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Springsteen Makes the Obama Favorite Songs List for 2019
December 31, 2019 December 30, 2019 / johnfea
Read the entire list at Rolling Stone:
"Sometimes You Just Need a Song That Says Everything"
A friend of mine just posted Booker T. and the M.G.'s "Green Onions" on Facebook with the comment: "Sometime you just need a song that says everything. I am hard-pressed to think of a better song for that purpose than this one."
Nice work, Dan!
What is the Greatest Song Ever Sung By a New Jersey Artist?
November 20, 2019 November 19, 2019 / johnfea
Vote at the Asbury Park Press. The ballot includes song by Bon Jovi, Count Basie, The Four Seasons, Gloria Gaynor, Connie Francis, Whitney Houston, The Isley Brothers, The Misfits, and Patty Smith.
My vote:
Avett Brothers Bassist Bob Crawford Talks History
Check out Ashley Layne's Substream Magazine interview with Bob Crawford, bass player for the Avett Brothers. Then go to Episode 53 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast and listen to our interview with Crawford.
Here is a taste of Layne's interview:
So the band definitely has southern roots and deep ties to an historically conservative state, was there hesitation at all to include songs like "Bang Bang" and "We Americans" on the album? Were you scared of being too pointed and divisive?
Well, no. There was a conversation about "Bang Bang" with Scott and Seth. You know what's great about it is, it's a conversation starter. So, I think that needs to be pointed out. I think it also needs to be pointed out that the song is written from a personal viewpoint of a real-world situation. So, I think that is important to recognize, as well. This is a song that was good for us as a group, mainly Scott and Seth, because it allowed them to engage in a difficult conversation.
I look at "Bang Bang" and "We Americans" differently. I fell in love with American History in 2004, and I began just reading. I started with the David McCullough books. I had a curiosity about American history that I still have to this day. I have a history podcast called The Road to Now; it's something I am very serious about. I am getting my masters in history, so when I heard "We Americans" that Seth wrote, I knew Seth was reading Henry Adams so I was like, 'Oh, this is the natural result of Seth reading Henry Adams.' Henry Adams has the greatest prose of any historian on the face of the planet. To read his historical text is to read literature it's so beautifully written. Seth also writes beautiful prose and he's a wordsmith, so, yeah, of course (Seth) nailed the content.
When you read history there were narratives that were, until the past 50 years, not told, but were real narratives. "We Americans" checks out. I often said to Seth, I hope you have a bibliography for this song because historians are gonna want to see it.
I put "We Americans" in the bucket with "This Land is Your Land." And I think what's great about "We Americans" is it goes from the idea of patriotism to paying tribute and respect. So the saying I always have is: the good, the bad, the ugly of American History. Being an American, you need to be able to recognize and somehow deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly of American history. I think what "We Americans" does, it recognizes that we need to have a certain love of our country and patriotism, but the song ends with recognizing love of God as being greater than love of country and love of one another as being greater. That's what it means to me. I think it's a great song. And, I think it's a lot different than "Bang Bang" in terms of what's controversial about it. I don't think the subject matter of "We Americans" is controversial at all, I don't think it should be.
Read the entire interview here.
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These are the Songs Springsteen Has Played Live the Most
October 2, 2019 October 2, 2019 / johnfea
Radio.com ranks them:
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Eric Alterman on Springsteen: "World-famous rock stars don't come any menschier"
October 1, 2019 / johnfea
Eric Alterman, a professor of English at Brooklyn College, is a contributor to the recently released collection Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen (Rutgers University Press, 2019). His essay in the book is titled "Growing Up With Bruce Springsteen: A Fan's Notes." Here is a taste of an excerpt of that essay published in today's New York Times:
Bruce Springsteen is the son of Catholic parents and grandparents. There is no ambiguity on this point. And yet, in much the same way that New York football fans have casually annexed the stadium across the river to root for what they like to pretend is their "home" team, some Jewish Springsteen fans are devoted to proving that New Jersey's favorite Irish Italian son is, if not actually Jewish, nevertheless somehow Jew-ish. Perhaps you thought young Bruce was mostly singing about cars, girls, and getting the hell out of town before he switched gears to focus on the dignity of working folk, the broken promises of the American dream, and more cars and girls. But amid the empty factories, crowded barstools, and swimming holes that constitute the foundation of the Springsteen oeuvre, some detect a whiff of the Chosen.
Read the rest here.
Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen!
September 23, 2019 / johnfea
The Boss turns 70 today.
I don't have time today for original commentary, so here are a few good things online:
The 50 best Springsteen covers on his 70th birthday. (TWOILH reader Barton Price contributed to this list!0
Brian Hiatt, author of Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs, offers seven thoughts.
National Public Radio features a new edited collection on Springsteen out with Rutgers University Press.
Billboard offers 18 reasons to celebrate Bruce's birthday.
Nj.com has completed its list of the 70 greatest Springsteen songs.
Jonathan Cohen, editor of the aforementioned edited collection, shows how Democratic presidential candidates are using Springsteen's music.
The *Western Stars* Documentary is Coming
August 16, 2019 / johnfea
Springsteen's most recent album, Western Stars, will be the subject of a music documentary that Warner Brothers will release this Fall. Here is Variety:
Warner Bros. has nabbed global rights to "Western Stars," the upcoming music documentary co-directed by Bruce Springsteen. The film will be released on the big screen and will open in theaters this fall after its world premiere at September's Toronto International Film Festival.
"Western Stars" is Springsteen's first studio album in five years and the film marks his directorial debut. It weaves in archival footage along with Springsteen's narration, and shows him performing all 13 songs on the album, alongside a band and a full orchestra, in a nearly 100-year-old barn on the singer's property.
The film was also overseen by Thom Zimny, a frequent Springsteen collaborator. Zimny directed the Boss in "Springsteen on Broadway" and "Bruce Springsteen: Hunter of Invisible Game" (2014), and picked up a Grammy Award for "Wings on Wheels: The Making of Born to Run" (2005).
"Bruce lives in the super rarified air of artists who have blazed new and important trails deep into their careers," said Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Picture Group. "With 'Western Stars,' Bruce is pivoting yet again, taking us with him on an emotional and introspective cinematic journey, looking back and looking ahead. As one of his many fans for over 40 years, I couldn't be happier to be a rider on this train with Bruce and Thom."
The 20 Best Keyboard Intros of All Time?
August 10, 2019 August 10, 2019 / johnfea	/ 4 Comments
This is fun to watch, but how can anyone make a list of this type and not include "Professor" Roy Bittan's piano intro to Springteen's "Jungleland" or Dennis DeYoung's intro to Styx's "Come Sail Away?" Seriously? 🙂
HT: Larry Eskridge
Watching Bruce Springsteen Watch a Movie
August 9, 2019 August 8, 2019 / johnfea
Mike Ryan of Uproxx has a nice piece about the Asbury Park premiere of the Springsteen-inspired movie Blinded by the Light. Here is a taste:
Look, if there's one thing I don't even try to "play it cool" about it's my unadulterated love for Bruce Springsteen. I'm sort of partially serious when I claim that back in 2004 I moved to New York City for more access to Springsteen concerts. (My number of shows attended has ballooned substantially over the last 15 years.) Anyway, somehow, in all this time, I have never been to Asbury Park, New Jersey. On Wednesday night, Blinded by the Light – a love letter of a movie about the music of Bruce Springsteen that I first saw back at Sundance and adored – was having its premiere in Asbury Park. This seemed to be a good time to go to Asbury Park.
So, here's a little bit of backstory about Bruce Springsteen and this movie: Blinded by the Light, directed by Gurinder Chadha, is based on Sarfraz Manzoor's book about growing up in a Pakistani family while living in English town of Luton and falling in love with Springsteen's music. Springsteen pretty much gave this production full access to his catalog – using a Springsteen song in a movie usually costs a pretty penny – and, boy, Blinded by the Light did not skimp on the Springsteen music. So, of course, when Blinded by the Light premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, there were countless rumors Bruce himself would be making the trip to Park City, Utah.
Now, I've seen Bruce roughly 26 (maybe 27, I haven't counted recently) times but I've never caught one of his "secret" or "rumored" shows. Basically, let's say, oh, Joe Grushecky is playing a gig at The Stone Pony or Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, there's maybe a five percent chance Bruce shows up to just jam. This will never, ever be announced. And most of the time you're just going to wind up getting a full Joe Grushecky set. But, on those rare occasions, the lucky people there will get to basically be transported back in time to the early 1970s, before Born to Run, where they get to see Bruce Springsteen just hanging out in a bar playing guitar. It's every Springsteen fan's dream.
Read the entire piece here.
And here is a glimpse of Springsteen's mini-concert with Southside Johnny on Wednesday night:
Historian Louis Masur on Teaching Springsteen
August 3, 2019 / johnfea	/ 3 Comments
Masur teaches history at Rutgers University and is the author of Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision. This Fall he is teaching a course titled "Springsteen's American Vision." In this short interview, Masur talks about the course:
What can students learn in your course about why Springsteen's music is so important?
"I begin the course with Elvis Presley, then go into Bob Dylan, and then most importantly, Springsteen. I want students to understand how each musical icon was directly inspired by the greats before them. I also want them to see how music plays a vital part in protest and activism as each of these musicians have inspired and created change. I have to push against the idea that this course will be easy, so I assign lots of reading and writing assignments that force students to engage the work and make critical arguments about its meaning.
"Great musicians are always in conversation with what's going on in the culture and in individual lives. Springsteen once said his life's work was "judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." Springteen's album "Wrecking Ball," for example, was about the recession of 2008, and it told the stories of people who lost their homes and their path on the American dream. His album "The Rising" offered a reflection on the 9/11 attacks. His music helps us answer questions like "how do we survive?" and "how do we go on?" Good music inhabits the lives of others and tells moving stories like great fiction. Every generation will go through a deep hardship where they search for meaning, and great music will help them get there.
"There is also the other side of Springsteen I want students to know and that is what rock n' roll is all about. Rock n' roll offers release and works as a catharsis during tough times. It brings people together and it forms a community. That's the side of him that explains why he has so many fans who return to his work time and again. At live shows, they feel transformed. I want my students to understand that and to experience it."
Springsteen Will Release a Film Featuring *Western Stars*
July 12, 2019 July 11, 2019 / johnfea
And he has also released some live performance footage form 1973. Here is Spirit in the Night:
Here is a taste of a Scott Bernstein's coverage at JamBase:
Bruce Springsteen dug into his archives and has started to upload live performance footage filmed in 1973 to his YouTube channel. Additionally, Springsteen called into SiriusXM's E Street Radio and revealed a film based on his recently released Western Stars studio album is coming by the end of 2019.
"We made a film of us playing the Western Stars album start to finish, plus some other things," The Boss said as per Variety. "I knew we weren't going to tour, so I figured this was the best way to do it." Springsteen explained the film was directed by longtime collaborator Thom Zimmy. "[The film] is looking good — that will be exciting," the 69-year-old musician said.
On May 1, 1973 Bruce Springsteen and his band played the 2,000-capacity Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles as the opening act for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show and New Riders of The Purple Sage. The band, which wouldn't be known as the E Street Band until September of 1974, featured original drummer Vini Lopez as well as saxophonist Clarence Clemons, bassist Garry Tallent and pianist Danny Federici. The Boss unveiled professionally-shot footage of "Spirit In The Night" and "Wild Billy's Circus Story" from the Ahmanson Theatre concert on YouTube.
"Spirit In The Night" features Springsteen on piano, while "Wild Billy's Circus Story" sees Bruce playing acoustic guitar. Bruce Springsteen recorded a studio version of the former for inclusion on his 1973 debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, which came out four months before the concert in Los Angeles. A studio version of "Wild Billy's Circus Story" would make it onto The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle when the LP was released in November of 1973.
