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Shocking: Democratic Sen. Nat Oaks Sponsors Voter ID Legislation
February 27, 2017 David Lublin
Newly appointed Baltimore City Democratic Sen. Nathaniel Oaks (D 41) has sponsored a voter identification bill (see the text below). Such legislation is normally presented by Republicans in order to disfranchise Democrats, especially minorities, in the guise of combating the boogeyman of voter fraud.
In the House of Delegates, the same legislation has been cross-filed by Del. Neil Parrott of transgender paranoia fame and cosponsored by thirteen other Republicans. No Democrat has cosponsored the House legislation and no one has cosponsored Oaks' bill.
Study after study has shown voter fraud is virtually non-existent. As Colombia University Prof. Lorraine Minnite put it, "The claim that voter fraud threatens the integrity of American elections is itself a fraud." It's appalling that Oaks is fighting to suppress the right to vote instead of to protect and to expand it.
UPDATE: I am told that Oaks did this by "mistake." He asked for all of his House bills to be cross-filed and there was an error with the number. How this happened and why he never noticed or withdrew the bill, I don't know. Sources say he plans to withdraw the bill but it's still on the website, though languishing in the Rules Committee.
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Mary (Goldschnikl) Toth (1880 - 1961)
Mary (Goldschnikl) Toth, mother to 4 children, was born on October 29, 1880 in Nagybörzsöny, Pest County Hungary. She was born into the Goldschnikl family and married into the Toth family. She was born to Janos Goldschnikl and Roselle Catherine Gehmacher Goldschnikl, with siblings Gustave, Carl, Madia, and John. Mary married Harkas Ferencz. She also married Adam Toth. and they gave birth to Stephen Toth, John Toth, Adam Toth Jr., and Mary (Toth) Gromak. She died on May 4, 1961 in Bemidji, Minnesota at 80 years of age. Her family lists the cause of death as: heart Attack.
Her family heritage is believed to be: Hungarian. Her nationality is: Nationalized US Citizen. Her religion is listed as being: Lutheran.
Her occupation and profession is listed as: housekeeper/housewife.
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October 29, 1880 in Nagybörzsöny, Szobi County, Pest County Hungary
on May 4, 1961 in Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota United States
Cause of death: Heart Attack
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Mary (Goldschnikl) Toth lived 22 years longer than the average Goldschnikl family member when she died at the age of 80.
Father: Janos Goldschnikl
Parent: Roselle Catherine Gehmacher Goldschnikl
Siblings: Gusztav Goldschnikel, Carl Gotsnik, Madia Goldschnikl, and John Goldschnikl
Spouse: Harkas Ferencz
Husband: Adam Toth
Children with Adam: Stephen Toth, John Toth, Adam Toth Jr., and Mary (Toth) Gromak
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1880 - In the year that Mary (Goldschnikl) Toth was born, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.
1925 - At the age of 45 years old, Mary was alive when on November 28th, radio station WSM broadcast the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. Originally airing as "The WSM Barn Dance", the Opry (a local term for "opera") was dedicated to honoring country music and in its history has featured the biggest stars and acts in country music.
1933 - By the time she was 53 years old, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
1941 - She was 61 years old when in his State of the Union address on January 6th, President Roosevelt detailed the "four freedoms" that everyone in the world should have: Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear. In the same speech, he outlined the benefits of democracy which he said were economic opportunity, employment, social security, and the promise of "adequate health care".
1961 - In the year of Mary (Goldschnikl) Toth's passing, on May 5th, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., made the first manned Project Mercury flight, MR-3, in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7. He was the second man to go into space, the first was Yuri Gagarin - a Soviet cosmonaut.
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Born Maria Goldschinkl October 29, 1880 in Nagyborzsony, Hungary of Janos Goldschinkl and Roselle Katherine Gehmaker Goldschnikl. Married Harkas Frenencz June, 1, 1903 in Budapest. Arrived in NY,NY, USE in 1905. Worked as housekeeper. Was deported 1909. Met Adam Toth on ship to Vukolovar, Yugoslavia. Returned to US in 1911. Married Adam Toth on Sept. 2, 1911. Lived on house on Loomis St., Chicago, IL. Had son John 1916, daughter Mary, 1920, son Adam, Jr. 1922, and son Stephen 1923. Adam retired as foundry foreman in 12951 and followed sone Stephen to Bemidji, MN. Purchased resort from son Adam Jr, wife Lucy and sons William and Richard Toth on Little Turtle Lake, 11 miles north of Bemidji, MN. Stephen and bride Elizabeth Kreydich had one son Stephen Jr. and a daughter Joye. Mary married Ted Gromak in 1941 and had a sone Ronald, a daughter Andrea and another son John. Their son John married in 1930 tp Marion Kueche. He took his life on March 7, 1958. Mary Goldschnickle died May 4, 1961 on the campus of Bemidji State College going to see a concert. Adam married Elizabeth Foris on Oct. 30, 1961, she had 5 children and had been a widow for 40 years. Elizabeth died Feb. 14, 1984. Adam died June 26, 1989. Adam is flanked by his wived at the Greenwood cemetery. Adam Jr. died in 1978 in Colorado Springs, CO. Stephen died Sept. 7, 2007 in Davenport, IA. Mary died December 22, 2013 in Santa Maria, CA.
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With only a small sound, the eyes were swollen with endless overflowing tears, and the mascara under the eyes spread to the side below the face, with black lines spreading to the side below the face, and there was no expression of arrogance and disrespect.
After a while the third man approached the woman again.
"Stop it! Stop! Please!"
Despite the woman's imploring appeal, the man covet her body without hesitation.
When the man bit the woman's ample breast, she sucked it hard, and her tearful face was distorted with pain.
As the fourth and fifth went on, the woman's face became blank, and she put her head to her side and began to shed tears.
At that time, the men who were holding onto them were replaced by new big men, and four people pressed hard on the woman's shoulders and began to tear her legs apart.삼성화재실비보험 보험비교사이트
And a little man with an ugly face came through the wide open crotch of a woman.
"Oh, my God! You're pretty, you're covered in blood. Can I touch your flesh?"
A man's finger went into the vagina of a woman.
Two, three, four...
The woman's face, which was blankly facing to the side and shedding tears, distorted, then raised her head and screamed.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't do it! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhh!"
"Kill, kill, kill, kill! It's cooked to a good taste! Do you want me to change it to something?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Stop! Aaaaaaaaaaaah!
The ugly pervert smiled contentedly and said, putting her hands covered with blood and women's in her mouth.
"Lick it! before tearing it apart!"
The woman's tongue came out of her mouth and licked the man's hand.
"Kiss me! Use your tongue to make it strong!"현대해상 실비보험 보험비교사이트
When the men he was holding let go of the woman, the pervert grabbed her by the back of his head and took it to his mouth.
A frightened-looking woman opened her mouth and kissed an ugly man, who would probably have ignored her with pride if she had been outside.
After a while, the perverted man took the woman off the table as if he had dropped her mouth off the table.
"Kneel down!"
"Fast!"
The man put it in the woman's mouth, and the woman obeyed and began to suck with a crackling sound.
The men released the woman's handcuffs, but the woman could not even dare to rebel.
"Hold me tight and kiss me!"
A moment later, when the perverted man laid the woman down and ordered her to do so, the woman began to be held in tears and kissed the man in her mouth, as if she were making love between the lovers.농협실비보험 보험비교사이트
A girl named Jisun was also being beaten by another man, naked from the next table.
"No! No!"
A man who often begged in a crying voice, but he could have known that his eyes were not frightened at all.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
When the girl looked to her side at the painful screams from the side, the woman was finally flaking off her wedding dress and her fast skirt, with the exception of her white stockings, lying in a supine position on the table, showing her large, sensual hips appetizingly.
A man, bound with both legs wide open on both sides of the table with an ankle cuffs, was pushing his own from behind against between the woman's dainty buttocks.
The woman's face, covered with tears, was distorted with pain.
The girl looked at her tearful expression of sympathy and turned her head to the other side as if she could not see it.
A cute smile spread thinly around the lady's mouth.실손보험이란 보험비교사이트
"Now that we've opened up, we're going to try the eight-column assembly!"
The men giggled at the leader's mischievous voice, violently pulling down the woman tied to the table in a prone position, squatting on the floor, and a man held her in his arms, deeply inserted, and lay back holding her.
Another man giggled and began to take it to a woman's butt and push it in.
"Ahhhhh! No! No! Stop! G-ma-a-an!"
Despite the woman's cries, the men had no intention of stopping.
Two men came up from both sides and took the woman's hands to their own and began to move.
Two more people began to suck the woman's ample breasts from both sides, holding the top in their mouths.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill! What a sucker!"암보험비갱신형 보험비교사이트
With one man's obscene words heard, the leader stopped the other man from standing up and approaching her from the front.
"Let's take a commemorative photograph first so that you can see your face!"
Then he pointed the camera at the woman and said,
"Come on! Smile with kimchi! Here's a group photo of the new bride!"
The woman, who was being treated by six men at the same time, looked at the camera and cried out in horror.
"No! No, no, no, no, no, no!"우체국 암보험 보험비교사이트
After a while, the seventh man, who was full of "pulled," closed the woman's mouth with his own, completing the "eight-tiered assembly."
The leader was giggling and pressing down on the camera shutter.
After another couple of hours, the men all gathered two or three times and sat around, leaving both the woman and the girl named Jisun in the middle of the spacious room.
The lady is crying with a pitiful expression, white between her legs... between her legs. She was pretending to be, but with her eyes wide open, the woman was lying on the floor as if she had fainted.
The face, a pretty face with an arrogant and fierce impression, was swollen and her eyes were so swollen that they cried because men forced aural and slapped her without mercy.
The men didn't have the energy to spit something in their mouths, or whether it was coming up from their stomachs, and little by little came through their burst lips.
The rich, sensual breasts, which were a woman's great pride, were full of male tooth marks, and the swollen faucet seemed to be very bitter at first glance.
In fact, tooth marks were not only on the chest, but also all over the body, including the face, neck, arms, legs, belly, thighs and voluminous hips.
The white stockings, which were worn up to his thighs, were stripped off and disappeared, and the rest of them were torn apart, leaving only under his ankle, but he was showing no strength to cover his naked body.유병자 암보험 보험비교사이트
The was heavily red around and with a slight open air, the white and often bloodstains still mingled with each breath.
A white stem was flowing from the inside of a large buttock full of bruises and tooth marks as if it had been badly hit by men, and the bottom was also covered with blood.
Physical pain was severe, but a series of mental shocks seemed to be very big, with the wedding dress torn brutally, lost its virginity, and polished, and the "eight-tiered body" being photographed.
"Is that little bitch sleeping? Wake her up!"
When the leader gave the order in a soft voice, the men poured water into the bagues and poured it on the woman without mercy.
"Ahhhhhh!"
