and Upper for most women.
You could be forgiven for thinking this bag would be OK at -18c when in fact you would be hospitalised with Hyperthermia and/or frostbite. This bag will, in fact, only be OK down to 3c at the lower end.


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After receiving feedback from consumers and grocery store buyers, Mason Dixie Biscuit Co. revamped its packaging. Source: Mason Dixie Biscuit Co.
The top used Instagram photo filters currently revolve around four visual techniques: brightening, sharpening, saturation and contrasting. It's all about posting a photo that will stand out in the social feed.
Many baking and snack companies designing or redesigning their packages are on a similar track; in fact, one could say they're channeling the same filters used on Instagram — but this time it's to stand out on store shelves.
An upbeat color palette that's bright with high saturation helps a brand pop and also differentiates one flavor in the brand from another. To contrast and add depth, these colors are typically paired with a base of black or white for modern packaging.
Hanover, Pa.-based Boulder Canyon's original chip packages included a variety of darker-toned shades. Its new design incorporates white and one highly saturated color — green, lime green, red, purple, blue, or orange — that covers half of the chip bag. Additionally, the outdoor-mindset company uses this contrast in its overarching design of a nature scene that uses the bright color as a landscape and white for the sky, with chips acting as mountains connecting the two.
The new bar wrappers from R.E.D.D., based in Portland, Maine, put vibrant background colors with white lettering and feature the company's tagline "Radiant Energy Deliciously Delivered." The goal was to change its bar branding approach to reflect the young consumer perception that eating well and looking good are connected.
"When looking at our audience, and also at bigger consumer trends in the marketplace, we found that pop colors and playful graphics complement the lifestyle of the millennial generation who see nutrition, fashion, and social media as all interconnected ways of self- expression," said Peter Van Alstine, chief executive officer, R.E.D.D.
Contrasting colors also give packaging a clean look, which is essential for making information visible. Companies use terms to describe their modern design goals like "clean," "easy to read," and "simple," showing the push for clarity.
In January, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Z Crackers changed its packaging to include a bright and sharp design that emphasizes its brand name on the front.
With health and wellness still at the forefront of consumers' preferences, purchasers are looking for diet and ingredient callouts, so easy-to-read fonts are also crucial. This includes emphasizing what ingredients are included in the product, how much of that ingredient is included and what kind of diet it is accommodating.
While people posting on social media use filters to make everyday life brighter, more colorful and sharper, they also are always mindful that they want their photos to look authentic. In the same way, baking and snack companies can develop engaging packaging and bring in the realness aspect.
The artisan crackers from Z Crackers come in recyclable clear tubs so that consumers can see their product they're buying. Oat My Goodness', Potomac, Md., new stand-up pouches have a clear, front-of-bag window that showcases the granola clusters. This transparency can be a way for consumers to verify the ingredient simplicity described on the packaging itself, too.
Another way to promote the product visually is including an authentic replica of it on the package. The old fig bar design from Nature's Bakery, Reno, Nev., showcased figs on the front, but its new package has a picture of the actual fig bars for "appetizing product imagery." This method allows for consistent packaging materials while bringing the realness consumers are looking for when shopping.
As modern packaging moves more mainstream, it's important that a design represents and is inspired by a brand. This will set companies apart in addition to the contrasted coloring and sharp art. So just like scrolling through Instagram, the filter — or package design elements — will peak someone's curiosity and make them stop in their tracks.


Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers, investors, and competitors. Often, this involves radical changes to a brand's logo, name, image, marketing strategy, and advertising themes. Such changes typically aim to reposition the brand/company, occasionally to distance itself from negative connotations of the previous branding, or to move the brand upmarket; they may also communicate a new message a new board of directors wishes to communicate.


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Throughout November, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions hosted a series of hearings seeking to understand why there isn't an implementation plan for the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in England, and what impact this is having on rare disease patients and families.
Supported by Rare Disease UK, the APPG met with representatives from the Department of Health and its arm's length bodies to discuss the implementation of the Strategy's 51 commitments which address patients' treatment and care, as well as research into rare diseases. All four nations of the UK have agreed to implement the Strategy by 2020. While the departments of health in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all developed implementation plans, the Department of Health in England has not.
At the initial hearing held on Tuesday 1 November in Portcullis House, Westminster, APPG members heard directly about the impact the absence of an implementation plan is having on the diagnosis and care rare disease patients receive. Patients and patient representatives attending felt that:
There was a lack of coordination between health and social care services, something the Strategy aims to improve.
The absence of an implementation plan for England is detrimental for the devolved nations. Without an implementation plan, it is not clear which body in England health services in the devolved nations should coordinate with.
Leaving the EU could have a negative impact on research collaboration and patients' access to clinical trials.
It too often falls to patient organisations to fill gaps in coordination of care, service provision and research.
Patients face a number of mental health problems resulting from both neurological changes that occur with their condition, and the psychological impact of living with a rare disease. Rare disease patients' mental health is often overlooked in their care coordination.
At the second hearing, on Monday 7 November, representatives from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health were given the opportunity to respond to issues raised by the patient community and address concerns about the absence of an implementation plan in England. It was recognised that the NIHR, its Rare Disease Translational Research Collaboration (RD-TRC), and PHE were supporting developments to implement a number of the Strategy's commitments concerning research and patient empowerment. The RD-TRC's work on public and patient involvement in research provided just numerous examples of best practice. Patient representatives nonetheless felt that it was difficult to communicate these positive developments to patients without a document outlining the overall plan for implementing the 51 commitments. The Department of Health explained its contribution to successful projects such as the 100,000 Genomes Project and the development of European Reference Networks.
The final hearing on Tuesday 15 November provided representatives from NICE and NHS England with the opportunity to contribute to the APPG's inquiry and respond to issues raised at earlier hearings. Because it is not able to influence all 51 commitments outlined in the Strategy, NHS England felt it should not be responsible for developing an implementation plan. NHSE and NICE outlined how the two bodies have progressed with the implementation of a number of commitments relating to access to medicines, patient involvement in commissioning decisions and coordination across health and social care systems.
Evidence collected at these hearings, along with that submitted by patients and stakeholders, was used by the APPG to develop a report outlining its findings, and calling for the Department of Health to develop an implementation plan.
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text: Q: Tagging or labeling with Jenkins and Visual Studio Online We are in the early stages of using Visual Studio Online (VSO) for version control and Jenkins to build, test, and deploy. (No option to change from VSO at this point.) Things are working to build, test, and deploy but there is currently no tagging/labeling happening. Is using tf.exe the only way to accomplish tagging with Jenkins and VSO? I've seen some Jenkins plugins that tag and facilitate the release process with Git and other SCMs but not VSO or TFS so far. Does anyone know of any ways of doing this rather than tf.exe from the command line? Any ideas would be much appreciated.