Song of the Day: Nostalgia Upon Nostalgia
June 28, 2019 / johnfea
I found Springsteen's new album in a bookstore in the Naples train station. Napoli loves Bruce!
I am really enjoying Bruce Springsteen's new album Western Stars. Like I usually do when Springsteen releases a new album, I have been listening to Western Stars on repeat. (It has been nice to take a break from the Hamilton soundtrack). Last week I was walking and riding around Rome, Positano, San Felice-Circeo, Sorrento, and Capri listening to the album. Western Stars was released on June 14, 2019. I am guessing I have listened to it about 100 times so far. In fact, I am listening to it as I type these words.
So far my favorite song–the last on the album–is "Moonlight Motel." Springsteen tells the story of an old roadside motel somewhere in the west. The narrator spent a lot of time at the motel with a woman he loved. The relationship is now over (did she die?) and the man reflects nostalgically on the old motel:
There's a place on a blank stretch of road where
Nobody travels and nobody goes and the Deskman says these days 'round here
Two young folks could probably up and disappear into
Rustlin' sheets, a sleepy corner room
Into the musty smell
Of wilted flowers and
Lazy afternoon hours
At the Moonlight Motel
Now the pool's filled with empty, eight-foot deep
Got dandelions growin' up through the cracks in the concrete
Chain-link fence half-rusted away
Got a sign says "Children be careful how you play"
Your lipstick taste and your whispered secret I promised I'd never tell
A half-drunk beer and your breath in my ear
Well then it's bills and kids and kids and bills and the ringing of the bell
Across the valley floor through the dusty screen door
Of the Moonlight Motel
Last night I dreamed of you, my lover
And the wind blew through the window and blew off the covers
Of my lonely bed, I woke to something you said
That it's better to have loved, yeah it's better to have loved
As I drove, there was a chill in the breeze
And leaves tumbled from the sky and fell
Onto a road so black as I backtracked
To the Moonlight Motel
She was boarded up and gone like an old summer song
Nothing but an empty shell
I pulled in and stopped into my old spot
I pulled a bottle of Jack out of a paper bag
Poured one for me and one for you as well
Then it was one more shot poured out onto the parking lot
I am struck by the layers of nostalgia in this song. Obviously the Moonlight Motel was new once. The pool was filled with water. The fence was not rusted. Children played on the property. One could easily write a song about how the motel has faded and become just another run-down stop in a place on a "blank stretch of road." That would be one kind of nostalgia.
But Springsteen longs for the run-down days of the Moonlight Motel, when the pool was empty, the flowers were wilted, and the rooms were musty. This was the motel where he fell in love. Springsteen likes to write about things that are in ruins.
And let's not forget that the entire album draws upon a 1970s California sound that is not around anymore and for which Springsteen seems nostalgic. This is the music of Glenn Campbell (listen to "Sundown"), Jimmy Webb, and Burt Bacharach (listen to "There Goes My Miracle").
So many layers.
May 21, 2019 May 20, 2019 / johnfea
"Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll"
April 24, 2019 April 23, 2019 / johnfea
Also, why is Bruce wearing an Eagles hat?
When Dylan Covered Springsteen
Here is a recording of Bob Dylan playing Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" at show in New Haven, Connecticut on January 12, 1990:
Learn more at Rolling Stone.
Springsteen's Masculinity
This is a great piece by Canadian writer and poet Carter Vance. Here is a taste of his The Smart Set piece, "Walk Like a Man: What I Learned from Bruce Springsteen":
For all the working-class power bona fides in Springsteen's music, though, I still come back to the men that populate the stories he tells. In many ways, they are traditional masculine archetypes, guys who work physical jobs during the day and burn rubber in big cars at night, but they are also so much more. By turns, they are sensitive, loving, defeated, angered, worldly enough to know they cannot speak for everyone but trying to better their empathy nonetheless. With the modern search for a model of masculinity which is untainted by toxicities of misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of bigotry, the greatest hope that the men in Springsteen's songs give us is that this is possible. They are still distinctly masculine, but in a way that allows in complexity of feeling, solidarity with those different from them (not for nothing was Springsteen drafted to write and perform the title song to Philadelphia, the first mainstream American film to deal sympathetically with the AIDS crisis) and loving, loyal connection to their families and communities.
In short, the Springsteen man, if not necessarily Bruce Springsteen himself, is someone I keep aspiring to be.
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Paul Reuter reflected on his brother at St. Anthony of Padua Church in south St. Louis at a prayer service and presentation of the first Dismas Award, given posthumously to his brother, a priest of the Franciscan province based in St. Louis. The province accepted the award on behalf of Father Reuter from the national Dismas Ministry, which serves prisoners with free Catholic Scripture, faith and prayer resources. Father Reuter died June 30 at age 79 following complications from back surgery.
The Reuter boys and their sister, Roselyn Simila, grew up in St. George Parish in Affton and attended the parish school. The family had several relatives on both parents' side who were Franciscan priests and visited St. Anthony Parish often, so it was no surprise when Christian Reuter entered the seminary. They beamed with pride when he was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1966 and when he served as a teacher, counselor and principal at Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago, which has a mission of educating African-American males, and as pastor of two African-American congregations in Chicago.
Their joy continued when Father Reuter was one of three Franciscans assigned to the Belleville, Ill., Diocese in 2002 to establish a Franciscan presence in East St. Louis, Ill. Bishop Wilton Gregory appointed him to direct prison ministry for the diocese. His role was to coordinate services in 12 prisons and other jails, said Franciscan Father Carroll Mizicko, pastor of St. Augustine Parish in East St. Louis. At the time, only three or four priests and a few other volunteers visited prisons in the diocese, "and by the time he died, over 50 priests, deacons and laypeople worked in prison ministry in the diocese," Father Mizicko said.
Father Reuter, with help from retired Bishop Stanley G. Schlarman of Dodge City, Kan., and Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, began Our Brother's Keepers, a re-entry project to assist returning citizens when they leave prisons, a ministry that thrives today.
Ron Zeilinger of Dismas Ministry said that when people in prison understand they are a child of God, they grasp that they can begin a new life. Father Reuter, he said, "remains a driving force" for reform of the criminal justice system.
As a young priest of the 1960s, Father Reuter was involved in the Civil Rights movement. When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago, it was widely reported that the priest drove a truck that the Civil Rights leader used to deliver his speeches and experienced bricks being thrown at them from people opposed to the message of justice and equality for all.
Brian Nelson, who spent 12 years in solitary confinement at Tamms SuperMax Prison, told the Belleville Messenger of the many times Father Chris came to see him and the other inmates. "He walked into that ugly, depressing and terrifying place, but treated all men of faith and those without faith as human beings guided by the caring hand of God as a beacon of light to wash away evil and oppression," Nelson said.
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• Grew out of the dreams of prison ministers in the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, Ill. After several years of experience inside the prisons of southern Illinois and with an ever-increasing awareness of parolees' recidivism, they concluded that action needed to be taken to help the released avoid returning to prison as well.
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Highest aviation alert level issued after Alaskan volcano erupts
Cloud from eruption reached at least 35,000 feet, possibly as high as 45,000 feet
A volcanic eruption Sunday prompted the temporary raising of the highest aviation alert, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Sunday.The event, which took place on Alaska's Bogoslof Island, part of the Aleutian island chain, caused the issuance of a code "red" aviation alert, which was subsequently downgraded to "orange."The cloud from the eruption reached at least 35,000 ft., and possibly as high as 45,000 ft., the Observatory said."We actually went to color code red this afternoon because of numerous lightning detections and increased seismic signals," Jeffrey Freymueller of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks tells CNN."Lightning in the Aleutians is mostly due to volcanic plumes, as the meteorological conditions for lightning are not common," Freymueller said."The combination of lightning and seismic data allowed us to go to red within about half an hour of the start of the eruption."The eruption lasted for about 50 minutes, the AVO said.Flight path concernThe volcano sits under the flight path of many flights from Asia to North America and its ash cloud could adversely affect aircraft. "Ash and aircraft do not mix, as volcanic ash is abrasive, melts at jet engine temperatures, and can cause engine failure," according to the United States Geological Survey.Aircraft are often instructed to fly around or over ash clouds, although in some circumstances air traffic has been grounded due to the hazards from airborne ash. In 2010 the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland caused the cancellation of flights around Europe for six days.The Federal Aviation Administration last week said that flights were being rerouted around a similar ash cloud when the volcano previously erupted, according to CNN partner CBC.'Heightened state of unrest'In image taken by AVO scientists around 14 minutes after the start of the eruption, from nearby Unalaska Island, showed a large white-gray mushroom cloud form over the site. Ash fallout was occurring to the west of the site, according to AVO.Bogoslof volcano remains at a heightened state of unrest and in an unpredictable condition," according to a report issued by the Observatory, which added that "additional explosions producing high-altitude volcanic clouds could occur at any time."It warns that continuing low-level activity could "pose a hazard in the immediate vicinity of the volcano."Previous volcanic activity earlier in 2017 "significantly changed the shape and coastline of the island" and the land mass tripled in size between early 2015 and January of this year.There have been eight documented eruption events at Bogoslof, the most recent one in 1992. Previous eruption events have lasted weeks to months, according to the AVO. This current eruption sequence started in December, 2016.
A volcanic eruption Sunday prompted the temporary raising of the highest aviation alert, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Sunday.
The event, which took place on Alaska's Bogoslof Island, part of the Aleutian island chain, caused the issuance of a code "red" aviation alert, which was subsequently downgraded to "orange."
The cloud from the eruption reached at least 35,000 ft., and possibly as high as 45,000 ft., the Observatory said.
"We actually went to color code red this afternoon because of numerous lightning detections and increased seismic signals," Jeffrey Freymueller of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks tells CNN.
"Lightning in the Aleutians is mostly due to volcanic plumes, as the meteorological conditions for lightning are not common," Freymueller said.
"The combination of lightning and seismic data allowed us to go to red within about half an hour of the start of the eruption."
The eruption lasted for about 50 minutes, the AVO said.
Flight path concern
The volcano sits under the flight path of many flights from Asia to North America and its ash cloud could adversely affect aircraft. "Ash and aircraft do not mix, as volcanic ash is abrasive, melts at jet engine temperatures, and can cause engine failure," according to the United States Geological Survey.
Aircraft are often instructed to fly around or over ash clouds, although in some circumstances air traffic has been grounded due to the hazards from airborne ash. In 2010 the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland caused the cancellation of flights around Europe for six days.
The Federal Aviation Administration last week said that flights were being rerouted around a similar ash cloud when the volcano previously erupted, according to CNN partner CBC.
'Heightened state of unrest'
In image taken by AVO scientists around 14 minutes after the start of the eruption, from nearby Unalaska Island, showed a large white-gray mushroom cloud form over the site. Ash fallout was occurring to the west of the site, according to AVO.
Bogoslof volcano remains at a heightened state of unrest and in an unpredictable condition," according to a report issued by the Observatory, which added that "additional explosions producing high-altitude volcanic clouds could occur at any time."
It warns that continuing low-level activity could "pose a hazard in the immediate vicinity of the volcano."
Previous volcanic activity earlier in 2017 "significantly changed the shape and coastline of the island" and the land mass tripled in size between early 2015 and January of this year.
There have been eight documented eruption events at Bogoslof, the most recent one in 1992. Previous eruption events have lasted weeks to months, according to the AVO. This current eruption sequence started in December, 2016.