The woman, who seemed to have returned to her senses screaming, shivered and begged.
"Save me! Help me! Help me!"신한생명 암보험 보험비교사이트
"Let's have a little fun. Cover your eyes and tie your legs apart!"
At the leader's command, men moved the heavy table after both women tightly covered their eyes with thick black blindfolds, and only the "so" woman handcuffed her back and tied her legs wide open between the two tables.
Men gave strength to spread their legs without mercy, but unlike Sujin, the legs did not spread out in a straight line.
Of course, after the eyes of the "so" were covered, the blindfold of the girl was immediately released.
The leader's soft but cruel order was issued.
"Take that little bitch to another room!"
"Come on! From now on, give me two years' worth of trouble! I don't care if you kill me!"
"No! Please save my life!"
"Save me! Help me! Help me!"
The cries of two women's pleas echoed through the spacious room.
But while the "cattle" was crying with her eyes covered and her legs wide open, the lady was still naked, but her eyes, as well as her hands and feet, were smiling cutely, making only the sound of her crying.암보험비교사이트 보험비교사이트
Of course I wasn't even taken to another room.
After a while, a little short, but remarkably beautiful naked lady approached the helplessly bound "cattle," naked and blindfolded, with a long hair.
Then he sat down in front of the woman and massaged her big chest with both hands, as if he were weighing her first.
Then the little cute little mouth bit the woman's right tip, and the woman's nagging screams rang out.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!현대해상암보험 보험비교사이트
He must have been biting and pulling with his teeth at the already swollen faucet as if chewing meat.
At the same time, she began to squeeze the woman's other breast violently, as if she were about to burst her small white hand.
The leader, who was giggling and watching it, ordered a man, and the man brought the woman a pen.
Lady took off her mouth, which had been biting the knob for a moment, and accepted the pincer as she thanked her with a cute smile.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Save me! Argh!"
As if experimenting with how much the tap stretches, he stretched it by squeezing and pulling the two verbs alternately with a pen.
And as she twisted around the two breasts, which were as plentiful as a pancake, as if they were crushing, she turned red at first as soon as she put it on her side, and soon black and brown bruises began to cover both breasts.
Then, the girl's gaze seemed to be directed between the woman's open crotch, and her wide smile spread across her beautiful face.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Help! Help! Help!
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Create a new document (Ctrl + N) using the dimensions 600 x 530 pixels, then fill (G) your background layer with the color #1a1a1a. Were now going to setup some guides so that interface is symmetrical.
Go to "View > New Guide" then enter in pixels half of the dimensions of the canvas, so for example our canvas width is 600px so the guide will be 300px. Repeat the process for the horizontal guide. The the purpose of the screenshots I've hidden my guides for this tutorial.
Select the "Ellipse Tool" (U) from the menu then change the path type to shape layers.
Now drag out an ellipse onto your canvas, once your happy with the ellipse use the "Move Tool" (V) and place it in the middle of your canvas using your guides to get the circle centered with your canvas area.
Label your new shape layer "Main Outer" then add the following layer styles using the settings below.
Duplicate the "Main Outer" layer then rename the duplicated layer "Main Inner". Press "Ctrl + T" on the keyboard to access the "Free Transform" tool, now hold down the "Shift" key and the "Alt" key whilst dragging one of the corner anchor points. Make the "Main Inner" circle about 15-25px smaller than the "Main Outer" circle.
Holding down the Shift and Alt key down on the keyboard will transform the object from the center of the object opposed of from the corner your transforming from.
Right-Click your "Main Inner" layer and go to "Clear Layer Styles", now add the following new layers styles to the layer.
Duplicate the "Main Inner" layer then rename the duplicated layer "Buttons". Right-Click the "Buttons" layer then go to "Clear Layer Styles", now press "Ctrl + T" to free transform the shape. Hold down the "Shift" and "Alt" keys on the keyboard then re size the circle with one of corner anchor points, re size the shape by only about 3 – 4 pixels.
Add the following layer styles to your "Buttons" layer using the settings below.
You should have something like this. The "Main Inner" layer should be visible underneath the "Buttons" layer.
Click the vector mask thumbnail in the layers window so that the shape is selected, then select the "Rectangle Tool" (U). Change the path type to "Subtract From Shape Area".
Drag out two rectangles across the "Buttons" layer from one end to the other. You should have one vertical rectangle and one horizontal rectangle, you can use your guides as a guide for the rectangles.
Select the two rectangle paths by click the rectangles one at a time whilst holding down the "Shift" and "Ctrl" keys on the keyboard. Once both rectangles are selected press "Ctrl + T" then rotate the rectangles so they look like an X. You should have something like this.
Create a new blank layer labeled "Buttons Shine", make sure the "Buttons Shine" layer is highlighted then click the thumbnail inside the "Buttons" layer whilst holding down the "Ctrl" key on the keyboard, doing this should load a selection around the shape. Select the "Fill Tool" (G) then fill the selection with the color white.
Select the "Elliptical Marquee" tool (M) then make a selection inside the "Buttons Shine" layer. Once you've made the selection hit the delete key, you should be left with something like this.
Set the "Buttons Shine" layers opacity to 2% then select the "Polygonal Lasso" tool (L). With the "Polygonal Lasso" (L) tool create a small triangle shape, put the shape inside the top button in the middle towards the top. Once your happy with the position duplicate the triangle and move it to the other 3 buttons.
Now add the following layer styles to your little triangle layers.
Were now going to create the little blue lights underneath the arrows. Underneath each arrow create a small thin line using the "Rectangle" tool (U).
Once you've created the lines underneath each arrow add the following layer styles to your left, right and bottom lines.
Select the top line layer and add the following layer styles.
Select the "Ellipse" tool (U) then make a circle in the center of your interface.
Now add the following layer styles to your new circle, after you've added the layer styles label your new layer "Orb Outer".
Create a new layer and label it "Orb", select the "Ellipse" tool (U) and make another circle inside the "Outer Orb" circle layer. This new circle should be about 4 pixels smaller than the last one as shown in the image below.
Now add the following layer styles to your "Orb" layer.
Were now going to create the little orb reflections, grab the "Elliptical Marquee" tool (M) or the "Ellipse" tool (U) then drag out a small circle in the top left side of the orb.
Fill (G) the circle with the color white (#ffffff) then set the layers opacity to 3%. Select your desired ellipse tool once more then make another circle towards the bottom middle of the orb.
Fill (G) the circle with the color white (#ffffff) then set the layers opacity to 3%. Finally select the "Type" tool (T) and add some text inside of the orb.
Select the "Pen" tool (P) then with a 1px brush add some lines, when creating the lines path follow the contours of the shape your adding the line to.
The line at the top simply add a layer mask to, then drag a "Reflected Gradient" from the middle of the line dragging outwards.
The lines at the bottom add a layer mask then drag a "Reflected Gradient" diagonally across blending in the the lines nearest the orb. Once you've dragged the gradient over the line, right click on the mask in the layers window and go to "Apply Layer Mask".
Re-add the layer mask to the layer then drag a "Linear Gradient" from the bottom towards the orb. The look were trying to achieve is to have the lines where they end blend into the interface.
Finally to the lines at the bottom add a gradient overlay using the settings below.
That's it, you've completed the tutorial. Hopefully you should have something like mine, feel free to share your results with the rest of us. Look out for a more advanced interface tutorial coming soon. Thanks for reading.
Very nic and I learned a lot. Had one problem so I'm going to have to try to do the entire thing over again. The part where you Drag out two rectangles across the "Buttons" layer from one end to the other. I had no problem doing that but couldn't get them both selected and turned. did it all but that so will start new and see what happens. Using CS2 but don't think that is a problem. Thank you again for the great pics and instructions. For starting out like myself it was great to have it all explained and shown.
In case you read the above post I figured it out and it worked great. Thank you.
No problem glad you worked it out.
Richard actually I have one problem. did everything but can't get the white lines to look like your. the one with the Reflected Gradient.I make a new layer, than use the pen tool to make the radius.
on the Path layer I right click and click stroke (yes I know there is an icon below) I have the foreground color set to white and brush to 1 but don't get a very white line. Than I right click again on Paths and click make selection. Than to the new Layer and click Add Layer Mask. The background color changes to black and it looks like it has a black white gradient in it. I now apply the Radiant Gradient (not sure have you have you gradient made but none the less whatever I try it doesn't work. I did pull the gradient from the center as you said. Any help would be appreciated.
send me your PSD file to support@photoshop-plus.co.uk and il be sure to have alook for you.
awesome work dude .. i've managed to do it pferfectly .
Will give it a try soon.
Keep up the good work Richard!
One hell of a job, as always.
Firstly I do envy your amazing pds skilz- I have been trying to do this tutorial however I have become stuck at 'Click the vector mask thumbnail in the layers window so that the shape is selected, then select the "Rectangle Tool" (U). Change the path type to "Subtract From Shape Area".' The 'Subtract from shape' button is greyed out for me even though the buttons layer is selected. Guessing this is down to my poor knowledge of CS5 – very steep learning curve but one I must overcome.
I would apreciate any help you can give me with this little blip, thank you.
when you click the vector mask a black outline should outline the shape. In doing this the options should come available.
Thank you for responding Richard, unfortunately I was still unable to get the button to be selectable, however I was able to around it using the 'Rectangular Marque Tool' and cut option which had the same effect : ) (after I rotated the buttons layer 45 degrees and then back again after the cut).
That's was beautifuly done, and amazingly amazing Richard, mine was great as well especially being a beginner, but I haven't really understood the last step where you've been using the pen tool, and I couldn't find any brush for the pen tool, is there one? Or should I be drawing a path with the pen tool and close it following the lines? I don't have a clue, anyway thanks for the tutorial, you're a Genius.
First of all – great website, only found your website through chance but I love it. Done a couple of tutorials but this one for some reason I struggled through. Maybe it was my ineptitude at Ps BUT I prevailed …. I guess I just used trial and error. Did learn at least two 'moves'. Anyway, i'll be attempting this again later where I hope I don't take as long as I did the first time !!
Cool Button, very simple indeed, could be used on any GUI and won't look useless, anyways, you're a very cool Graphics + Web Designer, I wish I can be like you.
I want to be a graphics designer too. Graphics is fun and very cool. Thanks for sharing this tut and others too even on HV-DESIGNS.
quite an awesome tutorial….learnt easier ways of getting some things done!!! …wish i could show you my design….its like an exact replica…Completed it using Ps CS6.


When it comes to helping the environment and practicing sustainability, we tend to focus on a few key things – plastic consumption and pollution, reducing water, energy and food waste, and how we can offset carbon emissions through the way we travel. These are important things to focus on, however, when we look for ways we can reduce our own impact on the environment, we tend to neglect one of the worst offenders – the fashion industry.
We can see with our own eyes the terrible impact plastic has on the environment as well as on human heath – something that has been bolstered into the public eye with David Attenborough's 'Blue Planet' towards the end of last year. However fashion is something that is easier to ignore. We may help the environment by drinking water out of a reusable bottle and refusing straws in bars, but what about the impact of our clothes addiction? For those of us who love fashion and enjoy expressing ourselves through the medium of clothes, this can be a bitter pill to swallow. But swallow it, we must.
The production involved within the fashion industry takes a huge toll on the environment. The fashion industry is one of the largest industries in terms of water use. Cotton, which is one of the most common materials used in the industry, needs a huge amount of water and this often puts the countries producing cotton at risk of drought. In fact, it takes 2700 litres of water simply to produce one t-shirt.
In addition to this the actual materials many clothes are made with are toxic for the environment. Polyester, for example, can shed microfibres when washed in washing machines which add to the already extremely high levels of plastic in our oceans and waterways. Then there is cotton, which is often genetically modified. The dyes used to colour materials can also be toxic and is the second largest polluter of clean water globally, after agriculture **.
In addition to the environmental harm the fashion industry causes, there is also the issue of how – or who – makes the clothes we wear. It is no secret that many of our cheap clothes are made by cheap labour – often in factories abroad which have extremely low health and safety standards by people who are forced to work extremely long hours and for very little money. Yet despite this being something that has been reported on repeatedly it is still something that the general consumer continues to ignore. Whilst many companies have made improvements, it would be naive to believe that this practice has been eradicated.
However, the above facts are often glossed over and not something that as a society we pay too much attention to. I myself am guilty of this – I really love clothes and do genuinely believe that clothes can be a fantastic way to express yourself and learn about your own identity. Plus, we live in a consumer culture which encourages us to always be purchasing new things and stuff that we don't necessarily need. It doesn't help that alongside regular forms of advertising, we now have bloggers and vloggers (many of which I follow and love) doing 'haul' posts, which encourages buying items on mass from companies we know harm the environment. This attitude also encourages us to constantly buy more and more, and thus chuck more and more, with many clothes ending up in a landfill.
Possibly the most obvious thing to do – when you want to get some new clothes, instead of going straight for the high street stores, look for clothes that are pre-loved. Charity shops can stock some seriously great hidden gems which also end up being absolute bargains nowadays. Not only will you benefit, but so will your bank balance and you'll get to put your money into a good cause.
An alternative is looking at vintage stores – these can sometimes be more expensive depending on the store, but you'll be able to grab some seriously stylish clothes that no one else will have. Vintage shops are my favourite places to find new clothes and whenever I go to new cities I always find what vintage stores are around and spend a bit of time routing through them.
Living in Bristol, I'm very lucky as Bristol is a hub for independent businesses and brands. Yes, you are still getting new clothes rather than pre-loved clothes (unless the local business is a vintage company), but you are supporting an actual human or small group of humans and supporting your community, instead of putting more money back into big corporations who don't always treat their staff fairly. Plus by supporting local instead of going to a high street chain, you also help offset the carbon emissions from clothes travelling long distances from overseas factories.
Local businesses are also highly unlikely to be having their clothes made in sweat shops, which is another really important thing to consider when being ethical with your clothing purchases.
Look for businesses whose clothes are made ethically and sustainably.
This feeds into the above, however doesn't have to necessarily be a local or even a small business.
A lot of the time, we sadly become blind to the conditions our clothes are made in, and the materials used within our clothes, as described above. The clothes we buy are cheap but they do come at a cost – we just don't see it.
Not only are the clothes we purchase from these bigger businesses often made in abhorrent conditions, but the actual condition of the clothes is subpar. There are so many fast fashion online companies these days who have thousands of items of clothing to offer at a ridiculously cheap price, but these clothes often don't last very long before they start tearing or the material loses quality. This creates more waste as we don't get to keep these clothes for very long before we have to chuck them away.
However, there are so many fantastic companies out there who are combatting this by creating clothes which are not only made ethically and lovingly, but also are made in a sustainable way.
Sometimes buying sustainable clothes can be more expensive, however this is because you are buying clothes that will last, and you are ensuring that someone gets a fair wage and decent working conditions. Remember how you spend your money is a powerful vote into what kind of world you want to live in.
This can be a trickier one for the less creative or time short amongst us, however is a great way to get more wear out of old clothes. This is exactly what the generations before us did – instead of having a wasteful attitude, our grandparents would 'make do and mend'. Yet in todays consumeristic culture, we are encouraged to simply chuck and buy again.
Instead, get out the needle and thread and see if you can mend your clothes yourself. Get creative and see if you can even turn your item into something new, or give it a new lease of life with the addition of sequins or studs. There are so many ideas and tutorials online when it comes to transforming clothes into something new, so it's never been easier to test your creativity and your sewing/glue gun skills.
To take the above one step further, you could even try your hand at making your own clothing creations! This is the perfect way to express yourself and get creative, whilst also not supporting the fast-fashion industry. Just try to ensure you buy fabrics that are sustainable and from a reliable source.
When getting rid of old clothes….
If the clothes are still in wearable condition, but simply don't fit anymore, don't suit you, or you just don't get any wear out of them, then instead of chucking them make sure you donate them to a local charity shop. If your clothes are in great condition, you could even sell them.
Alternatively, another great option is to give them to friends or do a clothes swap with friends.
If your clothes are unwearable and truly beyond repair, see if you can recycle the material instead of opting straight away to throw them in the bin. Remember that everything that goes in the rubbish bin ends up in a landfill. It doesn't simply disappear so it's important we are sensible and thoughtful when it comes to how we dispose of unloved clothes.
I hope some of the above tips helped you when it comes to thinking about how to be sustainable when it comes to fashion. It's not easy to completely change your attitude to buying clothes, and I myself am still guilty of buying clothes from questionable sources or not truly doing my research into a brand before I purchase clothes from there. It's easy to get sucked in by a trend or a price tag. However, like any other industry which needs tackling when it comes to helping the environment, it's ok to start small. Even simply stopping to think about whether you need a new item of clothing or making an effort to start mending old clothes can help change old mindsets. Sometimes it can be overwhelming when we are told we immediately need to only shop organic and completely change our style and our budgets for clothing – this isn't always possible. But small steps and an overall understanding of the impact that fashion has on the environment is key.
Above all however, if you do nothing else, avoid fast-fashion!! Not only is the fast fashion industry often unethical in it's approaches to everything from designing clothes (so many independent designers I know have had their designs shamelessly ripped off from bigger companies) to clothing production, but the clothes are often not the best quality and encourage people to buy pieces based purely what is in trend right now.
Remember, fashion is seasonal, but true style is timeless. Try to go for pieces that you'll want to wear for years to come, not just until Autumn. Try to find your own style that you can identify with and look for key pieces surrounding this, instead of filling your wardrobe with items which will look unfashionable in a few months time – that is, if they don't break at the seams beforehand. Whilst it's not possible for most people to spend loads of money on one piece of clothing, see if you can buy less but spend a little more on key items to ensure you get durability and quality, and support good businesses. The impact of fashion on the earth and it's inhabitants has long been ignored, because we are all addicted to over-consumption and fitting in. But it is time to change our attitude and recognise that actually, we have the power. We have the power in what we support with our money, and we have the power to choose how we reflect ourselves through style. And if we're smart, we don't have to sacrifice saving the planet or being stylish.