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Thornhill was the home of Sir James Thornhill, Britain's great baroque painter. The new stucco armorials in the staircase hall were modelled insitu by a team of six sculptors. Winner of the 2008 Plaisterer's Trophy.
The domed lantern with a stucco eagle supporting the chandelier. The stuccoed spandrels are visible in the background.
The owner of Thornhill Park, Tommy Kyle, had always wanted a house with spectacular plasterwork and he commissioned Geoffrey to design and make new stucco armorials for the staircase hall. Mr Kyle wanted the new plasterwork to be in keeping with the period when the house was built, and he particularly liked the stucco armorials at Mawley Hall. These elements formed the starting point for the designs, which were also strongly influenced by Artari's incredible work at Moor Park in Hertfordshire (both Mawley and Moor Park date from c.1730).


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The 20th century brought a bunch of innovations. In physics , the discovery of nuclear fission has led to each nuclear weapons and nuclear energy Computers have been also invented and later miniaturized utilizing transistors and integrated circuits Data technology subsequently led to the creation of the Web , which ushered within the present Info Age People have additionally been capable of explore space with satellites (later used for telecommunication ) and in manned missions going all the way in which to the moon. In medicine, this period brought innovations equivalent to open-coronary heart surgical procedure and later stem cell therapy together with new drugs and treatments.
If the method ends up viable for sensible use, it might turn dragonflies into tiny surveillance methods or pollination machines. For the reason that key to the technology is the backpack, though, Draper believes it is also used with honeybees and different bugs of the identical measurement. While the thought of a gun that can't be turned on its owner looks as if an obvious win for everyone involved, there are a variety of issues with the concept. Chief amongst those worries: the safety mechanism will fail when it's wanted most. When you're relying on a weapon for protection, the very last thing you want is one other level of failure. Electronics aren't perfect. Sometimes cameras cannot autofocus. Cable bins freeze up when searching the channel guide. The equal, seemingly small glitch in a sensible gun may very well be the distinction between life and dying.
September fifth Simply 9 months after the announcement of its Lumia 900 flagship, Nokia outed its successor, the 920 It could have been just as colorful, but this Windows Telephone eight handset was clearly a minimize above, featuring a dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU, a four.5-inch (1,280 x 768) display screen and an 8-megapixel digicam packing the outfit's PureView technology. Revered tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced his retirement this week and the Columbia Journalism Review sat down to get his ideas on tech and the media.
One of the greatest advantages of embracing good technology and the Web of Things for society as a whole is that it has the ability to eliminate plenty of waste and make our day by day lives safer. For example, Hope explains that public transportation has enjoyed important enhancements because of the Internet of Issues. These embrace higher monitoring of maintenance issues for trains and the actual-time mapping of public bus routes to avoid harmful circumstances on the road. Public satisfaction with public transportation will only increase as these improvements continue, which signifies that there will likely be less congestion on the roads on account of fewer particular person automobiles on the street and extra individuals opting for public transit choices. In addition to improving street situations for many drivers, this will also lead to less pollution over time and fewer potential traffic accidents.