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Elected Representatives Opinion Westminster
House of Lords Reform – Uncertainty and Evolution
November 16, 2011 November 16, 2011 George Foulkes
The RT. HON. LORD FOULKES of Cumnock discusses reform to the House of Lords, arguing for an elected second chamber in the long run.
A beauty of our constitution is that it has the flexibility to gradually evolve over time. Nowhere is this more evident than in The House of Lords. Yet, whilst largely welcome, most discussions surrounding House of Lords reform have throughout my political career fallen into the trap of principally considering the nature of the membership of the Second Chamber and how they become Members. In the past, I've voted for complete abolition on the one hand, to a fully elected and functioning second chamber on the other. Whilst this may seem like an inconsistent and even eccentric approach, I trust that my following remarks my shine some light on why reform of the Lords is rarely a straightforward matter.
Now that reform is once again in the spotlight, we should approach it from a wider perspective – not forgetting its actual functions and how it relates to the House of Commons. Take, for example, the Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform, which is currently before Parliament. It should look at a process of reform and not just a one-off fix to satisfy the ambitions of a Deputy Prime Minister with no experience of the Second Chamber.
So, the discussion over Lords reform should consider both the long term ideal and the immediate changes which can help move smoothly towards that ideal.
For my part, I come at this from a starting point that in a democracy the legislature should be elected and, if there are two chambers, both should be elected.
There is a strong argument in favour of a uni-cameral system to avoid gridlock between the two chambers of a bicameral legislature. But there is also an argument that a second chamber can provide a democratic check on a first chamber controlled by a powerful executive.
In the UK we cannot afford not to consider what might be ideal, even if such exists, but must, like the man lost in Ireland searching for the route to Dublin, start from where we are.
We currently have a revising Second Chamber which, through Conventions, accepts the primacy of the House of Commons should ultimately prevail and so a form of appointment is not considered to be outrageous, although our form of appointment, without a ceiling and with relatively little scrutiny does stretch legitimacy and credibility to the boundary.
As we have seen with devolution, if the Second Chamber is to be elected it will take more powers upon itself and to deny this is to misunderstand elected politics.
However, my view is that we should agree a long term aim of an elected Second Chamber, but before that is put into legislation we need further detailed consideration of:
a) The relative roles and functions of the two chambers
b) The machinery for resolving disputes between them
c) The method of election to both chambers
None of this can be properly considered before the next election.
Nevertheless, what we certainly can begin to seriously consider with immediate effect are the kind of short term proposals that would improve the present position, whilst not pre-empting longer term reform. This should include:
a) Ending all rights of Hereditary peers to sit in the second chamber of the legislature
b) The agreement of a ceiling in the number of members
c) Arrangement for the retiral of members i) who attend infrequently ii) who volunteer to do so and iii) who attain the age of 80 during a session of Parliament
d) A statutory Appointments Committee and a more transparent system of nomination for membership
e) A system of remuneration for secretarial support for those agreeing to take no outside public or private appointments
This arrangement would be agreed for this and the next Parliament on the understanding that longer term proposals for election would then be considered.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Foulkes of Cumnock is a Labour Party peer in the House of Lords, and was previously MP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley and MSP for Lothians.
George Foulkes, House of Lords, Reform
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8 thoughts on "House of Lords Reform – Uncertainty and Evolution"
soosider says:
I have read the article twice and I am genuinely speechless.
cynicalHighlander says:
A beauty of our constitution is that it has the flexibility to gradually evolve over time.
A written copy would be good to see rather than one made up on the whim of politicians.
I think I'm right to say Lord Foulkes opposed AV in the referendum, but would he support some form of proportional list voting or STV for the Reformed House of Lords?
Davy Johnstone says:
George, To quote the Honourable Member for Glasgow South West, "Who cares?"
Nigel Ranter says:
While the very existence of the House of Lords may go against my Socialist principles, we must not forget that it offers some of our hard-working Labour MPs and MSPs the opportunity to end their careers with dignity and ensure them an adequate pension on their retirement. I agree wit Lord Foulkes that it would be highly cynical to grudge them the reward they deserve so much.
Quote 1, Lord Foulkes, "For my part, I come at this from a starting point that in a democracy the legislature should be elected and, if there are two chambers, both should be elected."
Quote 2, Lord Foulkes, "A statutory Appointments Committee and a more transparent system of nomination for membership"
It would appear that Lord Foukes in not contradicted by contradictions.
If he was he would have never accepted the ermine.
Anyone who believes in democracy would campaign to end entitlement.
The upper house should be the federal parliament for a federal UK if Lord Georges " Devo Max" Scotland comes into being. The Irish Republic could even be asked to join. I do not believe the UK will ever be a federation, however, London whether Labour or Tory, likes to hoard power and thinks of itself as the New Rome with the rest of us as Provinces.
MacRae says:
Why come out with this when the Labour party did nothing for parliamentry reform, they had plenty opportunity, but its the same old jobs for the boys!


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Scott Kazmir has only been a member of the Houston Astros for two weeks but he's already picked up a major award.
When asked by MLB.com's Brian McTaggart about the honor, Kazmir didn't hide his feelings: "It's a huge honor. The whole month has gone the way I wanted to, just from the fact of being able to hit my spots and stuff like that. I'm excited."
McTaggart also noted that Kazmir's 0.26 ERA for the month of July is the third-lowest by any one pitcher in that month in MLB history, coming behind Frank Allen (0.25 in 1916) and Spudd Chandler (0.24 in 1941)...so Kazmir is in good company.
Split between the A's and Astros so far in 2015, Kazmir is 6-5 with an AL-best 2.10 ERA.


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Guides to Grow Cosmos Flower
Cosmos are a low-maintenance annual plant with a profusion of blossoms that may be started in the garden after any fear of frost has passed. Cosmos are easy to grow and provide a profusion of blooms. These typical cottage garden flowers attain full maturity in around two months.
This plant tends to be longer to germinate, but it blooms fast after that and continues to flower through the fall. The flowers sit atop long slender stalks and make a cloud of color that looks appealing throughout the summer and attracts bees, butterflies, and birds to your garden. Cosmos blooms look a lot like daisies.
They come in a diverse range of hues, with more varieties generated every year. The leaves grow opposite on stalks and are highly lobed, pinnate, bipinnate, and feather-looking, depending on the species. If you plan to raise cosmos and live in the southern U.S., consider keeping them as potted plants since they tend to be invasive there.
Cosmos Care
Cosmos grow readily in beds and produce wonderful cut flowers. When established, the plants can tolerate drought, poor soil conditions, and general neglect. They even self-sow. This is a genuinely low-maintenance plant. While some pests, like aphids, flea beetles, and thrips, do appreciate cosmos, they're easy to remove with a powerful spray of water or insecticidal soap. Aster yellows, bacterial wilt, and powdery mildew may also harm the cosmos.
Space plants suitably ensure optimum ventilation to avoid illnesses. The taller kinds look beautiful surrounded by goat's beard, coneflowers, and black-eyed Susans, for example, in the middle or back of the border. Shorter varieties provide wonderfully colorful, airy border plants.
For the best flowering, pick a place that gets full sun. When planted in shady areas, Cosmos will grow in moderate shade but have fewer blooms and be less vigorous. These plants will also grow under unbroken full sun in the warmest temperatures, much like their native habitat: the desert parts of Mexico and Central America.
Soil Cosmos plants prefer somewhat acidic soil; however, they flourish in poor soil where many flowering plants droop. Cosmos perform best in medium moisture, well-drained soils, but they will perform effectively in dry soils. Avoid planting in rich soil; it can lead the plants to get too tall and flop over. You can prevent drooping by anchoring the plants or growing them next to other plants that can support them.
Once established, you will not need to water your cosmos plants unless there is a protracted drought. Where water is restricted, these are the last plants that require irrigation.
Hot weather is excellent for cosmos, and they grow in any humidity level.
Fertilizing can badly damage cosmos. Cosmos can handle poor soil. Too much fertilizer can typically lead to vigorous plants with loads of foliage but few blooms. Unless your plants seem to be struggling, these plants do not need fertilizer.
Types of Cosmos
There are over 25 species of cosmos. However, three species are most typically utilised in gardens in landscaping.
Cosmos sulphureus is native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. With golden yellow blossoms, it is exceptionally drought tolerant and enjoys warmer weather. The plant can grow from 2 to 6 feet tall and produces flowers that are both double and semi-double in appearance. Some of the more recent varieties tend to be shorter, more orangy, and with smaller flowers.
Cosmos bipinnatus are brilliant daisy-like flowers that appear in white, pinks, reds, and orange. They are lesser in stature than C. suphureus, standing between 1 and 4 feet tall, and are available in various popular hybrid series. Although they are not nearly as heat tolerant as C. sulphureus, C. bipinnatus will grow well in just about any sunny location.
Chocolate cosmos is a different species: Cosmos atrosanguineus. The dark crimson blossoms smell like chocolate. This perennial is hardy to USDA zone 7; however, it is heavier maintenance than the annual cosmos. Like dahlias, it grows from tubers.
Other common cosmos cultivars include:
'Bright Lights' mix: This cultivar boasts a blend of flamboyant yellows, oranges, and reds.
'Cosmic Orange': This stunning, semi-double orange blossom has remarkable drought tolerance.
'Peppermint Candy': An award-winning cultivar, the petals are splashed in magenta and white.
'Sea Shells' series features unusual tubular petals with a lovely blend of pastel colors.
'Ladybird': This cosmos is a shorter variety that blooms in various colors, including red, yellow, orange, and gold. It grows 12 to 16 inches tall and blooms in a variety of colors.
The maintenance cosmos plants need deadheading which will lengthen the flowering season. If you fall behind, shear the plants by roughly one-third, when most flowers have faded. This method of trimming promotes a second flush of leaves and blossoms. By the end of the season, you can cut off the plants at ground level or pluck them up, roots and all. In contrast, if you leave the plants in place, they may self-seed for the following season.
Propagating Cosmos
Cosmos plants rapidly self-seed. It's better to propagate these plants when the fear of frost is gone. Although spreading seeds is the best and easiest technique to propagate this plant, you may also propagate via stem cutting. When you take stem clippings, it stimulates leaves and bloom growth. Besides the seed, stem cutting is the greatest way to reproduce this plant. Here's how you do it:
You'll need sterile pruning shears or scissors and a pot of sterile, well-draining potting soil.
Fill a small 3-inch container with moistened potting soil. Using a pencil point, push straight down in the soil approximately 1 to 2 inches deep, producing a shallow hole.
Look for a cosmos sprout that has 3 to 5 leaf nodes on the stem. Cut under the last leaf node. The last leaf node, carefully clip off the leaves, leaving the node intact for new development.
Bury the cut tip of the stem in the pencil-made hole. Check to see that the last leaf node is above the soil line before continuing. Push down the soil around the stem, compacting the material to keep the branch upright and in place.
Water generously and maintain moisture. Within three weeks, you should begin to witness new leaf growth. If you do, you can carefully remove the root ball out of the container, Transplant the root ball to its new place.
How to Grow Cosmos From Seeds
Cosmos are uncomplicated to grow from seeds. Start seeds inside, four to six weeks before the final frost. Or if you can sow cosmos outdoors straight in the garden well after the threat of frost has gone. Cosmos proliferate but can be killed by a late frost, so don't push it. Cosmos germinate in 7 to 21 days at 75 degrees Fahrenheit, followed by flowering in about 50 to 60 days.
Dislodge the soil till it reaches a depth of 8 inches. Plant the seeds and cover them with 1/4 inch of fine dirt. Seed packs usually indicate specific spacing, such as at 2-foot intervals, or you can scatter the seeds and allow the plants to support each other as they grow. You can always thin them out later, transferring the surplus plants to another part of the garden.
Potting and Repotting Cosmos
When growing cosmos in pots, make sure the container includes bottom drainage holes. Cosmos can't withstand incredibly moist, muddy soil. Plant one cosmos plant every gallon of water in your container. If you're growing in a pot, don't enrich the soil because it will cause your plants to grow tall, lanky, and droopy. Tall cultivars will also require support in containers. Plan on using a heavy, 12-inch-diameter container at the very least.
Cosmos Overwintering is a once-a-year plant. They will perish if left outside in freezing conditions. However, if you decide to cut dead flower heads to shed their seeds at the end of the flowering season, cosmos seeds will fall dormant and sprout when the soil warms up again in the spring.
You'll need a bright whole sun-growing lamp for at least 7 hours a day if you have a potted cosmos in a container and want to maintain it alive during the winter. Any blooms that emerge will need to be snipped off as soon as they appear. The life cycle of this plant comes to a close with flowering when it produces seeds for the following season.
How to Make Cosmos Flower
Cosmos plants require direct sunlight to blossom. It may not flower if there is even a sliver of shade. It would help if you also deadheaded the old blossoms to encourage additional blooms to appear. Prune between the main stem and a leaf for faster flowering. The lower the branch is cut, the longer it takes for extra blossoms to grow.
Cosmos Issues that People Have
Cosmos are simple to grow and care for throughout the growing season. In most cases, they are disease and insect-resistant; nonetheless, some pests can be a nuisance and impede their growth.
Wilting or Discoloration of the Leaves
There are two possible causes if your plant gets plenty of water and isn't wilting from dehydration. A common fusarium fungal infection can cause wilting and leaf discoloration in plants. Fusarium is most likely present if you pull up the plant and discover a pink mass on the roots.
The entire plant is doomed, will die, and must be destroyed to prevent the fungus from spreading. If the roots are healthy when dug up, the plant may have a bacterial wilt infection. The bacteria causes wilting at the base of the stems. This plant will perish and should be removed from the environment.
Leaf Drop and Yellowing Leaves
Powdery mildew is mostly a problem for plants that grow in the shade.
3 Fungus spores float in the air and land on a shaded host plant. It causes yellowing leaves and leaves to fall off by coating them with a powdery white coating. To avoid powdery mildew, give your plants plenty of air, intense light, and water the soil rather than the leaves. If your plant has fungus, use a horticultural fungicide as directed on the label.
Flowers that are distorted or stunted in their growth
As an aster, cosmos is susceptible to aster yellows, a disease spread by leafhoppers (a tiny grasshopper-looking insect). The leaves will become mottled with yellow, and the blossoms will become deformed or stunted. Because there is nothing that can be done to help these plants recover, they should be killed.