The higher they climb . . . what rubbish I thought.
Sitting here for hours on end and still meaningful words fail to flow across this never ending screen of grey. But I can do this, even though I hate that white coat.
I need to explore the depths of my mind and just type - type - type.
Thanks people. After hours and hours of writing that I pressuriesd myself to complete, I thought about this Drabble. I thought it summed my feelings up.


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Question 7 in the "10 Hardest Questions to answer in Local Government".
Wow! No wonder these questions are touted as being the hardest in local government, each week I cringe even reading them, let alone answering them. To this I would simply say, not yet, but it is a work in progress.
4. we are seeking to get the right people in the right positions which will provide optimum outcomes for community as we will have more content and capable staff making the most of their individual skill sets and passion.
Sounds like a good plan doesn't it? And as with all plans it's not necessarily how good or poor they are, the key to their success is the execution, or in the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Good planning without good working is nothing".
3. Legacy issues. We are challenging the "this is how we used to do it" mentality and of course this isn't always embraced by everyone.
When all is said and done, a positive plan and a positive attitude doesn't fix things. A positive plan, a positive attitude and positive action does. We are still working hard towards getting this one right.


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Fargo Ranked as Sixth Best College Town in America
It's no secret that North Dakota State University rests in one of the most fun cities in the state of North Dakota. But Fargo's not only that, it's also one of the most fun cities in the country.
We all know Fargo as being synonymous with being the home of the North Dakota State Bison. The university has given the city the label of a college town and a fun one at that. Matador Network has ranked the top ten college towns in America, and Fargo comes in at number six on their list, thanks in large part to NDSU.
The list cites the fact that North Dakota State University is ranked among the top 100 universities in the research fields of chemistry, agricultural, physical, and social sciences. Not to mention the fact that NDSU's tuition fees are 11 percent less than other regional schools. This alone is great for student recruitment and retention.
Now for the fun part.
Fargo contains 75 shops and 59 restaurants and the downtown is fun for all to take a walk through. If you want to sightsee, try Bonanzaville, which will certainly give you a history lesson of not just Fargo, but all of Cass County. The Roger Maris Museum is also a fun stop, especially for your average baseball fan.
The recommended hotel to stay at is the Hotel Donaldson at 101 Broadway N.
The 'best college towns' list also broke down the best places to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner:
Breakfast at Babb's Coffee House. 604 Main Ave.
Lunch at Würst Bier Hall. 630 1st Ave. N.
Dinner at Mezzaluna. 309 Roberts St. N.
Matador Network also gave the best options for atmosphere, beer, and wine for going out to get drinks:
Go for the bright atmosphere at Vinyl Taco. 520 1st Ave. N.
Crafted cocktails and an extensive beer list are at The Boiler Room. 210 Broadway N.
Stop in Luna Fargo for the wine list. 1545 S University Dr.
Whether you're going there for an NDSU football game or just for a weekend out on the town, you can't go wrong with visiting the sixth best college town in America.
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Starling Marte, Mets agree to four-year deal
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November 27, 2021, 2:20 PM ·1 min read
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The Mets have reportedly agreed to a four-year, $78 million deal with Starling Marte — their biggest one of the offseason thus far.
Marte's deal with New York is done pending a physical.
Marte was one of the most-sought after free agent outfielders after a stellar 2021 season split with the Miami Marlins and Oakland Athletics, slashing .310/.383/.458 along with 12 home runs and 55 RBI. However, Marte's value is also derived from his defense — he is a two-time Gold Glove winner — and what he can do on the bases. Marte led the majors with 47 stolen bases.
Marte spent his first eight seasons with the Pirates before being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks before the 2020 season.
Last season, he was one of the lone bright spots for the Marlins before being traded to the A's ahead of the deadline. He helped the A's make a push for the postseason, which they narrowly missed.
Marte's deal will be the third one the Mets have made on Black Friday. The first was a two-year deal for infielder Eduardo Escobar and the second was a two-year contract with outfielder Mark Canha.
The Astros, Phillies, Yankees and Marlins were reportedly in on Marte earlier this month.
10 things we learned in the Premier League – Matchweek 22
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Reports: Aurora mayor to enter GOP gubernatorial primary with Bourne as running mate
Several reports say State Rep. Avery Bourne of Morrisonville will be on the ticket as lieutenant governor with Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in an announcement Monday.
COVID-test vending machines are popping up at colleges in the US as omicron spreads
"A self-serve testing program became a pivotal part of our efforts to preserve the health and safety of our campus," University of Utah spokesperson Rebecca Walsh said.
Tornado watch canceled for South Florida but twister tears up Fort Myers mobile home park
Some of the coldest temperatures of the season to follow a strong cold front hitting South Florida today.
Malik Faisal Akram was shot and killed.
Wiping out Manchester City's 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League looks an onerous task. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp is at least gaining hope from a season with so many sudden variables. Liverpool did manage to end a three-match winless run in the league by beating Brentford 3-0 on Sunday, even with its attacking options depleted by Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane being on international duty in Cameroon.
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The bad news for the Buccaneers is that two of their best offensive players are hurt. The good news is their offense keeps chugging along. The Bucs lost right tackle Tristan Wirfs to an ankle injury on their first drive, then lost center Ryan Jensen on their second. Jensen was bent back awkwardly in a [more]
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Couple 'started shaking' after they won top NC lottery prize. Then they hid the ticket
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Goldman Sachs: Prioritizing Executives Over Shareholders
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"Spider-Man: No Way Home" has finally been overtaken at the box office after a month in the top spot.
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For a sixth year in a row, Phoenix personal injury lawyer, Christopher Zachar of Zachar Law Firm has been selected once again to Southwest Super Lawyers as one of the "Top Attorneys" in Arizona. This distinguinshed award is given to a select few attorneys (less than 1%) in Arizona.
Christopher Zachar is a trial lawyer and Certified Specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death in Arizona. His practice is devoted 100% to representing injured victims. He is admitted to practice law in all city, county, and state courts in Arizona and before the U.S. District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
He was recently admitted as a member to the U.S. Supreme Court. Chris is a member of the Arizona Association for Justice, where he has a lifetime member status. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the State Bar of Arizona, Arizona's Finest Lawyers, top 100 of the American Trial Lawyers Association, and Who's Who in American Law. He attends many seminars and conferences to maintain his high standards of knowledge and excellence in the practice of law.
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Late Olubadan of Ibadan was a great and courageous monarch – Saraki
By Paul ADEPOJU on	 January 21, 2016 Olubadan of Ibadan
This was a man who started as a Clerk, became a Teacher, Soldier, Politician, Educationist, Parliamentarian, Philanthropist and first class traditional ruler in a span of about 100 years. He lived a worthy and exemplary life. His was a true life story of grass to grace.
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has joined well meaning Nigerians that are eulogizing the late Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I.
In a statement issued by Saraki through Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the Senate President, Saraki described the late monarch as a great and courageous monarch who fought valiantly to preserve the dignity of the Ibadan traditional stool and by extension the nation's traditional institution.
According to the Senate President, the late traditional ruler was a highly accomplished parliamentarian, frontline politician and a statesman who was a member of the Federal House of Representatives in the First Republic and remained till his death a role model for current members of the parliament at state and federal levels.
A copy of the statement gotten by IBPulse showed Saraki describing Oba Odugade as a personality who became an inspiration to the entire Yoruba nation in particular and the country in general.
Saraki said: "Looking at the life and times of the late Olubadan, I cannot but hold my breath considering his achievements. This was a man who started as a Clerk, became a Teacher, Soldier, Politician, Educationist, Parliamentarian, Philanthropist and first class traditional ruler in a span of about 100 years. I will simply say he lived a worthy and exemplary life. His was a true life story of grass to grace. This I believe would remain a great source of inspiration to all of us and the upcoming generation."
He commiserated with the immediate family of the deceased, the nation's traditional institutions, the government and people of Oyo State and the entire Yorubaland; and prayed God to grant the soul of the late monarch sweet repose.
He urged the family of the late Monarch and all those in grief over the death to take solace in the fact that the late Olubadan lived life to the full and made positive impact on all those who met or were close to him during his life time.
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Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds (2 Albums, 2 Tracks)
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Mamie Smith was what you might call in modern parlance a "Breakthrough Artist." You see, back in 1919, record companies didn't have a whole lot of interest in that primitive blues stuff that black folks were slinging down South in roadhouses and squawking up North in speakeasys. Too raw, too gutbucket. White people won't buy it, and everybody knows that blacks don't have enough money to be buying records. But! Along came this fellow named Perry Bradford, and Perry had this notion that people of all stripes would buy this music if they could just hear some of it. Eventually, Mr. Bradford annoyed his bosses at OKeh Records enough that the old German who ran the place agreed to put some of it out. Good ol' Ralph Peer, who also had a big hand in getting country music onto phonograph records, made some recordings of Mamie Smith, a versatile vaudeville gal who could sing just about anything, doing something Perry Bradford wrote called "Crazy Blues."
Next thing you know, it sold a million copies.
What kind of surprised the record companies was that whites and blacks both bought the record, and within a couple of years, OKeh hired its own in-house black producer, the snappy Clarence Williams, to bring in and record new black talent. After that development, it was pretty much guaranteed that a lot of great music was going to be coming down the pipe mighty fast, music that would have otherwise gone unrecorded.
"Mem'ries of You Mammy" is a pretty early effort by Mamie, recorded in November of 1920, only a few months after her breakthrough hit. Blues at that time was sentimental just as often as it was down 'n' dirty, and this one is as misty-eyed as they come. The interesting thing about it is that she's singing the song from the point of view of someone now living up north who's missing her mom down south. As everyone knows, the big post-war migration of blacks to northern cities is why we ended up with such great music in Chicago and New York in the 20s. But that's a whole other blather session, and the feeling of being far away from people you love is universal, ain't it? So even if you have a mommy or a mumsy instead of a mammy, you can understand the feeling.
Mamie Smith was apparently quite an entertainer. No "give me a beer and a pigfoot" performer was she; her shows had dancing, funny bits, and even a trapeze act! She also had good taste in musicians, her Jazz Hounds at different points employing the amazing James "Bubber" Miley (the man whose trumpet made early Ellington records sing) and tenor legend Coleman Hawkins, who was billed as "Saxophone Boy" (which he was, since his mom hadn't even gotten him his first razor yet).
Later on, once sound came to movies, Mamie made some. Here is a song from one of them (it's pretty much "Crazy Blues," although it's not called that and the arrangement is more swingy). She's a little past her heyday here, but she still sounds pretty good. -JoeMc
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Kittery, ME—Oct 25, 2017—GreenPages, a leading IT transformation and hybrid cloud services provider announced today that is has been named one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Maine.
Run by the Best Companies Group, the "Best Places" program recognizes companies that consistently foster outstanding workplace environments.
This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Maine which benefit the state's economy, workforce, and businesses.
Metrics included evaluating corporate workplace policies, practices, and demographics; results from this process were worth 25% of the total evaluation. The second part of the evaluation was weighted at 75% and consisted of a voluntary employee survey to measure employee satisfaction and experience. The combined scores determined the top companies.
The awards program is a project of the Society for Human Resource Management, the Maine State Council (MESHRM), and Best Companies Group.