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Director Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book won this year's Oscar for Best Visual Effects. A Walt Disney Picture, the movie is unique because the only live action character, the boy Mowgli, was shot on bluescreen while everything else was computer-generated. The visual effects team included key talent from Technicolor and its subsidiary, the Moving Picture Company. In part three of our five-part series, Rob Legato lead VFX supervisor, and second unit director on The Jungle Book explains how creating a movie that was totally dependent on VFX demanded a completely different approach to production, and opened the door to a greatly expanded role for VFX in real-world movie-making.
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Director Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book won this year's Oscar for Best Visual Effects. A Walt Disney Picture, the movie is unique because the only live action character, the boy Mowgli, was shot on bluescreen while everything else was computer-generated. The visual effects team included key talent from Technicolor and its subsidiary, the Moving Picture Company. In part one of our five-part series, Adam Valdez, visual effects supervisor with MPC explains how teamwork, talent and a pursuit of excellence combined to create a movie that has been widely acclaimed for its artistic and technological accompaniments.
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Rodeo FX Wins Three VES Awards
Rodeo FX won three Visual Effects Society Awards for its work on Game of Thrones at the 15th VES Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The awards honored the studio's work on Battle of the Bastards, the ninth and most memorable episode of season six.
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Montreal's Rodeo FX completed 60 visual effects shots for Arrival, the alien visitation movie from acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners, Enemy). Working once again with VFX supervisor Louis Morin, the studio helped create a gravity shift sequence, multiple aircrafts, digital doubles of actors and the scene when they entered the alien shift.
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Dronne: 2016
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"The beauty of NSRO's music is that it feels like a core sample drilled down through the last few hundred years of music, revealing traces of Purcell, Victorian parlour music, Britten, sea shanties, and krautrock. This blend of ancient and modern was reflected more overtly on their previous album I A Moon, but their flowing - if occasionally knotty - music sounds particularly inspired on Dronne." Prog Magazine
"It's been five years since North Sea Radio Orchestra's last release, I A Moon, a beautiful album of chamber pop that added touches of krautrock to their classic English melodicism. During the intervening years, composer and lead guitarist Craig Fortnam released a solo album under his Arch Garrison monicker and also directed and arranged the music of Robert Wyatt for a performance at the Nuits de Fourviere Festival in Lyon with the NSRO as in-house band. With ex-Cardiacs keyboardist William D Drake and ex-Henry Cow/National Health bassist and singer, John Greaves, added to that mix, it's hard to imagine a more appropriate group of musicians to represent Wyatt's music.
According to Fortnam, the main effect that working on the Wyatt project had on his own songwriting was in treading the fine line between spontaneity and composition whilst maintaining a sense of freedom within the original arrangements. This approach bears wonderful results on their cover of 'The British Road,' from Wyatt's Old Rottenhat. Keeping Wyatt's central melody intact, the NSRO version ups the tempo to an anglicised Neu-like chug, whilst adding glorious layers of strings, bassoon, clarinet, piano, synth, vibraphone and glockenspiel. It's a beautiful, life-affirming moment. Like all the best covers, succeeding in improving on the original by simultaneously expressing respect and doing its own thing. It's a clear highlight of the album, although far from the only one. Opening track, 'Arcade,' subtly reveals its serene melody with easy grace, effortlessly evoking imagery of nature's springtime return, petals opening and water running clean through brooks and streams. In the gently chiming 'Vishnu Schist,' Sharron Fortnam's lovely emotive vocal adds an element of uncertainty undermining its lullaby quality when she sings: "In God we trust/to take you in and keep you safe and warm/Like he never did when you were here on Earth."
Although in the past the NSRO have been lumbered with such labels as 'new folk,' or even worse 'prog folk' or 'modern pastoral,' it makes more sense to place them in the context of a 'post Cardiacs' scene, alongside Knifeworld, Stars In Battledress, William D Drake and The Gasman. Not in the sense of aping the original, but in their shared aspirations of writing intense music driven by the most sublime of melodies. If anything, NSRO share a similar aesthetic to the Drake and Smith Sea Nymphs side-project, albeit without the willful eccentricity, whilst still making a sound unmistakably their own.
At eight minutes long, the title track, 'Dronne,' is an ambient epic at the centre of the album. Almost entirely improvised, swathed in synths, organs and bells, its two unrelated chords eventually coming together in a massive melody of almost overwhelming proportions. The track grew out of a piece originally composed for a funeral, an accompaniment for the soul whilst journeying into the Great Cosmic Unknown. True to the usual NSRO magic, the piece becomes celebratory in nature, rather than steeped in sadness. 'Alsace Lorraine' twines the voices of the two Fortnams, together to lovely effect, at once both wistful and hopeful. The large-scale instrumentals 'Dinosaurus Rex Parts 1 and 2' end the album on an emotionally strong high note. The kind of gently pulsing effect found in the works of Steve Reich giving way to neoclassical strings and a playful fairground organ melody that wouldn't be out of place as the soundtrack to a BBC television show about British nautical history. One final coda follows and then its over, all too soon it seems. All things told, this is a gorgeous album from start to finish, without a weak track amongst its number.
"Despite, or perhaps because of the subtlety of its sounds and construction, it's a recording capable of repaying repeated listens manifold. The airy and natural textures it evokes makes it a perfect soundtrack for the changing seasons as summer dwindles into autumn and the leaves on the trees begin to turn to shades of russet and yellow, magenta and orange". The Quietus
"Craig Fortnam's contemporary electronica and chamber-music project has spawned just three albums since its inception in 2002, fusing cyclical classical sounds with alternative folk and jazz time-signatures, a sort of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Soft Machine and Chris Morphitis on a slow boat to the Scottish Isles via the South Downs.
Dronne is the band's fourth long-player and possibly their most realised and consistent. Elegiac arrangements dominate the first few pieces with Vishnu Schist recalling the second half of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love or her 50 Words for Snow and the opening Arcade turning into a sweeping widescreen overture for the setting sun.
The closest we come to a determinable song is the motorik The British Road which is driven by a slight syn-drum, sweet harmonies and a feast of strings. I can imagine this translating very well in a concert setting such is its gradually unravelling bent. There's also a radio edit included, suggesting NSRO are as keen on it being a single as I am. Given that it's an exquisite Robert Wyatt cover (Fortnam's got previous with Wyatt - he performed his work at a French arts festival in 2014), that's no shock at all.
There's also some acoustic guitar wizardry, light and airy folkisms, Krautrock leanings (particularly on the glistening and hypnotic title-track) and eccentric psychedelia (very Cardiacs in places) on Dinosaurus Rex, proving that once again, North Sea Radio Orchestra have enough idiosyncrasies in their locker to satiate most fans." Flipside
Dronne is available from Amazon, Itunes and Google Play