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Are you a teacher or administrator in a school along the original railway line? If so, we should talk. We want input from educators to help us create an experience that is relevant, engaging and fun.
If you are interested in becoming a Roadmaster, please visit this page and complete the short form. You can help us make COR a fun, exciting and uniquely Canadian experience... MORE
Welcome to the Canadian Online Railway (COR),
an interactive website, video library and archive dedicated to bringing the history of communities along Canada's railways to students.
Students will learn about Canadian unity, history, and citizenship in this unique online environment. COR engages students with its unique resources and interface; archival photos, filmstrips, video and articles are used along with community stories and Lesson Plans contributed by our members.
Explore the full scope of COR:
COR Experience
The COR Experience is an online, interactive learning tool, full of original imagery, videos, and more.
COR Express
The COR Express website travels the route of the original rail lines, allowing both the public and educational institutions access to information about the communities that built up around the rail Sidings. Content for the Express site is provided by our Roadmasters.
COR Roadmaster Program
Roadmasters add new content to the site. Teachers and administrators working in schools and communities along the original railway make perfect Roadmasters, securely contributing new content to the website for the benefit of other schools across the country. This may include student work, local history, etc. Become a Roadmaster.
Get inside tips about features and technologies being used, and get a head start on planning how COR can be integrated into your classroom.
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Justice Rajendra Menon was sworn in as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in a ceremony held at the Raj Niwas in New Delhi today.
An official statement said, Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal administered the oath of office to Menon, who was earlier the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
However, the inclusion of Justice Menon will not add to the depleted number of judges of the Delhi High Court as its Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
The Delhi High Court with a sanctioned strength of 60 judges would continue to function with 35 judges even after Justice Menon takes charge.
The Supreme Court collegium had recommended the transfer of Justice Menon to Delhi High Court on July 16.


The learning programme will help the leaders of community businesses to develop the skills, strengths and networks they need to increase their impact, with a focus on increasing their sales and income from trading. It runs from June 2019 to March 2020 and there are places for 10 community business leaders across The Midlands who will learn in groups of like-minded people.
The first cohort of the Community Business Trade Up Programme achieved a typical 92% increase in income from trading.
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Review: 'Lizzie' admirably tackles unsolved mystery
Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 5:10 PM Central
Last updated Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 5:10 PM Central
by John Couture
The world was certainly a different place in 1892. It has been said that the technological revolution of the 1900s changed the world more than any other century. Furthermore, as technology spreads, the rate of change exponentially increases as well.
This is all fascinating, but the one area that perhaps was most impacted by this change was criminal investigations. Think about it, crimes such as Jack the Ripper's murders, the Black Dahlia killing, and D.B. Cooper's true identity continue to mystify audiences around the world.
One of the most interesting unsolved murder is that of the Bordens in Massachusetts in 1892. It's the double murder that would propel Lizzie Borden into infamy by way of a child's rhyme for nearly 100 years. Crimes such as these committed long before forensic science was a thing and before technology unearthed such impressive investigation tools such as DNA testing and fingerprint analysis are a reminder of just how far we have come in the last 100 years or so.
Lizzie Borden has been hot of late with a made-for-TV movie and series centered around her in the last few years. In Lizzie, the events of that fateful August day in 1892 are reframed from a possible perspective that might have seemed inconceivable back then.
Chloe Sevigny stars as the social outcast Lizzie Borden and Kristen Stewart joins her as Borden maid Bridget Sullivan. The pair forges a friendship that blossoms into something more before ultimately coming to a head on the business end of a bloody ax.
I have always had a fascination with true crime stories, especially unsolved ones because they have a tendency to tweak my curiosity. There's an innate need to know who did something and why and when a crime is left unsolved, there is an accompanying void that continues to fester in our collective consciousness.
In the case of Lizzie Borden, she was arrested for the double murder, but ultimately found not guilty by a jury of 12 men who felt that she didn't possess the strength and fortitude to commit these heinous acts. Of course, as history has shown, a woman certainly would be capable of killing her parents and so the mystery continues to linger.
Lizzie posits the theory that Lizzie and Irish maid Bridget Sullivan were caught in the midst of a lesbian affair by her father, who was also molesting Bridget at night. In terms of motive, it doesn't end there. The film also argues that Andrew was making a move to cut his daughters out of his will, thus providing Lizzie a financial motive as well. Lizzie also spends time disclosing that Lizzie's uncle was a shady character who also had means, motive and opportunity to commit the acts, but ultimately the movie goes with the accepted narrative, albeit via unconventional means.
Chloe and Kristen are excellent in their roles, bringing a level of authenticity to their performances. Kristen, in particular, has mastered the furtive glances and submissive behaviors that would be indicative of someone in Bridget's station in life during the 1890s.
Chloe Sevigny always brings a professional acumen to her roles, but with Lizzie she ramps up the psychosis to a level that makes a convincing case for parricide. Even if you think that the feminist angle or lesbianic overtures are too speculative, Lizzie deserves to be seen for the amazing character studies turned in by the two leads.
At the end of the day Lizzie doesn't break any new ground, it just sheds light on an alternate theory that hasn't been discussed as much. Ultimately, this is a crime that will most likely never be truly solved, but the story provides the context in which we can see how repression and "deviant" acts might have been handled in a simpler time and the repercussions of these decisions.
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Lifetime ISAs and double tax break - financial advice you need to know
Peter McGahan, financial expert from Worldwide Financial Planning, discusses
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"The government is mindful that in a debt-driven economy, borrowing against an 'asset' is a vital part of its economic strategy.", says Peter McGahan
Sounding like my parents or grandparents can have a positive or negative connotation, but one sticks for sure: 'It wasn't like this for me as a child'.
My decisions were: football, tig, staring for hours at a stick in a stream, or, on a rainy day, three channels and a broomstick as a remote control.
Similarly, buying a house wasn't even on the agenda to be a problem.
In a world of 'progress', students arrive into the 'house purchasing scene', handicapped not only with student debt, but the starting mindset that debt isn't a bad thing, and that you can pay £14.99 per month to keep an eye on your credit score! Whoopee.
That's progress?
A lifetime of rent, or a desperate scramble to dig your nails into the first rung of 'the ladder' ensues, which, without parental/grandparental assistance is no more than a dream for most who are struggling just to get by.
A ladder without a first rung is no great thing, especially the higher it gets.
The government is mindful that in a debt-driven economy, borrowing against an 'asset' is a vital part of its economic strategy.
There are a few ideas in place to help-first time buyers which we have previously covered such as: the 'help to buy' equity loan; shared ownership schemes; the starter homes initiative scheme which will see 200,000 new build homes in England sold to first time buyers with a 20% discount by 2020; as well as Help To Buy ISA's (HTB ISA) and Lifetime ISA's (LISA).
The HTB ISA is being phased out, and some have encouraged new buyers to start a scheme before they end in November. I don't have the same urgency.
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The HTB ISA was doomed from its launch. Ill thought out, and impractical in many ways, it is being replaced by the LISA.
You can still open an HTB ISA now and transfer to a LISA later, and indeed you could hold both at the same time, but you can only benefit from the government bonus on one.
How does the LISA improve upon the HTB ISA?
Maximum contributions are £4,000 per year rather than £2,400. At £2,400 per year, it's nearly ten years before you have a 10% deposit on the average UK house price of £228,147.
The maximum government bonus you can get in a year is £1,000 (25% of the £4,000 maximum yearly contribution). If you open your LISA when you turn 18 and contribute £4,000 a year, until you're 50, you could earn up to £32,000 in bonuses. If that hasn't slam dunked it, the biggest unreported benefit is the compounding return on the bonus. The bonus on an HTB ISA was paid only at the point of purchase on completion whereas the bonus on a LISA is paid annually, allowing you growth the next year on the bonus, and growth on the bonus's growth the next year, and so on.
Slight downside: An HTB ISA can start at age 16 and continue, whereas the LISA starts at age 18 and ends at 39.
LISAs are available as a Stocks and Shares ISA as well as a cash ISA allowing flexibility for greater growth and the ability to buy into dips in stock markets over the years. The HTB is just cash.
Early withdrawal from a LISA has been highlighted as an issue as there is a 25% penalty if it isn't for a house purchase before age 60 or due to terminal illness. In reality, this equates to taking the bonus back and is the same as an HTB ISA, as they don't pay the bonus until you actually buy a home.
Unlike an HTB ISA, you can open a different LISA each year, but only pay into one.
Maximum price of a property you can purchase? With an HTB it is £250,000 in the most of the UK, and £450,000 in London. With a LISA, it is £450,000 in the UK.
This is also a great option for grandparents/parents to make Inheritance tax plans. A gift each year to the recipient out of normal expenditure is free from Inheritance tax and assists the dependent whilst attracting 25% per year tax bonus.
A very attractive double tax break.
Do you have a question on an ISA or any financial matter, please call 01872 222422, email info@wwfp.net or visit us on www.wwfp.net .
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Unless the opinion polls are wrong on an massive scale, it's likely that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party will be massively defeated by a coalition of Theresa May's Conservatives and former UKIP voters fleeing their rapidly sinking ship.The Tory lead of 15-20% predicted could produce a landslide for the Prime Minister with a parliamentary majority of over 100.Labour MPs could be reduced to well under 200 in number.
It would easy to blame Jeremy Corbyn for this (and many Labour MPs surely will), but the truth is Labour has been suffering from a long term decline, at least for the last ten years. The big tent that held together Dennis Skinner and Tony Blair has fragmented and split.
Labour and the Conservatives stride across our FPTP landscape, one where only two parties can be in contention. The political ecosystem squeezes out smaller parties. Yet times are changing. These two predators once enjoyed over 90% of the vote within living memory, but have in recent years had to survive on slimmer pickings, with the support of barely two thirds of the electorate. There is simply not enough food for the two dominant dinosaurs any more.In addition to less votes to fight over, the political tectonic plates have been shattered by two earthquakes – the 2007/2008 banking crisis and Brexit.
The Labour dinosaur is dying. Once confident and strong, it is wobbling badly. Those previously willing to tactically support it are standing aside. If propping up a dying beast is pointless, perhaps the best thing is to let it die sooner rather than later. Westminster politics is a zero sum game. There are a finite number of MPs and a finite number of voters. If a great tree crashes down, on the exposed ground where it lay, fed from the rotting trunk and new sunlight, new life can form. Left and centre-left voters would be free to build a new party or parties, better equipped for the new world.
Labour has a great tradition of radical reform, and herein lay an opportunity to forge a new democratic future for the country, just like it forged the NHS and Welfare State. Instead of refusing to adapt or change, and just die away, it could become the party to create a new democratic system. Proportional Representation would undermine the inherent benefit the Conservative Party enjoys. Of course, we need a FPTP winner to bring this about, and it therefore must be led by the Conservatives or Labour. Conservative turkeys won't vote for Christmas.
Labour could become the party dedicated to reform the system. By committing to PR, Labour would attract voters from across the centre left. A Labour Party asking for non-Labour voters to lend their vote, to win the election to smash our out of date system, would be fresh, exciting and relevant. Labour will always be remembered for creating the NHS – it changed Britain. The 1945 Labour Government was a radical reforming Government.
By promoting a radical change to our democratic system, Labour could do that again.
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Q: Change a single value from an array of objects after iterating in javaScript Here is my code:
let user = [
    {id: 1, name: "Chris", active: "true"},
    {id: 2, name: "James", active: "true"},
    {id: 3, name: "Jeremy", active: "true"},
];

handleClick = () => {
    for(let i in user) {
        if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(user, i)) {
                user[i].active = false;
         }
    }
};

Hi.
I've been looking over many topics but i don't find any answers to my question.
As you can see on a click (handleClick) I want to modify the status of active to "true" to "false" and vice versa. But I want that this happen only on the user that I click, not all of the them. Each user has his own button.
I start to think that maybe I should use the id somehow.