Shortly after the British surrendered Singapore to Imperial Japan in February 1942, the Japanese Military executed Operation Sook Ching to wipe out all anti-Japanese elements. The Japanese military police, Kempeitai, were afraid of Singapore resisting Japanese rule and feared losing control of the city. Therefore, General Tomoyuki Yamashita ordered the military to execute members that would be considered a threat to the Japanese government. The series of purges to eliminate all anti-Japanese threats among the Chinese community is known as Sook Ching, in Chinese translation means "purge through cleansing." From February 21 to March 5, the Japanese military summoned Chinese males between the ages of 18 to 50 for mass screening and executed those who were suspected to be anti-Japanese. They considered members of the volunteer force that resisted Japanese occupation in Malaya and Singapore, communist, looters, people who owned armed weapons, businessmen who provided financial support to resist Japanese invasion in China, gangsters, and names of people on the list given by the Japanese intelligence to be anti-Japanese.
In order to adequately secure control of Singapore, General Yamashita's priority was to eliminate all Chinese resistance. There was a massive influx of refugees coming from Malaya Peninsula due to the recent Japanese invasion. The population of Singapore was estimated to be 1.4 million, and more than half of the population was ethnic Chinese. In comparison to the Chinese population in Singapore, the Japanese treated Indians and Malaya more kindly. The Japanese did not trust Singaporean Chinese because the Japanese and Chinese have already been fighting for about five years since the Second Sino-Japanese War beginning in 1937 and many of the Singaporean Chinese support resistance against the Japanese force in China. For that reason, the Japanese launched a brutal operation to wipe out and clean impure elements against Japanese ideology and specifically targeted the Chinese population.
Operation Sook Ching divided Singapore into four regional zones to assemble the Chinese community in preparation for the screening process. Issues and notices were sent out, posters were shared, and men used loudspeakers to announce the news to advise Chinese males between the ages of 18 to 50 to present themselves at screening centers. Kempeitai carried out the screening sessions and decided which individuals are deemed to be anti-Japanese. However, the Japanese military police poorly conducted the selection process. The specifications to measure anti-Japanese qualities differed in every screening center and officers. In some instances, victims were chosen solely based on their occupation, others were selected based on the way they responded to questions, and some were suspected because of their tattooed body. The chosen suspects were transferred to isolated areas in Changi, Punggol, and Bedok for execution. It is estimated that the Sook Ching Massacres killed 10-20 percent of the Chinese male population in Singapore. According to the Japanese record, Sook Ching killed 5,000 civilians, but Singapore's record estimates the death toll to be 50,000 to 70,000. However, the exact number is unclear due to lack of written records.
Geoffrey C. Gunn, "Remembering the Southeast Asian Chinese Massacres of 1941-45," Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol.37, No.3, August 2007, pp. 273-291.
Jean Abshire, "Chapter 5: Fortress Singapore to Syonan-to: World War II," in The History of Singapore (Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2011).
Lee, Geok Boi, The Syonan Years: Singapore under Japanese rule 1942-1945 (Singapore: National Archives of Singapore and Epigram, 2005).
Peter Thompson, "Chapter 26: Sook Ching (Purification by Elimination)," in The Battle For Singapore: The True Story of the Great Catastrophe of World War II (London: Piatkus Books Limited, 2005).