A: Here is the solution:
let user = [
    {id: 1, name: "Chris", active: "true"},
    {id: 2, name: "James", active: "true"},
    {id: 3, name: "Jeremy", active: "true"},
];

handleClick = id => {
    user.forEach( obj => {
      if(obj.id === id)
     obj.active = !obj.active;
    });
};

A: Use ES6 to handle this function also if you trying to use boolean you should write true or false without  quotation or double-quotation

let user = [{
    id: 1,
    name: "Chris",
    active: true
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    name: "James",
    active: true
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    name: "Jeremy",
    active: true
  },
];

function handleClick(id) { // handleClick = (id) => {
  const result = user.map(obj =>
    obj.id === id ? { ...obj,
      active: !obj.active
    } : obj
  )
  console.log(result)
}

Click

A: I saw you used a reactjs so what you are looking for is something like this:
handleClick = id => {
  let arr = this.state.users.map(user => {
    let u = { ...user };

    if(u.id === id) {
      u.active = !u.active;
    }

    return u;
  });

  this.setState({ users: arr });
}

Check out this demo:

let users = [
  {id: 1, name: "Chris", active: true},
  {id: 2, name: "James", active: false},
  {id: 3, name: "Jeremy", active: true}
];

class Demo extends React.Component {
    state = { users };

    colorize = active => active ? 'green' : 'red';

    handleClick = id => {
      let arr = this.state.users.map(user => {
        let u = { ...user };

        if(u.id === id) {
          u.active = !u.active;
        }

        return u;
      })

      this.setState({ users: arr });
    }

    render (){
        return (

           {this.state.users.map(user => (

{user.name}

              <p className={`status ${this.colorize(user.active)}`}>
                {user.active.toString()}

              <button
                onClick={() => this.handleClick(user.id)}>
                Change status
              </button>

           ))}

        );
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<Demo />, document.getElementById('app'));
.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
}

.user {
  font-weight: bold;
}

.user::after {
  content: ":";
}

.status {
  margin-left: 10px;
}

button {
  margin: 15px 5px 5px 5px;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

.red {
  color: red;
}

.green {
  color: green;
}

A: Pass in the ID of the user in the function then add a if statement
(id) =>{ user.forEach( obj =>{
 If(obj.id === id)
obj.active = !obj.active;
})}

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Green monkeys acquired Staphylococcus aureus from humans
American Society for Microbiology
Washington, DC - July 29, 2016 - Many deadly diseases that afflict humans were originally acquired through contact with animals. New research published in ASM's Applied and Environmental Microbiology shows that pathogens can also jump the species barrier to move from humans to animals. The study, that will publish July 29, shows that green monkeys in The Gambia acquired Staphylococcus aureus from humans.
In the study, experts isolated strains of S. aureus from the noses of healthy monkeys in The Gambia and compared the monkey strains with strains isolated from humans in similar locations. "We used a technique known as high-throughput sequencing to gain an exquisitely detailed view of the relationships between the various strains," said study co-author Mark Pallen, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Microbial Genomics, Warwick Medical School, the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. "The results showed that monkeys had acquired S. aureus strains from humans on multiple occasions," he added.
Most of the S. aureus found in monkeys were part of a clade, a group with common ancestors, which appeared to have resulted from a human-to-monkey transmission event that occurred 2,700 years ago.
Two of the most recent human-to-monkey transmission events appear to have taken place around three decades ago, and roughly seven years ago, respectively. These events appear to be the result of human encroachment into the monkeys' natural habitat, and probably resulted from transfer of human bacteria from hands to food that was then fed to monkeys, according to the report.
"Although wild, these monkeys are very acclimated to humans, who often feed them peanuts," explained coauthor Martin Antonio, PhD, Unit Molecular Biologist & Principal Investigator, Vaccines and Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit, Banjul, who led the work in The Gambia.
The investigators found no evidence of transmission of S. aureus from monkeys to humans.
Interestingly, strains that jump from humans to monkeys lose genes that are known to confer adaptation to the human host, said Edward Feil, PhD, Professor of Microbial Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK, who led the analysis of the strains.
Humans acquired many of the diseases that have been among the deadliest, historically, from the livestock domesticated in the early years of civilization. In the last few generations, the combination of increasing human encroachment on wild ecosystems, and increasing human travel has led to acquisition and spread of diseases ranging from HIV to Lyme disease. "As humans encroach ever more steadily into natural ecosystems, the risk increases that pathogens will be transmitted from humans to animals, or vice versa," Pallen concluded.
The American Society for Microbiology is the largest single life science society, composed of over 47,000 scientists and health professionals. ASM's mission is to promote and advance the microbial sciences.
ASM advances the microbial sciences through conferences, publications, certifications and educational opportunities. It enhances laboratory capacity around the globe through training and resources. It provides a network for scientists in academia, industry and clinical settings. Additionally, ASM promotes a deeper understanding of the microbial sciences to diverse audiences.
Aleea Khan
communications@asmusa.org
@ASMnewsroom
http://www.asm.org
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
ZOOLOGY/VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Bundling services to the Max
In May, US company UtiliMAX Inc. announced startup of operations as the 'first global, Internet-enabled provider of bundled low cost electricity and telecommunications services exclusively for the business community". Junior Isles finds out more.
James Fruehling, CEO and president of UtiliMAX, Inc., has a good pedigree: "I came out of a utility family. My mother worked for Con Edison in New York, I worked for Boston Edison up in Boston, my father was chief financial officer at GPU and my brother still works for PSE&G."
With this kind of background, it is hardly surprising that he should be the man heading up what is claimed to be the first Internet-enabled provider of bundled low cost electricity and telecommunications services exclusively for the business community.
"The difference between us and power retailers," said Fruehling, "is that our bundled product guarantees our customers unprecedented savings. We select customers with past usage profiles that make the most financial sense to both UtiliMAX and its business customers."
By purchasing for commercial clients and businesses, and not residential markets, UtiliMAX says it gains better pricing with significant margins than industry standards. The company is positioning itself to become the largest business-to-business provider of bundled electricity and telecommunications services in the United States.
Room for margin
Fruehling had been studying the deregulation of the US electricity market and how UtiliMAX could position itself in the industry. "We looked at the Californian model and didn't like it. But we did like the Pennsylvania model, and looked at what potential customers would want.
"We did not want to go anywhere near the residential market because there are no margins there at all. Customer acquisitions call for three times the yearly net on a residential household. Projections of becoming profitable in this market is usually four to five years – not the kind of business plan we were interested in."
The company turned its attention to the business-to-business (B2B) market and saw that "there was an extremely small margin to be made there from day one". In the electricity market, these margins stem from the possibility of controlling risks in a market which has seen wild fluctuations in power prices. Fruehling explained: "We decided we could set up as a B2B wholesaler, mark-up a couple of points, and wrap this up with the telecomms aspects."
Most of the company's clients are hotels and commercial buildings. It does very little in the industrial sector. Clients seem to have responded well to the UtiliMAX approach. This would see it for example, take a bank and pull together all of the electricity and telecomms bills from its multiple branches.
Already UtiliMAX has built up an impressive client base in Pennsylvania, its first state of operation. UtiliMAX also will become a licensed utility and telecom provider in New Jersey, New York and California within months despite the challenge of getting state licenses. "It took us many months to obtain a New York license and really we are only part of the way there because we also need ISO membership."
Nevertheless, the company believes its expansion will continue as other states deregulate and has plans for operations in ten states by year's end. The company is seeking licenses in order of deregulation in Delaware, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland and in Texas and Florida for telecommunications. By year-end 2001, UtiliMAX intends to be licensed in 18 additional states.
Since obtaining its Pennsylvania license on March 2, 2000, its sales have averaged $1 million a week. But the company stresses that it is not in Internet sales as such, but more in Internet handling. "This is what you want to use for customer service – as your backbone. We are not an Amazon.com. This not where you are going to spend $20 on a book. This is a million dollar purchase. It's not the kind of thing you do online. You will receive a lot of information from us on line and you will be able to apply online, but everyone of our customers is assigned an individual sales representative and is handled on a one-to-one basis."
A hectic summer
As summer approaches things are becoming busy for UtiliMAX. Due to price volatility during the summer, there are little electricity sales from wholesalers. In early May, spot prices went up to about $421/kWh for two or three hours. The usual trading price for the rest of the year is about $25-30/kWh.
There has also been a PUC ruling in Pennsylvania that if an organisation does not pick a service provider by May 31st, it will fall back into what is called a PLR, a Pool of Last Resort. It would then be stuck with this provider for 12 months. The aim of the ruling is to stop organisations from going to the local carrier for the summer months i.e. June, July and August when prices are likely to peak, and then moving to cheaper suppliers for the rest of the year.
"We have a lot of clients that are now in a panic because no one is selling them electricity because the power prices are just too erratic. So a lot of them are coming to us saying: "I need stability. I need to be able to budget on energy cost"." UtiliMAX also has a partnership with one of the top five telecomms companies in the US which according to the company allows it to beat its competitors' telecomms rates as well. "So when we go in, we discuss their power needs together with their telecomms needs,"added Fruehling.
UtiliMAX sees this type of customer focussed approach combined with the efficiency of operations as paramount in a market which has become price driven. "Our clients are receiving a higher level of service than they have ever received from the traditional utility companies. These utilities never really cared about their clients or never even really knew who their clients were. Most of the energy companies today, with a few exceptions, like Enron, cannot categorise their customers. They are seen as just a meter number."
UtiliMAX argues that using the Internet allows clients to be categorised which in turn allows them to "value add" services easily.
Getting the client
Typically, UtiliMAX would initiate contact with potential clients. The company would then visit the site to obtain a client profile and find out their needs in both energy and telecomms.
The client's energy profile would be run through UtiliMAX's systems to generate a price or package of prices. This would normally take a day or two, after which a price would then be proposed. According to UtiliMAX, a 10-15 per cent saving is usually achieved.
The savings for telecomms are usually higher than for energy. "There is no way you can save the big energy users 10 per cent. We have one client who has an energy spend of $8 million a year – it's very hard to save him 10 per cent. The margins are not out there in the wholesale or generation markets. When they are that big a user, they already tend towards a unity load. It's very hard to mix and match his load so precisely that we are going to save him a whole lot of client who had an energy spend of about $6 million per year," said Fruehling. "On the telecomms side, for a big bank that runs a 24-hour call centre the saving is more than 10 per cent," he added.money. We saved about five per cent for a client who had an energy spend of about $6 million per year," said Fruehling. "On the telecomms side, for a big bank that runs a 24-hour call centre the saving is more than 10 per cent," he added.
UtiliMAX usually signs up clients for one year contracts for both energy and telecomms, although the telecomms contracts tend to be longer (two or three years). The shorter electricity contract is due to the volatility of power prices. Fruehling thinks that the length of electricity contracts may become longer in the future. "With the way the market is looking, I think longer term contracts would benefit our clients. We see energy prices climbing in the next few years even though many of the experts originally predicted they would fall in two or three years. We are seeing the reverse of this. Futures prices in the PJM area for July are significantly higher than the futures prices a few months ago," noted Fruehling.
Once the contract was signed, the client's energy and telecomms usage would then be switched over to UtiliMAX through its back office. Its bills would then be put on the UtiliMAX website, and it would be given a password to view its account either at the local or national level.
Clients can make use of an Account Management system which allows them to download UtiliMAX bills into their internal accounts payable system; review bills in various formats; pay bills and store billing information for future reference.
There is a bill auditing system which allows clients to track expenses in a detailed manner; gain a better understanding of usage patterns for each product or service; create accurate forecasts and budgets.
UtiliMAX also provides a Universal Customer Gateway which allows its clients to take care of all of its customer services needs. It allows UtiliMAX to interact with its clients. Citing the benefits, Fruehling said: "What you often encounter, especially in telecomms, are requests for bill auditing. There was always a problem with telecomms bills. We can run automatic bill auditing programmes, we can schedule audits for them through this gateway."
The Gateway also allows clients to keep abreast of upgrades within its organisations. Fruehling cites the hotel example which has multiple sites.
UtiliMAX runs its system on a Windows NT platform and works in an XML format. It receives data streams containing the meter information from the local distribution company in an EDI transfer. All telecomms billing information is received in an HTML stream. "It's very easy for us to manage the data from all of our clients," noted Fruehling.
After only ten weeks of business, the company's sales have reportedly totalled more than $8.6 million. According to Fruehling, is on track with his expectations to generate $200 million in sales by 4Q 2001. "We are exceeding our year 2000 goal of a 75 per cent monthly growth rate in target revenue. Because of this growth, we are seeking second round financing to support costs associated with aggressive marketing, and state licensing and bonding campaigns. We need the funding to support our rapid growth."
UtiliMAX has so far signed up about 100 accounts and will soon be announcing two big sales. One is a $40 million, three-year forward sale for a multi-state client. It is also in negotiations with a Fortune 500 company for a nearly $80 million sale.
With such a rapid expansion plans there have been questions asked as to whether the company's technology will be able to manage the resulting volumes of data. But this is not something which concerns UtiliMAX. Fruehling said: "Other companies have seen their systems collapse when they hit 50000 people. We are dealing with million dollar commercial bills – not $400-500 household bills. So we are not really worried about scalability issues yet. If we had 50000 people, our sales would be in the billions of dollars. I think we would super-capitalized enough to pull through!" No doubt.
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James Fruehling: We saved about five per cent for a client with an energy use of about $6 million per year. Clients can make use of an Account Management system.
Big business: The company expects to generate $200 million in sales by 4Q 2001.
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Opened in 1829, the cemetery was used by the Parsees who originally came from Gujerat, India. In Chinese, the Parsee Cemetery is called "Bak Tou (White-Head) Cemetery" because the Parsees wore white turbans. Parsees merchants came to Macao first in the 1770s but by the middle of the 19th century, they gradually moved to Hong Kong.


Book cover design for Thomasin Sleigh's wonderful new novel, Women in the Field, One and Two.
Set in the 1950s, in London and then New Zealand, the novel focuses on two women working in the fine arts – one is a gallery curator, the other a painter, and the novel concerns her paintings created in the 1920s. For the design concept I explored avant garde fabric design and painting by women artists in the 1920s, as well as Russian cubism and design. I created and hand painted a custom pattern using gauche paint. For the book launch I created a large banner based on the main pattern motif.


Reason to celebrate: October 15, 2019 is National Information Overload Day.
In an enormous amount of around-the-clock media, advertising, texts, emails, television and Access to the internet, it's a great job that people can decelerate, breathe deeply, and take it easy on Information Overload Day. Step from your computer, switch off your phone, and revel in existence without having to be overcome!


Acoustic Corner, a landmark shop in a small town, is changing ownership after 26 years.
On April 2, Joe Friddle, the retired pastor of First Christian Church in Black Mountain, will become the new owner of Acoustic Corner. One of the two current owners, Stephanie Wilds, will stay on staff for up to a year to help with the transition.
Wilds and co-owner Tom Fellenbaum birthed the business in 2000. Acoustic Corner has grown in inventory, programs and community involvement. From the start only handmade or well-made instruments were stocked. Fellenbaum and Wilds believed the area needed a music store that catered to acoustic music, especially the old-time, Celtic and folk styles. They stocked instruments and accessories that filled those needs.
David Zoll, Acoustic Corner's showroom manager since 2006, is pleased about Friddle becoming the new owner.
Friddle is no stranger to music, since it has been an important part of his life.
Wilds managed Acoustic Corner while Tom operated Fellenbaum Stringed Instruments next door. He will continue to make custom-made instruments in a workshop in Old Fort.
Banjoist Billy Presnell joined the Acoustic Corner staff as a part-time sales associate in summer 2015. He looks forward to remaining on staff when Friddle becomes the new owner.
Wilds and Fellenbaum have supported numerous programs in the Valley, and Friddle looks forward to continuing the community involvement.
Acoustic Corner has encouraged music-making not only with cash contributions and in-kind contributions, but also with event participation. Some favorite programs include Youth Scholarship Fund, The Swannanoa Gathering, Black Mountain Recreation and Parks' "Park Rhythms" concert series, LEAF in Schools and Streets, Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM), Joyful Noise Community Music and Arts Center, Blue Ridge Orchestra, Asheville's Independent Arts and Music, Swannanoa Library's Groovin' on Grovemont concert series and Chimney Rock State Parks Music on the Mountain concert series.


PSE&G will be working in Princeton in 2019 to replace aging cast iron gas pipes with new, durable plastic and/or coated steel piping – ensuring the continued safety and reliability of our gas system well into the future.
Work will take place Monday through Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., with the potential for Saturday work. The gas main replacement and services portion of the work will is expected to conclude in September.


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module PaidUp
  # PaidUp PaidUp Helper
  module PaidUpHelper
    def date_range(start_date, end_date)
      dates = []
      dates << start_date.to_date if date_valid?(start_date)
      dates << end_date.to_date if date_valid?(end_date)
      dates.join('—').html_safe
    end

    def paid_up_google_analytics_data_layer
      render partial: 'paid_up/layouts/google_analytics_data_layer'
    end

    private

    def date_valid?(date)
      date.present? && (date.is_a?(Date) || date.is_a?(Integer))
    end
  end
end

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