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Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami are unlikely to recover in time to take part in the two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which starts on December 14 in Chattogram. Both players had missed the preceding ODI series with injuries. In their absence, India are likely to bring in Saurabh Kumar and Navdeep Saini as replacements. Both Saurabh and Saini are currently part of the India A side also on tour in Bangladesh.
Jadeja is yet to recover fully from a knee surgery that he had done in September earlier this year, while Shami is nursing a shoulder injury. Shami had suffered the injury during a training session after he returned from Australia, where India lost the semi-final of the T20 World Cup last month.
Saurabh, the Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner, could be in line for his debut as a like-for-like replacement for Jadeja. He has been a consistent performer in the Ranji Trophy and in the ongoing unofficial Test series against Bangladesh A, he has emerged as the highest wicket-taker so far with ten strikes at an average of 15.30. Saurabh can also contribute with the bat lower down the order, as he showed during his 39-ball 55 in Sylhet on Thursday.
Saini, if he is promoted into the senior side, will join Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj as India's seam-bowling options for the series. Rohit Sharma, the captain, is in doubt for the Test-series opener after having injured his thumb during the second ODI in Mirpur on Wednesday. Rohit has since returned home to Mumbai to consult a specialist but the BCCI is yet to provide the latest update.
After India conceded the ODI series 2-0, Rohit expressed his frustration at India's mounting injury list. Deepak Chahar (hamstring strain) and Kuldeep Sen (stiff back) are also on that list.
"I mean there are definitely a few injury concerns," Rohit said. We need to try and get to the bottom of it. I don't know what exactly it is. Maybe they're playing too much cricket. We need to try and monitor those guys, because it's important to understand when they come for India, they need to be a 100%, in fact more than 100%."
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Sinking Ship Entertainment And DHX Television Bring Puppets To Life As Principal Photography Begins On Playdate
Sinking Ship Entertainment, recent recipients of three Daytime Emmy® Awards, and DHX Television are pleased to announce the start of principal photography on the new preschool series Playdate. A mix of live-action and the skilled puppeteering of Dina and Frank Meschkuleit, the series showcases the unexpected adventures Jacob and his friends' stuffed animals encounter when they leave them alone. Playdate's first season will see 13 half-hour episodes and is slated to premiere on DHX Television's preschool channel which will be rebranded to Family Junior in Fall 2015.
"We're always exploring new ways to connect with preschoolers and the notion that toys come to life when children aren't looking is an enchanting and relatable premise for our audience," said Michael Goldsmith, Director, Original Programming, DHX Television. "With the ample experience that Frank and Dina bring and with our award-winning production partners at Sinking Ship at the helm, we're confident this series will capture the hearts of our young viewers and their families as they join the toys' on their exciting escapades."
"Sinking Ship is always on the look out for an exciting new production challenge and in Playdate we've definitely found one! Cutting edge puppets from the whiz team of Frank and Dina, a ground breaking multi-level set care of Ron Stefaniuk, plus children and animals are sure to keep the ship bobbing for many months to come!" said J.J. Johnson, Executive Producer/Series Director, Sinking Ship Entertainment.
Every child believes their toys come to life when they're not around and on Playdate, they really do! Meet Mac, Sammy, Priscilla and Buckie – the beloved stuffed animals of Jacob and his friends who venture out on their own playtime adventures when the children are away. They do their best to complete the kids' playtime adventures but usually end up causing some kind of mess or chaos along the way. Since the kids can never know their toys come to life, Mac, Sammy, Priscilla and Buckie have to finish their escapades before the kids come back and make sure they're exactly where they started off. Luckily, Norman, the family dog, makes the perfect fall guy for any of their hijinks.
Playdate stars Millie Davis (Odd Squad, Orphan Black) as Molly; Scarlett Dovey (This is Scarlett and Isaiah) as Gwen; and newcomers Aidan Wojtak-Hissong as Jacob and Nirvaan Kwan as Enzo.
Commissioned by DHX Television, Playdate was created by Dina and Frank Meschkuleit. Frank is one of Canada's premier puppeteers with a wealth of knowledge having worked on popular kids programs including Fraggle Rock, Toopy and Binoo and The Mighty Jungle. The series was developed by J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms and is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment. Sinking Ship recently won three Daytime Emmy® Awards for children's series including Outstanding Pre-School Series for Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures.
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Jan 2021 Letter: Supporting Doctors Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Chief Medical Officers of the four UK nations sent the following letter to the medical profession on Jan 12, 2020 about supporting doctors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the text below, or download the full letter here.
This year has started in a way we could all have barely imagined 12 months ago, and we wanted to write to thank all of you for your immense efforts. After the long ordeal of last year, we enter the New Year with the real hope that vaccination offers to control COVID and the very substantial impact that it has had on health, lives and livelihoods but with a significant surge in cases to deal with before that begins to take effect.
There are many weeks ahead that are likely to be among the most challenging of all our professional lives. Doctors will be faced with many professional dilemmas and some may be pushed to the limits of physical and mental endurance. Please look after your colleagues – protracted, relentless crises are often much more draining than short intense ones.
We wrote to you during the first wave of COVID-19 last Spring and again in the Autumn when infections once again began to rise. Those letters contained important advice concerning the application of clinical decisions in extreme circumstances and we would encourage you to read them if you have not already done so. [Read the Spring and Autumn letters]
Our view remains that clinical decision making must remain anchored in the principles of Good Medical Practice. This means it must also rightly take into account the realities of the situation in which we find ourselves. We would emphasise once again that a rational approach to varying practice in an emergency is part of a doctor's professional response, and we would expect you to be professionally supported to do this. Many doctors are as a result of this emergency working in new ways, new areas of medicine and taking decisions in a way they would not under normal conditions, and this should be expected and professionally supported.
All medical leaders have huge confidence in the ability and judgement of all our colleagues to meet these challenges. We have been inspired by the passion and commitment of doctors working in all roles throughout the pandemic. This will not be easy and we continue to express our enormous gratitude for all you are doing.
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Q: ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack while creating a dictionary As shown below, I am trying to create a new dictionary(student) using existing lists : keys and values;
Values list has one of its elements already a list defined outside as courses.
student = {}
keys = ['name', 'age', 'courses']

courses = ['Python', 'Linux', 'Selenium Webdriver']

values = ['Kapil', '29', courses]

student = {key:value for key, value in zip(keys + values)}

print (student)

When i run this i get the following error:
Error while creating dictionary

A: when doing
for key, value in zip(keys + values)

zip yields a tuple made with 1 element, iterating through the list of keys joined with values (zip can take from 1 to any number of arguments), and 1 value doesn't fit in 2 target values. So you're not really zipping the keys with the values but you're adding them...
You need:
for key, value in zip(keys,values)

in your case, you'd be better off with passing the tuples directly to dict instead of dict comprehension:
student = dict(zip(keys,values))

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I configured Classic Shell on my Windows 7 system when I first installed it about 3 years ago. I've installed Classic shell on a Windows 10 VM but unfortunately the submenu folders don't look the same and I can't remember how I configured them or even if I configured them.
I've attached a couple of pictures to show the difference.
Does anyone know how to change the submenu folder icons please?
I don't see any way to change submenu icons in CSM settings.
Either a program replaced a system folder ico, or it was manually done.
If ReactOS was made from WinNT, I don't have the icons for that system.
I did find a few similar looking icons in XP in Explorer.exe and shell32.dll files.
Only the 16-pixel size matches up to your screenshot. Bigger sizes look the newer type.
Which one to change out, I don't know. For sure make a copy of original file just in case.
a bunch of original system icons and left in icons from a disused WB skin.
Thanks for your suggestions. I've been using the shell32.dll, renamed to shell32-xp.dll, from an XP system, and using the following articles to change the open and closed folder icons and these worked fine with File Explorer, where they are used.
However, with Classic Shell, it seems to pick up the "wrong" icon for stuff that was installed before I made the above changes and the "right" icon for stuff that was installed after the above changes were made. See attached picture.
You can right click on the menu item, e.g. Maintenance in the attachment, click Properties->Customize->Change Icon, then browse for the shell32-xp.dll I mentioned earlier and pick the correct icon but that's a lot of work if you have many subfolders and many levels of subfolder. I think I must have done it a different way in the past but I can't remember.
Try clearing the cached icons. From the Settings click on Backup, then Clear cached information.
Hi, yes that worked. Thanks for your help.